Tis' The Season!!!

Well, i'm a little late blogging about thanksgiving but i will do it anyway. On Thanksgiving day we had dinner at my parents house with my grandparents and then we went over to grandma joyces for dessert and to visit with everyone. We had a lot of fun with all the family and it was so good to be with everyone. Thanksgiving night garrett and i set up our christmas decorations including the christmas tree! it was so much fun and i loved decorating it. Friday i got to experience black friday with my mother and sister in law. it was CRAZY, however, i did find some really good deals. I just love the hollidays and knowing that i get to spend time with family!

Oh ya... and garrett got me a treadmill for christmas. He set it up for me and everything because he knew he couldnt hide it from me ;) i love using it!

Happy Birthday to ME!!!

Last friday was my 20th birthday... and garrett did a perfect job at making my birthday one to remember! He planned a surprise weekend getaway to park city! we left on friday morning and when we got to park city we saw NEW MOON!!! it was SO GOOD! he is such a good hubby to take me to because i know he isn't too into those kind of movies! After new moon we checked into our hotel at the Westgate Resort in the Canyons. It was such a nice hotel! Our room had a kitchen, 2 big tvs and a steam room in the shower :) Gar took me to Park City Pizza Co. for dinner and then we went back to the hotel and got into the hot tub!!! On saturday we did A TON of christmas shopping! we are pretty much done christmas shopping! we spent a little too much money but it feels good knowing that we are done!!! Saturday night we went hot tubbing again and watched some movies! Sunday we went for a drive and then drove home through provo canyon. i had an amazing birthday! i have the best hubby in the world and want to thank him for being so amazing!

our little family and home sweet home!

I have been really bad at blogging lately. Gar and i have been so busy, and it is going to get worse when we both start going back to school next semester. All we have been doing lately is WORKING!!! i have to admit that i love my job but working full time every day can get old really fast! I just got promoted to head assistant and a good raise comes with it so that is a plus! I thought i would post some pics of our little puppy coop... i know we are lame but he really is our baby! Also, im putting up some pics of our house... except for our room.

He decided to climb in our laundry basket and take a nap! my mom bought him a sweater for halloween that says "lil devil" coopers first time seeing snow! our happy family! living/family room bathroom havn't done much with this room yet! kitchen

We love our little house and we are so blessed to be living in such a nice place!

Sick as a Dog!!!

So for the past few weeks i havn't been feeling that great and i kept getting major headaches. over the weekend it has been getting worse ans worse. my throat hurts, my head hurts, my ears hurt and i have a terrible cough. last night i was so sick so i called my boss telling him i cant come to work because i am going to the doctor (today.) he says thats fine and tells me one of the other assistants has swine flu! yuck! so i went to the doctor today and i have a sinus infection!!! and to top it off i cant go back to work until wednesday!!! I am glad i have such a great boss who understands that i need some rest! also, my wonderful hubby has been a great nurse. he goes to the store and gets me medicine and rubs my back! I am still feeling pretty crappy but hopefully i will get feeling better soon with my meds!

our first month of marriage!

So garrett and i have been married for one month today! time flies when you are having fun... and busy as heck! as most of you know we went on our honeymoon to oahu, hawaii. we had so much fun. we got the opportunity to go to the polynesian culteral center, the temple, pearl harbor and the north shore. we also went on a submarine ride and it was fun but i got so sick! i had a barf bag with me and everything! it was such a nice vacation and i am so glad we got to go somewhere so pretty! here are a few pics of places that we got to visit!
Lately both of us have been super busy with work. we both decided to take the semester off of school and start back up in the spring. we decided we needed some time to get used to our already busy lives and have a little bit of fun! garrett is loving his job at e g &g and i am liking my job as a dental assistant at grantsville family dental. last weekend we got a new addition to our family!!! a yellow lab puppy! his name is cooper and he is the cutest thing ever! we both love him and treat him like our little baby!As you can see we have been very busy and have our hands full with our new little baby! lol. for labor day weekend we are going up to st. george for the elfors family reunion! we are really excited and so thankful that his grandma plans fun reunions!

the honeymoon is over!

hey everyone we got back from hawaii last friday and our wedding was AMAZING! everything was perfect. thanks to all of you who helped make our special day amazing. we have been super busy the last week with work. i started a new job at a dental office in grantsville and i am loving it, however, i have been working about 9 to 10 hours a day so i have been super busy! my laptop is broken so i cant post any pictures of our wedding or hawaii. i should be getting it back in a few days so i will post more soon!

