Pictures

So I took a few pictures of the house, and now I can't find the cord to upload them.... so I took one with the camera on my phone. So you only get one picture... but for those of you where were concerned about my warts on my foot... I found a doctor who did not give up and they are gone!!! yeah for no warts on my foot!!!

Updates anyone?

How do you update a year???? We'll just give you the latest...
January we moved to Rexburg so that Josh could go to school and I got a job with a company in Idaho Falls working with kids and some adults who have mental health issues. It was really cold, and I realized how much I dislike the snow once again!
February... was Valentines day our first as a married couple :) We got an X-box 360 :) and made an offer on a house in Idaho falls We also bought our first dog. After a week and like 10 names we settled on Eclipse ( and no not the twilight series)
March- we were supposed to close on our house, but long story short, they told us the day before we were supposed to close that they needed more information and than after extending it two days they told us that we could not do it with out a co-signer... Well I did a little research, found a different lender... and she PROMISED us that we would close :) Josh also started playing football with a semi-pro football team... We also celebrated our first wedding anniversary in Rexburg, while I had the crisis phone for work... dumb huh??? but we still had great time at dinner and a movie :)
April 20... We became official home owners of a cute 1700 sq ft, 2 bed room, 1 bath and an unfinished basement home :) on the 21 we drove down to St. George for a football game and then spent the rest of the time visiting old friends :) we also made a trip to Boise and had a few home games as well. They haven't won any games but they are sure having a lot of fun and Josh comes home with A TON of bruises!
May 4 we finally moved into our house, of course Josh had to get a NASTY flu that left him in bed for the week, but with the help of our loving family in Basalt, we were able to move it all out. Now we have been un-packing, went to Boise for less than 24 hours over mothers day, move football games and bruises. Josh is well into his second semester of school, and I continue to work.

Sorry for the lack of blogging on my part :) However I will post lots and lots of pictures of the past couple of months but not til I get home to my own computer!

High school Hottie

Josh is thinking about applying to BYU-Idaho and so he needed to take the ACT. We woke up, made him a little breakfast and off he went to go and take the test. Going into this test... Josh was well aware that he was going to be the oldest person taking the test and was ok with it. During the test he noticed this girl on the other side of the room looking at him...not really giving it any thought he went on with the test. WELL during a break in between the tests, this "hot" girl came up to Josh and asked him if he wanted to get lunch after the test. First off, Josh kinda freaked, but then very politely told her that he appreciated the offer, however he had plans to go out to lunch with his wife... WIFE she said.. Your married!!! after telling me the story Josh said "why didn't the hot girls ask me out in high school?" Isn't that funny!!! I laughed pretty hard when he told me this story... the poor girl must have been so embarrassed!!!

57...58.....59...60 WARTS!!!

Ok so it is official. As of today I have one of the worst cases of warts that Dr. Allen Freidt has ever seen. So I know it is gross, but here is a picture of my foot. It has not officially been counted but Josh and I just guestemated about 50-60. No we aren't over estimating... for reals there are aprx 60 warts on my foot. Ya know I have had them for like 5 years so they dont'really phase me... but apparenetly having 60 some odd warts on y0ur foot is a bad thing. Between this and having to get my tonsils out in July, Josh is convinced I married him for his insurance.

My wonderful Husband :)

So I asked Josh to go to Costco to pick up a few things for my mom's birthday and he came back with these:


I sure do love him :)

I am back :)

So I always want to start my blogs with... Remember when... especially when it is a good memory :) This week Josh and I bought a camera cause we did not have one and how are we to document our lives with out one!!!! Josh and I were all ready to go camping with another couple... however they didn't want to risk the rain so Josh and I set out on an adventure to Silver city... however we decided to stop at a cute little camp site along the way. It sure rained all night and our sleeping bag got a little wet, but we had a blast... (sorry no pictures, our camera didn't come til we got home :(

However it was here for the Greek Festival. I went last year and really enjoyed it so we got an invite from some friends and went :) The food was good, and the dancing was fun, but the most enjoyable part was the rain!!!! It started it just sprinkle, then it rained a little harder... and then it hailed!!! it was so crazy! The picture below is a pile of hail... It really doesn't do it any justice... I tried to have a video... but it didn't work .... ops :)

PICTURES

Well here are a few pictures from the wedding. We couldn't find any red shoes so Josh so lovingly spray painted them for me. Everything was so perfect :)

wedding announcment

So here is the rough draft for our anouncments... the date is wrong :) but just giving you an idea.

Engagment photos

Here are a few of my favorites, however if you would like to see more, go to www.taralynnphotography.com client login: jessica & josh. Tara my cousin did an amazing job with our pictures!!

Updates

Well I updated my background, then added a count down so now I guess I have to write something.... So there you go! OK just kidding. Christmas eve I spent the night with Josh's family and it also happened to be his aunts b-day, having a birthday right after Christmas I understand the frustrations of getting lost in the holiday season. So after a wonderful dinner, and realizing that no one had made her a cake, I made her a nice little cake for her birthday. Christmas was great, now that we are all older it just seams to be a day of sleeping and relaxing which is fine by me!! It was just a wonderful day to reflect on the birth of the Savior. Then the 26 was my 24 birthday... I feel old, but only when I see younger people :) It was fantastic. I had the best birthday ever! My ever so loving little brother made me a cool Oreo cake, pictures to come, and my mom made BBQ RIBS they were fantastic! Then my family was there and so was Josh's family and it was a great time to just be together. Then new years came and went while playing Rock Band with Josh, my sister and brother-in-law, after which came watching The Incredibles with Josh waiting for my parents to come home which didn't happen til 3am!!! My mom NEVER stays up past 11:30 let alone out past that time! The Holidays were great and now I fear that the planning of the wedding is going to have to start at full force, not to worry I love it!... I just don't like the whole full force part :)

Just for Clarification

Well it has been brought to my attention that some seem to think that I am marrying Josh as well as his two kids... Those kids in the pic are my niece and nephew... not my future step children... While I love them dearly, they can stay with my brother and sister-in-law :) just thought that I would clear that up for some of you...

