September

Wow! I can't believe that it is already the middle of September and we have been married over a month already. Time seriously has flown by. Quite a bit has happened in the last couple of weeks. We no longer have a cute little apartment in Fort Union. We had a bad incidence happen with our neighbor and were scared for our lives. Our crazy neighbor threatened to shoot Josh in the neck so we weren't even going to put ourselves in the position for anything to happen. So now we live with Josh's fabulous family. It's definitely the most ideal situation for a newly wed couple, but we are saving a ton of money and hopefully we will be in a house by the first of the year! That is definitely the plan. This weekend we were just lazy and went fishing up in daybreak and took paisley for a walk. Then Saturday night, we went up to Roy to Josh's dads bar. They hold a charity event to raise money for Shriners Hospital. All of the bikers throughout Utah I think were there. There was probably 400+ of them. They also were giving away a four wheeler and a 2008 Harley Davidson. It was quite interesting people watching! There were many hippies and tons of drunks including my lovely hubby. It was pretty hilarious. I walked in a chick in the port a potties, but it wasn't my fault she didn't lock the door. Then Sunday, we went up to our friend Brandon's house to help him get it remodeled. I defintiely can say that was like my second time EVER weeding and it sucked. I pulled with back rather than my arms and let me tell you what... I was hurting today. Sorry I don't have pictures, but we have been kinda lazy taking pictures since the honeymoon.

Wedding time!

OH My gosh so my bouqet toss was awesome!! Everyone really got into at was really fighting to win the bouquet. My maid of honor Tara caught the bouquet which is awesome because hopefully she will get married next. Her and her boyfriend have been together for over 4 years. It's about time, but the excitement happened as she went to jump and get the bouqet. Her dress fell down and was a little bit exposed ha ha it was hilarious!! This seems to always happen to Tara at the pool. I hope that they get married soon and we can have little babies together in a few years and they will be best friends! Josh really enjoyed going to find my garter. Ha ha i am sure it was nice and sweaty for him. We absoultely had the best bridal party ever. Our friends are amazing, and look how freaking cute our flower girl and ring bearer were. Talya, is Tara's sister Rachels girl and she is adorable. Daydon is Josh's cousin that totally looks up to him and always wants Josh to take him fishing. The poor little kid fell down and got a black eye a few days before the wedding, but it just added to the pictures. My cute grandpa was so nervous to walk me down the aisle. I think that he was more nervous then me. I couldn't hold in my emotions. As soon as I walked out those doors my eyes filled with tears and I couldn't hold them back. But of course it was tears of joy. I had the most amazing day ever and I am kinda sad that it's over but at the same time I am so stress free!! Now we can focus on getting into a house and me graduating in the spring!! And if anyone ever needs an amazing photographer my Aunt Laura did my pictures and she did a wonderful job!

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I absolutely loved my cake! It's amazing!!

This picture was taking on a crater about 10,000 feet up. Many people were taking pictures of how high up we were it was hilarious because we are use to be high in altitude and they thought it was amazing.

These are the sacred pools. It was awesome there were like 7 pools that were made by the volcanic action many years ago and flowing into each other.

The luau was probably my most favorite part. It was awesome how they moved their hips and the culture dealing with the story they told. Also, I got a beautiful lei from my hubby.
Fire dancers!

In a restuarant we went to they had dollar bills hung up all over the walls with different things drawn on them. We decided to join the fun and leave a memory of us behind.

I had so much fun on our honeymoon. JOsh let me pick 3 pearls out of the oysters where we made my own earrings and necklace. He wanted me to have something to remember our trip and I always will. It is a trip I will never forget!! I love you Josh and thanks for an amazing trip!

Just MAUIED

After our fabolous wedding, we left for Maui after we opened all our presents!! Thank you everyone who attended the wedding and for the presents I think we are pretty much set ha ha!! Maui was gorgeous! When we first go there, I was bit surprised how some areas were pretty dry, but then we got to our resort where there were flowers everywhere, palm trees and the beautiful beach. Our room was awesome we were right on the ocean and our balcony was overlooking the water.

This was from our room. It was gorgeous!

We did so many fun things in Hawaii and spent a lot of money ha ha. We went a fun dinner cruise where we went out on a ship and we sat on the top deck where we were fed some yummy prime rib and all the drinks you could ask for. We met some really nice people they were such sweet hearts. We also rode waverunners. Surprisingly, Josh had never been on one so he had a total blast. WE drove the road to Hana which is this road that I swear in some spots is only made for one car, but two cars fit. On one side is rock and the other is a cliff so either way you are screwed. There were many waterfalls, beautiful flowers and different historical sites.

Our Fabolous Wedding and Honeymoon!!!!

So we are finally married!! We were married on August 8th, 2008. It was beautiful!! Everyone went exactly as planned! I was nervous the whole time that I was going to forget something, but everything made it as planned. I don't have any pictures yet, but as soon as I do I will for sure post them. So almost everything was wonderful... I few things happened that put a bit of a damper on the night. One of my bridesmaids, Brooke, was missing in the some of the pictures and I later found out her mother was murdered. I felt horrible! There was nothing we could really do because the wedding was still going on and we were leaving for our honeymoon in two days. I wish the best for Brooke and her family and our heart is with her. Then, on the way up to the hotel up in Park City, Josh and I got a flat tire up Parleys Canyon. It was totally blown out. We tried changing the tire, but my tires are special and have a key to get the rim off so the key broke and we were stuck! We had to call his parents to save the day and take us to the hotel room. It was so embarrassing. We finally made it to the hotel after a LONG LONG day, but it all worked out in the end!! Needless to say it makes for a good story.

Catch up

Alright, I am gonna try this again. I had the whole typed up it took me like twenty minutes and the internet went out! I was so mad!!! So here is a lot of catch up... For the fourth of JUly we had a busy fun filled day. We started out with breakfast at Josh's families best friends house. We do everything with them it's great. Then we all headed over to the SOuth Jordan park to play some fun and games. We played baseball and my fav volleyball. The sand was very hot, but it was worth it. After the park, we had another BBQ we love to eat for sure!! We then went to the fireworks and let me tell you what they were way better than any fireworks that i have had to pay for in logan ha ha and they lasted for over a half hour. It was awesome to have all Josh's family in town and to hang out. His sister will be moving back from Arizona to start an awesome job here so that is great! I started my new job at the Gold's Gym corporate office. It's awesome. I feel very professional the first day I walked in they gave me a laptop, a blackberry phone, and soon business cards. It's great to be respected. I think I am going to really love this job. I have also, been really busy with the wedding planning, moving and oh the bridal showers. My mom came into town over the 11th and 12th from Oregon. She got to attend two of the showers I had by my lovely maid of honor and my future mother in law. It was great to see family and friends. We just recently moved to an awesome apartment. It's very nice for an apartment, but we soon hope to have a home. I also, had two more bridal shower's this last weekend to get them finally out of the way. We got a lot of great stuff!We wanted to thank everyone that helped and for everyone that came and supported our showers. It's in 2 weeks and 2 days so I hope to see everyone there!! Then, Hawaii look out here we come!!

wedding

the wedding is in less than a month!! if you want an invitation just let us know!! i can't wait to be mrs. strickland!!