Girl's night out!

As much fun and awesome being married is, sometimes a girls night out is what you need! Not just any girls night, but a girls night with the mom and sisters! It has been way too long since we've all been able to get together and do something for fun, just the four of us. And what better way to bring us together, then to go see Phillip Phillips! He was the winner of American Idol this past season, and he was awesome! He basically can sing any song in his style, and have it sound amazing, that's talent! It was great. It was a quick trip for the 3 of them, as they all had to be back to work and school the next day, but we were able to go to dinner and visit, and watch Phillip! It was just, great, here we all are!

                                                                       The sisters!

                                                                The four of us!


Yay life! In other news, Easter this Sunday! Not too exciting, I have to work half the day, so we don't really have any plans. The semester is coming to a close quickly! The end of the month brings a vacation to Florida for my friends wedding and a move to a new apartment! I'm excited. I'm going to miss this place, afterall, it was our first apartment together, I'll probably put some pictures up soon to remember it by when we move, but this new place is bigger and definitely a lot newer.

I think that is all I have for now. Until next time!

Our first Christmas! And New Years... And valentines day... ;)

I know I know, yet another catch up blog. I just tend to get discouraged sometimes because I feel like there is absolutely nothing exciting going on in our lives ever, and I don't want to bore anyone. But regardless of what I think about it, life happens and it should be recorded in one way one way or another! I like blogging because I get to include pictures, and I can hardly read my own handwriting anymore, plus as much as I hate to admit it, David and I are becoming one of those hermit couples who always do stuff just with each other. So this is a way for everyone to see our adventures!

Soooo to catch up, we spent Christmas in Oregon, and it was awesome! We were sooooo spoiled from our families, I mean just look at this pile of presents!

And that was only from David's family! We got more from my family too, we are so blessed! We were able to spend like 4 days with my family and 5 with David's because thats all I could get off work, but that was okay. We got to go skiing up in the Oregon mountains one  of the days, which was wonderful, David is slowly picking up snowboarding and I got to ski! Look at the view!

Isn't it gorgeous?? I love how there's tons of snow, but you can look down into the valley and have it be completely green. You don't get to see that very often!

Sadly we didn't get much of a New Years celebration because I had to work, and we were so busy that David had to come in and help me so I could finish up at a decent hour. But because he did we were able to get home 5 minutes before midnight to properly ring in the new year, and celebrate the anniversary of our engagement! Throwback picture time!
                                           
Speaking of work, these past few months have actually been pretty crazy! I was transferred over to the Provo location right before they switched to a brand new location, so I got to open a brand new store! It was stressful for sure, but now that things have settled down, I love it.  It has all the brand new equipment and it's like 3 blocks from our apartment so I can walk once it starts warming up again!

2013 so far has been great! For Valentines Day, David took me to the Living Planet Aquarium in Sandy, where I've always wanted to go. For a landlocked state, it's a really cool aquarium! David liked the piranhas and the giant snakes, I liked the otters and the penguins. :) We decided to brave the crowds and go out to dinner and ended up waiting like 2 1/2 hours to get in at Texas Roadhouse (last time we ever
do that!). To pass the time we went to Scheels, a giant sporting goods store that opened up last fall and I kid you not, they have a Ferris wheel inside! A Ferris wheel! It was a dollar to ride, so of course we hopped right on!

Everything else seems to going just great!! Life is good all around. David is finishing up probably his hardest semester yet, and is getting ready to take the DAT in June! He'll start applying for dental schools then too, crazy stuff! I think that sums up the last little bit. I promise I'll be back sooner rather then later! Until next time!

happenings as of late!

Lots of goings on! Hence the delay in posting for awhile. I really thought that once I graduated college, I would have tons more time to do things like keep the house totally clean, or workout everyday, or make wonderful meals, or keep up on this blog! But no, it seems that I'm just as busy as ever and my apartment is currently a mess. Oh well, I do what I can and have been extremely blessed in the past couple of months to do awesome things and be with awesome people.

Halloween was awesome. It's David's all time favorite holiday, and I've always liked it for the candy and getting to dress up all pretty. We hit a little bit of a crossroads because he's all into the scary bloody gorey guts halloween, and the scariest thing I've dressed up as was Hermione from Harry Potter. He convinced me to dress up scary for our ward halloween party, and we actually won the costume contest! I'm pretty sure it's my turn to choose the costume next year though, and I'll get my revenge by making him dress up as Prince Charming or something. ;)

After Halloween came my birthday! It was lovely I must say. It was a pretty chill day, I turned the big 23. I've been an adult officially for 5 years. I think that's really the only landmark that 23 brings. Funny story though- David awhile back started joking that I was actually turning 24 because he knew it bugged me. Anyways, he did it long enough that I actually slipped up and told a couple of people that I was 24! And then to make it worse, as David was decorating my birthday cake he decided to put my age in the candles, and started to put 24 before I realized and stopped him! We both had a good laugh at it though. Guess it goes to show that if you say something long enough, you eventually believe it yourself!

