Spring Break

Last month Cara and I got our refund from our taxes so we decided we wanted to do something fun with some of the money. We both had been to San Francisco, but only visiting Fisherman's Wharf. Friday night Cara and I drove to Elk Grove, where we stayed at the Hoyt's house; I can't remember the last time I was there, but we were glad to visit Jan and Blair. We left Saturday morning at 7:00 AM and got to the city around 8:30. The first parking place we saw, we left the car. Only after, did we realize that we parked on Pier 3, while we needed to get to Pier 33. Cara and I had bought tickets online for an Alcatraz tour. It was really interesting, although both Cara and I had a weird feeling the whole time we were in the cell house. After Alcatraz, we had lunch at Bubba Gump's Shrimp. Just to let everyone know, they have some good hamburgers there. We then walked around the wharf and found a left-handed store. There was some pretty neat leftie stuff in there, like no-smudge pens, left-handed notebooks. After that, we headed over to Boudin's Bakery where I bought some bread. Next, we walked to Ghirardelli's Square where Cara bought some chocolate. We had planned on going to the botanical gardens but after the walk back to the car, we were too tired. So we headed back to Elk Grove, where we had dinner and a great time visiting with the Hoyts at BJ's. Cara got a chicken alfredo pizza and I got a bacon cheeseburger pizza. Sunday morning Cara and I drove back to Reno. We had a great time on our little vacation.

Wednesday night Cara and I went to the GSR to see David Archuleta in concert. Cara babysits one of the girls from her work; the mom works at the GSR and gave us tickets to the concert a few weeks ago. As soon as Cara got back from work, we went to the hotel. There was already a line outside; we learned that some people had been there since 12:30 in the afternoon! Luckily though, Cara and I were able to find good seats, relatively in the middle of the concert hall. Before the concert started, I happened to see Jonalyn Foreman and Christie walk by. They came over and sat next to us during the concert. It was good to visit with them. The concert was really good; David sings great and plays the piano too.

OUR FIRST Thanksgiving and Christmas!!!

November started out with Ryan recieving the calling of Membership Clerk. He recieves new membership records and makes sure all the members are fellowshipped. Not soon after Cara and I got married, we had to figure out what we would do for Thanksgiving and Christmas. We decided that we would go down to Boulder City for Thanksgiving and go up to Montana for Christmas. We drove the seven and a half hours to Boulder City on the Wednesday before turkey day. We had a wonderful time with the Hardy family. On Thanksgiving after dinner, we went to the theater and saw the new James Bond movie, Quantum of Solace. Black Friday morning, Mom, Cara and I went to the outlet mall for the sales. It was madness: it took us at least 20 minutes just to find a parking spot. On Saturday, Cara and I hung out with her sister and brother-in-law, Staci and Jarrett. That night we had dinner at Cara's dad's house. All in all, it was a great first Thanksgiving as husband and wife.

Once we were back in Reno, Cara and I started putting up Christmas decorations. Dane and Delyse let us have their Christmas tree, so we set that up in the living room, along with other decorations. We went to Ryan's work party one evening; we didn't have anything to eat before thinking there would be good food at the party. However, I forgot that I work at a nutrition center, so all of the food there was weird and gross. So Cara and I stopped by Burger King, our favorite, to get some real food.

On the 20th, Cara and I flew down to Vegas and stayed the night at Staci and Jarrett's. The next day the four of us flew to Kalispell, Montana. Dad Kerr greeted us at the airport with a "Welcome home for Christmas" sign. We then drove to Big Fork, where Mom and Dad Kerr recently moved. On Tuesday, everyone except Cara and Mom Kerr went to Big Mountain to ski and snowboard. We had an awesome time going down the slopes. Jarrett, John, and Ryan also went off some jumps and rails. The next day, we went snowboarding again while Cara and Mom got a facial and massage at the resort's spa. That night we had a Christmas Eve dinner and then program. We sang some Christmas songs and showed our talents, and read the story of Christ's birth.
Christmas day in Montana was the second white Christmas that Ryan has had. It was really nice to watch the snow fall outside. We all gathered in the family room to open our presents from Santa and family. We spent the rest of the day relaxing and enjoying each others company. Friday was our last day in Montana, but we didn't want to leave. We had such a fun time enjoying the country and our family.

New Year's Eve found Cara and I with the Lacows, the Bowens and the Smiths (friends from our ward) at the bowling alley. When we got back to the Lacow's, there were only 10 seconds left till the new year. So we rushed in the house to watch the ball drop, and give our first New Years kiss.

The Sunday after Christmas, Cara recieved the calling to be the second counselor in the Young Women's organization. She supervises the Beehives, the 12-13 year olds. Currently, Cara and I are getting ready to go back to school, working and living the married life. We love all of our family and are grateful for all the support that they give us.

Wedding Continued

Here are the rest of our pictures from our wedding. Hope you like them.

Wedding

Sorry this has been taking so long. We just got the pictures a few days ago. And I've been busy with school. So bear with me. Here is about 1/3 to 1/2 of the pictures from our wedding day. I'll try to get the other ones posted as soon as possible. Enjoy!

New Life

So in the past month a lot of things have happened. Cara flew down to Las Vegas the week before the wedding to get some things organized. Ryan had to stay in Reno because his class went until August 14th. Ryan was sad he didn't see Cara for so long, but he had his friends and Halo to keep him busy. Dane flew up to accompany Ryan on the long trip down to Vegas; that was greatly appreciated. Saturday, August 16th, was the big day. The sealing at the Las Vegas temple was in the afternoon and was wonderful. That night, Cara and Ryan stayed at the Luxor for their wedding night. The next day we drove up to Pine Valley. Sue Broadbent let us stay at her cabin for our honeymoon. We had an awesome time in Utah: we went to Zion national park, Snow Canyon, saw a movie, went shopping, saw Taming of the Shrew among other things. We got back to Vegas on a Friday. We rented a Penske truck to haul up our presents and some furniture Cara's mom gave us. We went to our new ward and met the bishopric and some members. School started the Monday after we got back from our honeymoon; so we had to back into the swing of things pretty quick. For Labor Day, Cara, Ryan, Justin and Roselia went to Emerald Bay at Lake Tahoe and had a picnic. Last night Cara and Ryan went to Silver Legacy to see the comedian Brian Regan. Both of us were laughing the whole time. Regan is a great comedian and uses clean language. Ever since we have moved into our apartment, we have been organizing it so it is more like a home. We are very grateful for everyone who came to our wedding and for all their support. We love you all.

Ryan & Cara's Honeymoon

Update

Ryan and Cara have been counting down the days until the big day. We got our apartment earlier this month, which is really close to campus and has two bedrooms, in case we get a new resident sometime :) We have everything done and ready for the wedding; Cara is trying on her dress tomorrow to make sure it fits. We went down to Vegas the weekend of July 19th so that Cara could go through the temple for the first time and receive her endowments. She also had a bridal shower with relatives and in-laws. Ryan's birthday was July 19th, so it was nice to spend it with his family. Of course he had pizza for dinner and rainbow chip cake. He also got to see Batman: The Dark Knight that evening with his lovely fiance, although she didn't care for it at all (Ryan thought it was one of the best movies ever, though). That's all for now. P.S. T-minus 18 days...