Holidays.

Merry Christmas!

This really is the most.. wonderful time.. of the year! I love it. I love the snow. (If we could get more than 2 inches) I love snuggling up with my love inside. I love being with my amazing family. I love having a break from school and relax and sleep in until 10. I love hot chocolate. I love christmas music. (especially this year.. i felt like there were some great ones!) I love christmas candy (peppermint kisses and chocolate oranges.) YUM. I love giving... and okay, i love getting spoiled rotten! :)

Loved my moms tree!

Linds and jared and baby jace.

whit & santa mike

baby jace.

first christmas present!

dad and jake looking cool in their new shades.

christmas jams.

me posing with my kindle fire! ahh. I love it!

Mine and todd's stockings my momma made. 

happy todd.

Loved our "first" christmas together. It was amazing and I am so grateful to have such a wonderful man! 

Surrrprise.

So right now I am sitting in the studio.. Not facing my tiny house. Literally. I turned my back to it because I do not want to look at it anymore. I'm done with it. But really i'm not. I wonder how that will feel when i'm done with it? Probably AWESOME.

but annnnyways.
This friday I don't have school so me and todd were planning on getting out of Logan. Sometimes that just needs to happen. I love you logan, but we need a break.
We were thinking of going to salt lake and visiting my parents in kay-town.. But last night todd pulled a smooooth move on me.
He told me to check my email last night because he sent me an email. Don't worry.. We don't normally communicate through email.
but he emailed me a flight itinerary and it took me like 5 minutes to figure out but.. we are going to new york and boston this weekend!
He is the best. husband. ever. Seriously. I love him and I can't wait for our little getaway! so.. SEE YA.

two long weeks..

So this is kind of old news, but I have an hour break until my next class and I need something to do. Sooo..
Last week todd got home from a 2 week work trip. Worst 2 weeks.. ever. Worse time i've had like in a long time. But I learned a couple things..
1. I love todd. Probably too much. Its getting close to that creepy wife stage where I barely can do anything with out him here. OK.. thats an exaggeration but I hate him being gone.

2. Sometimes ceiling lights will fall from my ceiling for no reason at all.. and the only explanation is a ghost was for sure in my room. P.s. I am suuch a wuss sleeping by myself when todd leaves. Scared of ghosts, scared of the boogeyman, scared of josh powell coming to find me.. etc.

3. Trips to Germany have their benefits.. aka the best chocolate in the whole world. Seriously.. If anyone goes there bring me back some of this stuff:

It is seriously soo delicious.

Anyways.
So school is about to give me a minor heart attack, brain tumor, migraine, panic attack, etc.. Feeling a little stressed and WAY unprepared for whats to come. So to deal with the stress I, of course, turned to pinterest to motivate me.

Trying something new and trying to STAY POSITIVE about everything. Haha! It is always comforting to know that I will get through even the toughest things in life. So grateful for my number 1 supporter and my best friend!

Updates!

So it happened, We got married! I knew all you people out there.. (all 8 of you) were wondering if we got married. Well, we did! And here is proof.

Us coming out of the temple.. now married! Haha. I love this picture.

We haven't really been up to much, just enjoying the last days of summer before school starts. But i'm only taking 10 credits so i really can't complain about school.

But here are some updates with us:

I got a library card (COOL) and started reading The Book Thief. Suuuuch a good book. Start reading it now.

We went to bear lake with my fam. 4 wheeled and went to the lake. P.s. Its so lame that all of bear lake's beaches are now "private". seriously.. so lame. Please share the love.

 We rented a cabin in bear lake for my dads 50th.

 All of us. Except todd.

 At ze beach.

4 wheeelin! So fun.

Some other updates are that:

Our neighbors across our apartment had 10 cops at their house and todd saw them getting arrested. comforting.

Todd has tried (and has done a pretty good job) becoming friends with everyone in our apartment complex and in our ward. He is so great. And he remembers everyones name which I am so bad at. Seriously. I meet someone and then 10 seconds later, gone.

