Our Reception, August 1st

So I realized that I never put pictures of our wedding reception on my blog.  And since I am kind of at a low with exciting news with us, I thought why not?  These first few pictures are of my reception.  My 'theme' if you want to call it that was stars with brown, mustard yellow and red berry.  I, of course, had calla lilies kind of everywhere as well.  It was exactly what I wanted.

My mom helped me surprise Jedd with a Cubs corner.  He had no idea, so it was fun!  

This was my cake.  My amazing sister made it for me.  Yes, she did it all by herself!  And believe me, getting the color of the frosting this dark brown was not easy! 

We technically didn't have bridesmaids or groomsmen.  We just had the sisters and brothers all kind of wear the same thing.  So here are the girls.  They were all good sports to wear the same shirt.  I at least gave them the option of picking their own skirt.  Don't you think that was nice of me?  Ha ha.  Just kidding, but really, you all do look so cute!  

Here are the boys.  Don't they all look good in their brown paisley ties? Yes, I actually made them all wear paisley!  Jedd was just grateful he didn't have to wear one.  I think they look awesome!

The rest are just random pictures of us.  I know there are a lot, but how can you just pick one?  

Yes, Jedd finally got me to do one tough guy picture.  I think I did pretty good.  He says normally I just look angry.  I tried so hard on this picture to just look tough.  I think the bat helped!  

I love this picture!  It just makes me laugh every time.  It's almost like Jedd has the look of "Ha tricked her" on his face.  Even though I know there was no tricking me, I knew exactly what I was doing, marrying the best guy I know!  Awe, I know, corny.

This was my actual wedding bouquet.  It was actually really big and heavy, but it was absolutely gorgeous.  

The famous wedding cake scene.  No, we did not stuff the cake in each other's faces.  Jedd and I don't really like that so we were really nice to each other.

And of course, the last thing is the decorated truck.  Yes, all you wives of the brothers that did this to us, I know who you are!  It was funny, and Jedd about died when he saw what was done. It was the biggest mess he has ever had in his truck. Thanks! 

This is me realizing that it wasn't just the outside that was decorated.  It was inside too.  BLAH!

Anyway, hope you have fun looking at the pictures.  I know I sure did, it reminded me of what a great day it was for Jedd and I.  At this time of year, I am just so grateful that I have found Jedd and that he is in my life forever.  How lucky can one girl be?  

Pumpkin Carving

Every year, my mom has had the boys in the family carve pumpkins on the day before Halloween. Yes, for those of you who don't know, it is a new tradition and has only been going for 3 years now. This year, Jedd was included. Well, of course, there was no other theme we could do other than the "Cubs".

I had to put this picture in here because I think it is so cute how Jedd sticks his tongue out when he concentrates. I catch him doing it so many times, and it just makes me laugh. You can barely see it, but if you look close, it is hanging out on the side. I LOVE IT!

The finished product...didn't he do an awesome job?

I pretended to help, so of course I was in the picture as well. (I didn't do a whole lot, obviously take pictures the whole time while Jedd was hard at work.) This is what it looks like with candles it in. I love it! Of course we had to show case all the pumpkins on my mom's porch before we took them all home. My brother Michael did a ship on the right side, and my brother Taylor did a skeleton face. Good job boys!

Halloween Party

My mother-in-law's ward had a Halloween Party last night, so Jedd and I went along with his brothers and sisters and families. It was so fun to see at least Hailey in her costume. The night started out with dinner (Debbie made her amazing Enchilada Soup! YUMMY!) Then it was around to the rooms to play games and then trunk-or-treating at the end of the night. I only was able to grab a few pictures of Hailey and Kallee, Jedd's nieces, because my camera's batteries were dead. Oh well, here they are. Hailey is a "Nice Witch" and don't dare call her anything else! Cute Kallee wouldn't dare put on her costume.

After the cake walk, the girls totally devoured their cupcakes. Jedd even helped Kallee drop her's on the church carpet by chasing her! It was too funny.

Here is the girls getting ready to go trunk-or-treating.

My AWESOME husband Jedd

My sister tagged me so I thought this is a great opportunity to brag about my husband! I love him more than anything!
1. Where did you meet your husband? We met on a blind date. Jedd's mom set us up, she works as a sub at the school I teach at.

2. How long did you date before you married? We dated for 7 months before we were married. We met in January, were engaged in May, and married in August.

3. How long have you been married? Coming up on 3 months! Can you believe it?

4. What does he do that surprises you? Without fail, Jedd makes me laugh no matter the situation. I love to laugh, but Jedd can get me to laugh and never stop if he wanted. However, he tries almost daily to get me to laugh so hard that my drink comes out of my nose and mouth. I told him I used to do it often, so he has made it his personal goal to see me do this.

5. Favorite Feature? His smile. Every time he smiles, I can't help but do it as well.

6. Favorite Quality? Jedd is the best person I know. He is always there when someone needs him. He is strong in the gospel, and pushes to make me be a better person. He is absolutely HILARIOUS, and loves to make people laugh. He is honest, has a loving heart and is loyal. Do you want me to go on??

