Tying the Knot

This past weekend was my beautiful cousin Carli's wedding, and I had the opportunity to be a bridesmaid. I am very happy that she found a great guy (Ryan) for her and her son Rio. They deserve the best. The wedding was very pretty, unfortunately I didn't get a lot of pictures, especially of her in her gorgeous dress. Carli getting ready to walk down the aisle


Carli and Ryan cutting the cake. Carli almost knocked the cake over!

(the famous) Coleby, Chesni, Isi and Malakai

Coleby starts for BYU's football team and all of Carli's students (she teaches middle school in Nephi) lined up to get his autograph. Too funny! But hey they are smart kids.. one day he might play for the NFL.

The fam

A great tradition

So Long.. For now

I can now put down the remote and give my DVR a rest.. all of my favorite shows are done for now. Maybe now I can finally get something done and possibly start working out!! I hate to admit that I am a reality junkie! I really hate that I am (so does Brandon), but needless to say I was very impressed with all the season finales. Here were some of my favorites...

American Idol!! Kris Allen is the winner! Loved them both (Adam & Kris) so I was okay with this result- but I do think Adam was a little bit better.

Biggest Loser

America's Next Top Model

Dancing with the Stars
Winner: Shawn Johnson (so cute!)

Desperate Housewives!

Celebrity Apprentice with Joan Rivers as the winner

I told you that I'm addicted!!


I'm not giving up TV altogether yet.. My favorite show So You Think You Can Dance? starts up again for the summer



and of course I am totally excited for the movie New Moon in November

Always a Bridesmaid... Never a Bride

I think we can all say.. Its about time!!! It's official.. Curren and Marcee are finally married! I had the great opportunity to be a bridesmaid in their beautiful wedding. I feel very lucky to have been a part of it... I got to see not only one, but two of my really good friends get married. Marcee and I went to middle school and high school together, then we both went to Dixie State College and then we lived together in Cedar City as we attended Southern Utah University. I am so happy that we've remained friends for all these years. As you will see from the pics Marcee looks amazing and Curren was very handsome. Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Christensen!!

Awww!

First dance as husband and wife

John, Me, Curren, Marcee, Cade, Jesse, and Russell

Glad I got this pic.. this guy (John Madsen) plays for the Cleveland Browns

Angela, Marcee, Me, and Jen

Me and my forever friend Hayden.

The Bachelorette!!

Yesterday we had a small bachelorette party for Marcee. I felt bad because we didn't really invite anyone since we could only do it on a weekday and we figured that it would be hard for people to come down. So two of her sisters (Molly & Janey), Jesse, me and Nicole all went to Texas Roadhouse to celebrate. I am so happy for Marcee and Curren and I can't wait until the wedding!!!! Here are some pics....

Janey, Me, Nicole, Jesse, Marcee and Molly

Marcee opening up her "goodies"



Our cute friend Nicole was able to make it up from Pheonix. It was so good to see her!!!

West Yellowstone

This past weekend Brandon and I went to Island Park, Idaho with a group of friends for SUU's spring break. Don't ask me why we decided to go somewhere colder than Cedar City for Spring Break, but we had alot of fun. Our friends Bryan and Liz have a gorgeous family cabin there. Island Park is about 30 minutes from West Yellowstone. We didn't actually go into the Park because some parts are closed until April but we went into the small town just outside the park. It was about an eight hour drive from Cedar City to Island Park.. so we stayed about five days to make it worth the trip. We did alot of fun things but we mostly just relaxed. Here are a few pics of some of the things we did do.....

The Cabin

Melanie, Taylor, Bryan, Brandon, Me, Robbie and Shaylee.

This is us getting ready to Snow Shoe, I had never done it before and it was actually pretty fun. You can do some pretty cool stuff in the snow with the shoes on. Brandon and Bryan discovered their inner-child and were doing some crazy things, including flips off of some pretty high snow banks. Crazy Boys!! Liz and Brandon even found some tiny frogs! FROGS IN THE WINTER!! I hope we didn't wake them from their hybernation.

Me and Liz all bundled up

Snowmobiling!!!

Me and Brand tubing

Bryan and Liz.

Liz and I came home with some pretty wicked bruises!

Thanks to Bryan and Liz for a great time!

8 Things

I got this off of Haydens blog

8 Things Tag

8 favorite TV shows:
1. Desperate Housewives
2. Jon and Kate Plus 8
3. So You Think You Can Dance
4. Celebrity Apprentice
5. American Idol
6. Dexter
7. Biggest Loser
8. King of Queens

8 Things I did yesterday:
1. Went to Work
2. Made Dinner
3. Cleaned House
4. Watched American Idol
5. Watched Biggest Loser (recorded on DVR)
6. Talk on the Phone with my Mom
7. Read my Book
8. Shopped for shoes on the Internet

8 Things I'm looking forward to:
1. Going to Yellowstone tomorrow
2. Retirement
3. Having Kids
4. Brandon being done with school
5. Twilight Movie
6. Getting married
7. Marcee's Wedding
8. Seeing my nephews tomorrow

8 favorite restaurants:
1. Olive Garden
2. Pizza Factory
3. Rodigio Grill
4. Applebees/Chilis
5. Bajio/Costa Vida/Cafe Rio
6. Quiznos
7. Brick Oven
8. Lupitas

8 Things On My Wish List:
1. Go to Grad school and survive it
2. A Cruise for Brandons Graduation
3. To Own A Home
4. New Books to read
5. Twilight The Movie
6. A Blondie from Applebees
7. To Be Debt Free
8. To loose weight and then a new wardrobe

8 people I tag:
Amber, Carli, Whitney, Leslee, Stacey, Katie, Marcee, Nicole and whoever else that wants to

In Our Own Backyard..

Me and my friends Nanci and Liz are always meeting people from all over the world and country that come to Southern Utah to see its beauty. Last week we met a couple from Fiji that was here to visit Zions National Park and we realized that people that come from gorgeous places themselves are coming to see our "backyard". So us girls decided to take advantage of our close proximity (45 min) to the park and had an amazing "girls day out". I had been to Zions alot but this trip was really fun. We hiked Emerald Pools, Weeping Rock and the short trail right before you hike The Narrows. We also took sandwiches and had a picnic on the grass in front of the Zions Lodge.

Nanci, Liz, Me

Love these girls

This place is just breathtaking. Pictures do not do it justice.

We ran into this cute little squirrel along the way.. and I swear he posed for this pic. Nancy fed him the cookie and then.....

they fell in love. She named him "Theodore" (after the chubby chipmunk from Alvin & the Chipmunks) and seriously did not want to leave him. We had to make her keep walking. It was funny cuz she is originally from Arizona and I don't think she is used to seeing little critters like this. Afterwards she said she felt like Steve Irwin because she got to be so close to the little guy.

This is Nanci afterwards when she saw this sign. Oops! Hopefully little Theodore didn't die or get sick from the aspertame in those cookies!!

Here are also some pics from my birthday.. thanks to everyone who called or commented and wished me happy birthday.. it really lifted my spirits since I am now officially

OLD!!

Carli made me this darling apron for my birthday. Thanks Car.. love it!