Here Come the Newleyweds!

So this last weekend my cousin got married! It was Such a great day- everything went really well. AND, the best part was the weather! How did they know months ago when they got engaged that June 19 would have no rain! They got really lucky because this weather has been ridiculous and I have hated every second of it because I feel like we are being cheated out of a warm summer!

So at the beginning of the day I got kinda camera happy and took a ton of pictures, but after I realized that I wasn't the wedding photographer I put my camera away and just enjoyed the day. ; ) Blakelee looked SO fabulous and I am SO excited for her and Mike and am a tiny bit jealous because being a Newlywed is AWESOME! (When are you no longer a newlywed? After the one year mark? Opinions please...)

Reigan, Emily, Chase, Me, McCall and Meggie waiting for the Newlyweds to come out of the Temple!!!

We look good! Ha Ha!

FaBuLoSiTy!

My Cute dad and Coleman!
Cole is starting to be more and more like our fabulous father!

"Here Comes the Bride!"

All the Ladies...

All the Silly Ladies...

Kiss Kiss!

Blake and Mike- thanks SO much for including us on your special day! We are SO happy for you guys and hope life is great! LOVE YA!

Things really have been so great lately. My internship is now half over and I am almost more sad about it than happy. I am really loving NNHC and have had such a great experience so far. I am praying that they will be able to hire me after the internship is over- this would be SUCH an awesome job! Life has still been busy, but has slowed down a lot now that our summer class has been out for a little bit. Andrew's 9-9 days are over and I couldn't be happier! He has been getting morning shifts which is nice cause I work 8-5 and then we get to hang out the rest of the night.

Our newest thing is being addicted to FRIENDS. Me and my sisters have been HUGE fans for as long as I can remember and whenever a new season came out on DVD we'd buy it and watch the whole thing in one day! We LOVED doing that together! Now I get to rewatch all of them again with Andrew! He loves it and will stay up til 2 or 3 in the morning finishing a disc. I always fall asleep, but it's ok cause I've seen all of them...

After being at my cousins wedding all weekend and being jealous of their stary eyes and being so in love I have decided that we need to act like Newlyweds 24-7. When you're first married nothing bothers you and you are ultra happy all the time and you just can't stand being away from each other. SO, I am now deciding to be a Newlywed For Life!

The start of our Marital Bliss!

Luncheon Love!

Cake Cuties!

Last thing... I just wanted to tell everyone how AWESOME my dad is! He is the best ever! He loves his family so much and works his tail off for them! He is such a Spiritual Giant, funny man, and great example! I just wanted to tell him that we appreciate all he does and couldn't do it without him!

Thanks for reading!

Our First Camping Trip!!!

Holy Cow! This weekend was SO much fun! We went camping with a bunch of our friends and had so much fun! I LOVE camping! When I was younger we used to go camping with my moms family every year for like a week and it was always SO much fun! I have so many fun memories of camping! I know that I don't seem like the type of girl to like to camp, but I really do love it! We went with Jase and Whitney Larsen, Cam and Taiya Brown, Cam and Val Thomas and their ADORABLE baby Colby, Kip and Alisha Jackson and Ben and Toph.

When we planned this whole trip last week it was easy as pie, but little did we know it would turn into a nightmare the day of. We all checked the weather for Friday and of course it was supposed to be a lightning storm- not the best weather for camping...

So, this is how our camping trip started...
2:00- Cinnamon Creek up in Paradise looked like it was going to be horrible, so fiasco starts...
2:30- now we decide that Logan canyon might be a better option...
3:00- trip is canceled, maybe go to Salt Lake and have dinner and go to a comedy club...
4:00- now we are going up the canyon to have tin foil dinners, but no sleep over...
5:00- now the Hyde's and the Larsen's are sleeping over, but no one else...
6:00- everyone meet at the church and go up Logan Canyon... The sky looked pretty clear, so the other couples decide to go back and get their camping stuff and meet us up their.

FINALLY we all got up to our cozy little spot near Camp Lomia and had so much fun! We got SO lucky because there were really dark clouds coming our way, but some how missed us. I think that while we were awake we had like a totally of 100 rain drops the whole time so we got really lucky. It did rain quite a bit during the night, but I had thermals, sweats, t-shirt, two sweatshirts and socks on, so I was fine. Andrew thought that was a bit much, but I didn't ever get hot so I thought that it was necessary.

...Team Huddle on how to build a fire...

Fire, Fire, Fire

Fire, Fire, Fire

All the boys feeling so successful!

