Fun at Y Mountain, Then and Now

The night of September 28, 2007 Kayleen and I went up to Y Mountain just for fun. We took a big cookie and the camera and just had some silly fun. We were just friends then, but getting to be good friends. It wasn't till months later that we actually started dating, but it was one night that we both remember as one of the first times that we really got to know each other and be good friends.
So on Sunday, we celebrated the anniversary of that special "date" (that we didn't consider a date back then) by making another big cookie and taking our camera up to the mountain. A lot has changed in a year! And we couldn't be happier!

Paisley Ginger! (and other adventures this weekend)

We had a very fun weekend, homework-free (I'll probably pay the price for that in the next few days, trying to catch up!) But we had a lot of fun.

On Thursday night we went to Institute, which we are loving! We are taking the second half of Doctrine and Covenants. On Friday we went to our Stake Opening Social / Tailgate party. We enjoyed some good food and fun with our new friends in the ward. We were going to go to an organ recital with my summer roommates Ron and Matt, but it got canceled. So we hung out at the dance at BYU with them and also with Shaun and Lanette. It was a blast! We spent half the time waiting in line for a free snow-cone -- but it was worth it. :)

On Saturday we went up to Layton to see my new niece, Paisley! She is so adorable. We are glad that Brandon and Norine have this new addition to their family. Here is a picture, of course:

It was fun to hang out with Brandon and Norine and Bradley, Julie, and Aliza at the hospital for a few hours on Saturday. Then back home to Provo again to get some errands done and get to bed early, so that Kayleen could give her talk in Sacrament Meeting on Sunday (she did a wonderful job, of course!) We ended the weekend well having dinner with our friends Kerri and Keith.

Another weekend of random adventures gone by too quickly, and now back to work and school for another week!

Why Leeny is the favorite half of JordiLeeny

Here are a few favorite pictures of my hun. She is the most wonderful wife. She makes me so very very happy. Nothing new has happened with us in the last week or so. Just enjoying married life so very much, thanks to Kayleen!

Birthday Barbeque at the Barlows'

So, I've had a hard time keeping up with the blog since we don't have Internet at home. But things have been going well. School is crazy already, but I guess that is expected when you are in graduate school. Kayleen isn't as busy with school, but works a lot more than I do. But we take time to have some fun, too. Last Saturday we invited our friends over for a barbecue at our house to celebrate Brian's birthday. We used our new grill that we got from Andrea and Rebekah, and the hot dogs were pretty tasty, I must say! And of course we had birthday cake, too. We have a big backyard that we used and I think everyone had a good time. We sure did! I didn't take any real formal pictures, just some snapshots. Here's one.

L to R: Brian, Chris, Miriam, Kayleen, Malea, Aleisha, Megan, Ron, Sarah

Thanks for a good time, friends! Other than that, Kayleen and I have just been having more random adventures between just the two of us. We love married life!!!

Back to Life

We are back to normal life here in Provo. We've had a wonderful week and everything turned out perfect. Our wedding was beautiful. We were sealed in the Provo temple by my Grandpa Barlow and enjoyed a small lunch reception at the Skyroom at BYU. Here are some pictures with the Barlow family, the groomsmen, and the girlfriends.
L to R: Brandon, McCoy, Norine, Rebekah, Mom, Brad, Jordan, Kayleen, Andrea, Heidi, Trevor, Julie, Aliza, Bradley

L to R: Brian, Kayleen, Shaun, Jordan, Ron

L to R: Lanette, Kerri, Megan, Kayleen, Sarah, Jordan, Meg, Hilary

We decided not to have a big reception in Utah, so we were done with all the wedding stuff by about 4 in the afternoon. It was really nice to just be able to relax for the rest of the day. We went up to Park City for our honeymoon. We had a lot of fun and were happy to spend time together. We went to the Olympic Park and Museum, the shops on Main Street, and rode the roller coaster at Park City Mountain Resort. We left Park City on Thursday morning so that we could make it to our friend Meg's wedding in Salt Lake.

They had a beautiful wedding and we were honored to be at their sealing. We also went to their luncheon at the Lion House and to their reception that night. We had some fun decorating their car (ironically with the paint leftover from when our friends decorated our car the week before!) Now we have just been getting things ready to go back to school tomorrow - Kayleen has decided to go back to BYU! She is just taking a couple of classes and is working full time now. We are excited to start our life together and things are going well so far!