Only 6 days

Andrew and I are back in G-ville and out of Cedar for good. WHOO WHOO! Right now some of my family is out from Nebraska helping get everything ready for the wedding, Thank goodness. My Aunt Julie and future cousin Emily are both here and they've been helping around the house and getting some of the decorations together. My Grandma Pat is also here and she is helping get my dress together. She used to own her own Bridal store and she made her own dresses so she has been working on my dress, doing all the alterations.

I almost forgot. Before Andrew and I left Cedar Andrew had some things stolen from his room, including out lizzard, Lizzy. We were really bummed because she went missing the day we were going to let her go. Well on Friday while I was at work Andrew was loading up all the things in his room so we could move and he found Liz in the garbage can. She was really skinny and barely alive. At the time I was working with one of my clients, Craig. Craig and I took liz up into the mountains and let her go. It was a good outting for the day and we got to let Liz go so it was a good day

The wedding is 6 days away and I'm so excited!! I get butterflies everytime I think about it. I've been trying to stay busy so that the time will go by faster because when I think about it alot it seems to just crawl by. I feel very blessed to be able to marry Andrew. He is an amazing man and he makes me so happy! I never thought I would get married when I was this young, but I also never thought I would find a guy as great as Andrew.

Right now I'm scanning pictures for my sisters graduation video that my mom is making.. I can't believe Mal is already graduating. I'm really excited for he but also nervous. Part of my wishes I was staying in Cedar so I could keep an eye on her and be there if she needed anything. But I'm sure she will be fine. She's made me really proud lately with the decisions and changes she's making in her life and I know that they are and will continue to make her happy. I love you sissy!

Big Changes

Well It's official, Andrew and I are moving to Nebraska on June 15th. We found out a couple days ago that I got a job as a dental assistant and Andrew and I think it's a good opportunity for us. Andrew has an interview June 16th for a manager position at finish line and has also applied at many other places. We are very excited for a change. As everyone knows Cedar has been quite boring, especially after everyone moved home for the summer. My life pretty much consists of Work, running and watching movies and Andrews life consists of being a house wife (he says), running and watching movies. Today while I was working at turn I got to take Brandi on an 1 on 1 outing because she got 10 stickers. I took her to get ice cream, then we went to the park and after that we went to Wal Mart because she really wanted to look at phones so she knew how much she needed to save up. When we pulled up to Wal Mart we saw the cutest little puppies so we stopped and played with them. After we left i called Andy and convinced him to go look at them. After seeing them he said they were the cutest puppies he has ever seen and he promised that when we move and get settled in we can get a puppy! I'm so excited. Because I get really bored when I'm alone so I need some type of thing to plat with. Also I'm not sure if it's official but we've talked about taking Ben's dog Drake to Nebraska with us while Ben is on his mission. I think it would be fun but alot of work. We would have to build him a pen behind the yard until he learns not to dig it up and also house train him because he wont be able to stay outside in the winter. I have a feeling it's going to be very eventful and I can't wait!! We had been hoping that we would get jobs and be able to move but when it became official I think Andrew and I both got really nervous. Neither of us have been that far away from our parents. We will miss our families so much but now our trips to see them will be another thing we will have to look foward to. Oh ya I forgot to mention since we are living in Nebraska we will have a 4 bedroom house, which means I get to do lots of decorating!

Right now I am sitting at work. It's raining really hard and thundering. I can't wait to get off so Andrew and I can go play in the rain. Before I came here to T-mobile to work I was working at turn and one of the girls I was working with was really nervous about the thunder. she started getting all the flash lights together and making a kit in case the power went out, it was fun. I'm gonna miss those girls so much. I'm a little bummed to have to quit.

Trembling Soul-andy

On the evening of the Father's and Son's I had the opportunity to talk a little bit to the priesthood holders in our ward and in the twelfth ward. My Dad asked me to do so. He also asked me if I would focus on the importance of the priesthood to me while I was growing up.

