Bridals!!!

Last Saturday, despite the cold weather and uninvited wind, Rob & I forged through and got to take our Bridals with Maria. First of all, Maria is a genius. She is so good at her job, and we are so lucky to have her as our photographer. 700 pictures were taken. Yeah, not a typo....that really is 700. Our cheeks hurt from smiling after, and everytime she would make Rob & I stand close to one another I was so thankful. He was my blanket. Seriously, I was freezing through a lot of these shots. But we LOVE, LOVE, LOVE how they turned out. This is just a few of them that Maria just recently posted on her blog. Hope you enjoy. :)

The wedding is in 2 weeks. CRAZY!!! I'm getting super excited.

Hope to see you all there!!

http://photosbymaria.blogspot.com/2009/11/amy-and-rob-bridals.html

Shoe Shots....

So, here's a few more pics from our Engagement shoot. I think you can see my shoes in a couple of these.

P.S. I heart shoes!! :)

Just a few...

Here's the link to a few of the MANY pics we took with Maria. It was a gorgeous day in Provo, perfect weather, etc. More are to come, but here's a few to get you by for now. Enjoy, we sure did!! :)

http://photosbymaria.blogspot.com/2009/10/amy-and-robert-engagements.html

Engagement Photos

So, we're meeting with our photographer today to do engagement photos. I'm pretty pumped about them. We are doing a few different changes of clothing, and Rob just can't wrap his head around why we are changing shirts. "It's still us, just a different shirt". :) I told him it will help people see all of our diversity and personalities. (Even though 2of the 3 shirts I'm wearing are black, hahaha. But it's all about the shoes people, just check out the shoes when you see the pics. I have 2 AWESOME pairs that I'm totally pumped about. Oh man, I am such a girl. I care more about my shoes in the pics then me). :)

Well, stay tuned. When I have some pics to show I will post them. Until then, check out Maria's blog. She is AMAZING!!!!!! I'm so excited.

www.photosbymaria.blogspot.com

And here he is.....

So, I would like you all to meet my fiance', Rob Miller. I know, I know, I kept him a secret for a very long time. Besides my family and a few close friends, hardly anyone knew we were even dating. We met through our singles ward earlier this year and started dating in June. We actually met through FHE, which my Bishop credits himself with cuz he extended the calling to me in March. Way to go Bishop. :)

So, here's the details. He is from California, 29 years old, served a mission in Jacksonville, Florida, divorced with a darling 3 year old daughter. He works for Overhead Garage doors as their Service Manager. So, if you need any garage door help you know who to contact. :) Can't help but advertise for him. (hehehe)

We love to fish up in Pine Valley (or anywhere we can ditch the heat in SG), so on Aug. 27th he took me up to Pine Valley to measure a garage door for a job and to do a little fishing. On our way up he told me he wanted to marry me right now, so instead we decided we'd choose a date that would be a little more sutible for all of our family and friends to attend. :) Honestly, we randomly chose Dec. 5th and went on with our night. He kept teasing me about the date while we were fishing, but as we got closer back to town he took me to my parents house to go "talk" with them. I started to have a little inkling of an idea that he was going to propose in the near future. I just had NO clue it was going to play out exactly the way it did all that night. :) We were with my parents for a couple of hours talking, crying, and laughing. It was such a nice visit and my parents gave us a lot of great advice on marriage, etc. We left and Rob took me to the lot I had purchased in Ivins earlier this year. (the following pics are from the next morning, cuz this all happened around midnight) :)

