True Love in Seattle....

"The Rainy City". "The Emerald City". "Home of Seattle Grace Hospital and the most gorgeous doctors west of the Mississippi". "Setting of wonderful movies such as Sleepless in Seattle". Whatever you want to call it... I call it PERFECTION.

That's right, this last weekend we got to go to Seattle, and it was just what the doctor ordered. The break from work, the time with Josh, mom and sister, seeing some of my best friends again, and sending Jenna off into wedded bliss... the whole trip was awesome!

We got to go to the Temple when Jenna went for the first time. Then we ate lunch at this amazing place called Whole Foods. After that, it was a boat ride around the harbor!! The wedding day was just as great. With the temple, the pictures, the ring ceremony, and the dinner. What a great weekend.

Prepare for A LOT of pictures.... cuz here are some photo highlights from everything we were able to do!

(ok, ok, so some of these pictures are stolen :) Thank you for your contribution...)


Mom and I enjoying Pike's Place!! It was so fun to spend time with her!

Fellow Brideslave Meggie and I... she is of course rocking the hairnet...

The Bridesmaids (and Bridesman) taking pictures with antique luggage through the streets of Seattle... classic jenna :) it turned out great.

Mom and I on the harbor cruise

The BRIDE TO BE!!

Jenna and Swave taking off at the end of the night.

Most adorable Joshy and I after the Seattle Temple

The amazing skyline of Seattle.

Meggie, Beni, and Trev being naughty on the Booze Cruise... BOOZE CRUISE '08!!!

Wow, I just can't get enough of this boy....

The Marrieds!!!

Freezing in the streets of Seattle with my girls! Oh hey hey!

Eating at the Brothel... haha. swings and all...

not missing a chance to act like fools and love it at the karaoke place!!

my older sister ally!! love her!

joshy at the temple!

Beni and I!! "you just don't know how we work..."

The Booze Cruisers

Cutest Couple!!!

Joshy is so hip, he even was rocking a FANNY PACK. loved it.

The Girls...


Of course, Joshy is the one with the professional camera, so his pictures are AMAZING and they will be coming soon! I just wanted to give you a rather large taste of our weekend!! Jenna looked so gorgeous, and everything turned out great!!

stay tuned for more pictures....

More Bronco Madness :)

For our 3 month anniversary we decided to go see the broncos crush yet another team. Heathers parents let us use their season tickets which we were so grateful for. So I figured i would take my camera with me and see how it worked. It got kinda dark towards the end making the shutter speed have to be slowed down in order to get enough light to my lens so the pictures from the end of the game turned out blurry. But these are some of the good ones that i came up with. We are 3 months in and cant wait for eternity. Seattle is this weekend so we will see what kind of pictures i can come up with from there.

BRONCO MADNESS

The second best thing in Bronco history occured on Saturday... (The first being the Fiesta Bowl, of course)
For those of you who are not familiar with college football, or my obsession with it, it was a GREAT moment in football history.

The Broncos defeated The Oregon Ducks, who are a PAC 10 team. Because the ducks were nationally ranked and in the PAC 10, they were favored to win by 10-17 points, seeing as the Broncos were only in the WAC.

BUT.... all of that was just ridiculous, because the BRONCOS BEAT THE DUCKS!!! It was a great day here at the Bateman home. Josh even purchased BSU jerseys for us to wear!! The whole family wore Bronco clothes, and we had great pizza party food!! Here are some pictures to showcase the amazing day!!

Here Ally is showing who truly is #1, BSU...

Austin apparently was cheering for the DUCKS... but he was wickedly outnumbered!!

I think Josh gets sick of me taking pictures... here is some evidence. haha.

The score at halftime!! wahoo!!






It was so fun.... and the outcome??? On the AP Top 25 Poll, the Ducks dropped completely OUT of the top 25, and the BSU Broncos moved up to 19!!! Yeah!!

