bridals By Elle Photography

Our Bridals were taking at the Salt Flats. It was so much fun and I love how they turned out. Linda Mattson does such a great job. You should check out her website. Ellephotography.com. LOVE IT! I hope you like them! Enjoy! Wedding pictures are coming soon. 

I love this one

Engagement Pictures.

beckyannphotography.com

Well it is about time I put our engagement pictures up. We have had them since June...  I think. Thank you so much Becky. We love them. I am so happy that we have such fun pictures. I love them!!! Yes we know we are so good looking. :) hahah jk... kind of. Keep in tune for our Bridals and groomals ( I hate the word groomals.) I don't want to have to many picture posts in one day. :)

Honeymoon to Disneyland!

Okay finally after a month of being married here is the honeymoon post.

The day after the wedding we headed out to good old Disneyland!!!! We decided to drive there and I am so happy that we did. It was so fun to spend time just talking and having fun with no one else around to bug us. :) ( I mean that with as much love as possible)

The first day we spent or day driving, driving and more driving.
The second day we finally go to sleep in, went to the beach, ate at Ruby's on the pier, watched some surfing, and did lots of shopping.
The third day we went to Disneyland and California adventures. It was so much fun.
The fourth day we went to Disneyland and California adventures again. And again we had a blast!
On the fifth day we spent our day driving and driving and more  driving.
When we got home we were able to spend the next couple of days relaxing and putting our house together. Lets just say that it was super hard going back to work after being off for 2 weeks. I am so happy that we decided to go to disneyland. We had lots of time to do everything that we had planned to do. We will be making this a yearly tradition for sure!
Here are some pictures. I hope you like them.

Did you know that tooth paste comes in clear tubes? Because I had no idea. . . . Love it! 

 

September 8th 2011

Best Day Ever!!

First of all, Thank you so much to everyone that made our wedding day amazing.
Mom- Thank you so so so so much for everything. It was even more than I had hoped for.

To all the people that helped in the kitchen- Thank you! The food was amazing. Thank you for staying late to help clean everything up.

Family- Thanks for all your help. Thanks to those that helped decorate and take down. It wouldn't have been so great with out your help.

To everyone that came to the wedding- Thanks for your love and support. We have the best families and friends.

.....Wedding Day.....


The whole day was amazing. It started off with me waking up at 5. yep I slept like a baby ( in my mom and dad's room) until 5 when my internal alarm clock went off. (curse you going to work at 6am.)
After waking up I got ready for the day and then my cousin Amy came over and did my hair. (Amy you are amazing. Thanks for everything you did for me and my mom that day.) After that we (me, mom and dad) got into the car and off we went to the temple. What an amazing experience the temple was. Best part of the day. I am pretty sure Riley and I had smiles on are faces from the time we walked into the temple to the time we left the reception. well....minus the part where I almost got a bloody nose while taking pictures on temple square... that would have been a mess. :) Anyways, after the temple and ALL the picture taking we headed off to get all the stuff ready that we needed for the reception and our honeymoon.  After that we headed off to Noah's for are great reception. Once at the reception center we started putting all the final detail together. Thank you so much for everyone who was there to help. I can't say thank you enough. Everything was perfect. The wedding cake, flowers, centerpieces, green and black lanterns, food, and picture table all looked great. After the setting up we got dressed into are wedding attire and took MORE pictures. ( Linda Mattson you are amazing. You have so much patience and I love are pictures.) After that it was the wedding line, Cake cutting, where Riley was super nice and I might smashed a small piece of cake in his face... but oh well right. You have to have some fun. Then there was the wedding bouquet toss, that Katee caught and the guarder toss that Colton caught. ( Picture to come soon. ) After that it was the father daughter dance to the one and only Tim McGraw and then Riley and I had are first dance to the one and only Tim McGraw. Tim was really popular at the wedding. After that we had a party with all of friends on the dance floor. Not to mention we got to enjoy some great snow cones from our small snow cone station at the wedding. SOOOOO GOOD!!! After dancing the night away we said goodbye to friends and family and left with a grand exit of sparklers! Thanks to everyone who decorated my car with marshmallows, swedish fish, and peanut butter cups..... I will seek revenge. :) Oh yes, I forgot about the poppers that were duct taped to the inside of the car. Thank goodness for power washers. Picture this.... Riley in his wedding attire and I in my wedding dress washing the car off at 10:00 pm. Thanks everyone. :) I will try and post wedding pictures as soon as we get them. I am so excited to see them. Well September 8th was great! Being married has been great. I love it. Riley Woods, I love you. But, it is still kind of weird when you call me your wife.. Love it!!! Stayed tuned for our great Disneyland adventure. :)

Ever since I was little......

