WORK

WELL IM FINALLY GETTING AROUND TO THE BLOG, IT'S BEEN A WHILE BUT THINGS HAVE BEEN SUPER BUSY IT SEEMS. I STARTED MY NEW JOB LAST MONDAY AND SO FAR I LIKE IT. I WORK FROM 9:30 TO 7:30 BUT THE DAY GOES BY FAST BECAUSE IT'S SO BUSY. YESTERDAY WAS THE FIRST DAY I REALLY FELT OVERWHELMED. THERE WERE A MILLION THINGS GOING ON AND AS SOON AS I WOULD START ON A NEW PROJECT SOMEONE ELSE WOULD CALL AND IT FINALLY GOT TO ME BUT I GOT EVERYTHING DONE AND TODAY WAS MUCH BETTER. DONT GET ME WRONG I LOVE THAT I HAVE TO MULTITASK BECAUSE I GET BORED VERY EASILY AND IT KEEPS ME FROM GETTING BORED. SINCE I'VE STARTED WORKING I'VE BEEN SUPER TIRED. I THINK MY MONTH OFF OF WORK IS TO BLAME FOR THAT. LUCKILY FOR ME I HAVE A WONDERFUL STAY AT HOME HUSBAND WHO HELPS ME RELAX WHEN I COME HOME. HAHA HE WOULDN'T BE TOO HAPPY IF HE READ THE STAY AT HOME HUSBAND PART. BUT REALLY IT'S SO NICE TO COME HOME TO A CLEAN HOUSE. HE ALSO HAS DINNER READY WHEN I GET HOME, NOT JUST ANY DINNER EITHER. IT'S USUALLY SOME GOURMET THING HE GOT OFF THE FOOD NETWORK CHANNEL THAT HE PERFECTED :). FOR EXAMPLE, LAST NIGHT HE MADE MEAT LOAF WRAPPED IN BACON WITH A BROWN SUGAR GLAZE. IT WAS YUMMY!

THINGS IN NEBRASKA ARE GOING WELL. I HAVEN'T HAD MUCH TIME TO BE HOMESICK BUT I DID HAVE A DAY LAST WEEK THAT GOT ME DOWN. I GOT OFF WORK EARLY ON FRIDAY AND I STARTED MISSING EVERYONE BACK HOME. I JUST FELT LIKE CALLING OUR FAMILIES. FORTUNATELY THAT AFTERNOON WE WENT TO MY AUNTS CABIN SO IT TOOK MY MIND OFF OF IT. I TRY NOT TO CALL HOME TOO OFTEN BECAUSE I THINK THAT ANDREW AND I NEED TO DEPEND ON EACHOTHER INSTEAD OF DEPENDING ON OUR PARENTS SO MUCH. ANDREW IS STILL LOOKING FOR A JOB. HE DID GET AN OFFER TODAY BUT HE IS TRYING REALLY HARD TO GET OTHER OPTIONS BECAUSE IF HE TAKES THIS JOB HE WILL HAVE TO WORK NIGHTS AND WE DONT THINK THAT WOULD BE THE BEST THING FOR US BECAUSE WE WOULD NEVER SEE EACHOTHER. AND IM A BIG CHICKEN WHEN IT COMES TO BEING ALONG IN THIS HOUSE AT NIGHT. IT'S JUST SCARY BECAUSE THERE IS A CORNFIELD BEHIND OUR HOUSE AND WHEN IT'S DARK THE STOCKES KIND OF LOOK LIKE PEOPLE.... OH AND WE LIVE BY TRAIN TRACKS, SCARY!

ANYWAY, I FORGOT TO MENTION EARLIER, I CHOPPED MY HAIR OFF AND I LOVE IT. I'M GOING TO GO EVEN SHORTER THIS FRIDAY, I WAS JUST TOO NERVOUS TO DO IT ALL AT ONCE. WELL ANDREW AND I ARE HEADING OUT TO POSSIBLY BUY A NEW PLASMA TV. WE MISS AND LOVE YOU ALL BACK HOME!~

House Wife? - andy

Today is Monday and i just finished mowing the lawn (which I do every 4 to 5 days because the lawn grows so fast). I am now sitting on the couch thinking about the tasks I have left to do the rest of the day. For example: clean the bedroom, the kitchen, the family room and do the laundry are some of the things i have to do. Not too exciting i know. I felt like taking a break to fill you all in on the weekend we had up in Iowa.

I was going to post some pictures but I think that Meg took the camera with her to work...she at least left it in her purse, which she has.

Anyway we went up to this little town called onowa, Iowa where Megan's aunt and uncle own a little piece of property up in the hills. The hills were pretty nice to be in. They are the closest things to mountains in miles. While we were up there the weather was pretty nice and not too hot. It was cloudy most of the time and only rained while we were all asleep. During the day time we would go out on the four wheeler or the dune buggy. Dune buggies are freaking cool! There are over 1000 trails to ride around this area...wow! The only problem with the whole place is that unless you are a member of this little community you are not able to actually drive the ATVs...so in order to go out you had to be driven by one of the 3 members we were staying with. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. The food was great as it always is when you are out camping.

