More Wedding Pictures

Here's some pictures my cousin took of our wedding and the rehearsal. To check out the pic's from our photographer click on the link under Our Favorites. There are sooo many and I need help choosing!

Our Wedding

August 25, 2007

We're Married!

Friday night was our rehearsal followed by a great big family dinner. Everyone had a great time. My super cute niece was the flower girl, she did a great job!

Me and Amber, my best friend, bridesmaid, and new cousin! Our last photo together before the wedding!

Me and my sister Darcy getting ready.

Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Yours!

We did it!

Our First Dance, Blue Skies by Willie (our favorite!)Cutting the cake......

Yum!

It was a terrific weekend! Everything was absolutely perfect, including the weather! We have great friends and family that helped make everything possible. And so many who traveled a long ways to share our special day. It was defenitely a night to remember!

Our Camping Trip

James loves the outdoors and plans several camping trips every year with friends. So every summer we plan at least one camping trip together. This year we went to an amazing place and I'm not going to tell the name becuase I loved it! The whole time we were there we didn't see one other person. We had the entire place to ourself and it was beautiful. And I know if I post the name on the internet that next summer when I want to go back we will be joined by more people, and more people the next year.

Here's our own private lake! If you look closely in the far edge, on the right hand side you can pick out James fishing in his float tube.

While James was fishing for awhile I took our dogs on a little hike around the lake.

I love my dogs, they are so fun to go camping with! We decided to take a break from our hike and take a little nap.

Some nature photo's - a blue dragonfly

The stream that fed into the lake.

San Diego

So we just got back from a week in San Diego with James' brother and his family. We had so much fun and I am feeling so fortunate to get to join this awesome family! We went to some great places for dinner, went to our first professional baseball game - GO PADRES! - enjoyed the beaches and the ocean, and just had so much fun. One of my favorite times was just bbq-ing in the backyard and joking around with everyone. I can't wait to go back, or better yet, move there!!! Here's some pic's from our week.

James at Petco Stadium before the game.

Here is me, James and his brother JJ after the game. Padres lost, but it was still a great game.

We went to watch the sunset on the beach.

More time at the beach! My hair gets crazy curly with all the humidity.

One of the coolest things that happened while we were there was getting to see all the Hanson's surf together. JJ, James, Josh and Seth all woke up at 6:00 in the morning to go catch some waves. It was their monday morning "Board Meeting".

James looks like a pro!

Crazy

I can not believe how fast June flew by! And what a crazy month it was. This was suppose to be a nice calm summer that James and I could just enjoy before our wedding. It has not turned out that way!

Reason to go Crazy #1: I remember when I was in high school, running for student council my senior year, and how they told me that part of the responsibility was planning the 10 year reunion. I guess I didn't think they were serious! So now here I am helping plan the reunion that's one week before my wedding! Planning another party for 200 people! My fellow student council members and I sent out a little questionaire about the past ten years to everyone, and one of the questions was, knowing now what you didn't know then what would you do different? And I would have to say to myself, don't run for student council you're getting married the weekend after the reunion - don't be crazy!! OK, so it's not quite that dramatic. Luckily my amazing friend Whit has totally stepped in and taken control of the whole reunion thing. I would be lost without her!

Reason to go Crazy #2: All that last minute stuff that piles up a month before the wedding. Now I know why everyone told me to just elope! You think you have everything so organized and perfectly planned, and that your wedding will be the first in history to go off without a hitch. Everyone I met with for wedding stuff told me that I was the most organized bride they had ever worked with. I had my colour coordinating planner full of helpful hints with everything all planned out to the smallest detail. I think a small bomb went off in my bag (that colour coordinates)! Who ever said 'life is what happens while you're busy making plans' should be either shot or given the nobel prize. If it weren't for my very best friend in the whole world I wouldn't have been able to get through this. And my advice for any engaged girl out there. I know we all dream of our perfect little reception with flowers and ribbons, dream of it since we were so small. But when you were seven I don't think you realized that all of those flowers and ribbon were going to cost thousands and that they'd all be thrown away the next day. So take the thousands and save yourself the headache because nothing goes the way you plan.

So I just read this, and I know it sounds very negative. I am so very happy to be getting married and our party will be great, but I definitely needed to vent a little. Isn't that what blogs are for anyway? The good news is, we finally got our engagement photo's and I have to say that we make a very cute couple! We had over 360 proofs to go through, there's another reason to go crazy! It was nearly impossible to choose. More good news is we are leaving for San Diego in two days. I am so ready for a vacation. We are going to go hang out with James' brother and his family for a long weekend. It will be so nice to relax a little.

Here's our super cute pictures. This one is probably one of my favorites!

I think this is everyone else's favorite.
You can tell how much fun we had! Our photographer is great! I can't wait to see the pic's from the wedding.