Its a good thing you can make a 3 pretty easily out of a 4. :) David made the pink funfetti cake at my request, we ate it with Farr's Playdoh ice cream. My mom thinks its gross, but it's super colorful and yummy! I'd suggest you all try it. 

Thanksgiving was also wonderful- I was able to take a couple days off of work and we went to go see my family in southern Utah- we were able to see everyone and eat lots of delicious food! David got to go mountain biking with my step dad and brother and only came away with a couple of scrapes- which was a relief and I saw the trail they went down, scary! and I got to spend time with my mom and sisters just hanging out- we even went to a zumba class the afternoon of Thanksgiving to work off all the calories we ate! Best idea ever! It was a lot of fun. We thought about going black friday shopping, but all ended up sleeping in until like 9:30, so that didn't happen. haha.

Now it's almost Christmastime! Its a crazy time for me at work, and David has finals around the corner, but we found some time on Monday to go and buy some Christmas decorations! I love Christmas so much, and our little apartment is starting to feel a little festive! We have a little baby Christmas tree that is smack dab in the middle of our living room, cuz frankly that is the only place there is room for it, and we have lights in our two main windows and a snowman on the door! It just makes me so happy! I'm getting so excited to be able to have our first Christmas together! We were apart last year with both our families, so this will be really nice. We get to go to Oregon to be with David's family, which will be a nice break for both of us. I think that's really all that is going on in our busy lives- unless you want to hear about all the crazy pizza hut happenings from me, but you can just ask if you want to hear about that awesomeness. 

I will say before I go though, that I am so blessed! I've been thinking alot about that this past week, just how everything always seems to work out in our favor, even if they don't seem like it for a little bit. I have such amazing friends and family who are such angels to me! And of course an awesome husband who just seems to get cuter every day! :) Until next time! 

This is a flashback picture to just over a year ago! I'd say we are just as cute now as we were then. :) 

We climbed a mountain!

The title of this post is true! Both literally and figuratively as a matter of fact. Over the past month, I climbed not one, but two mountains! The first time I thought I was going to die, and if it weren't for my supportive husband, I never would have made it. Of course, he had to lie to me in the process... haha, we climbed up to squaw peak up in Rock canyon, and at first he told me that it was a mile, maybe two, and it wouldn't take that long, then all up the trail (he had done it before so I trusted him) he would be like I remember this, we're almost there! Just through this meadow and we'll be super close! Yeah,  he was never right, we hiked for like 6 miles straight up it seemed like before we finally made it. I'm super glad we did though, the views were spectacular! Below is the proof!

So the moral of the story here is, even if they seem super hard at the time, climbing mountains is worth it. The other mountain we climbed wasn't as bad, we went up to the Timpanogos Caves with David's dad and sister, and while it's steep, it's paved the whole way with benches and stuff, so it's not too bad, and the caves were way cool! I don't have any pictures of that hike yet, but when I get em, I'll post them, because they too, are awesome!

As for the figurative mountains we had to climb, it's been a tough couple of weeks, but we've gotten through it! First off, we sent Eric, David's baby brother off to the MTC to prepare to serve in Mozambique Africa. And although he's not my brother by blood, I was super emotional about the whole thing, which kind of surprised me, but it was definitely for the best. We got to spend a couple days with him before he left, went to the temple, to Tucanos (yum!) and had a couple of family picnics before we finally said goodbye for two years! We're gonna miss him, but I'm super excited to see how he'll progress as he serves the Lord in Africa!

Shortly after Eric left, David's grandpa passed away. It was sad to see him go, but it was for the best. He had been sick for awhile, so it's good to know that he can rest from the cares of the world for awhile. Things like this though definitely allow you to take a step back and think about what really matters in life, and how you shouldn't take anything for granted, because this life is only for a limited amount of time, and you really need to make the most of it. It was really nice that it brought everyone together too, and I was really happy to see that his funeral was a happy one, where everyone just talked about the good times, and knew that he was in a better place now.

