Happy Anniversary, Love!

I can't believe it's been two months since I've last blogged. Honestly, I've been waiting for my Mom to send me some pictures from my birthday and our family trip to Las Vegas (we all know blog posts are kinda boring without pictures) but alas, a few big events have past and I don't want to procrastinate my blogging any longer so I will sacrifice the pictures for now and post them as soon as I receive them. So in April Preston and I celebrated my big 21st birthday! Preston took me shopping. Finally, some new shirts. He also got me new running shoes. Just what I wanted and he couldn't have done better at picking them out. Ever since, I've been running and going to the gym like a crazy woman. My mom also flew into town on my birthday. My Dad and her got me 5 big De Walt TOOLS! They're awesome and I'm anxious to use them at our soon to be home. My sister in-law Amanda threw me a little birthday party with the family and made the most delicious cake. Oh my gosh was it delicious! She also made me this stinkin' cute apron with a matching towel. Amanda is so talented and creative. My other Sister in-law, Annie, got me these awesome scrapbook stamps. I can't wait until I actually have room in my home to whip those bad boys out and catch up on some scrapbooking. Thank you everyone for such a fun and memorable 21st birthday!!

At the beginning of the month, my cousin Craig came home from his mission. I haven't seen him yet but I'm anxious to and I'm so excited he has returned safely after serving a full time, honorable mission. I love you Craig!! Welcome Home!

About two weeks ago my brother Evan, Preston and I drove down to Vegas and met up with the rest of my family for mothers day. A short weekend but what a blast we had! Full of swimming, shopping, sun and fun :D.
On May 22nd, Preston and I celebrated our 1 year Anniversary. We had planned to keep it simple and used the excuse of buying a house as our 1 year Anniversary celebration. But I guess that didn't slide with Preston. Here's the story...Thursday night (the 21st) Preston and I went over to our friends house for dinner and a movie. We left their place at about 10:30pm. After we had left our friends place, Preston told me he wanted to go for a ride since it was still early in the night. I agreed although hesitated because I really had to use the restroom, I didn't have a sweater and my hair was down and blowing all over the place (I wasn't wearing a helmet because our friends live just down the street). Before I knew it, Preston was getting on the north bound entrance to the freeway. I asked him if he was purposely going that direction. He told me that he thought it would be fun to head up to Salt Lake and do some dancing. I thought it was a crazy idea because it was already 10:30 at night and we weren't prepared for the journey on the bike but he knew I couldn't resist a night on the dance floor so we continued on. As we pulled off the exit and headed for the dance hall, I noticed Preston was going straight past the place. I was confused and asked him why he didn't park in the available front parking spot. Preston told me he wanted to park around the corner because we were on the bike. (whatever that means) Well, he started driving pretty far past "the corner". As the excuses continued, I still had no idea what he was up to and I grew a stronger urge for the bathroom. As we pulled up to the Armstrong Mansion, (the place we stayed the night of our wedding) Preston said, "I thought since we were passing, you could use their restroom". So we walked into the romantic and stunning bed and breakfast in hopes to find a restroom. It wasn't until the woman at the front desk told Preston to "sign here" that I realized what was going on. Wow, I was really thick headed that night. Preston has never pulled a surprise that well before. I usually have my suspicions. What a fantastic night it was. Unfortunately, Preston forgot to pack the camera :( so we weren't able to take pictures but I will always hold the memory. Thank you, schnookers, for the incredible surprise!! I love you and I look forward to the many years to come!
That's big enough if not too big of a post for now. I will post pictures as soon as I recieve them.

My cute little Nephew!

Spring Break 2009

Last weekend Preston and I spent spring break camping down in Zions with our good friends Cherylyn and Matt. Preston and I kicked off the riding season by cruising down on the motorcycle while our friends were kind and selfless enough to carry our camping gear in their car. We had a blast hiking the huge mountains/rocks (what are they?) that zions is so famous and popular for. We also played games, cooked some great food with the dutch oven and had a lot of good fun conversations around the campfire (while of course roasting marshmallows). We are so lucky to have Cherylyn and Matt as friends. They are the funnest couple we know! We look forward to our next vacation with them this summer.

Time Flies

Well for the most part, i have gotten over the "monthly anniversary's", "Preston! we've been married for 7.2 months! We should celebrate"... haha But I can't help to recognize that one year ago today (March 4), Preston proposed to me!! Wow, time sure does fly when you're in love.