7. Does he have a nickname for you? Awas. (thanks to my nieces and nephews)

8. Favorite Food? Jedd really loves a lot of things, so it's not easy to find out what his favorite food is. It's hard to say, but just as long as he doesn't have to pick, then he loves it!

9. Favorite Sport? Is there any question? Baseball.....playing and watching. He loves to play golf, and also loves to watch sports, mainly football when Baseball is not on.

10. When and where was your first kiss? April in my apartment. Yes, I had to make the first move! :)

11. What is your favorite thing to do together? Man, there is too many to list. Mostly, just as long as we are together, we are happy doing ANYTHING. However, Jedd would say watching Cubs games are the best.

12. Do you have children? Nope not yet, we've only been married 3 months. And NO, this is not an announcement, and no there won't be one for a WHILE! :)

13. Does he have any hidden talents? Jedd hates to sing; however, he loves to impersonate singers. His new found favorites are Neil Diamond and Aaron Neville. It is absolutely HILARIOUS!

14. How old is he? Just turned 28.

15. Who said I love you first? Well that is kind of a hard question. Jedd was the first one to actually come out and say "I love you", but minutes before, I said it in a round about way because I was afraid that I might scare him. (Hopefully that makes sense!)

16. What is his favorite music? He loves tons of things. However, if you ask him, Neil Diamond is the greatest song writer of all time. He loves listening to all kinds of alternative stations, and KOSY 106.5. Yes, and as much as I hated it, he has me listening to it as well. However, recently he has really started to like Sports Talk Radio. He listens to Jim Rome and another guy, I can't remember his name.

17. What do you admire most about him? I admire the way Jedd treats me as his wife. There are so many people out there who don't respect their wives, or treat them as lesser people, expect them to do everything, and jump at the chance to talk about their wives and thier bad qualities. Jedd has always put me first, no matter what, and is always WAY TOO GOOD to me. He has never once said anything bad about me, and I have never heard once a word come out of his mouth that was demeaning or rude. He is more than I ever dreamed I would EVER deserve.

18. What is his favorite color? Chicago Cubs Blue.

19. Will he read this? Probably not.

20. Who do you tag? This is such a great opportunity to write and brag about your husband. If anyone reading this hasn't written about their husband, I hope you will!

Bowling and Halloween

My nephew Ashton had his birthday party on Saturday, and it turned out to be quite the party! It started early in the morning, but I won't give you too many details, you'll have to go to Michelle's blog for the specifics. We did go bowling and it was way fun. Orchard Lanes is where Jedd and I had our very first date so it brought back so many great memories of Jan 19th. I had to take a picture of us so I can remember it years down the road. Then the next picture is everyone that went bolwing for the party. It's a good thing I didn't bet that I'd win anyone, considering even Hailey my niece who is 3 beat me both games! Way to go girl!

It is a tradition at my mom's house that before Halloween, all the kids get to get dressed up in their costumes and they go trick-or-treating around all of the rooms. Well this year was no different and I couldn't resist taking pictures of these ADORABLE KIDS! And no I'm not biased. They are adorable! :) Yes, this is my mother dressed up as a Fairy Princess. Branson (Mickey Mouse) was hooked on my mom being a princess so we did the best we could. I think it turned out great! Sorry mom, I had to put the picture on, it was way too cute!The two princesses, aren't they cute?Because I was Michelle's photographer, I was lucky enough to snag a few pictures of her kids. I could just not stop looking at all of them, they were way too cute! :) My sisters (both Jerilyn and Michelle) are great to dress up their kids in what they want to be for Halloween. They try so hard and do such a great job! The kids are ADORABLE!!

Tagged....

My sister-in-law Holli tagged me so I thought sure, I like to read these about everyone else.

8 TV Shows I Like To Watch:
*The Office
*What Not To Wear
*House Hunters
*Hounse Hunters-International
*30-Minute Meals
*Amazing Race
*The King of Queens
*The News - for the weather

8 Things That Happened Yesterday
*Went to School
*Ate left over potatoes and gravy for lunch (thanks mom!)
*had a huge headache when I got home
*finished the laundry that Jedd started
*ironed Jedd's clothes (yes he irons EVERYTHING!!)
*Went to dinner to Grideli's with Jedd, Jedd's mom, and sister
*watched The Office reruns
*fell asleep at 9:30

8 Favorite Places To Eat
*Olive Garden
*Prairie Schooner
*El Matadaor
*Maddox
*Tasty's
*my house...if I cook
*My mom's house (should be higher on the list!)
*Jedd's mom's house (should be higher on the list!)

8 Things I'm Looking Forward To
*Always the weekend
*my 2 days off this week for UEA
*Taylor's game tomorrow night
*temple night on Thursday night with Jedd and my parents
*creating my wedding photo books
*Christmas season
*day after Thanksgiving shopping with my mom
*any time I get to be with Jedd. (AWE! I know corny)

8 Things On My Wish List
*Lower gas prices for sure!
*To be more fit
*To not be addicted to sweets right now! Man I'm horrible!
*A clean house
*More time to spend with Jedd
*A vacation to.....well anywhere.... besides my house
*new brown shoes to wear to work
*for Jedd to be happy

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I'm such a nerd, so I have been told....

