2010 Recap { May - December }

The last half of our year....

Jake and I were married in the Timpanogos Temple on May 15. It was a perfect day!

It was a wonderful start on our forever!

Our beautiful reception!

We went on a cruise to Mexico on our honeymoon! It was Amazing!

We went camping with our friends Donnie and Jessica!

Donnie taught Jake and I to fly-fish!

We had a fun summer, just relaxing and playing!

We spent the Fourth of July with both of our families! Jake also ran the Provo Freedom Run that morning!

He did AMAZING!

I turned 20 this year!!!!!

The Wood family reunion was a blast! It was fun to get to know Jake's family better!

Jake turned 23 this year!!!!

I cut my hair short this year! I love it!!!

We had fun carving pumpkins and going to the pumpkin walk! 

Jake made our six month anniversary absolutely wonderful! He set up a 

candlelit lunch from Chili's in our front room.

My family pictures from this year! {with the newest addition...Jake!}

2010 Recap { January - April }

A lot happened during 2010,

so here is an overview of the first half of our year!

Jake and I had a chance to go to an Institute formal dance in Logan at the beginning of the year. 

It was fun to get all dressed up and dance the night away!

I had the most wonderful roommates this past year!!! Elizabeth, Liz, and Melissa! I had so much fun with them and I am grateful that I was able to live with such wonderful girls!

Some pictures of me practicing my hair and makeup for the wedding!

Our AMAZING engagement pictures!

Jakes family put on the most wonderful bridal shower for me! Delicious food, cute decorations, lots of friends and of course gifts! I had an excellent time!

Bridals!

A few pictures with the both of us!

Groomals!

Jake and I both graduated from UVU with our Associates degrees!

Home for the Holidays

The best part of this Christmas was definitely being home with our families. since the Wood's and the Jensen's live so close to each other its possible to spend Christmas with both of them instead of having to choose.
On Thursday we went to temple square with the Jensen's. Jared made the car trip really fun by starting the alphabet game and getting everyone involved. our heads were bobbing up and down and side to side scanning for letters on billboards. It looked kinda funny. Mom J had prepared lots of hot water and cookies to eat when we got cold. I especially liked seeing the lights in all the trees and getting pictures with everyone near where i proposed to Kylee last year.
On Christmas Day we went to see Grandpa and Grandma Burnett. Grandpa told stories of growing up and famous people he knows. the climax was sitting next to Andrea as she pulled her tooth out (stuck to the taffy she just bit into).
Earlier that morning we woke up to find that Santa had left us a whole shelf of food storage. Its amazing how old you can be and still believe in Santa. of course faith at this age comes with responsibility. If you are past twenty and you still believe, you get to help the younger generations believe too. trust me I do my part.
We Had a fantastic Christmas breakfast at the Jensen's. It's astounding what they can pull out of that kitchen early in the morning. Jeremy made a delicious butterscotch syrup that i was tempted to just drink straight (it was that good!). I didn't have my camera ready for most of the week but for cross reference look up Kylee's pics, Jeremy's facebook, Teresa's blog, and Heather's blog.
Sunday was a blast because Corry showed up in the morning after a nine hour drive from AZ. Family is definitely the best part of the Holidays!

Our First Christmas

This post is a bit late but I wanted to share our beautiful Christmas decorations with you!

Our Families gave us the Cutest Ornaments for our tree and we were able to get some ornaments in our colors for our tree! I love sales!

 This beautiful bird came from my Grandma {my mom's mom}. It's very old and GORGEOUS!!!

Our beautiful tree!

{More pictures to come! We got some more decorations from the after-christmas-sales and we couldn't wait till next year to put them up!}

{merry CHRISTmas}

I love this picture, it shows what Christmas truly is about......

Our Saviour's Birth!

its a SQUASH!!!

It has come to my attention that some person in my home does not approve of the sweet and filling food that comes from squash. I am not naming names but since there are only two of us I'm leaving it up to the reader to guess who. It takes a great deal of creativity and planning to come up with a menu of foods that everyone at home will eat and I tip my hat to those wonderful mothers who pull it off.
I admit as a child i did not want to eat my squash for dinner and some times even for dessert. But come on. Is there really that big of a difference between a sweet meat squash and a Pumpkin? I dare say there isn't! In fact i find it is impossible to tell the two apart after making them into a pie.
I think it is a outrage that pumpkins have had the corner on the market when it come to preferred pies. It all starts on Halloween that children become accustomed to their pumpkins and get all buddy buddy with them leaving the squash out in the cold to wait for November to come. I mean really people it comes off the same garden plot. Down with the Oppression! Down with the Selecting! And Down with the snubbing food I've slaved over a hot stove to put on the table for you!
... I love you dear.

Jake, the veggi activist

One year ago...

I got engaged to the most wonderful man :)

He surprised me by doing it earlier then I thought he would. Jake was able to get tickets to the Christmas Devotional at Temple Square. I had the most amazing time listening to the First Presidency in person and then walking around Temple Square looking at the lights.  He then led me to the 'perfect picture spot' where he got down on one knee and asked me to be his wife.

I thought he was joking and didn't realize he was serious. I think I said "no" more than I said yes but I am glad that he asked in such a special and wonderful way. I wouldn't change anything about that day (except maybe my being totally clueless).

I love Jake so very much! He is the sweetest and kindest guy I know. 

{a special thank you to Jessica & Donnie Howell who took these pictures of us and

 recorded the proposal for us! today is their engagement anniversary too!}

When green thunbs turn wilted brown

My recent employment at Anderson's Seed and Garden has got me pretty excited about a few things. First there's all the Christmas decorations that I've been putting up for the last three months. Then there's all the seeds they will have in stock next year for a small garden. But mostly its for the cool and effortless plant I most recently bought. Its called a Paperwhite Narcissus!
You buy them as a little bulb about the size of a ping pong ball and you stick it in a glass bowl or pot about half way buried in dirt. I like having it in a glass bowl so you can see the roots as they spread out. I think the greatest part about the Paperwhite is that it grows so fast. Me and Kylee have watched it stretch at least an inch a day. It is supposed to get to 12 inches tall, with our dim apartment it has reached 13 inches already and the flowers are still a while away.
So even though its 30* outside I can still grow things(lets just hope it doesn't die on me). You've got to try it for yourself now. Go to D.I. get a $2.00 vase/bowl and fill it with soil and top it with colored marbles. Now just sit back and watch them go!