Summer Fun!

The 4th of July has to be one of my favorite holidays. With parades, barbeques, family, and fireworks, you can't go wrong. In the past, my family and I would go to the Layton Park where they have a parade in the morning and booths set up all over the park with people selling whatever their heart desires. We would stay there all day and then go home after the fireworks.

This year, however, panned out a little differently than usual. Mark and I decided to go out on the Lake since nobody was able to all get together this year, and we hadn't taken out the Jet Ski since last August. It was the perfect opportunity.

After church on Sunday, we drove up to get the jet ski out of storage so we wouldn't have to worry about it on Monday. But when we got it home, it wouldn't start. We figured it was the battery, so we tried to charge it, but it still didn't work. We then had to search online to find a place that would be open on Monday so we could buy a new one. It turns out, there was just a blown fuse, but we got a new battery anyway since the old one was 3-4 years old.

Finally, we headed out to Utah Lake. It was so much fun to have a day of fun since I have been so stressed lately! Mark's brother and sister-in-law met us there after a few hours for just a little bit since they were in town.

We went from one side of the lake to the other to meet his brother, and so we had to take my cell phone to the other side so we could call them. Mark already had gotten his phone wet, so we took mine. I was a little nervous, since last year when we went out on the lake, my phone took not one, but two swims in the water. We found a plastic bag and put it in the "dry storage" area. Turns out the "dry" storage isn't so dry after all and plastic bags don't always keep out the water, and my phone got wet anyway.

Amazingly, my phone started working again. (It's a trooper!) But sadly for Mark, his phone is toast. Obviously, we have learned our lesson that you shouldn't take your phone out on the water even if you think it will stay dry.

I still got to see my fireworks, even though they weren't up close. We watched them from Mark's uncle's backyard which has an amazing view of the city. (You can see the Bountiful Temple from his back porch in Layton!) It wasn't as good as watching them close up at the park, but it was still nice to see some fireworks, especially since Mark doesn't really like them for some reason!

A Sneak Peek..

I had my bridals done this past Wednesday at the Ogden MTC Learning Park. Luckily, the flowers were in bloom, which normally wouldn't be a concern for me in the middle of June, but considering how Utah-ish the weather has been, you never know.


I was afraid the weather was going to be bad, as the forcast looked dismal, so we took them earlier than originally planned. Here in Layton the wind was blowing like crazy! I decided to go for it anyway, (I didn't want to wait another week to take them and wear my dress!) The place where we took the pictures had perfect weather. It wasn't too hot, or too cold, the sun peeked through during a lot of the shoot, and it was only slightly breezy making perfect winded shots.

After we were done, I could see the storm clouds rolling in from both sides. I was relieved that we didn't keep the original time.

I had only 10 or 15 minutes to do my makeup, which is about the same amount of time I usually spend in the morning, so I hoped that it wouldn't look too rushed. The girl who did my hair did it pretty quickly as well, but it turned out great!

I had so much fun! I didn't want to take my dress off afterwards! I realized how hard it was for me to laugh and smile without it looking fake, especially without Mark there goofing off. So my mom and photographer started talking about Mark, which made me smile somehow. ;)

So here is a little sneak peek for everyone! It doesn't really show anything off, and I probably could have put up a better picture of the dress, because Mark probably isn't going to see this anyway! But just in case...

Goodbye, Geo!

Today I said farewell to my trusty old '97 Geo Prizm. My car that has been with me since I was the ripe old age of 16. I will miss it. I will miss it's squeaking when you start it up, the shaking at over 55 miles an hour, the one and only hubcap on the front right tire, the missing light, and the glued on driver-side mirror. But most of all I'll miss the embarrassment of driving that thing around...So this post is to say hasta la vista to my old car and to say bienvenidos to my new '07 Ford Fusion.

It's quite an upgrade, don't you think?

Engagement Shoot

On Tuesday, May 4th, we had our engagement shoot at the Union Station in Ogden. It was tons of fun, and we ended up with a lot of cute and goofy shots. I love them! (Well, most of them.) Our photographer, Cecily Cook, was amazing and did a great job! Here's her blog:
http://mychaosmybliss.blogspot.com/

Right before the shoot, Mark and I sort of fought about him wearing his cowboy hat. (He would tell you I was pretty pissed off.) I was adamant that he NOT wear it at all, but apparently, I somehow lost that battle. Although we did agree that none of the pictures with his hat are going on the announcements. I'll admit, not all of the ones with the cowboy hat are horrible, but I have only seen him wear that thing twice before. (Halloween and the Jason Aldean country concert.)

Anyways, my little rant aside, I just wanted to share some of my favorite shots that we had taken.

And some goofier ones:

(This one is Mark's favorite!)

As you can tell, Mark cracked me up pretty much the entire time. I couldn't stop laughing! He was being such a goofball, but we had a fun time.