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!

Christmasland

Last week we decided we wanted to go look at some Christmas lights. When Marissa googled "Christmas lights" and "Utah" the first website that came up was for the Holdman house. We didn't think one house could really be that impressive, but it as free so we decided to check it out. We ended up having so much fun watching the show. I took videos but they aren't that good (you can watch all of their displays on their website anyway).

After the Holdman house we drove around the neighborhood looking at all the houses and lights. On our way down the hill back to Orem we noticed a huge area of colorful lights. We decided to try to find it and when we did we were amazed to realize it was only one house (that took up at least two blocks!).

Every tree was covered in lights, and the lights were in every color imaginable.

The pictures don't really do it justice. It was just so big that I could not capture it all in one picture.

All in all, we had a very fun (and cold!) night.

welcome to winter

                               Somehow this...

                                  ...became this overnight

things to be thankful for

before...

...after

I am thankful that my first Thanksgiving dinner cooking experience was not a total disaster.

Fall and a Halloween Sneak Peek

Provo is full of color right now (I need to get some better pictures of all the reds and oranges)
I also found a tree that has heart shaped leaves near my house.


Can you figure out what I'm going to be for Halloween from these two clues?

wings made from some wire hangers and white tightsshoes I already had with pompoms made from the leftover tights.

UPDATE:

I just realized I never posted pictures of our completed costumes

Sometimes I go hiking

Stewart Falls

I really liked this hike because it was relatively easy, it was pretty, and it wasn't too long or too short. The weather was perfect when we went, so that also influenced my opinion.

Bridal Veil Falls

This was a failed hiking attempt. We were never quite sure we were on a real trail, and then there were a bunch of rock slides across the path... so we turned back even though we were really close to the top.

Mount Timpanogos

It should be noted that we started this hike at 2 in the morning and didn't finish until sunrise (and by "finish," I mean we reached the lake near the top. Then I gave up and we sat by a fire until sunrise)I hated this hike the whole way up, but it was cool once we got to the top. The way down was much more enjoyable.
In conclusion: Utah can actually be a cool place to live.