Monday, May 31, 2010
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Only eternity minus one month left to go.
So, we made it one month. And honestly it hasn't been too bad ;) The thing is, some people freak out saying that it's so hard to get use to living with each other...but I haven't found that at all. It's easy so far. Of course there were little things like I don't like when he leaves his cereal box on the counter and he doesn't like when I leave a rag in the sink. But those type of things are actually funny to learn about. .
This week we just kept with the flow. Andrew sold his scooter, we spent all day Saturday washing our clothes in South Jordan at his house, worked and did the school thing. We went to the temple and out to dinner. (Johnny Carino's...the bread was to die for last night). So it was a good, busy Saturday with family.
Oh! Friday we saw "Seven Pounds" for the first time...wow. Andrew hadn't seen me cry so hard before. It got me bad, just in the last five minutes too.
Well, off to our wonderful 2:30 church:)
This week we just kept with the flow. Andrew sold his scooter, we spent all day Saturday washing our clothes in South Jordan at his house, worked and did the school thing. We went to the temple and out to dinner. (Johnny Carino's...the bread was to die for last night). So it was a good, busy Saturday with family.
Oh! Friday we saw "Seven Pounds" for the first time...wow. Andrew hadn't seen me cry so hard before. It got me bad, just in the last five minutes too.
Well, off to our wonderful 2:30 church:)
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Addictions
I’m starting this blog with a confession. It’s awful. Andrew and I have an addiction. This is not an addiction as menial to a TV series where at least in a few months you get a break till the new season starts. This is a bad one. There's no end. It's only been three weeks and I've already driven Andrew to addiction. Ever heard of nutella? Growing up, Andrew and I always wondered what the big fuss kids had with nutella. Well, last week we found out.
We had received a little jar in a basket from our wedding. Needless to say, that jar is gone and we stocked up at Costco. I think Andrew has had atleast something twice a day with nutella on it and I’ve had at least one. It’s so tasty. He even compared it once to the tree of life. We enjoyed the taste so much, we couldn’t help but share it with those we love. You know something is good when you can compare it to the tree of life.
The first three weeks of marriage are over. Crazy how fast it goes sometimes. It still sometimes doesn't sink in that we are married. Like the other day, I was picking up the living room and Andrew's shoes were in there and I thought to myself, Why did Andrew leave his shoes at my apartment? I wonder what shoes he wore home? Well, of course a second later I shook my head and thought that I was a nut. It just takes some getting use to I guess (not me being a nut, but the fact that I'm married.)
Some of the funny stories of us first moving in: We were storing all of our gifts at Andrew’s parents’ house. While we were in Park City, his parents had brought a few things down along with our bed and dresser. So on our way back to Provo, we stopped by the house and loaded everything we could get into the car.
I wasn’t thinking. I just grabbed bags, no matter what was in them. Really, what I should have been doing is grabbing the bags with the essentials to live. But, nope, didn’t happen.
So as we started to live in our apartment, I realized it’s hard to cook and eat with only one metal spoon and a rice cooker spoon (one of those big white plastic ones). But, that’s what we did. Let me tell you it was very interesting to make stir-fry with frozen chicken without anything else. It was almost just as entertaining to eat with only those utensils. I would have taken a picture of us sitting on the floor with boxes everywhere around us trying to eat like this, but Andrew said he wouldn’t want to remember us in our weaknesses.
And let me tell you, taking a shower without a shower curtain was also a little iffy. We got a beach towel (that luckily was in some of Andrew’s stuff) and hung it over the bar with a clip. Who knows if it helped. Plus the fact we couldn’t get our shower to warm up. (Turns out there’s a little trick…thank you dad.) But that weekend we went back up to South Jordan and got the rest of our stuff so now we are very functional.
These past few weeks Andrew has had his work to do. Between school and assembling all of our new furniture, he has been the man. I think there’s a light at the end though—I don’t think we’ll be buying anything for a while that needs assembly. His next projects just consist of hanging pictures and shelves. Oh he loves those projects But, it’s coming together and besides a little pick-me-up décor, we are pretty much settled. Just in time for the Coeur d’Alene reception.
This weekend was the first weekend we actually spent in our little apartment. Last weekend my parents and Jeff came down to watch Michael run the Ogden Marathon and to celebrate Mikenzy’s b-day. So we spent the day up there. The previous weekend we spent up at the Jenkins’ for mother’s day/Katie’s call from Boston. Both were very fun. This week will also be our first week at our new ward. Scary. ; / I am sure our neighbors upstairs think we are inactive because we haven’t gone yet, so it’s probably a good thing we don’t have any excuses not to attend our ward that starts at 2:30!
This week we did something very exciting. I got reimbursed by the government for some of the tuition I paid last year. So Andrew and I decided we’d get a deal and go on a little vacation with some of the money we got for a second type of honeymoon. Well, as we got thinking, we had another brilliant idea. We’d spend a little bit of money on a new TV and then go up to Idaho for the week we would have spent on the other vacation. This kind of worked out perfectly as my parents really wanted us to come visit and we really wanted to go up there. So now we actually will have time to do it. Plus, Andrew doesn’t mind having a new TV. We spent Wednesday night shopping for the TV and went to three stores, and were there for a VERY long time. I feel like a TV expert and Andrew is like a TV master. Let me tell you, it was one of the only times in our whole marriage where Andrew was the one enjoying the shopping and I was the one that really just wanted to buy a dang TV so we could go. But, we came out with a sweet deal for a sweet TV. And if anyone needs advice on TV’s, you know who to call.
