i've moved.

joshua and i are finally wedded!

along with the new husband

i got a new blog. 

knaptonpartyof2.blogspot.com

welcome to wedding week.

+ i got to go to the temple today.
it was magical.

+ my brother and sister-in-law came from London.

they're my favorite.

+ i almost have a car.

= here's to premium gas, cadbury eggs and love songs. 

2 weeks and counting.

+ happy valentines day, valentine.

+ he got me flowers.

and asked for only my two lips.

+ we're taking bridals tomorrow.

hoping they look like this.

but with our awkward faces instead of theirs.

= heres to stressful times, asian nail salons and facials.

let us sail away darling.

= heres to friday.

doTERRA mint brownies.

+ joshua and i made mint brownies.
with peppermint oil.

we're lame and just used a box of brownies. 

but they were delicious.

frosting recipe:

4 cups powdered sugar

1 cup butter, softened

2 tablespoons water

3-4 drops doTERRA peppermint oil

2 drops yellow & 1 drop blue food coloring. 

= heres to fog, making plans and holidays.

PCs suck.

+ Joshua and I got a couch.
our apartment is finally starting to come together.
adorable, is it not?

+ we both started school.
it sucks, does it not?

+ I started working at doTERRA
 Brianna works with me as well.
it's fun, is it not?

= here's to ksl classifieds, 8 more sundays and the xbox.

we are all full of excites.

+ I finally moved home.

we celebrated by going to the MoTab Christmas Concert

it was fabulous.

+ a few days later we celebrated again.

we went to the Forgotten Carols.

it was fabulous. 

"if you like your carol, you can keep your carol."

there was a short politics lesson at the end. 

+ we got an apartment. 

it will be cuter. once we have money.

+ Christmas was great.

i got things to help me take care of a husband. 

+ i bought my wedding dress. 

its gorgeous. and cheap.

+ Joshua and I took a road trip to St George

to take engagement pictures. 

go here to see more

we took these ourselves. 

these were taken by our photographer.

they're much better. 

 

(the outfits we were wearing when we decided we could like each other)

+ Joshua bought his suit.

he looks gorgeous in it.

+ Emily went brunette. 

we are no longer the three blonde billings. 

she still looks hot. 

= heres to awkward pics, spring semester and paper straws.

the best weekend so far.

+ we went bowling with brianna and jordan.

josh and i made a bet.

loser pays for dinner on saturday.

+ saturday joshua and i went to the 

byu christmas around the world dance performance

he misses dancing almost as much as i miss golf in winter.

+ then we went to the Cocoa Bean

for cocoa and cupcakes.

we were enjoying ourselves.

then josh looked up...

things got super awkward after that.

they didnt!

we kiss all the time.

i've always wanted to be kissed under a mistletoe.

so we did. 

this boy...

in august he kissed me in the rain.

he's making all of my dreams come true.

+ then we signed up for classes 

+ joshua took me to outback because i kicked his trash at bowling

+ then josh watched some movie that was a mixture of 

transformers, men in black and iron man

while i slept. 

= heres to a fiancé who will carry me through the snow so my shoes don't get wet, sparkly snow, and sweet potato fries. 

somebody's been eating my cheese sticks and fruit snacks.

+ but its okay. only 10 more days of logan.

its official. i'm moving home on the 13th of December.

+ apartment hunting blows. 

if anyone knows of somewhere cute, small and cheap

that we could rent we are accepting suggestions.

+ Joshua, my fiance, took me on a date.
we went to Provo Beach Resort.
& we golfed. he was great. i was awful.

+ Temple Square on saturday

before the BYU vs USU game

byu won.

of course. 

that's what you get when you have mean fans

who cant even stop chanting for a prayer.

rude. 

+sometimes we kiss like fish.
we decided to not kiss for you.

= here's to finals, no food and deep cleaning. 

this is all happening..

