The professional wedding pics!

While I was in NY I was finally able to see all of my professional wedding pictures and I must say, they turned out pretty great! They were all taken by Summer Potter and she sure did a fantastic job! I posted some of my favorites below. While I'm blogging, I figure I should keep everyone posted on what's going on in our lives. I mentioned before that Matt got the call to be a seminary teacher...well I did too. We'll be team teaching together every morning. We have 28 students...9th-12th grade. We're really excited to have the opportunity to teach together...what a blessing for our marriage. While it will definitely be a challenge to teach together and not offend or step on eachother's toes, it'll be a strengthening experience for us both. It's just what we need. There's no calling I'd rather have than one with the youth and serving with my husband makes it all the better. We're both really grateful and excited. I actually took a class called "Introduction to Teaching Seminary" during my last semester at BYU-I. I learned a lot in that class and think it will be a great help for me. And Matt, although he's never done this before, he knows a whole lot about the sciptures and he's a really great teacher. Matt's practice is growing and we're so grateful for that...we pray that the growth will continue...starting a practice is a tough thing to do. I am keeping busy with cooking and baking and cleaning and running most of the errands. Soccer is over but I'll be playing again in the fall. I got the chance to go rafting on the Deschutes again this past weekend with Matt's sisters and dad. We're going camping this weekend with Matt's family. We're having a great time! The fall is going to be very busy. I'll be going to school full time as well as teaching seminary...but I'd rather be busy than bored. Life's great!



This is my favorite out of the pictures of the two of us...it's just so sweet and candid. It was taken in the field right next to the temple in Palmyra.

Matt and his cousin Shane...so silly.

I've got better ups than Matt...just call me Jordan.

With my momma and dad

Me and my twin brother Dirk.

me and my sisters...Celeste, Carissa and Kalin

Me, with our dads.

Matt with our moms.

This is my wonderful family.

This is my family with all the spouses and my little nephew Dean.

Everyone (well, almost) that was at the temple with us.

My trip home to NY!

Whitney and her husband came over on my last night in town to visit. Whitney was one of my best friends growing up and it was so so fun seeing her and her awesome husband, Kyle! I hadn't seen them since my first semester at BYU-I.

Tiffany with her baby.

We had lunch at Johnny Rockets!

She is such a good baby. She just snuggled up and slept in my arms almost the whole time I was there.

I went to buffalo to visit my bestfriend Tiffany and her sweet little baby, Madeleine.

Call us immature, but we thought it was funny and Nathan wanted a picture...so I had to take it. haha It's not actually a butt...but it looks like one!

In Canada they have these yummy treats called "Beaver Tails". It's fried dough with cinnamon and sugar and then they have a bunch of other stuff you can add to it. We tried one and it was mm mm good!

This is Crazzy Dave. He's homeless and to make money he write poems on cardboard and people buy them from him. I bought one called "My Warrior Soul". By the way, ignore my hair...I know it needs cut and it especially needs re-dyed...my roots are coming in so light, that from a distance it looks like my hair is thinning...it's not. Ha ha.

Me and my cute momma. My mom did so much fo me while I was there. That woman is a super hero! She does it all!

Me and my sister-in-law, Stef.

Me and my Dirky!

This is the view from the top of the Peace Tower. It was so beautiful looking down onto Ottawa.

We got to go into the Peace Tower. The architecture was so beautiful.

My mom, little brothers and I went to Ottawa, Canada to visit my brother, Dirk, and his wife, Stefanie. Ottawa is the capital of Canada it was such a fun city to explore.

We went Hiking!

We stopped and had some lunch. Dry packed beef stroganoff and teriyaki chicken with rice. It was actually really good.

My dad and the little men.

