San Diego and Disneyland

For my birthday my sweet husband took us to Disneyland!! But first we got to stay with Sam's sister and her wonderful family! Unfortunately it was a little shorter than we would have liked, but it was so great to see them! Sam's sister Kathy is seriously one of the sweetest people I have ever met! WOW! I am so lucky to have married into such a great family! She made me an AMAZING ice cream cake for my birthday as a surprise! And Nephi was sweet enough to polish it off:
Man I love that boy! So I'm a little disappointed that this is apparently the only picture I took while we were with them! I am so grateful to be related to such darling kids! We love you Spendloves!!

Next stop...DISNEYLAND (Well California Adventures our first day)!
Sam was just so excited! It was his first time at Disneyland!!
Its true....we are just living our fairytale ending!One of my most favorite places in the world!!! Sigh...LOVED being able to share it with Sammy!My strong hubby....



Make a wish into the well thats all you have to do! And if you hear it echoing...your wish will soon come true! My mom and I used to sing that all the time! Love that wishing well! Sam and I are big fans of throwing coins into fountains or wells! hehe!




As wonderful as Disneyland is....as we were leaving LA we were able to go to the REAL happiest place on earth. We got to do some temple work at the Newport Beach Temple. It is such a great experience to be able to travel and attend the temple wherever we go! All in all it was a FANTASTIC vacation! Thank you Sammy!!!

Heather's Wedding and Jeremy's Graduation

My cousin Heather got married in Utah to Mark at the end of April (I know I'm late posting all of this!). I was able to attend the ceremony at the Provo temple. It was SUCH a sweet experience. They are so perfect for each other! We couldn't be happier for both of them. Sam unfortunately wasn't able to come to the wedding with me because of work, but I was there for the both of us!


SUCH a beautiful couple! My sister in law Emily who is an amazing photographer took Mark and Heather's picture and I got to be her assistant photographer...definitely a great experience!


I also was able to be there for my brother Jeremy and his wife Maria's graduation from BYU. Jeremy graduated with honors and it was quite impressive!! It was a great experience to be there celebrating with them!It was a busy weekend! But such a good one!!

Tahoe Trip

A few months ago Sam and I took a trip to Tahoe. It was SUCH an amazing trip! We stayed in this awesome condo up at Northstar-At-Tahoe. We got to snowboard and just take it easy. After snowboarding for a couple days we then went to Reno to just play around and hang out at the Circus Circus.
SUCH a beautiful day up at Tahoe! SOO fun!

Circus Circus Reno is a good place for 2 people who don't drink or gamble or are under 21 to hang out! haha. Many other things to do!
Sam won me a flower bouquet! haha!

Leaving For Utah

Heather Wadsworth (my cousin) is getting married on Saturday! I am so excited to go to Utah for the wedding. UNFORTUNATELY Sam isn't coming with me! Sigh...it will be our first time away from each other since we've been married..oh well. It will be a busy weekend so hopefully I won't have TOO much time to miss him! I am excited to stay with my old BYU-H roommates too!! Yay!

We are all moved in!!! We are so relieved to have everything put away and organized. It feels so good to have this space! I will post pictures after I get back from my trip! Hooray!

We are moving!!!

Hey all! So for those of you who don't know, Sam and I are moving out of San Jose and into Los Gatos! We are SOOOOO excited about it! It is right next to Downtown LG (EASY walking distance) and just a gorgeous place! We got the jobs as apartment managers, so it is a great deal for us! We are going to be officially moved as of April 11th! YAY!

Still trying to catch up!

Our 1 Year (dating) Anniversary





So our 1 year dating anniversary is pretty important to us (obviously) but especially because it is not like it was the first time we met. We were practically best friends before this date. I watched him go out on other dates with other girls and he would tell me how it went (while I was crying inside because I was in love with him....haha jk..sorta), and he would come sit down on the couch with me and his roommate and watch a movie. So when we decided to go for that change in our relationship it was quite monumental. It was exactly a week after his birthday that we had our first date. As I said in the last post it was after his birthday that he started to realize I was someone he should really consider dating. We had some interesting talks the week after...Including the strangest Gchat I have ever had...Where I thought we were making jokes then all of the sudden it turned real and we decided to go out!

Our first date was litterally the best date I have been on hands down. I had never felt so comfortable with someone like that on a first date. We stayed at the restaurant for about 3 hours while only ordering an appetizer and dessert, just talking and laughing...and possibly a little footsie. hahah. Then we walked down to Santana Row and made wishes in a fountain and it was possibly one of the most romantic moments I had had up to that point! Just the way we hugged and the way he looked at me made it a night to remember. I remember making a wish (Don't worry I didn't say this one outloud) that we would get married and be together forever. Haha I know that seems crazy but from the moment I had met him months before I knew we would be perfect together! And sure enough it came true! I am so lucky to have such an amazing man. He is everything I could have ever imagined and more. He is my prince charming through and through. Thank you for giving me the world babe.

The guys at cheesecake factory were so awesome! Look what they brought us to celebrate! Plus it was totally coincidence but we thought it was cool, they were playing our song while we were eating! Very romantic and fun!Our infamous fountain...Yes it is so famous its INfamous. The spot where we made wishes and cuddled on our first date. Then he proposed to me here right after I got off the plane from Hawaii. So we came back on our anniversary to make more wishes. If you look hard enough you can see a penny flying. Hah. I think it was a pretty awesome wish he made...

Sam's Birthday!!

So Sam's birthday passed a few weeks ago but here is his birthday post! haha. His birthday was on a Sunday, so we just hung out all day!