+ last monday my darling Joshua asked me on a date for Friday (1 November 2013)
i, being completely smitten by him, quickly said yes
he told me we would be the subjects for a friend's photography midterm,
we would be going to temple square and we needed to look nice.

+ friday finally comes, i drive to Orem.
i get "nice" looking and we head to Cory & Missy's (the photography student)
when we arrive Corey announces that he has purchased a new video camera
& he will be recording the events of the evening so he can learn how to use it.

+ we drive to sandy so we can ride trax to temple square.
the camera is put to use right away and photos are being taken.
we take pictures by the assembly hall
then the tabernacle
we then make our way around to the front of the temple.

+ Missy asks for pictures of just me
then Cory calls us over because he has found another spot.
he tells Josh and I to go sit over on the edge of an enclosed stream
and to have a normal conversation.

+ we sit and talk.
josh says, "one day we'll be able to go in [the temple] for real together."
i agree.

+ josh pulls out his phone, which has pictures of a special ring i had picked out.
he says, "do you still want his ring?"
i say, "i do. i really do."
he says, "well, lets make your dreams a reality."
and pulls out the real ring and hold it next to the phone.

+ i turn my head. this isn't supposed to be happening for another month.
it can't be real.
but it is. quite real.

+ he gets down on one knee and says,
"Ashley Beth Billings, will you marry me?"
i stammer out a mixture of "yes" and "uh huh"
he teases me and says, "is that a yes?"
i smile and nod.

+ he grabs my right hand and i pull it away.
his face drops.
i smile, tell him, "wrong hand" and hand him my left hand.
then he put the ring on the correct hand.

= heres to us, we're in love & engaged!

the view from here.

+he's my favorite

= heres to sundays, lovers and in season flowers.

being apart isn't easy.

+ on october 19th joshua and i celebrated our 2 month anniversary.

we got grilled cheese samiches

that looked like birds.

and we watched the Saratov Approach

josh says its the best movie he's ever seen.

he highly recommends it. 

+ brianna came and visited me this week.

she came to logan with me on sunday

and took my car to idaho today. 

i'm stranded

there's nothing else to do in Logan 

so we ate.

 + then we had a Princess Diaries party.

we ate all the foods that they eat in the movie.

(well those that are available outside of Genovia)

+ and we matched.

on accident.

neither of wearing shirts for the sports we actually play.

its fine.

= heres to grease fires, pears and golf.

are we surprised? not really.

my missionary called me today.

hermana atoa

from the airport and an unknown number.

so did i answer it?

of course not.

i'm terrible.

answer your phone peeps.

if its a salesman hang up.

but it could be your missionary.

=heres to voicemail and ketchup explosions #classic

it seems i've grown up.

moving out and going to college isn't all its made out to be.
its really not that great.

no money

no food

no retail therapy

its just you,
your psycho roommate
and your text books.

but its not the money, food or clothes that i miss.

its the people. these people.

= heres to bitter goodbye's, sweet hello's, and rosi golan.

what have we come to?

Me

"Lauren Sigman is hilarious."

Callie

"Who?"

"Lauren Sigman...."

"Laurenita_?"

"Yup.... thats her Instagram name."

"Oh, then uh huh! "

= heres to social media, high school acquaintances, and ugly windows. 

i should just snapchat my blog.

Welcome to Logan.

where you have to wear your winter parka in september

and you're still numb.

my roommate blames the cold weather on me because i've been listening to christmas music

like this.

+ i took this good looking man golfing.

for the first time.

he was phenomenal. 

+ he's a seductive Brazilian model.

and mine.

+ i swore i'd never take a pic like this.

but it was an accident.

clearly. my face i not picture taking worthy.

but its cute. 

enjoy our pda.

+ josh made callie & i dinner.

it was delicious. 

thats his secret pasta noodle.

+ they're about 5 years late,

but callie & josh can plank.

= heres to long tees, candle light picnics & hot cocoa with coffee creamer.

the best of days. so far.

we got Brianna back!!

"Mission Accomplished" Say 'hi emily.' hot thing she is.