It's Official

This week has been pretty action-packed with all of our Christmas parties, a wedding, my mom visiting, Haley visiting, packing... yes I said packing and yes we are moving. So this action-packed week leaves me with no excuses to not blog because we actually have things to blog about.
I'll start with the big news that was made official last monday. Andrew and I are moving back to Utah On December 27th. Andy will be transferring through Wells Fargo which is nice because he enjoys working there and I will start school at The U in January. We are going to be living in Stansbury in the townhomes next to the highway. I'm a little nervous about going from a house into something smaller because it was hard enough to find room for all of our stuff in the house, I have a feeling we will be purging some of our things to eliminate clutter. Overall we are very excited to start a new-fangled adventure!
This past weekend we went to my Cousin, Levi's Wedding. We had alot of fun spending time with family and of course dancing. Andrew got to show my family his awesome, gangster dance moves. I think my mom loved them the most, she kept telling people to watch "her son in-law's" dance moves. She was pretty proud, as she should be because his dance moves are quite remarkable haha. My friend Haley Came out sunday night. It was so nice to have her here and just hangout like we used to. And like usual Andy showed us a good time, we are always laughing when he's around because he is always giving us reasons to make fun of him. I swear he does it on purpose but it's fine with me because we get a good laugh. Speaking of Andrew making me laugh, last night Andrew picked me up from work and as we're walking up stairs, he takes off his suit jacket and there is toilet paper hanging out of the top of his pants and not just a little bit. I'm talking 4 or 5 squares dangling out of there. I laughed for about an hour and have been telling the story all day.
Well I'm training the girl who will be taking my place, so I better get back to work. We love everyone back home and can't wait to see you soon.

Wicked Cool

I am updating the blog because of our weekend we spent down in KC Missouri.

It was the first time for me, andy. The city was pretty big and really dirty. As we were looking for our exit we accidentally missed it and ended up going in to Kansas City, Kansas. It was the dirtiest city I have ever seen in my life. For not being that big and definitely not the biggest city i have ever been to by a long shot (Toronto) it was amazingly dirty and terribly ugly! Luckily we found our way back to Mizzou and found our hotel.

After checking in to our hotel we decided to go check out some of the local restaurants, preferably a BBQ joint (KC is known for there barbecue). We made our way down to what they call the Plaza where we were directed to the location of Fiorelas Jack Stack Barbecue. If you think you know what barbecue is or what it should smell or taste like, it is very likely that you have NO IDEA what that is unless you have eaten at this KC original. It is near impossible for me to describe the aromas and the out of this world tastes that they provide at this institution.

After stuffing ourselves past what I thought was possible we made our way back to the hotel to sleep it off so that we would have enough energy for that evenings activities.

That night we went to see the musical Wicked. It was amazing! Easily the best show I have seen live and i have seen quite an array of shows. Everything about it was awesome, the best part was the girl who play Elphaba, the wicked witch, I have never in my life heard someone sing so well. I am not sure if anyone has heard this girl before but if you have you are lucky!
I think Meg really enjoyed herself, it was her first musical besides the high schools Les Mis earlier this year.

The entire trip was really nice and especially because we were just away from the everyday things in our lives and alone with each other.

This week we are trying to figure out a game plan for Christmas...it is kind of hard. With so many families doing so many different things makes it difficult.

One more thing about the trip. We had heard a lot of good things about these places called "Waffle House". Horrible, don't go there...dirty workers, dirty store, dirty tables, dirty dishes, dirty food.

That's SICK!

And not in the cool way. Yes, Andrew and I are are both sick :(. It all started Sunday morning, we woke up, Andy was fine but I wasn't feeling well (sinus infection). Then sunday night we got home from a little game night at my Aunts and Andy starts getting the chills and achy body, you know the typical flu symptoms and it all went down hill from there. Monday and Tuesday Andrew stayed home sick from work. I felt so bad for him. I got home from work on Monday and he tried standing up, his whole body was shaking uncontrolably. By Tuesday his temperature had gone down a little and by wednesday he was left with a very sore throat and an ear ache. I on the other hand have had it easy compared to him, a minor sore throat and the loss of my voice. We had fun with my voice last night. I usually don't sing in front of Andrew because it's just not a pretty things. Even in church I've admitted to just pretending to sing. Anyway, last night I told Andy I would sing for him because I actually had an excuse for being bad this time. We had a good laugh. Everytime I would try to hit a high note my voice would either go out or squeak really bad and go higher than I've ever heard my voice go. I don't think Andrew could deny that he was impressed by my singing ability.

Well I better get back to work, just wanted to give a quick update!

