Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Brinton

On January 8th, 2010 I married my best friend who is the most wonderful man in the Mesa LDS Temple. Our family and friends joined us in the Temple for a beautiful ceremony. Normally Jeff is the crier and I am not, but that day as we were both sitting there beaming, I was the one shedding tears of joy. The day I had only dreamed of and imagined my whole life was finally here and I was so overwhelmed with wonderful emotions and feelings I couldn't help it! I felt so blessed to be marrying this incredible man. I did not know it was possible to love someone so much.


The reception was absolutely beautiful. Thank you SOOOO much to everyone that helped. It was picture perfect. Speaking of pictures, I'll be posting more soon.

I don't know what I did to deserve Jeff but I thank my Heavenly Father everyday for him.

I Forgot

For the first time in my entire life (that I have memory of!) I forgot it was my birthday. If you know me really well, this probably is a shocker to you. But I have a countdown to something even better: my wedding to Jeff Brinton! It's been a while since I last posted, but Jeff proposed on November 3rd. I have never smiled so much in my life! My cheeks were burning! We're getting married January 8th in the LDS Mesa Temple.

So when I woke up on my birthday I was so wrapped up in wedding plans I completely forgot it was my birthday. My mom had to remind me! Instead of getting normal presents that day, I got my wedding dress :D Pretty good trade off, no?

My birthday actually lasted all weekend long. But my most favorite present of all was what Jeff gave me...my real ring! Yay!!!! He proposed with a ring from Walmart because my real ring wasn't in. I would have been so happy to just have that ring, but I love love LOVE my real ring. I still find myself testing the light in a room to see how it makes my ring sparkle :D hehe.

The wedding is in 5.5 weeks!! I am so excited to marry my best friend and the most amazing man I have ever known. I am the luckiest girl in the world. I get to be Mrs. Jeff Brinton. Mmmm I like the sound of that :D



I love you Jeff!

Life = Pure Happiness

Is it possible to be any happier?? :)



I'm am so incredibly blessed.

The Blessings Keep Coming

One would think that after all I've been blessed with this summer there cannot possibly be anymore blessings waiting for me--but they keep coming!
Moving into a new apartment with people I didn't know really had me nervous, but I was blessed with Lisa, who is absolutely amazing. My other 2 roommates are great as well.
As for ballroom, all I needed for my minor was 1 gold class and 1 more semester on team. I was blessed to be in 2 gold classes (Gold 2 Standard and American Smooth) and I made team! So I will graduate with a ballroom minor for certain.
Brenton and I had decided on competing smooth together but we didn't know how we'd be able to cover the costs of another lesson. Well, one day I was sitting in the hall in the RB and a former teacher of mine called me into her office. She asked if I would join her smooth class this semester because she was in need of girls and she thought I would be really good at smooth. This one class, which is only offered once a year, is the only one that teaches smooth routines. Quelle chance!! Brenton and I can just use the class routines for our smooth competitions and we won't have to pay for lessons to have someone choreograph for us. Wow!
Honestly, the blessings just keep coming. I must really be loved =)

Three attempts on my life in 3 days

In the past 3 days, there have been 3 attempts on my life! Ok, so not really my life but it sounds more dramatic that way ;)

The first happened on Wednesday. It started out like any other day but then! bum, bum, bum as I was getting off the sink (because I put on my makeup sitting on the sink) there was a scorpion by the trash can! I leaped over it through the door and ran to get my brother to have him kill it. The stink wouldn't do it because he was sleeping. What kind of an excuse is that?!? There was no one else around to kill it, so I had to be brave and kill it myself. Only for some reason after I whacked it with the fly swatter it didn't die! Instead, it ran towards me! It veered to the side and ran under the baseboards. I couldn't leave it there alive because I knew it would try to get me again, so I crammed the fly swatter in there and jabbed it over and over make sure I had thoroughly killed it. I was so scared that I was still shaking afterwards.

The next day during the second attempt, the enemy almost succeded. It was 1:00 AM (technically on Friday) and I was trying to finish packing for Utah when I walked into a room and stepped on what felt like a crusty rubberband. I jumped back so fast! And sure enough a scorpion ran around the corner into the next room. I can't believe it didn't sting me! I must have stepped on it backwards because a scorpion can't sting backwards. Unfortunately we couldn't find it, so hopefully it doesn't get anyone else.

Attempt number 3 was just a few hours later, Friday morning. I ran up the stairs and the lights were off. I saw a darker spot on one of the steps and skipped that step just because. When I got to the top I turned on the lights and looked at that step. Sure enough, it was another scorpion laying wait to attack me. My dad killed it and thankfully, not long after that I headed to the airport for UT. Thankfully they don't have scorpions in the Provo area so my life is safe from my attackers for the next week and a half.

Here's a pic of one of the evil little devil bugs

Like I promised

Well, now that I'm fully awake and have some time, I wanted to write about all the wonderful blessings that have come to me since deciding to move home.

• When I dropped my summer classes, I was able to get into all of the classes I needed to graduate in the fall at all the right times AND with the best teachers in the Marriott school.
• Since I have more time in the fall, I was able to change my emphasis back to Marketing instead of just doing General Business.
• I got a scholarship from BYU--which is really hard to do especially since the business school has the toughest requirements in qualifying for one
• I was worried about not being able to compete in DanceSport in August with my partner (who I didn't want to let down) so my neighbors at home gave me airline passes to fly back to Utah just so I could compete!
• I didn't have anywhere to store my stuff but it turned out that I could share a storage unit with my friend Donalee and we split the cost so it was much cheaper.
• My land lady let me out of the remainder of my contract without charging me any fees.
• Upon coming home, I got a great summer internship working in Marketing and it pays really well and the hours are really flexible
• I also got 2 piano students for the summer.
• I was able to go on our family vacations.
• I was able to see my little brother's play
• The ballroom studio by my house lets me come practice whenever I want.
• I've been able to polish up on my piano skills
• I found a place to live in the fall
• The teacher that I've TA-ed for all last year is letting me stay on and work for him in the fall
• Anna came to visit me
• Since being home I've been less stressed out and taking better care of myself so I'm getting back into shape
• My relationships with my family members are strengthening

The list could go on and on. See what I mean though? I have been blessed SO much and all of this came from deciding to move home. Before this decision, I was so confused and didn't know what to do. I kept asking the Lord to tell me what to do but I felt nothing. It required me to exercise my agency and take a huge leap of faith. Once I did, the windows of heaven opened up to me and poured out the blessings--and they continue to come! I feel as though the life/spark that was draining from me during the last couple months at school has flooded back. Each day I kneel in prayer in humble gratitude for all that God has given me.

Countless Blessings...Coming Soon!

I can't believe it; I've already been home almost a month! Boy has time flown. Since deciding to move home, the Lord has blessed me in so many ways. So many that I don't really have time to write about them all right now, but I promise, it's coming. =)