Here is his cake! This is the second birthday cake I made for him. The first one I made for him (last year) was kind of my way of getting him to like me! Haha. We actually started to really think about dating each other after his birthday party last year!! So its an extra special day for us!



Really excited to play Wii Fit for the first time!!
Yoga tree pose!! Hehe
Hehe this made us happy!

My 25 Things To Do Before I am 25

So in spite of Sam turning 25 last week (which that is the next post following once I upload the photos) I decided that I needed to make a list of things I want to do before I am 25. Some are pretty silly and some I want to do very badly! So here goes:

What do you think?

1. Bungee Jump (off of a bridge NOT a dam!)
2. Sky dive (preferably somewhere tropical...but if it really comes down to it Hollister will do...sigh)
3. Get a passport so I can LEGALLY go out of the country and not have to be smuggled back in
4. USE my passport...hopefully to Europe, I've been tropical a bit lately and I'm ready for some real European culture!
5. Birth a little bundle of joy! haha
6. Buy a home
7. Get my bachelors degree in Photography
8. Start my photography business for real
9. Learn to play the guitar...or at least the piano better
10. Get into a habit of going to the gym at least 2 or 3 times a week
11. Snowboard in a place other than tahoe
12. Go to the East Coast....and see something besides NYC
13. Turn some of my photos into postcards
14. Become a Super Mormon Crafty Momma
15. Lead an aerobics class
16. Go to a karaoke bar and sing my heart out with Sammy
17. Drive across the Autoban (may have to be pushed til the before I'm 30 list...we'll see when we get to Europe!)
18. Drive an Astin Martin or Maserati
19. Expand my french vocabulary to the point where I can actually have a real conversation
20. Try Caviar (I always thought it was something against the word of wisdom when I was little...hehe not sure why)
21. Golf 18 holes on a REAL golf course
22. Have a canning day!
23. Make a meal using dried camping food and see if Sam notices the difference
24. Design and sew some clothing for myself, and learn how to make baby dresses! And Sew a quilt!
25. Paint our walls (in the house to be bought before 25) actual colors besides beige or white!! Have at least one red wall in the kitchen!!!

Oo I forgot!

I was planning on doing a whole separate post for the AMAZING photos my sister in law Emily took. Here are just a few of our favorites! Seriously people..she is amazing! Wow we were blown away and had soo much fun taking them! SO here they are:















She shoots weddings in Utah and I HIGHLY recommend her! Her website is http://barnwoodphotography.com/ Check it out!

Valentine's Day!

Valentines Day has always been one of my favorite holidays. Even when I didn't have a boyfriend, I always thought it was so much fun to have a holiday all about red (my very favorite color). I LOVE making valentines day treats and just doing special things for my honey. Unfortunately this year work was pretty stressful the week leading up to v-day so we didn't get to do as much as I would have liked to! BUT we did have one incredible Valentines Day! And Sammy sent me gorgeous Asiatic Lilies to my work on Thursday! Just in time for them to be in full bloom by Valentines Day! Definitely brightened up the office! (Although this picture is taken at home..not at the office):



Sam had to go help someone move that morning, so I got to sleep in! After he got home we just got to hang out all day. Which is pretty rare, just spending time together, not having to do anything in particular. We then got all dressed up "sumbada sumbada":




And we went to John Bentley's in Woodside. It was the coolest little restaurant. A nice romantic hideaway. We sat right next to the fireplace so it was very cozy! Although if you combined both mine and Sam's ages we still would have been younger then the next youngest customer there! Haha. We had a DELICIOUS dinner! Very fancy!! We were definitely glad we dressed up so much!



After John Bentley's we went to Redwood City to our favorite little dessert place there called La Tartine. They have very pretty and delicious desserts!



After La Tartine we went and saw He's Just Not That Into You. We LOVED it! We knew we were going to like it because we really like most of the actors (although Sam despises Drew Barrymore). We were laughing pretty hard. We thought it was pretty funny, because the movie is about girls always thinking they are the exception. Like a guy doesn't call, but her friend says, "Oh I had a friend and she went out on a date and the guy didn't call, but then they saw each other a few months later and then they ended up getting married". Making girls think that just because it happened to one girl TOTALLY means it is going to happen to her. Which was funny to us because we totally were the exception. When we first met, Sam definitely only thought of me as a friend. He openly didn't like me "like that". But things turned around obviously and we fell in love! Therefore we were an exception to the rule of He's Just Not That Into You. Hehe.


All in all we had a PHENOMENAL Valentine's Day! I am so grateful for my sweet husband and all that he does for me. And now I can't wait to celebrate his birthday in a week!!

Our Wedding

Ok so it is definitely time for a new post! Things have been a little crazy lately as I'm sure you can imagine with a wedding right during the holidays, but we are starting to get settled. Sam was already moved in to our place, but we have been working on moving me in now... and all of our presents... which by the way THANK YOU everyone!!! We are so grateful for your gifts (expect a Thank You card soon..haha)! We feel like we have been moving for a month and a half straight now! But we are finally starting to get settled in and making our apartment a home.

Our wedding was absolutely amazing. I could not have pictured it better! Everyone who helped did an absolutely amazing job!! Some of my favorite things from the wedding...

The Walton Family

The Lentz Family

Our Friends at the Temple

The Oakland Temple

The Ceiling

The Cake

Our First Dance

It was funny, I was really trying hard before the wedding to have the outlook that if something goes wrong on the wedding day, it is ok, that the only important thing is that we get married in the temple, and everything else is just a party. But seriously, absolutely everything went off without a hitch! Picture perfect! Best day ever! I have one amazing husband.