longest . . . winter . . . ever

This winter just doesn't seem to end.  we've tried to make the most of it though. 

We had some hussies over for dinner in our apt.  Tanya made really good enchiladas!

We went ice skating with friends Jill & Jared, and Dani & Nic

Dani & Nic - Engaged like it's hot

My pants ripped open so bad, I had to wear this scarf around my leg to hide my shame

Decorating Valentines cookies with Grandma Phillips

A poem

Danielle and Brenden came to visit.  Brenden got his own baby banana cream pie.  Darls as usual.

Our First Christmas!

We had a great Christmas right after getting home from Hawaii.  It was kind of sad that we missed half the season, but . . . . worth it!  We got to do all the traditional stuff like decorating gingerbread houses and wearing Christmas PJ pants.  It wasn't even bad having to share Christmas between two families, it was just one party to the next. 

We made a Hawaiian beach house complete with palm trees and ocean with fish.

The extent of our Christmas decorating in our apartment

Brenden in his darls Santa suit he wore all Christmas Eve

Christmas Grillzzz

Christmas PJ Pants

Poppin' bottles all night

Sisterz

Church lady hats

White elephants - always a hit!

Coldest night of snowboarding . . . ever!

Our Utah Reception

    2 days after we got home from our honeymoon, we had our Utah reception at Le Jardin in Sandy.  It was supposed to be really low-key, but leave it up to our families to make it amazing and more than we could have imagined.  It was perfect, from the shaved ice to the cupcake wedding cake to the giant bowl of runts to the tropical flowers and everything else.  It was like paradise in the middle of a snowstorm.  Here are some of our favorite pictures, taken by Erin Gadd.

Le Jardin

Tanya and her girls

Gang's all here (Just missing Brian, Amy, and Ender)

G-ma and G-pa Freeman

Cutting our Cake

One of our random crumping outbursts during our first dance (really, the first dance was in Hawaii, but we did all the traditional stuff at this reception too)

Boquet toss

Caught by Sharla Klimt!

'Da garter

Pennie made me this amazing surfboard groom's cake

Shave Ice

The ladies who gave us our dream wedding

From flip flops on the beach to flip flops in the snow.  And THAT'S why we got married in HI

Honeymoon on Kauai

The night of our wedding we went to the Marriott on the west side of Oahu and stayed for 2 days. It was an amazing resort and we loved just relaxing and being alone after a busy week. Then we flew to Kauai for another week and loved it too. We rented a Jeep Wrangler and just did whatever we wanted for a whole week, including lots of shopping, surfing, laying out, the 8 mile hanakapiai falls hike, going to church in Hanalei (it was the primary program), hottubing a lot, and whatever else you do on your honeymoon . . . .

There were hammerhead sharks and stingrays at the Marriott

Laying out at the resort

The view from our Lanai

We blew it all and went to a big buffet with a chocolate fountain

Bubbas Burgers in Hanalei

Acai Bowl - not as good as the ones at Devocean

Bamboozle

Hanakapiai Falls

The Na Pali Coast

One day it was raining so bad so we drove toward the sunshine and ended up at the Hyatt on the south shore.  We hammocked and played in the pools and stuff.  When we went to use the waterslide, they asked where our wristbands were and we just walked away.  They caught us five minutes later and kicked us out . . . but it was fun while it lasted!

Chickens to boot

Mele Kalikimaka ma' nerds