Down Memmory Lane: The First Year In A Whirlwind

After our trip it was time to get down to business on our house!
It was so much fun to work together on making it "ours"

Putting together our new table we got for our wedding!

Me wanting to fall asleep cause it was taking a long time, it was about midnight!

We did manage to get a few trips in. Our first was to Yellowstone. It was so beautiful and very fun!
This is Cabe's favorite picture from the trip! He was right on the side of the road. I was driving and we passed it so I had to do a ten point turn on a two lane road, good thing there weren't any cars near us!

Thank goodness for sun roofs, this was taken from the roof of my car! This is what Cabe looks like when he gets too hungry! Stay away! :)

Ow ow. . . Look at that hottie!

This is my favorite picture! This is at our campsite!

Our First 4th of July together! I was sleepy cause my family nominated us to sleep out all night to save seats for the 40 of us since we were the ones who didn't have kids! Lucky us!

With the help of Melinda and Spence we moved into our very own new condo and fixed it up a bit: painted the whole thing with the help of Velda, Melinda, and Misty, oh and don't forget Kimball and Lex, redid light fixtures, hung ceiling fans, etc. For the first little while we slept in our tent cause we didn't want to move in our stuff till we were finished painting. It was a great adventure to wake up feeling like you were in a taco because our mattress had gone flat! :)

Camping in the living room!

We couldn't have done with out our little helpers! Thanks Lex and Kimball!

Cabe didn't seem to like this room too much, Hmmm, I wonder why! Thank goodness for paint :)

Our Bathroom was yellow!

Our House used to be white with brown edging but now it is creamish with white edging. We like it much better!

Dean and Blake took us out on the boat! It was a blast!

I tried but did not do as good! :)

Cabe looked awesome! Way to go Hottie!

Went fishing with Meg's and Kimball and Cabe helped Kimball catch his first fish! Way to go guys!

Mmmm! "Can't wait to taste that fish" says Kimball

Wow, it has been forever! Yes Melinda I am going to try to get into this just for you! JK, I have been wanting to blog but haven't given it time. It has already been a whole year since I have blogged! Lots can happen in a year so I will summarize then pick up from here. Let's see, the first year was amazing! Lots of fun adventures! We spent our honeymoon in Park City at an amazing home of one of Spencer's work partners and enjoyed the shopping, Alpine slide, and roller coaster! It was a great beginning of a long adventure together!

On the Roller Coaster, Of course, Cabe made me go first! It was an awesome ride!

We opened the door to check the view from the bedroom and then we couldn't get the door to lock back up! :)

Starting the Roller Coaster! Hold on for your life!

Our Wedding Day!

Cabe and I got married on May 22, 2009 in the Provo temple! It was a marvelous day! We weren't supposed to get married until the 30th in the Salt Lake temple but wanted so much to be married that we "eloped" with our families to the Provo temple a week and a day early!

Engagement Picture

The Beginning Stages And Dating Life

Caleb and I had our first date on January 31, 2009 after playing phonetag for a few weeks. He was very cute and definitly knows how to win a girls heart. He let me choose the activity and told me that the sky was the limit as long as we got to go to Paradise Cafe for dinner so that he could let me try the cookies from Heaven! On his way to pick me up he got lost and I got to sit on my balcony as I watched him pull into two wrong parkinglots before he found mine! I am surprised he called for directions becuase he doesn't like doing that, what a typical guy eh! Anyways, we ended up going to Paradise Cafe and then we went iceskating at Seven Peaks. Iceskating is my favorite! It was a lot of fun and he even held my hand! Who does that on the first date! It was good though, I didn't mind! Then he dropped me off 10:30! I didn't really know what to do cause it was kind of early for a date to end I thought maybe he was't interested or something!

I did not hear from him for a few weeks so I thought it was over! Then while I was on a trip to Arizona where I almost died on a private jet he called again! Inviting me to Melinda's house to visit her for her birthday. We spent hours talking while we waited for Melind and Spencer to get home (I love being able to talk to guys for hours it's a good sign) then we played the WII and just hung out with Melinda and Spencer.

