These are pictures of my wedding luncheon. We had the sweetest spirit in this room. We had it at the beautiful Garden Park Ward in Salt Lake City.

I just uploaded some pictures from my wedding shower and wedding. I sure do have an awesome family.

These are just some old pics of when Jon and I went to a party. We are going to a water park and driving range today:)

This is long... so you might want to skim:)


Once upon a time is usually how stories start. There is something magical about starting a story with “Once upon a time.” It is how all the princesses start their fairy tale, and it is how I start my fairy tale.
Once upon a time . . . I was a senior at Brigham Young University Idaho. It was September and the fall semester had just begun. I lived in Tuscany, a housing complex that was close to campus. I was excited for a fresh, new semester. I had a history of dating a lot of random boys and I really wanted to find someone that really loved me. I was hoping to find a boy that really treated me like a princess, but in my heart I thought I would not find this boy in Rexburg. I had felt like I met almost everyone and that I needed to graduate and find someone not in Rexburg. To say it simply, I was wrong.
The very first day of the semester I was walking into the library. It was such a beautiful day. Everyone was lying out on the grass, walking around and everyone looked top notch because it was the first day of school so naturally you look the best you can. Anyway, I was walking up to the library and there was a Dominican boy who I knew from the winter semester before and a couple of his friends right by the entryway. Jonathan was not really a good friend of mine. I just knew him because of basketball… ok lets rewind to winter semester quickly.
Last winter semester I volunteered to be a boys’ basketball coach. I was dating a boy from Rexburg at the time, and when I was at tryouts that boy pointed to Jonathan and said if you wanted the best basketball player at BYU-I then that is the kid. I just laughed and said ok and made a note of it. After tryouts we did not draft Jonathan in time, but I did not thing twice about it. We had a good team, and I was excited.
I also played that semester on a team that was awesome. We were so good. I got to know the girls on my team very well and we became good friends. A girl on my team was very good friends with Jonathan. He would come to our practices and games, and then later in the semester he started dating that girl. We got to know each other, not well, but we became friends. Then when the summer began, Jonathan moved to California to work. He and his girlfriend broke up. I would ask her throughout the summer occasionally what he was doing and if they still talked. She would tell me that they were no longer dating but they still talked a lot. That was really all the contact I had with Jonathan. Now lets get back to the original story.
I saw Jonathan at the steps of the library. I walked up and he popped up. He came over to me and gave me a huge hug. He acted like we were best friend or something. Then he hit on me. He told me, “You are looking GOOD.” I laughed so hard, then I just said bye and went into the library.
Then facebook begins. What would we do without the Internet? I think it was actually me that sent him a friend request on facebook, but then it was Jonathan that wrote me right away.
Then the day after he got my phone number he sent me a text, came over to my apartment, and the dating began.
Yes we did kiss on the first date. I don’t think there was any chance of stopping him. He was determined what he wanted and he went for it.
I think I saw Jonathan everyday after that day. We started dating. Three weeks later, I brought Jonathan up to Island Park where I work and he invited a couple friends. He came up to me and told me there was something he would like to talk to me about. He was so nervous. I had no idea what was going on.
He took me where we could be alone and sat me down. He then asked me if I would be his girlfriend. In my head I wanted to say, “Are you kidding? I thought we had been boyfriend and girlfriend this whole time?” I was laughing inside watching him squirm and stir. I told him I would be his girlfriend. He was glowing rest of the night. I started to love Jonathan, but I would not admit it because I get scared.
Well fall flew by quickly. Halloween was a great time, we went to a scary house where Jonathan left me and would not let me grip on him the whole time. He kept trying to scare me. The best part is when all of us were shocked by the electric fence that we didn’t see. Oh that was a fun time. Jonathan loves to tease me. I think that I will be tickled everyday for the rest of my life.
It was Halloween time that we said the “L” word. I thought that Jonathan would wait a little longer before he told me, but one night when he was dropping me off in the car he just popped it out. I had strong butterflies in my stomach. I was too scared to say it back. Then just two days later, we went to Idaho Falls to get Jonathan a costume. When we arrived to the store, before we got out of the car I told him that I had to tell him something. Then I just said it. He was SO SO happy! Needless to say we had a great night. Halloween was so much fun!
Then Thanksgiving rolled around. Jonathan was going home to Boston and he wanted me to go. I had a trip to Arizona planned to visit a good friend of mine so I didn’t know how I was going to do both, but I did. But I shouldn’t have. The trip to Arizona included an ex boyfriend on the trip, and I should have realized that Jonathan did not want me to go. I only went to Boston for two short days, and I should have stayed longer. Looking back now I wish I could have changed that, but what’s done is done, and as Jonathan always says, “Just move on and be better.”
After Thanksgiving, it was love love love! We did everything together. He knew my class schedule and where I would be at anytime of the day. He would drive me everywhere. I had a boy that really loved me!!
Jonathan spent Christmas with my family and me. He was welcomed into my family fast. My little brother Kimball loved him right away. Jonathan felt comfortable at my house. It was a great holiday.
Then January started. I moved home to my family’s house. I never ever lived at home before. I always lived in an apartment, but I knew that marriage was coming up soon and that we needed to save money. So I moved home.
All of January we had been discussing marriage. It was an exciting time, but stressful. I knew that I needed to work as much as possible to make plenty of money to pay for a wedding and to start a life together. I worked sixty-hour weeks and I still had two classes. It was a crazy time. Then we got engaged!!!!
I love Jonathan so much. He is an amazing guy! He has the strongest testimony that I have ever known. He is always keeping me laughing and I get tickled everyday.... it is torture! One day I will post Jonathan's story about his life growing up in Boston. He has come a long way to be where he is at now. I am so grateful he made it to BYU-I so I could find my prince!

So I am blogging... everyone is doing it so here I go to jump on the bandwagon:) Here are some pictures of the wedding and engagement. Both days were raining really hard, so I am lucky we have a few good pictures! Enjoy!

Me and Jon

Jonathan and Celeste Ubri. Established April 23, 2010.

Right now Jonathan and I live in Salt Lake City. He is doing an internship with Deseret Digital Media, and he loves it. At the beginning of September we will be returning to Rexburg for Jonathan to finish school at BYU-I. Marriage life is great. We have so much fun together!