Some Baseball Bridal's for Rob

So, as you probably know, Rob loves baseball, and he loves the LA Dodgers, so I decided that for my bridal pictures, I was going to find somewhere to take pictures on a field, with his baseball stuff. I got this idea when we were first engaged, but near the end of our engagement, I didnt know if I was going to be able to do them due to cold and snowy weather. I did some other bridal pictures with my photographer downtown at the JSM building, and out by the lion house pantry, and temple square. I enjoyed the pictures, and I will upload them as soon as I get them, but I wanted to post some of the baseball ones for now. I am so thankful for Connie, a long time friend that did them for me, for my sister Mindi who came to help me, and to the staff at the Spring Mobile Ball Park in Salt Lake for letting me use their stadium so I could get the full effect. (It was as close as I could get to Dodger Stadium.)

Two weeks!

In two weeks I get to marry my best friend, and the most amazing man ever! I love him so much and can't wait to be his wife!

Our First Family Pictures (taken 11/28/09)

December in a nutshell.

I need to hop on the blog bandwagon and blog more than once a month! I feel like when I finally blog, I have so much I want to say, but I can never remember it all. So forgive me if this blog is random and doesn’t make a lot of sense.
First off, happy late Christmas, and early New Years! I hope everyone had a wonderful Holiday, I did! It was exciting starting a new tradition with Rob. We did “gifts” at midnight. I think that will be fun, then when we have kids of our own, Christmas morning can be just for them, letting them see what “Santa” brought them. We got some fun new stuff for our house. We got some Pots and pans, dishes, and a vacuum; we also got some fun looking games that I’m super excited to play. Christmas eve I went to Rob’s parents house for brunch, (Rob had to work) it was really good, and it was fun seeing all the little kids going to town on the chocolate fountain. When Rob was off work, we ran a few errands, and then we had a lot of people over to my mom’s house for dinner. I got to see my cousin Steve, and that was really exciting. I haven’t seen him for 2 years. He was a marine stationed in San Diego, but now he just lives there. It was fun to see him and meet Angela. All in all there were about 20 people there; it was loud and chaotic, and so much fun! Like I said, Rob woke me up and midnight and we did our “gifts” I was a little frustrated with the whole situation. Rob and I decided not to do anything for each other because of the wedding, I wanted to get him scriptures, but things came up unexpectedly, that needed to be taken care of right then (my alterations on my dress namely) so we weren’t going to do anything. That’s not how I wanted our first Christmas, and it was really hard on me (if any of you know how wonderfully Rob treats me, you would understand why I felt bad) anyway, he thought he was funny and put party poppers on the box, so when I opened it, it would pop and scare me (it didn’t, I was too asleep to have it affect me) anyway, he got me the new Carrie Underwood CD, and a new iPod Nano. I love them both; my iPod is a great companion for work. (in fact, I’m listening to it right now as we speak) as far as saying we wouldn’t get each other anything, apparently Rob said that after he got me something, so I got an iPod, and he got an I.O.U for new scriptures. (yeah, I suck, I know- I knew I should have just done something anyway, I figured he would be a terd.) Later that night, we went to the Carter’s house, and hung out, and then they got to call Scott, Rob’s brother who is serving a full time mission in Mexico. It was talking to him and putting a voice with the pictures I’ve seen. I’m excited to meet him in June; he seems like a really cool guy. After that, we went back to my house and just watched a Christmas movie. It was really fun. I couldn’t have asked for a better Christmas, and I’m looking forward to spending an eternity of Christmases with the people I love.
Well, as mentioned earlier, Rob and I have gotten a townhouse. I’m so excited. The location is great for my work and what used to be Rob’s work (I’ll get into that a little later) The best thing about our townhouse is that it is only a few doors down from Rob’s best friend Tony and his wife (well, almost wife, they are getting married tomorrow) Its nice knowing that you have instant friends in the ward. And both Tony and Loni are so much fun, I enjoy hanging out with them, and look forward to doing it more, and getting to know them better.
As far as work goes, we both have gone through some changes. I was hired as the full time receptionist for Jean Brown Research at the end of October of this year. Since then, for about the last 2 or 3 weeks I have been moved into my own office, and I now handle all the patient checks from both buildings and I’m in charge of making sure that our patients are happy with the studies they are doing, and making sure they just have a good time all around (or as much of a good time as you can have when you are giving 7 viles of blood in one sitting) Rob also got some news this month about his work, He was working at the South Jordan Branch for America First Credit Union, and has been at that branch since mid to late August (I think) He got a call, or email, or however they give news in that company, that he was being transferred to the America Fork Branch, located in the Wal-Mart. I wasn’t very pleased about it. It’s a long way from home (a lot longer than what we are used to) and this branch is open an hour later on the weekdays, and 4 Hours later on Saturdays. So he wouldn’t get home until about 8PM on weekdays and Saturdays, He would have 2 days off during the week, but my only day off is Saturday, So I was not happy with this new development. Anyways, I was in a bitter sweet mood about the whole thing, there were defiantly advantages to him leaving that branch in South Jordan, but I wished he was going to somewhere closer to me, and closer to home. About two weeks ago, Rob was told that he was no longer going to American Fork, and I was excited, and then on Christmas Eve, Rob was told that his last day was Saturday, and he would start in American Fork on Monday (today). It’s been a huge emotional roller coaster ride, but all in all, Rob is in American Fork, and I hope it doesn’t last long. I hope they find someone to replace him and he can be transferred to a branch closer to home, I know, it’s useless, but a girl can dream).
Another note, Rob and I got together with some friends earlier this month and went to the festival of trees, and then we went to my house and had homemade scones and hot chocolate and played games. I had a lot of fun doing that! We had Brent and Katy (Rob’s brother and his wife) and my friend Elisa and her husband Josh. Games and dessert is something I want to do more of, like once a month, and get more couples to join us (Tony and Loni are in when they get through all their wedding stuff) I’m just excited to hang out with friends and get to know them better, It was a lot of fun, and I look forward to doing it more.
On a last note, wedding plans are going smoothly. With the help of friends, we have been able to get a lot of “good deals” on things. We have everything planned, except for the announcements, food, and I need to pick Rob’s ring. I’m sure there will be little things that pop up closer to the actual date, but I think that we are on a good track. I’m just ready for it to be March 6th. Planning a wedding is stressful, and Running off to Vegas has crossed my mind more than once.
Anyway, now that I have wasted away a good deal of time from your day, I’m going to go now, I hope you all had a wonderful Holiday season, and have the best and most blessed upcoming year.