I talked a little bit about the opportunity that young men have to use the priesthood and how i really feel that they should take advantage of those opportunities. After about 3 minutes of baring my testimony I sat down among the crowd of fellow men. I immediately felt the power of the Holy Ghost overwhelm me. It had been over a year since I took the opportunity to bare my testimony and it felt amazing. I was brought to tears by the power I felt. Not only was the spirit so strong to bring me tears and because of the absence of my testimony for so long, my soul trembled. It was as though I was relieving myself of all the evil and uncleanliness that had built up inside of me. My bosom was then filled with a warm, comforting sensation that reminded me of the happiness that is promised to us when we make the right decisions in life. I am truly grateful for the Gospel of Jesus Christ and that it has been fully restored to the earth. This knowledge is what keeps me going daily, I know with Faith in our Savior that anything can happen. No man can enjoy true eternal happiness without the blessings of the gospel and the Savior as his guide.

I cannot wait until the day that I am sealed for all time and eternity to my beautiful Megan. That will easily be the best day of my life so far...until then, that day WILL be June 6, 2009.

Ditching this place

Well Andrew and I had a very boring yet eventful night, if that is possible. We started out watching the cav's game which is always great! ( I LOVE LEBRON) Anyway then I got really bored and when I get bored I get grumpy and really restless so Andrew and I spent out night thinking about what we should do. Eventually we came to the conclusion that we should pack our bags and head to Nebraska that very second... So now we're in Nebraska! No I'm just kidding but we really considered it. I even got up to pack my bag but then we realized it probably wouldn't be smart for me to just not show up to work. If it wasn't for work I really think we would be on our way to Nebraska because that's just how we roll. We like to be random and take chances. So we didn't go to Nebraska, in fact we didn't do anything except watch the game, which is totally fine with me except the the Cav's lost! Seriously they were dominating and then lost by one point.. But I swear LeBron got fouled on that last shot! UGH anyway they should have won, I'm still a little upset about it because I really wanted them to go into the finals undefeated but oh well.

This morning when I woke up I had a text from my aunt saying that there is a job opening at one of her dentsist offices in Omaha and to give her a call. So I talked her and we discussed hours and when I could start (I kind of have to work around the wedding and honeymoon right now) and she is going to let me know tonight whether that will work for them or not. So we have our fingers crossed. Also if I do get the job Andrew and I are planning on moving as much of our stuff as possible to Nebraska this weekend and staying a few days so Andy can apply for a few jobs! Very random but I'm excited! Andrew and I have talked and we both agree that this would be really good for us. It would give us a chance to grow together and it would be a new experience and we're all about new things. Even if I don't get the job I think And is pretty set that we don't stay in Cedar so we will probably move to Nebraska anyway. But we will keep you posted!

No Complaints - Andrew

It is Tuesday and I have 0 complaints. This past weekend was great! On Friday i went with my dad and my brothers to the annual 4th ward fathers and sons!!! There is nothing like it! Though I cannot tell you all that went on, "what happens on the mountain, stays on the mountain", I will give you a run down. Basically there is A LOT of dutch oven meals that are cooked and you can eat as much as you'd like. After everyone ate and settled down a bit, there was a program. In the program there were a couple of speakers, including me, and Ben also performed a song. It was awesome. After the program, the party started. Singing, fire dancin, strumming on the guitars, plucking the banjos and the bass all synced in to what ended up being a jam session for the ages. This event every year is something that I hope I can share with my boys. After everything settled down a group of men and boys did their best to stay up all night. An award of pride that is coveted by every man and boy every year. I just happened to be one of the final 5 that finished strong and watched the sun come up over the mountain side. This was my 5th time doing so.

On Saturday I spent all day helping my family build their new deck. It was a lot of work but it was very worth it! The best part of that day was that Meg decided to drive up to GCity to hang out with me and her fam. I kind of felt bad because i was so ridiculously tired that I fell a sleep on her.

Sunday we had the opportunity to go to Tyler's sacrament meeting. It was a very powerful meeting. The spirit was so strong and the testimonies that were born were wonderful. After the meeting we spent some time at the brunch that was held and at each of our households.

I finally got paid yesterday and was able to deposit it in to my account. Hallelujah!

Overall a great weekend!

Nice weekend with the Fam-

Well it's monday and I'm back at work, but that's okay because I had an awesome weekend. I worked Saturday and was plannin gon staying here in Cedar but I missed Andrew way too much! He was in grantsville helping his dad and brothers with the deck, which looks amazing!! So I went home to Grantsville. OH MY GOODNESS! So I'm at work right now and the scariest thing just happened. A customer came in and I was helping him but then he went off on my boss saying he was a scam artist and started saying all these swear words. Then he started threatening telling him he better watch out when he steps out the store door. I'm shaking right now because I really thought this guy was going to fight him. Anyway I'm glad that's over. Back to the weekend. It was just really nice to hangout with our families. Well I'm getting back to work!

