Moving???

Jason and I have decided to make a new blog for the two of us. Hopefully, I will update it more than I have this one. This blog is moving to jepollard.blogspot.com. Just wanted to let you all know.

bridal pictures

For those of you who would like to see a little bit of my bridal pictures, here is the blog address.

http://ashleymaephoto.com/blog/?p=422

a weekend with the Pollards

This past weekend, Jason and I went to Bountiful with his family to meet Micheal's (that is Jason's dad) donor family. It was a wonderful weekend that we were able to spend with each other. We stayed with some friends, the Christensen family, in Bountiful and had a fun time with them as well. These are just a few pictures of the weekend.

Jason absolutely loves his nephew, Kayson. He is such a cute kid! He and Jason played with cars, tractors, and anything that had wheels the whole weekend. Sometimes I wondered if Jason had more fun with all the cars.

This is of the view from the house in Bountiful. It was gorgeous!


After meeting the donor family, we went to Liberty Park with them. This is all of us on the swings. That park is really fun. I think Lewiston City needs to purchase some swings like these and a Farris wheel to have in the park. It was a fun place to be with everyone.
This is a picture of my future in-laws, Michael and Tammi, at dinner.
And this is the girls in Jason's family and me at the dinner. (Tammi, Jordan, Jessica and her boy Kayson, Jenna, me, and in the back is Jayme)

a big announcement

Jason and I are officially engaged now. He proposed to me on Thursday night at Adam's park. I knew that something was up when he showed up at my door with a dozen red roses. Aren't they beautiful? He took me out to eat at Firehouse. Then on our way back to my apartment, he drove past the temple and stopped at the park. We walked around the park for a while, and he was asking me about when we first met and our first date and all sorts of stuff. Finally we sat down on a bench and were just talking when he handed me a letter about how much he loved me. When I was done reading it, he got down on one knee and proposed. It was so cute!

We stopped out in Richmond and then out to my parent's house to make the announcement. Mom attacked us as we got out of the car with the camera, so all the pictures are because of Mom.
The ring. I'll have you know he picked it out all by himself. He did such a good job. I know this isn't the best picture, but it's the best one we got.
Now, it's on to planning a wedding in less than two months!

better late than never

Well, I realize that it has been quite a while since I last posted, but it's better late than never. I've even been a slacker, because I haven't even been taking very many pictures to document what has been going on these past weeks. However, with the few I have, I hope to do a little catching up on my blog.

***A few weeks after General Conference, Jason and I went down to visit Jenn and Brandon. They took us to Cabela's which is a pretty big store full of every sporting goods things you can imagine. They have massive stuffed animals and really old fancy guns (like the ones they show in old westerns). They even have a huge fish aquarium! While we were there, Jason and I voted on the best looking dead animal they had on the wall in one of the section of the store. Now, I'm not sure which one we ended up choosing, but we did vote. We enjoyed looking around there and testing some of the stuff out (hence the picture of Jason in the camping chair....it was the most comfortable one, according to Jason). Brandon and Jenn also took us to a really good resturant, Typanyanki (?). The cook makes the food right in front of you, which is really entertaining. We really loved eating there! Brandon and Jenn were fun to hang out with. Thanks guys! (and sorry I don't have a picture with all of us, Jenn. I'm a slacker.)

***Did you know that there is such a think as a "wild cow milking contest" at a rodeo? I had no idea that that even existed, well, and I didn't even know that Health Days had a rodeo at all. I'm a bit out of the loop. Jason's roommate got him into being apart of his team to go out in the big arena...well for Smithfield city...and rope in this wild animal. If you think this sounds odd, it is and it's just about the funniest thing to watch these grown men chasing these wild cows.
***Shortly after our weekend with the Muirs, Jason came down sick with bronchitis for about a week and and half. He really didn't care for just hanging around his apartment, so it was a long week for him. By the time, Memorial day rolled around, Jason was feeling better. We went shopping and went out to Lewiston for some good family time and food (dutch oven potatoes and chicken, courtesy of Dad). We stayed out there for most of the day playing games and being with the family.

***On the weekend of the 28th of May, Jason and I traveled to Burley to be with his family. Saturday I woke up late to find that Jason had risen quite early (6:00 a.m. I might add) and had the garage all cleaned out and was moving on to removing weeds next to the house. But with these weeds, you would think a weed eater would be the answer. Well, Jason decided to do it another way. He took a wack at the weeds with his machete knife from the mission. It was quite the day, but we got some work done. While we were there, Jason dad, the chef, fixed us a wonderful meal before we left on Sunday. We had great time again with the Pollards. Thanks for letting us come stay!
***For those of you that don't know, Jason is a really really good cook. He definately is the better cook out of the two of us. The other Sunday, Jason offered to make dinner. In the end, he ended up making dinner for eight friends and family, and it was so good. Afterwards, we watched Meet the Robinsons with everyone and just enjoyed each others company.

General Conference weekend

This conference weekend, I had the opportunity to attend the Saturday afternoon session with Jason. It was awesome to be in the conference center and see the prophet. I had forgotten how big that place is! It was a neat experience. I loved being there with so many people and hearing the speakers. If you ever have the chance to go to a session of conference at the Conference Center, I highly recommend going!

We walked around temple square while we were waiting. That is a beautiful place!

Saturday night, the Hall clan got together at the Coppermill for a wonderful dinner. The kids got left at Grandma's house to eat pizza and watch a movie. It really doesn't seem that long ago that I was staying at home with the cousins while the adults went out to eat. I remember that we had some good times. From what I hear, all of the kids got along just fine. Cousins are just so fun!

Welcome back Karalee! We sure do love you!

a happy valentines day

For Valentines Day, my mom made my roommates and me a wonderful meal of chicken taco soup, rolls, and rice crispy treats. She is so good to all of us! This is the first time she had gone out of her way to make us a nice hot meal. She randomly brings us food or asks us to come out to Lewiston to have a hot dinner. It was a perfect valentine. Thanks Mom!

(This is the really yummy bears she made us for dessert...yummm!)