School

I know, I know. I still need to blog about Hawaii. I will, I promise. I'm trying to get Gregor to get the pictures of his camera, because a post about Hawaii without pictures is like a warm, gooey chocolate chip cookie without milk! (Hungry, now?) Anyways. I wanted to blog about school a little bit. I am taking an ELL (English Language Learning) class in my Masters program right now. I can't tell you how great this class has been. My teacher is from Belgium and he's truly been an inspiration to me. I have a student in my Junior High class who is an orphan from Haiti. This kid is great! He/she is learning a brand new language, has moved to a completely new culture and has a brand new family, but is learning quickly and keeps a smile on his/her face (I don't want to give too much info, my blog isn't private). I'm so grateful to play a small role in the lives of my students. I'm inspired to be better, to be more passionate, and to be more involved in the learning processes of the children I teach. I love these guys! I do have to remind myself here and there, but really I am so lucky to do what I do.

Happy Graduation!

Gregor graduated on Friday. Technically he was already done having finished up his classes in December, but he walked with the Political Science Department on Friday and I couldn't be prouder! The college of family and life sciences (I think that's what his college is called, Go BYU for having weird names for the Poli Sci dept.) is HUGE! We were there for over 3 hours waiting for him to walk across the stage and pick up his "diploma" (the real one already came in the mail, but for the sake of the situation, I was so excited!). I was glad that my mom and siblings could come. In typical Smith family fashion, we entertained ourselves very well by people watching and making fun of the speakers. So mature. Kyle and I got to go down to the floor to take some pictures as Gregor walked across the stage and I was glad to get a kiss from my favorite graduate. Congratulations, honey! You're awesome! Now on to the future!

One Month

Today is officially our one month anniversary! It's kinda dumb to celebrate such a small margin of Eternity, but I want to. :) So here are 31 things I love about my husband, Gregor.
1) He loves my cooking
2) He does the dishes all the time
3) He always has to be holding my hand, touching my leg, hugging me. I love it!
4) He works so hard and is concerned about being a good provider.
5) He honors his Priesthood
6) Gregor loves to read and reads anything!
7) Nothing grosses him out
8) He's willing to try new things
9) We can walk around Cabela's or Sportman's holding hands and he teaches me about knives and guns
10) He puts up with my Diet Coke habit
11) Best. Kisser. Ever. Have you seen his lips???!!!
12) I love swimming with him. We'll go to swim practices or just go workout together. Awesome!
13) He is an AMAZING swimmer! Olympic trials, baby!
14) Gregor loves to serve in any capacity. I love hearing his goals about helping people
15) He's travelled all over the world and wants to take me everywhere he goes from now on
16) Speaks 3 languages, graduated from BYU, knows tons about EVERYTHING, and always has a good story
17) Gregor loves being in the mountains, or on the beach, anywhere outdoors. ME TOO!
18) He laughs with me about all the stupid stuff I do
19) He understands how much I hate carrying a purse, so he carries all my stuff in his pockets
20) He listens to me
21) Family is number one to him, he'd do anything for them
22) He makes me feel safe
23) His body temperature is approximately 100.3 degrees. No more cold hands and feet!
24) The way he says "I love you" in his deep voice
25) I love watching him play with my cousin/niece, Kenzie. He's gonna be a great dad
26) He'll watch a good chick flick with me. I got him to watch the new 'Pride and Prejudice'. He liked it!
27) Gregor loves music and supports my musical family
28) He and Oakley get along perfectly!
29) We can just go drive around and he's perfectly content.
30) He wants to be successful in everything he does, including loving me
31) I love him more than anything! He's my best friend FOREVER!

Its been a beautiful 31 days being married, Honey! I love you with all my heart. Here's to a gazillion more!!!

WEDDING!

