getting closer

he's so handsome!


well, i haven't posted much lately, it seems like things are always so busy, so much to do! but we're reaching the 1 month mark (we're only 32 days away)! and only 25 more days til graduation. yay! there's not much new to report though, we're still just pluggin away, getting excited for the big day and finishing up big plans.

(if we don't have your address yet, send it to us ASAP.)

my mom is the greatest!

i know, i know. you all think your mom is cooler than mine, but it just isn't true!
my mom is amazing! i've always known this and appreciated it, but it's been really amazing to have her here to basically do everything for the wedding. she works so hard to make sure that everything goes just the way i want.

this morning we went shopping and she bought me sheets for our bed, an awesome set of dishes and a temple dress. then we came home and she worked some more on my wedding dress! she is such an amazing seamstress, she can sew anything! for my dress, i drew a sketch of what i wanted and she took a bunch of patterns, pieced them together and the dress looks even better than what i had in mind! it's amazing. i tried it on last night and wanted to keep it on until dallin got to my house so he could see it, but obviously mom wouldn't let me, because it would have ruined the surprise

so, anyways, here is a shout out to my mom. thanks so much for all the hard work you do to take care of us everyday and for all the work on the wedding. i'm just imagining having to plan this and do everything on my own and it makes me start to hyperventilate. so thanks again! i love you so much!

birthday mayhem

after taking pictures on saturday and going to wendy's with dallin, steve, and alana, we headed back to my house. little did i know that there was a birthday party waiting for me! thank you kati and dallin (and anyone else that planned that didn't tell me), it was so fun. we had LOTS of delicious treats and a pinata, ping pong and the wii! thanks for the funnest 23rd birthday party everyone!

engagement pictures

so last saturday dal & i had our engagement pictures taken. dal's best friend steve took the pictures and we are so happy with them. we took the pictures down at the old railroad station in lehi and the buildings around that.
here are a few of our favorites:



thanks steve! and thanks alana for being his wonderful assistant!

the search is over

we found an apartment! dal's cousins jake and tyra own this little red brick complex and they found an opening for us! it's just off of center street and vine street in murray. our apartment is the one on the top left.


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entertainment. courtesy of many cell phones

power ranger. at BYU. enough said.



i'm not sure if i should laugh or cry. now don't hate, i'm not being political or anything.



and who could forget this? still makes me laugh.



yes, i'm bringing back the old school with this one. JLB, "crashing" on his bike. before he left for DC and then came back



thank you ashlee

the big news that everyone already knows about

haha, well it's been about a month since i posted last, and i'm usually better about that. life is crazy always, but it seems like this last month has been even crazier! i'm almost embarrassed to post now since it's been as long as it has, but if jana can make a killer comeback, i can at least try to make a normal comeback :)

so the big news. haha. you already know.

dallin proposed on feb 21st, and we're getting married on may 1st! (may day. or mayday. take that how you will...) the day he proposed, he took me out to lunch at cafe rio (you know berk would approve if she were here) and then after work we went for a ride on his ruckus (which we have lots of memories on) and rode down to the park where he kissed me for the first time. at this point, i had no idea what he was planning, but we were driving around and saw some flowers on one of the benches. he said, "hey, i think those are for you!" and i said "no they aren't, some poor girl probably just left them here." and he tried to convince me that they were mine, but i didn't believe him until he said, "i'm pretty sure they're yours, because they're from ME." haha. well, we walked over to the spot where he had first kissed me and he told me he loved me and asked if i would marry him! i sat there SMILING huge and just looking at him. after about ten seconds (if you ask him, he'll say it was at least a minute) he said, "PLEASE SAY YES." so i laughed and said "yes, of course!"

we are so excited to be getting married (it's 57 days away, and no of course we haven't been counting down for months...) and start this new adventure!