So long, 2012!

Yes, I know I am a week late here. But..better late than never? Is that a good way to start the new year? Probably not, but hey, that's how it goes..
2012, you were a pretty great year for me. Started out rough, but ended better than any of my previous 22 years! In the past 12 months, I met a boy, moved 2 hours away from that boy, but moved out on my own and felt like an adult, fell in love with that boy, did the whole long distance thing, hated it. Loved him. Had more emotioanal breakdowns than I care to admit. Got engaged after 5 months from our first date! Now we're planning a wedding!  One nephew turned 1 year old, I got a 2nd nephew, and I fell in love with those little boys even more each time I saw them. My relationships with my family grew and I realize now more than ever the importance of family. I watched 2 of my best friends fall in love and get engaged, the other best friend had the cutest baby boy!
2013, you will bring me the best day of my life, when I get to be sealed to my handsome fiance for time and all eternity. You will bring the same joy to 2 of my best friends and my sister best friend (though it's still unofficial.)  You will bring me another move. The joy of continuing to watch my nieces and nephews grow. I will officially gain 2 families. I will get my dog back (sorry Zack and Kenz, she's coming with us!!)! And I will fall in love more every day with that boy of mine!
2012 will be a hard year to beat, but I can't wait to see what else 2013 brings for us!

Mr. WyWy

Boog!



Sister best friend and LevLev



Me and the Future Hubs

Me and my girls

Cheers!

Holiday Weekends!

I don't think I'll ever be able to work at a place that doesn't give you all holidays off. I love my banker's holidays. I had a 4 day weekend this week. I went home to my parents house this weekend! It was so much fun! We had a baby shower for my best friend, Aubry. And all 3 of my closest girl friends were there! It's so fun because Aubry is pregnant and due in a few weeks. Then the other 3 of us are all engaged and got engaged within 2 weeks of each other! It was fun to just spend time together again!

We always have to take weird pictures. Don't mind my hunchback..

So that was fun! Saturday night, we got some of my friends and some of Jeremy's friends together and went to dinner at Buffalo Wild Wings in Layton and then bowling! I am so happy that our friends, as different as they are, can all get together and have fun like that! Sunday was a family day. Jeremy and I made queso for a snack for my family before church and then we hung out the rest of the day. Monday I went and saw Pitch Perfect (again) with my Rachy Poo. Such a funny movie! Then I went and saw my other Racheal's new house. SO CUTE! I'm kinda jealous. I want a house. Then that night Jerms and I were supposed to go to dinner with my brother and sister in law. So instead I just went down to Jeremys house and when I got there he had dinner made for me! With my favorite drink ever!!!!

I could live on Martinelli's. Seriously. It's my favorite. Isn't he cute though? I just love him! He's so good to me!
And Tuesday I went to lunch with my mom and my 2nd mom. We had fun just eating and catching up. It's been a while since I'd seen 2nd mom. Then came home, had some roomie time with Kayla. Love her. And then started watching The Walking Dead. and HOLY CRAP! I'm so sucked in it's friggin ridiculous. I finished season one last night. Don't judge me for that. Or do. Whatevs.

So...You know...I'M GETTING MARRIED!

We're going to be together FOREVER!!!! I love this boy. SO much. I can't wait to spend eternity with him! :) AHHH. Ok so we all know the best part of engagements is the story, right? So here is mine. I have to start a few hours before though.

We had plans to go to the Jazz game because I'm slightly obsessed and it was the season opener against the Mavs. Yay. And also, I don't like Halloween so it was a good excuse to not dress up. So, I got off work early to head down to South Jordan, made a quick stop at my parents house to pick up a copy of T-Swift's new CD, which ROCKS by the way. So a few minute delay there, then gotta get gas, then finally on the road from Layton to SoJo. Great! Driving along, singing my heart out with my T-Swift jams. Then I hit about 1300 South in SLC. Dead stop. Bad. Traffic is never that bad. So I keep going hoping that it'll clear up. No, it never does. So I had to get off the freeway early and attempt to take Bangerter the rest of the way. Jeremy keeps telling me to hurry. I keep telling him that I can't do anything to help the traffic. I finally get to there at like 6:30. Game time is at 7. Jeremy starts to drive like a mad man. For some reason he really wanted to be there BEFORE the game started. I think in all the games I've been to, I've been to one on time. It's just not something I'm good at. Oh well. Game starts, we're losing right away. Go Jazz...Then the following conversation occurs:
Jer: We should totally get a picture with the Jazz Bear.
Me: Yeah, right! We're in the upper bowl. He never comes up here!!
cue Jazz Bear running down the stairs next us.
Me: Huh. Well, guess I was wrong.
Go back to watching the game.
All of a sudden there is a big furry thing standing next to me, I look up. It's Bear. He's holding beautiful flowers, looking at the people behind us (The 2 seats next to me were empty). I look at Jeremy, back at Bear. Bear grabs my hand, stands me up, hands me the flowers. I start freaking out. Giggling uncontrollably ( I'm not like most girls, I laugh instead of cry sometimes.) Bear turns me around, there's the most handsome boy in the world, down on one knee, holding the most beautiful ring! Then everything turned to a blur. I don't remember what he said, I don't even know if I said yes. I don't know how the ring even got on my finger. I just pulled Jeremy up! Kissed him. Hugged him. Then hid my face in his chest as the bear COVERED us in silly string and confetti!!! Seriously. Best night of my life. People! GET ENGAGED! It's fun!!!

