Feeling a Little Sentimental

• July 26 was the day that Tanner and I had our first date. It was 2 years ago??!! That just seems too unreal to me! On Aberdeen Daze a memory came back to my mind. To this day my {awesome} sister-in-law Rebecca never fails to tell me that she had a major part in Tanner and I getting together. On Aberdeen Daze {June 2008} I was in at the breakfast with Braden and his family. They had four kids so the three of us adults had plates and rebecca was pushing the stroller. As she was struggling to get to the table, a very nice young man got out of his seat took the plates from her hand and took them to the table for her. Yes, that nice young man was Tanner. When she sat down to the table she look right at me and said "YOU HAVE TO MARRY THAT BOY!" I guess since she said it it had to happen. About a month later we had our first date and the rest is history =D I cannot believe that I have spent 2 years with the most amazing man. I could not imagine spending my life with anyone else. Some things I love about Tanner...
  
  

• He has the most contagious smile. {I melt every time he smiles at me}


• He can make me laugh in a second. {he has the greatest sense of humor}


• He called me "Krys" right away. {It takes some people a long time to call me Krys, he fell right into it}


• He is one of the hardest working people I know. {he's had to work for everything he has and it has made him a very strong person}


• He has been through so much in his life, but he never fails to be optimistic.


• He always tells me he loves me when we hang up on the phone. {Even if we have talked to each other 20 times that day=D}


• He always kisses me goodnight!


• He has a strong testimony of Jesus Christ. {he helps to keep me on track in my life. He always makes sure that we have scriptures and prayer and makes sure that we are obeying the Lord's commandments as a couple}


• He loves me for me! {He always tells me that my personality and smile caught him immediately. He never fails to tell me that he has never met anyone like me and I can say the same for me. He is the most amazing person I know.}
  

I am so grateful that my Heavenly Father brought Tanner into my life and I am so grateful that I get to spend this life and eternity with him. I cannot imagine spending eternity any other way. I love Tanner with all of my heart! I love and cherish everyday that I get to spend with him!

Catching up

We have had a lot going on this summer. Before it was officially summer we talked about how nice it will be to just go for walks every night, go camping(maybe), hang out with friends and family and be lazy. Well...that changed very quickly. I totally forgot that I would be in school all summer long. Even though I only took 2 classes it consumed a lot of my time along with working. We had family reunions, wedding receptions and work, work, work. Last year it was hard to adjust to the farm because we were newly married and now I LOVE IT! I calling Tanner up and hearing that he is in the tractor or he is doing potato samples or even fixing pivots. He loves what he does and that makes me so happy. I told him right from the start I would never care what his job was as long as he is happy. Our first big adventure this summer was welcoming a new member to our family...Taz. He is an Olde English Bulldog. Tanner LOVES dogs. He has wanted one ever since we got married. Infact after we had been married a month he tried to talk to me into a hound dog. This time I caved, but I am glad I did. This little guy can melt my heart. We traveled all the way to Lehi, UT to get him and he was worth the trip. He is so lazy, which we LOVE. He just comes and lays on our laps and falls asleep. He is still in the biting stage, so we are working on that for now, but we are in love with him already!
I have so many photos from the summer to share so I thought I would share one of my favorites. This was taken at my family reunion up in Island Park. My mom decided to have an activity for the grandkids. Devonee and I kind of gave her a hard time, because it was the 4th of July and she had them dress as pioneers. She explained to us that it was in the same month as we celebrate the pioneers so she had a good reason. (I LOVE MY MOM!) I just thought this picture was priceless. My mom also dressed up and her and my dad took the kids on a short "trek" around the area. They loved it of course. I love how my mom is always thinking of ways to teach her grandkids in such creative ways and they enjoy every minute of it. I love summer time because it means family, friends and the SUN! We have had a great time so far and still have lots more to look forward to before the summer ends.

Has it really been a year already?