Also, BYU is 11th, which is equally amazing... but this post is not about the cougars, just the broncos...

After the game was over and our nerves were recovered, it was time for HOMECOMING MADNESS!! Michaela is the baby of the family, and needless to say gets quite a bit of attention. SOOO... it took about 6 of us to get her ready for Homecoming! :)


This is her date, Brian...

Loved the Purple Satin


It was raining so they were huddled under an umbrella, so cute!

She looked like such a Rockstar, and it was so fun!!

Things are going so good here! We are just doing the working thing and the school thing and love being married! We are coming up on 3 months! crazy!!

Baking Machine....

ok, so that term does NOT refer to me... but it does refer to my sister KRYSTIN.... cooking and baking extraordinaire. She was nice enough to come over and bake cookies with me to break in my new kitchen aid (Which i love by the way)

We also got to break in my new aprons that I got from my best friends for the wedding, and also from our good family friend Tammee. So that was a perk. We really loved that and naturally had to take some pictures.

Anyway, I just wanted to say thanks to krys for all her help and being patient with me, trying to teach me to cook for years now. Krys, I hope you are loving Rexburg, and I know that we all miss you over here. You are so amazing and so talented, and everyone just loves you! You made my time in provo so fun, and i really do miss seeing you everyday! Hang in there babe... i love you! The cookies were GREAT!!









Well, we are getting all settled in to our apartment! We got our couch, everything is put away, and we are definitely loving it!! Another good thing that has happened that is good is I GOT A JOB!!!!! Two jobs actually.... so its finally AMAZING to work full time!! I am being a teller at the bank from 6:45 am - 11:00 am... and then driving over and doing clerical work for a company from 12:00 pm- 5:00 pm. I can't even tell you what a relief it is, and I am so so blessed to have it finally working out, even if its just for now! :) Prayers are really answered...

Josh is going to school at Boise State ALL day on Tuesdays and Thursdays while still working all day Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. So needless to say he is so busy too. BUT here is a cute story: The other day, I got home from work at 5:30 afer working all afternoon. Josh had done so many loads of laundry to get it all caught up, did all the dishes, picked up everything, made the bed with all the pillows that i know he isn't crazy about, but he did them just like i like them, and also lit this new candle that i got (LEAVES from bath and body works.... absolutely amazing) and even though he is not loving the scent like i do, he still had the whole apartment smelling like it, with a COLD amazing diet mt. dew on the counter for me.... he is so amazing. and we are loving being married!!

Here are some other updates in our lives....
1. BSU Broncos are doing well....2 for 2 so far.
2. Karalee came home from Utah State to visit this weekend!
3. We get to go to seattle to my best friend's wedding in less than a month!
4. America's Next top model started again... and so does biggest loser, greys anatomy, and the office. coming soon...
5. Josh's soccer team is still UNDEFEATED!!! he is amazing...
6. We are dog sitting for Josh's family's dog Maya this weekend! we love it.

Anyway, we are really happy! Those are the updates for now! Hope everyone else is doing great!!

CATCH UP.... some pictures from the last month or so...

p.s. here are some pictures from a recent golfing adventure with Karen and Amanda. Amanda is down in Ogden with her husband Jeremy and we miss her! Let's just say that amanda DRILLED josh's knee with a golf ball. Well, it bounced, and josh jumped in the air to miss it, and it hit him right in the knee. sorry joshy, it was sooo funny though. haha. Poor baby was instantly on the ground, as seen below :) Needless to say, it was a great day.






p.p.s. The Utah Batemans came to visit my family, so of course I have to post some pictures of my favorite girls, Olivia and Taylor. They are getting so big and so cute!!





p.p.p.s Here are some pictures from our best friend Lindsay's sister's wedding!! Josh and I even dressed in the wedding colors... kind of on accident, but kind of not. haha. Lindsay was the cutest bridesmaid ever! And my sisters and parents and josh's fam came too. it was a fun, beautiful night.








more to come later!!