Bridal Photo Shoot

I did a photo shoot a couple of months ago for a photographer down in Ventura. Her name is Kelly Segre, you can check out her site on my blog roll.

These are some of my favorite shots. 

It was so fun to get into my wedding dress again...it still fit (YES!)

Celebrating All Weekend

Friday morning at 5:45 AM Matt and I went to wait in line for two of these!

Here's my cute nephew Gray (he's so modern at 6 months old) and my father-in-law Marc waiting in line with us. I refuse to have my picture taken that early. 

I absolutely LOVE mine! It took a while to get it activated with Apple's systems being overloaded, but since it's been up and running I haven't put it down. My mom was teasing us on Sunday, Matt and I were completely absorbed in our phones and not even paying attention to each other. "Nice anniversary gifts! You guys are ignoring each other!" Haha  

One of my favorite things about this incredible phone: it is a LIGHT SABER!!!! How much cooler can you get than that?! Yes, I realize that I am a nerd. And yes, I have been Princess Leia for Halloween before. Buns and all.

Diana sent us chocolate-covered strawberries for our anniversary :) YUM! Thanks ma-in-law! 

Matt snuck one before I could even take a picture!

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On Saturday we went down to Santa Barbara for the French Festival! 

This weirded me out. They put their country's flag on the dumpster! Hmm???

Matt eating a Nutella crepe

Me loving my Nutella and strawberry crepe!

Trying to perfect the Mona Lisa smile...

Gotta love SB and the crazy bums!

Matt getting the guillotine treatment

The Millers & Parkers @ Le Tour Eiffel

Both of our hubbies served their missions in France, so it was fun for them to talk to people in French. While Tiana and I talked to each other. :)

Later that night we babysat the Jesters.

This is their baby boy, I am in love with him!

I want my babies to look like him :)

Matt playing Wii with the boys

Joshy's adorable little face! This picture makes me so happy...such a cutie pie!

Mikayla loved playing with my camera, I have 20 more pictures just like this :) Every time she'd see the picture she'd laugh and go, "It's me!!"

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Sunday for brunch Matt made us true French toast! Yummy. 

Monday night Nana & Bobba took us out to Olive Garden for dinner, but I forgot to take pictures. They are the perfect example of a wonderful marriage. I hope Matt and I are still as much in love as they are in 50 years! 

Thanks to everyone who made our 2nd Anniversary a great one! 

Two Year Wedding Anniversary!

Matt and I have been married for two years! 

It has flown by. I feel like we just got married! What a wonderful two years it has been.

I love returning to the temple with my eternal companion. I love seeing where we were married and remembering the promises we made there. I feel like such a lucky girl to have found the perfect man for me! 

I remember a Singles Ward bonfire at Port San Luis where Matt was playing his guitar. I was singing along to Sweet Home Alabama and dancing around the fire. After that night, my sister and friends were all saying, "You and Matt should date! You guys are so cute together!" I hadn't really considered him since he was leaving on a mission in 3 months, but I realized that I wanted my new best friend to be more. And here we are! 

Basically we laugh at each other's lame jokes all day long. He is so patient and understanding of my stubborn nature. He has learned from a great example, his father. I am so glad that I have my Matty by my side for everything this life hands us. Finals weeks, hard classes, jobs, graduations, kids...here's to forever babe!

Summertime = Projects!

I FINALLY painted our nasty TV stand! Wahoo!!! 

Doesn't it look great? I forgot to take a "before" picture, but humor me here. Tell me it looks amazing. :)

Hooray for time to get those projects checked off the list! 

Eric Allen:

this is for you!!!

That's right...Firestone Grill's tri-tip sandwich :) Wish you were here!

My dad's most favorite place to eat. Of all the restaurants he's been to all over the world, Firestone wins!  

Oh how I love their sandwiches!  

Matt's a fan too. YUM!

4th of July Weekend

Spent at the happiest place on Earth :] 

Matt and I had never been to Disneyland together, so this was a first for us! 

We went with Matt's side of the family: Clareesa & Felicia, Glen & Marsha and their kids, Karina (Matt's sister), & Kandie (Matt's sis-in-law). It's all about names that start with KA! 

I am angry that this sword would not come out. 

Matt's got the stance right!

Matt, Kara, Karina & Kandie on CA Screamin'

MY NEW FAVORITE RIDE!!!!!!! Tower of Terror...We went on it 4 times! 

Our bums after Splash Mountain...

There, there horsey.

I guess I have to explain the teeth. Marsha brought Billy Bob teeth for everyone to wear at this show. It's called Billy Hill and the Hillbillies and they perform at the Golden Horseshoe in Frontierland. Matt and I had never heard of it before, so we didn't know what to expect. It's 4 guys who are all very talented musicians. They jam out on the fiddle! The guy puts on Billy Bob teeth in the middle of the show, and when he did, we all put ours in. He totally got a kick out of it! He said, "Thanks for bringing teeth, y'all are nuts!"   

So ready for the Muppets! 

We had such a fun time with the fam. Disneyland is truly a magical place, even with all the crowds. I can't wait until we have little ones to take with us! 

I am so grateful that we live in a free country and for those who serve to keep it that way. We watched the beautiful fireworks from the ferris wheel at California Adventure and had the best seats in the house!