hike!

so pretty!
back side
freezing at the top and watchin the sun come up
on the way down stopped for a breather and a picture

before we started
made it all the way to the tin shack
jake, his date, dustin,ry and me
signed our names!


So, randomly we decided this crazy week to hike timp! We met up about 12 started hiking timp at 12:30... we got to the "saddle" about 5 and hung out there for about an hour and made it to the tin shack (very very top) about 6:10 just in time to watch the sunrise. It was so so beautiful. It was a ton of fun! It was Ry's first time! Woo hoo! My 2nd! We were pretty dang sore when we got home but its all good. I'm almost all the way recovered and not as sore as i thought i was going to be.

bRiDaLs!

I just wanted to show off peekaboo photos! There so awesome. Thanks Dan they look amazing!!

busy... busy

okay so its been a while sinced i've posted...i usually like to blog with a picture... i've been so crazy busy lately... i cant believe in 2 weeks i will be Mrs. Whitney Cottle! Its coming up way fast! This week has been good other than workin everyday i had a bridal shower up at the cottles house! It was good! The food was amazing! I have a bridal shower tonight at my house. I work friday me and ry are going to try to hike timp at midnight we will see how that goes... another bridal shower on saturday and guess who got lucky! Me! I get to speak in sacrament this sunday! Ha crazy huh? Ry on the other hand put up our bed we got and little couch we bought. He went hunting for the first time in ForEVER! ha. (just with a buddy though, he didnt draw this year) and ry also gets to teach this sunday! Its been a crazy week and it just keeps gettin CRAZIER! I'm way excited though!

waxin

so after a good unusual sunday meal (we made hobo dinners) it was so good. We played some "scum" (card game) and got out the hard wax. We decided to wax ry and my dads nose. Pretty funny picture. It was funny!

crash car derby!

It was Ryans first time being to a derby. Some of our good friends invited us to the derby up in south jordan it was super fun! I couldnt believe ry had never been to one! About 3 years ago i was pretty close to getting in one. Except the stinkin guy wouldn't let me borrow his car.. too bad. Thanks for lettin us come lexi, steve, trent & steph!

last day

today was Jose's last day! We will miss him He has been working at pizza factory FOREVER! He is going back home to peru! Good luck Jose!

100 things

Okay so this is going to be nuts but i hope i can do it... my uncle did so can i!
100 things about me

Whitneys 50 things!

1. I hate being alone

2. I hate being late (which is ry's usual timing ha just messin baby)

3. I love oreo's and milk for my midnight snack

4. I absoulutely love the mOunTains!

5. I like to annoy ryan with the "small" things

6. I love when ry laughs in his different laughs it makes me laugh super hard!

7. I'm obsessed with blogging... thanks to fellow bloggers

8. I love being with my family (most of the time)

9. I hate working

10. i love sleeping in

11. i like having long pointless conversations with ryan

12. ryan says i have a HUGE paranoya with planning... anything!

13. the farthest ive been is Japan and the sourounding states

14. i've never got stiches or a broken bone (knock on wood)

15. i used to have hair down to my bum up until 6th grade

16. i'm a huge fan of fourwheeling ( i like driving by myself, or riding behind ryan)

17. i like doing hair

18. Someday i want to have 4 to 5 kids...not soon though... chill mom!

19. i'm the oldest cousin on both sides of the family

20. first grandchild to get married

21. i love messin with ry and tickelin his feet (which is BIG for me, cause i have a huge phobia with anyone elses feet!)

22. i love tigers blood snowies

23. i couldnt live with out peanut butter!

24. i dont know how to cook worth a dang and this is soon to be a huge problem! ha sorry hunny

25. i hate wearing closed toed shoes!

26. i'm goin on my first cruise sept 6th! woo hoo!

27. i hate cheese, except for string cheese (weird huh?)

