Honey Moon

We had a 6am flight to Punta Cana so we decided we would leave home at midnight to make it up to Calgary on time. We had some issues at the first gate, one of the airline personnel who was checking us in decided she needed to lecture me about my passport. ( It has some water damage from a cut bank trip with  mom) The airline personnel told me that I might not be able to go. BUT after about 20 min which included her supervisor coming over to lecture me about how my passport is an important document, and not an ID they decided to get over it and we proceeded through customs. We then got randomly checked for explosives... So fun. But after that we were on our way!

It was about a 7 hr flight plus we lost 3 hr in the time change. The DR airport was a breeze getting into and we found our bus in no time. Our supposedly 20 min bus ride turned into a 2hr bus ride.. needless to say by the time we made it to our Beautiful resort we were exhausted! Our check in was awesome we were greeted with champagne and a cold towel and then were escorted to the excellence club and taken to our room. I felt like a celebrity! Once we were all settled in our beautiful room we got all dressed up and went to dinner at the grill. We sat up in a balcony over looking the pool it was beautiful. After dinner we walked over to the lobby and watched a local band play and had some drinks. We decided to get some sleep so we'd be ready for the beach in the morning so we headed back to our room and called it a night.

We woke up fairly early the next day (Matt wasn't feeling so well so it was a struggle to get him out of bed some morning..poor Matt!) We went for some breakfast and then headed to the beach! Oh how I have missed the sand in between my toes, and the sound and breeze from the ocean! We were in paradise!! We soaked up the sun while laying on a big beach bed surrounded with pillows on our private beach and were served our drinks 24'7!! It was heaven!! We had some lunch on the beach and then headed to the pool to cool off. We headed  back to the room after a couple of hours at the pool to shower and get ready for dinner. We went to the Lobster House for dinner. Matt and I had our first taste of Lobster and some Mahi Mahi and we actually really liked it! After dinner we went out exploring the resort..and coincidentally we ended up at the sports bar ( I think Matt knew exactly where we were going) we watched some college football, made some new friends, enjoyed some drinks. and we played a round of Foosball. After Foosball we went for a romantic lighted walk back to our room and headed to bed.

 

We spent most of Sunday laying by the pool, drinking, swimming, readying and just enjoying our alone time together in paradise. We booked a couples massage at Miile Spa a world renowned spa, we went at 5:30 and got to use their hydro therapy tubs. Then we used the steam room, ice room, sauna, and many more special ties it was AMAZING. After that we enjoyed an 80 min couples massage. It was the best massage I have ever had and I got to enjoy it with my sweet heart :) After the spa we went back to the room and decided to just relax and stay in and order room service. We ate dinner in bed and snuggled and watched some tv.

We had breakfast in bed the honeymoon special Monday morning and then we got ready and headed to the beach. We played in the ocean and enjoyed each other company lounging on the beach. After beaching it we decided to check our the resorts shopping. This was fun for Matt buut not so much for me. I HATE bartering! lol I am so bad at it Matt finds it amusing and actually enjoys it but it just makes me very uncomfortable and I have a really hard time saying no soo it was interesting to say the least but it was fun to check out the local shops. After shopping we headed back to our room to get ready for dinner. We went to the Italian restaurant for dinner and enjoyed some yummy pizza. After Dinner we hung out at the martini bar and then headed back to our room for bed.

Tuesday morning we went horseback riding on the beach and met and awesome couple Kayla and Jason. We became instant friends! Horse back riding was lots of fun! We changed after horseback riding and met up with Kayla and Jason. We hung out by the pool and had some drinks and got to know each other. After our busy day in the sun we decided to take a nap under one of the cabana's. After our nap we went back to the room and got ready for dinner. After dinner we checked out the local market that came to our resort and bought a couple of nic nacs. After shopping we decided to hit up some mini golf. I obviously lost but we had lots of fun playing. After our exciting game of mini golf we decided to check out the disco! We had a BLAST Matt even danced!! (shocking I know) After the disco we headed back to our room for bed.

