Monday, June 4, 2012

The Happiest Place on Earth.... ♥

DISNEYLAND!!!

I can’t even say it without smiling! Ü  We got to go to Disneyland for the first time together with Bryce’s family.  It was such a blast!  Chace, Sinead, Brad & Shelly came down on Thursday and Scott, Chantell and Kieger as well as Blake, Mindi and Deron got into town Friday night! It was fun to have everyone here!  My parents were out of town and offered for everyone to stay at their home Friday night.  It was perfect!  Everyone had a bed to sleep in and all us kids got to be together that night! Ü 
 Saturday morning we began our journey down to California!  We drove down with Chace and Sinead which was a blast!  The fun company made the drive go quick! Ü  What road trip would be complete without … car dancing! …The Thug Dance to be a bit more specific! Ü SO FUN!!


We stayed in a Vacation Rental Home all together!  It was SO great! I am so bummed I didn't get pictures of it, it was perfect for the fam!  We all had a blast! It was such a fun Vacation! 

On the days we weren't in Disneyland, we spent time together at the beach on Balboa Isalnd...it was WONDERFUL!! Ü We ate over the ocean one day at this darling diner and then another day we went back to the island and ate at this fun mexican restrurant by the beach!  love watching these little guys dig holes and run around in the sand!  They had so much fun!! Ü


Love those faces!

My handsome man Ü

Brad & Shelly

Sinead & Chace
Megan, Bentli, Aili, & Court
Tell, Kieger, & Scott

Blake, D-Man, & Mind
 


On top of the darling diner we ate at

so cute

Bryce's hair was super long and extra curly at the beginning of this trip Ü...One morning he woke up and asked Scotty to cut it for him... then.. well this happened.......MOHAWKS for everyone! Ü


Side view of the new do...Such a studly guy!! Ü
Haha One of my favorite moments...watchin little Bentli tell this bird off!  This little thing is sassy and whitty!  She cracked us up the whole time.  Scott's neice is a Princess in Disneyland so he arranged for us to meet her! The kids loved it...especially Miss Bentli. She just wanted to be next to her and talk to her...well her cute mom told her it was time to let other people visit with her and get pictures and Bentli's response was "I'm people to Mom!!" hahaha!  We were all quoting the funny things she said the whole trip! Ü

Uncle B & D Man
 

Loving the beach...



It was just a tad bit chilly this day!

This is one of my FAVORITE photos from the trip!  Who can resist that face!? Ü

 

  We spent 3 days in Disneyland!!  It was a blast!  It was so fun to be there with my cute husband and his family!!  We loved it! 
 
THE cutest...Deron blew kisses to all the Princesses in the parade! Ü  Ladies man!



 
The Water Color show at California Adventure was AMAZING!!

Waiting for Bug's Life show ♥

I LOVE this guy!! Ü


This trip would not have been complete without a turkey leg! ;)

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

My love...

Tonight after watching a chick flick about love and marriage, in my purple leopard pjs home alone..while my incredible husband is still hard at work taking a test after being at school and studying all day, all so that he can prepare for medical school and take care of me and our family forever.... I am reminded just how blessed I really am! Boy do I miss him when he isn't home with me!! But, I am so proud of him and more grateful for him then I could ever really explain. He works so hard in school... He puts in countless hours to understand the material and he is soo smart! His hard work and trust in the Lord always pays off! Ü He amazes me! I am so grateful to call him mine!!

I love you B!

xoxo - Reese

Saturday, April 14, 2012

B's Birthday! Ü

Happy Birthday Love!! Ü This handsome man is now 24! I am so grateful everyday that he is mine for eternity!  He always makes me smile!  He means everything to me and I feel so blessed to be married to my best friend!

I loved these pictures of his morning hairdo & sleepy eyes opening his presents!! Ü

After he got done with school we went to dinner with our parents and my little brothers! It was fun to be able to celebrate his special day with them! After dinner Bryce and I saw the movie “Hunger Games” It was pretty intense to say the least. Ü




It was SO fun to spend the evening together and celebrate HIM!!  He is so special to me!

I love you B!

