Summer 2016

I've needed to do a photo dump for the summer for a long time now. Two years later I'm going back & trying to throw some pictures together and memories. I'll back date this post though so it pops up in order. I learned how to do that the other month and it's made all the difference in just getting posts done!

My mom came out to help me with wedding planning and we had time for a little fun strolling around temple square. 

One of my best friends, Alyssa, got married in Nashville the weekend before our wedding. Don't mind the fact that Trevor forgot a belt - haha. It was so fun to celebrate with these two and have anniversaries that are one week apart. 

Titanic pose was the theme of the summer so keep an eye out for more.

I grew up with Logan and his older sister, Joc, is one of my best friends. Logan was involved in a car accident that was pretty traumatic and we had the chance to stop by and see him while in Nashville for the wedding.

I've posted wedding pictures before but I'll just put a couple other in here. Shelby got in after midnight the night before my wedding and still woke up to go on a run with me before all the wedding shenanigans started. 

It's a small world, but once I knew I was getting married in Logan I reached out to Tia. She had been my physical therapy assistant in Logan when I'd first returned to school after my accident. I knew she did wedding and make up and now she is the queen of weddings and HMU in Cache Valley.

We started our Honeymoon off in Kauai - getting burnt.

Waimea Canyon is a favorite. I'd been before with my family so I knew I wanted to bring Trevor.

We took a boat tour of Napali Coast. I'm no professional photographer so my pictures don't do it justice, but you can google way better pictures of Napali Coast.

The last thing we did while on Kauai was the ATV tour. Last time the had ATV that I was able to drive with my hands, but they'd switched those out so Trevor got to do all the driving. It was still quite the muddy adventure.

Then we popped over to Oahu to show Trevor some sights and to visit CLIMB Works.

Titanic pose at it again.

While at CLIMB Works I got to see Nick & Ashley and their sweet girls. I worked for CLIMB Works back in the summer of 2011, before my accident, and learned so much from my experiences out at their Tennessee location where it all began.

Rosie & Steph were able to make it to the wedding, but we got to see Mike, Adam & Kristin too! It was a pretty quick Sunday visit, but so great to see them all. We got to see Jesse & his cute family too. CLIMB Works just draws incredible people in.

We also made sure to get in a tour at Pearl Harbor and the Polynesian Cultural Center.

There are a lot of hikes that we missed out on because they aren't wheelchair friendly, but the Lighthouse Trail was paved all the way to the top.

We met up with the Murray's at church & then snuck off to the Laie Temple & a few North Shore beaches. 

The week after our Honeymoon we flew back to Naperville for a little open house at my parents place. It was so great to see old friends and have a reason to all get together. One of Trevor's best friends wasn't able to make it to the wedding, but they came to the open house in Naperville since the were doing an internship in the Midwest for the summer. 

Marriage had "BEAN" really great. 

We spent August getting my classroom ready & taking advantage of a few weeks to camp & spend time in Bear Lake teaching Cooper how to swim. 

S'mores for breakfast, lunch & dinner. 

Teaching Cooper how to swim.

Before school started back up, I went down to my old physical therapists at Neuroworxs. They asked me to come in and help demo a knew robotic walking machine called the Indego. I really loved how it felt to fully weight bear through my legs

Trevor spent many hours and days helping me get my classroom ready for school to start. 

TEAM TREVOR

Alright, it's taken a few weeks to get these last two blog posts finished and put together.  I'm finally blogging about part of my "spring blossoms" and how Trevor & I got back together. I've been meaning to write this one for a long time, but honestly these last 5 months have been so crazy. As I wrote before, my heart and mind have been overwhelmed lately. While I've had time to write in my journal and jot a few thoughts and feelings down along the way, I haven't taken the time to post about this until recently. I'm also adding in a few photos from our engagement session. So if you don't feel like reading feel free to just scroll through a few pictures 

In the past 4 years I've gone through 9 surgeries and multiple other procedures where I've been awake. Some surgeries take longer to recover from than others. Luckily, my most recent surgery is a quick recovery and hopefully - fingers crossed, knock on wood and anything else superstitious - it is my last surgery.

Still to this day I vividly remember looking down at my swollen, lifeless, cut-up legs in ICU back in March of 2012. During those moments I looked at my legs and wondered what life would hold for me and how any of this would get better. My first feelings of doubt and fear set in during those quiet dark moments in my hospital room. I remember thinking not only who is left and who is Brittany Fisher? But also who would ever want "this" or to be more specific and blunt - who would ever want to be with me - this disabled mess in the hospital bed.

F O U R - Y E A R S

Every time I try to sit down to write a new post my heart and mind are overwhelmed. These past few months have been jam packed! I'm overwhelmed with emotion, but also overwhelmed with things to do. From wedding planning to more speaking, moving apartments to job searching and of course constant doctor appointments and another surgery. But I decided since I'm recovering from surgery that I'm allow to take some time and blog about one of the many many topics in my mind.  

This is going to take some time to sort through what I've been thinking and feeling - both these past few weeks and months. This has been a season filled with a lot of change. As I wrote in an earlier blog post : "This fall I'm really trying to let my old life pass away. It was beautiful, filled with tones of golds, amber, and fiery reds and burnt oranges. Just like autumn, my life with running was beautiful. But that time has passed, and I have to allow those leaves to fall in order to make room for new life - my new life in a wheelchair. This year, as fall approaches I'm doing my best to appreciate all the colors of my old life, while at the same time realizing I have to let them fall and let them go, leaving room for new growth."