Wednesday we woke up and went down to the beach to play in the waves and catch some sun. We met up with Kayla and Jason at the pool and somehow they talked me into playing water volleyball..Which actually turned into being allot of fun! We met many more fun people and made lots of new friends! After volley ball we headed back to our rooms to get ready for dinner. We went to the spice for dinner and then mt up with Kayla  and Jason for the show. It was a Michael Jackson show and it was awesome!! After the show we headed to the disco! We met up with all of our new friends and danced the night away!

 

Thursday we went down to the beach to catch some sun and play in the ocean! Matt went to play some beach volleyball but I decided to just soak up some sun on our last full day in paradise. After the game we went to check out the cascading pool with kayla and Jason, we had some drinks and enjoyed the pool for a couple of hours. After the pool we went back to our room to get ready for dinner. We went to the French restaurant for dinner and then went to the circus show after. It was insane! They were so great!! After the circus we all met up and headed to the Disco again! IT was bitter sweet I was so sad that it was our last night in Paradise! But that didn't stop me from dancing the night away with all my new friends!

The next morning we met up with everyone for breakfast and exchanged emails and said our goodbyes..:(

We had so much fun in Paradise and met such AMAZING friends we can hardly wait to plan our next vacation with our new friends!!

 

After we said our good byes we headed back to our room to pack up our stuff and check out. Once we did that we sat and waited 2hr and our bus still wasn't there.. we were starting to get worried  so we looked into it annnd apparently our plane had been delayed 4 hr sooo lets just say getting out of the DR was a gong show and by the time we got home we had been up for 24 hrs.. But it was so worth it!!

Matt and I had such an amazing romantic fun time! I love him so much and can hardly wait for our next adventure together!! xxoo

 

 

 

Married Life

Life after the I-do's has been great. I never realized how much of a pain in the but it was going to be to get my name changed! lol And I still haven't changed my passport or my sin card! Jeez lol who knew it would be such a hassle :P. Totally worth it though I love being Ashylla Smith! Sounds pretty good doesn't it!

I feel like summer flew by we were busy planning the wedding and were crazy busy every single weekend. We were happy to finaly have some free time after to enjoy the rest of the summer. We went hiking with mom and dad and kinz in waterton. It was beautiful! We have had such great weather this summer!

 

It was so fun having Nick and Jace and there boys here so much this summer! I absolutely adore my nephews and I really wish they were closer so I could love and spoil them all the time!!

 

 

I also had a not so fun experience... I was driving home from magrath to pincher early one saturday morning and I wasn't paying good enough attention and I missed my turn off and went speeding onto a gravel road.. luckily I somehow managed to not roll but i was swerving all over the road and ended up in the ditch.. ending my poor car's life but I was fine! I feel very lucky to have walked away from the accident but it was definately a wake up call, and now I have to suffer through not having a  vehicle! But I am very greatful that I am okay. Poor Matt had an early wake up call but he's such a good husband, he didnt even get mad at me once! He just came and got me hugged me and took care of getting it towed while i spent the day at home crying. I love that man!

 

 

We decided it was time for a visit to Calgary To watch Christie's boyfriends band Venom Rain play a show and to visit Lori and Rodney! It was lots of fun! We love going to calgary! And I miss Lori and Christie all the time!!

 

Poor Dre got sick and we had him in and out of the vet twice! He's doing much better now but he was so hilarious hoped up on some kind of doggy pain killer I couldnt resist but to a post a picture! We love our Dre so so much he is our baby and I dont know what we'd do without him.

 

Matt decided to get a new piece for the "man cave" soo we visited our favorite store! LAKNO and purchased the new addition to his man cave :)

 

 

I LOVE being an aunty!! I love going home for visits and getting the hang out with my beautiful niece! She is the cutest and I love spoiling her and watching her grow up she is so smart!! And so helpful I just love her so so much!

 

Mom and I took one of our awesome trips to Cutbank! We absolutely love our day trips to the states! We usually end up spending way to much money... well I do atleast but its so worth it we hit JC penies, then hit up the mall and every store in it, get some lunch at mcdonalds, and then do some grocery shopping at Albertsons! I loove these trips with my momma This trip we discovered ranch flavored wheat thins! They are deeelicious!! lol and We decided we needed some super hero shirts.. haha mom got spider man and I got the hulk!! I love my momma to bits and pieces and can hardly wait for our next trip to cutbank!! xxo

 

Since I crashed my car we've been doing some car shopping. Which is always an adventure lol Matt is very indecisive. I love him for it! He wants to make sure we are getting the best deal, soo it could be awhile :P but we are having fun looking around and test driving vehicles! I am hoping for an SUV.. we will see!!

