Spencer and I were married exactly 1 year and 2 days ago! CRAZY! Saturday was our 1st, yes, FIRST anniversary. In memory of such, I have decided to go through the archives and post some pictures from some of our many memorable events from before, during and after the wedding.
DATING LIFE
Spencer and I started dating on February 21st. The next week, February 28th, we attended the Draper Temple open house and upon coming home attended an 80's dance. It was so much fun and warranted the first pictures ever taken of the two of us together.
We had so much fun together!
After the dance at Spencer's apartment - I was falling pretty fast and it had only been a week :)
We wanted to surprise Spencer with a birthday party, but weren't sure we could make it a surprise if we actually did it on his actual b-day, so we opted for the night before. He was very much surprised and quite happy!
The morning of March 21st (his real bday) we went to Golden Corral, his birthday choice :)
That night I made him dinner and we watched George of the Jungle - a movie we'd been planning on seeing together since before we actually started dating.
Not exactly sure what the date of this hike was, but neither of us had ever hiked the wind caves up in Logan (something every Aggie needs to do before leaving this school), so we set off when the weather was warm enough.
It was on this hike that we both talked about our summer plans for the first time and Spencer admitted that his plans original plans were quickly changing on account of our relationship.
I wasn't going to argue with him.
The two of us at the peach days demolition derby. I still haven't decided if I can handle the purposeful crashing and munching of those cars with people still in them.
Spring formal.
Summer came and I had surgery on my feet to get my bunions removed. Spencer came to my parent's house in Centerville to visit while I recovered a little. He brought me the most beautiful flowers! I was so excited to see him!
ENGAGEMENT!
On June 10th, just before Spencer left for New Hampshire for 10 days, the ring Spencer ordered finally came in and he proposed!
All the stuff I'm holding was part of the proposal he had planned out. It was perfect!
I was so happy and I LOVED/still LOVE my ring!
The wedding date was planned for September 4th - less than 3 months away. We had a lot of work to do, apartment shopping being one of them. Spencer ruled this place out the second he realized he couldn't even sit up straight, let alone stand in the shower.
Spencer came with me to our Cox family reunion (my mom's side of the family). It was the first time he'd met a good majority of my extended family. He was a great sport and I was thrilled to have him there with me! We even got to take a ride around Wendell Idaho in this awesome little plane. I loved it!
Engagement pictures by our friend Tim Jordan. We went to first dam here in Logan for these ones.
This picture was taken by our photographer, Sarah Hatch, at Woodland Park in Farmington.
THE WEDDING DAY - Friday, September 04, 2009
Spencer and I coming out of the Bountiful Temple after the sealing. It was the most perfect day of my life!
More pictures from the wedding day.
My bouquet! I loved it!!!
The Bountiful Temple
Married for time and ALL eternity - How did I get so lucky!?
Outside the reception center, just before the reception started.
MMM... He's Hot!
My family. Korbin, Casey's cardboard stand-in, Josh, Mom, Dad, Me, Spencer, Aimee and Oaklee, Porter and Sadie and Sydnee in front.
Spencer's family! I'm not even going to try and name everyone right here. I actually could - I promise - but it would take a LONG time right now :) We were so lucky to have so many wonderful family members come to support us. We love them all!
Our car... :-P All covered in toilet paper, oreos, glow sticks and flour. Yes, a year later there still is the rank smell of flower in our ventilation system. Thanks guys!
At least we didn't have to drive away in the dirty - we got the sweet car that Spencer's brother-in-law, Blake, provided for us! The perfect ending to our perfect day!
HONEYMOON
We went to Wolf Creek for our honeymoon. Real exotic huh? We had a lot of fun though! This was the only restaurant in town. Good thing we enjoyed it!
Spencer especially enjoyed the Apple Beer.
The next Monday we took the 4-wheelers up to Monte Cristo for a ride. It was the most beautiful day and I found the most spectacular cloud formation, I just had to take a picture.
Spencer loved the 4-wheelers. He would have ridden them like this if he was flexible enough.
Before Spencer decided to eat me we decided we'd better take a break for lunch.
That was our last day of the honeymoon - it was short and sweet and unfortunately we needed to get back up to Logan for school on Tuesday. We still found many fun and crazy things to do though to keep life exciting and interesting!
AFTER MARRIAGE LIFE (A year in a couple minutes)
Homecoming dance, October 2009
Christmas morning at my parents house. Casey had come home from the mission and all of us kids were all back together at last (with a couple extra additions).
New Year's Eve party at Spencer's parent's house. They sure know how to throw a party there!
Date night with some of the couples in our ward. With it being winter - the decision was made to roast hot dogs on the gas-powered stovetop. Creative!
Spencer's birthday breakfast - March 21, 2010
He got a new watch and bright yellow earbuds - he was a happy camper.
Yes, we are still in love! :)
Pictures skipped: Anything after I started the blog, which is basically everything after this point. Our summer adventures, graduation and everything in between there.
We're so excited to be back in our same apartment though. It was so much easier to get things unpacked and put away this tim around. We already knew where we wanted everything, so it was just a matter of unloading it and placing it in it's designated spot. We even made a few long-awaited improvements to the place, including drilling a hole in the desk so we could string cords through it and not clutter up the desk anymore. Spencer did such a good job!
1st ANNIVERSARY! Saturday, September 4, 2010
Because we had such an adventuresome summer and already had quite a few outings that cost a significant amount of money for us, we decided to have a low-key, but enjoyable anniversary.
We started off by going to the temple. It was so wonderful to sit with Spencer in the temple exactly a year from when we had started our journey together. I couldn't help but feel so blessed and loved being there. It's so wonderful to know that I get to be with him forever!
After the temple we changed our clothes and decided on El Toro Viejo for dinner. Yummy!
We then went to the Wellsville Rodeo! It was Spencer's first rodeo EVER!
The bull-riding was Spencer's favorite. Can you see the man getting thrown off here?
We actually enjoyed ourselves quite a lot!
Love this guy!
We have been so blessed and so lucky to be together. It's been the most wonderful year of marriage and I'm excited that we have so many more wonderful years ahead of us!
Here's the cute legs all stretched out - The little feet there on the left make me really happy.
Her profile
The 3D image of her. No, her hands are not just nubs - in creating the 3D image the doctor had to cut off her hand... not sure why - but she actually does have cute little fingers to go along with the stubby arm there.
So there you have it! Our baby girl! I'm 20 weeks along today and we are so excited for the new addition to come into our family.
