And She Lived Happily Ever After

Summer Vacation!!

2011-07-26T13:22:00.000-07:00

Josh found out in May when his block leave was so for the last two months I had been counting down the days until we got to go back to the most amazing place in the world....CALIFORNIA!!! Our trip included 3 days and Disneyland. It was Josh's very first time ever going so it was really special. After Disneyland we went back to the bay area where we are both from and we spent some quality time with our family. We were able to also visit with Josh's Nona who was in town from Tennessee. It was a great trip!

Our Little Sassy

2011-06-29T07:10:00.000-07:00

After moving to Texas and finally getting settled in our new home Josh started working a lot. It was kind of hard on me being home alone all of the time and since I don't really know anyone here Josh decided to get me a puppy. At first I was really nervous because I have never taken care of a dog on my own before. We found a lady online who had teacup chihuahua puppies. We decided that day to meet the women at the gas station and buy our puppy from her. We knew right away she would be called Sassy. I am so in love with her I cant imagine not having her here with me everyday :)

Our First Home

2011-06-26T13:54:00.000-07:00

After the wedding Josh and I have spent most of our free time designing and decorating out apartment. I must say that El Paso Texas is extremely different from anywhere I have ever been. It gets extremely hot here and there is no grass or trees anywhere. Here are some pictures of our beautiful home. I feel very. It is still a work in progress but here you go.

The Honeymoon

2011-06-26T13:00:00.000-07:00

With Josh being in the army we only had 4 days including the wedding day before he had to be back to work. I have always wanted to stay at the Lafayette Park Hotel so this was the perfect opportunity! The hotel is beautiful! We stayed in the Fireplace King sweet. We had a couples massage, Room service breakfast every morning, we ate dinner at the duck club where i had the most amazing french onion soup and since we were married Easter weekend we got to attend the Easter brunch in the hotel. It was very romantic :)

The Wedding

2011-06-19T16:54:00.000-07:00

Bridal Shower!

2011-04-10T14:38:00.000-07:00

The wedding is getting closer and closer by the minute! Yesterday was my bridal shower. My grandma was so sweet along with my sister they put the whole thing together. So many people came and i felt very loved. I'm so thankful for all of the amazing women who have been by my side. I am so excited to join the married crowd.

19 Days & Counting

2011-04-03T08:20:00.000-07:00

Planning the wedding has been a lot of fun and a lot of work. Ive been so lucky to have my mom, sister, grandma, aunts cousins and friends helping me! My wedding is all home made haha. From the food to the flowers we are doing it all. Luckily my family is very talented and its turning out beautiful! Yesterday i had my hair trial trying to decide exactly how i want to do it for the big day. A few weeks ago i had my make up trial. Ill post a picture. My lipstick scared the crap out of me! I never wear color on my lips and i feel like i look like a clown or something! Anyways here are some pictures of the planning and some of the decorations we have made so far.

Pictures!!

2011-03-27T14:15:00.000-07:00

Josh got to come home about a month ago for a four day weekend! All of this wedding planning has been absolutely crazy and of course it had to continue while Josh was home. We had to take our pictures for our weddin anouncements. Luckily i have very talented parent who were able to do the job! Here are some of my favorites!

Forgot to mention one little thing...a ring!

2011-03-27T13:44:00.000-07:00

SOoOoO much has happened since i last posted! Josh came home for Christmas and I had the biggest surprise of my life! On Christmas eve I was at my parents house with my whole family. Josh was over cause he was planning on attending Christmas eve dinner with my family at Auntie Beth and Uncle Barry's house. We were all sitting downstairs ready to go when Josh told me he wanted to give me a present early. I was kinda upset about it cause for one thing i didn't have anything to give him early and i wanted to wait until Christmas to exchange gifts. Well next thing i know my dad and Tom (my sisters boyfriend) carry in a huge box that was all wrapped in shiny silver paper. They were really struggling to carry it in so i could not imagine what it could be. I began to open it and inside was another box slightly smaller also wrapped in silver paper. After this same cycle happened about six times i finally unwrapped something other than a box. It was a stuffed puppy dog. A Pomeranian to be exact. It has always been my dream to get a Pomeranian puppy but this one was stuffed? I was so confused. Next thing i know Josh takes the puppy from me and unties the pink ribbon around its neck, gets down on one knee and proposes! I had no idea that a diamond engagement ring was tied around the stuffed dogs neck. LOL. I was in shock. I don't even think i said yes i was so in shock! I of course eventually said yes and we went off to dinner.It was by far the best Christmas Eve i have ever had!

Back to Work....

2010-12-10T21:06:00.000-08:00

Yesterday Josh had to drive to Texas to sign in at Fort Bliss. I was so sad to see him leave! The last month has been so much fun and I am happier than I have been in a very long time! Luckily he is coming back for Christmas. I don't have an official day yet on when he will return but it should be within the next twelve days. Thankfully he arrived in Texas safely after making the 17 hour drive alone! I was so worried the entire time. I miss him so much already! Thank goodness for cell phones!

Sugar Cookies

2010-12-10T20:57:00.000-08:00

Every year my family and my parents Best Friends get together and we make gingerbread houses. This year my mom and her best friend Janet were not able to find the kits to make the houses so we ended up doing Sugar cookies instead. The Davis' and Josh came over. We played the wii and baked cookies. Then we decorated them and watched the Movie Christmas Vacation.

Mom and Jake baking away

A first....