 

Thanksgiving! Wow do I have alot of things to be thankful for! We had an awesome thanksgiving. Nick and jace and the boys came home so we were all home! minus kinz and chance who are in Costa Rica! We had dinner at moms on sunday with the family it was so great. I am so thankful for my loving family! I am so thankful for my loving husband and for my great life! I honestly dont think life gets much better than this! We went to grandma and grandpa smiths Monday with all the smith family! It was great I love my smith family they are so great I am so thankful for them! This year I branched out and decided I'm a grown up I can contribute to thanksgiving dinner so I made pumpkin cheesecake! and wow as it delicious I think I will have to make it every thanksgiving from now on it was a success :)

 

While Jace was home for the Holidays we all piled in East and Kass's vehicle and made a trip to Lethbridge.. Jace Hall and I somehow got put in the back back seat.. which means we all had to climb through the back hatch over the seat and squish on a small seat in the back it was quite hilarious i wish i could have videoed us getting in and out!! so fun I love my sisters it was fun to snuggle with them in the back :)

 

Matt has been gone for the past 2 weeks to training in Red deer... anyone that knows me, knows i do not do well home alone buuut I thought I'd be brave and try to sleep here alone.. needless to say its been a tough couple of weeks and I can hardly wait for my hubby to be home tomorrow! I have been on edge I lock all 3 locks on both doors and I sleep with the bed light on.. I know I'm a baby but I'm okay with it! lol And also.. I have been letting Dre sleep in the bed with me! haha Thank goodness for Dre I would have had to take 2 weeks off and go home if it wasn't for Dre!

 Also Winter has officially arrived! I'm excited because that means christmas is coming! But at the same time I dont know that im ready for the cold and the crapy roads! On the plus side Dre looves the snow its so cute he jumps and bounds through the snow and is always begging me to let him out!

 

 

 

Life is great I am enjoying being Mrs. Smith and I am excited for our many adventures to come we are goin on our honey moon at the end of November and we can hardly wait!! :)

Mr. And Mrs. Smith

August 4th 2012

               I woke up at 7 am, I couldn’t sleep any longer I was too excited. Lori and I slept at grandma Alston’s because mom had a full house and I needed a good night sleep! We woke up and I did Lori’s makeup and then grandma fed us breakfast, I had fruit loops, cherries and a banana! It was great!

                We went over to mom’s house to find my keys so we could drive into Lethbridge to get our hair done. Mom gave me a big hug and told me how much she loved me and how happy she was for me! Of course I had a good cry! Then we got on the road and drove into prim to get our hair done!

                It felt so surreal sitting in Aj’s chair getting my hair all curled! I was getting super excited but I honestly wasn’t nervous at all I was very calm, and ready! Once we were done, we drove back to magrath, and started doing makeup.

                Mark and Lana came over around 11 and starting getting some getting ready photos of us girls, we were soon all ready to go, we were just waiting for everyone to be ready and then we drove over to uncle wades.

We got to uncle wades and it started to get real! I still wasn’t nervous but I was getting very excited! All my bridesmaids gathered around and helped me get into my dress. I felt so beautiful and was so ready to marry the man of my dreams! Mark took a few shots of me before the wedding in uncle wades house. Then it was time!

                We all lined up and were waiting by the door, Hallie and Dexter went first, and all I remember is wondering why everyone was shouting at Hallie…. Apparently poor Dexter lost his pants and Hallie had no idea, everyone thought it was hilarious and it kind of broke the ice for the rest of us to walk down the aisle. Kass and Livi were next, followed by Jace, then kinz, then Christie and last Lori.. Then it was time for me and dad to walk down the aisle.

                The song changed and marry me by train started to play, dad and I both started getting emotional and we started walking down the aisle. It was so nice to have dad there to hold me up and to give me away. The ceremony was decorated so beautifully and the sun was shining it was perfect! I remember first seeing matt my heart melted it was finally happening we were going to be man and wife!