Race at Tamarack

My little sister Darcy and I decided to run the Tamarack 10k over Memorial Day weekend. It was so fun! We got so lost trying to find the start line, it was quite an adventure. But we ended up finding everyone. The trail was so beautiful and it was perfect weather for running. After the race we hung out at Tamarack for awhile.

The race was a benefit for the Make A Wish foundation. The Make A Wish kid was there, an adorable 7 year old girl. Her wish was to have breakfast with all of the Disney Princesses. She got to go to Florida with her whole family to have her wish granted.

We asked one of the volunteers to take our picture at the finish, he was a funny man, who made us pretend to be crossing the finish line for our pose. We were standing on one foot for like five minutes as he tried to figure out the camera!

Darcy on the trail acting so hot and tired.

Our muscle shot.

Home sweet home after a fun day trip.

Why Not?

I know most people spend their Hawaiian Honeymoon on the beach sipping pina colada's and feeding each other slices of pineapple. But we are not most people. We were thinking, how many times are you in Hawaii, on your honeymoon, when the maui half is going on? Really, what are the chances? We've done the Robie Creek half marathon so many times that we were burnt out on it this year. And we've done the Sawtooth Relay (best race ever). So, as long as we're going to be in Maui, we might as well run that race too. Right? Sure! So atleast now we'll have an excuse on the monday after to be laying on the beach sipping pina colada's!

The course is so beautiful, it's along the ocean the entire time. We both think it should be pretty easy. We're used to Robie Creek, which is 8 miles straight up, and 5 miles straight down at a high elevation. In Maui the course is flat and at sea level. Another bonus is, training for a race always gets your body in nice shape for bikini's!!

Only 100 days left

Today is May 17, 2007 and our wedding is only 100 days away! It's so exciting. All the planning is nearly done so we can just relax and enjoy our summer. We are looking forward to all of the fun parties we'll be having to celebrate.

James and I are getting ready to take our dance lessons with our good friends the Houstons. My little brother emailed me to tell me he's been working on his moves by watching Napoleon Dynamite. I can't wait to see that!

We are so excited to share this moment with our friends and family.

Girl's Trip

Our Girls Trip to Scottsdale.....

A bunch of us girls decided last minute to hop on Holly's plane and jet set to Scottsdale. It was a blast! And hot too, which was a nice change since we had a second blast of cold weather in here in Boise. Lots of laying by the pool, shopping, and my favorite thing for dinner....an In & Out Burger!!!

View from the plane, beautiful blue skies.
See me, I'm flying!

In the limo on our way to the condo.Laying by the pool.
What a great weekend!

Aloha

I've starting getting everything ready for the honeymoon! We're going to Maui! I am so excited. I've been to Oahu, but never Maui. We're very fortunate to have good friends that live there, so we will get the hook up on all the great local things to do.

Here's a few pic's from where we're staying.

Every Condo is 100% Oceanfront

Can't wait for the beach, and beautiful sunsets!

It's Springtime

It's finally starting to feel like Spring!!

And the dogs love to help me water all the flowers!

They are my little helpers!

I do love this trick. We turn the hose on, just a little bit. They come to drink out of it, and then we let the water go full blast. They end up totally soaked, and then they just run laps around the yard trying to dry off. I think they like the game, as soon as they dry off they come back for more.

Tax Day

It's crazy to think that last year at this time I was completely stressed from not having a single day off for four months. The past 6 years I missed out on spring completely, working so much for tax season. And this year I look back to all the fun I've had and feel so grateful for my new job! I don't think I could have made it through another overworked season. And there's no way I would have been able to completely plan our entire wedding! Which has been the best part of this spring. And today is just an ordinary day, a normal monday. I think I like how tax day has completely lost most of it's significance.

Par

Today was a good day out on the course. I got my first Par! It was pretty amazing. I had the best tee shot ever, it landed on the green. A chip and a putt later and it was in! It must have been a lucky day. When we got home James' parents called to tell us that Jerry got a hole-in-one and was going to be featured in their papers sportspage!

FOUR!

We spent our Easter out on the golf course,

looking for easter eggs and birdies.

Happy Birthday

Happy 23rd Birthday (Again)

Celebrating with two of my most favorite girls in the world. A night none of us will soon forget.

James' Fishing Trip - One of Many

Pic's from one of many fishing trips.

Snowboarding at Brighton

For an early spring break we drove down to Utah to visit James' parents. The weather was absolutely perfect! A fresh foot of snow, almost 60 degrees, and barely a cloud in the sky. I spent most of the weekend on my butt! Since this is my first year, I'm still trying to get the hang of it. James and I both had a blast and can't wait to go back. It was a really fun weekend getting to spend time with my future inlaws!