Here are a couple Random pics we've taken the last month

Visiting the Fam back in Utah
Andy and Elliott Jones

Going on 5 months!?

Well I thought I would check our blog because it'sbeen a while and I wanted to see what Andrew blogged about last night and I realized Andy has posted the last two posts so it is my turn. Yes, my husband enjoys blogging. I know, I'm lucky.

It's weird to think and I can hardly believe it but in only 6 days Andy an dI will have been married for 5 months. It's gone by so fast but I guess that's what happens when you're having fun and I must say we're having a blast. We're staying busy with work and school but we always find time for fun. Andy won a game at work called "toss up". We've been playing it almost every night, it's quite entertaining. We've also played office trivia a few times. The first time we played we were with Tony, Amy, Kevin and Whitney and I totally got dominated. Ever since then I try to pay attention to the details when I watch the office. My goal is to eventually be able to beat Kevin and Whitney but I don't think that will be happening anytime soon.

A couple months back I think I blogged about a kitten we got. His name is Elliott Jones and he is one expensive cat. At first we thought we would get a puppy but after some consideration we decided that we didn't have time for a puppy and we had other things we'd rather put our money towards. I thought that a cat would be much easier and cheaper. Andy's excuse for this was that he is allergic to cats and it would make him sick. Come to find out that was a lie Andrew told me because he doesn't like cats... except Elliott. We found Elliott at my Grandma and Grandpa's farm. He kept following Andrew and bawling until Andy picked him up. Andrew said we could keep him if he stayed outside ( at this time Andy was still sticking to his story that he was allergic). We figured the cat itself is free, we'll get it food and come toys and be set right? WRONG! This cheap cat turned into a $600 cat after vet bills and he is still on his medication and has to go back to the vet next week. Hopefully he will be all better. Anyway we've decided we have the coolest cat in the world. His personality is a mix between a human and a dog. He begs like a dog. He will sit in front of the fridge and bawl when he wants milk, then by the sink when he wants food and when we eat... well we have to kennel him up when we eat because his begging is so out of control. He also goes to the door when he has to go to the bathroom, just like a dog. Elliott has this little mousey toy that he loves. He carries it around the house, sleeps with it and even cleans it like it's his baby. Needless to say, he loves his mouse. He also love Andy. It's so fun to watch them play every night. you can probably guess that Andy's little secret about his allergies came out. He was only saying that because he didn't want a cat, but now that we have El he loves him.

Ever wondered what it's like to have to jump start your car everytime you want to go somewhere, including having to ask your co-workers to jump you so you can make it home? If so, ask Andrew. Yes, Little Green is finally dying. The first time it wouldn't start we thought the cabin light got left on, the second time we thought it was the headlights but the third time we knew something was wrong. We got a new battery and that helped for about a day but now we have to jump it everytime. anyone who has seen Andrew's 1960, I mean 1995 Dodge Avenger knows it's not worth putting much money into. So we've had the pleasure of car shopping :). For me it's a pleasure but not so much for Andrew. We've just been looking around for now but I think soon we'll be making a purchase.

Overall things are going great here in Nebraska. Married life is the best and I love it. I guess it's easy when you have a wonderful husband like I do.
Well I should probably go get ready. We're having dinner and playing games at my aunts tonight. We'll try not to wait so long to update the blog again. We miss and love everyone back in Utah.

A Mission, A Niece, A Holiday, A Cold?

Today is Halloween! One year ago yesterday I proposed to Megan, she said No...not really.

A lot has happened this last month. Ben left on his mission to Argentina on the 14th, Mari had our little niece sofia on the 22nd and...well nothing much besides those two events. Which I must admit seem like quite a lot.

Ben is currently in the MTC in Provo where he is learning the spanish language. He is going to be serving in the Buenos Aires North mission. Which interestingley not only covers the northern part of the city Buenos Aires but also the southern most part of south america, where it reaches ridiculously low temps. So far, so good for Elder Vera.

Litlle Sofia Raquel Barton joined the fam on the 22nd and weighed a little over 9 LBS! Good thing Mari had her early! Both mom and baby are doing great and Dad, steve, is still over in the desert. (Sofia wore her camoflauge army suit for halloween! :) )

As for Meg and I here in good ole Elkhorn we are doing just fine. Jobs are good and school is stressful. We have recently been called to serve as primary teachers and we have had a couple of lessons already. We are loving it so far and the kids are all really great and well behaved. We have 8 total in the class and next sunday is our primary program, so anyone in the area that feels up to coming it will be at 12:45 pm on November 7 in the LDS church house at 180th and Maple.

