What a busy couple of months it's been! Girls camp, internships, bug spraying, my birthday, finals and a show next week! So much is happening!

At the beginning of April I went to camp with the girls from my stake and it was amazing! At first I was kinda weary about camp not being the same as my stake growing up but when I really got into it I had just as much fun as a leader at this new camp as I did when I was a young woman at my old camp.

Ryan got licensed to kill bugs in April as well. Which is great because he'll get more work starting next week since he finished finals/his semester today.

Tomorrow I start the longest week of the semester. And it's not even finals week! For the next week I'll be practically living at my college as we perform eight shows over five days. Craziness? Just a little but I'm zoo excited to make my debut as a choreographer!

Of course I left the biggest and best news for last! Come December 28th Ryan and I will have an addition to our family! We'll be parents and we are so excited. Baby Dean comes right after Christmas and my mom's birthday and is actually due on Ryan's uncle's birthday.

With our new family member will hopefully come all kinds of new changes to get ready for our biggest change!

365 days

I guess the title should be 366 days since there was a leap day in that year but I really can't beive it has been 365 days/ fifty-two weeks/ twelve months/ a whole entire year since I was at the Los Angeles temple being sealed to my wonderful, handsome, best friend, husband. Maybe I should have said at the beginning that this is probably going to be way mushy. So there is your disclaimer. If you can't stomach it then you don't have to read this!

There is so much to remember about that day but I thought I'd share a couple of my favorite moments that are actually kinda funny as well.

When we talked with our sealer he asked if it was ok to instruct us to kiss at the end of the sealing. Apparently he had does so in one sealing but the couple was mortified at the thought of kissing in front of people.

Before we came out of the temple one of the workers put us in front of a large mirror and told us that this was the first time people would see us as Brother and Sister Dean. Then when he announced us to our family he got our names wrong.

While we were taking pictures our photographer mistaked Ryan's uncle for his grandpa.

Aaron and Daniel, two of Ryans friends who were the best man and a grooms man, really enjoyed playing with the umbrellas we provided for them. That is until Aaron accidentally shot the umbrella open in a very sensitive spot on Daniel, then I think Daniel enjoyed it a lot less.

My uncle Milo took up the part of coat rack. Usually he had two purses but I think at one point he had a bridesmaids bouquet, a grooms mans coat, a few umbrellas, and the two purses.

While Ryan and I drove home we had our first meal together. It was 20 pieces chicken nuggets and McFlurries from McDonalds.

And right before the reception when I was putting my dress back on my maid of honor Julie was helping me and has to spend sometime under the skirt. We have a picture of her under there where I kinda look like an ugly step sister from Cinderella.

With all or these memories and thousands more our wedding day was really a great day. We had so much love and support and still do! Our anniversary was great so heres to another wonderful year!

Jam packed January

It's the end of January already so here's a nice little recap. We came home from Christmas with our families at the very beginning of the month and got to go to Disneyland while they still had their Christmas decorations up. We went on Small World which is the coolest at Christmas time and had a great evening just hanging out in the park.

On the fourteenth one of my greatest friends got married in Redlands and had her reception the same night. I got to spend some time with friends that I haven't seen in a good while and over all had a great time. The newlyweds moved to Utah but are only 20 minutes away from my grandma's farm so when We go visit her we'll be able to visit my friend and her new husband as well!

The next day we went to church with family down the hill to her my cousin speak before going on her mission. Courtney is one of my closest cousins and I will definitely miss her as she serves the Lord in Chocabamba, Bolivia.

All the while Ryan worked taking down the Christmas lights that he'd put up previous to the holiday. He is still taking down lights! Today he is doing a house by himself and then on Thursday the biggest house they put lights on will get taken down.

Last week Ryan started school and he thinks he's in for a "fun" semester. He has two math classes, a physics class, a lab and a circuitry class, I think that's all but it sure is a full schedule. Hopefully in the free time he does have he'll find a job, hopefully I will too!

Also last week, we visited Ryan's family while his mom was in the hospital. She left the same day she was admitted and as far as we know she is doing a lot better then she was before going to the hospital.

I'm still waiting to start school in a couple weeks but I occupy my time by reading, scrapbooking or riding my bike places. I am definitely ready to get dancing and learning full-time again!

Not because it's New Years.

I decided today to write a post but not because it is New Year's. I have always wanted to keep this more up to date and have been thinking about it more recently so here goes.

Ryan and I each finished our semesters pretty well. I had a very good semester grade wise but I guess I wouldn't be much of a dance major if I couldn't get an A in my dance classes. Ryan faired the same and we are both happy to have a break before going another 16 weeks.

