OUR WEDDING DAY

~I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU HUSBAND & WIFE~

~I am now officially MONTANA MEYERS!! ~



Let me tell you it feels AMAZING! I am still riding cloud 9! I feel so excited that it is official. that he has said his vows; to love me for our forever. During the vows I immediately just started to bounce slightly as I was so OVERJOYED! He began saying his vows "I CHOOSE YOU MONTANA, to be my wife" la la la la la.. I was so giddy! He is my best friend, the love of my life. I fall in love with him more everyday. Every single day he does something new, something sweet, something that makes me fall for him all over again! The crazy thing about it was when we were saying our vows I didn't hear a single noise, word, conversation, movement or even SEE anyone, I JUST SAW AND HEARD JASON! Its hard to explain, I was SO IN TUNE with him on such an intense level. It was so intimate!

The beginning of my day started out a little hectic, the girls(Raeanne, Makayla, & Megan) woke me up before 5:30 am GIGGLING and it made me furious. I was so tired and couldn't fall back to sleep! I was stressing my hair and makeup wasn't going to get done on time as they were working on the other girls in my line, stressed about what we were going to do for flowers, as we were walking OUT the door basically Karly and Rachel show up and saved the day. But I got over it pretty quickly. I had a PANIC moment in the bride room but was fine moments later, I just wanted to START right away, I knew if I could JUST see Jason he would make all the butterflies OK and I would feel so safe and so excited! I can't really explain how I felt all morning other then it kind of felt like an OUT OF BODY EXPERIENCE.






The very MOMENT that our reverend said "I now pronounce you husband and wife. Jason, you may kiss your bride" I felt 100 feet tall. I felt on top of the world, the center of attention. Every fiber of my being was so thrilled for that kiss, so thrilled for our new little family we had just made OFFICIAL!








We turned around and I felt SO AT EASE! To know that we were now a team, officially! That we were a family and we were forever united as one, I felt brave and strong enough to do anything. We danced back down the isle and went inside to begin the pictures! Its definitely one of those days, moments, feelings I WILL REMEMBER clear as day- for the rest of my life. It was amazing!

So here it is, my handsome husband. Our closest friends and family surrounding us on our biggest/most spectacular day of our lives.............. SO FAR!!

In a flash the day had arrived and disappeared. It is a little chaotic when you think about it. I mean the last 8 months of my life have been overwhelming. So stressed, so busy, so many details, so many little things. Then POOF The big day was here, I was able to sit back and relax and enjoy it all and in a BLUR it was all over! But i couldn't have asked for better family and friends. It was so PERFECT in SO MANY WAYS!! Thank you everyone! and to Jason-"Baby I love you and I am so excited that we have started out new journey together as husband and wife! I love you to Pluto!"

~BRIDAL SHOWER~

Sunday was my bridal shower and let me just start by saying "THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CAME"! I am so grateful for friends and family like you! You are so good to me and I am SO THANKFUL!

I was immediately overwhelmed when the shower actually started as I was SURROUNDED by my close friends and family! I never expected to see SO MANY FACES and was nervous about all the attention. I was shaking when I was opening gifts as I was just SO TOUCHED by everyone's gifts. I don't do well at "the center of attention". I enjoy to being on the "OTHER side" of it rather then the ONE WE ARE CELEBRATING ABOUT, but it turned out PERFECTLY!! I couldn't have asked for ANYTHING BETTER! Our living room is still filled with bags and boxes as I am trying to make room for everything. THANKS EVERYONE!!! I got so many great gifts. I can't wait to get them all in a routine USE!! Jason & I got 2 canister sets, 12 wine glass set, dishes, BIG TURKEY PAN(way excited to do a turkey in it this year by the way), so much lingerie(they are SO PRETTY), a bathrobe, beach set, photo album, clothes, picture frames, Signature plate, USA decorations, bath towels, kitchen towels, candles, bath rugs (which will go AMAZING in our NEWLY FINISHED BATHROOM- It looks so good) and so much more. I am so excited to see everyone at the bachelorette party it is gonna be so much fun.. NOT ALL EYES On me, but rather a party with a BUNCH OF GIRLS!! I LOVE YOU ALL!! THANKS!! SO MUCH FOR MAKING ME FEEL SO LOVED AND SO SPECIAL :D