2 MORE DAYS!!!

so i have been super busy the last few weeks! it has been so stressful and so exciting. i dont have a lot of time so im gonna try to make this short and sweet. saturday garrett and i went through the salt lake temple and took our endowments out... all i can say is it was AMAZING! my last day of work was on monday... its a little bittersweet because i liked the girls but i am starting a new job on august tenth and i will be getting a lot of hours. i guess i shouldnt say its a "new" job because it is the dentist i used to work for before i moved to orem... he is the nicest guy ever! we are getting married the DAY AFTER TOMORROW! so we have been trying to get all this wedding stuff done! i am thankful i have such an amazing man in my life and i cant be sealed to him for eternity! on saturday we are off to hawaii for a week! ahhh cant wait!

So exciting, yet so stressful!

So we have two more weeks until the big day! I want it to be here so bad! Things have been stressful lately. We have been so stressed with getting the house done... However its almost there! We got carpet in it yesterday and garrett started on the hardwood floor! I started moving a few things in last night and Monday we are going to try to move a lot more in.

Work has been kinda hard lately because i don't want to be there. It's not like its bad or anything... i just have a lot of other stuff i have to worry about doing. It seems like nothing ever ends! I have been getting really bad headaches every day to where i feel like i cant see or stand. everyone says its because i am stressed. I am so ready to be married already!!!

School has been stressing me out a ton also. the plan was to take anatomy this fall at SLCC but i got accepted as a non-resident??? (i have lived in utah my whole life) so i have been trying to figure all that out. i had to send my life story about what i have been doing the past 3 years in utah. By the time i get that figured out and by the time i get my transcripts to process the class might be full. i wanna go to school and everything but i have other things to worry about right now. i will still be working (probably switching to another dental office ) but i am looking forward to spending a little time having fun with gar.

My BFF Kelli threw me a bachelorette party on saturday. All the girls had a lot of fun catching up and playing games! I am so glad we are going to be in hawaii in like 2 weeks! I NEED A VACATION BAD!!!

ONE MONTH TO GO!!!

Gar and I have exactly one month from today that we will be sealed to eachother for eternity! i am so excited, however, i have been pretty stressed out lately. With a full time job it is hard for me to find time to do all the wedding stuff. luckily i have the rest of the week off so i'm hoping i can get a lot done!

I have been busy getting our announcements ready to send out,making labels, scanning pictures for our video and making our sign in book! its been pretty crazy lately and i think everyone can agree i have been kinda cranky lately. I need to remind myself it will all be worth it when it's here.

Today i went shopping with my bff's kelli, alyssa and chelsy. I had a lot of fun and it was good for me to have a day to do something fun and not think too much about wedding stuff. i got all the ties for the groomsmen and i got a couple sundresses for hawaii.

I had my bridal shower on saturday and it was a blast. chelsy and alyssa threw it for me and it was a naughty and nice theme. i got some gret gifts and we had a blast playing all the games!

Hopefully i can get a bunch done this week and garrett can work a lot on the house! Happy Fourth of July everyone! we love you all!

HONEYMOON!!!

so garrett finally booked our honeymoon to oahu, hawaii! we leave on august 1st and will be gone for 6 days! i am SOOO excited! we were going to go on a cruise to mexico but we dont want to risk not getting passports in time. i have been kinda bugging him lately and telling him he needs to hurry and book it so i feel bad because i know he has been stressed about it. he is always trying to make me happy... and he does a great job! i think it will be really fun for us to go there because we probably won't get the chance to go there again for a long time. i have been to muai and kauai but not oahu. i am excited to finally share a vacation with him... just the two of us! here is a pic of our resort that we are staying at!

