3 years down.

he told me it was my year to plan. but he knows me too well and knows that i suck at planning. he just had these beautiful roses sent to my work.. i have no clue what he has planned tonight. but i don't even care because he is amazing.

sean,
no one can make me laugh the way you do. no one gets me the way you do. i love you so much. and i am allowed to be mushy about it today! thanks for all you do for me. i can only hope someday that i can be as amazing to you as you are to me. i always say this, but it is true.. the best thing about me is you.

see last years anniversary post here and the year before that here and here.

2 years ago today.

~march 13th 2009 ~

2 years ago today was the best day of my life. 

sean? you have changed me forever and made me a better woman.

it hasn't always been easy. . . i don't know how living with me could be. 

but thank you for sticking with me.  

you will never know how much that means to me.

you have made me stronger.

you have taught me how to be more patient.

you are always so good to me.

you let me accidentally get a dog without telling you...

and didn't even get upset about it.

you let me make muddy buddies for breakfast. lunch. and dinner.

and you don't even complain.

you let me take the warm car to work in the morning.

and you never put up a stink about it.

you know just how i like my diet dr. pepper.

"lots of extra ice to give it substance"

you don't get mad that i hog the bed at night.

and that i insist that the fan is on every night while you are freezing your buns off.

you don't mind that i still sleep with my baby blanket.

and didn't mind that i took it on our cruise.

you let me post pictures of you in a moomoo on the internet.

and you forgave me when someone at work emailed it out to everyone.

if that is not love? then i don't know what is.

thank you for loving me. and all that comes along with it.

cuz heaven knows that it must take a special man, to love a woman like me.

you are the best thing in my life.

you are my best friend.

you are the best thing about me.

i love you so much. 

love your chlo-bo.

p.s. i love how you refused to take off the friendship bracelet we got while dating for our wedding. 

it was in every picture.

it's another reason that i knew without a doubt you were the one.

when you knew he was the one.

here is # 2 of the wedding post challenge...


2. when you knew he was the one: self explanatory.. but how and when did you know?









1. sean knew on halloween night. we were at a party dressed as juno and paulie bleaker. sean says as i was dancing across the room, he looked at me. he said it was just like the movies when everything gets all quiet and you just get that feeling. he said he knew right then and there that he wanted to marry me. i guess i must have been a damn good dancer. haha. no it must have been something else because i'm a horrible dancer. must have been my sweatbands.

2. i look like an idiot in this picture but oh well. our team name is "wootah" so that is why we are making gang symbols. anyway, this was the night i knew this could be something. we had just played in our the softball tournamen. sean drove me home. we rocked out to tupac in his jeep and i sang my guts out. more like rapped my guts out. i knew that must have meant something special, because i never dared do that in front of anyone i was dating. he made me feel so comfortable. i felt like i had known him my whole life. as cheesy and cliche as that is? i don't even care. when you love someone? no one else has to understand it.

3 & 4. both these pictures are from when we were dating and the last picture was shortly before we got engaged. both times we were at a bowling alley. we were both so happy in this picture. we still are of course :) but when i look at that last picture? i know i married the right man for me. that is me.. genuinely happy. and it was just so easy to be happy around him. it still is. and to be honest? when i knew him in high school? i always thought he was cute. i was always intrigued by him. i never dared talk to really talk to him. but i always wanted to get to know him. i am glad i got my chance several years later. it was worth the wait.

how it all began.

here goes #1 in the wedding post challenge!