28. i'm a huge fan of bland food

29. cOkE drinker all the way! ( and dr. pepper when i share it with ry)

30. i finally accomplished my long term goal... to see the great budda in japan!

31. i've never touched alcohol or any other type of drug in my life except advil

32. my fav. ice cream is orange sherbert, oreo, strawberry

33. if there was one place i could eat at for the rest of my life it would have to be taco amigo

34. i hate the dark (except for camping under the stars)

35. my fav. meal is marinated chicken and baked potatoes

36. i couldnt live with out orange juice! i love that stuff!

37. when i was little me and my uncle jared would light little matchbox cars on fire and run them down the drive way

38. my fav. holiday is the 4th of july! i love sparklers

39. i love going on picnics

40. i can touch my nose with my tongue

41. i'm a fanatic with dishware shopping i love them!

42. i hate blow drying my air

43. i hope to someday build my own house with ry ry!

44. i enjoy folding laundry... kinda weird but its a good thing cause ryan doesnt!

45. my fav. ceral is fruity pebbles!

46. my dream car is a 4 door black rubicon lifted with all the goodies my sugar daddy can afford!

47. i still get butterflys with i'm with ryan after 2 years... wow!

48. i'm not afraid to admit i pee when i'm on the phone... ha

49. i'm pretty obsessed with the laptop my parents gave me thats why i'm writing this right now.
50. I'm SUPER excited to get married in less than a month!

Ryans 50 things!

51. Smells so good all the time! (whitney)

52. couldnt live with out his bow or gun

53. loves his truck sometimes i think he loves it more than me

54. loves to work out just as much as he loves to eat

55. hates when i'm onry

56. speaks two languages

57. served a mission in uruguay

58. loves the outdoors more than me! (impossible)

59. freaks out when anyone touches his feet! (ha ha)

60. dream car would be an aston martin

61. dream truck... ha would be a brand new chevy durmax lifted with all the goodies

62. loves to shop with me (its so cute!)

63. loves chocolate (totally takes after his mama)

64. fav. smell is the rain up in the mountains in the pine trees(just like me!)

65. loves shooting carp with his bow

66. wants to go back to uruguay before he has kids

67. loves having his nose hairs waxed! (by me of course)

68. takes 2 plus showers a day... ALWAYS!

69. fav. meal would be his mamas pork chops and mashed potatoes

70. fav. snowie is ANYTHING... just add cream!

71. twix is his ultimate candy bar.. or reeses peanut butter cups

72. could open his own hunting store with how much hunting crap he has! Its rediculous! ha

73. has the best comunication skills i've ever seen... serious

74. wishes he had a 6 pack... cause its 8... rolls... right now...

75. has an obsession with being tan as much as whitney has an obsession with being on the comp.

76. never clips his fingernails... until now! Cause whitney likes it like that!

77. pretty boy... all the time... (i like it)

78. is the perfect cuddle partner

79. loves to make jokes... pretty funny...

80. can count to 100 in spanish ha ha

81. has the best dancing skills i've ever seen! ha ha

82. used to be really good at skate boarding...

83. has had a broken nose, wrist, and fingers

84. has 3" fingers... cute stubbs!

85. went to drug rehab in high school. (the whole baseball team did)

86. has the sexiest bum in baseball pants

87. loves to sing... (i wish he would have tried out for american idol!)

88. cant wait to see what his kids turn out to be...

89. wants to try out his new dvd player in the back so we can roll down the back window and watch it from the mattress in the back.

90. loves drive inn movies

91. plays all sports really good... i hate it

92. cant beat whitney in uno... sucka

93. loves to go on walks with whit!

94. wants to get a motorcycle someday

95. wants to finish up his business degree soon

96. is a dang good drywaller

97. has almost more shoes than i do!