When we got back from camping we went to our ward and met with the bishop. He is a great man and seems to be very hard working and in tune with the spirit. He talked with us about getting callings asap and i think it made Meg nervous ha ha. Though she doesn't think this, I know she'd do great in whatever position she was called to. She has such a beautiful and strong testimony. I love to hear her discuss the gospel. Tonight for FHE it is her turn for the lesson and I am extremely excited!

Well better get back to work...house work. Peace.

Boom Boom Pow and Argentina (Andy)

I am finally going to take a moment or two to comment about the most eventful week and a half of my life!

A couple weekends ago I got MARRIED! Yes it was the best day of my life and I couldn't have pictured it being any better or going more smoothly! All day long the weather was supposed to be horrible, but it ended up being perfect. The sun was hidden behind a cloud cover, it wasn't windy, rainy or cold. Everything went well with the ceremony. The wedding party looked great walking down the aisle and the funniest part was when our ring barer, Greg, stopped and posed for every camera that lined the walkway...hilarious. The best part, however, was when I saw my beautiful bride for the first time in her dress walking down the aisle escorted by her father's. She was breathtaking! My Dad married us and to me that was very special to be able to have my father be in that position and to hold the priesthood and keys to marry us!
The luncheon was amazing...Costa Vida catered...my brothers sang...my uncle made a video that we watched and we had a few people say some things. The reception was also beautiful. We had a lot of people show up, received a lot of gifts and had fun with the cake, bouquet and garter tosses, and even danced a little. There was one set back..but I need not mention it, those who know what I mean will understand that Meg and I felt pretty disrespected. Anyway...after the wedding we headed to SLC and then on Sunday to Vegas and then finally to Havasu where we spent our honeymoon. I had a blast and was able to ride a wave runner for the first time in my life. A funny thing happened about 200 yards off the shore...I was told to watch out for ropes. "Do not run over ropes!" He said (The man who rented us the jet ski) Well as we were driving out to the middle of the lake in the middle of no where a frayed piece of rope grabbed a hold of the propeller and shut us down. So i swam back to the shore, pulling the ski, megan AND and anchor made out of 3 cinder blocks!!!!!!!! Meg thought it was hilarious! Anyway we got that worked out and had an amazing time.

We are now in Nebraska. Elkhorn, Nebraska to be exact. We have finally gotten everything un packed and most of it organized in our house. Which I must admit is very very cool! I had the chance to mow my OWN lawn and it was awesome! The one thing that i wasn't expecting to be so extreme has been the humidity! Wow I sweated more mowing just the lawn here than I ever did mowing a full days worth of lawns in Utah and I guess the humidity wasn't even bad yesterday! Something to look forward to I guess.

My brother got his mission call today and he is going to the Argentina Buenos Ares North Mission and leaves October 14! I am really excited for him and proud!

Anyway I am waisted tired and the reason that this is titled what it is, is because I downloaded boom boom pow just barely...yes I did!

finally getting a few minutes-andy

Well we are finally here and finally getting a few minutes to relax. I am writing this from my new phone so I won't write much. I am loving being married and most of that has to do with my perfect wife! Our new home is awesome and I think we are very lucky to have it. Well I am going to cuddle with my wife. Peace.

Pics of us in our new home

Andrew mowing our lawn for the first time.
I'm glad he enjoys doing it.

He caught a snake and he did try to make me kiss it

We were do tired from unpacking

Our New Home

The last couple of days have been so long. Friday Andrew and I packed all day. I thought we would get it done in 3 hours tops... WRONG. It really took us all stinkin day. Then the next day we headed East to Nebraska. JR and Aaron helped us move out and we're so grateful for that. It was nice to have them along and it also saved us alot of money. It was especially nice to have Aaron along because we took turns driving my car so I got a couple of breaks. We finally made it to out house here in Elkhorn Nebraska around 1 Am Nebraska time. Today The 4 of us went to our new ward and spent a couple hours showing JR and Aaron around Arlington. Andrew and I are really excited about going to our new ward and Andrew already made a friend. This little guy named Juan. He came up to Andrew after sacrement and talked his ear off and then when Andrew told him we would see him next sunday he said We should try harder next time. We think he was saying we should try harder to be on time because we were running a little late today. It was funny. After doing a little running around JR and Aaron decided to start making their way back to Utah. This was the hardest part of the move for me. It was hard to say goodbye to our moms because I knew I would miss them so much but this feeling was much different. I was actually scared for JR to leave. I think it was because I knew once he left there was no turning back, and it was comforting having him and Aaron there because it was the one thing that wasn't new. I'm excited but nervous about all the new experiences we're going to have while in Nebraska. Andrew and I will have to learn to depend on eachother more instead of our parents, but I know that's what we need and I think living here will help us with that. After the boys left Andrew and I finally had a chance to spend some quality time together. We have been so busy the last few days that we really haven't had time to do that. In fact I don't think we've hung out with just the two of us since out honeymoon, which was a blast. Anyway, after hanging out for a little bit we got to work with the unpacking. We have 2 of the guest bedrooms pretty much finished and that's it. The living room and Kitchen are still packed with boxes so we have alot of work to do the next few days.

This is us on our honeymoon. We rented a waverunner and it was a blast. We only had one little accident which is really good for the two of us

Our first meal at our new home. Andrew grilled for us!

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!