1. how it all began: how you met, first date, first kiss, how long did you date? first picture together.....etc.

sean and i met in high school actually. we went to different schools, but we had mutual friends. we didn't really get to know each other at the time though. when i came back from fiji and australia, i got a job with my sister at first colony mortgage. ironically sean was working there too. we started talking immediately. sean was really nervous around me. i caught him staring at me at our company luau a few days later and told him to stop being a pansy and just come talk to me. he walked over bashfully and said "was i that obvious?". we sat and talked for hours. he took my phone and put his number in it, under the name "the man". i invited him to my softball game that night. i didn't know if he would show up. he said he had a lot of homework. when i was out on the field i looked up to see my parents in the stands. guess who was sitting next to them talking to them? sean. he had only met my mom earlier that day. i was shocked. i immediately got butterflies.

the next night a big group of us hung out in the canyon and had a bonfire. this was the first picture taken of us.

 
our first official date happened the following week. we went to chili's and thought we were going to a josh grobin concert that he had to go to for a music class. sean for some reason got john schmidt and josh grobin mixed up though. it was pretty darn funny. i kept saying "do you already have the tickets?" and he was like "no you just get them at the door.." i thought that seemed odd for a josh grobin concert. every time we hear a josh grobin song i give him a hard time about it..john schmidt was awesome by the way. sean pretended to lead the music the whole time. i was embarrassed but it made me laugh so hard. i loved that we could be total goofballs around each other.

the following weekend, a group of us decided to go to vegas for fun. up until this point, sean and i had only held hands. i was kind of nervous to already go on a trip with him. the 2nd night that we were there, i remember walking on the streets and sean and i were talking about someone who had a baby. i can't remember why. i remember saying "oh man, i will be such a mess when i have a baby. i will for sure have to have an epidural." sean said, "oh don't worry. we'll make sure you get the drugs." i was like "we?" i didn't know what to say after that. it kind of freaked me out. but the more i thought about it? the more i liked the sound of it. but i was still kind of scared that sean was expecting more out of this than me. i became sort of distant that night..

{us at the ESPN Zone in Vegas that night}

but the next night.. i got over it. we were having so much fun. we were staying in this amazing house by lake las vegas. sean and i went in one of the bedrooms and just talked. i remember shunning him because of something he said. you know how dwight shuns people on the office? sean was like "fine, i can handle that. i am shunnig you back." and we laid there on opposite sides of the bed not talking. after about 15 minutes sean rolled over to me and said "i can't do this anymore. you win.." and then he kissed me. short and sweet. that was it! we were together every single day after that and dated for about 2 months... yeah..not very long. i never thought i would be one of those people.....

lost wages.

lost wages. that is what our flight attendant called

it when our plane landed in vegas. i am sure it's been said before but

i had never heard it. i got a good laugh out of it...

probably for a little longer than i should have...

i finally got some pictures uploaded from vegas..

and going through them, i realize that we didn't get very 

many good ones. oh well. it's not the first time we have been

to vegas, or the last. so i am not too worried about it!

lots of these were taken with my phone so don't judge! 

or judge.. i don't really mind..

this was taken right after we dropped our bags off at the hotel.

i was so excited to see him. we had a nice flight to vegas. 

southwest airlines are awesome. our flight attendant was so funny.

i loved it. 

here we are just riding the escalators..

this is a huge cupcake.

and i really wanted to eat it.

that night we went to the MWC basketball games.

picture of sean. just bein cute. this was actually taken

the next day at ESPN zone.

these were taken the first night. we were waiting to meet

up with some people from work to go eat at the buffet 

at Mandalay Bay. sean is a little ADD and we had to keep him

entertained somehow. i suggested tic tac toe... 

he wanted to do model poses?

{for those of you wondering, sean went to vegas with a bunch of the guys from

work. they go down to vegas every year to watch the mountain west conference

basketball tournaments. or i mean for work stuff. as sean says. sean's mom vicki 

came with me because sean drove to vegas with his dad and didn't want him to 

be a third wheel with me there. it was great though. we all had a blast!}

the next morning we went to the outlets.

it was soooo windy. i found a pair of cords for $16.

then we bought LOTS of candy. 

we stayed at the Monte Carlo. it was sweet.

we really need to get a king size bed.

it was soo windy.

we did a little gambling.

we won some, we lost some.

but mostly we lost some.

oh well. it was still fun :)

we had a blast. more than anything, it was just great to be with sean.

i really had no idea he was planning this..and i was completely surprised.

