What to do with a winter wedding...

I had never wanted to get married in the winter, but then it just happened to be that time of year when Bret and I decided to tie the knot. I am happy about how my Bridals turned out, the white dress against the snow contrasted by my dark hair. Dave Roth, a professional photographer who just so happened to be married to my coworker, took my Bridals and Wedding Photos. (Side Note: buy the rights to your photos. It is worth the money.)

We decided that Little Cottonwood Canyon was the place to go. Bret's sister, Donna, recommended having Bret there, and it proved to be great advice. My mom was there to help and support me (which she always does).
Anne, Bret's sister, let me borrow her beautiful wedding dress. Christie Nichols, my friend and my sister's best bud, made the cape that matches perfectly. Of course my sister was there helping to pick out the material and other such things.

The pictures were taken on December 15, 2006, it was a noticeably warm day because it was right before a storm (the warm before the storm).

In the beginning...

I thought to start off our blog I would start with how Bret and I got together.

We met down at Snow College at the beginning of our sophomore year. Bret likes to tell people that I yelled at him next to a garbage can, which is only partly true. I shouted out a friendly greeting as he was passing the garbage can. Either way it was the start of something great.

We got together March 12, 2004, and there was no turning back.

After graduating from Snow College spring of 2004, we had a great summer hanging out in West Jordan. That fall, I transferred up to Utah State University (Go Aggies!).

Bret went to Salt Lake Community College to continue working on prerequisites for pharmacy school.

For my senior year Bret transferred up to USU, and I was quite happy about that.

(Side note: I really like this picture because we match so well, but it was very unplanned. We were just reading scriptures one time, and one of my roommates pointed out our color coordination and took a picture.)

Bret found out that he had made it into Pharmacy School at the University of Southern Nevada's South Jordan Campus, and I graduated in Spring of 2006. We both moved back to West Jordan, and continued to date.

November 20, 2006

Bret proposed to me, and naturally I said yes. Because of Bret's school schedule we had to decide if we wanted to get married during Christmas Break or Summer Break (USN doesn't have a Spring Break, ugh!). We decided that there is no time like the present, and we set the date for December 27, 2006 (only 5 weeks after we got engaged).

We decided to have a dinner instead of a reception, and so we were not able to invite many people. Sorry to all that were left out, we still love you.

Here are some of our engagement pictures that were taken by my awesome friend and co-worker, Jessica Clark. We were driving up into Big Cottonwood canyon to find a spot to take the pictures, and there was a random waterfall off to the side of the road. I am happy with the way that they turned out.