Just a few things

I was going through some of our pictures and found some stuff I wanted to blog about but never did.
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We had an awesome night in the Smith's backyard this past summer. Marshmallows, family, and experimenting with my camera....it doesn't get any better than that!
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I love the State Fair, and once just wasn't enough this year. We had to go twice. We had funnel cakes, deep fried PB&J, and kettle corn, YUM! We saw a sweet hypnotist show the first night and went back the next night to see it again.

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Giant Peaches!!!
Smoking-clogging-grannies




Fluffy, fuzzy, cute, bunnies........I was in Heaven!

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We went up to the hang gliding park for a date night this fall. They had this wooden pic-nic table at the far end of their "launch pad", so we brought our cafe rio and got to watch all the hang gliders land right in front of us. It was so fun to watch and the best part was, It Was Free!

What a BABE!


Same place different time. Joel is way good at handstands!
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And last but not least, Halloween. I just wanted to add this pic cause I get a kick out of it every time I look at it. Joel and I have always looked "youthful" but in this pic I think we both look like 12 yr olds haha

Lights at Temple Square

We decided to go down to Temple Square on Saturday night to work on taking night shots. It was way crowded, but it was fun to see all the lights and the beautiful S.L. Temple.
Another beautiful thing about the temple is the sealing ordinance that is performed inside. When I see the temple it reminds me that I have a loving Heavenly Father that wants us to be happy and has given us the blessing of being sealed to our family forever. I know that the temple is the house of the Lord and families can be together forever because of the ordinances done here.

First Snow Storm!!

I just can't pass up the opportunity to blog about snow! When I left for school this morning it was a blizzard at the point of the mountain (school is in Orem), but then Orem had barely any snow. By the time I left school, the snow was melted. But when I came home around 2:00 I was pleasantly surprised that it was snowing here at home and had been most of the day apparently because we had about 7 inches of freshy! I get a little too happy when it's snowing and have to go play in it. Kalli gets the biggest kick out of me when I'm "giddy" because of the snow. So here's the first "snow" post of many, I'm sure.


We still have roses, but not for long


The skis are ready to come out of hibernation!


This is on the back deck. My hand is at least 6 inches tall.

Our First Anniversary!

This post is way late, but our anniversary totally needed to be blogged about.
I can't believe it's been a year! I think we have definitely proven that the first year is not something to be feared! The transition from being best friends to married best friends couldn't have been smoother. We are still madly in love and happier than ever :).
What an awesome day! We slept in and made crepes for breakfast, and then went to the temple to do sealings. We decided to go all out for the big day and went to dinner at the Roof Restaurant in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. The best part was definitely dessert! They had the most amazing dessert buffet I have ever seen. It was seriously a thing of beauty. Joel was smart and ate mostly dinner food, as for me? ......White chocolate cheesecake with fresh berries...lemon tarts....creme brule...carrot cake.....ohhh baby!!!!
Being with my honey, eating dessert and gazing at the temple....sigh...I was in heaven!!! It was so much fun hanging out together and reminiscing about our wedding day. This has been the best year of my life and I'm so excited for countless more to come. I love you Joel!









The view from our table

Happy Halloween!!

Well Halloween has come upon us once again and once again I have unsuccessfully come up with a creative costume to wear, and have made no plans for this holiday. Well as long as we have pumpkins to display on our porch. We had our friends, Katie and Eric come over and carve pumpkins with us Tuesday night. We didn't get many pictures, but we did make some pretty sweet jack-o-lanterns. Mmm...SkullCandy


Kalli went with a little happier display

family photos

We went up little cottonwood canyon Friday to check out the fall leaves and take a few pics. We had to hike down some rocky terrain to get to these sweet spots, but it was worth it!
We had to use the timer on my camera which turned out to be quite a challenge with all the boulders in between us and the camera(for me at least!). Because of this, we discovered Joel's mountain-goat-like capabilities which I am very greatful for.

What can we say? The beauty of nature makes us jump for joy :)

Boys Fishing Trip

Last Saturday I got up at 4:30 am, rode for two hours in a truck pulling a boat up a canyon, arrived at Strawberry Reservoir while it was still dark and about 35 degrees outside. We loaded up the fishing boat and put it in the water. What was I thinking? I guess that's how a day with "the guys" starts out. Something I've been missing out on my whole life, until now. But the pictures tell the real story. It was a whole new experience for me and a whole lot of fun at the same time.


Brian and Kendall loading up "bananas and creme" (the boat)


Wee hours of the morning on the reservoir. Yes, that's real steam on the water! The guys weren't too happy with me for taking so many pictures while we were supposed to be getting the fishing poles ready before the sun came up, but I had to, it was too picture perfect.


Here's the master-mind of the whole operation, man-ing the motor and picking out just the right set-up out of the tackle box of wonders. You look a little tired Kendall!


The first catch of the day belonged to Brian (as well as every other catch of the day!) Somebody had the right stuff on the hook.


I have to admit, I was pretty surprised at the size of the fish. I think altogether we caught 16 fish and they were all between 16 and 20 inches. These are just a few beauties.


The one exception, however. I think Kendall was today's winner landing this bad boy near the end of the day after the clouds rolled in! Ok, I lied, he got this one in Alaska a month ago. I think we ate him a couple weeks ago.


The colors all around the reservoir were pretty amazing also. Thanks for my first real fishing trip guys, I really did enjoy it, even though I got a little frustrated near the end for not catching anything. I ended up getting a few.