                Bishop Boyes married us and he did such a beautiful job! We shared the best and first kiss as man and wife! We all walked back down the aisle and we went over and signed our marriage license making it official!! After that we started in with pictures!!

                Mark is so good at what he does, we spent the next couple of hours thanking people for coming and getting many beautiful pictures capturing all of our precious moments! Matt looked so amazing, I knew and still know that I am such a lucky girl and that he will always take such good care of me!

                Once we were done with photos we went over the stake center to start the family dinner. Vinnie Jensen Catered the event, we had roast beef, mashed potatoes, gravy, Cesar salad, and cooked carrots it was delicious! During the dinner we had a program. Easton Mc’d for us and he did such an amazing job! He didn’t embarrass me to much! My amazing sister did an awesome number! My mom wrote a song to oops I did it again by Britney spears it was perfect!! My mom is so talented and so are my beautiful sisters! We also played a game during the dinner “putter up” it was a fun game if you wanted us to kiss you had to go up on the stage and make a put, and for those who don’t golf they could hula hoop and we would kiss! It was so much fun! We played the shoe game Rawle and Bonnie and Mike and Cheryl came up to play it with us it was tons of fun. We also had an amazing slideshow that jace did for us! It was beautiful she did such an awesome job! The speeches were amazing Jay and Lori both did an awesome job! Mike did a great job as well welcoming me to the family. Dad sang to me butterfly kisses! It was so perfect, he is my hero I love my dad so much, he is the reason I love music so much and I love his voice it is the most pure and soothing voice he did such a great job, I don’t think there was a dry eye in the whole gym. He also gave a beautiful tribute to me and a welcome to the family to matt! I love my dad! Matt followed my dad and gave the most beautiful speech I think anyone has heard he did such a good job! I love him so very much and am so lucky to have such an amazing man to love and take care of me!

                After the dinner, we took a bathroom break… I had to get out of my dress in order to pee.. lol which if you know me you would know that is an issue so I’m lucky I had Jacie to come to the bathroom with me to get me in and out of my dress! Miraculously I only had to get out of it twice! After that we went and Dani took some more pictures of us at uncle wades she got a lot of beautiful shots!

                Following that we had the reception, we served chips, salsa, bean dip and pina coladas at the reception it was a hit! We also had a candy table and Aunt Mona’s homemade hot pink chocolates they were delicious! The gym was decorated so beautifully and the reception was perfect. After the reception we went around and thanked people for coming and then we headed to Lethbridge to University to the dance. A lot of your family and friends stayed back to help take down decorations, we are so thankful to them for doing that!

                The dance was a blast! Kinz Hallie and I were the only ones dancing in the beginning, but soon the Frenzels showed up and Michelle and Hannah and it became a dance party! ( I love my family) My mom and dad, Jace, nick, and there kids showed up! It was so much fun to get to dance with my family, Matt didn’t dance much lol but that’s okay he was having fun going around thanking everyone and talking to everyone. Our day was absolutely perfect. I wouldn’t have done it any other way!

                We danced until last call and then a Limo came to pick us up; we snuggled and reminisced in how great our day was on our way to the hotel. We are so thankful for all the hard work and planning that went into our big day! We had the time of our lives and will never forget it!

Life lately!

Time seems to be flying by! I am going to be a mrs. in 19 days! And I couldn't be any happier! I have had tons going on lately! Ill try to catch ya up..

We had my family shower! It was so great! My mom and sisters are amazing kassidys house looked so perfect, and the food was amazing as always! they are so good to me! We had such a great turn out and I got spoiled rotten! I am the luckiest girl in the world I have the best family and friends! Thanks to everyone who came and made it so special!!

My best friend Lori became a Wifey!! It was such a spectacular day! she looked so beautiful and everything went to well!! I am so happy for Lori and Rodney!! They make such a beautiful couple and are two of my favorite people!! It has been fun/ crazy having lori and I planning our wedding together!  think we both wont know what to do with ourselves once mine is over! lol Maybe we will actually get some time to relax and enjoy summer!

Did I mention how blessed I am to have such a great family!! We decided it was time to get an updated photo of the Chipman clan!! I love my family so much, i dont know where id be or what I'd do without them!!

Next up will be wedding photos!! I am so excited and I hope these next 19 days fly by!!