MY SISTER

So for those of you who don't know I have a half sister named Chareena. She is 29 years old and she has YET to learn to GROW UP!!!! I wish she would wake up and realize the things she has done and would take the steps to FIX IT! To want to do and be a better person, a better mom to her son, a better daughter to our mother, a BETTER PERSON!!!!! I just want her to be better, sober and happy!

She just went on this wild RIDE and left her son YET AGAIN. This is the 3rd son that she has given up to POOR choices, choices that don't seem to last, but seem "FUN" at the time. She just took off to chase a carnival. I KNOW WHAT YOU ARE THINKING. Its just so sad that she doesn't have the motivation from her boy to DO GREAT. He is a wonderful boy, so sweet and just wants to be LOVED. I just found out from my family (ON MY DAD'S SIDE) That she has been running to MY FAMILY demanding money and expecting them to help her, she has her hand out saying they OWE her and should help. But they don't owe her ANYTHING. They all told her she was NO LONGER welcome at their homes as she stole from them so many times. She showed up at my grandparents' house unexpected, just walked in the house and helped herself immediately to their kitchen and demanded my grandma immediately drive to town and get better food and cook for her and her new "COOL BOYFRIEND".. I am mortified that she finds no regret in any of this. I am mortified that she is making excuses for her action rather then taking responsibility. Her son Dezten talked to me on the phone and was saying "Aunt Tana I take bath with toys.. I don't like my mom, she is mean to me and isn't a good mom huh?" its devastating that he feels that way, but its understandable. He deserves the world. She has lost custody of 3 boys because she won't give up the RUNNING WILD part of life. Its just sad, she needs to go get her tubes tied if she doesn't want to stop running, she needs to give Dez the opportunity to be with someone who wants to love him UNCONDITIONALLY!! My heart is breaking thinking about Dez going through the things I went through growing up. But I at least had my brother, he is an only child, feels so alone and doesn't like talking about his mom or dad. Its heartbreaking.

Last night I called my sister. I had HAD it. I told her to STAY away from my family, stop DRAGGING them into her mess and to JUST LEAVE THEM ALONE. She then went on to threaten me about things she could do to my grandparents if I don't listen to her plea. Its just pathetic. I am ready to call police in Montana to make sure that My family is OK. I feel she is a stranger, NOT blood. Family would NOT do this to family! I truly want the best for her, but WON'T BITE THE BAIT AND PITY HER for her mistakes, she needs to step up to the plate and pay the consequences for her actions and MOVE FORWARD!! Her 2 other sons want NOTHING to do with her. They know who she is and they don't feel they want ANYTHING TO DO WITH HER, its just sad! She just needs to realize that she is ONLY BURNING MORE BRIDGES and pretty soon she will be ALONE! I want good things for her but I fear that she just doesn't want to get better because in her eyes she has done NOTHING WRONG!!!

P.S.- TO CHAREENA- PLEASE just get down on your knees, and pray. Pray for forgiveness and move forward. Go be a great mom and beat the odds. Show yourself that you can succeed. Take joy in the little things in life and mostly in YOUR SON. Don't LOSE him too..

~The 3 AMIGAS~

In high school I was ATTACHED AT THE HIP to Karly and Amber! The 3 of us seemed to be INSEPARABLE! They were my besties and I theirs. I spent countless nights at Amber's house. Her parents were SO AMAZING TO ME, they treated me like one of their own and it will NEVER BE FORGOTTEN! Karly and I had 2 classes together and I also would just GO to graphics class all the time with them as I had all the credits I needed for graduation. The teachers knew I was caught up so they didn't mind.. We would spend nearly all day at school together and then we would pile into Karly's green machine or Amber's cars.. (blazer or her white car) and we were OFF stirring up some trouble. One of my favorite things about our friendship was that ALL 3 of us were SO DIFFERENT but it didn't matter as we all just "GOT EACHOTHER" so well that we just fit together. We would laugh til we cried or nearly peed our pants, and we still get to laughing to this day!