Me and my little brothers posing before we started our hike. So let me tell you a little bit about our hike. We had planned to take the trail that would lead us on a 4 mile hike. 4 miles, not so bad. Throughout the trail, there were lots of other trails that would cross through it. We missed 1 (just 1!) marking on a tree and got onto the wrong path. So our 4 mile hike turned into a 9 mile hike. Ha ha We were quite tired but we made it and no one died. It was a great opportunity to spend more quality time with my dad and little brothers, and now we have a story to tell...I'm sure one day we could even find some gospel patterns in this experience and use it in a talk or something of that nature. Oh the opportunities! Ha ha.

This is beautiful NY. This is for all those who only think of the city when they hear NY...well it's much more than that.

My little brothers and I like to be silly sometimes...we went to lunch ot Taco Bell and had a little fun.

Back in WA, before my trip to NY.

We went to a water park in Seattle with two of our great friends Summer and Phil. It was actually freezing...but the lines we short so it was almost worth it. It was so much fun spending time with them!

It's hard to see, but our car had just reached 200,000 miles! Woah!

Uncle Matt with Adan and Andres...he's sooo strong!

Our Rafting trip!

Notice the foot sticking up? That's my brother-in-law Corey. He was our guide and the only on the fall out.

I mentioned the rafting trip in the last blog entry but now that I've got some pictures, I though I'd add a little detail. Gina (sister-in-law) and her husband Corey (Matt's brother), Michelle (Gina's sister) and her husband Ed, Anne-Marie (Matt's sister) and Matt and I all went on the rafting trip on the Deschutes River in Oregon. We had s blast. I was terrified, but we'll be going on the same rafting trip again in another week and I'm sure I'll be less frightened by then. I'm the one in the green vest...you'll notice that you can't see me in all of the pictures. That's because everytime we hit a big rapid I sat in the middle and held on to Matt for dear life...hey, I didn't fall out! And you'll notice my adventurous husband has a huge smile on in most of the pictures. We had so much fun! Can't wait to do it again!

Summer 2008...so far.

We went to Fort. Vancouver for fireworks and good music! We had so much fun!

Matt's office is coming together. They've gotten lots of the remodelig done and the sign out front looks great! I went and had Matt clean my teeth and do some x-rays...I have a few cavities which is a little embarrassing since my husband's a dantist. I should have perfect teeth right? haha It's funny...while we were dating I tried to get in the habit of flossing...you know since I was dating a dentist...it didn't really stick. I think he was a bit disappointed. haha

We all went over to Kim' for Father's Day. Matt's birthday was right around that time, so his dad got him a present. Matt's not even a father yet and he still got a present on Father's Day! haha

Trip to the zoo! We loved the hippo and the kids had fun in the petting area with the goats!

In Utah for Chris and Alecia's wedding. They did the ceremony outside and it was beautiful.

So, it's obvious that I'm pretty terrible at updating my blog. But I'm going to try harder...I think. Lots has happened this summer. Matt and I have had a blast. I got to go to Utah for Matt's cousin's wedding which was so fun. I got to spend time with my sister Kalin and my little nephew Dean which was wonderful. We've been on a rafting trip, where I thought I might die. I spent the day with the zoo with my niece and some of my nephews. We went to the baloon festival and had a blast on the 4th of July! We're going camping this weekend and to an amusement park with our good friends summer and Phil. haha We've enjoyed lots of movies and we love Red Lobster! haha Alright so our summer may not sound super awesome and full to everyone else but we're newly weds, so just being together is awesome and full. We're slowly making friends and really enjoying our ward here. Matt has a calling...drum roll please...Seminary teacher!!!! Woah! He's going to be great. He's such a great teacher...he teaches me so much just from our simple scripture study together. I'm excited for him...and I've even said I'd come in every once in a while and team teach with him. I have apllied to school at Clark College and can register for classes in a couple of weeks. I'm going full-time, hoping to get as much done before "other things" consume my time. I'm going home to NY in August for a week and I'm so excited to see my family. I sure miss them a lot. I hope this isn't too boring or lame to anyone...I'm new at this remember. And plus, if this was awesome at the beginning, you'd have nothing to look forward to. haha I'll put up some pictures from this summer so far.