This post is an explosion of photos and happiness. And its only the pictures from the Temple.
I love the temple. I love forever families. I love my husband :)
Friday, August 24, 2012
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Once upon a time...
So once upon a time I married the man of my dreams. Buuuut, I don't have those pictures yet, so these are the ones from our cruise to Mexico instead. We had a freaking blast on that ship, and in both Cabo and Puerto Vallarta. However, because we both fail at taking pictures, these are literally all of the pictures we took.
The highlight from dinners on the cruise had to be the Warm Melting Cake. Dallas had at least one every night, and told me I needed to find the recipe...
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| Elegant night |
Our first port of call was Cabo San Lucas, and boy was it HOT! We took a teeny little "water taxi" out to a beautiful beach (conveniently named, Lover's Beach) and almost died on the way out there. Boats that small should not be allowed on the ocean.
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| Before I realized I was going to die |
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| Pretending to be not terrified while we posed in front of the famous Arch in Cabo |
Our second day in Cabo we took a mini cruise to another bay to go snorkeling. They had THE BEST tacos on that boat.
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| Famous Arch again, but with us(me) less terrified |
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| Dallas jumping off of the side of the super tall boat. I didn't jump. |
The next day we sailed down to Puerto Vallarta. Highlight here definitely has to be the matching Aztec calendar rings we got...which of course we didn't take pictures of.
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| The nasty beach in PV. It made me miss Cabo |
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| Tourists. |
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Gullible.
On our long drive from Modesto to Portland, we decided to break the trip up and stop a few places along the way.
First stop was the Medford temple. We forgot to take pictures, so here's a link to the Church website page for that temple. It honestly looked like they just cornered off a section in the stake center parking lot and plopped down a Temple. So obviously it was beautiful.
Next we drove up I-5 about 20 miles and stopped in the cute town of Gold Hill to see the Oregon Vortex. It's this crazy place where balls roll uphill and you get shorter by walking across a level platform. Probably all a bunch of smoke and mirrors, BUT Dallas and I were entertained(granted, not that hard to do, but it's fine).
According to our tour guide(the scruffy man in the shorts) as we walked across the platform one of us would get shorter and the other would get taller. So he placed a board between our heads to highlight the height change. Notice the angle that the board has between me and Dallas's head.
Then he had us switch places. Doesn't the angle look steeper here? It looks like we changed heights. I was practically convinced(again, not that hard to do...oh well).
He balanced a broom. I was impressed.
This was the weirdest one. He had me stand in the center on the platform and then he stood next to me. He told me to close my eyes, then take my hand and put it on my own shoulder and then put it on his shoulder, and remember the distance it felt like I had to move my hand to get to his shoulder. Then he went to the other side and I did it again
This was my face afterwards. His shoulder felt so much higher! I'll admit, he could have just shrugged his shoulders up to make it seem higher, but look in the pictures! I don't think he looks like he's shrugging...
Over all, we had fun, and it was a good break from the monotony of driving 55 mph all the way up I-5. And they had this gem in the boys bathroom
Love it.
First stop was the Medford temple. We forgot to take pictures, so here's a link to the Church website page for that temple. It honestly looked like they just cornered off a section in the stake center parking lot and plopped down a Temple. So obviously it was beautiful.
Next we drove up I-5 about 20 miles and stopped in the cute town of Gold Hill to see the Oregon Vortex. It's this crazy place where balls roll uphill and you get shorter by walking across a level platform. Probably all a bunch of smoke and mirrors, BUT Dallas and I were entertained(granted, not that hard to do, but it's fine).
According to our tour guide(the scruffy man in the shorts) as we walked across the platform one of us would get shorter and the other would get taller. So he placed a board between our heads to highlight the height change. Notice the angle that the board has between me and Dallas's head.
Then he had us switch places. Doesn't the angle look steeper here? It looks like we changed heights. I was practically convinced(again, not that hard to do...oh well).
He balanced a broom. I was impressed.
This was the weirdest one. He had me stand in the center on the platform and then he stood next to me. He told me to close my eyes, then take my hand and put it on my own shoulder and then put it on his shoulder, and remember the distance it felt like I had to move my hand to get to his shoulder. Then he went to the other side and I did it again
This was my face afterwards. His shoulder felt so much higher! I'll admit, he could have just shrugged his shoulders up to make it seem higher, but look in the pictures! I don't think he looks like he's shrugging...
Over all, we had fun, and it was a good break from the monotony of driving 55 mph all the way up I-5. And they had this gem in the boys bathroom
Love it.
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Engagement party
This weekend was mostly spent in a panic.
Between my family deciding to come down to Modesto last minute, packing up my whole life, and finding out our venue was double booked, I probably broke down and cried at least twice--Dallas would probably argue three times. But, never fear, we both have people who love us immensely and everything worked out fantastically.(Cue picture of someone who loves us)
So, like I said, we had to change locations last minute. It was awful. Luckily for us, the people we were staying with offered their beautiful home to us immediately. Props to Dallas for being friends with such awesome people(WE LOVE YOU TOLBOES!!!!!).
My sister-in-law Kim, bless her heart, spent ages hand-dying all of those doilies you see. All of them. She has an orange finger to prove it. She's the greatest.
It actually turned out to be a blessing in disguise that our original location, an outside pavilion, was nixed. It was at least 103 degrees last Saturday, and we probably all would have melted in the heat if it wasn't for the A/C in the house. You can see how popular the outside portion of the party was, even if it was the cutest part.
This is the best picture of us all night. No joke. Apparently we're not super photogenic. It's fine.
Thanks again to Kim who orchestrated practically all of the decorations, designed the invitations, and was our unofficial photographer all day. I seriously don't know what I'd do without her. And a HUGE thank you to Dallas, who still loves me, even when I'm crazy. He was definitely a good snag.
Between my family deciding to come down to Modesto last minute, packing up my whole life, and finding out our venue was double booked, I probably broke down and cried at least twice--Dallas would probably argue three times. But, never fear, we both have people who love us immensely and everything worked out fantastically.(Cue picture of someone who loves us)
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| Ok, he might not love us yet, but he will right? Right Kim? |
My sister-in-law Kim, bless her heart, spent ages hand-dying all of those doilies you see. All of them. She has an orange finger to prove it. She's the greatest.
It actually turned out to be a blessing in disguise that our original location, an outside pavilion, was nixed. It was at least 103 degrees last Saturday, and we probably all would have melted in the heat if it wasn't for the A/C in the house. You can see how popular the outside portion of the party was, even if it was the cutest part.
This is the best picture of us all night. No joke. Apparently we're not super photogenic. It's fine.
Thanks again to Kim who orchestrated practically all of the decorations, designed the invitations, and was our unofficial photographer all day. I seriously don't know what I'd do without her. And a HUGE thank you to Dallas, who still loves me, even when I'm crazy. He was definitely a good snag.
The First Post: Probably as awkward as the first date
This post is always super awkward.
I'm supposed to introduce myself to you, say why I started a blog etc, but honestly? Nobody really cares, and frankly, I'm too lazy to try and think of anything clever. So, here's a cute picture of me and my fiance, and let's just call it good mk?
Mk.
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