I Love to See the Temple :)

Words can't describe how I feel right now! Yesterday I had the opportunity to go through the temple with Dallas and some of my family. It was such an amazing experience to be with him. The moment I saw my family inside the temple it made me SO emotional! They all looked so beautiful. Mom actually had the same reaction as I did because I turned around and she was bawling like a baby just like me haha. I know where I get my emotional side from! I feel so happy and peaceful since last night. I love the temple and can't wait to go back so that I am not quite as confused haha more importantly I can't wait to go back on friday :) the countdown is to about 4 and a half days!! three more days and I get to see my family! This week has been and will continue to be the best week of my life :)

Our apartment!!!

I absolutely ADORE our apartment! Dallas moved in last week. They are the Grandview apartments on the border of Orem and Provo. A three minute walk to his work and a two minute drive to mine. His brother moved in with him for the time being so Dallas can have some company. Even though he is preoccupied with his own fiance and dallas his :) His brother is staying the extra bedroom which is acting as our storage room where I plan on turning that closet into a food storage because already from one recipe shower we have five flours, four sugars, three brown sugars, and on and on. And I have a grocery shower on Saturday too! I can already tell the extra bedroom is going to be SO helpful! Our couches are from Dallas's parents. Not going to lie, i am not the biggest fan of the green and floral but hey they were free! Plus they are kind of growing on me :) but maybe we will get some covers eventually. The bottom picture is the master bedroom :) That is Dallas bed he took from home. Its so nice not having to buy furniture! Dallas's flat screen is on a table exactly what Dallas wanted to get from Loren and Kelly. I think it was the same one we were looking at at Target! I am already starting to think of how we can decorate the place. I can't wait! We hang out here so much. We love it! I am slowly moving my stuff in but I can't wait til I am fully moved in! Its making me wish the 19th would come quicker!

Family Bridal Shower

I know this post is probably about a month late but I was so busy in October when I was all starring so now that life is semi less busy I can catch up! Hoe and mom threw me a bridal shower for our family and dallas's family. The theme was a time of the day shower. On everyone's invites they had a certain time of day. For example, hoe had cooking time and made me the cute apron on the top photo. Mom had celebration time and got me "You are special plate" I just wish I didn't have to wait til March for Dallas's birthday to use it! :) The second picture is Dallas's three sisters and mom. They came all the way to Kaysville which was really nice! Caitlin played the game where they asked me questions about Dallas and for every one that I get wrong I had to put a piece of nasty double bubble in. Hence the sick picture of me! Me and Dallas can hardly wait to put all of our presents from all our showers to use!

Bridals/Pre-wedding pictures :)

So I tried to upload a ton of pictures from the bridals/pre wedding pictures but my computer wasn't letting me so i did a few just to show a few! I am really excited to get married to my best friend! Being away from him these past three weeks have been so hard but I am looking forward to going back to provo this weekend to be with him!

The Perfect Dress

I know what you are thinking, Don't put these up because Dallas might see!!! But I have actually already shown him the dress... I always thought I would be the superstitious bride who will not let my fiance see my dress until the wedding day. When I got the dress though I was SO anxious to show him, so I caved... Plus I knew we were going to do pre-wedding pictures together to relieve some of the craziness of picture taking on the wedding day. We are just going to do those when we do my bridals on October 18. My dress is definitely unique but i love it!! Mom and Linz both say it looks like me. When I first saw it on the hanger at Kathleens I thought it was kind of odd but I thought I would give it a try. It was the first dress I tried on. I agreed to try on others just to make sure but my heart was set on the first dress (i think mom was too haha ) I love how it hugs my waist and hips and i think dallas will too ;) ANYWAYS there is the dress! Sorry it took forever to get your pictures lacy!

Brazilians, Invitations, and In N Out

Last night we entered into a whole new world or should I say continent. We went to Tucanos last night for a birthday dinner special. My roomates Lexi and Mary both have September birthdays and in the month of your birthday you can have a free meal. I had mixed feelings about this place however. Walking in, the atmosphere is very fun and kind of exotic especially when you see the meat and pineapple grilling over the flames. Then you pass the salad bar lined with delicious looking bananas. Men would approach the table through out our stay offering succulent meats and pineapple. The pineapple is to DIE for!!!! It was the best pineapple I have ever had! I was really happy with this place until the check was brought to the table. Even with our free meal, it cost me and Dallas thirty bucks! Think of how many cafe rio salads or In N Out cheese burgers you can get with that!! Dallas and I decided we will come back to Tucanos on very very rare and special occasions. I highly recommend everyone tries it, however!

Last night Dallas and I also finished designing our invitations! We thought it would be cheaper and easier than finding a place to do them for us. We went to Costco to see if they have any wedding packages. And boy did they have a good deal! Our invitations at costco will be half of what we would pay at another place. Costco is a beautiful thing :)

So I have been prepping myself for long and tiring hours come October. I am going to go All Star (help train the new hires when a new store opens up) when the Centerville In N Out opens. The actual day of opening is always so up in the air for In N Out . We were told either the first or second week of October but it might be even later. All staring will allow for some bigger buck a roos! We get paid really well to do this plus it will most likely give me full time hours which would be fantastic come November when I suddenly become a poor married lady. I have been hustling to get a lot of wedding things done because I am not sure what to expect. I don't want to find myself not having any time to go look for tuxes or address wedding invitations. One down side of this is being away from Dallas :( we have to stay up in Centerville, but In N Out will pay for a hotel and food. Being away from Dallas for three weeks does NOT sound fun! I can't even go a weekend without missing him hardcore! Every chance we can we will see each other though! I will keep ya'll updated to the opening of the store!

PS. My dress will officially be mine in the morning! The alterations are done and I get it tomorrow :)

Lotoja 2010

Hey everyone! I thought it would be fun to share some videos and pictures from the race. I am sorry I am such a newbie when it comes to blogging so everything is kind of jumbled. The two videos are from the start and the finish of the race. i have such a greater appreciation for what Loren does! I told Loren that I take back all the fruit cake comments I would make about cycling. Its a tough sport! He can shave his legs as much as he likes!! Anyways, it was a really fun day helping Loren and Kelly out. I was in charge of the energy goo and making the perpeteum or as i like to call it "petroleum" ;) 2 scoops of each powder,a dash of orange gatorade, 1/8 of ice and the rest water. give it a good shake and switch it out with the one Loren had. The feed zones were really crazy, almost a blur! As soon as Loren rolled up, he'd shed any clothing, switch out drinks, grab food, and he was off. One feed zone we almost didn't make it. As we were walking up to where we were to meet him he rolled up, it was a close one! Before this feed zone, we were stuck in some nasty traffic and when we realized we hadn't passed loren yet kelly started to panic and put the petal to the medal, thank goodness we saw loren riding up the mountain but at the bottom of the mountain kelly pulled over to help a lone biker with a flat tire which was probably the cause for the close call but it felt good to help that guy! Towards the end of the race we would just leap frog to cheer loren on. That was always really cool especially since at this time we were able to relax! Loren did phenomenal! He really did. I was so suprised at how diligent he was with keeping on going. I was afraid I would see him having a hard time which would have made me so sad but he was a trooper! I was even amazed at how chipper he was at the end of the race ! Overall, it was a really neat experience and I am really proud of loren for doing this especially three years in a row. I am sure there are alot of people that do it once and once was enough but not for loren! enjoy the pics!! :)