As for the last figurative mountain, schools started again... haha, this one is more for David because I'm done, but it's going to be a pretty intense semester! Not only is he taking the dreaded organic chemistry class, he's also taking 7 other science classes... crazy kid! He can do it though, I've never met anyone else whose so focused when it comes to studying. I can only imagine how much higher my GPA would've been had I had that kind of dedication! Oh well. It's going to take some adjusting for me too, not going back to school. It's kind of weird, having gone to classes basically my whole life, and now not having too, but I think I'm handling it alright. Really, it just makes me feel old, especially realizing that a lot of the players on that football team (who pulled off a GREAT win last night by the way!) are younger than me.... but that's okay, I've just moved on to the next stage of my life, and I'm excited about it!

It should be a pretty calm semester I think, nothing to big or crazy going down. I think we're going down to my parents for Thanksgiving, and we're going to his parents for Christmas. There might be some changes going on at my work too, but nothing is set in stone. Regardless, I'll definitely keep this thing updated!

Until next time!

Busy Busy Busy!

Well I think it's safe to say the honeymoon period is officially over for us. Not only have we hit the 3 month mark (yay!), but real life has finally set in. It's not the most exciting, but it definitely has it's moments! For the most part David is in school and I'm at work. I was promoted and put on salary which was very nice, but also meant an increase in hours, so I've been living, breathing (and definitely eating) pizza these days. I can't complain though, it keeps me busy and pays the bills which is all I need. David is super close to being done with summer term. He takes his last final tomorrow before a well-deserved 3 week break. We're excited to have all his family come down for his brother's missionary farewell to Mozambique, Africa! It's so crazy that he's going to be gone for 2 whole years! But I am definitely very very excited for him and for all the adventures he's going to have, going out and teaching the people of Africa!


We had a pretty fun month during July. We got to see tons of fireworks thanks to Utah having 2 firework holidays instead of one. For the 4th we went up to Squaw peak and watched all the fireworks going off in the valley, which was so awesome! There were so many! Then for the 24th, we had a barbeque with his extended family and lit fireworks with all his little cousins, which I've decided is so much better than just celebrating it by ourselves. There's just something about helping a little girl with her first ever sparkler that just adds so much to the occasion. We also had my family reunion up in Heber City. We all just gathered in this huge cabin for two days and ate food and played games, it was really fun. We also went tubing down the Provo river, which is something I've always wanted to do, but it was SO cold. Even for the middle of July, it was almost too much to bear. I had a hard time staying in the middle, so I always fell out of the current and behind everybody, but it was still really fun! My all time favorite thing we did during July though was go to the zoo!  Ever since I was little, one of my favorite animals has been polar bears, and they brought one back to the Hogle Zoo this year! We went with my mom and sister and brother, and we saw everything from the tigers to the elephants, to the giraffes and otters and the polar bear!




















There's been lots of other happenings going on too, like my friend Natalie had a beautiful baby girl that I got to go over and hold! It was so precious. She's gonna be such a great mom. :) We're adjusting to our ward pretty nicely, David got called to be in the Sunday school presidency, and I'm just hanging around. I think they think I'm inactive because I've been rather hit and miss because of work. Oh well.

I think that about wraps up my ranting. I'm going to be betting about taking more pictures of our adventures. Cuz I feel like I'm boring without pictures. Oh well, I'll be better.

Until next time!

Mexico, Oregon, Lagoon and Provo Canyon!

So here's a little bit about everything we've been up too since we've been married!

First things first, Mexico!

I remember, it had not even been 24 hours since we had gotten engaged when David's grandpa pulled us aside and made us decide where we would go on our honeymoon. Our choices were limited because it was a timeshare and most places were already booked, but we were able to find this great resort in Mazatlan, Mexico. Everyone was worried about us going with all the problems they're having there, but it was actually really wonderful! Perfect actually! We were able to eat delicious food, go ziplining, parasailing, horseback riding, and really just relax. It was great!

The view from our room at the resort

Parasailing-- so much fun!

Our favorite restaurant, they gave us hats to wear and free cake in celebration of our marriage!

 We stayed in Mexico for a week, and from there we flew into Portland where we spent a week with David's family. It was really fun, we went on a couple of hikes, took a day trip to the coast, and on Friday we had an open house for all of David's friends and family who couldn't make it to the wedding in Utah. It turned out beautiful, it was fun to be able to wear my dress again and get my hair done a different way, below is the photo evidence!

A hike we went on to a pretty waterfall!

We got to go to the Portland Temple, so pretty!