98. loves the gospel and has a huge testimony

99. does pretty good when under pressure

100. is also excited hes getting married in less than a month!

for all of you who read all of this i challange you to try to make up 100 things...

undEr prEssurE!

so... lately i've been feeling a little overwhelmed with how much stuff goes into this one "special" day... were just at our month mark and are getting so excited. I'm way excited to say i'm getting married in less than a month now... its so crazy how time flies! Sometimes its good and sometimes its bad... i just got my dress today and am way nervous and hope the finishing touches get done before the 12th of august to do my bridals... invites arent done yet and thats a stresser! But i hope it will just play out smooth for the next 30 days... me and ryan are more excited about our cruise were going to be going on for our honeymoon... just a good break! well i guess just wish me the best of luck and hope to see you all there!

phOto shOpin' iT

so today i was a little bored and am trying to distract myself as much as possible from going into my room... i need to go through it and and throw the old stuff away... mean while i cam across a cd.. plugged it into my computer and wah la... i can play around with pics now. I really want to get a super cool software to play around with though... let me know if ya know of any really good ones!

O mY goOdnEss!

ok, so last night me and ry had a good family home evening i guess you could call it! We deep cleaned ry's room. WOW! Thats pretty much all i have to say about it! I didnt know a person could have that much stuff! ha Not really im sure i'm just as bad. Hopefully not though. I think i counted 14 dead spiders and 2 live ones + an earwig! Blah! We had 3 bags of DI & 1 bag of trash... he still has to go through tons of random papers and pictures & mission letters. It was good though. Pretty fun as well! Took us a good little while. I'm glad we got it out of the way. That way we dont have so much to move into our sweet apt that were renting from Lane Wilkes dad. We will be living with our friends Chelsea & Lane i'm so excited! Thanks guys for letting us live with you and your precious family!

engagements!

This picuter explains it all... i'm so lucky!



woo hoo were that much closer to getting married today a good friend in the ward took some pictures and did an AmAZinG job! It was fun to goof in a bunch of them. Steve did a great job and he was really fun and relaxed about it all. Thanks so much Steve! We owe ya a ton!

lonG boArdiNg

ry is such a sport... i had the erge to go longboarding the other night and he was a champ to go with me... i love it... it was his first time and he's a pro thanks to his skate boarding days back in the day... i love being around him! he's so much fun!

cOngrAts hEidi & mIkE

Chelsea, Jessica, Heidi, Ashley, Me, Makenzie

July 17, 2008 heidi and mike tied the knot in Timp Temple for time and all eternity! Good luck Congrats! Were all so happy for ya!

friends!

chelsea, me, kenz, heidi
michael & heidi
me & my honey bunches of oats! gosh i love him
chelsea, lane nikki, and a new addition carter

cute little family
so, last time we all got together while heidi and mike weren't officially married yet. We decided to go hang out at kenzies house! It was good gettin all the girls together... felt like we were in high school again all hangin out except with husbands and future husbands... crazy!!!??? best of luck to heidi and mike who just got married July 17th!!! Woo! We will be joinin ya soon guys!

lUckY mE

my sister made me this sign & hung it on my door what a cool girl!
July 12th i finally am out of the teens... and i got spoiled... being my last birthday at home my parents woke me up early to give me a card (i'm thinking... probably gift certificates... whatever... ya know...) HECK NO! I get this card saying go up to mom and dads room there my present was sitting on there bed. It was all wrapped i picked it up thinking i'm getting ready to open some pans... no not heavy enough... probably tupper wear? or sheets? hm... something useful for the future home... WOW did i get surprised i got a Laptop! My parents spoiled me rotten! Thanks mom & dad your the best! Ry also took me shopping all day the day before up at gateway and bought me some new clothes... i'm so lucky! He's such a sweetie! That night we got to go up provo canyon & had a picnic with ry's family and my grandparents and uncles & aunts. Thanks so much for a wonderful birthday!

whErE o whErE??

okay were searching hard and lookin for a sweet place to live,

if you have any suggestions or comments please leave them

we want to rent and we need a garage we dont

really have a specific location so... wherever were mostly looking

in lehi and american fork and pleasant grove

let us know if you see anything!

