Amy's Wedding (Yes, picture overload)

Phew! What a weekend! I don’t know where to start. My one and only sister got married on Saturday up in Utah! Thursday night we drove straight through and got to her place around 6:00 a.m., slept for a few hours and then got up to get “wedding stuff” done. Amy and I went and got pedicure and manicures (I was her maid of honor :o), did some shopping and then all of our family and Amy’s AMAZING friends went to the church to set up for the reception. I absolutely love my family and love being around them. They make me laugh and we all have so much fun and get along so well. Anyway, after setting up we went to a park and had dinner and played around a bit. Then we all headed over to a family friend’s house for dinner.

Saturday morning we woke up and my mom and I went with Amy to get her hair done and then from then on out it was chaos. Not really. Things went really smooth. The wedding was at 2:00 at the Oquirrh Mountain temple and everyone was there on time, we got Amy in her dress afterwards (oh what fun), got pictures done, had the reception, started our drive home, stayed in Kanab, finished the drive today (Sunday). We're tired and are most definitely NOT ready to take on the week.

Brooke helping with chairs!

Other SIL Kayleen helping with chairs!

And my other SIL helping with chairs! I love these girls like they're my own sisters! They're fabulous.

Mackenzie

Carson lights up every time he sees his mom :o)

Kenzie and I playing peek-a-boo

Jeremy and my dad

Aw, the happy couple!

Carson sporting his dad's sunglasses--too cute

Steven helping Braden across the monkey bars.

Day of the wedding: getting hair done

Amy and Eric w/ Eric's family--super nice people! Amy married into a great family!

We were all hungry at that point, Carson was just the only one brave enough to try out the wood chips

Kisses from the bride

Our WHOLE family! I accidentally uploaded the wrong picture with my lips all funny but who cares.

The siblings--awe, I love us.

The parentals

The "grils"

Tired boys

"Sisters, Sisters, there were never such devoted sisters"

Carson helping Uncle Jeremy vacuum (hey, who's that other handsome guy?)

Didn't get any pictures of just Steven and I but...you all get to see enough of those anyway :)

All-in-all it was such a NICE weekend. We couldn’t have asked for better weather. The temple was EMPTY (is that a good thing??) Amy looked GORGEOUS and the reception was perfect. We served (well, the YW from the ward did) soup in bread bowls, crackers and cheese and hot apple cider and of course, cake. Everything was decorated very “fall” ish and it was lovely J

I’m so so so happy for my sister. I’ve been looking forward to this day for a while and am so happy she’s happy and married! It was bittersweet seeing her get married because I’ve always had her for myself but now I GET to share her with Eric which is just fine. I can’t wait until they come down because now everyone is married and the only people left to add are grandkids!

School, School, School

I wanted to do a post about how much I love school so that I can look at it when I'm frustrated and hating it :) No, I'm really enjoying school this semester. I love being in my degree and absolutely love what I'm learning.

I feel so fortunate to be able to go through this Exercise and Wellness degree. I wish EVERYONE could do it. The information is just amazing and I'm learning so much that is applicable to me and I know it will help my future family. I look forward to school everyday because the information is FUN. I haven't met many people who can say they LOVE their degree but I truly do love mine.

Don't get me wrong, I am very much looking forward to graduating and having a degree and getting the "required" degree out of the way!
I've been able to participate in some fun stuff already this semester. There are quite a few perks to being in this degree :)

The students in the Exercise Prescription class are required to develop a work-out program for someone and I get to do it AND I get extra credit for helping out. So, I was tested (body fat, measurements, all that good stuff) and based on my goals the student developed a work-out routine for me and will follow up with me throughout the semester. It's great having a personalized training program!

I also volunteered to help a grad student who is doing research on bone density. She's comparing what increases bone density more: vibration exercises or jumping exercises. I got put into the jumping group but I'm getting some great free stuff from it. I get my bone density measured, today I got to do the bod pod (calculates body fat and lean muscle), I also get a DEXA (scan of my bones) and quite a few other "tests". These are things I've always wanted to know and now I'm getting to have them done for free!

