Ashley and Travis are MARRIED!!! Plus Family Gatherings

Coming out of the Salt Lake City Temple after getting married. Their wedding morning was pretty chilly, but wasn't too crowded because it was early.





The happy couple!

SISTERS!!!

Dad and Daughter at reception.



Tired after a long wedding day. I was a bridesmaid and Tyler was a groomsman.

Family Christmas Party the next day!!!

Steve sitting in Grandma's old wheel chair using it as a chair.

Earlier in the month Ashley had a few Bridal Showers. This one is at my Mom's house. My mother-in-law also gave Ashley a bridal shower at her house for the old ward members.

Sister-In-Laws!

Cousins!

Random picture at Christmas in front of Christmas tree.

Introducing Wheaties Boy!

This was Tyler's wonderful Halloween Costume. I got all different angles just to show you how funny this costume really is.

Notice how his hands look like they are really coming out from his arms! HA! He held his hands like this so it would match up for most of the night.


And a close up. Gotta love those cute dimples! When we went to our Ward party Tyler scared a lot of the little kids and he had a hard time getting through doorways and eating dinner. Good times!


And I was a witch. Our costumes really didn't match. We were just proud of ourselves for dressing up this year. I always want to dress up and Tyler never does. This year I finally got him to do it and he was a hit

This is our weak attempt at carving a pumpkin. We've never been the real artsy type. The mouth is super big and low because we were in charge of "pumpkin golf" at our ward party.

Jason and Christina threw a really fun Halloween party and made us do some crazy things like put our faces into whip cream until we found a piece of bubblegum and then blow a bubble.

Gearing up for the fun.

Classic picture of Tyler.

Time To Catch Up...

Well now I have to catch up with all my pictures, so here it goes. Tyler and his family went to Texas to see his brother's mission. I didn't go because I had to work. My Mom came and stayed with me instead...that's when the tornado hit. Tyler says they had a lot of fun seeing all of the places that his brother served in San Antonio, Texas. This is on the river walk in San Antonio.

Cute picture of Lu and her two boys.

Tyler and his family visited the Alamo.

And then of course they hit up Sea World.

Also this summer, Tyler and I enjoyed playing sports in the great outdoors of Tennessee. This just shows how many trees there are here in Tennessee. This is on the golf course. We even saw two deer when we went golfing.

I'm not that great at golf...in fact I swing just like a softball player so it doesn't work out too well for me.

As for Tyler though...he has a really good swing.

Now to something a little more up to my speed. SOFTBALL! Too bad it's not fast pitch...but I guess slow pitch will have to do. We had a ton of fun playing on a team in Memphis this season. I was one of two girls on the team. It's always fun to be on the same team with Tyler. When we're on opposite teams it gets quite competetive, especially when we're playing ping pong, raquetball, or tennis.

Tyler is a really fast base runner

But sometimes when he really gets into base running...he slides and this is what happened. His leg took weeks to heal and I think he still has a little scar. (scroll past the picture if you don't like blood and guts!)

And after the game...we of course had to celebrate at Waffle House.

And this is my family reunion that I wasn't able to go to because I live so far away....sad! But they had a lot of fun. My great grandma is 96 years old and still doing really good.

Little Sister Getting Married!

My little sister and her cute fiance are getting married in the Salt Lake Temple in December. We're all so excited for them. These are just four of her engagement pictures.



They took these pictures in Logan, UT. My cousins Georgana and Jackie took the pictures for her. I think they did a great job! To see more of Georgana's photography you can go to this link...http://georganahall.typepad.com/. She is awesome.



Riding off into the sunset!

Last Day of Summer Forecast

Since I haven't posted in awhile, I thought I'd quickly throw up my last day of summer forecast. It's nothing too exciting but I'm ready for my favorite season to start. I love fall. Say goodbye to the heat and humidity.

Celebrating 3 Years in Hot Springs, Arkansas!!!

To start off...Tyler and I have been married for 3 years!!! I can't believe how fast the time has flown by.

So for our anniversary we decided to go out and explore Arkansas...Hot Springs Arkansas to be exact. This is the bridge that you cross to go from Tennessee to Arkansas over the Mississipppi River.

This is just one example of the big churches you come across in the south.

And this is what we found when we got to Hot Springs, Arkansas. It's the boyhood home of President Bill Clinton...interesting! We also saw Clinton's house that he grew up in. It is a small white southern looking house that someone else now lives in.

Hot Springs Arkansas is a little town that was settled back in the 1800's and was known for it's hot "magic" healing waters. We watched a documentary that said that back in the 1800's, doctors would send their patients to bath houses (pictured above) so they could soak in the hot springs and get rid of their diseases. People really thought this worked. The bath houses were known for their massages back in the 1800's, hot spring baths, and all kinds of spa treatments. I was surprised to find out that spas actually existed way back then.

This is another old building built over 100 years ago.

The coolest thing about this town is that it is a national park. So when you're in their little downtown area on main street, there are hiking trails that lead up to the top of what they consider to be their "mountains"(much smaller than Utah and Idaho mtns.), but it was still a fun hike. You could even hike to hot water springs. This is us on the trail.

Us at the top...it is really green here!

On the hike there was a fountain where they've made it so cold spring water comes out so you can get a drink. Tyler and I filled up our water bottles. There were seriously people who had come from hours away with tons of milk cartons and huge water jugs to fill up on the spring water. They say they drive here every couple of months to fill up because they love the taste of the hot springs water. Tyler and I thought it tasted fresh but kinda weird!

This is an old army/navy hospital built over 100 years ago.

Get ready for what you see behind me...it's a huge truck that can turn into a boat. Tyler and I were convinced by the tour guides to take their tour. It was pretty sweet though because they toured the city and then all of the sudden we drove right down into a lake and the truck had a propeller on the back, turned into a boat and we drove around on the lake.

Then there was the wax museum. I don't think it was one of the nicest wax museums around because parts of it felt like a haunted house. Some of the wax people were falling apart. But here's ELVIS!!!

And of course President Obama. I think this wax figure makes him look really old. Even though I've noticed Obama has a lot of gray hair lately.

Bill Clinton's wax figure is pretty good, but what's up with Hillary?!?

Then we found this cute little popcorn shop that had any kind of popcorn flavor that you could imagine. I loved it of course, I can't get enough of popcorn!

Dinner on the lake.