After high school it seemed that we all got caught up in our lives and started to drift apart.. It was sad, but I respected that we are all just growing up.. I had received news that Amber was getting married and I was SO HAPPY FOR HER!! Karly & I were bridesmaids and it was SO NICE to once again get together, as it seemed we had never been apart. We immediately were laughing, goofing off and just the 3 amigas again. It was great. Then after Amber's wedding, again we all just got busy with our lives and we went our separate ways. Pretty soon I was getting notice that Karly was getting married. She had her Bridal Shower and the 3 of us were BACK TOGETHER AGAIN. This picture was at Karly's Bridal SHOWER, it was so much fun to see them both!

Now it seems that its MY TURN. I am getting married and these 2 gals were there for ME! They came to my party and immediately I was overjoyed. I wanted to run up get them and TAKE OFF LIKE WE USED TO, but I just sat calmly on the couch. It was so exciting. I love them so much, it seems NO MATTER HOW MUCH TIME WE SPEND APART, the moment we are all back together again IT SEEMS WE PICK UP RIGHT WHERE WE LEFT OFF! I love that. They are both doing so well and i just PRAY that I too continue to do well in all aspects of my life. I am so BLESSED TO HAVE SUCH AMAZING FRIENDS!!

I just hope that we stay so close, as they are 2 AMAZING PEOPLE!! :D

KARLY AND DENO... I LOVE YOU BOTH TO THE MOON!!! "TOO MUCH METAL FOR ONE HAND!!!!"

~The OLD DAYS, but GOOD TIMES~

So I was going through a bunch of photos and KNEW I HAD TO GET THEM ALL SCANNED ON MY COMPUTER!! There are some really great memories with these photos, even though most of them are extremely embarrassing for me to share with people.. ALL OF THESE PEOPLE in the pictures are VERY IMPORTANT TO ME STILL TO THIS DAY so its great that I still have them. This (above) was the last day of school.. Brandi, Myself, Haydee, Portia and Annie. I really miss these girls. It was so hard to say bye to them when we were DONE with school, but I still talk to them at least ONCE in a while. I am so happy that they are all doing well. I LOVE YOU HAYDEE GIRL!!

This picture here (above) was in 7th grade. These were my best friends. the girls I was ALWAYS with, the girls that we would all get in trouble with. From L-R Alecia, Christie, Mindy, Katie, Emma, Amber, Brooke, Ashlee.. WOW!!

The first girl-friend I made here in UTAH!! THANK YOU RANDI BEZZANT!! She was always a total blast to be around, whether we were bowling, sluffing school, have sleepovers, partying, stealing street signs (lol- that is a completely different story), going to dances, laughing stil we were crying, or simply scaling the side of Scotty's apartment complex (like seen in this photo) we were ALWAYS LAUGHING!! I LOVE YOU RANDI!!!!

Karly & Deno!!! Need I say more? Well first off, they AREN'T NAKED!! We were just out tanning and we came in and ate an entire pan of brownies.. MMMMMMMMMMMMMM They were my BESTIES my senior year and I still am so close to them today!! I love them both to the moon and would do ANYTHING for either one of them! We were definately the 3 stooges. It was so much fun. "TOO MUCH METAL FOR ONE HAND" I LOVE IT!!

