Wedding Post #1

1. how it all began: how you met, first date, first kiss, how long did you date? first picture together.....etc


Nicholas and I met in high school. I can't tell you exactly when the first meeting but sometime in my sophmore year and his junior year. We were in the same prom group that year and the following year. We never went on a date until he got home from his mission. Before he left on his mission, we talked a few times on the phone and hung out at Planet Smoothie, where he worked at the time. He then left on a mission and i went on to wonderful ASU. : )
About a year into his mission, he asked his mother to find out what i was up to, and to get my address. Well his mother knew my sister Amy. And she e-mailed my sister's sister inlaw, who got a hold of amy who talked to nick's mom and got Nicholas's e-mail address and told me that NIcholas wanted me to write him a short e-mail and give him my address. When i was told all of this i was kinda shocked but pleasently surprised. So i wrote him and then we continuted to write the rest of his mission. I must say that i lived for those letters after a while. And at the time that he started writting me, i was going through a hard time and he was my guardian angel. : )
Nicholas got home Friday april 11th, 2008. We saw each other the next night. And i guess you could consider that our first date. I picked him up, which was nerve racking and crazy. He was nervous too, i could tell, ya know being alone with a girl the day after he got hom from his mission. ha ha. : ) We went to a park by my house , walked around and talked. Then we went to my house and ate popsicles and talked to cassi.
When i was taking him home that night he grabbed my hand in the car, held it and then asked if that was ok. It was cute and ofcourse i said yes, although i wasnt expecting it at all. When we got to his house we went inside and looked at mission pictures until like 2 am when i finally went home.
He kissed me for the first time on Wednesday. Fast mover. ha ha ha. We were on a couch in his parents lower level part of there house ( they have a tri-level house) and we were talking, well sorta. It was more like talking but sitting there nervously while wondering in my head if he was gonna kiss me or not. And then he would lean forward and pretend like he was gonna, and then not. He did this like a billion times. so annoying and frustrating and cute. He enjoyed every moment of it. : ) He finally kissed me, which was amazing. He claims it was because he made me want it by teasing me. I dont know about that. : )
And the rest is history. From then on, we pretty much never had a day where we didnt see each other. the only times we didnt see each other, he was in chile with his parents and then on a river trip with the scouts in his parents ward. We dated for about 3 months before getting engaged.
Hopefully i will get NIcholas to add some of his point of views to this. : ) I will put them in different colors when he does. Nicholas says he has no comment.

This is probably the first picture of us together, besides the prom picture before this, which i dont have on the computer. this is a very ugly picture of me, but since its the first i put it on here.

This is a nicer picture of when we were dating.

another dating picture

One wedding a week?

I found this on a blog and i thought it was a good idea. And since im not a daily blogger simply because well i just cant do that, im gonna do one a week, maybe more if im in the mood. It'll be nice to get things down for posterity. I'm also gonna have Nicholas write a paragraph too if he wants! so if you wont wanna read them you dont have to, because they are simply for me! : )

. how it all began: how you met, first date, first kiss, how long did you date? first picture together.....etc.
2. when you knew he was the one: self explanatory.. but how and when did you know?
3. proposal: how it happened, how long were you engaged for? was it a total surprise? pictures of that... etc.
4. the ring: tell us about it! did you pick it out? did he? pictures! tell us about his ring too!
5. engagement/bridal pictures: let's see em!
6. the colors: show some of the flower and colors you used
7. the dress: was it what you always imagined? did you have it made for you? white or ivory?
8. the little accessories: you know, veil? shoes? jewelry? what did your bridesmaids wear?
9. the reception: where was it at? show us some pictures! what day did you get married?
10. the cake/food: i love food. so tell me about what you had at your wedding!
11. your song and/or the first song you danced to at your wedding: share a music video or lyrics if you can!
12. favorite part of the day and least favorite part of the day: can be anything.
13. honeymoon: where did you go? was it good? ;) haha...jk.
14. thoughts on marriage: what is the easiest/hardest part? if you could change anything, what would it be?
15. first place that you lived together: pics if you have them!
16. kids: do you have any yet? if not, when do you plan on it? how many do you want? any tips on good/bad birth control?
17. most recent picture of you and your significant other and what you love most about them :) and any other thoughts.