Us at the open house!

After the wedding festivities had finally ended, we headed back to Provo for real life to start. The first few weeks have been kind of interesting since David doesn't start school until tomorrow, but I started back up at work almost immediately, but we've definitely already done some fun things! We were able to make a quick trip down south for my baby sister's high school graduation, we got to go to lagoon this past week, which was fun, but I think its safe to say I'm getting a little old for all the super spinny rides, haha. Then this past weekend we were able to camping, just up Provo canyon for a night, but it was alot of fun! We got to use all our new camping gear and have a huge fire, and it was just nice to get away from real life, even for just a night. Especially since David does go back to school tomorrow, and I'll be working more hours due to a promotion and the fact that my boss just left on maternity leave, so things will be pretty crazy for a little while, but it'll still be wonderful just being together with the love of my life. :)

Until next time!

The glorious wedding!

I'm back! This time as Mrs. David Robinson, which is good because now my blog name actually tells the truth. :)

I must say that our wedding was exactly what I wanted it to be and so much more. I had so much support from family and friends, some who flew a very long way to come and see me, and I am so grateful for all of their love and their help in making my fairy tale come true! I could talk and talk about how the day went with everything, but hey, pictures speak 1000 words, and I'm sure they can explain things a lot better than I can, so here we go!

            The Venue(s):

 The actual wedding ceremony took place in the LDS Bountiful temple, and it was absolutely amazing. It was such a beautiful atmosphere, and just such an amazing spirit that made everything that much more special, especially with all my friends and family around when I married my sweetheart for time and all eternity!







The luncheon/ring ceremony/reception was at the Canturbury Place, also in Bountiful. My grandpa performed a small ring ceremony in front of everyone who was able to attend the luncheon, and he gave some great advice. My daddy was able to walk me in and my brother was the unofficial last minute ring bearer (cuz it honestly didn't cross my mind til like 5 minutes before!) But other then that and the fact that I almost put David's ring on his right hand, it was wonderful. The food was great, and the reception was lovely. It was so fun to be greeted and congratulated by all my friends and family!

The Flowers:

Carnations have been and always will be my favorite flower, and I discovered these deep purple calla lilies on my search for flowers in my colors. (which if you haven't guessed by now were deep purple and silver). I fell in love with my bouquet the moment I saw it, and the rest matched perfectly!

The dress!

I found this dress at the first store I tried, which was nice, because I don't handle sales people very well. I walked in with my mom and sister, saw it on a mannequin, and just kind of knew. The one they had for me to try on was like 4 sizes too small for me, but I fell in love with it regardless, and luckily the only one they had available was in my size, so I'm pretty sure it was fate. Haha, it's kind of hard to see the details with it being white and in the sun, but the top had a really pretty collar with beading all around and the body had rouching all the way to the gown, which poofed out with a pretty train and made me feel like a princess. :)

The families. :)

My momma,  her husband and my siblings!

My daddy,  his wife and my siblings!

David's family!

All of our families were such a huge help and support! David's came all the way from Oregon, and mine from Southern Utah. It was so wonderful to have everyone there and have them all get along! ;) Haha, I knew they would, but it's so great to have  families so willing to come together for such a great occasion!

The Bridesmaids!

From left to right, there's Brooke, my old roommate and super great friend, who threw me a wonderful bridal shower; Heather who flew in from Texas, and made all of the bridal parties beautiful jewelry; me, and then my two sisters Tess and Shelby- Tess flew in from Wisconsin and Shelby skipped school for the event, and Brenna also flew in from Texas was an unofficial photographer and source of wonderful support. They were the best bridesmaids anyone could ask for! Thanks so much girls!

The Groomsmen!

From left to right there's Steven, David's older brother; his cousin Nathan; The most handsome man alive ;) David's younger brother Eric; and his two good friends Alex and Josh. Alex flew in from Oregon, and Josh drove from Arkansas to make it! They were all a bunch of fun, definitely the comic relief for the day, so thanks boys!

The Handsome Groom!

It's not like I'm really all that biased, but I must say this boy looks sharp. He had gotten a not so great haircut a couple of weeks before and was worried about not looking his best, but I think he's the cutest boy I've ever known in my whole entire life!! Here's the proof. :)

And finally.... The happy couple!

I literally have hundreds of pictures to choose from, but here are just a few of my favorites to end things off. I'll be back with details about the honeymoon and life after marriage, but I feel like the best day of my life deserved its own post. :) Thanks so much again to everyone who made it possible!