Happy New Year!!

I'm not sure if I can describe how happy I am to say goodbye to 2010. Not because it was awful, on the contrary. I am a sucker for a fresh start,clean slate, and new beginnings. It was a busy year and I think I did okay for myself.

I started new goals. I read new books. I yelled a lot. I laughed a lot.

I lost weight. I gained weight.

I started new diets. I ate a gallon of ice cream by myself.

I sang and danced in front of people.

I went hiking and camping. I never got over my fear of bears.

I tried to take the high road. I acted like a stubborn child.

I spent more time with my sister. I fought more with my sister.

I held grudges from the past.I tried to forgive and forget past mistakes.

I quit a new job. I gained a new job.

I splurged. I saved. I bought things I didn't need. I got rid of a lot of stuff. I never kept my room as clean as I would have liked

I desperately wanted kids. I never wanted to have kids.

I tried new restaurants. I cooked more at home.

I went house shopping. I tried to get out of debt.

I spent hours in a puddle of water from my house getting flooded.

I was really glad my room was upstairs.

I tried to enjoy my last year living with my family. I really really tried.

I missed my grandma Billie. I cried a lot. I still talk to her all the time.

I got engaged. I started to plan my wedding.

I took a lot of pictures. I stopped hiding from the camera.

I realized my family is totally crazy and dysfunctional, and I fit right in.

I sat in bed all day and felt miserable. I felt miserable about feeling miserable about myself.

I saw my sister laugh so hard she peed her pants. I saw my dad cry for the first time.

I hated getting out of bed at seven in the morning on Christmas. I am really going to miss my siblings waking me up on Christmas morning.

I went to several weddings.I helped participate in a funeral.

I have never felt more like an adult. I wished I didn't have to grow up.

I didn't make my bed. I took naps in the sun. I was humbled. I got really excited thinking about the things that are in store for this coming year.

Most of all, I woke day after day and was grateful to have my family, my friends and you by my side.

Park City!!

Ryan and I wanted to go away for the weekend, so we decided to go to Park City!! We had such a good time, it's been awhile since we have been there and it was a much needed vacation. It was such a nice relaxing weekend, the weather was perfect and it wasn't to busy. We spent all day shopping at the outlets and the nights trying new restaurants and just hanging out in the city.








We stayed at Peaks hotel. It was really nice! They had a
indoor pool and jacuzzi, a nice Cafe and a Sports Bar.

Downtown!!

We ate at 350 Main. It was a really fancy restaurant.

They had good food, but kinda pricey


We also tried Wasatch Brewery! It was so good, we will

definitely go there again.

The Proposal!!

I'm finally engaged!! It only took 5 years 3 months and 25 days to get a ring!! Haha not that I'm counting! The day Ryan proposed we had plans to go to Sundance. I didn't suspect a thing I thought it was just another date night. Ryan isn't very good at surprises, so the fact that this was a total surprise is really saying something. We got up the canyon and it was the perfect day. The weather was so nice and the fall colors were so pretty! We walked around a little bit, then we decided to take the ski lift up the mountain. We were one of the last people on and it was almost closing, so we barely made it. It was such a scenic ride up but at first I was just scared. I have a little fear of heights, and we didn't see the bar to put down in front of us on our seat. Ryan said maybe they didn't have a bar to put down!! So I was basically freaking out and the higher we went the worse I got. Then we saw that the people on the other side had a bar in front of them. We eventually figured it out, or I might be telling a different story! I finally calmed down and started to enjoy the view. I felt bad afterwards because I almost ruined the moment with me being so paranoid! We kept talking and then Ryan started saying some really sweet things about us and our future. I remember thinking wow he is really being nice today! LOL. He kept talking and I had no idea that he was proposing. Then I saw the ring!! I was in total shock, I kept thinking holy crap! In fact I think I said that over and over! I kinda fazed out a little bit and he kept talking and talking, saying all these sweet things. Then I started crying! I was totally lost in the moment, it was so perfect, he is so perfect, and my ring was just so pretty! Ryan said that he was so nervous all day long, and it was one of the longest days ever!!! It is so fun being engaged, it feels just so different. We have always talked about our future, but now it feels so real! I am really excited to take the next step and get married!! Even though planning a wedding is going to a difficult journey itself (especially with my mother). We haven't set a date yet, but we were thinking maybe spring or early summer of next year!








The fall colors were so pretty!


My wonderful Fiance!! Heehee


Look how high!! A lot higher then the one at Lagoon!




Don't we make a cute couple!!


My beautiful ring!! Yes I picked it out a couple months before!
I'm surprised he remebered the one I wanted!

Goodbye Summer Campouts!!

I love camping in the summer! I love the outdoors, hiking, being up in the canyon, the camp fire, eating good food, and getting away from home . We have been camping a few times this summer up AF canyon and Jollys campground up Spanish Fork canyon. We have so much fun just hanging out around the fire, and playing games all night. And the food!! We have bbq's that are amazing, and tons of snack food, we are just eating the whole time!! I don't even mind sleeping in a tent, even though I am terrified of bears the whole night. I wish we would have gone camping more this summer, because I miss it already!

Ryan's little obsession

Ryan has loved hunting for as long as I've known him, but I think his obsession has gotten worse over the years especially with him working at Cablelas. This year Ryan wanted to try something new and he put in for the archery hunt. Since the season started he has been obsessed! That's all he will talk about, he comes home and tells me all these stories and uses his fancy hunting lingo. And most the time I have no idea what he is talking about, but I try to be supportive (to some extent). I know he loves it a lot because he wakes up at 4 am on his days off to go! He has bought all this fancy equipment, and shoots arrows in my backyard all the time. He has even got my brother obsessed, they go together all the time. Then they will come home and be so excited that they even saw a deer. You really can't be around the two of them when they get started talking about it. Ryan recently had a incident where Ryan and Cody went hunting up the canyon. My brother wasn't being to safe and left his arrow on his bow and Ryan ran into the arrow and it punctured his leg pretty deep. He had to go to the hospital and was walking around on crutches for days. And the only thing he was upset about was that he couldn't go hunting for a week! He was counting down the days to go again. He hasn't shot a deer yet, and he's been really upset about it, but I know he has a good time anyway. Now that the archery season is almost over he's already talking about duck hunting!

The Gardens

This was our first time to the Gardens at Thanksgiving Point! We were starting to wonder why we haven't been before because it was so pretty and definitely not what we expected! They have a ton of flower gardens(obviously) and the place is soo big there is so much to see! We went when it was really hot so we didn't get to see everything, so we still might go back this year:)

Bear Lake!

I use to go to Bear lake all the time when I was younger but its been awhile since I went back, so I was really excited that we planned our summer family vacation there. We rented a huge house with all my family from my moms side. It was really nice to spend time with family and all my cousins are so much fun!!! Bear lake is really pretty the water is soo clear and the beaches were awesome! We spent a lot of the time on the beach playing games in the sand or we were on the boat tubing. Ryan and I were so worried about getting burned we were obsessive with the sun screen (especially Ryan) so we didn't even get that great of a tan :( But we had a great time anyway. On the last night all of us went to a dance because we were all bored. We thought it was going to be pretty lame; but it turned out to be so much fun we danced for hours and even Ryan busted a move. Hahaha!!