Day 1 w/ no JOB - ANdy

I am sitting here at my apartment and am bored to tears. Today is the first day I do not have a job and it is honestly ridiculously boring!! I have been somewhat productive however. I have done laundry all day, looked for jobs worked on some other random things and ran a couple errands. So i haven't waisted my day. I have also been working on my guitar skills. I am not very good at it but I am improving.

I just read gun's most recent blog and to answer her questions about my excitement...I am very, very anxious and pumped to marry her. After all she is my best friend and who wouldn't want to spend their life with their best friend??? I have just been a little stressed the last couple of days with losing my job.

My plans for the rest of the day: More laundry, more applications, a little workout, maybe some time in the tanning bed, a little lunch with Meg and then more of the same stuff later until gun gets home at 8 pm.

I LOVE YOU TOO HUN!

Work- Megan

Well I'm just sitting at work blogging it up. I'm trying to find ways to stay busy while the store isn't busy so that I don't think about the upcoming weekend. I'm going to be all alone here in Cedar because Andy is going home to Grantsville but I have to work so I can't go. The bad part about it is I only work 5 hours Friday and 5 hours Saturday so I won't have anything to do after that and if you know me you know that I don't do well when I'm not doing something. I wish I could just work all day Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Actually not sunday because I really want to go to church! I feel like I haven't gone in forever but it was just last sunday... not by choice though. I had to work at turn. This Sunday I don't have to work so I'll be able to go!

Only 23 days till Andrew and I will be married! I can't even wait. I get butterflies everytime I think about it and the last few mornings it's the first thing I think about when I wake up.. I can't believe it's getting so close but I hope the time goes by fast! I'm getting a little anxious. I can't tell if Andrew if very excited, I'm sure he is he just doesn't show it like me. (I went and woke him up this morning to remind him only 23 more days, and then I jumped up and down and got really happy, but Andrew doesn't do that :)) But it's going to be great! I'm really blessed to be able to marry my BEST friend in the whole world. And when were married it will be even better because it will be like having a sleepeover every night with you best friend. One thing I know I need to work on is remembering that when were married it's not just me it's "us". Sometimes when I'm talking to And I'll say "I'm going to do this...." and it frustrates him alot because it effects him but I don't say us I just say me. He's really great about that though. He is always including me in the decisions and everything else and I'm grateful for that. If you read this Andy I love you!

Lovin life -Megan

Well I have to admit I've never liked a job in my life but now I'm blessed to have 2 jobs that I absolutely love! My first job is at Turn community, I get to work with some really special people and honestly I think they help me more than I help them. Sometimes we have our off days with eachother and they like to yell and swear at me but I really love every minute of it. Every person I get to work with is so unique and so amazing! I love them all! Tomorrow I'm working with Craig and Alan and I'm taking them to their softball game and I get to play!! I'm super excited! Since I started working there I feel greater appreciation for the people and things around me. I've realized how blessed I am for the ability to make decisions for myself because some people aren't so fortunate. My second job is at the T-mobile store. It's alot different from Turn but its still really enjoyable and my co-workers are great! I feel really lucky to be able to go to jobs that enjoy.

Today was Andrew's last day of work. Kind of scary for us but I think it is for the best. While Andrew was working there his boss asked him to be dishonest to alot of people and it just wasn't the best situation. Now Andrew and I will have more time together but I'm nervous that he is going to get really bored and I don't want that to make him grumpy. Anyway it's 11 o'clock and that's about the time Andrew and I finally settle down and have time to spend quality time together so I need to take advantage of it!

Last Day, Writing A Song

Right now Meg is at work and I am at my apt waiting. Technically not just sitting here waiting but I am excited for her to come over. Today was my last day of work at My Comfort...I am kind of happy to not be working for someone so dishonest and such a shady company. (I wouldn't refer anyone to use my comfort to get a bed...though there beds are VERY, VERY comfortable) Anyway I spent about an hour talking with Nick about all the things I thought he did wrong and how he can fix them...he didn't really appreciate it, but i don't care he needed hear it. He probably went home and cried on his wifes shoulder..."they were mean to me, please save me."