on the plane ride there i was so giddy thinking about seeing him at the 

airport and running up and giving him the biggest hug! i have had

butterflies ever since. i know that is cheesy, but i think for the last 

little while i kinda forgot how those felt. not that i loved sean any less,

but i just fell even more in love with him on this trip. i didn't know that 

was even possible! we felt like little kids again. we teased each other and

flirted. i loved every second of that short trip. thanks sean!!

sean surprising chloe: the video

first off? i have never had to type the word surprise so many times.
and without fail everytime i type it suprise. so if i get it wrong?
whatever. i don't have spell check on this computer, but i do
know how to spell it... just so you know. just like i know when i am
typing your wrong. you're. if it were up to me we would spell it like
yor. or use a symbol or something. the shorter the better. (in some cases)
i am lazy. but this is nothing new.

moving on....

i hate hearing myself on camera. i hate the way my voice sounds.

especially when i didn't know i was being recorded... because

if i would have known i would have tried to sound sexier or something.

however, i am posting this video because sean wanted me to. and since he

 pretty much deserves anything that he wants from now on for his amazing

suprise.... here it is.. me at work, just finding out that i would

be spending our anniversary weekend with sean in Las Vegas!

{it was a blast by the way, i will try and post some pics later.. }

it's not the most exciting video..haha. but i promise i have never
been more excited. seriously, it was awesome.

and this video better work. it took me an hour and a half to upload it.

then? it didn't save. so i had to do it again. lame!!

and i am so behind on blogs..so sorry i haven't commented lately!

i didn't plan on spending the weekend in vegas ;)

oh and if you haven't entered the giveaway yet,
you still have time! click here!

BEST. SURPRISE. EVER.

as most of you know, our anniversary is this saturday. our real anniversary. our first. and sean was going to be in Vegas and i was going to be stuck in Utah. well i was sad about it, but we celebrated last week up at the cabin. well can i just say that Sean has never been able to keep a secret from me. i LOVE surprises but he has never really been able to surprise me. until today.

i woke up like any other day. without sean. cuz he is in Vegas. i went to work. and at 8:30 my sister handed me an envelope. i work with her and my friend lee. my friend lee was pretending to look at maddie's camera because she wanted to see if she should buy one. they recorded me opening this:

{click to enlarge}

i am freaking out. they got the whole thing on video. i am all packed

and just about to head over to his parents to get a ride to the airport!
{apparently he has been planning this since december! he had me fooled!}

i am so happy! sean? you are amazing.

i can't wait to see you.

i should have never doubted you. 

you never cease to amaze me...

i am more in love with you than ever!!

hope you all have a great weekend!

i am off to VEGAS!!!!

oh and don't forget to enter the giveaway!!

cabin getaway.

sean and i had a great weekend getaway for our anniversary.

we started our night out by eating at Claim Jumper in Heber.

sean.. getting ready for the deer hunt.

the yummy ribs that we both got.. 

and unfortunately couldn't finish. 

we should have shared. isn't that 

how it always seems to turn out?

driving through Sundance

the cute little A-frame cabin that we spent the weekend in.

the river was just a few feet down from the cabin..

we woke up on sunday morning and it was snowing like crazy.

it was so pretty. these pictures don't do it justice.

we went snowshoeing that morning.

for like 45 5 minutes. but i am so out of shape couldn't breathe 

 so we had to stop. 

we took two pictures like this.

one looked like i had snot coming out

of my nose. and one of them looked like snot
was coming out of sean's nose. so i went
with this one.. i know i am mean. sorry sean!
i promise it is just snow...

we just spent the weekend watching movies and sleeping.

it was perfect. and so quiet. we ate lots of junk food and 

enjoyed the warm fire from inside, while watching the 

snow fall outside. it was absolutely perfect. i love you sean!

one year.

sean and i were married on Friday, March 13th 2009.

normally, we would be celebrating our one year anniversary,

on March 13th 2010. normally.

