Summer in a Nutshell

(Written by Hannah)

Zack and I have been slacking off on our blog so let me just play catch up for a moment. Summer was a busy time! Let’s see…what happened that is note worthy to mention?? Oh I don’t know…wait.  Only the biggest and happiest event of my life! Zack and I got married!! 

 Zack and Hannah's Wedding Video

The wedding was perfect! People that we love came to support us and all of the long months of planning finally paid off. Both sides of the family got to meet one another and everyone really seemed to like eat other! Good thing too because we are going to see a lot of each other over the next forever years!

I am so in love with my new husband and let me just say, I highly recommend marriage. Living with your best friend is so much fun!

So after our perfect wedding day that was filled with joy, laughter and yes, maybe a few tears our married life began.

Our summer consisted of several camping trips. From Wall Lake to Silver Lake we experienced the beautiful Utah at its finest…well except for the mosquitos. At Wall Lake we did not expect to  encounter so many mosquitos! They maliciously swarmed us and our only defense was to sit in the smoke of the fire. Yes I know, typically you want to avoid the smoke, but not me! It was my refuge. We learned our lesson though. Bring  A LOT of bug spray!

During the month of July my sister Lindsey got married. My poor parents had to plan two weddings just one month apart, but they did a great job! Her wedding was wonderful.

August we got some unexpected news. Zack saw a doctor for his wrists. He thought he had circulation problems because whenever he did some sort of physical activity, his wrists got icy cold.  After different tests and a couple weeks of waiting, the doctor told Zack that he had thyroid cancer. Cancer?! Really? When Zack told me my thoughts jumped to scenarios of radiation and chemo. After calming me down, Zack explained that that thyroid cancer is 99% treatable. He just needed to get surgery, remove his thyroid, and then the cancer would be gone. Before Zack went into surgery though, Zack and I went on our honeymoon.

We decided to postpone our honeymoon until August because we had more time. It worked out perfectly because we both definitely needed a vacation. Our honeymoon was in Cancun. We stayed at an all-inclusive resort, which is the way to go in my opinion, for a week. The beaches were fantastic and I have never seen the water so blue. It was stunning!

We also zip lined (a first for me) at this adventure land called Selvatica.  Having the week away from our daily routine was needed. We loved every bit of it and hope to go back some day.

Once home, we celebrated Zack’s birthday and then just a few weeks later, mine!

This picture makes me laugh! Our nephew wanted to blow out the candles before Zack could and our niece's face is priceless. Note that Zack has a pink cake. He picked it out himself.

In between both birthday’s, Zack had his surgery and you know what? Everything went well and his recovery was great! Zack's dad and brother stopped by before the surgery. Why are they all soooo tall?

Now he just has a scar which will fade with time. We are so blessed that we could remove the cancer and get Zack healthy again.