So Long Summer!

This summer has been quite the adventure for us. As soon as David completed his last final for the semester we took off to Oregon to visit my family. We had a blast! David had his first experience at the Oregon Coast. He even experienced the Tillamook Cheese Factory! It really doesn’t get much better than that! The county fair was in town that week so we decided to go with the fam. It was fun watching our nieces on the rides and with the animals. We also enjoyed the typical fair food…super greasy! Luckily the weather was nice and warm during our stay so we were able to get out on the boat!! Another first for David was with the knee board and wake board…I always enjoy watching first timers ;) We were so incredibly sore after that!

Towards the end of our stay in Portland we decided we might as well extend our trip and travel down to San Diego to visit David’s family. It was a great idea at first but then we started the 17 hour drive with no AC through California….not fun! But once we got there it was completely worth it! In San Diego we went to this awesome sand castle competition…there were some pretty impressive sand sculptures! Our favorite was the leopluradon. David also took me to these cliffs on the ocean that had a million tide pools! I love tide pools. We saw some cool sea anemones and crabs. It was a lot fun to play in those. During our stay in San Diego I was also able to experience my first professional baseball game, GO PADRES!

Both weeks ended way too fast! We had so much with family! We were not looking forward to making the long, hot drive back to Rexburg. Once we made it back to Rexburg we decided to continue the fun we had been having and went on our very first camping trip! We drove out to this place called Swan Valley where they have this beautiful waterfall and tried out our new tent. The weather was great but I froze during the night! We only stayed the one night but it was fun to get out and see how well we could camp.

A few weeks later my parents decided to make a stop here in Rexburg after they dropped off my little sister in Provo for her first semester in college. They took David and me out to Jackson Hole, Wyoming. It was so fun! Neither of us had ever been out there. The drive alone was breathtaking. We had to stop a few times for pictures. The town itself is fun with all of its cute little shops. While we were there a big thunderstorm rolled through; which was pretty neat to experience. Unfortunately their stay was very short but it was fun having them come see us in our apartment.

Just this last weekend my sister Keara and her best friend Tracey came to stay with us for a couple days. David and I decided to show off the better parts of Idaho so we took them out to Mesa Falls, which they loved. We also took them to one of our favorite swimming spots. The weather had been in the upper 80s all day so we decided to actually swim…it was a lot colder than we thought it would be, but we still had a good time.

All in all we have had a great summer and are looking forward to all the adventures this fall has in store for us!

The APT!!!

Ok...so I finally took a couple pictures of our apartment! It is a great size for us. We have two bedrooms. The only thing I'm sad about, is we have no room for a kitchen table...but that is ok.

Adventures

So David and I have been married for almost three months! Crazy. We are in Rexburg until he finishes school. Hopefully only one year. For anyone who has ever been to Rexburg you know one needs to get creative to have some fun.

For Memorial Day David and I decided to take a trip up to Mesa Falls. The drive out there is so pretty. It looks nothing like east Idaho. There are trees everywhere, it reminds me of back home and I love it. Anyway we were able to go and have a nice picnic and visit the spot where David proposed to me eight months ago.





This last Sunday was a gorgeous day. We decided we needed to get out of the house and go for a drive. Destination...no idea. After driving for almost an hour we found ourselves in Island Park. It is just past Mesa Falls and it actually sits in the worlds largest caldera which is pretty cool. I guess a huge volcano used to rest there and it collapsed in prehistoric times. Now it is covered in trees and the Snake River flows through there. We were able to hike around and explore. It was tons of fun although we did get eaten alive by mosquitoes! We also found a couple of nice campsites which we are planning to take advantage of sometime this summer. However, next time we will be prepared for all the mosquitoes!!








Frolicking through a field of wild flowers

Best Day of My Life

April 10, 2010 hands down the best day. It was the day I married the love of my life!! All week prior to the big day it poured. I was so scared I was going to have a rainy wedding day! But we lucked out and it was dry…a little windy but I could handle that. Everything turned out perfect! Getting ready that morning was the weirdest thing. I didn’t feel any different but yet I knew things were about to change. The whole way to the temple I just remember thinking about how I never thought this day would come and now it had and I couldn’t believe it. Then seeing David at the temple gave me butterflies. He looked amazing.