We got our first calling. Cub scouts. Haha good luck to us.

I had my first cooking failure. I tried making cream cheese filled snickerdoodles. Sounds amazing right? DONT make them. They are way more time consuming then you think. It will result in you yelling "this is stuuuuupid!!!" And todd just looking at you blankly and saying "how can I help?" haha i love him.

Todd had to get used to my shopping habits realllly quick and I had to explain to him why it is OK that I bought 2 purses in 1 month.

Also, I'm obsessed with pinterest. 

Go there. Or don't. Because you'll become addicted. And you'll just pin pin pin alllll. day. long. :/

kseeyabye.

happy fathers day, happy flag day, oh and happy birthday to Todd!

There have been many exciting events happening lately.

 First, was flag day.

Which is now my favorite holiday because this guy was born on it..

look how cute he is waving the flag with so much pride.

We celebrated todds birthday a little early because he had to go out of town for work. So we went to his favorite restaurant Thaifoon and to a movie with my parents. It was a good time! Happy birthday to my love!

Next was my shower with all my friends.

It was so fun. It was decorated so cute. I love them.

Then... it was fathers day.

I don't have a picture from fathers day, but I do have so much love for my dad! He is the greatest man. He has been the biggest trooper through all the wedding craziness. He really does have to put up with a lot. We even have a designated "wedding room" in our house that he probably has nightmares every time he walks by it. Haha. But I love him and I am so lucky to have a dad that sacrifices so much for me every day. 

And now the countdown..

9 more days until the best day of my life. :)

Ok, so Todd has left on a little trip for work again. So I've cleaned the whole house, wrote a whole bunch of thank you notes, did laundry, worked.. So a lot of exciting things happen when he is gone, obviously!
But lately all I've been doing is having tons of showers. Bridal showers that is. And normal showers of course. And i've been planning the wedding with my mom which has been way fun. She is the best wedding planner ever. Everyone should hire her.. i'm not kidding. The only reason why my wedding will ever be a success is because of her!
But anyways here are some pictures of the showers!

VanLeeuwen Shower

 Spainhower Shower (With my cute quilt from my sister)

Ward shower

And unfortunately, I didn't take any pictures at the Nyman shower! :( But I have been so blessed with all the wonderful people spoiling me and todd before our wedding. We are so excited. And I never knew I would get SO excited over a blender or a waffle maker. But I guess thats just what happens when you get married! Ha! I love it. And I have 1 more shower this weekend with all my friends. I can't wait! :) who knew getting married was so fun!

Also, we found out some exciting news.. My sister Lindsey and Jared are having a baby BOY in October! So exciting. I can't wait to spoil that little man rotten. I'm going to be his favorite aunt I already know! 

I think i will get him this shirt. Ha ha!

When Todd leaves..

Todd has been traveling a lot lately, which is no fun for bridezilla to be home alone! But i've surprisingly gotten used to it. I'm learning how to entertain myself. Last night I spent like almost 2 hours trying to make this **** blog look cute and I failed. But I wasn't even mad, because it passed some time. Haha. Pathetic.

But.. School is over so i'm excited to start focusing on the wedding more! I took my last final today and I am so relieved. And tomorrow I am moving in to me and Todd's apartment with some friends until we are married. Its the cutest place. I am so excited!

And the weather in Logan this week has been beautiful! I am so excited for summer. Its like an automatic good mood every time I see/feel the sun.

Welcome me to the blog world please?

I decided since Todd and I are getting married in 2 months, and we have a wonderful life, there are people out there that want to stalk us. And to all those stalkers out there- I understand. I know. We're Cool.

Haha, I already hate blogging. I think i'm going to be very bad at it. I'm not a very good writer.

But anyways. This blog is going to be about our lives. We are so excited to get married! Well, obviously. Look how cool I am:

and look how cool Todd is:

I think we make a pretty great couple..