My first bridals.....

Arianne is GORGEOUS!!! She was SO fun to shoot and made it a breeze!
Thank you Arianne for letting me try my skills out on you!

It was very difficult to choose which to post, but here's what I came up with.

She is a great sport. I couldn't shake that I wanted a book in some photos.

A few more of my favorites.....

We couldn't avoid the red door.
I mean seriously. How could you?

Congratulations Arianne on your engagement! Can't wait for the wedding day!!

Some egagements......

Hi everyone!! So my friend Arianne is getting married and somehow I talked her into letting me take her bridals and engagement photos. :)
So this is Arianne and her fiance, soon-to-be-husband, Adam. They are fantastic!!
And so incredibly nice to let me take their pictures.
I picked a few of my favorites. The first one (above this writing) is also Mitch's favorite.

Photo number 2:
Arianne is stunning!!! Adam had to humor me with kissing her on the cheek.
The kissing ones weren't his favorite to shoot.

From what I understand this next one is what they are using for their announcement.
And who isn't in LOVE with this wall!?!?

I love this photo. They are so happy and cuddly!

This last photo, I L-O-V-E!!!!!!
Again they had to humor me, but I was ecstatic about the turn out!

THANK YOU ARIANNE AND ADAM!!

The Most Wonderful Wedding!

The day we've all been waiting for is here! Our wedding photos came! We are very happy with how they turned out and we had an extremely great time reliving our day through the pictures and memories we had. It started with an incredible brunch at the University of Utah's Alumni House. Which was perfect for us because Mitch had spent so much time there in college.

After brunch Mitch and I headed to the temple. It was such a surreal feeling. So many feelings. Anxiety, calmness, excited, nervousness, happiness, an invigorating feeling, a dazed feeling but the most common was unbelief. It was unbelievable to think, 'Today, I will marry my best friend.' That line is so cliche and common but for us so very true.

We had a wonderful temple ceremony!!! Elder Jensen conducted the ceremony and did an incredible job. My favorite part of the entire day was how catered to us his words of counsel were. Thank you to some of our closest friends and family who were there to share it with us.

After the ceremony we walked around the temple taking these photos taken by Brooke. She did an excellent job with our photos. Thank you Brooke! It was such a fairytale day. The weather was overcast with a slight breeze. Also the weather was just warm enough that with my short sleeves I wasnt' cold! :) And with anyone who knows me, knows that it's a good thing. I get kind of cranky when I'm cold. Sorry babe, but you already said, 'yes.'

After pictures Mitch and I drove around trying to find something to eat and settled for Jimmy Johns which ended up being the best dinner ever!! After dinner we headed to the reception. We had our reception at the Salt Lake City and County Building. It was gorgeous!! We rented out the third and fourth floor. Our guests rode the elevator to the fourth floor and took their photo in the photo booth and signed our book. Then they came down the stairs where they could see our incredible cake!! THANK YOU ADAM MAGALEI!!! It was the most amazing cake!! And it tasted fantastic! Marble cake with apricot filling. We had great tunes, thanks to Mitch, great friends, and our fabulous families. (who are shown in the next two photos)

Thank you to everyone who helped out and made our day the best ever!! We are so fortunate to have such wonderful friends and family. Also thank you to my wonderful husband!! 3 months later and we're still in love! (even on my crazy days. Admit it girls, we all have them.)

Cake was done by Adam Magalei. Contact him!!!!! He's the best!!

This was Liberty and I playing with our 'princess dresses' :)

This is the most adorable photo of my niece Liberty. She's holding our rings.

Our wedding day was seriously the best day ever!!!
THANK YOU!! THANK YOU to everyone that was a part of our special day!!

This 4th of July weekend was such a blast!! We had a lot of family time. We have been counting our blessings with how fortunate we are to have such incredible families! It started with a late night of Rummikub with Mitch's parents, then onto the parade with my family.

I love this photo of Mitch and Addie!! She LOVES him! And she loves walking! She started taking her first steps a couple days before this!

Anna and Libby were having a great time, selling suckers and running around. My mom makes suckers every year to sell on the 4th during West Bountiful's parade. As kids we use to run the stand and this year Libby called the shots and helped out all the customers. She had so much fun!

Mitch and I just chilling before the parade.
The rest of the day was filled with yummy food and several laughs. We had delicious steaks with the Arquette family. Then off to fireworks at Davis High. After much cotton candy, soccer shoot outs and several oohs and aahs, we headed off to light some fireworks of our own. Rod and Cindy (my inlaws) had purchased some amazing fireworks! They were fun and shot high into the air! It was so funny to watch the boys light the fireworks and take off running! The fireworks ended up coming to an abrupt stop when one that was lit (without a stand we found out later) shot high into the air, then into the neighbors bushes, the third hit Rochelle on the inside thigh part of her leg where it fell to the ground and exploded on the blanket I had on my legs, then the last two chased Mitch and Weston off their seats and into a full run!! Luckily no one was hurt and no fires started. We have however nicknamed that firework, 'The crotch rocket.'

