do you believe in magic?

i sure do now!

to me, magic is waiting your entire life for your wedding day
and having it go perfectly.
magic is being able to spend time with more family and friends
than imaginable and relishing every moment of it.
and lastly, magic is leaving the party that was thrown just for
you and your honey and being ten times more in LOVE than
when the day began.

everything was so wonderful all day long.
i've heard so many times that it can be a stressful day and we may
not even have time to think of each other,
but it wasn't like that at all!
i owe it all to my handsomely incredible husband.

{husband}
        that is so fun to say!!

i have an overwhelmingly extreme feeling of love.
it feels like i am going to burst at the seams any minute now.
this boy that i have been in love with for months is
finally mine forever!!

being married is everything i could ever want and more
and our wedding day will most definitely go down in history as
the most magical day of my life!

{more pictures to follow shortly}

-the wife

today is the day!

i love to see the temple, i'm going there today....

i have always wondered how i will feel on the day that i go through the

temple for the very first time.

let me tell you...it is exhilirating! 

i feel all nervous inside because i've never done it before.

but at the same time i am more than ecstatic to be closer to my 

Father in Heaven than i have been since i can remember.

i am very grateful for my friends and family that have 

sacrificed their time to be with me. 

i can't think of a better way to spend this happy occasion 

than with the people i love!

the church is true and i am so happy to be a part of it!! 

annoyed.

abraded.  afflicted.  aggravated.  agitated.  angry.  antagonized. bothered.  browned off.  bugged.  button pushed.  chafed.  displeased.  disturbed.  embittered.  enraged.  exasperated.  frustrated.  graveled.  harried.  heated up.  huffy.  galled.  infuriated.  irked.  maddened.  miffed.  narked.  nettled.  peeved.  perplexed.  perturbed.  piqued.  pissed.  plagued.  put out.  resentful.  riled.  rubbed the wrong way.  ruffled.  soured.  steamed.  ticked off.  tormented.  troubled.  upset.  vexed.  wound up.

ode to josè

let's go back to May 15, 2010.
there i am.
little 19 year old me getting ready to move out into the big world in a couple months.
what is a number 1 necessity for living on your own? a car.

i'm pretty sure i looked for at least 8 months prior to this for the perfect car. 
one that wasn't too ugly, but still affordable.
i got a call from my pops that day and he said he found one!
i called my bestie katlin and we went and test drove it.

sure, it had 168,000 miles on it. 
sure, the paint was peeling on the hood.
sure, you couldn't unlock the driver's side door from the outside.
sure, the cd player would skip all the time.
and sure, it was squealy when it was cold outside.

but i didn't care.
it was a good little car.
the next day i wadded up what little money i had and bought
my very first car... josè.

fast forward 8 months {yesterday}
i sold josè...sniff sniff.
thank you little buddy for the memories.
thank you for getting me to ephraim and logan safely.
and thank you for not freaking out when i popped your tire.
you will always hold a special place in my heart.

it's that time of year...

no, your eyes are not deceiving you.

we haven't even had thanksgiving yet, but my blog is now decorated for 

christmas!

this is my most favoritest holiday that there has ever been.

there is something about it that is different from everyday life.

i don't mean just christmas day either. i mean all of december.

i love the music that makes you feel warm and fuzzy inside.

i love how everyone is happy and cheery.

i love the christmas movies that come around once a year. {ok maybe i don't always save those for just christmas time. elf is a year-round fav}

i love having an excuse to make hot chocolate and cuddle up in my pajamas.

i love all of the christmas decorations, especially the lit up houses.

i love eating candy canes. {they're like christmas in your mouth} 

i love decorating our christmas tree.

i love the gift exchanges.

i love the thoughtful kind hearts of others that seems to be more openly shown around this time.

i love the focus that we are able to have on our Savior, Jesus Christ.

i love the all around good feeling that accompanies this joyous month.

along with the things listed above, this christmas just got even better, 

believe it or not.

the reason being that just three days afterwards,  

i'm getting married!!!

oh what a blessed fantabulous day!

my better half.

i feel utterly overwhelmed and completely blessed right now.

life seems to be one fiery ball of opposition/challenge,

but nothing makes me feel like i can get through it more,

than when i am wrapped in the 

loving arms of this boy...

maybe i am a little biased, but i think we have something unique. 

something i only imagined possible for the few "lucky" people in this world.

something i have hoped my whole life for, but never thought i'd get.

tim mcgraw sums up this "something" pretty well...

you're more than a lover

there could never be another

to make me feel the way you do.

oh we just get closer

i fall in love all over

every time I look at you.

i don't know where I'd be

without you here with me,

life with you makes perfect sense

you're my best friend.

yes, i have a best friend to keep forever.

a best friend that i love with my whole heart and can be loved by in return.
a best friend that makes me feel complete when we're together.
a best friend that knows me so well, a second thought isn't needed

in knowing how to heal my pain.

why i was given such a blessing of a boy, i don't know.

but i couldn't be more grateful.

i believe...

... taking a bubble bath while reading your favorite book is
by far the best way to relax.

...in celebrating holidays to their fullest. they only come around once a year,

so you had better enjoy it for as long
as you can. {this means that it's ok to listen to christmas music in october}

...in saying “goodbye,” “hello,” and “i love you” no matter how 

angry or frustrated I am.

…it’s totally okay to be afraid of the dark when you’re a “grown up.”

...this has to be the cutest watch ever! it will most definitely be

going on my christmas wish list.

...smiling at a stranger does more good than harm. you never know
how much a sincere smile can do for someone.

...a best friend is someone that you can do anything or nothing
with and still have the time of your life.

...i am going to marry the most handsome/sincere/romantic/kind/greatest boy in the universe.

...in laughing out loud when everything in life seems to be going wrong.

...running is one of the hardest, most rewarding things that i attempt to do. i hate it and crave it at the very same time.

...unicorns are real, but they all happen to own invisibility cloaks.

...that we don't have to change friends if we understand that friends change.

...duct tape and super glue can fix anything.

...that sometimes when i'm angry, i have the right to be angry.

but that doesn't give me the right to be cruel.

...someday i will be the instant winner on the bottom of a soda lid.

...that kisses are wonderful.

...everyone has a story that can make you cry.

what do you believe in?