Our Christmas was wonderful. We got to spend some time with my mom for her birthday by surprising her for dinner with everyone else in our family. Then we spent a couple days in Vegas with Ryan's family. Christmas eve we came back to my parents and had a great time spending a couple of days there and doing many activities. Then we came up to Barstow to spend a couple days here. It's been relaxing and a lot of fun but we are almost ready to be home again.

I am not going to make any promises but I surely hope that I will keep up with this more this year!

Trip up the coast

At the end of June Ryan and I took a trip up the Pacific Coast to visit our friends Aaron and Jaime, as well as my brother Matt, and saw a lot of cool things!

Our first stop was Los Angeles. We wanted to go to the temple but we got lost trying a different way and ended up getting Subway and meeting up with my brother, Tyler, at Santa Monica Pier. After eating we walked down the pier and saw a sail boat on the horizon and a trapeze artist school. Then we headed to Northridge to have frozen yogurt with Sarah, Belle and Karen.

After the frozen yogurt and a great time catching up, we headed to Santa Maria to sleep for the night. You might think us crazy but we camped out in the bed of our truck at one of the Mormon churches there. When we got back on the road we found out that our friends we were heading to visit had mistaken when we'd be there so we tried to stall a bit by going to Hearst Castle off of the Pacific Coast Highway. When we got to the castle we were dissapointed to find that tours up to the castle were kinda pricey so we headed on our way again.

We decided to stop at a look out on a cliff overlooking the ocean. We took some pictures and when we got back to our truck a couple had parked next to us and asked where we were from. After telling them they said that the had recognized the license plate frame from the town they grew up in and that's why they asked about where we lived.

We made it to Monterey a little early. Later in the evening we got to go to the beach which was a two minute walk from our friends house. The next day Aaron and Jaime took us to the Fishermans Warf and Cannery Row on a cool shuttle for free. We saw some Sea Lions and Otters and a great spray paint artist on the street. On Sunday, we went to church and got to help out in the nursery. After church we went to Carmel Beach to search for a memorial for Ryan's second cousin that his uncle had told us about but we couldn't find one. We also walked around the village by the beach. They had the cutest cottages!

On Monday, the Fourth of July, we went on a hike at Point Lobos State Park. It is a really pretty forest area on the coast that has a bunch of coves you can hike to. One in particular used to be a place where whalers brought Whales after killing them. It was pretty cool to see the whale bones they had kept there and read about the history of whalers. The park also had these really trippy trees that grew in all kinds of different directions. Unfortunately, we contracted Poison Oak from this outing but thankfully it didn't present itself until after we had arrived home. After our hike, we went to a party put on by the apartment manager and watched fireworks on tv since the city of Monterey doesn't set them off.
















On Tuesday, we drove two hours to Berkeley where my brother Matt is going to school. He showed us a wicked cool place to take pictures of the bay and then showed us around his campus and a little bit of the area right around the university. He had class in the early afternoon so while he was there we drove over a town to Berkley to Oakland where there is a temple. We got to do some work inside and then headed back to Matt's house to meet up with him after his class. We had some delectable Chinese cuisine before saying good by and heading back to Monterey.
















Wednesday was long and hot as we drove seven hours to get home. We took a different route home so we didn't have the nice cool air of the ocean. We lost our spare tire on the five which wasn't fun. To cool off a bit we stopped at Charlie Browns in Little Rock for a shake and a smoothie. Also, as we cruised home Ryan let me try out driving stick shift and it wasn't as horrible as I thought it would be.

It was a really great trip and was really enjoyable to see some family and friends while seeing some of the sights in California.

Things are slowing down...

Since the summer is here and things are slowing down in our lives I decided to get started on this blog. What better way to start then to give you a little intro into our lives.

Ryan is am Electrical Engineer student at Cal State Northridge. Right now he works as a lab tech and a party rental grunt, both part time. He is originally from Washington but he moved around a lot until his partents moved to Barstow where they have been for the past eight years. He served a mission for our church from '06-'08 in the Morristown New Jersey mission. He likes being active and watching movies.

I, Emma, just finished my associates degree and I'll be starting school for Child Development and Dance teaching in the fall. I don't work during the summer but I just finished the school year teaching Ballet to elementary school kids. I was born and raised in Apple Valley. I've never moved from the town but I'm excited for when I do. I like wacthing and performing most fine arts and reading.

We met in early 2009 through church but didn't really start doing things together until the start of 2010. We started dating in May of 2010 even though Ryan wasn't looking for a relationship because he would be leaving for school that fall. We decided to see if a long distance relationship would work and since Ryan was only two hours away we still got to see each out quite a bit. In November I went to visit Ryan in Northridge on our six month dating anniversary and Ryan proposed. Then about four months later we were married, on March 26th, in the Los Angeles temple.

Thats the start of our story and there is much more to come!