Thanksgiving, A time for giving thanks.

As this time of year approaches, I wanted to take a few moments to express my gratitude for all the many blessings that have come into my life.
First off (and there is no order to this) but I am very grateful for The Carters. I love how they have accepted me into their family with open and loving arms. I am blessed to be getting another mom who is so loving and kind. I am also happy to be getting a father who is a worthy priesthood holder, and who is willing to do whatever he can for his family. Im excited to be getting so many new siblings, every time we get together, no matter what we are doing, its always fun and exciting. I was blessed to meet some more family this last weekend in California, and I am so blessed because of all of you. I was so glad to finally say I have met Larry and Jerry, and it was fun to meet again with Roy. I also love all of their wives, they are all amazing women. I am glad to be joining in a family where there is so much love. I was also lucky enough to meet Dan and Dania, and I am grateful for the love that they have. Im also grateful for grandma and grandpa and their love and examples they have and are for me.
Im also grateful for my own family. They are so helpful, especially when it comes to planning the wedding. They are always willing to help me in whatever way they can, especially my mom. She is so Strong and has made it known that her family is the most important thing to her. She is a great example of love and strength.
I am also grateful for the gospel of Jesus Christ and the happiness it brings to my life. I am grateful for the atonement and the great love our savior has for us. Im also grateful for the country that we live in, and the freedoms that we have and all the many opportunities. Im also grateful for my job and the people there that have made starting a new job comfortable and easy.
Last, but certainly not Least, I am so grateful for Rob. He is my strength and my rock, everything that is good in my life, I have come to realize, or has come as a direct result of his love and example. I am so lucky to be able to spend eternity with not only the love of my life, but for being able to love and spend forever with my best friend. Words can not express how thankful I am for him being in my life. I would be lost without him. Because of him, I finally know what love is, and know that there is meaning in my life.
As this holiday season begins, I hope we all take some time out of our busy lives to remember everything we are blessed with, and how lucky we truly are.

