June 10, 2011

I'm not sure what happened to the Bridal post and the pictures so I just deleted it.  Instead of reposting those pictures I decided to just post up some pictures from the wedding.  Everything was absolutely wonderful and it turned out perfect.  Here are a few pictures for the day.

Nick getting ready to take the plunge

My mom and Rachel trying to get me into my dress

Russ and Rachel walking down the isle

Cooper was a great ring bearer

My dad and I walking down the isle

The flower girls looked so cute

The Ceremony

We did it!

Pepper took some great pictures of us after the ceremony

Us with our Maid of Honor and Best Man

The Families

Kristen and Rachel did great decorating the cake

The taco bar was a hit!  There was even nachos.

Another great picture take by our photographer, Pepper Nix

Nick getting in trouble and defending himself

Two of my students came to share our day with us.

Cutting the cake takes a lot of focus to get it right

He doesn't have any idea what he has coming to him. :)

Look at that determination!

Throwing the bouquet

Mel caught it!

Nick getting the garter

Trying to aim it at the "right" person

Jake caught it!

Cute girls eating cake

Cooper stripped his shoes, tie, and jacket immediately after the pictures

Violet had some cake

Elijah

Ramsey keeping busy on the Iphone

Our first dance

My dad trying to convince me that he doesn't know how to dance

Of course the awkward robot had to make an appearance

A little Boot Scootin' Boogie

Leaving for the night

 

 

And we're off!

Thank you to everyone who made our day perfect.  Thank you Pepper and Logan (www.peppernix.com) for the wonderful pictures to capture our day.

Wedding Day

The day is finally here.  Nick and I are getting married today and I'm so very excited.  Thanks for everyone's love and support.  Everyone that has helped with getting the day together is much appreciated.  Love you all!

Count down....

1 MORE DAY!

Engagment Pictures

We've had our engagement pictures for a while, but I'm just getting around to sharing them.  We had an amazing photographer, Pepper Nix, who made them fabulous.  We took the pictures around downtown and we had so much fun.  Thanks Pepper!

www.peppernix.com

I'm back

So I've decided to get back to blogging.  It's been WAY too long since my last post.  Here's what's happened in the past year and a half:

• Nick and I met at a birthday party
• I gave my number to Nick to call me
• We started dating 1 1/2 years ago 
• We've gone on a few trips together: Vegas, California, St. George
• Nick asked me to marry him on Christmas Eve
• We're planning a wedding

And....in about a month we're GETTING MARRIED!!!


That's really sums up the past year and a half, the short version of course.  There will be more to come!

Western Caribbean Cruise 2009

Last week I went on a cruise to the Western Caribbean with a few of my friends. We stayed in Miami the first night and then boarded the ship for a week of fun in the sun. I took about 200 photos along with Angies 300 photos. So here are just a few.

Our first stop....Dash in Miami.

We went to the beach initially and then headed over to dash to say hi to Kourtney and Khloe. Too bad they were out of town that day.

On the top of the boat as we pull out of Miami.

The night we became Celebrities on the boat.....people loved us and recognized us everywhere we went. When we met people they always started off the conversation with, "Hey, your the girls from the dance club the first night!" It was awesome!

Our first dress up night at dinner. We loved our head waiter, MC, and our other waiter, Erwan (or two, or three, or four). They were awesome!

We decided to sing a little karaoke on the ship....You got to love Journey!

Our first port....Grand Cayman

We took a boat ride out to Sting Ray City and swam with some huge sting rays. (Hopefully there will be pictures of that to come) Then we headed over to the coral reef to snorkel.

Jake, the Captain, cut up some conch for us to eat. It was really delicious, except for the spaghetti string thingy. It made me gag.

The three tour guides were fans of the Utah Girls so they let us drive their boat. It was a blast!

Getting off the boat in Roatan, Hondouras.

We spent the day on the beach in Roatan and then did a little shopping.

Our next stop was Belize. We went spellunking, rapelling, and ziplining. It was so much fun except we were eaten alive by mosquitos.

The bottom of the rapelling rope.

The group hiking through the rainforest.

Ziplining to the finish!

They fed us BBQ after our adventure. It was great lizard!

Our last stop was Cozumel. Another beach day. The beaches weren't as beautiful as Roatan, but it was tons of fun with all the water toys. We also did a lot of shopping here.

Picture of the boat from Cozumel.

A group picture at dinner the night after Roatan.

Here's our group of friends from Key West and Ft. Lauderdale. We had a great time with them and will definitely be planning another trip with this group.

Mike and Mike in the morning with me and Rachel.

J, Jorge, and JJ....our friends from Puerto Rico. This was the last day waiting our turn to get off the boat. I think we were the last ones off the boat.

It was a FABULOUS vacation. Thanks for the good times Jay, Ang, and Rachel!!! Until next time....

8 days.....

.....until I'm layin' on the beaches of the Western Caribbean!!! Holla!!!