Picture of the day

And thats when i knew it was nap time. Who volunteerly lays down on the middle of the wood floor, with carpet a foot away. ha ha. : )

Happy Birthday Sara!

Happy 24th Birthday! I hope you have a wonderful day! Just a few pictures to embarress you on your birthday!

1 year old!

Matthew is officially a whole year old! I cant believe it. It seems like just yesterday i was waiting and waiting for this little one to decide to come. I must say that i prefer the method that he chose to come by, my water breaking, it made things so much easier, i could go straight to the hospital withough having to be afraid of them sending me home, and honestly, labor wasnt that bad until after i got my epidural ( not that it did any good, ok ill give it credit, it worked on one leg for awhile)  and had really bad back labor. I must give all the credit to my lamaze and labor instructer. she was great, and the pain was much much easier to deal with having breathing techniques. Everyone who is pregnant should take a class at their hospital, serisouly.
Anyway, i am off track. My little boy is no longer a little baby. He is a toddler. : (    : ) It is both happy and sad.
Well my little toddler boy can now walk, and chatters likes a monkey. He doesnt say any words, he says things that sounds like words, but they arent. I try to get him to copy me but he just looks at me like the stubburn little boy he is and runs. His favorite food is green beans and melons. He also loves bannans, pancakes and strawberrys. I try to get him to try new things but he just throws them on the ground.....effective for him, not so much for me. He now has 2 teeth on the bottom, one canine on the top and one top tooth just came through. Hopefully with more teeth he will eat more things.Matthew loves to run, especially outside. I love his little smile and he never fails to make me laugh all day. I love my little boy and am so thankful for him. I dont know what i would do without his conditional love no matter what kinda mood his mommy is in the day. Being his mommy is the best thing i could have ever asked for. 
I'm gonna put up another post later of the birthday day festivites. : )

Latest Projects

So these are things that i have been working on the past couple of weeks, well two weeks really. Ha ha. i pushed these a little close, didnt make my mother so happy because she machine quilted the baby dress quilt. thanks Mom. : ) your the best. I made these for my friend Sara who is having a baby girl in June. The first one is a baby quilt, the second one is a rag quilt and then just a small baby comfy blanket that the baby can just hold and they love playing with the different textures on the ribbons. The rag quilt and the small blankie i did in a day and a half. The dress quilt took me a little longer, like 2 weeks. Although if i didnt have to have it done, it would have taken me longer and if i didnt have the help of my mother, the quilting queen. : ) When i finished my last quilt i said i would never do another one and i said the same thing after this one. I bet i will make another one. but i have learned more and more why my mother says that quilters almost never sell their quilts, they only ever give them away, they are too much work, to sell them would cost the person like 1000 dollars. Anyway, maybe next year ill sew another one. For now im gonna work on small little projects. : ) ( and thank you to nicholas for dealing with fabric everywhere! )

Party On!

On Friday, March 4th, we had a fabulous family march birthday party. It was so fun. We have 5 birthdays in March: Tim, Timmy, Nicholas, Matthew and Tama. I hosted the party at my mom's house. I know that sounds funny but my house is too small to have that many people there.
We had delicous chicken kabobs, grilled/roasted potatoes, fruit, salad, rolls and a yummy drink and lots and lots of cake and ice cream.
We played a fun game, lets call it the balloon game. there were two teams, and one person on each was chosen as the balloon person. When the timer started the balloon person had to put on my dad's scrubs and one of his t-shirts, then the players on there team had to put balloons in there pants and shirt. At the end of time, the team who had put the most balloons in won. It was so much fun and so hillarious to watch. Then we had a pinata and a movie and cake. Lots of cake. ha ha. Here are a few pictures and i apolagize in advance that they are fuzzy. My good camera's battery was dead and this the one i took these on is really old and has an attitude and only takes good pictures when it wants to. ( Picture overload, be warned )