I have dreamed of this day. I can't wait for tomorrow. I feel like a kid at Christmas! Well if you are not in a cheesy kind of mood then please exit my blog. All others can stay.

Mom- thanks for sticking with me through everything.I know you have had hard times when you have wanted to walk away from me and my wedding planning..... Buuuuuut you didn't. You have been the biggest help and I love you so much.thanks for helping me move, plan my wedding, helping me when I got a wicked bad bloody nose as I was trying to pack,The full tank of gas, helping me calm down the day of the wedding dinner when all I wanted to do was cry. There are a billion other things but you get the picture. Tomorrow is going to be great because of you. Thanks for being my mom and one of my best friends. I promise to not be a pain tomorrow.

Flo- same goes for you. Thanks for giving me the wedding of my dreams. You are amazing. Thanks for working so hard. You are the most amazing dad. I am so luck. Thanks for always making sure that I always have what I need...and want. Love you dad. I also promise to not be a pain tomorrow. Thanks for being one of my best friends.

Riley woods- I can't wait until we are married. Thanks for being my best friend. I can imagine my life with out you. Thanks for making me a better person. And the most important thing......thanks for taking me to the temple. I can't wait until tomorrow.

Woods family- thanks for the amazing wedding dinner. It was so great. I love you guys. I am excited to be apart of you family.

Everyone else- I love you all I have the most amazing friends and family. I am so blessed.

Katee and Colton- thanks for being on missions. You are bring so many blessing to our family and to others. I know that we are all doing what is right so our heavenly father won't let us down. I wouldn't want to guys to be anywhere else.

Calee- thanks for being my sister. I love you. Thanks for all you help and support.

Well the wedding dinner was great. We are so blessed. I can't wait for tomorrow. It will be a dream come true.

Lilly liver

The term Lilly liver comes from the one and only " ice age " I love this movie with all of my heart. The rearm Lilly liver is used when syd the sloth is making fun of Diego. Diego is scared of water so syd calls him a Lilly liver. Okay so you are all probably wondering why this is important. Well I am also a Lilly liver. I am not scared of water but, I am scared of:

Lightning and thunder.. Yes I know thunder can't do anything to you but I hate it!

The dark. This includes walking into the dark by myself. I don't like the unknown.

Spiders. The more I fear them the more I see them. I am the only one that can spot a spider at my house.

Yes, I am becoming more brave in my old age. The last 2 night I slept in my own bed all by myself when the rain storms hit. However my mom being the gem that she is put my car in the garage last night because I was to scared. She is a champ. Thanks for understaning me mom.

Yes, I do walk downstairs to my garage every morning... But if I hear a noise I will run back upstairs and ask my dad if he wouldn't mind escorting me down to my car. He never makes a big deal out of it and he never makes fun of me.....( truth is he is scared too.) he is also a champ.

Yes, I have learned that I can be in the same room while a spider is being killed but the in no way I could ever kill one. Big thanks to Riley, flo, and momma for helping me with this one.

Many of you are probably wondering why I am admitting this to the blog world?

The first step to recovery is admitting that you have a problem.

End of story.

My grandpa harward

My grandpa passed away August 12. It has been really hard to see my family so sad. It is weird not saying goodbye to him every time I leave my grandma's house. As hard as these things are I know that my grandpa is in a much better place. He is free of pain and that makes me so happy.

The two weeks before he passed we all spent lots of time together as a family. I don't remember a lot of it but I do remember that It was nice to say are goodbyes. the funeral went really well. My grandpa has done lots of great things in his life and it was good to be reminded of them. My mom, dad, and cousin brad spoke. They all did amazing. It is just want grandpa would have wanted. I said the opening pray. I was so nervous. I thought that I would brake down and cry but I pulled myself together and it went pretty well..... I think.


I love my family so much. My grandma is one amazing lady. She is so strong. She is always putting other people before her. I want to be like her when I grow up.

Oh how I love my family.