Enjoy the Journey: October 2008

Monday, October 27, 2008

I've been tagged!

8 Things I Did Today:
1. Woke up - sometimes that is the hardest part of the day
2. Worked
3. Went to lunch with my mama
4. Dropped off the rest of my Thank you cards at the post office
5. Cooked dinner - frozen pizza baby...I know, such a slacker
6. Watched last night's episode of Desperate Housewives
7. Hung out with Steve
8. Caught up on reading blogs

8 Shows I Love:
1. LOST
2. The Office
3. Grey's Anatomy
4. Desperate Housewives
5. Survivor
6. Biggest Loser
7. Amazing Race
8. American Idol

8 Restaurants I Love:
1. Carvers...best steak ever!
2. Texas Roadhouse
3. Chilis
4. Applebees
5. PF Chang or PeiWei...basically the same
6. Tepanyaki
7. Rumbi Grill
8. Olive Garden
The list could go on...I really love to eat out, and I know it isn't healthy...

8 Things I Am Looking Forward To:
1. Babies (Steve is looking forward to puppies)
2. Our next cruise
3. Working with Candace tomorrow (she's who tagged me)
4. Night out with friends on Saturday
5. Carrie Underwood Concert - November 19th baby!!
6. My Birthday - holy cow I'm gonna be 31
7. Thanksgiving - such a good holiday
8. Seeing Zoey in her cute Elephant costume

8 Things I Am Wishing For:
1. A lifetime of happiness with Steve
2. Kiddos
3. Health
4. Money - jackpot, lotto, sweepstakes...anyway would be fine!
5. Stability in life - trying not to worry too much about the economy but it is hard
6. An organized house...it's getting there - it's tough moving and combining 2 people's stuff!
7. Happiness for all of my family and friends
8. Ice Cream...I think I might go have a taste before I go to bed, I know...that is bad - not suppose to eat after 8, oh well...

8 People I Tag:
1. Jenny
2. Jenn T.
3. Kami
4. Jenny W.
5. Crystal
6. Pam
7. Michelle
8. Shauna
And anyone else who wants to do this fun tag...it was fun to think of some of these things - I need to be grateful for things more often!

Friday, October 3, 2008

The Honeymoon!!

Steve and I spent a week on a Cruise visiting 3 ports in Mexico - Puerta Villarta, Mazatlan & Cabo San Lucas. What a blast!! We had the most amazing time. It was a perfect vacation to be able to spend time together relaxing and enjoying time with one another. I loved many things about the trip but having a couples massage and eating whatever, whenever was probably my most favorite. The 24-hour ice cream availability was deadly - I'm such an ice cream lover and having it available all of the time wasn't the best idea...but it was sooo good! Having a massage was the best. I've always been nervous to get one, but oh...I'm hooked. It was fantastic and felt so nice. Mexico was hot...sooo hot! We just melted whenever we were out but we were still able to enjoy some time shopping, snorkeling, eating, and sight-seeing. We had fun on the cruise ship playing bingo and blackjack. They also had fun activities, comedy shows and of course more eating. Our room was quite nice. We splurged a bit and got a suite. It was nice to have a large balcony and more room to move around. I loved having a window and balcony...I don't think it would have been the same experience if we were in an interior room with no window. I really like being able to see light. We had great service on the cruise ship - our waiters, drink guys and cabin stewards were very nice and made it a wonderful experience. Here are a few pics from our trip, enjoy!!

Our cruise ship - the Carnival Pride

On our balcony before leaving for our formal dinner

Outside the dining room in front of the sunset - it was a beautiful night and it was fun to get all dressed up.

Our suite - the balcony is through the curtains. I'm taking the picture from the entry way next to the bathroom and there is a couch and little desk on the right side.

Steve enjoying an afternoon with some ice cream...

And me enjoying some ice cream...again...

Some of our waiters in the dining room

Us at dinner

On the balcony after arriving to Puerta Villarta

A beautiful resort in Mazatlan. We didn't have something specifically planned in Mazatlan so we spent some time visiting a timeshare resort. We listened to their 90 min schpill and said no...they gave us free taxi service around the city, fed us lunch, gave us drinks, time to spend in their resort, and $50 US cash to spend shopping. We thought it was worth it and enjoyed buying a few things in the shops.

Mazatlan

Another balcony picture...we had a lot of the close-ups/extended arm pics since we were on our own most of the time.

Lovers Beach at Cabo San Lucas...beautiful!

The arch at Cabo

Steve and I at our 2nd formal night dinner

Steve gettin' ready to snorkel...lookin' oh so hot!

Check out that babe...ya, I know I look hot!!

2nd formal night dinner

Last night on the cruise ship, so sad...

Steve giving me the sign that he is done with the picture taking...it had been a long week with pics at the wedding and then pics on the honeymoon - he was a good sport!

Bridals

I didn't want to post my bridals before the wedding because I wanted to surprise Steve on the wedding day but here are a few of my favorite shots. We took these at the State Mental Hospital grounds in Provo. It was a perfect night. My mom and sister came with me to make sure I looked my best. Jenny was behind my photographer a lot of the time making gestures to get me to laugh. It was a fun night with my mom and sister!

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Our Special Day

It's hard to even express the feelings I have regarding our wedding day. It was absolutely the best day ever. We had an amazing ceremony in the SL Temple with our close friends and family. We celebrated that night at a reception at Magnolia Grove. I am truly blessed to have a husband like Steve who loves me so much, who I can confide in about anything, who listens to me, who validates me, and who makes me feel like the luckiest and most beautiful woman in the world. I am truly blessed! I don't have my pics from the wedding day yet but I will post a few just as soon as I get them. Here are a few I have stolen from others' blogs (thanks Kami, Jenn & Jenny - hope you don't mind!)