wedding cd has arrived!

Our photographer, Susan Mezzullo, did such a great job! I highly recommend her.

Here are some more favorites. I've posted the whole cd on picasa here.

since we don't have our own kids to write about...

Today, all three of our nephews had blog-worthy accomplishments posted by their mothers. I'm pretty sure these are the cutest kids ever....

Miller (6 months) can now sit up all by himself.

Jackson (16 months) slept in a big boy bed for the first time.


And Carson (13 months) is signing like a pro. See this video.

And here's a cute picture of the Holmes girls playing with Beau's guitar. We babysat them for a few hours last Saturday in our tiny apartment. The Wallace and Gromit DVD entertained Adriel and Beau for most of the time. :)

wedding type pictures continued...

Days 1 and 2: Spent in Washington DC. Attended the DC 3rd ward (great people there!), wandered around, and visited the monuments, Arlington cemetary, and Iwo Jima memorial. Then we went back to Ashburn for our lovely reception at the Smith home. The food was excellent (thanks Mom! And Costco.), lots of friends came, and much fun was had by all.

Arlington cemetery, JFK's grave, changing of the guards, etc. Beau's main goal was to catch up to the Russian tour guides ahead of us.


FDR memorial, my favorite. But I say that about a lot of them.


Our tribute.


Days 3 and 4: You can't visit VA without going into horse country (especially when you're married to me), so we stayed at a B&B in Middleburg. We perused my favorite tack stores, window shopped at stores where we will never afford to shop, and tasted some homemade marshmallows and cookies at the Upper Crust Bakery.

Briar Patch Inn. Cute, huh?


Us at Red Gate Farm (where I work) on Prince and Hershey. Beau tried posting for the first time!

Days 5 and 6: Back to DC. Holocaust Museum, the Smithsonians, and dinner at the Melting Pot.


Our New Year's dinner- Chinese takeout. :)

Beau loves the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Really, he does. He dressed up as one of them for Halloween several times, and he (now we, I guess) have all the movies .

Vintage kitchen display at American History. I want it.


Beau was really excited to see the dinosaurs.

Melting Pot mmmm good. These smiles look fake- but we're happy, I promise! When we were trying to park, we were shown an empty space by a new friend, Homeless Carl. He even gave us marital advice.

The End.

Now that we're back to reality...

Why do the first few weeks of the semester have to be so crazy? We've been busy getting schedules organized, running to target (so far we've spent $700. Yeah gift cards!), researching insurance, buying/selling textbooks, and looking for better jobs.

Conveniently, my computer's power cord broke so I have no access to honeymoon pictures. A new one should be arriving in the mail shortly. To tide you over (since I know you're dying to see them) here are some favorite wedding photos!

It was surprisingly a really nice day (the high was 60 degrees, I think) which was very lucky since I never got around to getting half sleeves added to the dress. The temple was busy with more than 15 brides that day, but everything went very smoothly. We had a family luncheon at Mariachi's in Leesburg and then Beau and I were off to our week in DC and Middleburg.

Beau calls this one his gay pose.

I love that the shoes were the only thing I was wearing that was actually mine. Everything else was borrowed- dress, necklace (my grandmother's), veil, slip, even the bra. Yup.



Thanks for the veil, Katie! And for the hair, Page!


Don't even try to get within 5 feet of me and my hoop skirt.

My mom did the bouquet. Didn't she do a good job?

Honeymoon pictures to follow, eventually!

hairy beau.

The only instance I have found so far that guys have MORE maintenance than girls is haircuts. Haircuts, for me, tend to happen about 3 times annually (seriously... since Beau and I have been together, I have cut my hair a grand total of one time) whereas it seems like every couple weeks Beau is saying his hair is too long.

His hair, he says, looks its best 2 weeks after its been cut. Which would put the pre-wedding haircut at December 13. However, It was before Thanksgiving break that he decided he was overdue. Rather than cut it then, and again 3 weeks later, he decided to wait it out.

before:

after:

in one month from today...

... these cute kids will be sealed for time and all eternity.

our favorite things.

- Sammy's Cafe. Though it looks a little sketchy from the outside, Sammy's makes the most excellent shakes in Provo. The first time we went, we got a pumpkin pie cheesecake shake- where they literally put a piece of pie in the cup with ice cream and blended it. I also like the triple berry shake. The cute indie decor adds a nice touch. :)

- Dr. Horrible's Sing-a-Long Blog. Not sure how to explain this one. Wikipedia describes it as a "43 minute musical film... telling the story of Dr. Horrible, the aspiring supervillian; Captain Hammer, his nemesis; and Penny, their mutual love interest." Basically it's the results of actors and writers being bored during the writer's strike. And who doesn't love Neil Patrick Harris, aka Doogie Howser?

- My Vanilla Chai Deodorant. Positively the most delicious smelling thing you will put on your armpit. On several occasions, Beau has wondered what perfume I'm wearing. Nope, just the deodorant.

- Corn Salsa. It makes a HUGE amount, and is usually gone within 24 hours. Originally meant with chips, but we prefer eating it with a spoon. I'll post the recipe (from my aunt Mel) in the comments.

- Snow. I like to ski. Beau LOVES to ski. Either way, we both love snow. Snow= Christmas, cuddling, and cozy slippers. Which, incidentally, all start with the letter C.

- Our nieces and nephews.
Adriel, Dallyn, Brooklee, Jackson, Carson, Miller, and Mr. Fetus (future child of Page and Rick).


- Reading the Police Beat from the Daily Universe. A favorite in every BYU student's Tuesday paper.

"A female BYU student fell through the ceiling of the Thomas L. Martin Building while playing a game of hide and seek. The student was in an area of the building being remodeled where ceiling tiles had been removed for electrical work. Friends boosted the student into the opening where she fell through other ceiling tiles upon crawling around. She was not hurt."

"BYU police were called out to assist Provo police who had pulled over a man for a traffic offense who did not speak English. Upon arrival of the Spanish-speaking officer, the man realized he was getting a ticket despite the language barrier and was able to speak English fluently."

In other news, I now have a wedding dress!! I'm using my sister Reagan's. It's simple and classy and I love it. :) And we just got our invitations printed, which are just darling. This fantastic girl Jessica designed them and she did such a good job. Her blog showcases her work and it makes me want to have a baby just so I can use her announcements. Not really though.

People often ask me, "How are wedding plans going?" and I never really know what that means. Maybe it'll hit me on December 20th, but it doesn't seem like there's all that much to plan... I mean, there are lots of little things like how I'll do my hair or picking out our wedding bands, but I've just never really cared about things like flowers or centerpieces. I appreciate that others do-the world needs people like that. I'm just not one of them. Maybe my mom's doing such a good job coordinating everything it just all goes over my head. :)