more pictures...reception

Richard and Janine (mother-in-law)
Sign-in Book

The Car...

The Garter
The Bouquet! Andrea caught it...
Allysa and Reid (father-in-law)

Toasts
The Cake

Lauren, our flowergirl! :) The Bridesmaids
Grandpa Heward (mom's dad)
Our Bridal Party! And it was a party!
The Beers Men

The Wilson Kids
Me and Mom and Daddy...
Me and my mommy
Me and my daddy

that is what dreams are made of...

So I had some really funky dreams last night, two right in a row that were very similar.

Background: Richard let the cat out quite a few times last night, before we went to bed, so all the cat was doing was whining about how he wanted to go outside again. We wouldn't let him out anymore because we were getting ready to go to bed. Once we got into bed he kept whining about how he wanted to go outside.

These dreams took place in the house we live in now, in Spanish Fork.
So one, I was sleeping and woke up (in my dream) because the cat was meowing and was walking into our room, followed by a baby girl crawling after the cat. I was curious to find out where the baby came from, so I got out of bed and looked across the hall, and there were my cousins, one just had a baby girl not too long ago, and her sister. So I went to go talk to them.
Then the same exact dream happened but it was a little boy following the cat. I looked across the hall and there were a group of my friends, and one of them just had a little baby boy.

What are these dreams suppose to mean. Two in one night, I wake up to a baby crawling into my room. They are my friends/cousins babies...but...

some pictures...at the Temple.

Coming out of the Temple
Wilson family


Grandma and Grandpa Heward (Mom Wilson's parents)


The WHOLE gang...
The Beers Family
Allysa and the Bridesmaids

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Bridesmaids picking Richard up...or attempting to! I enjoy that they are laughing so hard.
Richard and the Groomsmen

something to post!

I wanted to post something...but I don't know what to say. I could talk about how our cat has become a spoiled brat, or how we take a walk everyday down the railroad tracks, or how my job is getting less stressful everyday, or how Richard is trying to find a new job, etc. etc. etc. But none of that is interesting enough to write about. I could talk about how my sister Breann is graduating from High School in a week and I don't get to be there, or my brother is graduating from Jr. High and I don't get to be there, or Colby is getting awards for ASB and gets to be in the ASB class in High Schoo next year and I don't get to go the the ceremony, or Breann gets awarded to be an honor scholar and gets to wear silver robes at graduation instead of blue, but I don't get to be there...but that is all depressing and no one wants to hear about that!
So I decided I would post some of my wedding photos for your enjoyment...it will be the next post!

Yesterday...the 25th of May!

So Yesterday was not only our one month wedding anniversary...yes we have been married a month...but it was one year since we went on our first date. Yes, our first date was 25th of May, 2007. It was pretty much up hill from there. Couldn't stop it! Within two weeks we were exclusive and then 11 months to the day after our first date, we were married! April 25th 2008!!! Life is so grand, married life couldn't be better!
Happy one month anniversary babe! I love you!

happy birthday breann...yesterday!

Oh dang. I totally missed.

Happy birthday sister girl. You are amazing and I love you bunches and bunches. I do have to say that we enjoyed sending your card to you and also...you and Richard talking last night was a hit. We love you very much, and Richard is glad that you are his sister...even if he never will fess up to it...and calls you a "brat"...he loves you! And I love you and am so proud to call you my sister. I can't believe that you are 18 years old. An adult...all grown up! You can VOTE! oh man!

So last night when I asked Bree if she felt any older now that she was 18, she said, "Yes, in fact I do, I feel a whole lot more mature"...of course she started laughing, so did I! It was good!
Love you sister!

my dad is good lookin'

Oh my heck! This had me rolling on the ground. I told my dad this story yesterday and he was laughing too...

So, I had one of the residents at my care center come into my office becuase she wanted to borrow one of our movies. So I had the door open and she was looking at movies. Another one of the residents walked by and she decided to poke her head in and say hello. When she looked over to the other side of the office, there was my computer. Now, when I don't use my computer for a while it starts up a screen saver of all of my photos. I have a few pictures from my wedding on my computer that family and friends took. So a picture of me in my dress came up and all of a sudden they wanted to see them all.

