My vows to Erik

I thought I'd share my words with those of you who couldn't hear them on the wedding day. Enjoy.




Erik,

You are my best friend, my rock, and the love of my life.

I feel like the luckiest girl in the world to be standing right here today.

You are the most amazing person I have ever met, and I love you more than any words can express.

You truly bring out the best in me, and for that I thank you.

I'd be so honored to be your wife, and to have you as my husband.

I promise to encourage you, laugh with you, be there in times of need.

I promise to to love you through all of the good, and all of the bad.

I promise to respect you, honor you, and cherish everything we have together.

I promise to love you forever.

There is no other way I'd want to spend my life then being next to you.

Laughing with you, crying with you, and just being us.

All of these things I promise you, today and forever.

MAJOR catch up.

I'm a huge slacker, I know. And it's not like I don't have time, because I do! I sit at work all day with nothing to do! I am just lazy! Haha, so sorry!
So! Catch up.. Mostly everyone knows everything because of Facebook. That is why I never bother updating this thing. I think the only reason I am, is because of those who don't have facebook!
So.. yeah. I am a married woman now. And it is AMAZING. Just yesterday Erik and I were saying how awesome it is that we're just as in love today as we were 3 years ago. I honestly don't think that love will EVER fade. I know that sounds cliche, and some of you might laugh. But I am dead serious. Sure we have out ups and downs, we fight, what normal couple doesn't? But there is just this amazing connection between us. Our love is something amazing, and we are both so lucky we found each other!!
The wedding was beyond amazing. I can't stop thinking about it! I wish we could do it all over again, it goes by way too damn fast! And there are so many people I didn't get to spend much time with that I would have loved to. Even people I didn't get to say hi to! It was craziness all day! (I'm sure a lot of you can relate!)
I know on my previous post I gave you all a link to my amazingly talented cousins blog, but I figured I'd just post a couple of those pics anyways. (Those are the only professional wedding pics we have so far.) We should be getting them all back any day now! YAY! And then I will post some more :)




Oh and here is my gorgeous rock! He did sooo good, didn't he? :) (Not the best pic, sorry.)


Okay so, BEST.WEDDING.EVER. You all got that.. hahaha, but really. I will post more pics as soon as I get them.
After the wedding we headed to Vegas. BOOO, it sucked. I felt like it was over rated. BUT I do feel if I went into it, knowing what to expect, then I would have had a better time. So yeah, Vegas was not my cup of tea. I much rather would have spent that time in Utah with my family and friends! (Lesson learned.)
After Vegas.. CANCUN!! Ahhh... our honeymoon was UNREAL. It was so unbelievably amazing. Neither of us had been on a REAL vacation like that before, so it was awesome. We got there and couldn't keep our jaws shut for hours, haha. SO relaxing, so gorgeous, and SOOO fun.
We stayed at a very private resort, kind of a ways away from the main hotel zone in Cancun. It's called Excellence Playa Mujeres. I would HIGHLY recommend it if you are thinking about going to Mexico. It's all inclusive, it had like 7 pools, 11 bars, 8 restaurants, (give or take those numbers) Seriously everything was free. There were things that were extra, but mostly everything was included in the cost. (Besides the tips, you gotta tip!)
Our room was AMAZING. We had our own mini bar, FULLY stocked with liquor bottles, beer, wine, candy, soda, water. And it was re-stocked daily. We could get room service as much as we wanted, it was awesome.
We also went parasailing (that was extra.) It was scary as hell. It's supposed to be relaxing? But it was windy as hell that day and they had to take us down early because the wind almost knocked us out!
Here are a few pics from the trip!!














And now... We're back to reality. And it sucks! BUT on an AWESOME freakin note, we are finally getting a new member of our family!! A puppy!! His name is Samson, and he was born a few weeks ago. He's a brown and white Shih Tzu and he is adorable. We can't wait to have him!! My sister Sarah is flying him out to us in September (he was born in Utah, so it works out that way!) It's like a two-fer. PLUS after 2 years of living here, I have yet to have a visitor. So she will be the first! And it's about damn time if I do say so myself!!
Here is a pic of the little guy!! (He's on the right) He doesn't look like a Shih Tzu yet, because he's so small!


And last.. I cut my bangs!! Ahh.. weird. But I like them! And so does Erik, a lot! Awesome :)

It sure feels good to be Mrs. Smith

That's right, I am now a married woman! And could not be happier!! Thanks so much to everyone who shared our special day, it means a lot!
I will post pics as soon as I get them. But for now.. Check out this post.
My cousin was our photographer and she is amazing, and so talented. Here is a sneak peek that she posted to her blog. Check it.

13 Days!

As I sit here at work, with nothing to do.. All I can think about is July.

-Marrying the love of my life.
-Seeing friends and family I haven't seen in YEARS.
-Seeing friends and family I haven't seen in months.
-Having the time of my LIFE at the party which will be.. My wedding.
-My first trip to Vegas
-Spending a week in Cancun with my new husband.

Ahh July, get here faster. Please.

Puppy Update

Our application for Eli was turned down.. They didn't say why, but I am assuming that it's because we don't have a vet out here to refer us.. I am so bummed, I cried when Erik sent me the email. But I guess it just means I should continue the search for our new addition, and hopefully Eli gets a new, happy, safe home soon.

Summer 2010

Ahhh! 27 DAYS! I can't believe how close it is.
I am soooooo pumped to get married, go to Utah, Vegas, CANCUN, see my entire family and all my friends! This summer truely is going to be the best summer EVER.
Not to mention my birthday is the week after we get home from Cancun, AND we are getting a puppy!! {yay!}

So.. my dad turned 60 this summer! {June 2nd} and my siblings threw him this awesome party, that I sadly missed. The worst part about living so far from UT, is missing all the monumental things like that. I HATE IT. But anyways..
Here is the handsome birthday boy. I love him so much!


Here are my nieces and nephews eating at his birthday dinner. (Cutest kids EVER.)


And here is Eli...
My great friend Whitney knew I was looking to adopt a puppy. And found the EXACT breed I want, and semi close to where I live! (Upstate NY, but only a short road trip away.)
I want him soooo bad guys, you have no idea. He is so damn precious!! We have a lot going against us, because this shelter is SUPER strict about who adopts their dogs.. But pleeeease keep your fingers crossed for us!!
Btw.. if he isn't too used to being called Eli, we might change his name to Samson :)

Yeah I suck at this.

So not a lot has been going on lately, I just suck at updating this thing. Haha.
Well lets see.. I think we have about 47 days until the wedding! Crazy. Time is seriously flying so fast! I just went to Utah this past weekend to have my family bridal showers (one with Erik's fam and one with mine.) Both went very well, and I was spoiled. I also met up with our wedding planner and made some final decisons. Now I feel like SO much stress has been lifted off my shoulders, it's awesome!
It was SO good to see the family and spend time with my sisters and nieces and nephews. I miss them all so much. I can't wait until the wedding when I can see my WHOLE family, and all of my friends. (Since my trip was so short, I missed seeing tons of people.) It's freakin hard to see everyone while you're out there. I used to worry that people would get mad at me, but I can't worry about that. Because I can't be in a million places at one time. I swear, after being in Utah, I could use a vacation. Hahaha, it's just so busy, and non stop the entire time. (But you know I love it.)
Anyways! I know I gave you all a sneak peek at our engagements.. Well here are some more!!







We have lots more, but I am too lazy to resize them all to fit in the blog. I freakin hate how my blog cuts off my pics! Does anyone know how I can fix that??

I can't wait to marry Erik! And I definitely can't wait for our honeymoon...