Merry Christmas from Dixie

"We all enjoy giving and receiving presents. But there is a difference between presents and gifts. The true gifts may be part of ourselves-giving of the riches of the hearts and mind-and therefore more enduring and of far greater worth than presents bought in the store...Our Heavenly Father has given us so many wonderful gifts...He has offered us His peace, His comfort, His love. And the greatest gift of all is love." James E. Faust

Well its been awhile since I've posted...Kyle made it through finals, thank goodness, and now he's putting in more hours at the credit union since he's not at school. As for me, I've just been keeping myself busy doing a little christmas shopping :) and working at the bank!
We wanted to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas! It will be our first Christmas together as newly weds...yipee!!! Its crazy to think that Kyle and I got back together around this time last year. Its been an amazing year and I'm so thankful to have him in my life. The Lord has truly blessed me.
We're planning on going up north on the 26th and staying for a couple of days so I'll post some of our adventures when we get back...

Thanksgiving away from home....

Yeah...we were a little lazy and got all dressed up in our sweats to go to the strip...but hey its Vegas right....anything goes! ha ha ha

Sittin around the fire roasting marshmellows


Well it was mine and Kyle's first Thanksgiving together and unfortunately with our work schedules we were unable to make it up north to be with our family. So instead, Mike (he works with Kyle) invited us to go to Vegas and spend Thanksgiving with his family. We left Wednesday and drove down......We had a little free time that night so we drove the strip and went shopping at the forum shops. We even had time to make a stop at the little white chapel for a picture. Overall it was a fun thanksgiving. It was a little different not being with family during a holiday, but we're glad we were able to spend it with friends.

Yep...I can cook :)

Tuesday after work, Britget came over and we made some pies to take down to Vegas with us for Thanksgiving. It was our first time making pies by ourselves, and I think we pulled it off....although my sister would like you to believe I can't cook.... We made two pumpkin pies, one banana cream, and my favorite...cherry :)

More Wedding Pics

Snow Canyon Caves

Last Saturday after work, Kyle I went with some friends to Snow Canyon State Park. It was so nice to get outside instead of being stuck in an office all day long. We headed down into the cave and it was pretty narrow and really dark. Bart was the only smart one who brought a flash light and the glow-sticks that we spent an hour hunting down, got left in the car....... so need less to say it was pretty hard finding our way around with 8 other people. On the way back out, we encounter a little problem....or may I say "large" problem. An older lady had gone down in the caves with her kids. She was not in the best of shape and carrying a couple extra pounds. So Kyle and some of the guys had to help hoist her out. Oh and to make matters even better, she had a huge tear in the back of her pants (Kyle enjoyed the view....just kidding babe!!! ha ha ha)....They finally got her out of the cave, and of course she had to stop for a smoke break cause it was pretty exhausting. I seriously don't know what she was thinking......Anyway we had a lot of fun :)

This is the entrance to the cave.


Holy cow, look at the huge goat flying through the air. Amazing!!!!

L to R: Mckenzie and her husband....P.S. she's 5 months prego, Bart, Kyle's friend from Heber and his girl-friend Shelly. And me and Kyle

Rock Band Anyone?

The other night Kyle and I went over to Bridgett and Mike's house to chill. Mike mentioned Rock Band and Kyle jumped on it. We were nothing like the Shwiguz (its the name of Kyle's band back at home....its chinese) but we had a lot of fun!

We'll Miss You Grandpa

On October 30, 2008, I got a call from my mom telling me that my grandma had just passed away. I had been preparing myself all week for the news, but the tears began to fall. Its hard losing a man that has been a part of my life for 22 years.

As we headed up north, I was dreading it. Knowing the reason for our trip made it hard and I kept telling Kyle I didn't want to go. The part I dreaded the most was when I would walk into my grandma's house and not see grandpa sitting in the living room watching tv like he had been almost everytime I went to visit.

The funeral services were perfect. My dad, VaunaDee, and Chris spoke. All the girls sang love at home, and then for the closing song Crae, dad, Chris, and Doug sang a medley of country songs. The last song they sang was happy trails; a song that will forever remind me of the times I spent up at grandpas house.

Its times like these that I realize what an amazing family I have and I'm so greatful for that. As I listen to my dad speak about memories of his dad, it made me think of how hard it would be to lose a parent, no matter the age. I just hope I never have to see that day.

I looked up and admired my grandpa; his sense of humor, his work ethic, his love for his family, and of course grandpa would not be grandpa without his temper. Here are a couple memories I have that I will always hold dear of my grandpa:

• Driving down creamery lane and seeing him on his 4-wheeler or tractor feeding the cows or just driving through the herd
• Grandpa always had a belly and he would tell us granchildren that he swallowed a watermelon seed and it was growing inside of him
• Cooking a nice hamburger late at night for dinner with plenty of pepper
• Driving up and seeing him on the front porch, listening to music, watching his cows, peacocks or hores, or whittling canes. After a horse ride, I would always go sit with him and talk for awhile
• He would always call me jelly and ask if I had brought him some beer.....why?? I have no idea
• His crazy comb over hair.....that when it was actually combed :O
• And of course his jokes!!!

Happy Trails to you grandpa......till we meet again!

Love you!!!!

