A Summer Celebration of Song

This past weekend Jordan and I were lucky enough to be invited to go to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir summer concert with our good friends Cassie and Bri. For some reason, Cassie's grandma is the luckiest person on the planet and ALWAYS wins tickets their shows! And she gave Cassie the tickets this time! But we decided we would make a day of it!   The event started at Alamexo, which is a new Mexican restaurant up in Salt Lake. We had heard great things about it and were excited to go! It did not disappoint. The food was so delicious and fresh and the best part was the fresh guacamole they would make right in front of your table! Seriously, we want to go again right now just to get some more of that guacamole sent from heaven! 

Seriously the Guacamole tho... If anyone has this recipe, or has a great Guacamole recipe send it my way. Jordan and I are on the hunt for the perfect Guac. 

Chicken Enchiladas. Soooo gooood.  

I think we will be back soon. If only for the guac.

Then it was to the concert. When Cassie invited us, we were a little skeptical about how exciting it would be. But it was AMAZING! The guest singer was Hans from Frozen, and he killed it and somehow got MoTab to sing Happy by Pharrell. But I would say the highlights of the entire concert were when the MoTab sang Whistle While You Work from Snow White and all the men whistled while them women sang, and then the organist blowing our minds by playing WITH HIS FEET!!

The concert was amazing. Seriously, we take the MoTab for granted. They are AMAZING and sometimes I think we forget how blessed we are to get to hear them sing so often.

Wedding Recap: Engagements // A Happy Five Months!

Yesterday, July 13, marked 5 months that Jordan and I have been married! It has been the most amazing 5 months of my life! It has been months full of love and happiness. Honestly, I am my happiest when I am with Jordan. We complement each other so well, and have so much fun together! I  cannot wait for all the months to come!

But to celebrate I thought this would be a good time to kick off some Wedding Recaps, starting with our engagements! Our wedding photographer, Valory Jean, was amazing, and would recommend her to anyone! From the beginning things were so easy and natural with her and I absolutely LOVE how all of our photos turned out! She is amazing!

You can see more of Valory Jean's work here.

We took our engagements in November when it was like 10 degrees so the snow was perfectly frozen to the trees. It looked amazing! It is funny looking at these pictures and remembering how freezing we were while I am sitting in 100 degree weather.  

 We took the above photos in my parents' backyard, and the rest were taken on Center Street in Provo. Both perfect, but so freezing!!

Our Fourth of July

The fourth of July has always been one of my favorite holidays! I love it!! It combines all of my favorite things: BBQ's, Family, Patriotic dressing, Parades, and Fireworks.

Last year I was in London for the 4th so this year I went all out! Our day stated with a very festive America breakfast!

The America toast has plain cream cheese, raspberry jam, and fruit to make the flag. When I decided to make it I thought it would just be cute and I was not making it to taste great. But it actually was delicious! So delicious that we made it the next day too... ha. 

After breakfast it was up to my families home in Heber where Jordan hit some balls at the driving range with my brothers. And then we went to Wallsberg to our family friend's annual BBQ where we ate delicious food and watched fireworks! It was amazing!

Gosh. I love dressing head to toe in red, white, and blue.

Look at that American sunset!! Amazing. 

Then we went back down to Provo, and before turning in for the night we drove up foothill to watch the last little bit of the Stadium of Fire/all of the Provo Residents' Fireworks. It was amazing!!

Perfect Fourth if I do say so myself.

Lets start from the beginning...

Before I start telling our current story, I thought I should rewind to the beginning of our relationship. And I couldn't do it better than I already did in this AMAZING video that Chris McClain, our amazing wedding videographer, made for us.

This video tells all the exciting details of how we met, our first kiss, first date, and how Jordan proposed. It's perfect and such a treasure. 

Zoe {+} Jordan // Couple's Story from Chris McClain Productions on Vimeo.

You can see more of Chris' work here and here. 

OH! And here is the full version of the proposal video which was quick edited by our sweet friend Hayley. Seriously she is amazing, and did this whole video in an HOUR!! Crazy. I cannot thank her enough for all the time and effort she, and everyone else involved, put in to help Jordan pull off the most perfect proposal. 

Jordo & Zoe Perfect from Hayley Aiono on Vimeo.

She also does weddings! You can see more of her work here.

Some of our first photos together. The months when we first started dating will always be some of my fondest memories. But really tho, how could we not make memories in the happiest place on earth??