Friday, April 13, 2012

My Best Friend's Wedding ♥

My gorgeous sister got married on Saturday, March 24th!! It was absolutely beautiful!! Everything was SO great!! I have never her seen her soo happy! Her and her cute husband just seemed to glow!! Ü It was a wonderful day! The weather was gorgeous! It was such a fun time filled with lots of wonderful family and friends!! Bryce and I are SOO happy for Aimee and Colter and all their future has in store for them! Being married is one of life's most greatest blessings and we are so excited for them to get to experience it with each other! Ü YAY!

Brotherly love!
I love this one!!
I love the funnies...
more funnies Ü
My love!
Boys & the Bride ♥
Gorgeous cake (♥made by Mom)
Beautiful flowers (♥made by Laura & Ashley)
Happy couple!

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Life in the fast lane! Ü

Wow! I can’t believe it is already MARCH! This year is flying by already!! We have been keeping busy with the lots of work and school!! We LOVE the time we get to spend together though!! As a quick update...
January we celebrated my birthday! Ü It fell on Thursday which is Bryce's long day at school 10 AM to 6PM ...So I got to hang out with my darling mom all day! We went shopping; Dad was able to sneak away from work to have lunch with us! It was a blast! I was so looking forward to spending the night with my sweet husband! On my way home I had this "brilliant" idea I HAD to wash the car before Bryce and I went out. So I stopped at a - do it yourself - car was on my way home...meanwhile I am chatting with my mom on the phone...I turn off my car and set my keys down then I remembered I needed to get change, so I got out of my car....LOCKED THE CAR WITH THE SWITCH ON THE DOOR, shut the door...I stopped, hesitated, something wasn't right....but I blew it off and continued my conversation with my mom. I got my change and was about to turn the corner to where my car was parked and it hit me....I LOCKED MY KEYS IN THE CAR! Mind you this is the only key we have and Bryce will be done with school in less the ten min! Of course I freaked! (I need to work on that! ;)) Anyways after many tears and frustration Bryce came to my rescue along with Dad and Sky! I am one lucky girl! After testing all our patience and laughing at the ridiculousness of the situation oh and calling the locksmith oh about 7 times to come oh then no don’t come, ok come please, no we may about have it. haha! Well we finally got it! Ü Bryce took me to Chili's that night for dinner! YUM!! Ü Salsa and DP with my babes...just what I needed after the key saga! Ü Later we watched friends and I got my birthday present... A massage and pedicure! YAY! Can't wait to use it! Ü Such a sweetheart!
Valentine's Day!! ♥
I have THE sweetest hubby ever!! He planned our date night to celebrate Valentine's Day! WOW! He is so darling!! So.... we went to the delicious Benja's for dinner! Then we got home and exchanged little gifts..He had given me the movie Date Night and then because he knows my absolute LOVE and well slight OBSESSION of chocolate....he bought some lindt chocolate to melt and he had gotten marshmallow and cut up yummy fresh fruit for dipping!! DELICIOUS!! Seriously so much fun! He is THE greatest Valentine ever! SO glad I get to keep him forever!!



Monday, December 26, 2011

1st MARRIED Christmas!!! Ü

WOW!! What a fun weekend!! Bryce and I had such a blast together!! Ü I had to work till 3:30 Christmas eve, so Bryce made plans to go golfing with his dad! They had a blast! His Dad & Kathy gave him new golf clubs for Christmas (& his birthday!) Ü SO sweet!! He loves them!! They could only golf nine holes cause it was so busy so they finished off their time watching the 49ers game of course! ;) After work and golfing we made dinner together...Southwest Pork Salad! MUY BIEN!! It was SO Yummy!!! And so fun to just be together and begin our own holiday traditions!! After dinner we finshed up a little wrapping and ran to back to the hosipital so I could grab part of Bryce's Christmas present that I left at work haha! Then home again! Ü We drove past the temple and the lights were gorgeous! I love the St George Temple! It is so simple! Ü When we got home Bryce read the story of Christ's birth from the bible. It was so special! Every year in my family my dad would read it to us Christmas Eve, so I was so excited to continue that tradition in our home! Ü Then of course we opened our Christmas pajamas...if you could call them that! ;) haha It was hilarious! We ended the night with my favorite Christmas movie...the the the THE GRINCH!!! Ü I love it! haha! We both were exhausted and ended up crashing during the movie! Ü
CHRISTMAS MORNING!!!