The Proposal (No, not the movie)

So as many of you know, Rob and I are now engaged (or have been for a month today!) so I guess we will tell the story of how that all went down. It was Wednesday September 30, 2009. I took Rob to work because I needed to car to watch my sisters kids so she and her husband could go to the temple. I ended up helping my sister out earlier than I thought, so I just went to her house without really getting ready for the day. I asked her if I could use her shower and get ready before I went to go pick up Rob from work, because I had an idea of what was going to happen that night (my mom kind of said something that set me off, I don’t remember what she said, or what made me think he was proposing that night, but it did) Well, Knowing me, I was afraid to leave the kids alone without supervision while I jumped in the shower. (it’s a 3 year old and a 2 month old) so I tried fixing my hair, but it didn’t really work, so I just pulled it back up into a pony tail and I went to get Rob from work. We got back to my sisters house, and we took the kids inside and waited for my sister to get home. She had moved her apt up, so I expected her earlier than she had said. So as we waited, we just talked about our day and what not. Then my sister Brittany (a different one then the one I was sitting for) asked me if I could come to her house and look at these little dresses we had decided to make for the little girls. So I told her we could. I told Rob that, and he asked if we could stop by his house (which is basically across the street from my sister) so he could change out of his work clothes and get into jeans (he had brought shorts to change into, but the weather was bad that day) so we went to his house first, and he got out of the car, and I just sat there, I figured if he was just changing his clothes, then I was fine waiting in the car because he would only be a few seconds. Well, he asked me again, so I said fine. As we walked into the house, the first thing I noticed was the music playing. We went through the garage and I had noticed that his roommates cars were not there, then I smelt candles, then we walked into the kitchen. The song playing was “Everything” by Michael Buble (the first song Rob sang to me) the kitchen table was covered in candles, and we turned to the living room and the lights were off but the room was lit with a lot of candles, and there were roses all over and there was a fire going, and a picnic set up by the fireplace, complete with my favorite foods ( pizza, and toast with peanut butter, and hot chocolate) so we sat down by the picnic and we started kind of talking, but you could tell we were both nervous. Then Rob asked me to dance (Im not a big dancer, but for some reason I love dancing with Rob) so we danced a few minutes, and then he sat me down on a chair, and he got down on both knees. Im not going to go into detail about what he said, because I think that is between he and I, but I will tell you one thing…. He did sing part of a song to me, and I LOVED it! Then he asked. I was kind of in shock of the whole minute. I told him yes, and then we stood up. Rob says I didn’t even look at the ring. But I did. I just didn’t look at the ring for very long, I glanced at it. Saw it. Loved it. ( I didn’t stare at it because its not the ring that makes it all important. It is the meaning of it) after that, we tried eating again, but neither of us were really hungry. So then went to my sister Brittany’s house, on the way Rob called his mom and told her and I called mine. Brittany did have dresses to show us, but she knew Rob was proposing that night and she wanted to be the first to be told and see the ring, so we went there, and then as we were talking to her, her in-laws came over (friends of mine) and so we showed them, then we called my sister Theresa, and then I had to go to my sister Mindi’s house to show her. All the while we were calling and texting family and friends to let them know. To me, the night was perfect. I think Rob wanted to do it out at the lake we met out, but the weather was not on his side that day. His roommates are wonderful for helping him out on it, I think it was PERFECT just the way it was, and Im glad we could “officially” start planning our lives together. He is the best thing that has ever happened to me and I am so blessed and grateful for all the love and support he offers me everyday. He really is my best friend, and my strength in so many ways!

The Month of September

The month of September went by in a blur. We started out the month by going to the BYU vs. OU game at the new Dallas Cowboys stadium. It was fun. But the travel details gave both of us a head ache, I think we were both glad to see each other in Dallas because of all the craziness. For the game, Rob and I dressed as opposing teams, he of course wore BYU and I wore OU colors. It was funny because a lot of people would see us holding hands or what not and they would come up and ask if they could take out picture, or they would tell us that our relationship wouldn’t work. It was fun to have that little banter going on. All in all, BYU won, and I was kind of sad, but it was good, atleast Brent and Rob were happy about it. While we were in Dallas we also went with Tony and Loni to a few different sights. We went to where President Kennedy was shot, and we went to Babes chicken. It was an old restaurant. But it was fun! Tony and Rob decided to randomly get up and do the Hokie Pokie with the waitresses. After we got back from Texas, we just played a little. We took my Nephew Konnor to the park and to the arcade. And we just kind of played around in the Valley. We went on a few random hikes too, my favorite was gaurdsmans pass. I really liked the view, and we were able to take some really fun pictures. I was half expecting Rob to propose on this hike, because hiking is something we did a lot. (not so much anymore because of the weather) so that was September in a nut shell. The month went by really fast, I wish I would have been better at blogging about it as I remembered the details. But oh well. I’m new at this and I’ll catch up soon!