I love you babe! Thank you for asking!! ;)

Love and Vegas

Preston and I had a wonderful Valentines Day. We skipped the busy crowds by going out the night before to our favorite Thai restaurant. The next day we both had our opportunities to surprise one another with a little some'em some'em ;) It was great fun.


A few more big events have happened over the past two weeks and I want to recognize a few people...

My parents anniversary was Feb. 14. A girl could not ask for better parents. My Mom and Dad mean to the world to me and I love them very much. I am so grateful for all they have done for me. Thank you Mom and Dad for getting married!!! I don't know where I would be without you. I hope you had a wonderful Valentines Day/Anniversary!!

My brother and his amazing wife also had their Anniversary, on Feb 24th. Despite the fact they were sick, I hope they had a wonderful evening and wish them many more happy years to come. They are such a fun cute couple and are amazing parents to their one year old son.

This last week Preston and I went to Las Vegas. Preston had his national stunting competition down there at The Orleans. His team was so close to winning ,it almost hurts. He had an amazing group to preform with. They were all very talented and did a spectacular job.
We had a blast on our trip and were able to stay with our friends, the Orlowskis. It was AWESOME! I had never been in a home as large as theirs before. A mansion would be the correct term. Preston and I were able to enjoy their theater room a couple of times although our trip was short. They also had the comfiest bed I have EVER been in. I didn't want to leave Vegas for that one reason a lone. Their bed.
The Orlowskis are the kindest people and we are so lucky we have them as friends. Thank you for your hospitality! We love you!

tag 3's

3 Joys:
- Spending time with my most amazing husband in the world, Preston
- Being close with the spirit and learning about the gospel
- Traveling

3 Fears:
- Losing a loved one so early in life
- The monsters under my bed (seriously)
- Living in Utah forever

3 Goals in life:
- To learn of the gospel more fully and become closer to my Heavenly Father
- To be an amazing mom to my children so that they might live a successful, happy, "normal" life
- To design and build my dream home

3 Current obsessions/collections:
- Photography
- House Hunting
- Saving money

3 Surprising facts:
- I'm secretly starting to get baby hungry
- I have had the same job for almost 8 months now and still love it!
- I can drive my husbands stick-shift Jeep Wrangler pretty dang well (I like to think that's not so surprising but apparently some people do)

Getting Around to Another Post

I'm getting around to working on my blogspot again. Do you like the new look?

So much has been going on around here for Preston and I. Prestons younger brother left on his mission last week. What an exciting event that was. We miss him so much already but we know he makes the best missionary anyone could ask for. Before you know it, he's going to be working close with the Prophet. Landon entered the MTC on Wed. Feb 4 and will be serving in Argentina, down south with the Penguins.

The day after Landon left, Preston and I headed to Seattle to visit home. It had been over a year since I had been back! It was a pretty relaxed weekend. We went to the Snoqualmie Falls where I took some picture which I am very excited to develop at school and other then that, we pretty much just played on the Wii Fit, went to a couple of movies and did some shoe shopping. It was defiantly a short weekend but worth every second. We got a killer deal on plane tickets so we figured we'd better take advantage. Next time we'll be sure to make it a longer trip.

I didn't take any digital pictures while we were up in Seattle because my battery was dead so I can't upload any from our trip, however, I am taking a photography class at school and am becoming obsessed with taking pictures so I will upload a couple that I have taken in the past couple of months that I like.

The Windy City

Hello Blog Followers!

My first blog! Yay! and an exciting one at that. :D I'm new to this and still don't have my site the way I would like but I'm working on it and in the mean time, I'll keep you posted on the current events of our newly wed life.

Preston and I were in Chicago this week! Preston was there on a business trip and we decided that it would be good if I went along as well. Okay... so I'm the one who thought it would be good if I went along (you know, to broaden my cultural experience) but Preston had no complaints ;). So we left a day early and had fun wondering around Chicago. We visited Navy Pier on our first day and the following day, while Preston was at work, I got my shopping in. I found a new pair of pants that I love! Preston also took me out for a nice stake dinner to Ruth's Chris. It was simply divine! Our last night in town, he took me to see the business section of the city where I must say the architecture is mind blowing. There's no better way to describe it. The buildings are jaw dropping, beautiful!

I think one of my most favorite parts of the trip were all the black guys that shouted out to Preston to "keep that ring on your finger!", "she's a keeper!". I was flattered :)

The experience was a lot of fun and I look forward to our next visit.

Thank you, Preston, for being so wonderful! I'm the lucky one :D