Wedding Pictures!!!

Well I've finally got around to posting some of the wedding pictures. There are still tons and tons, but its taking too long to upload so I'll have to make a slideshow and post more, but these are some of my favorite:)
It was everything I ever dreamed it would be and so much more!!!

Cute Girls!!!

Look how handsome...especially the one in the pink tie:)

The whole fam at the temple. Pay attention to the cute little screaming girl in the left corner....precious!

Peach Party and Birthdays

It been forever since I've been able to blog. So much has happened. I've gotten married, been on a honeymoon to Mexico, moved to St. George and been chillin down here for about a week and a half now. I haven't received my pictures from my wedding yet so I haven't been able to post anything....And my cable for my camera is back in good ole' Coalville so It will be about another 2 weeks before I get it. So I borrowed some pics off of Anne's camera and hopefully I'll put some others up soon. St. George has been fun. Its been a lot of changes but Kyle and I are enjoying it.

Last Friday, Kyle and I woke up early and went and picked peaches in Hurricane for a little church service. We took some peaches home for ourselves and on Saturday we had a massive 4 hr peach party at Jace and Anne's house. We made a ton of jam and canned so peaches. It was hard work, but a tons of fun. I've never made my own jam before. I've always had my mom there telling me what to do and I was her little helper so it was a really good experience for me.


Wow my shirt is clean!!!


Workin hard!!! Kyle was pealing peaches while Jace cooked them and I was making the jam


Yeah we pretty much had peaches coming out of our ears, but we had a lot of fun!

This is Zander and I swimming in the kitty pool. We all went to the pool at Coral Canyon for Aliyah's Birthday.

Kyle and I chillin at Jace and Anne's for Aliyah's Birthday

I'll do anything to make kids laugh!!! I know I look ridiculous

My Final Week as MSC 2007

Me and the new queen, Holly....And to think we actually won a beauty contest ;)!!!

My final walk as MSC 2007

Kyle and I after the pageant

4th of July parade in Park City

Well I figured since I have 2 spare secods I would hurry and write a post. I have been so crazy busy trying to get invitations out and little things done for the wedding plus work on top of that that I feel like I'm losing my mind!!!!

This week is Miss Summit County tryouts so I've had workshops every night. The pageant is Thursday where I will give away my crown to the next title holder. It crazy cause kyle and I waited for this week to get here cuz that meant we could finally get married and I could have my money. But now that the date is finally here, I'm a little sad. It crazy how fast this year has gone by. I have had so many fun experiences being in the pageant and representing my county these past couple of years. Not many girls can say that they have the chance to eat dirt falling off a yearling bull at the little backaroo :) And as sad as I am I'm excited to see what the rest of my life has in store for me. I want to wish all the contestants the best of luck on Thursday!!!

My Wonderful Fiance

So I just wanted to say thanks to my Future Hubby!!!! I was crazy busy at work yesterday with 6 back to back appointments and no lunch in between. By the end of the day I was exhausted and ready to go home. I picked up the phone to text Kyle letting him know I was done. I put my phone down, turned around and there he was holding a rose in his hand!!! It was the cutest thing and I was so happy to see him!!! It totally made my day!!!! Thanks babe for being so thoughtful!!! You're amazing and I couldn't have asked for a better fiance!!! I love you!

Las Vegas

This weekend I went down to Vegas with a couple of girls. We went to the Esthetic, Cosmetic and Spa conference. It was huge and I bought way too much stuff. After 4 days in Vegas in the middle of the Summer I was glad to come home.

Chillin at the convention


Brittnie and I got our make up airbrushed. It was pretty sweet!

A whole lot of 4 wheeling!

The past couple of weeks Kyle and I have been 4 wheeling a lot. We found this really cool spot in the mountains by my house. There's a pond and clearing that is perfect for a fire and camping. The only bad part is there is tons and tons of cow crap and you end up with it all over. We'll have to take care of that one some how. We've been taking all our friends up there to show them so here are some pics


Jesse and Abby



Wow babe...lookin good!

So cute!

Now doesn't that look comfortable!!! We decided to sleep out on the tramp the night that Jesse and Abby came up and boy did we get a great nights rest. Jesse and Kyle slept on the outside and me and Abby slept in the middle I think I had to wake Kyle up at least 3 times and tell him to move over so I could at least turn on my side.

Jen and I roasting Marshmellows

Jen and John Me and Kyle

Here's Kyle, Jen and John trying everything possible to light a match and get a fire going....we were down to the last two matches and thanks to Kyle we had a fire that night.

The goofy Face

Ever since I've met Kyle, I noticed him and his mom would always pull this face. I was so jealous and finally after a year of hard work, I can say I've finally mastered it. Practice does make perfect :) Finally I can be accepted as a Tanner.

Fiji Pics

So I've been working all day on this slide show....with a little help from Jen and I managed to scrapbook 4 pages on photoshop! Yea!!! I think I've had enough today... so I'm taking a break and I'll finish some more later.

Fiji was amazing!!! We had a really good time laying out at the beach, snorkeling, cooking easy mac, and shopping at the local market (that was a little scary!!!). After living Saturday twice and a long plane ride, we finally made it home safe and sound with a lovely tan :)! I hoping maybe one day I'll get to go back.