Honeymoon :)

So sorry all of you for tanking forever to post about our honeymoon but for those of you that dont know, we were originally supposed to go to Mexico on a 7 night cruise however because of that wonderful swine flu outbreak our cruise was directed to a much more colder cruise up the northern west coast. we visited San Francisco, California, British Columbia, Victoria- Canada, and Seattle, Washington for 7 nights. This cruise was so much fun but was not what we had in mind for our honeymoon! However with the circumstance we were given we made the best of it and had so much fun! We ate our cruise ticket amount in just the amount of free food we were feed and loved coming back to clean room every night! We did a tour in each place and loved them because by the time we were done with the tours we felt like we actually saw the whole place. The dinners on the cruise each night were amazing 3 course meals and the table we sat with were the best group of people and so much fun! We were very sad when the cruise had to end and we are already planning our 1st anniversary cruise to Mexico! (For real i hope this time!) :)

**Day 1-This is us doing the lifeboat drill before we were allowed to set sail :/**Our room view from the front door to the back wall
**This is the view from the back wall to the door hahaha yup small but cozy
**DAY 2-San Francisco, California-The boat approaching to go under the San Francisco bridge

**Joe and I getting closer to the bridge (It was very cold this morning)
** All of a sudden the view got crystal clear and this isthe San Francisco skyline behind me

** Me in front of a very beautiful religious monument
**This is a piece of the huge cable that holds the San Fancisco bridge together

**The San Francisco bridge
**City bridge lit up at night

**DAY 3- Every night we came back from dinner to our room perfectly clean and a cute little towel animal on our bed with the itinerary for the next day.
**Day 4- Victoria, British Columbia Canada
**Stairs on the boat that lead down to the live theater for nightly shows
**Us in front of the boat in Canada

**This is the tallest todam pole in the world and its still standing
**Highest hill in Victoria and the beautiful view behind us
**Joe on the front steps of Craigdarroch Castle
** Staircase from floor one looking up
**Masters chair
**Bus ride back to boat
**DAY 5-Seattle, Washington
**Space needle view from ground
** From top of space needle looking down on a building with not one straight wall inside of it
** View of our boat from the top of the space needle

**In the way back that is Mount Renier (a volcano)- View from top of space needle

**Fishy swims through the hole hahaha
**On the boat just playing around
**Me climbing the rock climbing wall on the sports deck of the boat
**Joe climbing the rock wall (he got to the top so fast I could barely take one picture before he was coming back down) :)
**The wind was so strong it held Joe up when he was stating to fall (We are on the golf course on the sports deck on the boat.)
**DAY 6- AT Sea- Formal Dinner night
**Us before dinner waiting to get in
**This is the wonderful bunch of people we were pared with for dinner every night and we really had so much fun at dinner because of these people. We enjoyed going to dinner every night because we always had such a good time talking to this wonderful bunch. (Richard Richard, his wife and his 2 sisters)


**Day 7- At Sea **Johnny Rockets on the boat- they would sing and dance for you when specific songs came on the radio hahaha so fun!
**Joe and I eating at Johnny Rockets
**Playing on the Ice Skating rink on the boat
**Casino time!!!! ;)
**The captain of our boat captain Johnny
**View of the pool deck- the boat had 3 pools and 7 hot tubs
**Basketball court on spots deck
**These are our activity directors who organize EVERYTHING that goes on on the boat.
**Day 8- Goodbye boat- checkout day :(

The Reception -5/22/2009

Our reception was held the night of our wedding from 7-10 pm at my parents house in Poway, CA. It was so wonderful and so much fun! We had tons of dancing and social chatter and many many friends and family that surrounded us that night. Tons of our friends and family came from all over the country and it was so awesome to see everyone and visit with them. At one point in the night we had aprox. 200 guests show up and joined Joe and I celebrate our night. We had a toast, first dance, father-daughter & Mother- son dance, cake cutting, garter toss and bouquet toss. The night was so much fun and so exciting for Joe and I to see all the people we love and care about in our lives there with us! **My nephew Mathias playing his role as the chip-n-dale of the night after he spilt juice on his white shirt.
** Joe's wonderful amazing Grandmother (Barbra Savage) made our cake for us. She baked and decorated it herself and did such an amazing job! Thank you sooooooo much Grandma Savage!
Each layer was a different flavor- banana , lemon, chocolate, and party cake at the top!

** Reception Decor' before all the people arrived

** Janelle, me and Ashley dancin' it out on the dance floor

** Our first dance- we danced to the song "We are man and wife" By: Michelle Featherstone
**Talking to my cousin Melinda

** Enjoying our guests

** Cake Cutting ;) I smashed it back....Thats right!!! hahah
** Toast to bride and groom

** MR. & MRS. TAYLOR

** LETS PARTY!!!!!!!!!! dancing the night away!!

**Garter Toss ( I could not believe that Joe really took it off with his teeth) :) ya thats right!

** Our wonderful bridesmaids and groomsmen decorated our car so well we could not see when we drove off that night that we had to stop down the streets at a gas station and clean off the windows so we could drive to LA safely!! hahah They did a wonderful job though!