The Jet I thought I was going to die in on my way to Arizona

Our third Date was AMAZING! It was Valentine's Day! The day before, we were texting while I was supposed to be on a date, good thing the other guy was late, otherwise I might not had gotten my first ever date on Valentine's day! It took Cabe forever to finally get the words out to ask me but I didn't mind, it was really fun to text! He finally asked me and I said yes! I was so excited to finally get a date for Valentine's Day! We went to the Brick Oven for dinner and then we went to Comedy Sports and then on our way to go country dancing he saved me from being hit by a car! I love country music and so Cabe was very thoughtful and took me dancing! Neither of us know how to country dance so we just watched other people and made up some moves! He held my hand again and for real this time! He even brought me a rose and said, "Every girl deserves and flower on Valentine's Day! It was on this date we both decided that we would be ok if this went somewhere!

After Valentine's Day we went out a few times a week and had a great time, cooking together, bowling, and going to movies, grading first graders homework (Cabe had to be in love if he came, spending hours in Eagle Mountain grading papers just so that I could get finished so that I could go to a Raskal Flatts concert I really wanted to go to) and going to first grade birthday parties. I lived in Eagle Mountain which is 45 minutes away from Springville so I ended up sleeping at mom and dad's most nights so that I could see Caleb.

One night Cabe had an appointment in Saratoga Springs for work so afterwards we met at the grocery store and bought some dinner stuff and barbequed at my appartment. Then we played connect four and built towers! On a side note this is one of my favorite outfits Cabe wears.

At Cabe's house for his dad's birthday, Melinda and dad Bowen got camera happy and took several pictures of us. We are a cute couple, what can I say.

"You should look at each other" says Melinda.



St. Patrick's Day at mom and dad Bybee's house making Argentine food from Caleb's mission (Empanadas) with sherbet and 7up and brownies for dessert. Yes we had both, I felt like chocolate and Cabe felt like sherbet. 7up and sherbet quickly became our favorite treat which is why it was our refreshment at our reception.

Friday March 27th- Iceskating with Megan's family, Brody, and Joe. This was a lot of fun! Funny story about this night...After iceskating Caleb wanted to show me a cook castle up on a hill in Provo so we parked and walked up a hill to where this castle was and on the balcony of the the castle there were a bunch of candles in the shape of a heart with a coupld dozen roses in the middle. My heart started pounding and I started getting really anxious but we kept walking up. I kept thinking that Cabe was going to perpose and then we saw another couple walking up and they walked over the candles and got engaged. I was a little bumbed but kind of releaved at the same time that it was not for me! hahaha!

The Start Of It All

My Niece Ashley and me at my brother Devin's wedding-January 17,2009

So it all started on January 17, (Cabe's mom's birthday) Cabe's mom decided that for her birthday she was going to take her family to Devin's wedding reception so that Caleb could meet me again. Yes, AGAIN, Caleb and I were in the same ward from the age's of 7-12. We were in the same primary class where my dad was our teacher and his dad the bishop. So they came to the reception and as soon as they walked in the door I saw Caleb and thought...WOW! He is really cute! I became nervous and decided to act busy even though I didn't have any responsibilities, hahaha! The line was very long so I had to pretend for a long time. I went to my brothers and sisters and said, "Did you see the Caleb, he is so cute!" My brother Dustin took the liberty to tell Caleb that I was single and available the following weekend! After they went through the line Caleb came to me while I was dancing with my nephew and started to chat. He is very shy and quiet when you first meet him so it was a short chat! :) After the reception my mom and sister made me promise them that I would somehow contact Caleb and go on a date. At first I didn't want to cause I am the girl and it is not my job. Deep down I really wanted to though. So I got home and that night checked facebook to see if he had an account and sure enough he did! So I sent him a message and we were officially friends!