We pulled up to the lot and he said, "Wait here just a minute". He was out lighting all the candles in a big circle. Unfortunately, there was a wind that night and they kept blowing out. He got me out of the car and was totally frustrated with the wind, I was trying not to laugh cuz it was pretty funny. He would get one lit and go to the next and the first one would blow out. Finally he said, "Oh, forget this. Pretend like all these candles are lit". He had them in a big ring and knelt in the middle. (We have this inside joke with Johnny Cash, Walk the Line, and the Burning Ring of Fire). He said, "This is my burning ring of fire". I started laughing, but it was so cute. He took my hand and asked me to marry him and put the ring on my finger. Apparently I didn't answer quickly enough cuz he started to take it off. When I asked him why he was taking the ring off he said, "cuz you haven't answered me yet". So, I repeatedly said yes, and he put the gorgeous ring back on. :) Then he stood up and hugged me and told me he had been thinking about where he wanted to propose for a while now. He said the lot was the place because that is where our future is. That is where our home is going to be, our kids will grow up, and where we'll grow old together. I thought it was so sweet and well thought out. We talked and hugged and kissed for a while at the lot, then we had to leave to go tell my parents. I was too excited. Actually, it all felt so surreal. I seriously just kept waiting for it to not be real or something. We caught my parents just getting ready for bed, and I think surprised them pretty good as well. I don't think they were thinking it was going to happen as quickly, either. :) And of course I called MinDee (cuz her lights were on when he proposed so I knew she was still awake). She didn't believe us at all, so we had to go up by her house to show her the ring also. The next morning was lots of phone calls to family and friends.

What a crazy weekend that was spreading all the news. So there it is, I am ENGAGED!!! We are planning Dec. 5th, 2009. Keep it on your calendars, and PLEASE leave your address in the comments section so I can get an announcement to you!! :)

I love Rob and can't wait to spend our lives together. He is a good man. He is funny and always keeps me laughing. He has such a great spirit and a desire to do good. He is so loving and always makes me feel special and loved. I am so blessed to have him in my life. I can't wait for all the adventures we have a head of us!!

So applicable to my life!!

Lagging behind

I can't believe it's really been almost 2 months since I posted. Not like the success of humanity hinges on my blog posts, but still, 2 months? Holy crap, I suck at life sometimes. Life has been GREAT though. Family reunions have been attended, Road Trips have been travelled, and good times have been had by all.


The end of June I headed to SLC for the Hansen Family Reunion. It was tons of fun, and nice to spend the weekend with my Dad's family. We really have a good time together. And, we were able to have a little surprise B-day party for Taran. Thanks for the cute cake, and planning, MinDee.


The 4th of July was spent up at the Ence Reunion in Pinto. I LOVE that place. I look forward to that reunion every year, and was not disappointed this year. The theme was Ironman 2009 and we had SO much fun. Even though my team didn't place 1st, the Root Beer chug was memorable, and I think I seriously burped for 2 days following. Grandma & Grandpa always make the best Root Beer. :)


I went on a road trip to California (Los Angeles and San Francisco) with 2 of my close friends, Corinne & Dallin. Dallin is moving to Georgia for school so we wanted to do something fun before he left. We went to an Angels/Yankees game at the A's stadium, my first MLB game. It was AWESOME!!!!! We seriously had so much fun, and the families we sat around were so entertaining. We drove up the coast to San Francisco, enjoyed time at Fisherman's Wharf, Pier 39, Lombard Street, and church at the Berkley Singles Ward. Then we had the privilege of having our car window busted out and our GPS unit stolen. However, the ipod right below the GPS (worth twice as much) was still in tact and good to go. Stupid robbers!! So, after a clean up job on the Jeep and an amazing cardboard window constructed by Dallin & Corinne we were on our way home. 12 hours later, we pulled into St. George, all grateful for the memories, laughter, and the ability to stand up for long periods of time. :)

I received quite a fun phone call while on my road trip from my little bro, Tyler. He and his wife & family surprised us all with a trip to Utah. He had a break in school and they thought they'd come out and spend some time with both of their families. Lucky for us, they made it just in time for the Randy Hansen Reunion, held in Duck Creek, UT this year. MinDee & Nate's family were in charge, and they planned a super fun weekend. We all got up there on Friday and had dinner, played games, and sat around the fire. Saturday we had a lot of fun activities throughout the day: bike rides, 4-wheeling, paint ball, crafts, games, and a little nap time during the rain storm. That night we had an AMAZING dutchoven dinner, and sat around the fire sharing fun Hansen Family memories. Good times, and tons of laughs. Sunday we all got up and attended church in Panguitch Lake, then came back and had brunch and spent the afternoon sitting around visiting again. It was such a fun and relaxing weekend. I just love my family and love spending time with them. They truly are the biggest treasure in my life.

