Love Story Chapter Uno

Well first to start this wonderful story it is the beginning of February 2010.  I was working as a baker at Smart Cookie Company and lets just say my life was pretty pathetic.  With working 50 hours a week and having to wake up at four in the morning I didn't get around to do anything.  I had graduated from high school the last year and was working to get some money saved up.

 I came home one day after a long days of baking thousands of cookies.   When I came home my sister had her friend over Kayla Gogan.  After talking it was decided that Kayla was going to set me up with her brother Tyler.  HA you know how those things work.  They don't.  So I just blew it off

I couple days later my sister informed me that they had given Tyler my number.  HA again you know how these type of things work. They don't.  So once again I just blew it off.  Then the unexpected happened.  Yep I got a text message, not as good as a phone call, but hey it was working somewhat.

After days of pointless texting he finally decided to call and as me on a date.  Except he didn't really ask me on a date.  I was asked hey you want to go play today?  What on earth? Go play? Who does this boy think he is.  After a lot of talk with my girlfriends and mom, I decided to go.  I was so nervous.  I had never met this boy had no idea what he looked like or how he was.  Pretty much a blind date, no what a lets go play.... this boy.

He came and picked me up and well what do you know he was cute and didn't smell bad.  This date was already going well, if it even was a date.  We immediately started talking and it was so easy to talk to each other.  It ended up being the best first date of all time. (Clarification: I realized it was a date when he payed for my ice cream, and well treated it like a date) Of going and getting ice cream and hanging out in Ikea.  We talked for hours and hours late into the night.  The chemistry was definitely there.

Yes this is an actual picture of our first date.  It was
taken on Tyler's phone.

We already were wanting to see each other constantly.  We got along so well we didn't even have to try to talk or come up with something to do.  The hand holding and snuggling began.  It was now February 10th and I wouldn't be seeing Tyler for a couple of days.  Valentines day was approaching at the bakery and let me just tell you it is complete HELL. Working 18 hours a day, yeah I would say HELL.  I had so many orders and so many people come in for gifts it is unbelievable.  Who would have known.  Valentines day is apparently the time you order thousands of cookies and buy cookies.  

As I was saying my goodbye to Tyler for the next couple of days I thought for sure he was going to kiss me.  I was pretty darn sure.  All the signs were there.  And I wanted to kiss him.  As we said a long goodnight I finally left to go inside to my house.  On my way up the driveway I was thinking I can't believe he didn't kiss me! Well halfway up the driveway Tyler says "Jenn, wait come here." This was it he was going to kiss me.  I went back and he hugged me and looked at me for a really long time then he said, "Jenn, your a good person."  Then he got in his car.  What the heck? I'm a good person? No kiss? This boy. 

Honeymooners

THE HONEYMOON

Tyler's Father's side was so generous enough to give us a wonderful night at the Castle Creek Inn before we headed to our destination the next day. We stayed in the Rapunzel's Tower room and it was so fantastic!

The next day we were to head to VEGAS.  Our midway stop to our final destination. As we left our car I noticed somehow all the oreos that were put on our car had suddenly disappeared during the night.  As we drove I came to realize little frosting foot prints all over our car and windows. Some lovely little animal came out of the trees and had a wonderful feast on our window stuck car oreos.

The drive to Vegas was long, but so great.  Tyler is so wonderful and drove the whole time.  It consisted of me sleeping, waking up and eating snacks and having good laughs, then me falling asleep again. 

When we got to Vegas we stayed at the Circus Circus.  Let me just tell you. WORST ROOM EVER. Definitely not the highlight of this honeymoon.  We ended up going to dinner and just roaming around wherever we felt like.  We got an awesome painting of our last name.

The next day we headed to our Final Destination DISNEYLAND.  The car ride was again the exact same.  It was so good to finally arrive and I was very pleased with our room this time.  It was great.

We then proceeded to take on Disneyland.  It was so great we were able to have a lot of fun, even though it was quite hot and the lines were long.  We were pretty awesome thought because we got to see the inside of the Matterhorn.  It broke down as we were at the very tippy top.  Then once we were rescued by a Disneyland worker we got to see the whole inside of the ride as we walked down.  Yeah that is right be jealous. 

When our Disneyland adventures came to an end we headed home.  We drove straight through this time.  I didn't want to stay in another stupid room in Vegas.  We got to watch amazing lightning storms all the way home though!

Then it is back to the real world starting our married lives together.

The Perfect Day

I can not even describe how perfect and beautiful our wedding day was.  I started out the day bright and earlier to go get my hair and make-up done by Lindsey and Sunny.  Which I may say they did such an amazing job.  I've never felt so beautiful in my life.  From there my parents came to pick me up to go to the temple.  They also had Tyler with them and it was so great to see him.  On the car ride up to the temple everyone was feeling so much emotion.  I especially was so nervous, but so excited to marry Tyler.  