7th grade again. We would always perform like this. We thought we were so amazing. We would put together these dances and just do them. This picture was right at the end of the dance. It was a BIG hit even though our crowd was only like 13 fellow students.. It was so much fun.. I don't know what I am doing in the picture though. I am the one with my hand up its so funny!! From left to right.. Garee(splits), Alecia, Emma, Myself, & Amber! I miss em'

A GOOD LESSON

~MY MAJOR JINX~

Why do I aways end up jinxing myself? I swear.. First thing that I had to say was "i just can't get hit in the face" and it seemed like a logical thing for anyone to say who was in my SITUATION. My wedding is in a month and I don't want any DEFORMITIES or missing teeth on my MOST IMPORTANT DAY.

The Softball game was going great. I was hitting great, making it home, making the boys pay closer attention. I was having one of those "ON" games, the kind where I was proud of what I was doing. I had caught 3 balls and was contributing to a WIN. THAT'S WHEN IT HAPPENED.. The batter hit the ball directly towards me, it was a grounder, so I was running over reached out to dig the ball up into my glove...it looked like it was going to be a PERFECT play, "that i would get it in my glove and get the runner out so easy"....BUT at the very last minute it just POPPED up and "BANG" it slammed me in the face.. I immediately turned around bent down and was spitting blood.. All I could think was "if I spit out a tooth I am gonna go punch the batter, if I spit out a tooth I am SCREWED". I was immediately getting the worst visuals ever!! me being a toothless bride, THANK GOSH I HAD JUST DONE MY BRIDALS........ PHEW, NO TEETH came out, JUST a lot of blood and fat lip came out of it!! Phew right? Well I am new to this big lip and sleeping was a CHORE.. It doesn't hurt, but I am feeling a lot like THE NUTTY PROFESSOR, you know the scene when he changes and his lip sticks out like a foot? That is how it is looking, it bruised on the inside and it bounces now when I use the stairs in the house.. THANK GOSH I DON'T HAVE WORK TIL MONDAY or people would be asking, "what happened? Did you get in a fight? Did J do that to you? What happened? So I did luck out in that department. Like I said IT DOESN'T HURT AT ALL, ITS JUST IN THE WAY NOW AND IT LOOKS HORRIBLE!!!

After we got home from the game it just started swelling more, gotta get worse before it gets better. J was so good to me though, he got me some med to help with swelling and some ice.. I kept looking at him saying "baby I'm still sexy, right"? the look on his face was priceless he was trying so hard to keep a straight face and agree with me. Then he said "baby it looks like you have a big DIP in, what do you take Copenhagen or Snuff"? and he began singing that Rodney Carrington song "Her real name is Sheela but we call her MOOSE, she chews tobacco and swallows the juice". I was laughing so hard, its true it kind of looks like a GIANT CHEW in my mouth UGH...

So now I get to look like a total jackass for the weekend, but LESSON learned. It goes so much smoother if you catch the damn ball with your mitt.. TO ALL OF YOU BALL PLAYERS, take it from me, CATCH THE BALL WITH YOUR MITT!! lol

~FINALLY~

So it happened.. I am officially a BLOGGER.. Thanks is LARGE part to Jenna. She helped me, well set it up for me, so THANKS JENNA!! You are awesome.

As most of you know, J & I are getting married in a month and I couldn't be more thrilled about it. It is insane how much detail goes into planning the "perfect day"! Everything is done now basically. We do still have to get the drinks, pay for the food, the wedding planner, get the flowers, flower girl dresses and get my bridals printed. But its coming together so great. I can't wait for the moment they say " I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU HUSBAND AND WIFE" (yay) then I get to dance with my honey and kiss him, and share our most important day with all of you! Our honeymoon is going to be so nice, we have taken 2 weeks off and it will be JUST HIM & I. I can't wait.

It has been a whirlwind of a year, we have taken in Rae & Jayden which has helped us grow up SO MUCH, we have become engaged, started planning this wedding. The most exciting part is that we have grown SO CLOSE!! He is my best friend, I love him more every day, which seems unreal, but its true. I still get butterflies when I see him or when he calls me. I am so blessed to be a part of his life and I can't wait til we start our new journey together, so the far the journey has been REMARKABLE!