The whole day was amazing, especially the reception. It was beautiful. My mom and sister Jayme basically planned the whole thing. I could not have done it without them!! I remember walking in and being surprised. I could not have pictured anything more perfect. After the reception David and I left to a little bed and breakfast over by Sunset High School. The decorating crew for the car definitely succeeded in making it completely ridiculous. I had a hard time fitting in the car with my dress 

The next day we had a big family dinner and opened all our gifts. We have some amazing friends and received so many great things!! We are so thankful for all we got. We left that evening for California to leave on our cruise. We went on a four day cruise to Catalina Island and Ensenada. It was fun except for the fact that I got really sick. Not sea sick but sore throat with white spots, no energy, boring sick. Go figure. But we managed to still have a great time! We met some really funny people and we even managed to go snorkeling in Catalina. I’m ready to go on another cruise.

After the honeymoon we had a beautiful open house in David’s backyard in San Diego. His family worked so hard to get everything ready and it was absolutely gorgeous!! The weather was also perfect. It was really fun to get back in my dress for a few hours. Unfortunately our time in San Diego was extremely short because the next morning we left to Rexburg.

I’m so happy I was able to have my fairy tale wedding. Thanks to everyone who helped because it would not have been this great without you.




All my friends and family

Thanksgiving!

So this year for Thanksgiving I went with David to San Diego. It was so fun! We were lucky and got to fly which was nice. It was great to take a week away from school and just relax with David and his family! It did go by way too fast though and it was extremely hard to leave. The weather was amazing. I wore a T-shirt the whole time and I only needed a light jacket in the evening. I loved the sun being out and warm, unlike Rexburg.

We arrived in San Diego Saturday night and on Sunday I went with David to his ward and met some of his friends. After that we went up on this hill that overlooks the city and you could even see the ocean. It was gorgeous.

Monday we went and rode a train thing. I don’t really know how to describe it. Basically this guy had re-created a little train with some old rail and built a huge track around his backyard. It was fun; the old man who had built it was hilarious. He loves his trains and he knows a lot about them. That evening we had a kid’s night. We all went to dinner at this place called Dick’s where they are purposefully mean to you. It was really funny. I think the waiter told me that I’m high maintenance and stuff like that. It made me laugh. Of course he didn’t once pick on David, which was unfortunate. After that we went to this huge arcade and played a ton of games. There was this one trivia game that we could all play together and that one by far was my favorite. David and I used our tickets to get this picnic backpack complete with speakers and plates! Awesome.



Tuesday night we had a girl’s night so David was not invited. Haha. We went to a ceramics place and I painted a snowman. It was a lot of fun. I had never done something like and I’ve decided that is something I want to keep doing because it was really relaxing. We also ate dinner at Panera Bread and got hot chocolate. It was fun to hang out with David’s mom and sisters and hear some more stories about him!

Wednesday we went to the Wild Animal Park which is an addition on the San Diego Zoo. It was really fun. We got to ride in these train/car things around and see all the animals. I love that stuff. By then end of the day we were worn out! Then Thursday was Thanksgiving and the power went out for a couple of hours in the morning but luckily it came back on and we had a great dinner!! That night we all went and saw the movie Blindside, amazing! I love that movie.





Ok so I might have some of those days mixed up? All well. I know Friday night we went and took family pictures. David and I on one of those days went to In N’ Out Burger, so good!! We also went to the beach, beautiful! Basically it was an amazing trip!! It was a much needed break from school for both of us. It was hard to come back to cold Rexburg and snow and school and homework. Only 1 ½ weeks left and then we’re done with the semester and off to Minnesota to spend Christmas with my family!

YES!

Ok so A LOT has happened since my last post! I've just been so dang busy with David, school and my calling that I can't seem to find a free minute.

Alrighty well on Sunday October 11th it all went down. David and I are in different wards and his meets in the morning and mine doesn't meet until the late afternoon. So he usually makes me Sunday dinners, which is really nice! On this particular Sunday he picked me up after church and he had made a chicken parmigian dish. It was so good! After that he took me out to Mesa Falls, we love that place and have gone there a couple times this semester. When we pulled into the parking area so did four other cars and David began to complain about that but I didn't really understand why it was that big of a deal? We walked down the trails to the waterfall where we were able to claim a bench. We just sat on the bench and talked and took a few pictures by the falls. By this time it was starting to get really cold so we decided to drink some of the hot chocolate David had made for us (now all the people were finally leaving so it was just us). We were just chillin and drinking hot chocolate when David turned to me and told me how much he loves me and how he wants to spend forever with me. Then he got down on one knee. You have to understand that David has “fake proposed” to me before and teased me about when he was going to propose so I thought he was doing that again and I was about to get mad. I told him to shut up and stop it because I didn’t think he was serious. And then he pulled out the ring and asked me to marry him! I said yes of course and ripped off the glove I was wearing so he could put the ring on my finger!

