This one is for the hubby...

HAPPY CANADA DAY!!!!

I love you Kenny!

Some Pictures...

So here are some of the wedding pictures.... I have not yet seen them all but I got my aunt to send me some of her favorites! My uncle took my wedding pictures for me, photography is his side business/ hobby! He was so amazing to take them!

I love this one with the view of the temple in the background!

Us with my parents and in-laws... (it is still really weird to think I have in-laws, I am not sure what to call them yet... everything seems weird! But talking to another sister in-law in the family and she does not call them anything... she just wait till she has their attention then starts to talk... it has worked for her successfully for almost 10 years... I think I am going to adopt this plan as well! It is just to weird to call them anything... So, avoiding it all costs seems the only logical option!)

The top of my cake! The cake was one of my favorite pieces of the reception! It turned out GORGEOUS... I loved it! I could look at this picture all day!

This is another one of my favorites! My amazing brother, Cole, came up with this idea for the groom's cake! Plus he made and decorated it... He is such an "ace of cakes" and so dang CUTE!

So those are some of the ones that I have seen... I can't wait to get them all back and printed and framed for our house!

Things have been busy, busy, busy lately! We just got back from a long weekend in Canada, where we had our second reception! So it was fun spending time with all of Kenny's family! Our families are total opposites in many ways, but they were all so nice and welcoming! We had lots of fun! Plus we stocked up on all of the DELICIOUS candy bars and all-dressed chips that we LOVE but they don't have in the states! Those alone are worth a trip to Canada... I can not believe I have been satisfied with Hershey's all these years! Canadian chocolate is at least 10 times better! It is heavenly! Just thinking about it makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside! :)

We bought a car from Kenny's sister the week of our wedding, which is amazing and has been such a blessing to be more mobile! However, there is one downfall.... it is a stick! So I have been trying to master that! I am pretty good at it now and can basically go anywhere I to... I just don't like to! Poor Kenny has had to do basically all the driving since we have been married! He is probably tired of it! I will drive to the store (three blocks away), to his work (five blocks away), the bank( three blocks), and home from church (not there because we are usually late and only because Kenny makes me drive it home, but it is five blocks away). Anything further and I wait for Kenny to get home and take me! I could do it (and have once when I was feeling brave, I drove to Bed, Bath, and Beyond which is by the mall... but I took the back roads to stay away from the masses) but I just do not like too! The stick makes driving too much of a stressful chore... It takes the fun out of it!

Other than that, we are are just working and enjoying being married! I love getting to spend my days and nights with my best friend! He makes everything so much more fun! It has been challenging at times, but I am learning so much more about Kenny and even myself everyday. It is so fun finding out different things about Kenny that make me love him even more! He is amazing and I love being married to him!

And finally... Mr. & Mrs. Kyle!

So dang it has been forever! Life has been pretty crazy! There was pre-wedding prep and lots of it. So much to do, lucky for me though I have the most wonderful mom in the world! I am so blessed to have her for my mom!
My wedding was beautiful! Everything was just how I pictured and wanted it! It was the best day ever, I got to marry the most AMAZING, FABULOUS guy I have ever met! I love him so much! But it was so nice to have all of our family and friends there with us for the day! It was perfect!
We have now been married for 19 fabulous days! It has been so fun spending everyday with my best friend, but also busy. It feels like we have done it all in 19 days (well not all but lots anyways). With honeymoons, road trips, moving and packing, setting up house, online classes, and working we have kept busy. But having a husband to do it all with makes it fun and worth it.

Pictures of the wedding late...

Tagged by Dunkin'

A-attached or single: attached! OFFICIAL WEDDING COUNTDOWN: 21 DAYS

B-best friend: Kenny. Then my mom.

C-cake or pie: Cinnamon Bundt Cake

D-day of choice: Friday for obvious reasons! But also Monday because the Bachelor!

E-essential item: My cell phone... I may die without it!

F-favorite color: depends on the day... today, Kelly green.

G-gummy worms or bears: worms... more to eat.

H-hometown: Wylie, Texas

I-indulgences: A good book!

J-January or July: July for the weather, January for my birthday!

K-kids: They say the darnedest things!

L-life is incomplete without: My family and friends.

M-marriage date: May 3, 2008!

N- Number of Siblings: 4 brothers, 1 adorable little sister and I guess soon to be a lot of in law siblings!

O-oranges or apples: Granny Smith

P-phobias or fears: car accidents...they give me the chills.

Q-quote: "And above all, watch with glittering eyes the world around you. Because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who do not believe in magic will never find it." - Roald Dahl

R-reason to smile: My amazing, gorgeous fiancee and my wonderful family!

S-season: Spring. I love BIG thunderstorms and the flowers!