Joe and I thank all of you for your wonderful kind words and gifts that were received for our wedding!! We appriciate all of you that came out for our wedding and reception and want to thank YOU for making that day a day we will treasure forever and never forget!!!!

Our Wedding 5-22-2009

We are finally MARRIED!!!! Joe and I had a beautiful wedding and were so blessed with such a beautiful day on May 22, 2009! We were married in the San Diego temple at 2:00pm in the afternoon ! Our ceiling ceremony was such a wonderful experience and it was such a good feeling to see all our friends and family in the temple surrounding us. I still remember Joe's face when i walked out of the brides room in my wedding dress and how stunned he was with a smile from ear to ear. This is something that Joe and I have been dreaming of for 3 years now, and it is such a great feeling to be finally married for time and all eternity. That day went by so fast and i remember so little that it is amazing to be able to look at the pictures and video that were taken that day and remember how blessed we are to find one another and make a commitment to each other for eternity. The temple is so beautiful and nothing like you have ever seen before. It just amazes me that this little piece of heaven is here for us to enjoy and experience here on earth!
Surprisingly the morning of our wedding I was the calmest person in my family. It just was such a amazing and calming feeling to know that I was going to the temple that day to be married for eternity with the one person I love and want to spend forever with.
As we came out of the temple that day we were walking out the walkway of the temple and just as I told Joe to be careful not to step on my dress because my bussel will brake....he stepped on my dress and my bussle broke hahaha! That was a good first moment of being married but luckily my Grandma Ulla saved the day twice that day and fixed it so i could walk and dance that night!
Our wedding was more then I could ever ask for and i'm so happy now to have such an amazing husband and excited to start our long and wonderful life together! :) **Us coming out of the temple (This is where he broke my bussel ;) )

**The whole family at the temple (Both Sides)
**My (Gardner) Side of the family
**Joe's (Taylor) side of the family
** Joe and I only have one nephew each so these our our nephews (David Larsen & Mathias Gardner)
**Our bridal Party ( from Left: Cody Taylor, David Taylor, Matt Carlson, Thomas Taylor , Jason Gardner, David Larsen , John Sullivan, Joe Taylor, Marissa Taylor, Ashley, Carlson, Shelly Gardner, Cassie Larsen, Janelle, Adams, Aubrey kelley, & Ginger Taylor.)
** YAYYYYYYYY We did it!!!

**The studs of the group
**Look at those beautiful people ^ :)
** Lovely Ladies
** I love you!!! ( And probably the only kiss you will ever see in public ) hahah
**Husband and Wife :)

MR. & MRS. JOSEPH TAYLOR

Groomsman Dinner

Those of you who don't know what a groomsman dinner is, it is a dinner with the 2 families and people involved in the wedding the day before the wedding (kind of like a rehearsal dinner). SO... Joe and I being the laid back people we are decided we were going to have our groomsman dinner be a bon fire catered by Oscar's at La Jolla Shores in California. It was so relaxing and prepared a great atmosphere for all the families to meet and get to know each other a little bit before the wedding! Important information for the families was discussed in a large meeting as well as thank you presents being handed out to all the bridesmaids and groomsmen and itinerary's for the entire wedding party. IT was a great evening all together and so much fun with awesome stories being told by everyone. I am so thankful for all the people who surround me in my life and I am very blessed to have such great friends and family!

*Joe roasting Smore's for dessert
* Here I am leading the meeting and going over the Itinerary and discussing how NO ONE is allowed to call me on the wedding day to ask me where they need to be, because it is written in the itinerary very clearly for each person! haha
* THIS is Janelle's doing!! LOL haha
*Everyone enjoying dinner and such
*Beautiful day and beautiful sunset (Janelle and I)
* Some of my lovely Bridesmaids ( from the left: Aubrey kelley, ME, Janelle Adams, and Cassie Larsen)

Endowment Time

Joe and I a week before our wedding got endowed together and it was such an awesome experience Im so glad we got to experience this wonderful event together and with our parents. I was very nervous on our way there, not really knowing what to expect but the second I walked into the temple I was comforted with the spirit of the lord and knew I would be fine! It was a lot of information and me being the great student I am felt I needed to memorize everything being said (which is not possible) so I walked out with a huge headache but all in all it was a wonderful day! We ate at PFChangs after and we all had such a great time with the two families together!

Congradulations Joe!!

At the beginning of May Joe finally graduated with his Bachelors in Business from the University of Utah!! It was a great but long ceremony but it was so exciting to see him get to graduate with something he has been working towards the last 6 years! Im am so proud of you babe!

Joes parents also came to visit that weekend, for his graduation, mothers day and just to visit most of their children who live in Utah! It was great to have them here and it is amazing the amount of love they have for Joe and his siblings, we love them! :)