Roller Coasters, Sunday Visits, and Wonderful Families...

School is starting for most people all over.  School has yet to start for me.  Peter isn't on track this fall, so he's just focusing on work for now.  With the stresses of moving, work, and getting everything ready in time for school, we were looking for a way to let loose and get away for a little bit.

A few years ago, my family has started a tradition, where before school starts, the Visser family goes on a day trip to the famous Utah amusement park, LAGOON.  I can't even remember the last time I went to Lagoon, and every time my family would go, I couldn't because of school.  But this year, Peter and I could finally find time to go!  We were actually pretty excited to go because we have never experienced Lagoon day with my family.  While we missed not seeing Cassie and Daniel at Lagoon, we were able to experience Lagoon day with our cousin Jake, and my brother's cute new fiance, Cambri.

As you can see on some of the pictures, I didn't enjoy some of the rides, but we still had a blast, loved seeing my family,  and we are very much looking forward to Visser Lagoon day next year!

Of course we couldn't be in the neighborhood and not visit Peter's family as well!  Sunday, we went to church with Christie and Tyler and their family as well as Drew and Jessica and had some great food made by Christie.  After eating, we were very tired and most of us tried to stay awake during the movie 'E.T.' with the young ones.

We don't see Peter's family as much but it's always fun to have them around.  I loved getting to know Christie and Jessica more when the men were off doing whatever men do, and it was fun to hang out with my new nieces and nephews.  (and yes, Jessica, I stole these pictures off of your blog.  Please forgive me.)

We are both so blessed to be a part of wonderful families!  I love seeing my family at home and I love getting to know my 'new' family as well.  They are great!  I'm glad that some of the Barnes family members have moved closer to Utah so that we can see them more and I hope we see those that are a bit farther away really soon. 

12 months, 365 days, or 525,949 minutes= One Year of Marital Bliss

We have been together as husband and wife for a whole year!  It seems so crazy to me how fast time has gone by.

  I still remember first meeting Peter like it was days ago.  I remember him being a fun, adventurous, humorous, and sometimes dorky kid that I grew to love as a good friend.  I remember how much I loved hearing from him on his mission every couple of weeks while I was still in school.   

First picture of me and Peter.  (September or October  2007.  Clearly he didn't want to have a picture taken of him and clearly I didn't understand the concept of waxing my eyebrows...)

Me with some of my roommates. (November 2009)

Peter in Chile.  (October 2010)

I remember the first time I met up with Peter when he came home from his mission.  I remember being surprised when Peter told me he liked me and wanted to date me when he started school and I was surprised at how much I liked him back. 

First picture of me and Peter dating. (January 2011. Sorry about the bad quality.)

One of my favorites of me and Peter.  This was taken March of 2011, a few weeks before we were engaged.)

I remember him proposing.  I remember him being a punk and carrying the ring around with him for a while but never proposing.  I remember we were going for a walk and he kept smiling to himself, taking me to places that I thought he would propose at but he NEVER DID! I finally told him that if he wasn't going to propose that he should just take me back to my apartment.  I was tired of just being his girlfriend.  He explained that he had been thinking of a million ways to propose but he didn't think any of them were good enough.  I then told him that he should just ask. 

And that's what he did:)

 I remember our wedding day.  The weather was perfect but I was too busy trying to calm my nerves to notice.  I had never been so anxious in my life and I was worried that I was getting cold feet.  But the minute I saw him at the temple, all of that went away and all I cared about was him and being married to him.  The rest of the day was perfect and that has been the happiest day of my life so far.  

 

 While our first year has been far from perfect, it has been one of the best years of my life.  Not because of any events that has happened this year, (and there have been some great ones that happened this past year!) but because of who I got to share them with.  Now that Peter has been a part of my life, I can't picture the rest of my life without him.  He's an amazing guy and I think it's safe to say that I'm the luckiest girl in the world!  I can't wait to create many more memories with Peter and I am excited for the many more years to come:)