Oh! And BTW, Jazz killed the Mavs! Won by 19. GO JAZZ!!!!! (I don't remember much of the game. I was kinda distracted)

Ranting. Strange Word Isn't It?

Today I feel like I have so many things to Rant and Rave about. Like people, seriously, if you use the bathroom at Wal-Mart, and the toilet doesn't automatically flush. Please be kind and flush it yourself. Some of us are stuck in this lovely place for 10 or 11 hours and a day and have no other choice than to use them. Please help to not keep them disgusting. Kthanks. And in case you haven't noticed, we live in UTAH. It snows here...not a big surprise but yet first snowfall of the year people act like it's the worst thing that could have ever happened. I have many more topics I could go off on, if you would like.

But then I look at these faces and I am happy and ok with life again...

 

  

Those eyes kill me. Isn't he friggin adorable???

I so wish this picture wasn't blurry, but it's so dang cute!

I was on my way to the boyfriends house the other day and saw this goat in the truck. Couldn't stop laughing.

You could say that we are pros at pumpkin carving. Stay tuned for more punkins next weekend! YAY for being festive.

Finally got a haircut! He looks like a big boy now! BTW, I never knew trying to describe how you wanted a guy's haircut would be so difficult. Guess I'll have to work on that.

Probably my favorite couple to hang out with. They're pretty legit people.

Anywhay...maybe someday I'll write a post about something fantastic. But for now, I think telling you about the people in my life is fantastic. So...yeah.

Anything you can do I can do better. Or have? I don't know.

Guys. Let's get real. My family is the best. You may think yours is, but secretly, you KNOW that you can't beat my family. I was having a not so great day yesterday, and it was my fantastic brother and sister's 27th birthday. (They're old!) And so I decided that was a great reason to go home!! Turns, out, it is exactly what I needed. Let me introduce you to my family.

My mom. She's amazing. She would do anything to help anyone, loves teaching her bratty little students (most of the time), which that alone makes her a saint! She would give us kids the world if she could. She has the weight of the world on her shoulders lately and she pushes through and makes us kids and the grandkids feel so loved!!!

My dad. He's the kind of dad that every girl should have. Seriously. We do all our outdoorsy things together. He gives me advice about life and I feel like I can tell him anything or ask him anything and he can give me the exact answer that I need. He is the priesthood holder that is there to always give me a Father's blessing when needed and I wouldn't know what to do without him.

Zack. The big brother every girl needs. He's funny, and so caring, but he doesn't like to show that side. ;) He is the cutest dad to the the cutest little chunk. He leads his family and is always there to make us laugh or give me a hug when I'm crying. He's great. We should be the twins of the family because we definitely look and act more alike.

Kenzi-Poo. The best sister in law ever!! And since I only get one of those, I'm pretty glad we got her! She keeps up laughing with her fantastic blonde moments and helps us save money by being a rockin' couponer (is that a word?) She fits into the family so perfectly and I love her!!

Mallorie! The ditzy twin. JK Mal! That's not how we know you! You're the crafty older sister who takes care of the family. She protects her family like a friggin lioness protects her cubs. Ridiculous. But we are lucky to have her! I love when we get together and color our hair and just catch up on life. and Mom to Boog. (the nephew)

Tom. Great brother in law! He is a great dad to Drewby. And he cares for his family and takes such great care of them. He's a little bit more quiet than the rest of us, but, that's ok. We can't all be out of control crazy loud people. ;)

Sammi Sue. AKA Blister. My best friend. We fight, but like 5 seconds later, we're fantastic again. We are hilarious, too. So you should probably be friends with us. She's my other half and some of my very favorite memories over the past few years are with her! If you need someone to look up to, she's definitely a good choice. Such a great example to me.

Jeremy. The best thing that's ever happened to me! He always makes me laugh and when I need a hug, he's there to hold me and make all my stress go away. He's my best friend. He makes me feel like the most beautiful girl and the luckiest girl ever. I'm so glad that I have him. I'd be even more happy if we didn't live quite so far away, but we'll fix that before too long. ;)

See. Don't you wish you were part of my family? They're amazing!!!!!!!

Fall. FALL. FALL!!!!

So yesterday, me and my beautiful roomie/best friend both had the day off (which NEVER happens) and we had so much ambition for the day. She had class in the morning, so I slept in a little bit and then did a bunch of laundry! She came home, we caught up on life. It's weird how even though you live with someone, you can see so little of them. But, anywho, we finished up our stuff for the day and plopped down on the love sac and decided to watch a little bit of Friends. Because, let's face it, it's kinda the best show ever and we, mostly me, have a slight addiction to it. And after a few episodes I got antsy and so we decided to go hiking. That's the beauty of Logan. Well, anywhere in Utah really. You are so close to the mountains there is ALWAYS something to do. So we drove up to 2nd dam and went on an adventure.



Isn't it beautiful?! Oh I love Logan Canyon!



The colors!!



Isn't SHE beautiful?! Love her!

Probably one of the most productive days I've had since I moved here! I also got Visiting Teaching done (for the first time EVER!) and worked out later that night and had a work meeting and washed my tennis shoes! I was so proud of myself! And now it's time for the weekend! I can't wait to go see the boyfriend and my family!
Enjoy yourselves, lovely people!