Megan seems to have come down with a cold. Sadly she has been waking up with a lot of drainage and the sore throat, aching ears and pounding head ache that comes with it. I am hoping she gets better soon and that she does not pass it on to me!

Halloween was awesome! We just handed out candy, hung out with our little cousin and watched football (our utes got lucky).

Anyway, gotta run...if anyone needs candy let me know we have WAY too much left over!

utes, huskers, school

I have not updated in a long while. I have been incredibley busy with work and school. Taking 15 online credits and working full time is a lot harder than I thought it would be. Last week college football started and I love it! The utes beat up on the ags! And this week meg and I are going to the husker game at Memorial Stadium, thanks to Randy for getting us tickets. I am really excited about that, the place is huge and there will be around 100000 people there. Meg and I have been pretty blessed lately and man are we grateful. She is such an amazing wife and supporter of me. She also does little things I don't deserve. I definately married up!
I am currently working at wells fargo and am loving it. Though I can't wait to get promoted to a banker, I know I have to be patient and prove myself. I better get to going. Go utes!

Scabies?

I thought I would give a little update since the last time I blogged Andrew's skin issues hadn't appeared. We aren't too sure what's going on all we know is whatever it is it's spreading... And I haven't gotten it yet. It started out looking like bug bites on his arm. Some of them were in a straight line and there were 3 of them. Then they started to spread, get bigger and itch. Within two days his arms were covered and it seemed like they would always show up after he had slept. We thought maybe he got bug by spiders because we slept on the floor one night but then we started sleeping in the bed and they still kept spreading so I washed all of our bedding to see if that would help but it hasn't. Then the marks on his arm started to scab and look like reashes and everyday when we wake up he has new marks on other parts of his body. Yesterday they spread around his belly and back and to his legs, then while we were working he text me and said he got one on his eye lid. It's been going on for about a week and yesterday I decided it was time he needed to see a doctor. We've been asking my family what they think it could be and most of them have said possibly scabies. Which is pretty gross. It's a bug under the skin that bites, and they are suppose to bite the most at night. I've been doing alot of research on it and I also found out that if you wait to treat it it will get to the point that it will be impossible to sleep because they will be so bad at night. i also read that it can take 2 to 3 months for symptoms to show, so if it is scabies who knows how long he has had it. Ha I probably have them and dont even know. I'm hoping it's not that though and maybe it something less severe. I don't know maybe scabies isn't as severe as I think but it just sounds bad..... and gross! Well we are going to the doctor on my lunch break to find out whats going on so I will update later.

Getting ready for school!

Things around here haven't slowed down at all. In fact, I think they've gotten more busy. Both Andrew and I are getting ready for school. I was able to meet with an advisor last friday and register for a few classes. Unfortunately, because I waited so long to register for classes my options were limited. Most of the classes I need are either full of right in the middle of the work day. Luckily they offer some saturday classes so forhe next few months that will be what the mornings of my saturdays consist of. Which is okay with me, I'm just grateful I'm able to take classes. I'm hoping to get a full schedule right now I only have 9 credits but I'm going to write a letter to a couple professors to see if they will let me submit everything online because I don't think my boss is going to let me miss work. Also, Andrew'sinancial aid came through yesterday and he was able to register for classes so we will both be very busy with working full time and going to school full time but we both are very excited and up for the challenge. My birthday is this Sunday and I have to say I'm a little sad that I'm getting so old, but also happy that I will no longer be a teenager. Life is good here. We miss y'all back home!

The Sibs are here

The siblings have been here for about a week now. It's weird to think they are already leaving tomorrow. It's going to be so weird and quiet not having them around. The first couple days they were here we went and stayed up at the river. We did some swimming, fishing and of course we played some river baseball. The fishing wasn't very good which was weird but we did catch a few catfish and a couple bass. And Aaron did slap a fish and it was hilarious, I will post the video later. I think I laughed for an hour afterwards. Lets see on Monday we went boating.. The very first time the boys got on the tube I was so scared for them because they had the 3 of them on the tube which is never good. When there are 3 people someone always gets hurt. But they did it and when we went around a curve the tube whipped around and the boys went flying. I think they are still a little sore but they should be fine. If you're not sore after tubing you didn't do it right. Andrew and I did a little skiing too. I had done it before so it wasn't too hard but watching Andrew was fun. His very first time trying to get up he totally did the splits. Then the other times he would get up for about 3 second and ten it looked like his skiis flew our from under him. Yesterday Andrew got off early and they all went to the temple... I was very jealous I couldn't go, but andrew promised we could go soon. Well I need to get back to work but it's been nice having the sibs out to visit. we miss everyone back home!! Oh and we will post pics from their trip soon.