Amazing view...

Lunch date at the temple with Shay today. Sometimes all you need is a good visit with your sister and this amazing view to completely turn your day around. :)

family. music. & goats.

This weekend was a good one. It was one of those weekends where you feel like you got a lot of time to be lazy...yet you still found time to get a lot done. They totally exists. It was great!

Saturday my parents came over to watch ethan perform "Motzarts Requim" for Dixie State Choir. He has such a great voice. Plus he looks great in a bowtie! And my parents were awesome to come support him! Even though my dad was complaining he couldn't understand what they were singing. He suggested next tie they sing in English ;) Eth also had a concert Thursday night that his parents were able to go to! That one was in English!!

Sunday we went to Stake Conference with Ethan's parents and listened to Elder "" . He was hilarious!! Yet, he gave such a powerful talk. Probably one I will never forget. We then had our first dinner at the Janson's...and Eth's mom Shannon made homemade ice cream in waffle bowls!! Delicious

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 It was my parent's 29th anniversary so all the kids/spouses pitched in to make them dinner! (our second dinner, we do that a lot on Sundays!) I am so grateful for my parents and the example they have set for me. They have taught me how to have and keep a happy successful marriage over the years. I've always wanted a marriage like theirs. In today's world with the high divorce rate, I am so blessed to be in a family that has not only survived but become closer over the years. Families are forever. 

We all went for a family walk which turned out to be more of a field trip to the zoo! Only in Hurricane can you see baby goats, pigs, and chickens, all at separate houses on one block!! Eth think's he's convinced me we are getting a  goat. ...We're not. They are cute, but if we are getting anything it's a baby because at least they grow up cuter...most of them. ;) (just to clarify, we aren't getting a baby anytime soon either)

 Oh he was so in love with them. If only I were a nicer wife!

 Eth and I took dad's motorcycle for a ride...he's getting the hang of it! Plus he looks good on a bike. I may be biased but I always think he looks good.

Great weekend. not ready for the week. Just think...one day closer to...The WEEKEND!!

Time to UPDATE!

I am really slacking at keeping up to date with this blog thing...but I so badly want to be a regular blogger. Practice makes perfect..I hope! I guess at least after this post I can now say I'm all caught up.

We did it. We hit one month...best month of my life. Seriously married life is the best. Cheesy as it sounds, I can't imagine my life without him. There's a lot of fun activities or stories I could tell you about this last month..but my favorite would have to be our late night chats just before falling asleep. We sometimes get talking about who knows what and end up laughing so hard just laying there in the dark in our beds. Needless to say, I always go to bed with a smile on my face!

Valentines Day 2014

Our first v-day together we were driving in a car up to Idaho. Not exactly how I pictured it, but we just decided to celebrate a day earlier. Problem solved. Earlier that week I surprised Eth and got us tickets to the Harlem Globetrotters game then took him out to dinner as kind of an early v-day date. Then he surprised me Thursday and took me to one of the best plays I've ever seen. It was called "My Funny Valentine". They even served a very fancy low light dinner before the show. I've haven't laughed that hard in a while!

Valentine DIY Crafts! We decided to start doing a new craft before every holiday! Makes me feel so crafty! I can pretend, right?!

Eth really spoiled me. Got me this infinity initial necklace and had a group of kids come and sing to me at work. Such a nice surprise and those kids did fantastic singing "I Will", by the Beatles. Probably a new favorite song.

 

 

 WE GOT AN APARTMENT!!! I'll be posting pictures of that later once I get around to decorating!  We figured with our first place we might has well have some fun with our first keys! Bet you can guess who's is who.

A few random accomplishements:

Eth passed his insurance exam and started working at State farm. As a proud wife I'm going to brag a little bit now... His boss was very impressed with him passing his test the first time because he has had some employees have to take it 5-7 times before they could pass. Eth is so smart and catches on so fast, he'll do great! Plus look how good my man looks behind a desk. mmmmhhh...
#likeagoodneighbor

Dixie State Coed Intramural 5v5 Basketball:

So maybe we didn't win EVERY game (or very many) but we did have a lot of fun! This team was made up of the Dixie Sun Newstaff...plus wives and fiances. Super fun group. Now it's time for indoor futsol (soccer). I sure do love playing intramural with Eth. Sometimes he even does really cute things...like last second kissing me for the team photo. Ah..love.



