Monday Memoirs

Friday - Jed didn't have to work(!), so he got to come to the Lehi Pool with his family and me.
We left and went to the airport to greet my aunt, uncle, and cousins (the Doxeys). My uncle has been a Mission President in Mexico for the past three years. It was so good to see them again - and the kids have grown so much!
We followed my grandpa back to his house and visited for a while, and then we went to a homecoming party for the Doxeys.
We met Jed's family at a wedding reception for one of his distant cousins, Tinae, who happens to be an old friend of one of my good friends, Katy. Small world. The reception was fun and she looked beautiful.
Tyler and Nathan came home with us and spent the night. We watched The Messengers, and I still jumped even though I've seen it twice before. :\
Saturday (Fourth of July)- We spent the day at Deer Creek Reservoir with the Vallen family. They rented a boat that came with kneeboards and a tube. It was so much fun!
I put sunscreen on twice and I still got fried! I'm in so much pain even now, two days later. And I can barely move. :(
That evening, we went to Jed's aunt and uncle's house in PG for a BBQ and to watch the fireworks. They live just down the street from the town fireworks, so we got a great view!
Sunday - Theresa (Jed's mom) came for the second hour of nursery and it was so fun to have her there! The kids loved her. I was grateful for some extra help since I was burned and not feeling well. Thanks Theresa!
I made a Black Forest Chocolate Cherry Cake after church and we headed out to Jed's aunt and uncle's house (on the other side of the family) for another family get-together. It was a great night and we had a lot of fun.

Monday Memoirs - Tuesday Edition :)

Friday - I made the most AMAZING, easy broccoli cheese soup I've ever tasted. Go to my recipe blog, here, for the recipe. :)
I picked Jed up from work and we headed out to the Great Salt Lake to take a handful of pictures on our way to a wedding reception for one of Jed's friends from home (Jake Hurst). We got to see a lot of our friends (whom we haven't seen in forever) - it was really nice.

Saturday - Jed played frizz in the morning while I did some things around the house (and missed the incredible $1 flip flop sale at Old Navy!).
We went out to lunch with the McDaniels and Hiedi an Zach at one of my favorite sandwich shops - Hickory Kist. It was good to visit with them and catch up on what they've been up to.
We went to Erik & Porch's wedding reception and made it just in time for them to leave. :\
After dinner, we went over to the McDaniels' house because all of the Hursts were staying there while they were in town for the weddings. I really like the Hurst family. They are all super nice and I feel like I've known them for years.
We went and got frozen custard at this really good place in Springville called Yummies.

Sunday - Worst. Day. Ever. Well, maybe not. But close.
Jed had to go in to work and couldn't come with me to church.
I woke up feeling sick, so I was just going to go to church and give the lesson in nursery and then leave right after that. I show up and the other couple isn't there and they didn't call any subs. So I'm alone with 10 kids. Yeah, 10. Luckily one of the dads went and told the primary president and she found me a couple to come and help. They were so nice and helpful and great with the kids, but I couldn't leave early like I had planned because they didn't know anything. Also, I took two of the girls to the bathroom and one of them peed on the floor and all over herself, and it inevitably got all over me too. Fabulous.
I read a little in my favorite book, A Tale of Two Cities, and fell asleep for 3 hours. When I woke up, Jed still wasn't home (it was an 8 hour shift), so I had some cereal and waited for him to get home. We didn't really do anything else that night.

Monday (Memorial Day) - After grocery shopping, we bummed around the house and Jed took a nap. Then we drove up to SLC and tossed around the football on the golf course by my Grams' house.
We drove to my aunt & uncle's house with Grams and met up with everyone for my uncle's 40th birthday (and Memorial Day)! The food was great, the company was fun, and we even got to see newborn birds in a nest in the front yard. :)

Mrs. Goodell

Mrs. Goodell is Jed's mom. I am still Ali.

So hey guess what? Jed and I are married!! I became a Goodell on July 31, 2008 and have been one ever since. I have this strange feeling I will be a Goodell for the rest of my life...

I spent an entire day driving around to various offices changing my name and getting new documents. It was such a pain- hardest part of being married so far. ;) The worst is the fact that I hadn't really practiced signing my name (I think I thought if I didn't practice, I'd never have to do it) so on my government documents, I signed my old name and then had to cram this little Goodell at the end. It looks dooey. Oh well.

Jed and I had a wonderful wedding. Overall everything went really smoothly and it was a great experience. It was really touching to see how many family members and friends we have who love and support us. The reception went by way too fast! It felt like it had been 15 minutes when I was told we only had a half hour left to cut the cake, toss the bouquet, etc. But it was so nice to see our friends and family and visit with everyone. Not to mention my cake was rad! :)

The day after our wedding, before the reception, Jed and I went to Snowbird with my family because they have a bunch of fun things to do like the Alpine Slide, a zipline, rock climbing, hiking, the trampoline-harness thing, etc. Jed had never been on an Alpine Slide and, being the cautious person he is, went like a mile an hour down our first run and I had to keep putting on the brakes and slowing down so we could be next to each other. It wasn't very fun for me because I'm a girl who likes the thrills! So I went down the next time with my 11 year-old brother Jeff, who is a speed demon, and of course we were planning on racing. We were speeding down the track and and coming up on the place where the guy is sitting on the side of the track taking everyone's picture as they come down the mountain. Well I guess I subconsciuosly wanted to get his attention because right as I turned the corner in front of him, I flipped my cart and flew out onto the track and slid down, feet first on my stomach, still going as fast as I had been in the cart, for a minute or two. Apparently my left elbow and knee had contact with the track as I was sliding because I had fatty chunks of skin missing in both places. It just got clean shaved off. Pretty gross and *painful*. So I kinda felt like I was a corpse bride for Halloween at my reception, with my big open wounds. :( But it's all good. The skin's growing back now and I've got a scar story from my wedding weekend! :)

Thank you to everyone who had any part in helping make our wedding as spectacular and memorable as it was. Jed and I are truly blessed with wonderful people in our lives and we love and appreciate all of you.

**The link to my bridal portraits is RIGHT HERE and you should continue to go back to it because that's where the wedding pictures will be posted.**