a 4tH tO reMembEr

us waiting forever! we look so hot!
ry's lip befor the stitches

sissy, whitney and me
So, this 4th we did our usual warburton thing... we went boating all day. This time we invited the cottles. It was fun. It was a sweet day out on the lake unfourtuntely my mom has all the pics of us boating. Anyways... long story short Ry's brother-in-law ended up tearing something in his tibia wakeboarding and is now down for 8 weeks. He has to get surgery. That was a bummer! Then the last time me and ry got on the tube i kicked him in the face (totally on accident) and his tooth ended up going through his lip. He ended up getting 3 stitches. Even through all that is was still a good 4th we went and watched the fireworks in PgJh and went to his house to lite a few of our own. It got kinda crazy with ry's neighbor liting a billion flowers at one time but it was fun. My friends stopped by and said hi as well! It was a good 4th and weird thing is it was me and ry's 1st one together!

its officiaL!!!!

before i knew what he was going to do....

Its here... finally! Ry played me like a fiddle! I had no idea! Here's the story... it all started with ry telling me that friday he had something special and to not plan anything... then last minute asks me if i want to go 4-wheeling with his buddy chase and a date. I was down, so we planned on leaving tonight (thursday the 26th). Ry was takin forever but finally got to my house with the fourwheeler. He called Chase who told us he was in a long meeting with his boss and was not going to be able to make it. Chase was also in charge of getting our subway sandwhiches tonight for dinner. Ryan just kept driving towards the canyon. I was like " What about dinner?". He just told me we could snack on the snacks we brought (mind you i didnt even eat lunch today!) I was kinda bugged that we didnt have dinner and now we were going just me and him... not that thats a bad thing our friends just always bail when we got plans! So we finally get up to af canyon and ry says he wants to go up mineral basin. Up to the top of this HUGE mountain to look at some mines. (it was a long bumpy road) We were almost to the top when i saw we didnt have very much gas i told ry we should just turn around. ha. (little did i know) we reached the top the most beautiful and peaceful place you could imagine! Ry drove the four wheeler by the mine where we got out and walked up this mountain side. And on our way up ry says "love ya" i shot back with "sure you do, your makin me walk up this mountain in my flip flops, i'm hungry" (i was pretty onry too) we get up to this plato area where against the mountain is a hole covered up with snow saying something in rocks and flowers are planted in the snow my first impression was "is this a grave?" and then i looked a bit harder and realized the rocks said "Will you marry me?" I flipped around and ry was on his knee... i just screamed! I couldnt believe it, honestly i was choked up with tears and gasping for air... (just like a movie) i seriously couldnt believe it. I answered with "of course" (in as much air as i could) we put the ring on and sat on the blanket dressed with rose petals there was a cooler of my fav things to eat oreos and milk included! ha. I couldnt believe even on the ride home i was still flabbergasted! He's amazing and totally caught me off guard! What a wonderful husband he'll make! I love him! Thanks Ry!

cArnivAl & pAradE

the car we drove
my mom
heather.sam

mE.shElbey
jAke. cJ
shElbeY.cJ
capts.mom.ry. jake.cj.bailey
ciarra.shelbey

thIs year we made it to the carnival, i went with my family and went on the big yelloW slidE! I loved it when i was a little girl. That was the only ride me and my dad would go on and he would carry up my mat for me and it seemed so high at the time. Brought back good memories. Me and Ry went on another night. We didnt really ride any rides. But ry did get me a carmeled apple! Sooo good! Ry & I also had the privildge of being a part the prade ( i really didnt not want to be in it! I wanted to watch it this year!) It was okay, my mom didnt get a real good shot but the green car is what we drove, we drove part the city council. It was fun, only cause ry was there to make me laugh.

tags

Five things on my "to do" list this week:

1. get the boat registered to go this saturday!
2. write a new resume
3. color mom's hair
4. got to the rodeo again on sat
5. get a tan!
Five snacks I enjoy:
1. peanut butter m&ms!!!
2. stawberries & cream from the rodeo
3. chips & salsa
4. pretty much anything chocolate
5. tigers blood snow cone!
Five things I would do if I suddenly became a billionaire:
1. get a brand new infinity g35
2. build my own house with a salon
3. donate
4. put some in stocks
5. save a good chunk
Five places I've lived:
1. Heber, Ut
2. Pleasant Grove, ut
3. Tokyo, Japan
4. probably just still stay in pleasant grove...
5.
Five jobs I've had:
1. water gardens cinema 6
2. pizza factory
3. nanny
4. secretary for alpine power sports
5. hair dresser at main street salon
Five things people may not know about me:
1. I can touch my nose with my tounge
2. my adrenaline pumps a billions times a minute when i drive up sand mountain
3. i play the guitar
4. i love singing in the the shower.
5.i love watching reality shows, i hate it cause i get addicted
Five favorite musicians / bands:
1. wreckers
2. sixpence
3. brad paisley
4. say anything
5. to hard to just name five, but i love pretty much anything from tim & faith to the knife... very wide variety!
Five tagged friends: mindy, chels, amberlie, debbie, and whoever else wants to do it

rOdeO

LanE, cHelsEa, nIkkI

siSsy, aSh, mE & chEls
sissy, ash, shaw, carrie,heidi,krista, loke


I love strawberry days! Expecially the rodeo! It ws so fun and so good to see all of our friends together at last!

cOnGraTs!

we think were models

sweetest hunk ever!

So, this past week i've been helping my mom's side get ready for a wedding, that wedding would be for my Aunt Kim who is marrying Adam Westover. The wedding went great it was a big cold. Ry was the best and came along and sat with me the WHOLE Day! Plus he even helped out by giving a cute musical performance. Ry & I got to sing. It was fun. To be honest i'm glad its all over. Congrats to the both of them and i hope they have a good life!

AbC's

ABC's "getting to know you" TAG.
Complete the ABC's of you. Then, each player tags 3 people and posts their names, goes to their blogs and leaves a comment letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.
A- Attached or single: Attached... definately...
B- Best Friend: Ryan J. Cottle, my MaMa
C-Cake or Pie: Cake...chocolate, or white
D-Day: Friday
E- Essential Item: Phone, or computer
F- Favorite Color: BrOwn
G-Gummy Bears or Worms: wOrms
H-Home town: PG! UtaH!
I- Indulgences:CHOCOLATE!!! frOm reecEs, to carMellos, to raseberry stickS... i've gOt a MajOr swEet toOth!
J- January or July?: DefinitEly July!
K-Kids: lOvE theM, hopE to haVe somE of my oWn
L-Life is incomplete without: Family & the gospEl
M- Marriage Date: hmm... i've alWays wantEd JunE 16, but i dont think that will happeN... sO its a surprise!
N- Number of Siblings: 2 brOs 1 sIs
O- Oranges or Apples:i love botH, but i love orangE juIce bettEr
P- Phobias or Fears: dark, beinG alOne, snAkes
Q- Quote: "In all of living have much fun and laughter. Life is to be enjoyed not just endured." Pres. Hinckley
R- Reason To Smile: fam. & ryAn, babies
S- Season: SummEr!
T- Tag Three: ...
U- Unknown fact about me: i cAn toUch mY nOsE with mY toUngE ha (its not that cool)
V- Vegetarian or Oppressor of Animal: i LovE white meat... but will eat reAd
W- Worst Habit: I'm a nail biter & a hUGE back seat drivER
X- X-Rays or Ultrasounds: ultrAsounds
Y-Your favorite food: TacO amIgo for danG sure! I love chicken and baked potatoes!
Z- Zodiac Sign: CancEr