I Like It, I Love It, I Want Some More of It

Stuart's sister, Kate, and I went to the Tim McGraw concert last night at USANA and it was absolutely AMAZING! (Even with the flat tire that we got on the way!) I'm just so happy that she asked me to go with her!

This is what they gave us for ice water cups... yikes!

AH! We screamed the entire time... my throat was raw today!

All in all... we love Tim. I told Stuart I have a crush on him. He seemed ok with it.

SYTYCD

I've never really been into this show until the current season... but last night I actually had to watch a dance twice! Chelsie and Mark were so good!

A total plus to all of this, Stuart actually likes watching it with me. I'm so lucky.

Yee-Haw!

We went to the Strawberry Days Rodeo last night with Ryan and Jes Toolson. We saw lots of Wranglers, hot roller hair, sequin tops, and Stetson cowboy hats... needless to say, we didn't fit in... but we had a lot of fun watching everyone!

This was by far the meanest bull ever...


Best strawberries and cream ever! (We shared with Stuart and Ryan we swear!)

I just love him.

Meeting For The First Time...

I'm not sure how I feel about this whole "tagging" thing Andrea, but here goes...

I don't remember the first time I met Stuart, we were about 10-years-old so I feel that it's alright if I'm pardoned for this. However, the first real memory I have of Stuart was told in our wedding announcement. He and his friend Skyler thought it would be funny if he put gum in my hair during Sunday School. I got home and my mom couldn't get it out with anything... peanut butter... vegetable oil... nothing worked! She tried to make me tell her who had done this to me but I did not want to be considered a tattle-tail so I kept quiet. She had to cut about 6 inches off of my hair. For anyone who knows me well, this was a HUGE deal. Many tears were shed and I made a point to never sit in front of Stuart in Sunday school for the remaining couple of years that we were in the same class. Stuart and his family moved to California for a few years (about ages 13-15) and I didn't really see him a lot.

Then in November 2006 our friend Kyle Rohner had me go to Stuart's apartment with him to watch a Tivo'd episode of Grey's Anatomy. He decided that he "needed" my phone number in front of about 15 people and I was too embarrassed not to give it to him! He proceeded to text me during the show and we dated off and on for the next 8 months or so. June 2007 it was on for good and we've been pretty happy ever since, I'd say!

The Never Ending Thank-You Notes...

So, for the last month I have been drowning in thank-you notes for our wedding gifts... and they're officially complete! I am done thinking of a million different ways to say thank you for a Pottery Barn gift card... I am putting the last stamp on this afternoon and sending them away. The goal was to have them done before our 1 month anniversary (June 2nd) and I came close but not close enough. I'm just glad we didn't hit our 2 month mark before they were complete!!

Sidenote: I would have enlisted Stuart's help, but his handwriting is hopeless... I'm almost wondering if he writes small and sloppy on purpose!! But who cares now, I'm so happy. My newly acquired carpel tunnel syndrome can heal.

Honeymoon in Paradise (aka Puerto Vallarta)

We ate a lot of great Mexican food, got nice and tan next to a beautiful pool, and experienced a bunch of insane cab drivers. Lucky for me, Stuart speaks Spanish :)

This is outside Stuart's favorite place... we ate here twice because he liked it so much!

One of the 7 pools at our hotel.. oh, and my feet :)

One of the books he read on our trip.

Not "Diet Coke"... "Coke Light"

It was interesting to walk around the town, everything is packed so close together.
It was really pretty.

This is inside the entrance of our hotel. You can't see anything really because you walk in and it's totally dark with huge Mayan statues on either side. So pretty though.

Since I quit Diet Coke and I was terrified to drink the water there, I had bottled
everywhere we went.

This is the day we were leaving. We definitely didn't want to come home :(

Some Pictures of Our Wedding Day!

Lucy couldn't wait to run up the stairs when we came out of the temple.

We rode around the temple in a carriage after the family pictures.

2 of my most beautiful best friends...

Peterson/Ghormley Parents

Peterson Crew

My little brothers and sister.

Lucy came in while I was getting some bridal shots taken and decided we should look in the mirror and spin. It was adorable (and made for really cute pictures!).

He's heavy.

The variety of footwear.

Probably one of my top five favorite pictures.

The reception was held in my family's backyard.

Engagement

Stuart and I were engaged November 17, 2007. Seven months later we got married... here is one of our engagement pics.