goodbye fall...

These pictures are from the very beginning of fall. The leaves started changing color and the mountains were masterpieces. Dave and I love to get outdoors...so here is how we spent some of our fall days:

We went on a lovely bike ride up Provo Canyon from Bridalveil Falls up to the end of the trail. It was super pretty. I LOVE the oranges, yellows, and reds. They only last for a short time here in Provo, so we had to enjoy them bike ride style.

Dave has really been wanting to go canoeing for a while. So finally, over conference weekend, we loaded this bad boy up...

AHEM...crazy right?? I was just waiting to get pulled over. Thankfully we made it (by holding the sides of the canoe whilst driving to keep it from sliding off). yay.

Then we shoved off...

And had a lovely ole time.

It was so fun! I highly recommend it next year for all you sports fans.



.:our wedding:.

Where to start....our wedding day was SO perfect. The day was beautiful, mellow, and fun. In the morning I woke up so relaxed and just ready to be married to Dave. Dave came to my house after I got ready and we rode to the temple with my parents. We were so happy to be married in the LDS Newport Beach Temple. The sealing ceremony was so beautiful. We loved having all of our family there. That was by far the best part of the day. We were finally Mr. and Mrs. Facer!!!

Our wedding party was so fun. It was basically all of our brothers and sisters plus Tom Hall and minus Luke. LOVE them.

Of course after the temple ceremony, we had to take sooo many pictures. We took pictures at the temple and then more pictures of just Dave and I in a field in El Toro with our sweet ride.

Then it was home for a quick rest then off to the reception. Our reception was just as we pictured it. A mellow, garden mood set with twinkling lights and some of our favorite tunes. We cut cake, mingled with guests, and danced the night away. We were so stoked with how many people came to show their love and support. It was the best party ever. Our families rock. Dave was so sweet the whole night and I loved the moments we shared there. After the reception was coming to a close, we were showered with sparklers and drove off to start our honeymoon in COSTA RICA. :]

costa rica

Do I even have to mention that Costa Rica is the most beautiful place on earth??? We were sooo lucky to get the hookups with a condo in Esterillos. A two minute walk to waves and black sand beaches. (Thanks Alan!!!!).


The flight there was gnarly. And finding the condo at 2am was CRAZY! It took us two hours to get out of the main city and onto the right highway because the directions were that intense. Turn left at the soccer field, then right at the blue garbage can, yada yada yada. Thank goodness Dave is excellent at speaking Spanish so we finally navigated our way to the condo. And boy were we amazed! The condo was so gorgeous. Perched on a cliff overlooking the ocean with our own pool and surfing equipment. We were SET.

Our honeymoon lasted for two weeks and consisted of surfing, baking in the sun on the black sand, trying to cool off in the 90 degree ocean, and then having to cool off at the pool at our place. This routine was lovely.

We also got to spend time in...
Jaco

and Manuel Antonio National Park. we also saw spider monkeys, howler monkeys, sloths, deer, tons of cows and sheep, bats, iguanas, tons of macaws, and other things.

We went ziplining....SO fun.

saw crocodiles at crocodile bridge.

our honeymoon was perfectly relaxing, and a perfect way to start life together!


this was the sunrise on our way to the airport on our last day.

bye Costa Rica!...until next time.

luke the duke

So originally I was waiting for wedding pictures and honeymoon pictures and all that but it is taking wayyy to long. So, I am just going to start updating.

We just had one of the best weekends! We went home to visit THIS GUY....

He just got home from a mission in El Salvador. Dave hadn't seen him in 4 years! We decided it would be fun to surprise everyone at home and act like we couldn't make it down for his homecoming...but little did they know we were actually planning on it! On our drive down, our tire blew out...so we got in a little late. Luke was sleeping (typical returned missionary)...but we woke him up and said hi anyways. They were all super surprised and stoked we could make it.

SATURDAY

The boys and the rest of the Facer clan hit up fish bay for a little morning surf while I filmed. It was a beautiful, warm, and sunny day. Perfect San Clemente.

Then we went here... (south one of course)



Followed by some thrift shoping at rat pac and other fun shops in San Clemente. It was a perfect Saturday.

SUNDAY

Luke gave his homecoming talk...it was so good! He's all grown up haha. The Facers had a lot of family over so it was fun seeing everyone. We were supposed to leave Sunday, but the weather was WAY too nice to leave so we decided to skip our Monday classes and stay an extra day. Even though we are all "grown-ups" now we had a giant sleepover in the livingroom. Go us.

MONDAY

Me, Dave, Clare, Luke, and my dad all woke up at 630 AM and went surfing at churches. We were the only ones out and it was such a beautiful day! You can't beat 85 degree weather in November.

I know...this is an old picture of Luke before the mish surfing at Doheny...i just like it.

All in all it was a super fun trip and we are so happy for Luke to be home! Can't wait for more California sunshine...we already miss it.