So, it's already August and I'm wondering how in the world this summer went so quickly. It's been a blast though, and I sure have no complaints. I will have to update with some pics when I get a second, but until then, just enjoy this novel of a post. :)

Monday Laugh!!

One of my favorite commercials of all time. Heaven knows I need a little Monday morning laugh too. Who doesn't? :) Enjoy!!

WICKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When my little brother got home from his mission my parents had made plans to go back and tour it with him and invited me along. When I realized we'd be in L.A. one night I did some research and figured out we could get tix to see the musical, WICKED at the Pantages Theater. I made everyone listen to the soundtrack over and over again. We saw it in 2007 and immediately fell in love. It is so entertaining.

Then the announcement was made that it was coming to the Capital Theater in SLC. My Mom had some connections and got us pre-sale tickets. She gave them to each of us girls in my family for our B-day gifts. May 1st we loaded in MinDee's van and headed up to see the show. My Mom and I kept telling the girls how fun it is. We again listened to the music the whole way up.

We went to dinner at Olive Garden across the street from the theater first, then saw the show. We laughed, we sang, we cried (well, at least I always do) and had the best night ever. We missed Jamie not being with us, but will do it again with her for sure. :)

I love the ladies in my family and am so blessed to have the best SISTERS ever. And my Mom is about the most wonderful person you'll ever meet. We had a fabulous weekend. Thanks again for the B-day gift, Mom. It was great!!

Funny Man

My family and I gave tickets to one another for Christmas this year to see Brian Regan at Tuacahn. I swear it took forever to get here, but when the day finally arrived we were all pretty excited. I've seen him before up in SLC, he was FANTASTIC live. So, I was super excited to go again, especially with my Dad, I would say he's his #1 fan. :)We met at Mom & Dad's for dinner before seeing the show, and just as I was digging in to my luscious taco salad, we got a call from Rebecca Smith. She had a backstage pass and told us it was ours if we could get out there in 5 minutes. Immediately we all appointed Dad as the lucky person, but he didn't want to go alone. So, I hopped in with him, hoping they would take some pitty on me and let me in also. :) Guess what? It totally worked. We got to go meet him and get a few autographs.He was just as funny in real life as stage life. When he was signing my backstage pass he asked me how to spell my name. I said Aymiee with the number 7, then he says "and the letter Q". I replied, "look at my name tag...it's really big". I love that I was totally quoting his own jokes to him. ;)

The show was so funny. He did such a great job. Here's a few pics of the evening. And make sure to check out the link at the top of this post for a brief clip of one of his spots on Letterman.

Birthday Wishes

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my favorite Sister!! :)

I love you more than words could ever tell.


You are the best sister and friend anyone could ask for.

You are my humor in a world full of problems.

You were my partner in crime growing up.

We could hate each other one minute, then be laughing uncontrollably the next.

Through boys, friends, school, laughter, and tears; you have always been the one I count on.

I hope you had the best 29th B-day ever. You deserve EVERY wish to come true!!

I LOVE YOU MINDEE!!!

A Monday 'pick-me-up'

This video makes me laugh everytime. "Status update" Hahaha, I love that they made Facebook into reality. Creative little farts out there. :)

Happy Birthday Nate!!

I just wanted to wish this special guy a 'Happy Birthday' today.

my brother
my friend
my example
my hero


You have always been the best big brother anyone could ask for. Thanks for always looking out for me and standing up for me. You are truly someone I aim to be like. I am honored to call you family!!

Enjoy your day. You deserve the BEST!! Love you forever.

Made me giggle...

This made me laugh!! I'm kinda tempted to read what

is on page 260 to see if it

really is about 'true love'. :) Hahaha

And the Oscar goes to......

