BEE... Cuz I Said So: 2011 in Review+Christmas! Married Style

Hey All!

Happy 2012!

Hope the New Year has treated you all kindly thus far!

To celebrate the passing of one of the best years I've had, I thought I'd do a lil recap using Photos (surprise surprise!)

It was so fun going through all of my old photos over the past year and looking at all the fun we've had!

In January of 2011, we were deep in the bowels of wedding planning!

But we made time for fun things like finding a giant snowman out in Logan Canyon..

Maybe this year, we'll make one!

March 4th... we got hitched!

And what a fabulous day it was. My favorite day thus far! Can you believe that was 10 months ago? Craziness.

After the Wedding we had a little mini-moon down in SLC..

We visited the Aquarium

and the zoo! Wish I would have taken more pictures!

We went down to Provo and got covered in lots and lots of chalk...

and we did it with awesome friends

Clay had his first experience being married to an art major and helped me put together this little number until all hours of the morning...

and even now I think the hours and hours of work were worth it

not sure if Clay agrees ;)

We took a few silly photos together in photo booths

and we caught snakes on a Sunday walk

we wandered the farmer's market and had tasty tasty lemonade

and I had my first experience with a commercial photo studio at my internship at ICON

and I learned a TON. Still missing ICON a little bit to this day

We hung out with these cute kiddos as much as we could...

and they loved us for our iphones...

Clay had his first experience with college classes!

and I officially became a Reed woman on Clay's 22nd birthday after I successfully passed the Reed birthday cake ritual

We added a new member to our little family...

and Clay got a new bike

lots and lots of people got married

and we went to the zoo

with the Reed clan

The hubs taught me how to use a clothes line

and we had a little family togetherness time at my cousin's wedding

I got very tan, spray style

and we ate pizza out on the patio while watching 24... or The Office... or Cops...

We did a lil rock climbing

with our bestie Rach

and I worked a little bit more

Part of our childhood died when we watched the last Harry Potter movie

So bitter sweet

We did a little mattress surfing at a sorority

a little more difficult then you would think

I got to experience my first Reed family camping trip

and we did a lil fishing

and playin

and attempted to get a nice picture of (almost) all of us

I went on a man's trip with these handsome guys...

and got to enjoy the view

our fine steeds

and the fruits of our labor

after being gone for a week, I came home to an amazing surprise

from this handsome guy

we watched lightning storms from our patio

and Clay started his first FULL semester at USU.

And didn't agree with my enthusiasm :)

and I worked a little bit more. But how cool was my job?

we took cute, blurry iphone pictures

and tried our hand at one of my favorite, very strange trends, Planking

We had sleepovers in our living room

We went mini golfing

and decided we are going to invest in putters and become champion mini golfers one day

We had a snow day and made silly faces while drinking hot chocolate

and we took some naps.... Clay took some naps :)

Clay made delicious Filippino food

We carved pumpkins

and went to Lagoon where I got very wet.

we got iphones... oops

and became grandparents to the Luna puppy

we got a brand new nephew!

and hung out with our crazy friends

I took a painting class up at school...

that caused many casualties... my jacket... one of clay's shirts... my fingernails... our poor carpet.... my GPA... I'm clearly not cut out to be a painter

We went to the BYU:USU basketball game.

So much controversy... it was fabulous

and for some brand new news, one of my oldest and best friends got engaged!

I was lucky enough to take their engagement photos! Aren't they cute?

And some of the biggest news of 2011... my lil bro got his mission call!

Brace yourself Albuquerque New Mexico

Feb 22nd... it's going down.

Now, onto the last bit of news from 2011.... Our first married Christmas!

First off... Christmas Eve bowling...

we were a bit intimidated of the competition this year...

but we held our ground the best we could!

Apparently, Devin pulled a Sherlock on us and preferred not to be photographed.

Britton and Clay are feeling very good about life that day

Christmas PJ's this year were the best they've ever been. Britton and Clay's included monogrammed robes

and all of our pj's were chosen based on our preferred method of nerdiness

The Baird family Christmas haul. We (my mom) goes above and beyond the call of duty for Christmas that's for sure.

Opening presents VERY early in the morning

and I'm sorry to say I was a super lame sauce and got NO pictures at the Reed's for Christmas. We spent the day chasing kids around. And I loved every minute of it. :)

On a side note, Devin, (who was my secret santa this year) got me some freaking awesome zombie stuff this year (YAY Walking Dead!) this included these little beauties...

Zombie mints.

Well, one morning I decided a mint would be a great thing to have after brushing my teeth. So I popped open my zombie mints and threw one in my mouth. I did this so quickly, I didn't have time to process the very weird smell that the mints collectively gave off before I had a mint in my mouth.

It took me a second to realize that those mints were NOT mint flavored

In fact, they tasted like some kind of mixture between meat and the smell of cat food

So I investigated the container more closely (see above)

Why yes, those zombie mints are in fact brain flavored

And they do in fact leave a lovely after taste in your mouth, even after you brush your teeth again

and again

Lovely yes?

Well, moving on to a completely different topic that I can't think of a clean segway into...

I got my hair did!

Please ignore the fact that I look kind of preggo in this next photo. I promise I'm not

Man that taco in my hand doesn't help my case much does it?

But my hair is MUCH more blond and fabulous! New year, new do!

Nothing too dramatic. I don't think I'll ever be able to give up my signature bangs... But mark my words, one day I will chop all of my hair off and become the rock star I was meant to be!

Once again, (enter creative segway into a completely different topic here)

Clay had to go back to Logan on the 27th.

Me, having no school, and no work decided to stay behind and hang with the family a little bit longer

Unfortunately this left me without a car

my dad conveniently has this airplane though

and he was nice enough to give me a ride back to Logan!