Onto the Rodeo!!
So Mitch and I bought this new amazing camera!! After a few debates with Mitch on how he won't take any pictures he took some INCREDIBLE photos!! Here are a few of our favorites:
plus we both decided that we LOVE rodeos!!
Mitch took these first two photos and I am so impressed!

This one is my favorite of the two! Great job babe!

The photo below is one that I took and I would LOVE it if Anna would paint it for me! (hint, hint Anna)

Luckily in all 3 rodeos we've been able to attend NO ONE has been seriously injured.

Lastly we want to thank those of you who have fought for our freedom in this amazing country. THANK YOU! THANK YOU!!

Run, Drive, Sleep. Repeat.

This is the man I married!!!!
Let me take a few minutes to tell you about our weekend. Friday morning 6 AM was the start of THC's journey from Logan to Park City. The Wasatch Back is a 188.2 mile running race! Twelve runners take up the pavement and a few trails. There is exhaustion, sleep deprivation, loads of conversations, encouragement and laughter. This was my 3rd Ragnar Relay Race and Mitch Rocked #1!!
I am so proud of his hard work and perseverance! Mitch's first leg was 7 miles! He rocked it Hardcore! When the race was finished he'd totaled 13.2 miles.
(and the best part is he said he'd do it again!!)

This photo is Mitch hard at work during his second leg. It was a 3 mile run and ONE OF THE HARDEST because of the weather! The thermostat read 85 degrees but you have to add hot pavement to the temp. Great job babe!

Mmmmmmmm yummy soft bread and nutella. The in between run snack of champions!

Yes. Mitch ran up this hill. It was definitely work!

We had some amazing views!!

My first run. I still had a lot of energy!

This is Mitch and I after all our legs are done! The two of us totaled 31.7 miles.

This picture is of the big blow up finish line and the infamous Ragnar Relay symbol

And yes.... the wait was this long for the Honey Buckets ALL weekend!

This is Marcus sporting our Team Hardcore running shirts! GO THC!
(also special thanks to Marcus for getting the shirts and for being runner 12 and staying motivated to the end)

TEAM HARDCORE
(finish line photo!!)

Chilling after the race..

WE DID IT!!!
Mitch has informed me that he will continue wearing his medal for the next few months!! :) This was a fantastic experience and we give a special shout out to Team Hardcore for being so awesome! The preparation for WB 2011 starts now! So if you see us out running give us a honk or a wave!
And a very special THANK YOU to my husband Mitch for making me a promise when we were dating and sticking to it even after 'you have me'.
As they say it in the race,
'Couples that run together, stay together!'
Love you babe!

Graduation and Croquet

Congratulations Class of 2010!!!
The first class of Seniors graduated from Syracuse High School! We are very proud of them and we are very excited to be a part of the many more graduations to come!


And now... A quick shout out to Rochelle!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROE!!!
This last week we celebrated Roe's birthday. She turned 27! And along with a coveted Slap Chop (as seen on TV) we played a competitive game of croquet.

This is me trying not to hit Cindy's croquet ball. (all the girls had a secret pact not to send the others balls when and if we hit them)

THIS NEXT SHOT IS MY FAVORITE!!!
This is Mitch taking this picture after his dad sent his croquet ball across the street. :) So we are all waving to him! We will be having a rematch and we will keep you posted.

And lastly Austin and Lucy. The entire Arquette family LOVES this gorgeous, and loving dog! We are so glad you are home Lucy!

....In waiting....

We are TITANS!!!

This is the BEST news we've had lately!! As most of you know 3 days after we got home from our honeymoon Mitch was told that he wouldn't have a job as a teacher next year. A few days ago we received word that they were opening a new position at Syracuse and wanted to hire Mitch back!! So for the 2010-2011 year Coach Arquette will be back!! So all of you football fans plan on coming to see a game one Friday night this Fall.
(also a quick thank you for all the great thoughts and prayers for us that things would work out. We LOVE and appreciate you!!)

Onto Married Life

We have been trying to wait out posting a blog until we received our wedding photos, however I have heard some chatter about just getting a post up! :) Here we go!!
We have had a ton of things going on in newly married life. Being married is AMAZING!!! There are a million things we are getting used to. Some of the things we adjusting to is living with a member of the opposite sex. OK. This is difficult!! Mitch likes to make the bed, I don't!! I like my flavor of toothpaste. I love girl movies and court TV, Mitch LOVES sports center! :) Luckily no arguments have started over any of these silly things but it is fun to learn all these quirks about each other. :)

A few weeks ago we celebrated Mitch's birthday. We had yummy food, great company, saw a guy movie (Robin Hood) and out to dinner. Also, my favorite part of the night was the weenie hat and twinkie cake!! Talon (Mitch's brother) and Rod (Mitch's Dad) sported the hat after dinner and as we sang Happy Birthday to the birthday boy!!

HAPPY 29th my fantastic husband!!!

P.S. This is the infamous twinkie cake!! (thanks Cindy)