P + M = E: 2012 Review in Photos

January

- began another semester at uvu

- took art history with 2 of the loveliest ladies on the planet: Brittany and Jennifer

- met Phil at institute

- was a vegetarian for a month

- applied for job at menchies froyo

- ate lots and lots of sushi

February

- Feb 2nd went on first date with Phil - Crepes

- Feb 29th went night skiing for the first time with Phil

- started job at menchies

- spent time with family

March

- spent many many hours drawing for my drawing class

- went to my 1st caucus

- studied as hard as I could with Philip distracting me ALL THE TIME ;)

- designed and engagement ring

April

- spent many hours in school making new friends and turning stones into pianos

- spent many more hours with Phil than I did at school, took his doggie to the park

- got engaged to my prince Philip same week as finals (16th)

- finished school

- welcomed Lola home from her mission

- Photographed Josh and Jillian's engagements ate more sushi afterwords

May

- went on 3rd annual temple trip: Pacific Northwest with Rachel to ID, MO, Canada, WA, OR

- visited many family members while doing so

- released from calling as 1st counselor in the Relief Society YSA 2nd Ward

June

- planned a wedding on pinterest, designed our invites, got our pics taken, did all that you need to do to plan and get ready for a wedding...

- stopped work at menchies

- Phil got his tonsils out and I took care of him

- started making my own wedding dress

- Photographed Josh and Jillian's wedding

- Philip got me a new computer

- spent lots of time with family

- got stuff ready for our apartment

- ate more sushi

- had a pampered chef bridal shower hosted by my sister Amy and Auntie Janet

July

-had some fun

- celebrated the 4th of july by going to stadium of fire

- went to the temple with my Auntie Peri

- finished my dress the week of the wedding with a big help from mi madre

- got married for time and all eternity to Philip in the Manti Temple

- moved to provo

- made lots of delicious food

- went on lots of walks together

- Phil started teaching swim lessons

- watched the 2012 summer olympics

August

- saw my oldest niece get baptized

- ran over a metal plate and shredded through our car the night before we left for NY

- went to NY

- celebrated our birthday's

- came back and immediately moved from Provo to Orem

- went to Idaho and visited Phil's brother and family and brought home a turtle and named him winston after a cute little dog we met in NY on my birthday

- went to the Brigham City Temple open house and dedication

- began another semester, took my first painting class

September

- painted lots and lots of still life

- found out that we were expecting a baby then told Phil about it by putting a some dough in the oven and telling him I put his dinner in there to stay warm. He found it and said, "is this it?" I told him, "no, but what is that..?" He said, "a roll that looks like it's un-cooked." I replied, "No, it's a bun in the oven!" He looked at me with wide eyes and asked, "REEEALLY??!?" I assured him yes and he immediately stared jumping up and down ran over to me and gave me a huge hug. Needless to say he was excited! I myself was still a bit shocked and it took me a while to come to grips with the idea.

- had my bridal pictures taken, finally (likely 1 week pregnant)

- met Orson Scott Card

- celebrated more family birthday's