brevity

The good news is I found some time and motivation to update the blog.

The bad news I don't even know where to begin.

Our friends and family have shown us the love with showers. We have been literally showered with quilts, kitchen utensils, baking pans, bowls, table and chairs, grapefruit spoons... you name it. Shout out to Wendy "the gift giver," for giving a gift even when she lives across the country. Dedication. I explained to the other cousins not to be jealous, but Wendy and I, we do have a special bond.

Wes and I finished up finals. It was... better than expected. Wes and I will be working AMAS (as much as possible) this spring summer. Did you know we work in the same building? Convenient. I'm taking a few athletic training classes to finish up my minor and we'll let you know how Wes fairs with his first experience doing a 40 hour week.

Everyone is asking me if I am nervous about getting married. Am I supposed to be?! Well, yes. All this asking is making me nervous something is wrong with me, because I am totally at peace with the events of the next 2 weeks. Although, I'm not sure my mom will refer to the next 2 weeks as "peace."

Random wonder: What did you do in the last weeks/days before you got married? Any highlights I'm missing out on?

time to get excited

Things are finally starting to come together.

30 days to go.

Its time to get excited.



Wonderful photos courtesy of Michelle Kemp @ Rusty Bucket Photography

Fearless Dragon Trainer

After a lot of begging and whining, Rebecca finally let me take her to the new movie

How to Train Your Dragon.

Rebecca expected the movie to be a total waste of time and she only came because she loves me. In my opinion (which not everyone cares about) it was one of the best movies ever. I see so much junk and trashy productions right now in media that I welcome any good wholesome family-oriented movie. Plus the trailers before the movie are all about similar wholesome movies, so you get to see what else is worth seeing. The premise of the movie deals with a young viking who lives on an island terrorized by dragons. He is not built like other vikings and seems weak in his attempts to defend the village like the others. His life is changed when he meets on of the most dangerous dragons of all time.... a NIGHTFURRY!

I loved the movie so much that I had to go and get my own...

BEWARE: It looks great in 3D, but its not worth paying the extra $2.50 a ticket.

Friday Night Fun

So we had a little fun with PhotoBooth on Becca's mac...

She's going to kill me for posting this one...

cute boy

and we won't forget you canyon rim

You might not believe it, but I have had this Canyon Rim Panther t-shirt since I was a 5th grader.
I finally put in the DI pile tonight.

It was time.



Let's see, now that I am in the 16th grade that would make this item close to 10 years old.

Nasty you might say? I say QUAL-I-TAY.


By the way, here's a picture of 5th grader me on top of Mt. Olympus. Now I know hiking isn't the most glamorous activity... But seriously. Please note: green and pink floral carpet bonnet, pigtails, a promotional item for my orthodontist "brace rock" t-shirt, fanny pack in front...?




Nasty you might say? I say QUAL-I-TAY.

family, food and comedy

Last night we went with the Weiler gang to dinner and Brian Regan at Abravenal Hall.

We had tasty meals here. Hard to say no to the turkey dinner. Wes enjoyed a gluten free salad while we all snarfed delicious rolls.

So weird when my dad says we are a "party of eight" now to the seating hostess. Caroline said, "Soon to be party of 9."

We all looked at her like "What?!" and then looked at Annie.

Caroline responded with, "It was just a joke!"

Then we went to see our family favorite (and Mormon SLC favorite I think too) Brian Regan. We think he is super funny, but there were some people there that were borderline worshiping.

My dad mentioned before that he hoped Wes would appreciate the humor and not think we were a bunch of weirdies.

I think Wes laughed harder than any of us. There was this one joke about some gorillas, and Wes was doubled over rocking back and forth. Yeah, he's a keeper.

I have been looking forward to Brian Regan for a really long time. I guess the next thing to look forward to is, oh, the wedding!

We're not MIA. We're planning a wedding.

Let me update you.

Wedding plans are coming right along. I've accumulated quite the binder of wedding doom. Things are relatively on schedule, thanks to so many helpers.

• Wes. This kid is super good about asking needs to be worked on. In fact, just last week he asked, "When can I help pick out invitations?"

• Mom. My mom has not only taken the reins, but is galloping away with the reception. You guys should look forward to a freaking awesome party.

• Courtney. So excited for the bridal shower! {So is Wes...}

• Susan. Gave us a great recommendation for invitations.

• Macey Jones. "Smile so pretty! I don't want to be looking at an ugly engagement picture on our fridge the next two months." Thanks for the support.

We're plodding through school. In fact, it's 6:58pm and we're in the math building. I'm blogging. Wes is doing some crazy physics. Sounds about right. We went to the Provo library tonight to try and switch it up. And no joke, as soon as we sat down the woman library voice came on and told us we had 5 minutes until closing.

What else can I tell you? Oh HELLO. We're now on the gluten free lifestyle. Wes has "the sprew" which ultimately means our children are doomed because it runs in my side of the family. Shout out to Great Aunt Joyce and Nancy! Which also means I will be baking rice bread the rest of my life.

Looking forward to...

Brian Regan in Abravanel Hall this Thursday.