Merging Worlds

I have a countdown going (assisted by the little widget on the left side of our blog). Wow... only 16 days left until the wedding. Planning is in order and most things are complete. In the "planning process" I decided to gather pictures for a slideshow which will be shown at our luncheon and our Casper reception. Going through piles of old photographs facilitated floods of memories. I like to tell myself (or at least think) that I was a cute kid. Perhaps I'm biased, I don't know. I've decided to post some pictures on here so people who are less biased can provide an honest, accurate opinion. Is there really such thing as accuracy in an opinion?Only a couple days old... but I was blessed with lots of hair!

I often looked startled when getting my picture taken...


Trent's nephew McKay looks a lot like him :)


An athlete... at such a young age!

While some little girls had to wear dresses...


little boys got to play in the sand...


and little girls still wore dresses...


while little boys played with farm animals...


and still... more dresses.

Time's a Tickin'

It's exactly one month from the day Trent and I will get married. Crazy!! The last few months have really flown by. It's hard to believe that we've been dating over 14 months. When we get married, it will be exactly 15 months and one week since the day we had our first date. Wedding plans are coming along pretty well. Most things appear to be under control. I really haven't done too much as far as planning is concerned... that's because I have the best mom in the world!! I know she's taken a lot on herself to plan and organize. I really appreciate all she has done and continues to do to make everything perfect.
Jamie took our engagement pictures. We really liked how they turned out. We should be getting our invitations really soon to mail out. I liked this picture... Trent didn't like it as much so it's not on the announcement.
Even when we're taking pictures, there is time to have a little friendly competition. Trent didn't even move as I tried to heave him into the water. It's a good thing for me that he didn't retaliate to my attack by pulling back... or I would have been swimming.
We both liked this picture... the color effects make it great. It was too small to use on the announcement though so I thought I'd post it here. Good times...

Graduation - A couple weeks back

After many long years studying... I was finally able to graduate from BYU.

Trent got work off to come to the convocation Friday morning. Nice jacket Trent :)

My grandparents were both really proud of my graduation... probably since
I was their first grandchild to graduate from their alma mater.My brother even managed to get work off to be a support at the graduation.
He did a great job playing 'photographer' but was given a break a couple of times.

And that pretty much sums it up... Thanks for coming, Mom, Dad, Trent,
Justin, Grandma and Grandpa.

Tree Killer

This is from a year ago. Trent decided to push boulders down the mountain.
If you are a huge "green" person, you probably shouldn't watch. You might be offended.

This is my first attempt at blogging... I heard it can become very addicting. Since I'm already addicted to facebook, I figured I'd give it a shot :)

Winter has come and gone although sometimes it still feels like winter. Welcome to Utah! Trent and I spent a lot of time snowboarding up at Park City this year. A couple of times Jamie Jones (former MTC Comp) came up and took pictures for us. This was one of my favorites.

Now that winter is over... we are just getting ready for our wedding on June 28th. We are getting married in the Salt Lake Temple. After we're married, we'll be moving to our house in Lehi (hoping that it is built by then). I've found myself answering the question: "what're you going to do if your house isn't finished in time?" quite frequently. My patented answer is "we'll cross the bridge when we get to it". That's how we take things... one moment at a time.

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