We got to the temple and did all of the check in stuff.  Before we got sealed Tyler and I were able to go to the celestial room for a good little while.  It was nice to be with Tyler and sit in a nice calm spiritual place before all the buisiness of the day began.  We had such an incredible time sitting and talking to each other.  Then we went into the sealing room and so many wonderful people were there for us.  I was such a baby all day long so I immediatley started crying.  Our sealer was so great he did such an amazing job talking to us before.  Everyone commented on how that was the best sealing they had ever been too.  After the sealing we were able to hug everyone and see them.  It was so great to have so much love and support there for us.  Tyler and I then went our seperate ways to get into our wedding day attire to go take pictures outside. 

 When we went outside the temple there were so many people out there yelling for us and to greet us.  With just being inside the quiet temple at first it was extemely overwhelming.  We were able to take lots of great pictures with the family.  Then after do mine and Tyler's pictures.  We had such much fun walking around the temple grounds together and talking with our wonderful photographer Joe with Creativ Productions.  He did such a wonderful job in taking great pictures and keeping the day great and happy.  At first I was a little stressed because it was very windy outside.  Then Joe reminded me our engagements and my bridal pictures it was extremely windy also, and those turned out amazing! Then I was able to just go with the flow and smile pretty. :) 

 After our pictures we left to go the lucheon.  We had the luncheon at the church by my house.  The Relief Society set it up and decorated and Tyler's mom and sisters did the food.  It was absolutely perfect!  My wonderful cousin David played beautiful music on the Piano.  It was very calm and relaxing.  Then I had Tyler's sister Kayla sing mine and Tyler's song to him.  She did such an amazing job and of course that made me cry too.  Soon after my Uncle Rob and Aunt Leslie also sang me and Tyler a song, and yes I did cry again.  After the luncheon I went back to my house to freshen up before we went to the ring ceremony, more pictures, and the reception.  

We had our reception at the Stake Center and had Legacy Weddings come in and decorate.  When I got there it was even better than I had ever pictured.  It was so amazing I couldn't even believe it.  We then did our ring ceremony for those who were not able to attend our temple sealing.  My bishop, Bishop Bassett, did the ceremony.  He did such a great job in describing what type of things went on in the temple and including those who weren't able to come.  After that we again took some more pictures with family and friends.  Then we started the reception.  It was so great to have so many people come to see us.  A lot of people came that I hadn't even expected! We both felt so much love and support for everyone.  

Soon after the line started dying down, Mr. Tyler decided he was done being in a wedding line and precided to leave.  Even though most of the people had come and gone through the line, some people who came through we would have to go find Tyler so they could see him.  It was actually very funny, and made me decide I was all done with the line. :)  

Then came the all waiting cutting of our cake.  If you don't know me and Tyler very well we are VERY competitive especially with each other.  I kindly told Tyler that if he was nice to me I would be nice to him, and that if he shoved it in my face he would get it 100 times worse.  Yes, you guessed it Tyler procceded to shove cake in my face, it wasn't too bad, but with my competitive self I shoved it ALL OVER Tyler's face.  His whole face was now smeared in cake and frosting.  It was great, even though I did feel I little mean after seeing the damage I had done with cake EVERYWHERE.  Then to follow we did the bouquet and garter toss which was super great and fun. 

 We had some dancing and our wonderful DJ Tyler's Uncle Tracy.  He did such a great job.  Then something suspicous started happening.  I could not find Tyler, then at that moment I knew he was up to something.  He finally appeared and they put a chair in the middle of the dance floor and asked me to come sit on it.  Tyler then started thanking everyone for coming and went off on how great the day was and how great it was.  I could tell he was extremely nervous.  I could tell he was starting to stall a little because of his nervousness.  Then they started Michael Jackson's song The Way You Make Me Feel.  This was so important because Tyler loves Michael Jackson, and Tyler is very good at hitting the high notes when he is singing along to him.  I mean he is really good!  I would always ask Tyler to do it for other people, but he never would, and now he was.  It was probably on my top five moments of the wedding day.  It was extremely sweet but so hilarious at the same time.  He also added his own choreography to it which my I add was funny and embarrassing, especially since he made it quite seductive and my grandparents were there. 

 After that we continued the dancing, and Tyler and I realized how tired we were and we were ready for the night to come to an end.  We played one last song and it was Journey's Faithfully.  My parents were dancing and they were both crying.  It was the most precious thing ever.  It made me and Tyler cry too.  It was a great moment of crying.  Tyler kept telling me sweet things while we were dancing.  Tyler and I then went and changed into some sweats to leave and everyone went outside make a tunnell of bubbles for us to run out in.  Of course with our family our car was very very decorated and the theme seemed to be flamingo's.  I'm not sure if there was supposed to be hidden meaning behind it that I never got.  Then all my sister's starting crying when I was leaving, it was so cute.  We procceded to leave for our HONEYMOON! :) Which is another chapter of our lives.