Well, It's That Time Of Year Again

I can't believe it! School has already started again. Where did the summer go? I guess between the wedding and my shoulder surgery summer just flew out the window!!!!

We did manage to get a few things done before school started though. I got a new calling in our church. I am now the 1st Counselor in the Young Women. I really enjoy it so far. The girls are really really quiet so far. I hope they break out of their shell a little bit!

I also got my second shoulder surgery. A few days later my little sister managed to fall out of a tree and break both of her wrists! She is a tough bugger. She didn't even cry until she thought my dad was going to be mad at her. I would have been screaming my head off. Guess that is the difference between her and I.

And finally, Eric and I managed to buy a new truck. He is in love with it!!!! I think if he could, he would sleep in it every night!!!! Okay maybe not, but I'm sure he has thought about it :)

Our Parents Spoiled Us

Accident Prone Sisters

Eric's Baby

YAY! New Truck!!!

The Wedding Story!

So I didn't want to write another post until we got our wedding pictures back, but they are not finished just yet. So I will just have to keep waiting for those. So instead I thought I would write about our wedding and honeymoon and then post pictures of the wedding later!

So, to start it all off, Eric's mom was diagnosed with cancer in march. She had to endure weeks and weeks of radiation and chemo. The radiation gave Suzy horrible burns and the chemo made her really sick. She lost her appetite and in turn lost a lot of weight. One positive thing happened though, she didn't lose a single hair! Everyone was amazed, including her doctors! We are happy to report that she is 95% cured and doing really well!

Next, Eric had been talking about how his right side had been bothering him for a few days. His mom decided that he better go to the hospital. It's a good thing they went when they did! The doctor said that his appendix was about to burst and he needed immediate surgery. 45 minutes after going to the hospital Eric was put to sleep and cut open! He had three little incisions was all so he was able to recover quickly! Oh and did I mention that this happened exactly ONE WEEK before our wedding?!

Then, the night before our wedding my mom got put in the hospital with the usual problem of blocked intestines. Not only could I not sleep because I was so nervous but also because I was worried about my mom! The morning of the wedding my mom still hadn't improved any and everyone thought she wouldn't be able to come to our wedding. But, my mom showed them. She came all drugged up and with the I.V. still in her arm and was in a wheelchair with a puke bucket! It meant so much to me that she would risk leaving the hospital just so she could come to our wedding!!!! After the ceremony we got one picture with her and then it was back to the hospital where she ended up getting surgery soon after. What a tough lady!

Finally to top it all off, I was up visiting my mom before the wedding and it was time to leave so my Aunt Connie and I went out to my car only to realize that I had locked my keys in the car (a very bad habit of mine). My Uncle Rigo called a locksmith who rushed over and broke into my car for me! I was ONLY 20 minutes late ahhhh! How stressful and embarrassing!

But all in all, it was a beautiful wedding. Tons of family came and supported us, the weather was perfect, and Eric looked H-O-T!!!! I have to thank my Aunt Connie and my cousins Brittany and McKenzie. They did my hair, helped me get dressed, and made sure I looked okay for our pictures! After our two amazing receptions Eric and I rushed off to our Honeymoon in beautiful Puerto Rico! We had a great time!!!! Here are some of the honeymoon pictures:

The View Outside Our Hotel Room

On a Balcony at our Resort

On The Tram Heading Down to Our Room

I love the Ocean

King of the Ocean

Eric's Sexy Sun Burnt Bod

Eric Had to Put Patches Around His Incisions Before He Could Swim

Eric Relaxin in the Shade

Pure Heaven









There Were a Million Lizards

Stevie, The Iguana Outside Our Hotel Room

The Start Of Our New Life Together

All 1 posts on this page are selected. Select all 1 posts All 1 posts are selected. Clear selection Well, here we are! Newly weds and new to the blogging world. Before I even get into the fiasco of our wedding let's rewind to me and Eric's very first date. My cousin Thomas knew Eric and set us up on a blind date in October. I was nervous so I spent a good two hours or more getting ready. Finally I was ready to meet my date. I went downstairs and met Eric in the lobby of the dorms. My first instinct was "Oh he is pretty cute, this could be fun!" Little did I know how extremely SHY he was. He hardly talked to me. To avoid those awkward silences, me being the big mouth I am, talked the entire time. I'm sure he was hoping I would just shut up. Finally he decided to take me back home. We said our "goodbyes" and our "nice to meet you's" and went our separate ways. Over the next few days we texted each other here and there and then soon stopped talking altogether. A month or two had passed and we ran into each other on campus. Later that night I decided to text him and ask him out on a second date seeming as how he hadn't yet. So I asked him if he wanted to go out to ice cream. .........No text back........Still no text back........Nothing......... he had ignored me! How embarrassing. I knew right then that he had another girlfriend. I hoped beyond hope that I would never run into him ever again after asking him out even though he had a girlfriend! As the months passed by my bruised ego healed. It healed enough that when he texted me in May I texted him back. We had some casual conversations that soon turned into all-day texting which then turned into conversations over the phone that lasted for hours. Then being the brave idiot I am, I invited him to go camping with my family and some of our friends. I prepared myself for being ignored again, but to my surprise he said yes!! So he drove all the way from Evanston to Gillette to go camping with a bunch of people he didn't even know. The camp trip turned out to be a success. Everyone loved Eric. After we got home and unpacked Eric and I were sitting on my couch watching some t.v. when he started to ask me a question but then stopped. I turned and looked at him and he was completely red!! I kept pestering him to ask me what he was going to ask me (because I knew what he was trying to ask me :) He would start asking and then say oh never mind. HA it was so funny and cute. But finally he spit the words out, "So what would you consider us?" I sheepishly asked, "What do you mean?" and he said "Like are we friends, or boyfriend girlfriend or what?" I made him squirm for a bit before I finally told him "Well I would consider us together!" I think his cute red face smiled for the rest of the night. And that was the start of our relationship!!!!!