Anyway, that's some of the fun stuff I'm getting to do. I'm loving it and hopefully I'll be able to stay positive...it changes from day to day :)

Busy Bees

Wow, it's been a few weeks since I last posted! I couldn't find the camera for a while so I've been waiting to post until I could find it. I did find it but then I realized I only have 2 pictures to post...oh well!
Anyway, a little update on us: We've been SO busy! That's pretty much all there is to say. It seems like we just barely have enough time to do what we HAVE to and there is very little time for play but we try to squeeze it in there. We're both working and going to school (same ol', same ol').
Last week we went out to Buckeye to go to Steven's High School's homecoming football game and then on Saturday morning we had family pictures with the Carbonneau clan. We got to enjoy a wonderful conference and our weekend was somewhat relaxing!!
We're both kind of running on survival mode here but we're loving life. Here are the two pictures I have from the past couple weeks :)

This is just a picture we took on our date Friday night--we got some food from a deli and had a picnic by some lake. We're just soaking up this beautiful weather. We play lots of tennis and frisbee, go on walks and try to get outside whenever we get the chance!


Steven's mom ordered peaches this year and was kind of enough to order some for me and teach me how to can some fruit since I'd never done it before. Unfortunately Steven doesn't like peaches unless they're in peach cobbler...great!


Anyway, hope everyone is doing well!! This weekend we get to head up to Utah for my only sister's wedding! We're so excited for them and are happy that all the kids will be married!

2nd Book Finished!

For our 1st year anniversary I made a photo book of our first year together and decided I would try (key word: try) and do it every year. For our 2nd I had it made on the computer but never ordered it. I finally did and here it is! I also started the 3rd book (of this year) so I can have it ready for our third anniversary. It's so easy and I think they'll be fun to look back at in the years to come.

Here's the 1st and 2nd book

Amy and Eric Visit!

My older sister (and only sister) is engaged and on the 12th we had her bridal shower down in Benson. She and Eric flew in here to Phoenix and Steven and I picked them up and drove to Benson! It was such a great trip, like always! Friday night my mom and the rest of the family stayed up late and made Fenn tacos! Saturday Steven and I played tennis, then we girls got ready for the bridal shower. It was fun and we had lots of great food. After that we got things ready for the pit bbq. We went up to my great uncle Don's to watch the process of separating the meat from the bone. Kind of gross but the bbq was delicious!! Once again, yummy food. Anyway, it was a fun, relaxing trip. I'm not sure if Eric (Amy's fiance) would agree :)! Haha...our family can be a little bit loud and crazy at first but I'm sure he'll get the hang of things like Steven had to do! (has to do i should say...)

Here are some pictures from the bridal shower, the pit bbq, my cute nephew and us!

Fun to Be Fit Festival

One of the graduate students at ASU is organizing the Fun to Be Fit Festival this year and Steven and I get to help out with it. It's next Saturday (and Sunday)from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. I've never been to one before but from looking at the website, it looks like a lot of fun.To register, just go to:

www.funtobefitfestival.com

There's going to be a lot of good information and fun stuff to do. Bring the family, bring friends, whoever!!

Camping Again!

Steven and I went camping by ourselves for the first time and had so much fun. We were a bit worried we’d be bored out of our minds since the only other times we’ve been camping we’ve been with a group of people but we had a blast! We were worried we’d get rained on since the forecast had a 70% of rain in Williams and we got poured on while driving up there but as soon as we got past Flagstaff and on our way to Williams it was beautiful. We finally found a good spot to camp and set everything up. The weather the entire time was gorgeous and we got a few sprinkles at one point but that was it. We took walks, took lots of pictures, ate yummy food, studied our homework, cut a LOT of firewood with a bow saw (definitely got our workout!), talked and talked and talked, took naps and just enjoyed being by ourselves with absolutely no distractions. It was a great vacation even though it took 4 hours getting home (big accident on the 17, had to go through Payson)

Steven getting firewood

With our first pile of firewood!

Steven said "I'll do a Kyle face" :)

We couldn't fit a table in our car so this was our makeshift table for playing cards

We were a little worried about where we were camping because there were a lot of trees that looked like they had been struck by lightning!

Us on our walk

Pretty wildflowers

Our little campsite

The hammock--best place for taking naps!

Ugh--stupid s'mores! We wanted them really bad but that was AFTER we had driven into Williams so when we got back to camp, Steven decided to go back into town to get stuff. However, no grocery store or gas station had anything so he stopped at a KOA or some place like that and finally found stuff BUT it was a rip-off! $5.00 for graham crackers, $4.10 for marshmallows and $2.50 for the candy bar. They were good though :)

Obviously!

Anyway, we had fun and learned a few things we need to bring next time but for the most part, everything went smoothly and we'll definitely be doing it again next year!