Winner, winner!

She did it! My baby sister rocked the California junior Miss competition!Here's her row of faithful fans...I'll be the first to admit that we were a little border line inappropriate because we were so loud. (Aunt Judy was in the picture too, but she got cut out--our impromptu photographer wasn't too enthusiastic about the whole idea.)Beautiful girl, we are so excited to see you in MOBILE, ALABAMA!

Camping

Growing up, Craig spent a ton of time in the Payson canyon and has talked about going there together since we started dating. The six of us(Craig's dad, Craig, His two sisters, and our nephew, Codon) went up tuesday evening. Even though it was just an overnighter, i'm so happy we went. I love love LOVE camping!

Zoo

Here are some pictures from our trip last Monday to the zoo. It was so fun to see everyone--all the kids are getting so big! After a few hours of seeing all the animals and chasing after kids, I was so tired! My goodness, I have no clue how I'm going to keep up with my own!

I'm no blogger

I'm no good at this blogging thing... I get behind then I really get behind. I can't believe August is here. It's been 2 MONTHS. There are several excuses(lost camera cord, lazy...), but I think my number one is intimidation. I read all of the funny, adorable, and clever posts then never know what to write. So here's a quick little update. Much has happened, and we have a lot to look forward to:
-We've had lots of visitors.
-The semester has finallllly ended.
-We got a video camera!
-We leave tomorrow for Utah which means...
Lots of family!
Zoo
Cecily and Codan
Family
Camping
NO WORK
...or school
CAlifornia
Junior Miss
Honeymoon
Beach
Giants vs. Dodgers
Bathing suits
Eating out(Danish pastries in Solvang...)

hope all is well with everyone, Until October.... :)

Practice Honeymoon

Craig and I thought it would be fun to go camping for the memorial weekend to officially welcome summer and since Idaho has finally started to warm up, it would be the perfect weekend for an overnighter in the mountains. A little bit of backround: On Saturday one of the senior couples from Craig's mission came up from Pocatello and as we were telling them about our plans for the weekend, they said, "how about you go up and stay at our cabin up in Island park? It's not far from where you were planning to go in the first place." Craig and I liked the idea to say the least, despite their talk about bugs and clutter, so two days later we were on our way! Craig went to work Monday morning then came home and packed the car...

We were so excited when we got there, it looked like so much fun!

When we walked inside, we saw everything BUT bugs. My goodness, the place is 100 times nicer and BIGGER then our apartment. We were able to go bike riding, bbqing, and we were able to relax.

The cabin is located in a community right alongside Henry's Fork, a nice little river.
On our way home, we stopped by mesa falls. Too bad our camera died when we right when we were about to get a picture of both of us. This weekend was so much fun, we just wish we would've asked for more time off work...we look forward to the 7 week break when we get to go on our REAL honeymoon.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

I feel so lucky and so blessed to have some beautiful women in my life, and want to wish them a very, very happy mother's day!

Fiiiirst and foremost, I want to wish a Happy mother's day to my lovely mother for all the time that she spent helping, talking and encouraging me. If I am even half the mother that she was to me to my kids, I will be a pretty dang good mom. :)

Then to my grandma Wagner and Grandma Baumgarten for teaching my parents to be kind and loving and for the way that they have spoiled and loved me...

(I really wish I had a picture of my Grandma Baumgarten on the computer...)

Last but not least, to my new mother-in-law who has been so kind and welccoming to me annd who hass raised Craig to be the guy that he is--nice, kind, serving, loving...:)

WE have been so blessed, thank you so much for all that you have done! HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY! We love you ladies so very, very much!

Busy, Busy, Busy...

WE ARE MARRIED! AHHHH! It all feels so surreal as I sit here in on OUR couches in OUR cozy little apartment. We got into California last Thursday, April 9, 2009 and were busy bees all week. Craig was so good to help out with yardwork and babysitting while I helped clean and finish last minute wedding things. Although we were so busy, I was able to have a few little lunch dates with friends, pedicures and manicure with aunts, and a bridal shower on Saturday April 11. On wednesday I went to the temple for the first time which was really, really interesting and i'm anxious to go back, thank goodness i have a temple so close here in Rexy.

On Friday we went to SAN FRANCISCO for our bridal shoot where the lovely SUZY O took pictures for hours! I'm so glad she agreed to come out.. she did an amazing job and I'm anxious to get them back... check out her blog suzyophotography.blogspot.com for a little sneak peek at some of the photos to come!

Saturday came and went all too fast, but I am so thankful for the friends and family that came to support us. We feel so blessed and loved to know that several miles were traveled on our behalf! More pictures to come soon!