 Roadtrips..

 We've been up to Idaho a few times in the last few months to visit the newest and first Janson grandbaby.
 Had a lot of fun adventures up there including the car show and ty's baby blessing. So the Janson family consist of all four boys. One just had baby Ty and the other two found out they are both prego... with boys. Guess the boy gene is very dominate in this family. Looks like Eth and I could have the first Janson girl...later!

 Found the cutest picture of baby eth. >>>I hope our boys look just like him. Heck maybe our girls better take after him too!

Random date night: temple, dinner, and the new candy shop in town(: best way to spend time together!

I married my best friend!

We did it. We're married! I counted down the days hours and minutes, and now they are gone. Just like that. But the memories we made that weekend will last forever. Or until I'm old and can't remember, which is why I will share them here.

Dec. 11th, 2013
The bridal shower

Shay threw my bridal shower for me. It was awesome. It was weird when I finally realized that it was my bridal shower...mine?!That made the whole engagement/wedding more real! I had a great turn out and felt very loved. The food was great and the decorations were cute! I have some pretty awesome friends and family! 

 

The Bachelorette Party!!

(dinner at georges corner then back to the apt. for gifts)

 

Dec. 27th, 2013

Rehearsal dinner/dance

The rehersal dinner/dance party was a success! We had a great turnout of family and friends, so thank you all who came! Ethan and I felt very loved! Shannon (the new mother in-law) made a killer dish of cafe rio style food and I believe it was loved by all! Then we danced. I'll be honest I was super nervous for the dancing because Eth's family is big into it and I just can't seem to dance all that well. They even book DJ Lex and have been known to get the best rated dance party groups, so I couldn't disappoint! However, I surprised myself and probably many others and actually got out there and danced. It was a party! Ethan and I danced our "first dance" to the song Heaven, bryan adams. The first dance was something I'll always remember. We had the DJ play our parents and married siblings first dance songs throughout the night as well as some modern fun ones for the younger generations to go nuts too, and belive me they did! All in all... Great night!!

Dec 28th, 2013

 The wedding day!

I could hardly sleep the night before, it was worse than Christmas eve. too much excitement. Whitney, mom, and Shay helped me get ready that morning. Just like we had done for all us girls. Kyson and Grandpa made chocolate chip pancakes for us! Then mom dad, and I headed off to the temple! From the moment we entered the temple to the time we had our grand exit, I felt so much love and gratitude. For all the family and friends witnessing our sealing. The ladies who assisted my  mom and I getting ready. The wonderful man who performed our sealing. Heavenly father for making this all possible to be sealed for time and all eternity to our best friends, our loved ones, our family....my husband!! The temple was an amazing place to be married and I encourage everyone to make that a goal of yours. Don't settle for anything less.

The reception..

We had the reception that night from 6-8 at one of the chapel gyms in Hurricane. I feel like the decorations were a huge hit, and they turned out pretty much how I imagined and hoped they would. I have wonderful extended family who always comes to help set up the day before! We served hot chocolate and cinnamon rolls. How appropriate for a winter wedding, right!? And surprisingly we even got to enjoy some of it! We had a wonderful turn out from both sides of the wedding party. Especially for having it during Christmas break and so close to new years. We have awesome support! Thank you all who made it! We cut the cake, which Eth so kindly smeared on my face then backed away before I could get even! Then we had our sparkler exit! I love sparklers, eth knew that and so we searched everywhere for some...with no luck. But thanks to some great family friends they were able to find some and end our wonderful weekend with some sparks!

The honeymoon!

Jk I won't go into too much detail here. Eth's parents rented a place here in Washington, so we wouldn't have to drive too far late at night. We LOVED this place. It's called The Honeymoon Trails Then went up to provo/orem/salt lake for the rest of our trip. Basically we just did whatever, whenever! The best part was just getting to spend so much one on one time with my new husband. He spoiled me. Took me shopping and kept asking what I wanted and suggesting I could get some new clothes, jewelery, chocolates, anything! I love him. One of the exciting things we did was go to a place called provo beach where we played giant croquette and did a big ropes course! We had a really good time and it was hard to come back to real every day life. But one thing that made it easier is realizing we were coming back to it together! No more saying goodbye...only goodnight!