Wedding Bliss

After knowing each other for two years and enduring countless "freak-outs" from Jaime, we tied the knot September 1, 2007 in the Salt Lake Temple.

Jaime looked fabulous in her gown and I cleaned up pretty nicely in my rented tux. It was great to have our family and friends there to see us off on our journey together. That journey made it's first stop in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

The honeymoon was supposed to be a suprise to Jaime, but she went snooping around in my email account one day before the wedding and discovered our flight confirmation. Well, that's what I tell everyone at least. Truth is she was using my computer and I asked if she would check my email for me, and it was just my luck that the only new message in my inbox was from Orbitz. At least we discovered that I would never make a very good spy or ninja. Good thing I chose accounting.

Mexico was nearly as beautiful as my new bride and we enjoyed a week of relaxation before returning to the reality of marriage, moving, and working.

The Start of Something New...

Since we're new at blogging, we wanted to give a little background on us - the newly formed DeFries family.

Let's just say it finally worked out. After a year of the "hanging out" thing that so many parents hate to hear, Nate finally convinced me through his gentle preseverance and sneaky daily emails while I was laboring away at work that dating him was a wise option. We finally started dating at the end of January 2007.

Like so many other couples, we met at BYU after Nate moved into the apartment complex I had been living in for a year. We did a lot of fun things as friends and wanted to share some pictures to remember the good old times.