So I started showing them the pictures that I had. There was one picture where it was me and my mom and my dad and Richard's mom and dad. But one of the ladies asked if those were my parents and siblings. (Refering to Richard's parents as my parents and my parents as my siblings). "No, these two (pointing to my parents) are my mom and dad and the other two are Richard's parents". She said "oh? they (refering to my parents) looks so young". Then the other lady said, "your dad is very good looking", so I gave a somewhat awkward "thank you". What else am I suppose to say?

Then one of the ladies said, "Well, if your mom died, he sure wouldn't have a problem getting remarried". And to that I said, "Oh, yeah, you are probably right". Can this get any more wierd!? Then the other lady said, "Yeah, if your mom died, I wouldn't mind marrying your dad".

The best was when I was telling my dad, he was laughing so hard, I swear he was crying. And while I was telling my dad, Richard was listening in. Richard said, "Well, maybe you should marry one of them, how much money do they have?"...oh yeah...then my dad said, "Oh yeah, like I am going to go say to your mom...'hey honey, um...i am going to leave you for a little bit and go make us some money'...I don't think so!"

Oh goodness, just a good day at work! Another perfect day in PARADISE! :) (where the old people make me laugh, constantly).

Here is the picture that they saw, and commented on!

Pig's New Position

Our cat has decided that his favorite position to sleep, or just hang out, is spread eagle. He does this when he takes over our bed, and here in the picture he is doing it on the ottoman, meanwhile we are on the couch watching a movie. He takes over wherever he wants to and then he seems to fall asleep like that. It is funny to me that he likes to sleep like that instead of curled up in a little ball (or big ball, for him). Cats do not normally sleep or even "hang out" in that position. They might stretch like that, but nothing more. We find out more and more about our cat's funny habits everyday. Hehe! :)

Annie's Pictures

So one of my best friends, Annie, who was also one of my bride's maids, took pictures outside the temple while Richard and I were getting married. I thought some of them were quite cute so I wanted to share them with you. My two sisters, Annie, and Mariah were all bride's maids. But Mariah was in the temple with me when we were getting married. Here are some fun pictures of Annie, my sisters and brother, and our close friend Casey. We love them all!

























Breann and Annie

Annie and Lyndsey




My siblings: Breann, Colby, Lyndsey

Casey and Colby (I like this one!)

Prince John II

We have a new PRINCE JOHN II...following after the first Prince John who played the fabulous prissy prince of Nottingham in Robin Hood (we thought of the cartoon). Our cat has a new name, he thinks that he rules the house. He thinks he can jump up anywhere he wants, he enjoys fuddling through my clothes in my closet, sleeps on the bed sprawled out so that Richard and I have to share the other side...and on and on! Etc., Etc., Etc.
Don't worry, I am starting to fix that! I take him off the cupboard, shew him out of the closet, kick him off of the bed.
But the best part is that we have two recliners, one upstairs in our computer room and one downstairs in our front room. He thinks he owns both of them. He meows at us and wants us to move if we are ever in them when he wants to sit there. Brat! Priss! He thinks he can just get whatever he wants by "whining" about it...mommy!!!
Oh this cat is going to learn a hard lesson....Who is in charge here! He may be the Prince, but we are the King and Queen!
So as we were discussing this last night, we realized it was perfect because Richard would be...you guessed it...KING RICHARD (also from Robin Hood). And since King Richard doesn't really have a queen in the movie, we decided if she existed her name would have been QUEEN ALLYSA...see, it works perfectly!
So, we have some new royalty here...can I get a bow!

wedding pictures!!!

So my photographer told us that we will be getting our pictures this week sometime. He said it has taken him a long time because he took so many pictures and he wants to give us all of them. So I am really excited. We are going to have a lot of pictures and it is going to be fabulous. I am so stoked! I love pictures. And these are going to be pictures of the happiest day of my life...it couldn't get any better! YES!
--the lady in love

Family Home Evening

So for FHE last night we decided to assemble some things that we have bought. The two things we chose to assemble were our BBQ and the entertainment center for the TV and such. I was given the task to assemble the E.C. and to be honest I have never done anything like that (so handy and stuff) by myself before. But I didn't complain and I decided I was going to do it and it was going to look mighty good.

By the time we came home from running errands together I was ready to buckle down and get it done. So we ate dinner and sat around for a minute...let the Pig do his lap sitting for a while (we were gone all day, he missed us). Then we got down to work. Richard assembled the BBQ in the kitchen area, right by the sliding glass door to the back yard (as small as it is, it is still there). And I was assembling my E.C. right in the front room where we would be using it.