All About the Love of My Life!

Garrett left to go camping with his family today and i have been pretty bummed that i couldn't go with them because of work. I am already missing him. He is such an amazing guy! His love for me and his family continues to amaze me each day! I couldn't ask for a better man to share my life with! He is always trying to make me happy no matter what... and he does a great job because i am the happiest girl in the whole world! I am so greatful that we have the gospel in our lives and it feels so great to know we will be sealed together for eternity! He is the most amazing person i know and i couldn't even imagine my life without him. July 31, 2009 will be the greatest day of my life! I can't wait! Love you sweety!

starting the summer off right!

basically we have been pretty darn busy lately! we have been having a lot of fun and it's been so nice living in good old tooele county again! last week we spent a lot of time working on the house. we stained a whole set of cabinets. i am excited for the house to be done because it's going to be pretty nice. last week we also bought an entertainment center, couches and tables. i LOVE them! we got pretty good deals because of memorial day sales. We have been hanging out with our besties a lot also (Nick and Kelli.) They are pretty much exactly like us in every way. i swear garrett and nick are long loss twins or something. and of course me and kelli get along. we shop while they hunt ;) haha. Nick and Garrett work together and Kelli and i work together so it's a lot of fun! I started my job yesterday. I am working at a dental office in Tooele and i love it so far. it feels really good to be assisting again. Garrett informed me that he bought a new chevy duramax truck today! I am excited for him. he has been wanting one forever! we test drove it on monday and it's pretty dang nice! thats about all thats been going on. we feel so lucky to be on our toes and have such great jobs and lives!

A Few Wedding Updates!

Hey everyone!!! we just wanted to let you guys know a few wedding details since we havn't been sharing a whole lot. Our sealing time for the temple is 9:20 on July 31!!! we are so excited... it's going to be such an amazing experience! I am FINALLY picking up my dress this weekend! it seems like it has taken forever for alterations and all of that stuff. We got SOOO much stuff done today. First i should start off by saying we are going to live in a house behing his grandparents house in Tooele that they own. We debated between getting a house or just living there... we decided living there would be the best for a while. it's going to be a lot cheaper. Garrett really needs/wants a new truck so we need to start taking care of that. Plus we also have some furniture and stuff we need to get. The house we are living in is going to be really nice. We are in the process of remodeling it right now so it will be brand new inside when we are finished. Garretts grandparents are the sweetest people and we are so thankful that they are letting us stay there! We worked on that today... garrett finished mudding while i wiped down walls. We are going to paint next week. We also went and looked at flowers today for the wedding. Our colors are pink, orange and green so we decided on pink roses, orange lilies and these little green flowers (i forgot what they are called.) Renee (garretts cousin) is making my cake! i am so excited! she does an amazing job. here is a pic of what i want my cake to look like. We also went through a TON of pictures today for our video. i love when we have productive days! it feels so good. Anyways i just thought i would let you guys know what has been going on! Love you all!

new to blogging.

im not really sure how all of this blogging stuff works but i guess i will give it a try... i have been pretty busy in the last month with finals and planning a wedding. finals went okay, i am mostly just happy to be done and have a break. i am really happy to be home with my friends and family. moving back from orem was one of the happiest days of my life! haha. last weekend i went camping with garrett and his family to boulder mountain. we went four wheeling, hiking and fishing. the boys went turkey hunting and the girls did everything... from lighting a campfire with one match (no gas) to making a dutch oven dinner for the boys. we had a blast! yesterday garrett and i took our engagement pictures. garrett wasn't very thrilled that we had to be at the great salt lake at 6am waiting for the sun to come up! we also took some that night at memory grove in salt lake. i had never been there before and it was beautiful! we took over 800 pictures! i am excited to see how they turn out! i start my new job in june as a dental assistant. the job is just temporary for now but it could lead to something more. well hopefully this is how you blog! haha ;)