4 Months

I have been married to this amazing man for 4 months. I can hardly believe how fast the time has gone.

I love you Justin. The past 4 months have been the BEST 4 months of my life! I'm so blessed to get to spend the rest of Eternity with you. xoxo

Zoo Lights

Last weekend Justin and I went to the Hogle Zoo, to see the Zoo Lights. We took our Brother & Sister-inlaw, Brett & Julianne, and their little Logan. We had fun. We ate dinner at Red Robin and then hit the Zoo. It was extrememly cold. And Logan wanted to RUN EVERYWHERE. There weren't many animals out, but we did see.... Tigers, Leopards, a Llama, a Buffalo, 2 Reindeers (Santa's to be exact), Monkies, Wild Cats, Alligators, and several more. The lights were really pretty! Thanks guys, for a fun date night!

Our Beautiful Tree

I L-O-V-E the Christmas season. And I was so excited this year to have my own home to decorate. We bought a real tree this year. (I love real trees.) Our home smells WONDERFUL! We had lots of fun picking out our tree and setting it up. Justin was such a good sport. And I absolutley LOVE our tree. It's so beautiful.




Bringing the tree home.




Decorating with lights and ribbon.



The finished tree.


Our stockings.



The finished product.

Thanksgiving

This year for ThanksGiving, Justin and I went to Arizona. It was so fun to be with my family. We had a relaxing holiday. The highlight of the trip......making Christmas Crafts. We decided to make home-made Christmas Wreaths this year. They turned out FABULOUS!!

(All the girls crafting)

(still busy at work)

(my wonderful, patient husband...while we were crafting)

(my BEAUTIFUL Mom....I miss this woman EVERYDAY!!)

The final product....hanging on our front door.

Our New Home!

It's been a while since I blogged. But, my camera is busted. (so sad) But lucky for me, my wonderful mother-in-law to be, took these pictures for us on moving day. I moved in to our new little home on Sept. 1st. It's been exhausting...but so much fun to set-up and decorate. I can hardly wait for Justin to move in and have our little home complete.

from the outside


front door view (that's me vacuuming my living room)



looking out the front door

kitchen

from the dining room

full kitchen

living room

bedroom

bedroom closet (this view looks small....but it's huge)

the bathroom (seriously...the biggest bathroom ever)

laundry room

My Dad

Brent Dean Orton  7/6/1954 - 9/7/2010

Surprise Bridal Shower!

I drove to Snowflake with Molly and my Mom this weekend to visit my family. We got up at 3am on Thursday morning and drove all day. We got here around 2pm. It's been so much fun to spend time with my family. After we had dinner, my loving Aunt, kindly suggested that I should change my clothes and look a little more presentable because she was having company come over. To my shock....it was a Surprise Bridal Shower. It was so much fun! I loved seeing all my Snowflake friends. And I got some really fun gifts. Thanks for a FABULOUS evening, Ladies!!!!

Yummy desserts....Cake & Fruit Pizza



My Aunt made this yummy and adorable cake. Thanks Marcie!!

Playing a game. Justin was in on it too!....5 pieces of Bubbalicious Gum. Sick!!

Opening Gifts

Thank you for the wonderful gifts everyone.