BYU Graduation

Friday was my BYU graduation! Hurray!!  I finished with classes spring term but didn't get to walk until summer term was over.  I'm sooo happy to be done with school!!!

The Cheesecake Factory

This week all the siblings decided to go to The Cheesecake Factory for a dessert night! Amanda found a sweet deal and we all got a big slice of cheesecake for $1.50 and its usually like 8 bucks! Sweet!! They're so rich though that it's hard to finish even one piece. It was fun to get together!

I told them to pose for a picture.. this is what I got.. Then the debate started on whose arms were bigger. Boys :)

The girls!

Trey especially loved the cheesecake mixed with his bread crumbs haha.

Poor little Carter was sick

I'd also like to add that we missed mom and dad at home! sniff.

Jaw Breakers

It all started with a softball hitting me in the mouth and breaking my jaw... actually that's the whole story. I was running from first to second base and this stupid guy chucked the ball to the second baseman (who probably never played softball before in her life) who totally missed the ball and therefore it hit me square in the jaw.  Luckily I caught it coming out of the corner of my eye and flinched and turned my head a little- otherwise I'd probably have a broken nose and who knows what else... I feel like that'd be worse.  Immediately I had my head between my knees and started spitting tons of blood.  Mmm...  Joe took me to the ER and it took forever to see a doctor.  I thought I was being a baby and didn't need to go to the doctor but Joe insisted. They did a CAT Scan of my face and told me I broke my jaw... awesome. So THEN I had to go see an oral surgeon the next morning and he told me I had 2 options: either have surgery and get a plate put in my chin or have my jaw wired shut for 6-8 weeks. Obviously I went the surgery route.  He admitted me to the hospital like 10 minutes later and told me I couldn't eat or drink for the rest of the day... I was not okay with this news but what could I do. 

The doctor informed me the surgery went perfectly. This is a picture of me in the hospital the next morning after the surgery.  My parents came up when they heard I was getting surgery- they think they're so funny bringing me flowers with the "jaw busters" candy in it.  You may not realize it, but I'm actually trying to smile in this pic- I know it's super cute........ ha no. 

It has been almost 2 weeks since the incident and I'm doing a lot better!! No more lortab. It was great at first but after awhile it started making me sick. I still can't eat a lot of things. I have had a lot of ice cream, smoothies, soup, pudding etc.  Now I can have soft foods too.

Joe, being the sweet husband that he is, surprised me with new Victoria Secret sweats since I'd be laying around and hanging out at the apartment for quite awhile. Whoo hoo! Don't ask me what this pose is. 

In this lovely picture I am showing the crazy braces on my gums. They don't feel very good. I have to keep them on for 6 weeks! I also have stitches on the inside of my mouth from left side of my chin all the way to the the back of the right side of my mouth holding my gums together. Crazy. Thanks to everyone for the well wishes, visits, cards, flowers, and prayers.  Special  thanks to Joe for taking care of me and waiting on me hand and foot :)  

Quick Trip

This weekend Joe and I made a quick trip down to Blanding so I could "pass my crown" in the Miss San Juan Pageant. We got there Friday afternoon and hung out until the pageant that night.

The pageant went well and I crowned Kara Redd the new Miss San Juan. After the pageant we came home and decided to roast s'mores on the back patio with mom. It was such a nice night and great to relax!

Saturday, after visiting Grandma & Grandpa Webb and picking a stash of cherries from their cherry tree, we loaded up the jet ski's and headed out to the dam.  Joe got his 360's down on the knee board and mom and I tubed! It was pretty intense- she kept knockin' me off though. 

(Joe action shots by Haven)

All and all it was a fun weekend and we are excited to go back down for the 4th of July festivities! 

Redbox Shout Out

I just wanted to make a shout out to Redbox, and say thank you for keeping Joe and I entertained at least once or twice a week! 

Baby Nurseries?

So lately I have been looking at baby nurseries online. No I am not pregnant I just have this new obsession with  cute baby nurseries!!  I clearly have a little too much time on my hands but seriously they're so cute. There is one set back- they are so expensive! Who knew?! I'll be like 50 before I can afford one of these dream nurseries- and by that time I probably won't be able to have children. Ah well, I'll probably have to sew everything when the time comes haha. On second thought- I'll have Grandma Webb sew everything and it will look just like the pictures! I've started a folder of all the cute nursery items I love so I posted a few of them.

Is this too much to ask??

A Little Bit of Everything

Well we've been busy as usual! Recently we took a cruise to Mexico and it was a blast- Joe got a little bit sick for some of it but we still enjoyed ourselves.  We got to go back to one of Joe's mission areas which was a total adventure. First a 2 hour bus ride to this poor little area- then it was some serious culture shock- I could not believe how HOT/HUMID and poor the area was. I could not fathom that people really lived there (especially Joe for 6 months!) It was fun visiting some families although I couldn't understand anything anyone said- but Joe translated for me :) It definitely opened my eyes to get a taste of what his mission was like. So glad to have married such an amazing guy!

Cabo San Lucas!!

Spring term is almost over now. HURRAY! Joe and I are taking advanced english together and that has been kinda fun- well as fun as advanced english gets.  Today we had a friendly in class competition and I think it's safe to say Joe and I are ridiculously competitive.  All for a little piece of candy- we were probably a little loud and forceful in our opinions of what the rules should be and making sure they were followed EXACTLY. Needless to say we smoked everyone. Anyway class is over on the 17 whoooo! Then I'm done :)

Sometimes in english class I secretly take pictures on my laptop

I've been taking a cake decorating class at Michaels and it's been really fun! It's a beginning class so I still have lots to learn but it's going to take a lot of practice and patience to get good... good thing I'm such a patient person...........just ask joe :)

We're still enjoying our newlywed life and making each other happy!

Just relax'n watching movies!