Anyway, I started to write a new song today and so far I think that it is okay. I have a nice melody, chord progression, lyrics and then where the problem is occuring is the strum pattern... I am having a hard time figuring out the perfect pattern to top it off.

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Tennis and losing job

Well today has been pretty crappy for me, Andy and probably a little bit for Meg. It started out okay but slowly decreased in happiness and then finally picked back up after five PM. This morning Meg went to work and left me at home to do some laundry and apply for some jobs in Omaha. As far as accomplishing those two tasks, I only worked on one...the laundry still isn't finished and probably won't be for another day because I am sure my roommate will be doing laundry like he does EVERY single night...waste of money and water. Anyway, the reason i focused so hard on searching for a job was because I talked to my current boss and he informed me that because his head is so far up his lazy a** he is losing his business and after Friday i will no longer have a position...neither will my good buddy Jon. You see there are a few reasons that I have lost my job and every single reason has to do with the fact that my boss has NO IDEA what it takes to run a successful business. I hope he realizes that working 15 hours a week, lying to customers, selling used beds as new and giving away hundreds of dollars of product to customers to close a sale will not keep your business running. Not to mention telling hundreds of St George residents he will honor the coupon in the Dixie Direct for free seat cushions and then not ordering any for 3 months. These are just a few things that is running his business in to the ground. Very frustrating. Had he freaking showed up to work once in a while to take care of the things only the owner of the store can take care of, I would still have a job!!!

Anyway, after Meg got home we went and hit some tennis balls at the courts. It was really fun and funny. Meg isn't the best, but she is still very fun to play with. We took a camera and took one picture ha ha that was the biggest thing for meg...take pics but we forgot and so i took one of her right before we got in the car to leave.

Our First Date: Megan

I had known of Andrew just like everyone knows of everyone in Grantsville but I had never taken the opportunity to really get to know him. That is until July of 2009. I started hanging out with Andrews good friend Paul. ( I later found out that Andrew is the one who persuaded Paul to start talking to me on Facebook) Anyway Paul and I worked together and became pretty good friends. I remember Paul and I used to talk about Andrew and how he was getting out of a relationship and how we felt really bad for him :). Anyway, one day Paul and I decided we would invite Andrew to go swimming with us. We went to his house to convince him to go but when we got there him and his brother Aaron were doing P90X. Andrew didn't seem too interested in going to the pool instead he invited Paul and I to workout with them. Paul turned him down but I said I was down. Somehow I got out of that and we persuaded Andrew and Aaron to come swimming. That was the first time Andrew and I hung out together, even though we weren't actually there for eachother. Over the next few weeks Paul and I would hang out with Andrew occasionally, but I don't think Andrew or myself ever thought something would happen between us. July 24th was the day things started to change. Paul and I invited Andrew to come to Casa with us for lunch and though he wasn't hungry he came anyway. It was kind of funny because a girl he had been hanging out with for a while was there and I kept giving him advice about what he should do about her and I convinced him to go talk to her. After that Andrew tried convincing Paul and I not to go to work but both of us said no. After leaving Casa Andrew and I began texting and I decided not to go to work.... but not so I could hangout with Andrew. Instead I went to St George with another friend. The next day things weren't going to well in St George so I decided to come home early and on my way home I text Andrew to see if he still wanted to hang out. The next day we were discussing what we should do that night and I asked him if he had fishing poles, he text back and said he was just going to ask me if I wanted to go fishing. That's when I started getting axcited about our first date.
That night we both went to the Miss Tooele County pagaent seperatly and afterwards he picked me up in his little red truck. (Yes he did squeal his tires and yes I loves it!) We went to the dam but quickly learned it wasn't the best night to be fishing. The wind was blowing 100 mph and it made things very interesting. Andrew entertained me by trying to string my pole. He kept tangling the string, dropping the weights and to top things off everytime he would stand up his chair would blow away. After about an hour of no success we decided to pack up our things and head to the truck. When we got to the truck we sat in the back and talked and looked at the stars. I knew right away that there was something between us. Everything was so easy and fun with him. After the dam we went to Denny's. I had never spent that long of a time at Denny's in my life and I didn't even mind it. Everything was so laid back with And. We laughed and joked but could also talk about more serious things. On our way home from Denny's And and I decided to make up a little game. I think it was more that I insisted that he closed his eyes while he was driving and let me direct him, and so he did. I had never laughed so hard in my entire life. Sometimes I would laugh so hard that I couldn't open my eyes.... that was scary. After driving around grantsville, playing our game for about an hour I decided it was probably time for him to drop me off. As soon as I got into bed and was trying to fall asleep I realized that I had just had the best first date of my life. I decided to text Andrew. Come to find out both of us agreed that we wished the date hadn't ended yet.

