Lyssa's Wedding and Christmas Time!

 Well the day finally came that these two got married.  Alyssa and I have been good friends for a while and also wrote missionaries at the same time.  It's our sad little bonding saga.  Haha.  Just kidding.  Lys and I were roommates at Utah State and she's one of my very best friends! Let's just say that through it all- her and Jake have been a long time coming.  They were married in the Draper Temple on December 3 and it was a beautiful day!!

Mr. and Mrs. Poulson

(stole this off Felicia's facebook- thanks!)

Keep in mind it was FREEZING this day. Oh. my it was cold. She's in short sleeves!

 Congrats Lys!! It was also really fun to see a bunch of friends we haven't seen for a while! Wedding receptions are great for that reason! 

Also....
Brad and I got our first Christmas Tree!! Woohoo!! We found this cute little guy and knew it was perfect :) Nothing better than the smell of that tree when you walk in your house!
(Cough, Cough BLAKELY!) haha 

 And tada! Now it feels like the Christmas season :)

 AND (this is a post with a lot of great things in it) 

AND we got to go to the First Presidency Devotional last weekend! We were lucky enough to get the invite from our great friends (Curtis & Lindsey and Tim & Tim's date Ali) who we never get to see anymore! So we were very excited to go!

 And yes, Brad and I were freezing so we came all bundled up!

 So much fun! We had a blast!

Sidenote- Brad and I came to the First Presidency Devotional 4 YEARS AGO!! Crazy.  We were not dating then, but I think we both wanted to be :) Here's some throwback pics for the fun of it... 

Haha this picture sums it up- Crazy-eyed Matt and Tai in the background!

How young do we (by we I mean Brad) look? Haha this in 2007, if we only knew...

Now B & I are 5 finals and 3 days away from Christmas break :) Bring it on!

Melissa's Wedding

 Happy Wedding Day to Melissa and Zack!

It was a beautiful day at the Oakland Temple and I was so happy to be a part of it :) She looked beautiful and it was such a fun day! I wish I had pictures of the dinner at her house, because everything looked great. 

Melissa and I are sisters.  Well as close as possible I guess.  4 years of living together. Volleyball, Utah State, friends, boys, dances, crazy up-all-night experiences talking and laughing.  These are the years we developed into the married women we are today.  I will probably never know just how much she influenced my life, but I'm sure grateful for it all.  

It makes me happy to see her marry a man she loves and who loves her! Congratulations!! 

And before the wedding, Brad had a game in Monterey! 

(Don't ask me why I don't have any pictures of this)

My mom and I were on the ultra-road-trip, so the day after the game, we headed over to Carmel and our FAVORITE restaurant in the world.  Eggs Benedict is perfect! Silky Hollandaise, perfectly poached eggs, with glorious pepper sauce.  This is truly wonderful. 

This would be the dream: live in Carmel, own your breakfast & lunch restaurant and cook to make people happy, and then golf the whole afternoon.  No, I do not golf or currently have any aspirations of being a golfer, but when you live in Carmel- you golf.  And you love it.

These pictures look verrrrryyy similar to ones taken last year... 

Or maybe these ones from 2 years ago... 

 Hmmm.... There seems to be a trend here...

 Whoops! How did these ones get in here!!

Good times :) 

Happy Thanksgiving tomorrow!! I'm off to make pies!!

Wedding Video

Brad and Dani: The Wedding from Enge Chen on Vimeo.

I absolutely love this video! It captures all of the sweet moments we had from our wedding day. This is something we will share with our families and cherish for a long time.