Ok so a lot of you already know this, but I am quite the 'math nerd' to put it in nice terms. Well today, after a long waiting period, I finally got a document camera to use in my classroom. The school bought it for me, and yes it is $700. Some might ask what in the world is a document camera? Well, I took a picture to show you....

Here is a document camera. It sits on my counter in the back of my room. Now, some might ask then, well what does it do? Well here is your next answer. It projects on to my board anything I put underneath my lens. So instead of having to use this old thing which we all are familiar with (they have been around for years and years!!)......

I now only have to turn my document camera on and up pops my picture. This makes my life so much easier, because now I can actually show my kids at school what buttons to push on their calculators, and what their screen should look like. It also means I now don't have to transfer EVERYTHING over to an overhead sheet (the clear sheets that you used to have to use.) Now I can put any paper I want underneath and it projects.

So yes, I am quite the math nerd, but you know what, that is fine by me. I am in love with my document camera....yes it stays in the room I teach in.....but that's ok. It makes teaching so much better! Anything I can get my hands on to make teaching easier, right??

P.S. More wedding pictures are coming, I just have to put them on my blog for all to see!

Wedding Day Pictures

August 1st, will forever be the best day of my life! Jedd and I were married in the Ogden Temple, and it was the most perfect day! The weather was amazing, and we were so happy to be finally be married! Here are the long awaited pictures! I know there are a ton, but yet again, how do you choose just one. These aren't all the pictures I am going to put on, so more to come, but for now, here are the ones at the amazing Ogden Temple.

These are us coming out of the temple for the first time! These smiles to me are priceless! You can never re-create these faces.

This is a picture of everyone who came to support us. Trying to get a picture with everyone looking was so hard.These are our AMAZING parents!Jedd's FamilyKylie's FamilyOur awesome friendsThese pictures were taken on the temple grounds, to the west of the temple. This old house was amazing for our pictures.This is probably one of my most favorite pictures for the whole day.These pictures were taken on the east side. The waterfall and pond provided for some very fun pictures! Yes, my dress was soaked after these pictures. We are standing out in the middle of the fountain, right after it went off. We were pretty wet, but it was perfect!
Of course, the best picture of all.

I Heart Blogs!

My sister nominated my blog as one of her favorites. I know that I don't update my blog as often as I should, but I do the best I can. You have to go and check out her blog at http://jhawksfam.blogspot.com/. She always has the funniest stories and pictures that make me laugh.

The rules: 1. The winners put the sticky sticker of uber stickiness up on their blog to say "Look at me! Look at me! I'm COOL... or at least someone else thinks so!" 2. Then they get to link back to me. 3. Then they get to nominate 7 of their own winners! Spread the love! 4. Then leave a little note on the chosen blogs so they aren't left in the dark.

My favorite blogs are:

1. Aimee Cherry (my sister-in-law). http://tazandaimee.blogspot.com/ I have married into an AWESOME family, and you just have to get on here and see her background. It is perfect! Their 2 girls are absolutley adorable, they literally have Jedd and I wrapped around thier fingers. Just look at them! :)

2. Karen Osborne (my close friend) http://theosborneshow.blogspot.com/ Karen just started up her blog, with a little pushing from me, and I absolutley love that it is up and running! I helped her just a little bit, but look at how awesome she did with everything! I think it is adorable and she did such a good job!

3. Jenny Spendlove (my cousin-in-law) http://spendloveandco.blogspot.com/ Jenny has the cutest little boy and I love that she posts so many things about him. Joey and Jenny were one of the very FIRST people I met when I first started dating Jedd!

4. Amy Johnson (my cousin) http://cajohnson.blogspot.com/ With everything going on in our busy days, it is hard to keep up with family. Amy is my cousin on my dad's side and so I LOVE getting on her blog to see what her little family is up too.

5. Holly Carbajal (my friend) http://carbajal9.blogspot.com/ Holly is a good friend from clear back in Elementary school and we lost touch about high school time. Only recently, Holly found my blog off someone else's and we have been keeping in touch. It literally shows why I love blogs so much! I had no idea what was going on in her life and so it is fun to see her adorable little girl and to catch up on old times!

6. Cami Carter (my friend) http://camiandadam.blogspot.com/ I have known Cami for a couple years now and it is so fun that she FINALLY has got a blog that works! I love getting on and just seeing how her little boy is growing!

7. Iva Smith (my friend) http://kurtisandiva.blogspot.com/ I met Iva up at Weber State in the education program forever ago (ok not really) and I have been able to keep up on how her family is doing. Iva just found out she is having twin girls, and I absolutley LOVE getting on there and reading her posts about cool things she finds, or picture updates! She is absolutely so adorable, and I can't wait to see the twins when they get here!

Blogging is great, and I love looking at all the fun pictures, and read all the fun things people have to say. So many people apologize about writing a lot or uploading a ton of pictures on their blogs, but really, I love reading and looking at every single thing on everyone's blogs. Never stop!