WEDDING DAY!

 This was our amazing photographer/good friend! Havens Photography/ Logan Havens

 Thank You, Thank You, Thank You for everyones help and support! It meant so much to have all who came.  we are so happy the day has come and gone, but even happier we have these pictures to remind us of everything we missed as the day zoomed by.  And we are loving married life!

October and November

OCTOBER

Thriller! For halloween i surprised Zac with tickets to Thriller. A lot of fun, but cold!

Carmel Witches. It's a tradition in the Burton family to make carmel witches around Halloween. And well ours don't quite look like witches.. but they are weird lookin'

NOVEMBER

                   This was a big month. First, Zac's birthday! Second, We spent Thanksgiving weekend up north with my family. Third, Black Friday shopping. That in of it itself wears ya out for days, but it is worth it! Fourth,  I went through the temple for the first time. It was a big weekend and I loved every minute of it.

 Zac had birthday! The BIG 28!

 Black Friday shopping. We attempted to go Target, Wal-Mart, Ulta, and  Best Buy. It was fun, but we didn't stay out too late, and only got stuff at Target. We got a Toaster, George Foreman, aerobed, a couple movies. The best deal we got was on the aerobed.. it was half price!

Bountiful Temple. I am so happy to have had Zac there. He helped comfort my nerves, all I needed was to look at him!

December...well this gets its own post!

Family Fun in St. George

 Two weekends in a row with the family! This time my family had to drive across the state down to St. George. They were able to stay in this awesome house that a member of my bishopric hooked us up with. First item that friday was the Thompson's and the Burton's met. Lori and Kent came to Nielsen's Frozen Custard and met my family. I'm glad that nerve racking thing was over! Sheesh! Next day was the Cedar City Half Marathon. Zac, Steph and Nickey all ran it. And then we just hung out at the pool for the afternoon and had delicious Carne Asada. 

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LoToJa, Yellowstone, Brigham City Temple

LOTOJA--Logan to Jackson Hole
Zac and I made the long journey across the state from St. George to Logan in one day. Then the next morning we left to head to Jackson Hole, but it wasn't just a straight shot to JH. My brother and brother-in-law rode in the bike race and so we followed them and took all the detours that was needed. So just a 3-4 hour drive took 10 hours. We had a few pit stops or better known as feed zones along the way. My nephew Sam wanted to hang with the "cool kids"..a.k.a. Zac and Me. In the car we quizzed him on his capitols and states. After the finish we made it to the hotel dropped all our stuff then Zac and I went and found somewhere to eat. We went to a Mexican Restaurant called "the 3 Merry Piglets" It was almost closing time and the restaurant was pretty crowded considering they just had thousands of people come into their small little town. So we only had one thing of chips and salsa and our rice wasn't cooked all the way.. but still tasty!

 

 Luke and I..he was being a little terror so the only way to control him was to put him on my shoulders!

 

Tim & Jared.

This stop was the last stop until the finish. Zac and I found this fun little park and played to let out some energy.

Hanging out at the finish.

Yellowstone
My parents and us left JH in the morning and headed to Yellowstone. Zac and never been to Yellowstone and we hadn't been there in 10 years or more. We had our eyes peels for wild life the whole time we were in the car..and we didn't see any!! I remember Yellowstone always have wildlife everywhere, but maybe it was the wrong time of year. After winding through the national parks we made it to Old Faithful.We worried we would miss it so we hung out for awhile..then it kept "teasing" us by spurting out a little bit of stuff but then die down. But once it starts its hard to miss, it goes for about 60 seconds or more. It's kind of funny because everyone there is holding their camera in ready mode just in case they will miss the whole thing. After old faithful we ate some lunch in the cafeteria there then got back in the car to see some more. We saw hot pots. waterfalls, buffalo, elk and who knows what else.

Old Faithful.

How many butterflies to yous see?

 This has delicious pizza. (JH)

Brigham City Temple Open House
On the way back from Yellowstone/Jackson Hole we saw 18 deer, 1 fox, 1 mouse, 1 owl, 1 skunk...and I think thats it. But we saw all that in the small drive from Jackson Hole to Logan. It was crazy..and we thought we would see wildlife in Yellowstone, but little did we know we would see it in the canyon that goes into Logan. But we were able to go to the Brigham City Temple Open House that Monday. I loved going to see the temple, it was so pretty.

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City Creek.

After the temple open house we stopped at City Creek for a minute, went into Tiffany & Co. and tried on a $135,000 ring!!! Since we had been driving all weekend we decided we would break up the drive with a few stops. First Brigham City, then SLC, then Provo, then STG. It made the drive not so awful. Also, we really enjoy the restaurant Noodles & Co. We went there friday night and again on monday night! Yum Yum Yum!

• Things to remember that are important about this trip besides family time are Zac asked permission for my hand in marriage at Mountain High Pizza Pie, then the following day we went ring shopping in Provo.

The past little while..

I've been really bad at keeping up on my life.. but a little bit of catch up. Camping up at Pine View with the fam, 4th of July with the Burtons, and a little weekend trip up to Pine Valley. :)

Camping..and using the hammock for the first time from Mexico!

4th of July. Burton Firework Show

The finale.

We love Pine Valley. Getting to ride the tandem.

Shooting the Zombie.

Destroyed the Zombie. Well Zac did..