Sean and I went to the Zermatt Resort for the first

night of our honeymoon. then we went to Vegas for the rest.

normally, we would go back to Vegas for our anniversary. normally.

but this year?

sean decided to go with out me..

for the march basketball tournaments.

it's fine. really it is. apparently when we got engaged,

he warned me that this was going to be an issue.

he didn't warn me that it would be an

issue, every year. for the rest of our lives.

or maybe he did?

but i probably wasn't listening or something.

a few months ago...he asked me if he could go.

to vegas. on our anniversary.

i laughed it off and said,

"Yeah. sure. you go ahead and do that."

really not thinking that he would.

so he went right ahead and booked the trip.

it's my own fault really.

i thought he would know better.

when i found out he booked it.

i asked if i could come along.

he said, "chloe, you will probably just be all alone sitting

in the hotel room. all by yourself. all you really could

do is sleep and shop by yourself."

um. that sounds like the best vacation in the world to me..

but needless to say i will not be going.

and i guess the normal thing would be to

celebrate your anniversary..on your anniversary.

but we have never really been that normal.

so it is fine with me.

 we are celebrating this weekend up at sundance.

and i am so very excited to just get away with sean.

we have no plans really. there is no cable or internet at

the a- frame cabin we are staying at.

it is snowing like crazy.

sean and i went up to this cabin before we got

engaged. we spent the night there..

don't worry..there were other people.

but it was one of the nights that i think i fell

in love with him. i can't say that there was one

specific moment, like sean can.

he fell in love with me on October 31st 2008.

we were at a halloween party. he looked over at me..

he says the whole room went quiet. just like in the movies.

yes. he really said that. cheesy eh?

but it's sean, so i let it go..

but anyway..he said that was the moment he knew

 he wanted to spend the rest of his life with me.

but i think i fell in love with him at this cabin.

we talked all night and it was awesome.

then one day we just decided to get married.

it was really weird because when we first started dating..

we were like.. "i'm not getting married for at least a year or two.."

then one day sean said to me,

"where do you see yourself in a year?"

and i said, " i dunno.. i used to be able to answer that.

doing the same thing i am doing right now.

living at home.. maybe going to school.

but now i don't know."

sean said, "yeah same. do you see it with me?"

i was like, "yeah.. i could probably see that."

sean was all, "sweet. me too."

that was it.

it was like in the movie stepbrothers.

when one says to the other.

"did we just become best friends?"

"yep."

and then we went and practiced karate in the garage.

no, we didn't really. but i wish we would have.

then we went ring shopping the next day.

it wasn't planned either. we just walked into the mall..

and we were going to look for other things..

but we just stopped there first.

we didn't even have to say anything.

that is the crazy thing about our relationship.

we were never really like,

"hey. do you love me?

or..

"hey, should we get married?"

or

"should we go ring shopping?"

it all just happened..

we didn't date for long.

we never thought we would be the couple

that got married that soon. but to be honest?

we never really even questioned it.

i look back now and think..

wow.. have we really been married for a year?

did we even date?

do i even know you?

you sure it's been a year?

but..it all just happened.

it made sense.

it still make sense.

neither of us have ever really thought about it.

it almost seems like a dream to me.

but i have some pretty crazy dreams..

and to be honest?

this is the only one that ever made sense.

i love you sean!

happy "one week before our real anniversary" anniversary!

i lost all the pics from my honeymoon and wedding posts..

(in the blogging disaster of 2010)

so i only added a few on..

maybe someday i will add more!

anyway.. we will be gone all weekend...

with no internet..or cable.

and it is snowing like crazy!

i am so excited!

hope you all have a fun weekend!!

{i am partly writing this now because i am pretty lazy and trying to

be more productive at life but also  because i plan on having A LOT

of fun while sean is gone..

and probably won't have time to be getting around to

it sean, since i won't be missing you at all...

and i will be doing lots of really awesome, fun, cool stuff

that you are going to be so jealous of. just so you know.

hahahah.}