An Engagement, and a Wedding

Wow. I so thought I updated this sooner... but life gets away from you sometimes, and a lot has changed

Jared and I got engaged!! 

He proposed right before my birthday (he knew he wasn't allowed to on my birthday).

We had 6 short weeks to plan our wedding. I suggest this to everyone, you don't have time to change your mind on things, and you can't lollygag around, you just have to get the planning done.

Simple Things Photography took our pictures and they did a fantastic job.

   

   

  

Then on a very cold day they took our Bridals/Formals

 

And then November 9th, 2012 was our wedding day. We choose to get SEALED for TIME & ALL ETERNITY in the Brigham City Temple. It was the best choice I have ever made, to marry my best friend in the house of my Lord.

  

  

  

 

  

  

 

 

 

                  

There was a lot of family waiting outside for us after the sealing! It was raining outside, so that made for quick pictures, and not so great hair. Thanks so much to my wonderful stylist Nicole who I called and she quickly fixed my hair before the reception.

Lots of fun was had the reception. We got some more pictures of just us, then some of the families. My favorite pictures are when Jared and his brothers dropped me and then proceeded to laugh about it. We cut the cake that my bestie Lindsay made, and no one smashed it in the others face. I did that once before and it wasn't fun. Then my dad and I danced to "Stealing Cinderella" where at the end Jared came and cut in. Then Morgan sang "I Will Always Love You" while we danced. 

It was a great party for us all before all the craziness started.

SLC date... such a great day!

So this was quite awhile ago... (June 15th) but I have some time to blog for a minute.

So I got up this Friday morning and since Jared likes it I curled my hair for our date. Jared came over when I was ready and we headed down to Salt Lake.

Our first stop was the Hogle Zoo, sorry I don't have any pictures, but we just walked around the park checking out all the animals. Our favorite was the new Polar Bear exhibit. That bear was working the crowd. He had a whole system down. He'd take a lap, dive in the water, come up by the glass then push back to the middle of the pool, he'd then dive again and do it all over again. We probably stood there watching him for 10-15 minutes, but he was just so darn cute.

After the zoo we were kinda hungry, but food in the zoo was a little expensive so we decided to go down town. Jared took me to this little cafe where we got sandwiches, and canoli's for dessert. We sat there and ate while deciding what to do next. 

Jared has some way fun ideas, he took me to a nickle arcade down in Murray. We spent 2-3 hours just goofing off challenging each other and finishing up by taking some pictures in the photo booth.

To finish up the day we went to Fashion Place Mall and walked around for a minute then had dinner at The Cheesecake Factory. This was the first time I'd been there and oh my was it good!

When we get back to Logan we go over to Jared's parents for a minute because Jared is so thoughtful and got his mom and sister an order of Avocado Rolls that he knew they loved. After we chill and chat for a bit we go back to Jared's apartment and finished the night by cuddling up with a movie.

BOYFRIEND POST!

I know you have all been waiting for this post...

I have the best boyfriend EVER!!!

Yup you read that right, I've got myself a Boyfriend!!! and look how handsome he is!!

Wow the last few weeks have gone by so fast, but they have been so fun. I love getting to know Jared, and he is just so great! But I guess I should give you the update on how this all came about.

Jared and I have been in the same ward since I moved into my apartment in November... but we never met, I didn't know him until about 5 weeks ago. I was on our ward Facebook page and  I saw his picture with his name, I didn't think anything of it other than his last name was Flandro... I knew his sister Morgan and I facebooked her, she told me to punch him next time I saw him. Well I finally met him at FHE out at Bishops, I said hi, and we talked for a minute, I just told him I knew his sister and that was it, nothing else.

(FYI: my apartment this summer made a Facebook page to invite people over to our place to hangout, watch movies, play outside, etc.) 

Later in the week after I met Jared at FHE he asked to join our Facebook page, I confirmed that he could, then he added me on Facebook. I really didn't think too much about this, he was in the ward and you always need more friends. Well a week went by before anything came about. 

Jared invited himself over on May 23 to watch a movie. Me and Tami didn't mind at all, we love having people over to watch movies. Although that night I was super tired and ended up sleeping in the Love Sac through most of Hairspray. Jared scared me awake after the movie was over, and i was only awake for a few minutes before I fell asleep again, lol. I woke up about 20 minutes later and Tami, Jared, and Lucien were still there talking. They were talking about dating, and Jared was telling Tami how she needed to just be blunt, straight forward with guys, to not beat around the bush. He then used me to show an example, and instead of putting your hand by his leg... you just grab the knee. Yeah I was startled... remember I was still waking up and suddenly Jared was grabbing my knee. And then he showed how you get to hold someones hand, again he used me. I was thinking in my head how crazy this guy was, grabbing my knee, and holding my hand, both times longer than was necessary, but I was half asleep still so I just chalked it up to me being out of it. Then they left and I didn't see or talk to Jared again until Friday.

Friday night we decided to watch a scary movie... since they make the best cuddling movies. Sadly the movie we choose was Super 8 and it wasn't very scary at all. It did the job though, Jared put the moves on me and we cuddled during the movie. After the movie we talked for a bit, and I'm pretty sure that night he got my number (yeah i don't remember for sure if he got it Friday night or Saturday).
Jared came over again Saturday night and we watched Narnia, Tami was going to watch with us, but she went next door and didn't come back until I went and got her, but its okay since we got to cuddle through the movie.
Sunday we saw each other at church, Jared made me lunch which was great, he made spaghetti with sausage meatballs and red sauce made from scratch, and he looked so cute in his church clothes with his pistol in the back of his slacks... very attractive!
Monday was Memorial Day, I spent most of the day with my family doing some shopping for Gary's wedding. Monday evening though my family did a fire and Jared came with me and met everyone... including  Andy, Leza and Brody, but excluding Gary and Chelsey, and everyone loved him. Mom even invited him to Gary's reception that weekend. After the fire we came back to the apartment and watched a movie, and Jared decided that since he met the family and was planning on going to the reception he should take me on a date.
Tuesday, Jared took me to Tandoori Oven for dinner, then I met his parents at his brother Rhett's hockey game. After the game we got ice cream at Cold Stone and then watched a movie at his place... we like watching movies.
Wednesday was another movie night.
Thursday I spent the day with my family since Morgan Graduated!!! Then we set up for Gary's luncheon. When Jared got off work I was still at my parents so he came up there to make cookies with us.
Friday was Gary's wedding, and it was a beautiful day. The temple and luncheon were both great. I got home around 4:30 and went over to Jared's apartment to sign a contract for fall... yup I got housing for next year. Jared came over to my place just before 5 and we went out to the reception. Jared met people from my home ward/neighborhood, he met my extended family, and he met Lindsay and Travis. I think my family didn't know what to think about him, the neighborhood was fine, and Lindsay and Travis loved him. It was a great night. After the reception Jared took me out to dinner at Gia's, so good, then we went back to my place where I put on my sweats and went over to Jared's to watch another movie.
Saturday after work Jared, Tami, and I got sno cones, went to the Zoo, got pizza and ate it out on the lawn.
Sunday Jared decided to stake his claim on me in Elders Quorum but telling everyone, during a game of Jeopardy, that he had kissed me the previous week.
There is our first week of dating... Sorry this was such a long post. I'll keep posting the other fun stuff we have done later.