Cute Campers!
(Look how long my hair is getting...kinda)


CraZy CamPerS!
Our tent! This is a different one from the one we set up in our house
because this one was only a little bit more and was double the size so I made Andrew
get a "Family Size" so we can use it longer. ;)

My Cutie Patootie!

Our First Camping Trip!

Thanks to everyone who brought food and did everything- we love you guys and are so lucky to have such great friends!

So one last thing, my cute sister in law FINALLY got a blog and I stole these off of her blog, but I just wanted to brag for a second about the cutest little boy in the entire world!!! I love Dylan SO much! I am SO lucky that I get to see him all the time! He has such a cute personality and is such a little boy! He is growing up so fast and I can't even believe it! Amy and Tyson are such great parents to him and have taught me so much through their great example. Enjoy Cute Dylan!

Doesn't he look SO dang cute! If they put him in modeling I think that
Tyson and Amy could retire already!

H looks SO old here!
He is MY FAVORITE!!!

ENJOY!

Lately...

Sorry to my fellow readers who have felt neglected, ha ha, right...
Anyways, I have been SO busy with my internship, school and just life! Here is what we have been up too...

One day I decided to be all Martha Stewart and get really crafty. I go this cute idea off the internet and blog hopping one day. I made my own cute cork boards! Anyone who knows me knows that this is totally not something that I do on a regular basis, but it really was fun and I am going to try and be more crafty, but we'll see.

Starting my project...

The finished project all hung (by ME!) and ready to be used!

The next fun thing that happened was Angie's Dance Academy Year End Show! My girls did So good and I was very impressed with how the show turned out! My favorite class is my littlest girls. They are age 5-7 and are SO fun! Along with my craftiness- I made the flowers in their hair!

This is me and Shantelle. Shantelle is my Wednesday private lesson class who I have really grown to love! She is SO sweet and actually reminds myself of me a lot of the time. She went on point this year and has done such a good job!

This is Sky and Alison! Sky is adorable and has improved SO much this year and Alison has such natural talent it amazes me. She has PERFECT natural turn out, is SO flexible, can count and hear music beautifully and has perfect arms and everything! I adore these two. Oh, and Sky told me she loves big furry spiders!!! YIKES!

Another cute picture of my little ballet class...
So for Memorial Day, you guessed it, Andrew had to work! I guess it was ok because he came home with this...

He got a SMOKIN' deal on it, so he "had" to get it. I was like, "Um, ok..."Then, while we were watching one of the many basketballs games on Monday night he says, "Babe, I bet I can have this set up in 10 minutes... I bet it's really easy... HELP ME MOVE THE COFFEE TABLE..." I thought he was kidding. I was like, "Babe, this is not going to fit in here, blah blah blah..." But he was determined that it would. So, I find myself helping him move the coffee table and start setting everything up.
After starting to set it up I thought that this was SO fun! I love camping and thought it'd be fun to camp in out living room! So, after we got it set up...


We watched a movie in it! I begged Andrew to sleep in it, but he said the most he'd do was watch a movie unless I was going to bring our pillow top downstairs into the tent... I decided a movie would be fine.

It really was SO much fun and I am SO grateful that we didn't have any visitors because they would have really thought we were nuts if they came over and we were watching a movie in a tent IN OUR OWN HOME... It was fun and something that I think our kids will love one day!

Thanks for reading!

...TAGGED...

8 things I'm looking forward to....
1. Graduating in December 2009!
2. Having millions of babies ASAP!

3. Having Andrew Graduated May 2010!
4. Elder Wesley Hyde Home in July 2010!

5. Buying our first home!

6. Andrew getting a Fabulous Job that don't have Sales 'til MIDNIGHT!
7. Going to Heaven!
8. Seeing my Family tomorrow!

8 things I did yesterday...
1.Went to my internship 8:00-12:00...
2. Made lunch and ate with my hubby... This is an old pic, but we're eating in it!

3. Went to Leven's 1:00-6:15...
4. Got to hold the CUTEST little Boy Dalton Butler...
5. Hung out with my BFF Tiarra
6. BAWLED to Grey's Anatomy!

7. Had a Heart to Heart with Andrew (FINALLY)
8. Said our nightly prayer...

8 things I wish I could do...
1. Read the Future!
2. Have a baby yesterday PAIN FREE!
3. Read Andrew's mind... I mean, it doesn't look like there's that much going on anyways...

