2008

Christmas 2008

Jake family goes out to Chicago almost every year, and this year they were going out there during Christmas. Me and Jake decided we would stay behind and have our own Christmas.
I worked Christmas eve, when I got home, Jake had the fire on, and tons of blankets, and pillows out by it. He had got me the Christmas cartoons that I would watch, and had them on for me. We stayed up and watched them, and snuggled by the fireplace.
Jake woke up in the middle of the night about 2ish and we opened our gifts. I loved it, even though I wasnt home for the holidays. It was still a wonderful Christmas, in fact I want more like it.



A new thing I learned. Eating doughnuts off a string. Jakes family does it every year and they race to see who can eat them the fastest.



Halloween 2008






Jakes 23rd Birthday, our first one with us being married






The Wranglers vs Grizzles



First dance as Husband and Wife



All the Family






Our first kiss as Husband and Wife..



Our wedding
Our wedding was so nice. It was relaxed, and we got to enjoy each others company. Jake looked amazing in his Tux. He stole my heart from the first time he kissed me.
I'll never forget how he looked at me, and told me he loved me on that day.



I love our pictures. :)



2008

At the end of January Jake told me he wanted to live in Vegas, and wanted us to pick a wedding date. So we sat down and right on the spot we just picked March 21st. Jake went to Vegas at the end of that week and was there until the end of February when he came up so we could take our engagement pictures. I packed our apartment, planned a wedding, and moved in less then 2 months. I enjoyed planning the wedding, but the days were long. With a full time job that was an hour from my place, packing and planing. I would do it all over again, but I know there would be some changes. I miss though that I didnt have Jake around to plan with. So I keep telling him when we go through the temple, I want to do a little something with just the family. I know its a ways away but I am excited, because I know I love him and that he is the one I want to be spend forever with.

2006 and 2007

Our pumpkins



My Dad and me



My Niece Natalia and Me


My Nephew Nick and me
Halloween 2007






4th of July I had my little sister and her friends hanging out with us.
We were out at the lake, we swam during the day, and were going to watch the fireworks at night from there. Well little did we know how big the bugs were out there, and how many. So we went back to the apartment and watched movies
At the time it was one of the best 4th of Julys






The cake I made (yeah I know there's a smudge, one of the bags fell on it)



Jakes Birthday over at the apartment. 22 years old !

Spring of 2007 I moved out, just to the town next to the one I grew up in. I was spoiled. It was a huge place. Shortly after Jake slowly started moving his stuff in, little at a time :)









Christmas 2006, I bought Jake tons of Blackhawks stuff. See how it makes him Smile.
I love to just give the gifts that make people smile.






Jakes 21st Birthday, we spent it in Vegas, and we went and saw tournament of the Kings. I would go see it again, They put on such an entertaining show, with dinner and all.





Jake graduation, it was so nice.After wards we went out to dinner and talked about what he wants to do now. He would like to own his own company one day. And one day I am sure he will. We were and are proud of him. He is so smart, it is like breathing for him. He know look at a computer and just know. :)








Interesting note. This wolf, was standing there for awhile. 2 weeks later this same wolf got out.. He didnt harm anyone just made a mess, they were able to get him back with out much problems.


This was Jakes Favorite, its a Sand cat. He said he wanted to get one lol.


This little guy was my favorite there at the time. But I love the big cats.


In April we took a trip up to the Zoo in Salt Lake. We spent the day walking around, playing the big slides made out of the trees by the petting Zoo. We had never gown to the zoo with other, so we decided that we would go just hang out.

from the start to forever

Christmas 2005, I got my camera from Dad. Jake had stayed over that night, and he was the first one up. He woke me and little sister up with a flash in our face and said look what Santa brought me. It was so much fun having Jake over, we got to do puzzles, watch Christmas cartoons. :) I love Christmas it's my fav time of year.



Jakes 20th Birthday, He didnt want to share the cake I got for him. (2005)
We got engaged that March, it was the Saturday before Easter. We had talked about it, and I knew he had the ring but I didnt know when he was going to pop the question. He was so cute, it was more personal just me and him. I wouldn't have changed it. To this day I keep my ring on unless I am showering.

Not sure where all my pictures have gone, but We started working together while he was still in school. :) We have gone to a lot of movies, in which I have saved the stubbs to. We visited Vegas every 6 or so months.






Christmas 2004 We spent Christmas in Utah and New Years in Vegas



My First trip down to Vegas I got to meet Jakes Family. They were and have always been so welcoming, and invited me into their family from the start.





The following summer I started working in a photo studio, and I had a friend take some pictures of us.






This was my Sweethearts Dance, my Senor Year in High school. Dont we look so good.
It was a girls choice and so I decorated his room (after picking it up) He was so cute, we already knew we were going with each other. but he had made me a card and some chocolate kiss roses.

(these were scanned in, wow photography has changed)


(kiss, wow we were young, we were just 18)

This wasn't our first kiss but it was cute, Jake wanted to get a picture of us kissing and this is what it turned out to be.








This was our first Christmas together, well it was more around new years.

I cant state when we became a couple cause Jake always said he doesnt ask girls to be his girlfriend, but that he doesnt kiss girls either until they are his girlfriend. So I have always gone by the date of our first kiss, though we had been hanging out with just each other since early September.

Our first Midnight movie ( I think the only midnight movie) Pirates of the Caribbean, it was on Halloween, and it started snowing while we were in line.

The very, very, first time we ever met though, was 2 years earlier.
Jake had just moved, to Payson and had left the school. At the same time I was calling my Dad wondering where he was cause I wasnt going to walk home. My Dad told me he just got into a wreck and was at the gas station around the corner with my dog.
When I got there my Mom was there, and I was sitting in our other car, while my Mom kept telling me to go talk to the cute boy who just crashed my Dads car. I didnt want to go talk to him because he had a bunch of other girls with him, and had messed up my dog. Jake had ran the stop sign (it was behind a bush, which they ended up cutting that bush out) and smacked into my Dads car.

About 3 months after we started dating my mom kept saying he looked familiar.
She asked if he had ever been in a car wreck. Jake had said only once and it was with a green station wagon. (did I mention I was glad he wrecked that car)
My Mom put two and two together. He's been paying for that wreck since then :)