Our first date: Andrew

Having spent my entire life in Grantsville I had met and at least had one conversation with pretty much every single person i went to school with...elementary through high school. The town is so small that it was almost impossible not to. Though during the spring semester of 2008 I found out that maybe there was at least one person i may have missed, her name was Megan O.. The first time I really thought of talking to her or approaching her was actually on Facebook. At the time I wasn't looking for a relationship nor was I interested in anything other than school. Because of my focus on school I decided to try and hook my friend up with Meg...I told Paul that he should talk with her on facebook and he did. For the first part of the summer her and Paul became pretty good friends and i had the chance to go swimming with them and also my little bro Aaron. The first time I formally met her was about an hour before we went swimming. Aaron and I were down in the basement following the hard core workout videos of P90x (anyone who hasn't tried those and wants a REAL, intense workout, I highly recommend it) and the two friends came down stairs to try and convince to quit working out to go swimming. We resisted the temptation and convinced them to wait a little longer for us to finish. The four of us spent about three hours at the complex, swimming and tanning in the sun. After our first time hanging out we spent a couple random times hot tubing with a couple other people, but we had never been there for each other. Finally the day that changed everything came and that day was the 24th of July.

This was one of the most eventful 24th of July I have had in my life. In the morning I went with my family to an early movie and lunch. I cant remember what movie we saw or what restaurant we ate at, but I do remember seeing one of my former co-workers and the elderly lady was excited enough to see me she gave me a hug... Anyway as we were driving home to Gcity, Paul text me and invited me to go to lunch with he and Gun at the local Mexican restaurant, Casa Del Rey. Being that I had already eaten I told him I would come but wouldn't eat. When I got to the restaurant I sat on the opposite side of the table of Paul and gun. They had already started to eat and were in a hurry to get to work at 3. As we sat there talking I made my biggest effort to convince them to take the night off and hang out with me. Both said no. After my second lunch I went to my friend Zach's house and spent a couple hours there watching him, Tony, Kevin and Boone slug it out in an intense game of Risk. As the day went on I continued in my efforts to convince Paul and Gun to stay...but to no avail. However, later that evening Megan told me she was taking the weekend off and heading to Cedar City with another kid...at the time this didn't effect that much. The next evening was Friday night and I received a random text from gun at about midnight that said..."Hey I am back in town we should do something this weekend". So I immediately asked her out for the next evening, Saturday the 26th, after the Miss Tooele County pageant.

The day was finally here and the pageant was over. I picked her up in my little red pick up, threw some lawn chairs, fishing poles and a tackle box in the bed and took her to the dam. It was extremely windy and not a very good night for fishing, but I didn't care because I was already having more fun on this date than i had ever had in my life. She kept laughing at me as I tried to re-string her line and keep my chair from blowing away at the same time. After a couple hours of failure we decided to star watch. We through a blanket down in the back of the truck and watched the stars and joked around with each other. Somehow I was able to get her to give me a back massage and knew then that something special was going to come from this haha. The entire time we were in the truck I felt very comfortable around her and knew that she was someone I could get used to talking to. She was very understanding and kind hearted. After about a half hour in the truck we both decided we were hungry and being that we didn't have any fish to fry, we headed to Denny's. I have never spent so much time in a Denny's with one person. We had an awesome time and some mediocre food...(I find that Denny's is only enjoyable in the early hours of the morning). On our way home from Tooele I was planning on dropping her off as soon as we got in to town...however, the fun I was having changed my mind. We spent the last hour of this epic date driving around town. I was driving with my eyes closed and she was directing me where to go...a lot more fun than it sounds I promise. I finally took her home and exactly at the time I was pulling the covers over my body in bed, about 3 Am, I received a text from gun...and she was bored, I thought to myself "Why did I drop her off?"