2013

Happy New Year! 2013 was such a wonderful year full of first and fun. The highlight of my year would definitely be getting married. Crazy to think it's already been eight months from that day! It was such a perfect day that I will never forget. Thank you to my mom, and my Aunt Sid and other friends and family, for making EVERYTHING. From the decorations, food, cake balls, and flower arrangements everything was beautiful. Aunt Sid, you are so talented, I can't thank you enough for everything you do. These are only a few pictures from that day.. it's so hard to choose. One of these days I will blog specifically about our wedding day with more pictures!

I inherited a new family! They are all so great. I am excited to have seven new siblings, and seven nieces and nephews.

2013 was the year of moving for me and for Scott. I literally moved more this year than I have in my entire life. After the spring 2013 semester I moved from Logan to Sandy one day before our wedding, then from Sandy to San Diego. We enjoyed San Diego so much. It was extremely hard as newlyweds to only see each other (awake) for a couple hours a day. Scott would go and sell at eight and get home around 10, then I would go to the office around 10 and then get home at 10. We were exhausted all of the time, but looked forward to our short weekends when we got to explore San Diego. In August we moved back to Utah and lived in Orem for about four months. Now we are in Pleasant Grove and, thank heavens, are here semipermantly (thanks to our one year lease).

Getting ready to head to our new home in San Diego. 

Got to spend my 20th birthday at Sea World!

We spent a lot of time at the beach...

Six flags!

Paddleboardng with leapord sharks and seals. So fun, but so scary. This was one of our first arguments... Scott kept trying to tip our little kayak thing!

2013 was a brave year for me and my hair decisions. I tried some new things, other than highlights. Some turned out better than others. I decided to try a melt, which I loved but decided to go back blonde for my wedding. In San Diego I decided I wanted bangs... but I didn't know of any salons near. I found one right across the street, when I went in I was the only white person there. It was a salon that specialized in Asian hair. No one really spoke English, but I decided to get my bangs cut anyways and explained what I wanted using hand gestures. And this is what I got. Kind of wish I didn't  cut them because now they take forever to grow out. I also died my hair brown which was HUGE for me. I love it but miss my blonde hair.

There are so many other great things that happened this year and I wish I could share them all, but this is a long enough post! 2013 was such a special year, and a year I will never forget. I learned so much about myself, and about Scotty, and I feel so close to him. It was a great year that we got to spend with each other, and our families and friends. We have such amazing people, and examples in our lives, and are so blessed in so many ways. I am thankful that I was able to get sealed to my best friend, have new adventures, get to know my new family, and try new things this year.