Since we got married:

I haven't been keeping up on my blog, so I thought I'd quickly sum up our summer: 

We went to San Francisco for our honeymoon since neither one of us had ever been (I actually had always thought I'd been there before as a kid.  Apparently what I remembered as a childhood trip to San Francisco was actually a trip to Park City) 

 

We got to see the beautiful Oakland Temple while we were there as well.
 

On our drive from California back to Utah, we stopped in Vegas to see the Lion King, which was great.  Once we were back in Utah we got to see Bryan's sister Carolyn get married to her husband Lon.
 

We moved into this house (we pretty much just house sat for the summer while a the family left for an internship)

 

We planted a garden (this is just the herb garden.  We also had two large planters and some tomato plants)
 

We spent some time on the east coast for the Weed Family Reunion, Jared (Bryan's brother) and Tabitha's wedding, and a tri-open house for all of us newlyweds.  If you can't tell from the above picture (i.e. my sweaty hair and rolled up pants) we were there during a major heat wave.
 

A few days after coming home from Pennsylvania, we went back out east for a company trip to Disney World.
 

It was pretty magical, but Disneyland will always hold a special place in my heart.
 

I went on every ride (I think?  Minus Tower of Terror, but I've been on that one at California Adventure).  This is me experiencing my first loop.  It wasn't too bad either, though my face might make you think otherwise.
 

Here is our (somewhat) flourishing garden.  I had to battle snails like you wouldn't believe, but we did get some pretty good zucchini and yellow squash.

It was a very busy summer, but we really enjoyed it.

That one time we got married...

We have been married over four months, and I still haven't posted about our wedding, so I thought I would fix that.

 

We were married on May 14th, 2010 in the Los Angeles Temple. 

 It was a beautiful day and we were so happy that so many family members were able to make it to the ceremony (especially Bryan's family coming in from Pennsylvania, Colorado, Texas, and Utah among other places).

 

Our photographer was Christine Olson.  We loved her and highly recommend her.

 

After the temple, we had a little while to relax before heading up to Palos Verdes for our reception.

 

The reception was held at the Point Vincente Interpretive Center which is a marine museum overlooking the ocean (that just happens to have a little reception hall).  The weather couldn't have been better, and the view was amazing.

 

 We had Lindt chocolate as favors (you can see them on the table) and I found myself eating these for weeks after the wedding because I took some, Bryan took some, and my Mom gave us some.  I can't complain.

 

We could not have asked for a better wedding.  I had heard so many wedding horror stories, that I fully expected to be stressed all day.  But I felt fine the whole time.  When the only notable things that go wrong are that your cake falls over and your forget to do your first dance and bouquet toss before your guests leave, I'd say it's a pretty successful wedding (especially when you have a dessert bar so the cake isn't your only hope for dessert).

Happy four months and four days to us!

Nathan Jay

I've been having fun spending time with my almost-three-year-old nephew since I've been home.

Because he's such a talker now, he never fails to say something amusing when I see him.   Recently when I was visiting he asked if he could wear my belt for a little while.  When he was done playing with it, he gave it back to me, and I started putting it around my waist.  Nathan immediately corrected me.  "No, put it on your jeans, Kelly." My sister told him I like to wear my belt on my waist because that's the style.  Nathan looked at me for a second and then told me, "That's not the style."  He's a funny kid.

shoes

I'm back in California, and with less than two weeks until the wedding, I've decided to try to wear in my wedding shoes.  Yesterday I thought I'd go for a walk outside to begin the process.  I ended up taking my dog with me because he is starved for attention and exercise.  Almost immediately I realized I had made a mistake.  It only took one neighbor staring at me for me to realize how I looked: I was a girl in four inch heels, walking a chihuahua, in southern California.  I made a quick loop, and called it a day.

Countdown

I was just updating our wedding registry and saw that there are only 23 days left until we get married.  I can't believe how quickly the last five months have gone!  I only have one week left in Utah, and then I'll be back home in California for my bridal shower and all the last minute wedding planning.

We are happy that we have a place to live lined up for spring and summer (we're renting a friend's home while they are on an internship).  We also found out that the company Bryan will start working for in May is hosting a company retreat in July, meaning we get to go to Disney World for a week.   And we don't have to pay for our flights, hotel, or park passes.  If we weren't glad he got this job before, we definitely are now.

Life is pretty good.

Celebrate!

Bryan and I got engaged on December 15th.  That night Bryan came over to take me to dinner at Los Hermanos.  I was having some difficulty putting my shoes on because I had just painted my nails (something I never do).  I got one shoe on fine, but asked him to help me with the other one.  He kneeled down and put my shoe on, and then he pulled out the ring.
 

 

This picture is not from the night we got engaged.  It just makes me laugh.

Even though I knew he was going to propose soon, I was still kind of surprised because I didn't realize he had the ring yet or that he had already talked to my dad (he was sneaky).  He asked me to marry him and I said yes (Bryan would point out that I actually said, "I think I will").

We're getting married on May 14th in the LA Temple.  I can't believe it's in three and a half months.  Time flies when you are engaged!  We're both really excited.

ice skating

For Alyx's 21st birthday we went to the Gallivan Center in Salt Lake to ice skate. We had a lot of fun and very few falls. In fact, I think Justin was the only one who fell (although it should be noted that he was the best skater in the group. He just happened to want to try a lot of tricks, which led to falls)

They have a Goblet of Fire at the Gallivan Center, so we all threw our names in. I think we even had a champion or two.

This picture may look like we were just standing there, but we were actually doing some synchronized skating.

Happy Birthday Alyx!