4. Understand why it is important to have ESPN on 24/7
5. Be a good cook
6. Meet the Prophet

7. Control more people (there life really would be better)
8. Make all my friends from High School move to Logan!

8 shows I watch...
1. Grey's Anatomy ( I am a little obsessed- I have it schedule in my phone for every Thursday)

2. The Office
3. Seinfeld

4. Everybody Loves Raymond
5. King of Queens
6. Tyra
7. Family Feud- not my family, just the show ; )
8. The News (I really do like watching the news)

8 people I tag....
1. Crystal Oberg
2. Kera Butler
3. Betsy Broadwater
4. Lindsey Knudsen
5. Brekke Searle
6. Whitney Garrett
7. Jennica Bentley
8. Heidi Pierce

IN HONORS OF MOTHER'S DAY...

I also would like to post a little tribute to my Mama! She's the best! She seriously is the most compassionate person in the world and I have learned so much from her. I really do miss her SO much and wish that she'd just come and move next door! She is SO funny! She loves being with her daughters and cute little son! She used to call me from school and beg me to leave and go shopping with her- Now I KNOW that deserves The Best Mom EVER Award! I love her to death and the thought of her not in my life makes me want to die! I'm tearing up right now just thinking about that! She is so awesome and I hope she never forgets that!

LOVE YA MOTHER!

Sorry there were a lot of random pictures and stupid jokes, but Andrew has been at work for the past 7 hours and I am getting a little lonely. . .

10 days of Feeedom!

SO I just finished my last final and man am I happy! I've said this before, but this semester was for sure the hardest one EVER! I have never been so unmotivated, so tired, so DONE in my life! I got pretty good grades though, so somebody must be looking out for me. Summer classes start May 11 and I am not very excited. I'm taking 12 credits, but 6 of them are internship credits, so not too much homework or anything, 3 of the credits is a 4 week classes that will be done June 5 and the other class is online, so summer should be pretty easy. Then, in the Fall I have my financial counseling practicum and only one class! I can't tell you how happy I am that I will be done in December- 7 months! I know that is kinda far away, but it will be here before I know it...hopefully...

So, what am I going to do with my 10 days of freedom...

• Clean out our second bedroom/office/ junk room/ my craft room/ Andrew's closet- this room has definantly been neglected...
• Go on a Picnic! Lately I have been craving a picnic! I love just laying outside and taking a nap in the warm summer sun- we'll see if the weather will cooperate with me.
• Write in my journal! I used to be SO dedicated to my journal and I blame this hard semester on my last journal entry being FOREVER ago!
• Spring clean my Closet! And Andrew's! (I should hurry and do his while he's at work... Ha Ha!) I have SO much clothes that my closet is the biggest mess EVER! I try and keep it organized, but there is just too much stuff in there to organize it so I am throwing a lot away!
• RELAX!!!

I know this list isn't too long, but I have a tendency to over schedule/ over-book myself and then I get mad at myself for not getting everything done.

Now I couldn't finish my post without at least ONE picture! This is a picture from Senior Dinner Dance in June 2006. I just wanted to let all of these lovely ladies that I love them and miss them SO much and wish that we could see each other more often! Love you guys!

Time is Flying By

I CAN NOT believe that I haven't updated my BLOG since March 20! That is way to long and I am sorry, but things have been SO SO So busy! I have been trying to finish the horrible semester- this has been the hardest semester ever and I couldn't be happier to have it over with! I also have been looking for an internship for this summer and actually got the best one ever! I will be working with Neighborhood Non- Profit- they are an awesome corporation that help people get into affordable housing. I really am excited to start working there cause I love housing finance stuff and think that it is a great area to get involved in.

We had a great Easter and got to go up to Park City with my whole Mom's side of the family and stay in this huge really nice cabin. We played lots of Family Feud and ate WAY to much popcorn!

All the Ripley Family

Ripley Clan

Getting ready to decorate Easter Eggs! I LOVE EASTER!

Decorating Eggs

Me and Andrew made Love Eggs... I'm sure you can guess which one he did!

So Easter was SO awesome! I love more than anything to have nothing planned and just be with family- I literally couldn't have ask for a better Easter!

THEN, my little Chloe' turned 12 on April 17!!! I can not believe hos grown up she is! She texts me, has boy problems, loves to shop, loves her favorite oldest sister Ali more than anyone and now...SHAVES HER LEGS! For her birthday my sisters and fabulous mom came up to Logan ans we got to stay in the new Mariot hotel. We went to Hamilton's for dinner and then had melted ice cream cake that was So yummy and opened presents and Shaved her legs! Chloe is seriously the cutest little girl ever and I love her like she is my own!

FABULOUS LADIES!

VOGUE!

My mom and Chloe shaving for the first time!

Happy Birthday Dear Chloe!

Yum Yum Yum!

OK, sorry this was short, but I really should be studying for my 3 finals- wish me luck and I'll be better- I promise!