I guess it's about time to blog about our wedding! Yea! Well, I started the day at 6 am, got showered and was in the hair/makeup chair by 6:30. Katelyn, my little beautician sister, did my hair and makeup for the big day. She is AWESOME! Thank you forever! I loved it! Gregor picked me up at 9:15 to head up to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple. I was so nervous, but so excited and did I mention nervous?! We were both really happy and excited to be going to get sealed forever! The night before the Greiners hosted a beautiful wedding dinner at Rodizio's where Gregor had given me a gorgeous ruby and pearl necklace. I gave him a two-man sleeping bag for a wedding gift. (Hey, all the guys I talked to said it was a great idea!). Anyways. The dinner was wonderful and we had our family and friends there. Perfect. Now back to the wedding day. So we got to the Temple and went in for all the hoopla. The sealing was beautiful, my grandfather, Jack Vogl, sealed us as we were surrounded by our family and friends. I think pretty much everyone cried at least a little, the Spirit in the room was incredible! I'm so happy to be Kendall Marie Greiner now! Gregor is so amazing and I'm so grateful that we could be sealed for Time and All Eternity in the House of the Lord. It's the ONLY place to be married!
After the sealing, we took about a MILLION pictures (Thanks, Erik) and then left to go home and chill for a couple hours before the reception. My parents put on a Smith-family luncheon for all the friends and family around and I think Gregor and I both can tell you that it was much appreciated! We were STARVING after not really eating anything in the morning due to all the butterflys in our stomachs. We even got a nap in, can you believe it?! Great day!
The reception started at 6pm that night and let me tell you, it was so so so beautiful in the chapel! We had a family friend, the amazing Debbie, who also decorated Car's wedding, come and do up the cultural hall in Red, Black and Cream everything! We had tons of pictures on display, a gorgeous wedding cake, and roses everywhere! I was so pleased with how everything turned out! Such a perfect day! We got to see a bunch of old friends, family, and wardies, I was lovin' it! We left at 8pm to head to Salt Lake to the Anniversary Inn where my parents had gifted us one of their themed rooms, but we were so hungry after the reception (yeah, tons of food, but like the bride and groom get to eat anything!) we went through the drive-thru in our wedding clothes! I think we threw off the people working there, but oh, well. That salad was AMAZING!
All in all, the best day of my entire life! I'm so grateful to be married to the man of my dreams! He's truly my best friend and I love him with my whole heart and soul. Thank you to everyone who came, helped, gave support, gave gifts, and love to us. We love you all!

Here are some pics! Enjoy!
At Rodizio's. I think everyone ate plenty. Thanks Ma & Papa!The Official Walkout! Mr. & Mrs. Greiner!So happy! The Temple let me borrow this awesome cape that matched my dress and the windy day perfectly.The whole crew. I have a HUGE family!The rings on the bouquet shot. A definite wedding must-have.Ha! Dress-$250, Makeup-$25, Bouquet-$20. Being a Smith girl- PRICELESS!Here's our Temple, baby! Oquirrh Mountain. Best place in the world!These shoes literally MURDERED my feet. So as soon as I could I took them off and just chucked them across the pathway by the Temple. They landed this way and Erik thought adding the bouquet would be a nice touch. I love this picture!MINE! He's such a babe, huh? Luckiest girl in the world!We had the coolest cake! I thought it looked even better after we had to make some last-minute modifications! Gregor totally nailed my nose with the frosting, and wouldn't let me get to him until I pouted a little. Then I smeared it on his nose!Getting jazzed up to throw the bouquet. My mom made me throw it 3 times, because the first two tries weren't good enough!I love my expression here. Oh, boy! He's touching my leg!!! This is the classic "What the HECK did you do to my car???" face. Gregor had a much better reaction than I did. So patient!

The Honeymoon pictures from Hawaii are coming! Next post, baby! Love ya'll!!!

MARRIED!

It's Official!!! We're hitched!!! Details of the wedding and reception to come! Love you all!

A Couple Bridals for Your Enjoyment

We took our bridal/groomals in 2 photo sessions with Marianne, THE BOMB! She is seriously so incredibly amazing at what she does! Thank you, thank you, thank you! Here are some of the final products!

SATURDAY!!!

I'M GETTING MARRIED SO SOON!

Wow! It's March 11th and I'm getting married on the 20th. That's technically 9 days, but I don't count the 20th as a day. That's like go-time. Holy cow! I am SO SO SO SO SO SO EXCITED!!!