For FHE the past few weeks my Singles ward had the SC 13th Academy Awards. We split into groups and had to make a LDS based short film. My group and I based ours around the hit TV show 'The Office'. We filled a 20 minute video of some of the awkward moments seen in a Singles Ward. The awards night was awesome. We ended up sweeping the awards, winning Best Supporting Actor, Actress, Best Director, Best Picture, and People's Choice Award. It was a night to remember. I seriously had the best group ever too. We all got along spetacularly and had a blast filming, and editing. Just a shout out to the biggest helpers of all, Dallin Young, Tyson Rutz, and Andrew Gawdun. You guys made it the best!!! To check out our fun video click here: www.worldsbestbishopmug.blogspot.com. Hope you enjoy, 'The Bishop's Office'. :)

Susan Boyle - Singer - Britains Got Talent 2009

HOLY CRAP!!! This woman was AMAZING!!! I know this is going around everywhere, but I just wanted to post how much I love this woman. Plus when she shakes it on stage....hahaha, laughing so hard!! :)

I promise I'm 31...

So, I totally went and saw David Archuleta at the Burns Arena last night. My sister MinDee, sis-in-law Kenz, niece Hailey, and two best friends Corinne and Nicole all accompanied me. We had such a great night. We started out our evening listening to Archie's CD on our way to dinner. After awesome burgers and lemonades at Red Robin (yummmm) we hit up Kohl's for a few minutes and then went on to find a parking place for the concert.

After the worlds longest lines, I finally found a door that no one was at. I aproached it thinking someone would turn us away, but sure enough they just took our tickets and let us on in. We sat on the front row right off the floor. They were such awesome seats.

Best things about the concert:

• Hailey's perma-grin
• Thousands of screaming "tweens"
• Making fun of the 2 guys sporting David Archuleta shirts and dancing to every song
• David singing a song in spanish and a latino family next to us yelling "Hola" continuously
• Archie singing a medley of "oldies but goodies- some from the 90's and some newer" (as he quoted) consisting of: 'One' by U2, 'You Gotta Be' by Desiree, 'Love Song' by Sara Barellis, and concluded with 'I'm Yours' by Jason Mraz. Talk about feeling old, U2's 'One', really? Am I seriously that old that those songs are just not "oldies" to me?
• The girl to the left of us that was doing a lyrical dance to 'Angels', the last song he sang (seriously, laughing SO hard)
• Using my niece as my excuse for going to the concert (even though I would totally have gone if she wasn't there. Yeah, I'm that lame. ;) But being with her made it ten million times better).
• Enjoying a fun evening out with my family & friends. Loved it!!!

Murder Mystery Dinner - aka, Corinne's Birthday

What a freakin' blast we had in February for Corinne's 30th Birthday. We had a Murder Mystery Dinner at her house and treated everyone to a night of great food, fun memories, and lots of laughs. The whole thing was centered around a renowned chef named Foxgang Luck (Wolfgang Puck). His friend Uma Vermon (me- a Hollywood starlet- note the big glasses) flew all of her friends out to Paris for a soiree in Foxgang's behalf. The invited were: Whitney Shears (a drunken pop star), Rambo Cruise (an American Action Hero/Movie Star), William Chinton (an ex-US President), Angeli Silencio (a mime), D. Piddy (a rap star), Double 'O' (a secret service agent), Jayna Clark (Foxgang's TV Producer), and Marcy Dark (a Lawyer).

We had a french cuisine of Chicken Cordon Bleu, roasted vegestables, salad, sparkling cider and cheese/bread/fruit. It was fantastic. Everyone got so into their characters and were dressed to the nines. They stayed in character the whole night, and some even sported some very authentic accents. :)

What a blessing it is to have great friends who are so willing to have fun all the time. :) I can't wait to do the next one. We're looking at a cowboy theme, or an old '40's War time theme. Either one will definitely be fun. You can purchase the games online, so if you ever have questions about it just let me know, I'm always willing to help you have a fun night for yourself as well.