Introducing Us

Well, I have finally decided to create a blog. It has been over a year and a half since Brayden and I got married, but better late than never! For my first post, I am going to catch everyone up on our many adventures beginning with December 22, 2011....

We got married, and a week later headed up to good ol' Utah. Brayden is at BYU getting his Bachelors in P.D. Bio which will lead him to dental school! He also works at BYU as an online course designer. After going through 6 different jobs over the past year and a half, I have finally found one that fits me great! I am the Warranty Administrator at Mercedes-Benz of Lindon, and I plan to stay there until we leave Utah. Let's see, we lived in a hobbit hole (a basement apartment with a very short ceiling) for 8 months, and then bought our first place. We will definitely be staying here until we head out of Utah! We love it. Now on to the fun! Here are some memorable adventures from our marriage thus far.....

We went on our actual Honeymoon 6 months after we were married since we were married 3 days before Christmas and wanted to be with our family! We took a road trip. From Provo to St. George for a night of camping, then St. George to L.A. for 4 days of the beach and fun, then L.A. to Las Vegas to stay in the Vdara for 2 nights, and finally from Las Vegas back home to Provo. We had a blast!

Last summer we went backpacking on the Highline trail up in the Uintas. Brayden taught me how to fly fish and we just about DIED! Okay, not WE, but I just about died. Nonetheless, we made it!

Here are pictures from our Birthdays in 2012. Brayden made me the most delicious cheesecake I have EVER had! You can't get much better than a turtle cheesecake!

Halloween 2012 we dressed up with our awesome friends Justin and Holly, and carved pumpkins with Caitlin and Laura.

Christmas! We went down to AZ (luckily away from the snow seen above!) and had so much fun with our family! It is a bummer living so far away from our family, so the time we do have with them we eat right up!

Oh, we also brought this little thing back home with us :) It took her some getting used to.... but she knows that Provo is her permanent home now!

 We spent 4th of July in San Diego with my family this year since we don't know what will happen with Grandma Black's house and we may not have another family reunion there. We made the most of the trip by bike riding, shopping, surfing, boogie boarding, snorkeling, and visiting places full of childhood memories!

Since Brayden will be applying for dental school next summer, we decided to make the most of summer 2013! Above are some of the random fun things we have come across. Josh Turner concert, AMA Super Bike Race, Salt Lake Bees game, weekly temple trips to multiple temples in Utah, and of course PLENTY of time spent on the Provo Parkway.

 For all of you who know us well, the pictures above do not surprise you! We try to make it to ANY sporting event nearby. Of course football games are the most fun :), but through my jobs we have come across a lot of free tickets to other games! We aren't complaining ;)

 

Oh, and...... as much fishing, hiking, and camping that we can fit in to our schedules. We could probably live in the forest for days and be perfectly happy :)

Well, that's it! There are lots of little adventures here and there, but overall, Utah is the biggest adventure of our marriage so far. We sure miss Arizona, but we are lucky to be spending time up here around so many great people. We are also lucky that Brayden is able to get such a great education and be prepared for his future career. We are so incredibly blessed!