I honestly cannot believe that Tanner and I have already been married for a year. In July it will have been two years since our first date. Time has certainly flown by. I can't help but think back to to when Tanner and I first met. I LOVE our story. so caution this may be a long post :)I was running late for single's branch. I called my friend Treg (tanner's cousin) and asked him to save me a seat. I walked into the chapel and sat my Treg. Tanner was on the other side of him. He leaned across and said, "Krystle you look really nice today." It really took me by surprise, because I really couldn't remember a time when a guy said that to me and meant it genuinely. After our meetings we sat at the same table during "linger longer", my brother eric was there and he was giving me a hard time that I was dating someone who was younger than me. etc. As I am driving home I get a call from Treg and he starts telling me that Tanner was asking him if I would consider going on a date with him. I told him that I wouldn't mind going at all :) A couple days later I get a phone call from tanner and he said, "When are you going to let me take you out?" I replied with , "I guess when you decide to ask me." We went out that Saturday, July 26, 2008, and I had never laughed harder than I had with him. I was so comfortable around him. We could talk about everything. He called me everyday from that first date and we would talk till 2 or 3 in the morning. He tries to say that I played hard to get, but trust me I didn't. I was under his spell from the very first moment he talked to me. Within a week of our first date, I told the other boy that I had been dating that I couldn't see him. I felt awful but it was really how I felt. I didn't want to see anyone else but Tanner. When the summer ended he went to ISU and I went to BYU-I. I was really nervous at first and didn't know how long it would last with us going to different schools, but I knew the first week that I didn't care to date anyone else. None of the guys I met even compared to him. I was hooked :)

He finally popped the question after 7 months of dating on February 14, 2009. It was one of the best nights of my life. He took me to his house and said he wanted to show me something. He took me into the living room where his computer was and started playing a movie he had made of all the pictures we had taken together, with I Don't Want to Miss a Thing playing in the background. After one of the pictures the screen said "I love you Krystle." I looked at him to tell him that I love you too, but he was still staring at the screen. I turned and on the screen was a picture of him down on one knee holding the ring and below the picture it said, "Will you marry me?" I went completely speechless. My mouth just dropped. He put down the computer and got on his knee and asked me again and finally i exclaimed, "YES." And it was the best decision I have ever made.
May 29, 2009 has so far been the happiest day of my life. Tanner and I drove up to the temple together and we just kept saying to each other, "I can't believe we are really getting married." It all seemed so sureal. We were so blessed to have so many of our family and friends there with us that day. The support was overwhelming. I am so lucky to have found my best friend and that I get to spend eternity with him. He makes me so incredibly happy. He does so much for me. He is always looking for things around the house that he can do. He has been there for me whenever I have needed him. I cannot imagine spending my life with anyone else. I am so grateful that my Heavenly Father led me to such a wonderful person. Every morning I wake up and think to myself that I am the luckiest girl in the world. This has been the best year of my life. We have had our hard times, but we have always stuck together. When I think about all of the other years we have a head of us I cannot help but be so grateful that I have found the love of my life.

"Oh, the places you'll go..."

Last night I went to my cousin Savannah's graduation. I cannot believe that she is old enough to graduate. I have so many memories with this girl. She is quite possibly the most caring, considerate, kindest, beautiful, talented person I have ever met. And that isn't even enough to describe her. The medal she is wearing, is for outstanding grades :) We used to clean our family's truck shop together and now I am married and she has graduated high school and will be attending BYU-I this fall. She is trying out for the dance group, Dance Alliance, which travels the world! I am so proud of her and the amazing person that she has become! She is always there for me when I need her. Last night during her commencement ceremony the Dr. Seuss book Oh, The Places You'll Go, kept coming into my head. I know that she will go far in life and I can't wait to watch her accomplish her dreams!

O...Walt...

OK- So I am a WALT DISNEY ENTHUSIAST! when we got back from d-land i decided that I needed to start my very own collection :) I made a list of every possible disney animated movies I could think of, calculated how long it would take me to build my collection if I bought one every three months...its about 8 years. Yes it is a long time, but I figured that would be the fun of it. I could have something to look forward to and it is something that I find a lot of joy out of. I am kind of a nerd, but I certified that status a long time ago when I was six and would blast the Pocahontas soundtrack, jump on the couch singing, "just around the river bend." I love old school disney movies. It really makes me sad to think that kids grow up with such lame cartoons now a days. I definitely grateful that I was a kid during the golden age. While we were in disneyland I learned so much about Walt Disney. He said that he wanted to build a place where families could some and forget about their troubles and be taken back to their youth. That is how I feel every time I watch a disney movie. It takes me back to being a kid, and wishing that "i would never grow up."

Finally... =D

After months and months of trying to figure this blog thing out, and from the help of my wonderful sister Heather, I think I may finally have this blog thing up and going :) Tanner and I just returned from a much needed vacation in Disneyland and it was amazing. I have to say though, I was a little disappointed because I was not able to see my favorite disney princesses. the only reason I was able to see Belle was because I peaked through a bush. O well, you can't win them all. Its been five days since we've been home and I already miss "the happiest place on earth..."