One Year Anniversary!!!

Well one year ago (February 16th) we were married in Mesa, Arizona!

It's been an amazing first year for us and we're excited to start the new year together.

Tyler surprised me on our anniversary. It was on a Saturday so we were able to be together most of the day -- legit, holla!

We started the day by spending the night at Ashley & Tom's cabin in Midway on Friday night. We woke up with a lovely breakfast provided by the Swapps. Then we went down to Provo and went to the Provo Temple. It was quite different weather from our wedding at the temple in Mesa, just 40 degrees colder this year ... But it was great to be in the temple one year later.

Then we went over to Grandpa's for some shakes -- a tradition that's been fun throughout the year.

That night Tyler surprised me and we went to Ruth's Chris Steakhouse

We had good steak and they even brought us a dessert to celebrate our anniversary -- double chocolate .. mmm.

After dinner, Tyler had told me we were going to a Hotel so I had packed my bag before dinner. Unsure of where we were going -- we ended up here ...

Tyler's sisters Ashley & Jamie had decorated our apartment with roses similar to how Tyler proposed. It was super cute and super unexpected -- I was actually glad we were able to sleep at home. Our bed is better than any other hotel bed (and we had 8:00 church the next morning anyways...)

All in all it was a great day!!!

Oh.. and we were able to eat the cake from our wedding! Our cake company allowed us to get the top layer of our cake re-made for free on our anniversary if we gave them a studio quality picture of it for them to use. So we got it! And it was amazing!

Steven's Baptism

Our little brother Steven was baptized on Saturday so Tyler, Paige and I went down to Mesa for the weekend.

My mom planned it out perfectly to involve everyone: Paige and I sang a duet, Tyler gave the baptism talk, my brother baptized him, my dad confirmed him and my mom just sat back and watched it all happen.
It was pretty cool to see my 16 year old brother baptize my eight year old brother. They both seem to little to be doing this right now .. but I'm glad they're getting older and making the right choices so far!
Steven lost one of his front teeth last month so ... he had the lovely gap with the big tooth awkwardly coming in. Even so, he still looked so cute!
ALl dressed up in his suit...
After the baptism, family and friends came over to my house for a great lunch. Croissant sandwiches, yummy salads, the classic desserts I love! It was great ... and of course Steven got plenty of baptism books, hymn books, bookmarks, etc. and he allowed me to bring me all his presents while he sat in the big chair..
It was a great weekend with blue skies, green grass, and 75 degree weather!!