Wedding Fun!

3 days till the big day! Time really flies!! We just got the key to our apartment yesterday and started moving out stuff in, which made it feel more real! We are very excited! Even if it is small, we are happy that it is just our space! We will be sealed Saturday morning at 9:40 a.m. in the Salt Lake Temple. It will be a busy day with the luncheon and open house, but it will be lots of fun!!
We will stay 2 nights in the Anniversary Inn in Salt Lake. The rooms are so much awesome! We're staying one night in the South Pacific Suite, and the other night in the Swiss Family Robinson. They are super expensive normally, but Costco was selling gift certificates for $160 for a night. It's still a splurge, but you only get married once, right?! Check out the rooms..they are so fun and creative!
We will fly out Monday morning and head to Cancun, Mexico! We will be staying at an all-inclusive resort called Moon Palace (Thanks mom and dad!!) It's been a while since either of us has really had a fun vacation, so we are really looking forward to it! This is probably the last update for a while! Now we just hope that everything runs smoothly! It has been a really crazy week with lots of busy busy so we're excited to finally see the final product!

A Close Call...

Driving back to Utah from Spokane on Sunday right after the 4th, we had quite the day! We left at 10 in the morning. "We" missed the exit for Missoula and although it seemed like a big deal at the time, looking back it was nothing! After a delicious lunch (thanks to Grandma Murphey and Hoagieville), we continued on. Ashley was determined to drive from Missoula to Idaho Falls without stopping...Unfortunately, that didn't happen.
A few miles outside of Lima, MT, Curt wanted to block the sun by rolling his pillowcase up in the window. Ashley was driving, and trying to help him but not roll his fingers up in the window. After looking away from the road for a bit too long, we both looked up to the car veering nearly off the road to the left. We can't remember a lot of details, but after over correcting to the right, and spinning a 360, we ended up off the right off the road in a fence post and barbed wire fence. Luckily, neither of us was injured...the car took one for the team. It was one of the scariest moments in our lives, but we are so incredibly thankful that it wasn't worse. At the next town we got a new tire and were back on the road again, a mere $113 extravaganza.
Now if that isn't enough for one day, less than an hour later we saw a policeman whip around and turn on the flashing lights behind us..a dreaded sign. Curt wasn't even speeding so we both wondered, "What is it this time?" Neither of us saw the "Do not pass" signs in the construction zone as we were still recovering from our earlier scare, and it just so happened that we were passing a car at the time. A $75 ticket to add to our lovely day.
Moral of the story: Fly home! With the cost of gas, a new tire and making the guy open his shop on Sunday and a $75 ticket, it is much more cost effective and time efficient. Curt says no more Sunday driving....(P.S. Curt got estimates on the damage done...over $6000!...So time to go car shopping yet again. It will be Curt's 3rd car in less than a year.)

Only 20 Days Left

Well, time as a single for us is running low! We only have a little over 20 days till we are married as of right now. We are both very excited and have those little butterflies going too! When we went to Tasha and Aaron's wedding last week we both got to the temple and must've started feeling those butterflies at the exact same time! We are so happy and can't wait to be sealed! Hope to see all of our friends at our Open House or Reception too :)

Father's Day

Ashley decided to surprise me for Father’s Day this year! We had a great breakfast and had church. She made kalua pork for me for dinner, delicious! After dinner she told me she got me a little present, and asked if I wanted it? So she brings out a swimsuit for me for our honeymoon. Then, she goes back and comes out with a box full of tools, which basically made my whole week! I have a new obsession with tools since beginning a new job in construction. Then she says what are you going to carry them in? So I’m thinkning well, I’ll have to buy a tool belt. Then she comes out with a tool belt for me! Wow, Ash rocks! Yes, I’m not a father yet, but we look for any excuse to give each other presents :)

For Grandma and Grandpa

Manti Pageant

Curt and I were in a get-out-of Provo mood, and he’d never seen the Manti Pageant before so we took a little drive south with my best friend, Lisa, and her fiancé. We got there a little early (almost 3 hours :)) but we were prepared with plenty of games! When the sun was shining it was beautiful, but when it went down, the mosquitoes came out and it was a bit too cold for shorts!! We even saw Joseph Smith’s wives. There were definitely lots of antis doing some crazy things. The pageant was excellent and we enjoyed it. Curt even managed to stay awake driving home…Quite the accomplishment at the end of a 50 hour work week averaging less than 5 hours of sleep a night! It was a fun night!

TiPs aNd TrIcKs??

If anyone has any tips on how to do fun things on a blog, let us know!! I guess it's pretty obvious looking at our page that we are illiterate bloggers! Is there a way to get cooler fonts than the ones that are just on here??

Cooper

Ashley became an aunt on May 23 when Cooper Lyle James was born. Curtis claims him too! He is the cutest baby ever!! And he is sooo good! He barely ever cries, and we even caught a picture of him smiling! I had my bridal pictures taken on Friday and there were peacocks everywhere so Cooper got a picture with one...He's so stinkin adorable!

Tyler's Mission Call

Ash's brother Tyler finally opened his mission call last night! He's off to the Guatemala, Guatemala City Central Mission! We are really excited for him!! We'll miss him, but what a lucky guy to have the opportunity to serve the people there. He will report to the MTC on September 3. Congratulations Tyler! My Brother-in-law, Spencer, prepared this Guatemalan dinner for us so we were able to experience a bit of the culture!

Engagement Photos

Ash and I got our engagement photos taken a couple of weeks ago! It was a great experience for both of us. Amidst awkward poses and look this ways and look that ways we actually got some awesome photos! And a few that are just plain funny to look at (mostly me, Ash looks like a beauty queen in all of them!) It was a ton of fun and we're looking forward to photos on our wedding day! And I guess we're sort of excited to get married too :)