The BOY!!!

Well his name is Josh Ricks, he is the most amazing man ever!!! And he can put up with me!!! We all knew it was going to be a chore to deal with my dramtic states, but ladies he has passed the test with flying colors. For example, the first week of Birth Control was... well let's say it wasn't pleasant, but he was caring and kind and just wonderful and I was not so kind and not so wonderful to him and to my parents lets be honest, as my friend Erin says... "you were flipping out that week" Not to worry, all is well now!!! and guess what he is still wonderful! Well now you have seen him, well kind of this picture was taken after raking leaves with the kids, so needless to say it's not the most flattering picture of me, but he still looks pretty cute :)

The Dress

So here is the DRESS!!! Can I tell you that it was a pain to find, but we found it! I drove all the way to Logan Utah to find it. Don't tell me if you don't like it cause at this point I don't care. Just kidding hopefully none of my "faithful" readers hate it. :) Of course these pictures aren't doing the correct amount of justice :)

The ring :)

I know you are all wanting to see pictures of him... but we don't have any that I can post right now:) But here are pictures of the ring.. and I'll get pics of us up soon... I promise :)

Getting Married!!!!

Well I am getting married!!!!!!! The date is set for March 21, 2009. Lets start the story on Friday on my way down to Utah with my father. Josh called me to let me know that he was picking up the ring, I already knew it was done... I had designed my ring, so the week before I had tried on a wax mold, and he told us then that it would be done of Friday. Later in the day he had shown it to a few people in his family and they were all giving him advice as to when and how he should do it. Confused and stressed, he called me and was just talking about his thoughts as to when he should do it. He was nervous about losing the ring, so he wanted to do it ASAP, but he also wanted to do something special.... and his thoughts ran on. Finally I told him "Josh, I don't care when or how you do it... but I don't want to hear about how you have my ring and I don't get to wear it" (of course I wasn't angry, just a little tired of hearing about how he had my ring.. and he kept on bringing it up to bug me! the nerve! I returned home on Sunday and came into my home to see him and my mother sitting in the front room. I went and sat next to him and was talking with the family. Josh was holding my had and rubbing my ring finger. I looked at him and said... Josh why are you teasing me that's so not fair! After eating, he took me to a park near my home where when we first started dating we went to often to sit and chat. After arriving at our "spot" I could tell he was stalling. After telling me that he loved me, he got down on one knee and asked me to be his wife!!!... AND OF COURSE I SAID YES!!! Could you imagine me telling this whole story and then saying that I said no!!!
Josh had planned to do it on Friday, but then decided that he couldn't wait that long... :)

I know its been a month......

Not to worry!!! Despite popular belief, I have not fallen off the face of the earth... well maybe I fell but its not quite the same type of fall...His name is Josh Ricks... so need I say more?!

I did it!

I ran a 5k :) not only did I run it, I ran it in 34:50, (and to compete in the red wave you were supposed to be able to do it in 35:00 so I didn't lie) and it was POURING RAIN!!! It was amazingly WET... imagine that one:) But now is the time to confess that I haven't ran since... but tomorrow is the start of a new week... I was giving myself a break... So I tell myself:) Honestly I will be starting to run again tomorrow and hopefully be training for a 10 K here in the next couple of months. I let you know how it goes... if it goes :)

Summer Concerts :)

So I know it has been a while... I have done a few things lately... First of all, GARY ALLEN. Can I just say that I love that man?! It was the second time and it was ever just as good as the first. Then... Sara Evans and James Otto. Love it!! Had a blast with some friends from my ward sitting on the freezing cold grass. Who said that it could be cold out side... because we defiantly need to have a little talk!

3 Miles

Last night I finally did it! I ran 3 miles and it took us 35 min!!!! Can you believe it? It actually felt really good when we finished. I might have hated it the WHOLE time I was doing it but in the end it was worth it. We only have 11 more days till we race at the Womens Celebration! I was pretty nervous since I hadn't been quite on schedule for training (we were supposed to hit 3 miles a week and a half ago) But now that i have done it.. I'll be golden for the race. Our goal was just to be able to run the whole thing which we'll be able to do. I'll let ya know how it goes!

Boise State Football

Growing up in Boise it is hard not to have a little bit of a love for Boise State especially since they have really improved over the last couple of years. Last night was their first game of the season and they did great 49-7 against ISU! They had just put down new turf and they built in some box seats and we filled the stadium to a new capacity, 32.000 people!
We went with a group of people from single wards around the area in effort to raise money for someone in the area with cancer. As part of this fund raiser, we got free tickets to see the game and then we would help pick up trash afterwards. It took FOREVER!!! and in the beginning I'll admit I was getting annoyed with some of the volunte4ers who couldn't seem to follow directions, but towards the end, it was a blast. I just have to realize that i can't control everything! :) After picking up all that trash, I have decided that I will NEVER leave anything for someone else to pick up at one of those games., not that I ever really have. But this is the question that I have, when did it ever become ok, when did it become the norm that people can leave their trash? Have we really become that lazy that we can't take the nacho plate out with us and slip it in a trash can (they are placed approximately every 10 or 15 feet). On our way out we decided to take our picture at the 50 yrd line... It was kinda fun to be on the "Smurf Turf" and we finally made it home by 1:00 or so!