2010-12-10T20:32:00.000-08:00

Since Josh has been home on leave he has been talking to me about how i need to cook him dinner.....I know that I can cook but apparently Joshua needed me to show him. I figured that since I was cooking for Josh i might as well cook for his parents as well since i was going to be taking over his mothers kitchen and everything...eeeek. I decided i would make a cranberry almond salad, chicken potpie and a peanut butter cream cheese pie.

stirrin....

Josh giving me a crazy look haha

It was a HIT!

It's a Christmas Miracle!

2010-12-10T20:20:00.000-08:00

I FINALLY GOT A CAR!!!! I have been trying to by a car for the last six months and it finally happened! I honestly can not believe it! With the help of the most amazing boy in the entire world (Josh) I finally have a car of my very own. It has everything i could have ever wanted. It's even white, which is my favorite color for a car to be! Josh actually picked it out on Friday and on Saturday he took me back to the Dealership to buy it. Let me just say...I HATE car dealerships! After six hours of going and back and forth and bringing them mail and documents and signing a million papers i finally got to drive away! It was definitely all worth it because I am now a proud owner of a Chevy Cobalt.

Josh bought me this sparkly Chevy key chain to go with my new car :)

He is the best!

It's Begining to look a lot like Christmas...

2010-11-29T14:28:00.000-08:00

I am so excited that the Holiday season has arrived! I am literally obsessed with all things Christmas! I'm pretty sure that i get it from my Mother. This woman has over twenty boxes of Christmas decorations which we now have to rent a storage shed just to keep them all. It takes anywhere from 9-14 days to decorate our house. This year she even whipped out Christmas bedding for all of the beds in the house. Since Josh is home she put him to work as well as Thomas and the rest of my family decorating her house. Mind you this was the very FIRST time she ever met Josh! He was such a good sport about helping though. Here are some pictures starting from the beginning stages to the end of the decorating process

A Time for Thanks

2010-11-28T19:19:00.000-08:00

I was so happy to be home with my Family for Thanksgiving this year! I have been in Utah for the last two years over Thanksgiving so i was very excited to be here this year! We had our wonderful feast at my Auntie Beth and Uncle Berrys home. My cousin Dustin, his wife Riley and their three little boys came in from Colorado and my Aunt Lori and Uncle Greg came in from New Mexico. I think all together we had over 20 people there for dinner! It was really fun! My Auntie beth started a new tradition this year where all of the little kids in the family get Christmas pajamas on Thanksgiving day so that they can enjoy them all season. On black friday we all got together in our new Christmas jammies, ate turkey leftovers and watch A Christmas Story! It was so much fun. I am so thankful for my family.

Love & Birthdays

2010-11-28T18:42:00.000-08:00

Over the summer i really did not spend much time going out. At the end of august I started going out with friends more often and one night while I was out with my friend Kristen i met a boy named Josh. He told me he was in the army which i should have known just by looking at him but of course oblivious me would never think that. Josh and I exchanged phone numbers that saturday night by the following Wednesday we were on our first date to the drive in movies with a bunch of my friends in tow of course :). After the first date i wasnt too sure if i liked him but he was very persistant! We went out a handful of times over the next two weeks until he had to report back to Kansas where he was stationed at the time. While he was gone we talked all day everyday. I really really missed him i started to notice. To my suprise Josh got to take another two weeks of leave in October. We went out several times again but i still was not sure. He kept asking me to be his girlfriend and I told him, maybe or no repeatedly. It wasnt until he left for Kansas the second time that I really made my decision. He is who i want to be with. He makes me so happy and always puts me first. He is the sweetest most giving man i have ever know and i feel so so very lucky to have him in my life!
Currently Josh is home on thirty days leave while he is also in the process of moving to Fort Bliss in TX. I have adored having him home and being able to see him everyday!For my Birthday which was last week josh was such a good sport and came to all the parties and dinners I had for it! He ever suprised me and took me on the Hornblower for a dinner dance cruise in Old Sacramento! It was pouring rain that night but it was still very romantic and Fun!

I have not been this happy in a very long time! I dont know what I am going to do with myself when he goes to TX!

New New New!

2010-11-28T16:58:00.000-08:00

I do not know what has come over me but I have decided to return to the blogging world! I really do enjoy it so here we go. Where to begin... I moved back home to California in March of this year after calling off my Engagement to Derek. That's a story in itself and if you know my personally you have already heard it and there really is no reason to discuss it. All I'm going to say is it was ugly...very very ugly.
Moving home has been really great in a lot of ways and difficult in others. I had been living in Utah on my own for the last four years...you can only imagine what it was like moving back in with my parents after all of that time on my own. Luckily my younger sister Shelby, is currently living at home now as well. We fight the fight together! I was lucky enough to find a great job withing two weeks of moving back to CA. I have been working for Checkcare for the last eight months. I am essentially a collections agent. Basically i get screamed out and cussed out by people on the phone all day long. I have been trying to save my money to buy a new car because promptly after moving here mine exploded. RIP Ford Focus.

Luckily my ever so gracious mother and father allowed me to use their jeep to get to work and wherever else i wanted to go....that is until i broke that car over a month ago. Now my grandmother is allowing me to drive her chevy malibu. Ugh needless to say i hate dealing with cars! Enough about that. Over the summer i spent all of my spare time with Ross and Matt. Two of my bestest friends in the whole world! Luckily they both live out here in the Bay Area so i was able to see them whenever i wanted to. We had lots of sleepovers and ate way too much Chinese food. I love them so much!

This summer was much needed for me to regain my sanity after the last year i had been through. I also got to take a trip to the Bahamas on the Disney Cruise in July of this year with my family. Shelby brought her boyfriend Tom and we had a blast all together! I think this was one of my favorite vacations I have ever been on.