T-Tags: Paige...ha ha... jk

U-unknown fact about me: I don't like when people are dirty... like as in caked on mud dirty! It grosses me out and I have a really hard time watching a movie when people are dirty! Like Lord of the Rings... so gross I have not been able to watch the whole thing!!

V-vegetable: Celery or Cucumbers... peppers are so good too though!

W- Worst Habit:procrastinating and nail biting!

X-Ray or ultrasound: X-ray

Y-your favorite food: Salad... Souper Salad is my all time favorite!

Z-Zodiac sign: I think Capricorn... but I could be wrong and do not feel like taking the time to look it up!

hallelujah....

So, ALL the invitations are officially and FINALLY done! I am so dang glad I do not have to deal with them anymore! After weeks of looking, ordering, phrasing and rephrasing the wording, finding a good place to print pictures, picking up them up, folding, tying ribbon, and stuffing all the different things into the endless amounts of invitations.... they are done and in people's mailboxes! Thank goodness! So, I hope everyone likes them! I ended up loving them and was extremely happy with them in the end, which was shocking because in the middle of all the madness, I felt like throwing them all off a very high building and hoping who ever really wanted one was there to catch it! However, I made it through thanks to Kenny and all his amazing help and patience with me! Plus, he is now an EXCELLENT envelope stuffer so if anyone needs envelopes stuffed.... He is the guy to call and I am sure you can hire him out for a small fee! hehehe! But no, I am SO LUCKY , not only is he so incredible and so dang good lookin' but he is so helpful! I LOVE HIM... so, so, so much!

So anyways, on to the next task that needs tackling... the DRESS! My mom and grandma flew up for this week for to go shopping! I am so excited to see them... Too bad I have no idea what I want yet! I have not even started looking or thinking about dresses yet... those dang invitations! So we will see how that goes!

Kenny and I at lunch with his Aunt and Uncle.

OFFICIAL WEDDING COUNTDOWN: 40 DAYS!

My New Favorite!

So at work, I sit for hours upon end doing phone surveys, and due to the fact that everyone hates doing them and no one really actually does them (except for the old people who live alone and have no one else to talk to) I have a lot of sitting time on my hands. So I have filled it with BOOKS! Yes, books! I average 2-3 novels and 40-50 Sudoku puzzles a week... no joke! However, I love it because I have read so many amazing books this semester! Kenny always jokes that I have a new book favorite every week (or every time I finish one), which is somewhat true! As such, I currently have a NEW favorite book... It is absolutely amazing and I think this one will stick my new favorite for a while (also it is so good that I am writing about it on here, letting everyone know it is my favorite... this makes it seem more permanent) ... it is just THAT GOOD! So without further delay, here it is, my new favorite book....

Jane Hayes is a seemingly normal young New Yorker, but she has a secret. Her obsession with Mr. Darcy, as played by Colin Firth in the BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, is ruining her love life: no real man can compare. But when a wealthy relative bequeaths her a trip to an English resort catering to Austen-crazed women, Jane’s fantasies of meeting the perfect Regency-era gentleman suddenly become realer than she ever could have imagined. Decked out in empire-waist gowns, Jane struggles to master Regency etiquette and flirts with gardeners and gentlemen—or maybe even, she suspects, with the actors who are playing them. It’s all a game, Jane knows. And yet the longer she stays, the more her insecurities seem to fall away, and the more she wonders: Is she about to kick the Austen obsession for good, or could all her dreams actually culminate in a Mr. Darcy of her own?

It is absolutely amazing, it is full of twists that you never imagine! It is absolutely fabulous! I want to read it again as soon as possible! My new favorite chick novel! I give it five stars, two thumbs up, a 20 on a 1-10 scale, and all that other jazz!

OFFICIAL WEDDING COUNTDOWN: 42 DAYS!

The BANE of my existence....

So, never again will I order invitations! NEVER! In the past 3 weeks I have searched through at least 20 invitation books! And my new pet peeve is finding an invitation that I absolutely love only to find out that you can not change the base color... so annoying! So my advice for anyone planning a wedding... go with puke green as your color! You will find the absolute CUTEST invitations EVER... no joke, I think I found three! However, I finally found invitations that I love and come in what ever color you want them to (that also have a monogram and ribbon).... YIPPEEE! So as of Monday they were officially ordered and I am thankfully done with the invitation part of planning (until I have to stuff them)!
But other than that not much else is going on. Invitations were pretty much consuming my life! We have gone to a lot of BYU basketball games lately, which I must admit are pretty fun (I really just like to watch the cheerleaders and Cosmo)... the only thing that would make it better was if they were playing football! I can't wait for the football season, I miss Sunday afternoons with Romo, Barber, and the Boys!

OFFICIAL WEDDING COUNTDOWN: 57 DAYS!

Wow I had not written on this thing in forever!