Sooo fun!! We woke up around 7 and opened our presents!! It was so fun! Bryce was so cute! I loved watching him watch me open my presents! He did such good job! Ü He was so excited for all the surprises and his great ideas! He gave me a tripod for our camera...so we can take pictures of ourselves anywhere!! haha ;) Seriously going to come in handy!! He also gave me a super cute workout outfit complete with new sports bra and super cute asic shoes ($30 special!! YAY!)!! haha should I be taking the workout clothes as a hint...? ;) haha just kidding! I have definitely been in need of it all!! I also got a snuggly scarf, mitten gloves, and a matching beanie! SOO cute! I am ready to go somewhere real cold to test them out! Ü and last but not least 2 bottles of perfume...they smell fabulous!! One is Sarah Jessica Parker NYC and the other (one of my fav, he picked out without knowing!) Ed Hardy! Ü yum! I could have watched him open his presents all day long! He is SOO cute!! I didn't want it to end! He got a sweet black jacket, some slick white kicks, a black collared shirt, and a blueish greenish shirt, some khaki pants and a belt to go with it, some sweet movies...Tommy Boy and our favorite lately...Just Go With It! Ü and last but not least...I framed his favorite picture from our wedding and my mom printed some vinyl that says.."Dreams really do come true" to go under it! Ü Opening our gifts to each other next to our cute Christmas tree in our own cute little apartment...seriously nothing better! Ü I am so grateful for Bryce - he really is my dream come true!! He kept saying he hasn't been so excited for Christmas since he was little! Ü and "I love Christmas with you!" What more could you ask for!? I love Christmas with YOU Babe!! Ü







Opening his stocking!



My cute/super comfy shoes!

Surprise!! Ü







Then it was time to pack up the car and visit our familia! Ü My family was our first stop! We had breakfast with them and got to talk to ELDER JORDAN BRADLEY ABEL on the phone at 10! Ü It was SOOO great to hear his voice!! He is loving it!! He has training his companion right now and seems to be really enjoying it! His companion seems like a really great guy! Jord is loving the work! He sounds so grown up! Its crazy!!! I am so proud of him and his dilligence and desire to serve!! Can't wait for him to be home though! After we talked to him, Dad, Bryce, Tay, Sky & I played DICE and I must say...I kicked their butts! ;) haha Bryce always wins when we play runs & sets so I was so excited to finally beat him! Ü haha! Then we all got ready and went to church together! What a wonderful way to really put into perspective what Christmas is really all about...our Savior! I am so grateful for our Savior, I am grateful for his life and the example he set and lessons he taught! I am very grateful for the atonement! I am so grateful that I can be forgiven and made clean through Christ's atonement so that one day we can all live together with Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ again.

Me & my Papa! Ü


...funny faces...

Taylor's new kitty "Charlie" aka "Chuck" Ü

My favorite guys (& Jordy!)

Me & Tay in our cardigans! Ü

Little snake!

My cute family (missing Jordy!)


After church we exchanged gifts among us kids! That was a lot of fun! Taylor had me! He is so thoughtful!! I love my family to pieces!! Then Grampy & Grammy came over just before Bryce & I left. They had the sweetest gift of all...a painting done by grampy himself!! It is beautiful!! It will be one of my most cherished gifts, along with the ring my grammy gave me a couple of weeks ago that she has from before my mom was even born! Such special treasures to me!! Ü


On to Larry & Kathy's for dinner!! We got there just after 3. We visited, exchanged gifts and ate a delicious dinner!! It was so fun just to be with them and talk about our lives and hear and tell funny stories about the past!! And then of course the day wouldn't be complete without some football! Ü Bryce let me sleep on his lap while they watched the game so I would be ready to work tonight! He is such a sweetheart...takes good care of me! It was so fun to see Larry and Kathy! We love them so much!! They are so thoughtful and loving!! As all our family is!! We are truly blessed!!



My darling pajama set...complete with slippers to match the pants
& Very Sexy sparkle powder brush! SO fun! Ü



UTES sweatshirts!! Ü

Kathy opening their gift from all the kids! Ü

Mmmm Larry's famous rolls!

Such an excellent cook!!

The table is always decorated SO cute for the holidays!



What a wonderful Christmas it has been!! I am looking forward to many more wonderful holidays to come!! Ü