Bridals+Groom

well i keep tRying to upload moRe but bloggeR is being Really difficult foR some Reason. anyway, my awesome fRiend jon took us downtown (slc) so that we could get some bRidals and couple pictuRes done. he did an awesome job. cant wait to see what he does with the actual wedding!

Family and Food

my bRotheR, aaRon, and his lovely, julia, bRought JAK out to califoRnia foR a little celebRatoRy tRip (julia is gRaduating) and Ryan and i weRe lucky to be able to meet them in laguna beach foR dinneR. la casa del camino is a hotel and the RestauRant inside is a local favoRite and with good Reason. the food was fantastic! it was nice to hang out with family and so fun to see that big fat baby. what a doll. dont you just want to eat his cheeks?
one of Ryan's favoRites, no bake cookies.
they aRe foR suRe yum, but for some Reason (our bet is humidity) it takes foReveR foR them to set up heRe...... ...Ryan doesnt wait. go me! i made banana bRead foR the veRy fiRst time. unsupeRvised and successfully.

the Recipe didnt say anything about chocolate chips so i just assumed they weRe implied.

red-neck pizza

so maybe it's haRd to think of things to make foR dinneR, especially when it's time foR anotheR tRip to the gRoceRy stoRe. i said, "well, theRe's fRench bRead so let's make pizza....we've got cheese, sauce, onion, tomato and an avacado...that's it." Ryan shRugged, "we have hot dogs and lunch meat. let's just thRow that on theRe too." so is boRn the Red-neck pizza.

engagements

Ryan's fRiend, dane, was nice enough to come play photogRapheR foR us so that we could get some engagements done. gotta put something on the announcement.

sea world!

my fRiend, megan, came to visit and i pRomised that Ryan and i would take heR to sea woRld foR heR late biRthday pResent and sea woRld is totally awesome. i had neveR been befoRe so eveRything was new and exciting. "dude"

i was kinda suRpRised that staR fish feel just like the Rocks they stick to.

this was my first time to sea woRld and so my fiRst time seeing shamu. yeah my jaw dRopped.

Ryan always makes fRiends so easy

kat and ben tie the knot

Ryan and i weRe able to get home foR kathRyn's (Ryan's sisteR) and ben's wedding. it was so gReat to be theRe to help them celebRate

this is how boys make themselves useful at weddings

paintball

i didnt get the cameRa out because i didnt want it damaged in the game and yes i RegRet it, i always do. anyway, Ryan asked if i wanted to go play paintball with some of the guys fRom the shop, assuRing me that otheR wives and giRlfRiends would be theRe. ok sounds like fun, i paintballed a little bit in jR. high. well jR. high was a long time ago and theRe stood kRisten and i amidst 12 maRines all holding functional fiReaRms......

....what a dumb place to be. the bottom one scaRRed. a daily RemindeR that to willingly allow myself to be shot by highly tRained men is just not smaRt.