Family Pictures

I figured it was about time to update since it has been awhile. A few weeks ago my family had family pictures taken.I think they turned out pretty good and look how freaken cute my niece is!

Wedding Pictures

I have been anxiously waiting for my wedding pictures a whole 6 1/2 weeks! Anyways I am thrilled with the end result.

Three things I have learned so far

Things I have learned/experienced since being married:

1. Don't put dish soap in the dishwasher otherwise this happens:

2. Nate's alarm isn't the fire alarm but it sure sounds like it. Last Monday Nate set his alarm clock I asked him if he would set it to something besides that annoying sound so he did. It goes off in the morning and I seriously thought it was the fire alarm and I said that out loud. "Nate the fire alarm is going off!" He thought it was the funniest thing.

3. Guys don't put the toilet seat down. I have almost fell in a few times so now I check to make sure it is down.

Honeymoon Pictures

Nate and I went on our honeymoon to the Bahamas. We flew to Orlando and then picked up the boat about an hour away. We had a great time on our honeymoon. The biggest downside was our room was above the motors I swear. We got on the boat on Sunday and then Monday morning I was abruptly woken up to the sound of something grinding and our entire room shaking. It didn't even phase Nate he continued to sleep through it. As I was laying in bed my mind was going crazy thinking all the things that could be going wrong. I eventually woke Nate up because I was really starting to get nervous. He acted like it wasn't a big deal,but I was so worried that I ended up going up to the lido deck to make sure everything was fine. We were fine we had arrived at our first stop, but everytime we left I felt ever bit of it. I have to say that cruises are probably the best trip you can go on they have everything there for you it is great. I am sure we will go on a few cruises in our lifetime. One of the excursions we went on was to the Atlantis to go to the water park. It was really windy that day and I was worried that we weren't going to be able to go, but luckily the weather got better and I was relieved!!! I was so excited to go there because Tori and Spencer had told us what a great time they had there. Nate and I had a great time too! I decided to lay out for a little bit probably only like a half hour, but trust me that was long enough I got burnt and paid for it for a couple of days. Now I am peeling and Nate isn't he was smart and sat under and umbrella except for his feet got sunburnt after all he is kind of white. We had a great time but are sad to come back to real life.

I hope they can fix it in time!

Yesterday Nate and i were moving some of our stuff into our apartment so needless to say I have a few scrapes on my hands well at least that is all I thought had happened. We were eating and all of a sudden Nate says to me, " Jena, where is your diamond?" I thought to myself what is he talking about the center diamond is there. But he was talking about one of the diamonds on the side of my ring somehow yesterday it had fallen out. I couldn't stop thinking about it all night wondering what I was going to do. Are the jewelers going to be able to fix it in TWO days? I sure hope they can. Otherwise I am going to be wearing a ring with a missing diamond and of course it isn't one of the small ones, it is totally noticeable!!

The Countdown is on....

25 more days until I get married.

Things left to do:

Get Nate's ring

Send out invitations

Get my bridals done

Take out my endowments

Move into our apartment

I am getting so excited I am just ready to start my life with Nate!

Don't let a Novice do it.....

This is what happens when you let a novice cut your hair (look how straight that line is though.)Nate has been pestering me to cut his hair I have told him numerous times I have never done it and don't know how. He said oh it isn't that hard. Well on Sunday I finally agreed he said he would just shave it if I messed up. He took off the extension and told me to go around his ear, he didn't tell me it would cut that close. I looked at what I had done and thought oh crap we have pictures in two weeks what are we going to do? Suck we are going to have to push our pictures back. You should have seen Nate's reaction he didn't get mad he just looked at it and shook his head and said, "Jena, did you really do that?" I love how he doesn't get mad at me he has alot of patience, because I am pretty sure I would have been mad if someone had done that to me. So needless to say I can't fix what I have done we are just going to have to wait for it to grow out and push our pictures back. After the fact he said, "You were right when you said you didn't know how to do it in the future when you tell me you don't know how to do something I am definately going to believe you." He was really sweet about the whole situation he knew I felt terrible and didn't get mad he just laughed about it while I cried about it. I know years from now I will look back on this and laugh but at the moment it isn't that comical to me.

How we became Nate & Jena

So as I am sure you are aware Nate and I are engaged. We are getting married May 7th and can't wait. I am ready for all the planning to be done and it to just happen.

How we met: We met on a blind date August of 2005, two weeks before school to start. I went with a kid from Jordan and Nate was with his girlfriend. It was a fun night but I didn't think anything of it. During the night we were talking about where we were going to college I asked Nate what classes he had he didn't really have an idea it was kind of funny cause he didn't really seem to care whereas I knew what and where my classes were. Fast forward a few weeks I walk into my first class and you know the anticipation you get when you walk into a class for the first time sweaty hands and all. As I walk into the class I hear someone yell my name I immediately think oh great...I look over and what do you know there is Nate. We ended up having two classes together that semester. Nothing much happened that semester between the two of us he broke up with his girlfriend and I got a boyfriend. Our friendship began to grow and Nate always tried to get me to hang out with him but duh I had a boyfriend. Anyways long story short I dated my boyfriend for a year he went on a mission and Nate was there for me. I had a rough time and he was so good to me. He was just what I needed I loved spending time with him, but I wasn't interested in dating him I just wanted to be friends. He left on a mission and got back in Feb a little after I got home from Ecuador. We hung out the day after he got home it was as if he hadn't ever left he was the Nate I knew and loved (even if I didn't know at that time). We hung out for a bit and then he started to put pressure on me to be his gf and I wasn't ready. We didn't talk for about three months, during this time I kept getting reminders of him just random things I decided to text him one night and then we hung out a few days later I ended up going to Bear Lake with his family in July and then that is when things starts officially. I had finally realized that I truly do and did love him the whole time I was just scared. Sure people might think we didn't date that long but we have been friends for over 4 years. 

The proposal:

We had gone ring shopping and found the band I wanted but we decided we would get the center diamond from his brother in laws aunt cause we would get a better deal then if we got it at the same place as where we got the band. I found the band I wanted but the jeweler didn't know if he could size it small enough since I have a size 3 1/2 they decided I could go with a 4 since it was a thick band. I was so happy when we found out they could size it I loved it so much! We got the ring sized and Nate told me he was going to send it to get the center diamond he said it would take three weeks to a month I told him I didn't want to know when he mailed it out because I wanted to be surprised I didn't want to know it was coming. I knew he had shipped it out and thought it would be awhile. Well little did I know he had arranged for it to be overnighted there she set the ring and overnighted back. He made up some story that we were going to go on a double date with his friend Ammo but then a day before Ammo called and said he couldn't go anymore. I didn't think much of it Nate asked if I still wanted to go to dinner so I agreed. He picked me up he had a new shirt on, he got a haircut and I didn't even pick up on it. We went to dinner at the restaurant we went to on our first date, and we were going to go bowling at the place we met for the first time. Seriously I don't know how I didn't pick up on it. On our way home his brother called and said the bowling alley was booked until 9 so we were just going to go back to my house until then. He was texting and driving and I was getting mad at him cause he wasn't staying in the lanes I told him to stop but later I found out he was texting Katelin (my sister) asking if it was all set up and ready. We got to my house we walked into my kitchen and rounded the corner to the front room I saw the benched pushed back and couldn't figure out why and then I saw it he had candles set up and the ring was sitting there. I was shocked because I didn't expect it so soon. It was funny because I fell to my knees in shock he had to pick me off the ground so he could get down on one knee. Of course I said Yes! So that is our story so far.......to be continued.