It was quite fun. We kept updating each other on where we were at, which step we were on. And of course he finished before me. But i think my project was harder. I only had the doors to put on, and the shelves to put in, when he was done. I got frustrated with putting one of the doors on so Richard did the two doors for me, but besides that, I did it all on my own! I am so proud of myself...i feel like i can do anything! :)

The Pig

So our pig was interesting this weekend.

Here are some pictures of him.

On Friday we took these pictures.

Don't you like how he has one "arm" stretched out and he is laying on it. Oh man! He is just like a human. We got a good kick out of that.

And these were taken on Sunday night. We got back from my cousins house at about 7 or so and he was missing us! :(

So we were sitting on the couch and he jumped up, right into Richard's lap. He wouldn't do that before. He never wants to be in your lap. I put him in Richard's lap and he would normally jump right out. But he jumped up there, all on his own, and made himself comfortable. Richard was really happy about it.

The funniest part is that Richard left to go borrow some milk from the neighbors and when he came back, the cat was doing the same thing with me. I think he was a little disappointed. He wants the cat to show extra compassion toward him. He thinks he should get it because he is the one who rescued the cat and he loves the cat more. I agree, but I can't help it if the cat likes me more!

That is our cat!

the BEAST

So, before we got married Richard talked about getting a cat. Of course I told him he could have one, he wanted one so bad...but then this last week, Wednesday, he decided now was a good time. Even though our house is still not totally organized. So I was coming home from work on Wednesday and Richard told me to stop at Wal-mart and he would meet me there. We got all this stuff for the cat. Oh man! Richard was way excited and me...not so much!
His name is Mr. Big...and it is that for a reason. Although we have resorted to calling him Pig, or The Pig. I don't know why, but that is his name. So as I said he is called Mr. Big for a reason...he is big. He is three years old, and is a good looking cat. I am still getting use to him, but Richard loves him. But I think the cat likes me more than Richard...hehehe!
I am getting use to having the cat around. The first morning (Thursday morning), I went downstairs and he had left a surprise for us on the carpet...um...yeah! I think we figured out he was sick to his stomach, he didn't eat much yesterday. But he has done good so far, uses his litter box and everything.
I am learning to love this cat. His favorite spot at night is right at my feet, on the corner of the bed. The first night I woke up with him there, it scared the livin daylights out of me. But he is great. It is just the whole pet thing, I am not use to it.
I will post pictures soon of this cat, the BEAST, as we call him. Hopefully we will have some fun stories to tell in the future of our first "baby"...

San Diego sunset

honeymooning...and everything after!!!

So we went on our honeymoon to San Diego, not far from my house, and where we got married. But it was fantastic. We got to go to Sea World, we swam in the ocean, took long walks on the beach, and witnessed a sunset over the water. Beautiful. Besides that we didn't do much outside of the hotel. We staying in the Holiday Inn Express...if you need a decent place to stay that won't cost you an arm and a leg...that is a good place to go.

Like Jess pointed out to me, being on your honeymoon is so surreal...everything doesn't seem like it is really happening. It isn't until you come back and start doing your everyday stuff that you realize that you really are married, you have a spouse and you actually have to be REALLY responsible. Ahhh!!!
We were able to come back and spend my sisters 20th birthday with my family on Tuesday (April 29th) before coming back to Utah on Wednesday. That was a blast. Just being with my family is one of my favorite things. When we left Cali on Wednesday, at 8 in the morning it was 60 degrees. And when we arrived in Spanish Fork later that evening it was 40 degrees. How do you figure that? Oh man! We were not happy.

But life goes on! We are happy to be back and we are trying to organize our beautiful home so that it actually looks beautiful. hehehe! There are still things ALL OVER! We just need to organize it all. We have all of our gifts...that we still need to write thank you notes for...and we have all of our stuff. And not until recently did we realize that we don't have all that much storage space. So...I will be going through all my stuff and making a trip to D.I. Oh how I love that place!!!

And last night, for our FHE activity, we made a list of things we needed and spent 1 hour and 30 minutes at Wal-Mart (the one in Springville, we are not familiar with it), finding everything we needed. After spending more than we really wanted to, we came home and put it all away. And let me tell you. It did not look like that much food, it definitely did not look like enough to make up for how much we spend. Sheesh! Talk about reality check! Ha!