We stayed a bit long and took some more pictures because we were both so excited and then we left. On the way home David had made a mix of our favorite “cute” songs so we listened to that. Then we started the process of calling our family and friends. It was so fun to tell everyone! Once we got back to Rexburg we went to David’s apartment and had some sparkling cider to celebrate with some of his roommates. It was the best day! The thought had entered my mind that he could propose there and it would be a really cute spot to do it but I really didn’t think he would. I was pretty sure that he was going to wait until we were in San Diego for Thanksgiving.

Life has been great; I love being engaged and having a fiancé! That took a little while to get used to and sometimes we still call each other boyfriend or girlfriend but for the most part we have it down. Planning the wedding with school has been interesting. Luckily my family is very willing to help out and we aren’t getting married until April 10th so that gives us plenty of time to plan!

This past weekend David and I took a day trip to Utah so I could get my wedding dress fitted. We also found a really cute engagement picture outfit for me so I’m pretty excited. We are having those taken the first weekend in November.

Here We Go...

Back to Rexburg. Check. Boyfriend. Check. First week of my my last semester in college. Check.

This has been a pretty crazy week for me...there is much to blog about :) So the time to make the trek back to Rexburg inevitably came. Since I had mono this summer my parents didn't want me to drive back alone (the doctor said I'm no longer contagious!!) so my dad drove me to Boise. It was nice to have him with me for that part of my trip. Once we got to Boise we ate lunch at the Cracker Barrel and then he flew back to Portland and I continued on to Rexburg.

Once I got into Rexburg and moved all my stuff in David came over. I hadn't seen him in three weeks so I was really excited! He took me grocery shopping...so romantic I know :) After that we went to Idaho Falls for dinner at Olive Garden. Yum! Then we were going to finger paint pictures for each other but it was too dark outside so we found a dock on the river where we sat and talked. It was then that we bacame "official."

Since being up here David and I have spent most all our time together. Things are going great between us and I'm excited for the rest of the semester. Now for how we met...

Last semester I joined a lacrosse team, the same team David happened to be on. I always thought he was cute and funny but he didn't pay as much attention to me like some of the other guys did so we never really talked and thats how it was for the whole season. One time at practice I got hit in the eye with a lacrosse ball which hurt really bad! And so we were all sitting there (me in tears) and David said and I quote, "Welcome to lacrosse Bree." I was livid. I didn't like him for the rest of the week. But then I decided to let it go cause he was really funny. David swears he didn't say this, but he did :)

Our team eventually made it to the championships and we won! That day David borrowed my screwdriver to tighten his helmet and forgot to give it back. So the next day (this is now two weeks before the semester is over) I added him as a friend on facebook with a message telling him he forgot to give me my screwdriver back. Later that day I sign on and he starts talking to me. He was so funny! Anyway he ended up asking me out for the Tuesday and I said yes.

Our first date was to the Harry Potter midnight showing. It was a double date with his roommate Kyle and his girlfiend Sharon. We went to dinner at 5 Guys and then we had like three hours to kill in the movie theater. This had potential to be the worst first date ever since we really didn't even know each other very well and we had so much time before the movie started. It was the exact opposite. It was the best first date I've ever been on. We got along so well and talked the whole time.

Wednesday night David called me and asked me out for a second date on Friday, which I obviously said yes to. I was so happy that he had called. Most guys up here are into just hanging out all the time. But David actually called in advance to set up a date. Anyway David and I have some mutual friends on the lax team who were having a game night on Thursday so I invited him to go with me and we hung out that night as well.

Friday came and it was another double date with our friend Andy who was our lax coach. We went to dinner and then miniture golfing in the gardens on campus. It was really fun and thats when we had our first kiss. After golfing we rented the Rocker and watched it at his apartment.

We saw eachother everyday after this until the end of the semester which was only another week. He even met my sister Jayme and her family that Sunday. At this point I was really starting to like this guy which I think scared me a little at first. On Monday we kind of had a "DTR" (defining the relationship) and I told him I didn't want to have a long distance relationship. Even though we pretty much did.

So David left to go back to San Diego on Friday and we talked on the phone everyday over the 6 week break except like twice. So now we are back in the same place and things are going really well.

School has started and it is my last semester before I go student teaching in Las Vegas. Its pretty crazy that my college career is just about over. It has gone by so fast! Pretty soon I'll be off on a new adventure.


Our last night together before David left we took a bunch of pictures on his computer