We had received a little jar in a basket from our wedding. Needless to say, that jar is gone and we stocked up at Costco. I think Andrew has had atleast something twice a day with nutella on it and I’ve had at least one. It’s so tasty. He even compared it once to the tree of life. We enjoyed the taste so much, we couldn’t help but share it with those we love. You know something is good when you can compare it to the tree of life.
The first three weeks of marriage are over. Crazy how fast it goes sometimes. It still sometimes doesn't sink in that we are married. Like the other day, I was picking up the living room and Andrew's shoes were in there and I thought to myself, Why did Andrew leave his shoes at my apartment? I wonder what shoes he wore home? Well, of course a second later I shook my head and thought that I was a nut. It just takes some getting use to I guess (not me being a nut, but the fact that I'm married.)
Some of the funny stories of us first moving in: We were storing all of our gifts at Andrew’s parents’ house. While we were in Park City, his parents had brought a few things down along with our bed and dresser. So on our way back to Provo, we stopped by the house and loaded everything we could get into the car.
I wasn’t thinking. I just grabbed bags, no matter what was in them. Really, what I should have been doing is grabbing the bags with the essentials to live. But, nope, didn’t happen.
So as we started to live in our apartment, I realized it’s hard to cook and eat with only one metal spoon and a rice cooker spoon (one of those big white plastic ones). But, that’s what we did. Let me tell you it was very interesting to make stir-fry with frozen chicken without anything else. It was almost just as entertaining to eat with only those utensils. I would have taken a picture of us sitting on the floor with boxes everywhere around us trying to eat like this, but Andrew said he wouldn’t want to remember us in our weaknesses.
And let me tell you, taking a shower without a shower curtain was also a little iffy. We got a beach towel (that luckily was in some of Andrew’s stuff) and hung it over the bar with a clip. Who knows if it helped. Plus the fact we couldn’t get our shower to warm up. (Turns out there’s a little trick…thank you dad.) But that weekend we went back up to South Jordan and got the rest of our stuff so now we are very functional.
These past few weeks Andrew has had his work to do. Between school and assembling all of our new furniture, he has been the man. I think there’s a light at the end though—I don’t think we’ll be buying anything for a while that needs assembly. His next projects just consist of hanging pictures and shelves. Oh he loves those projects But, it’s coming together and besides a little pick-me-up décor, we are pretty much settled. Just in time for the Coeur d’Alene reception.
This weekend was the first weekend we actually spent in our little apartment. Last weekend my parents and Jeff came down to watch Michael run the Ogden Marathon and to celebrate Mikenzy’s b-day. So we spent the day up there. The previous weekend we spent up at the Jenkins’ for mother’s day/Katie’s call from Boston. Both were very fun. This week will also be our first week at our new ward. Scary. ; / I am sure our neighbors upstairs think we are inactive because we haven’t gone yet, so it’s probably a good thing we don’t have any excuses not to attend our ward that starts at 2:30!
This week we did something very exciting. I got reimbursed by the government for some of the tuition I paid last year. So Andrew and I decided we’d get a deal and go on a little vacation with some of the money we got for a second type of honeymoon. Well, as we got thinking, we had another brilliant idea. We’d spend a little bit of money on a new TV and then go up to Idaho for the week we would have spent on the other vacation. This kind of worked out perfectly as my parents really wanted us to come visit and we really wanted to go up there. So now we actually will have time to do it. Plus, Andrew doesn’t mind having a new TV. We spent Wednesday night shopping for the TV and went to three stores, and were there for a VERY long time. I feel like a TV expert and Andrew is like a TV master. Let me tell you, it was one of the only times in our whole marriage where Andrew was the one enjoying the shopping and I was the one that really just wanted to buy a dang TV so we could go. But, we came out with a sweet deal for a sweet TV. And if anyone needs advice on TV’s, you know who to call.
Sunday, May 16, 2010
The Newly Weds
Now that I'm married, I've heard the rule is I must start a blog. Well, here you go Jordan. I could not break tradition.
So.... the wedding....perfect.
The Honeymoon....so fun.
Start of a new life....hectic. But that's predictable.
I suppose I should expound. The week up to the wedding was great. Just crashed at different people's houses and worked. I don't I realized really that my wedding, one of the most important days of my life, would follow at the end of the week. Still kind of a dream. On April 29th, I went to the temple. One word: Amazing. My family (Mom, Dad, Carlee, Jonathan, and Michael) was there, along with my new family: Lee, Bonnie, and Carlee. Oh, and Andrew was there. It was an experience like none other. And I'm so grateful I got to do it. Jeff got to watch Mikenzy...no one really knows how that went. (Ha. I would have liked to record some of that activity). But, I guess for Jeff's first babysitting experience, you couldn't have asked for a better kid to watch:) Emily and Lindsay did baptisms while we were in there. The temple is a great start for the Park/Jenkins Family extraveganzas. After the session, everyone went to the Jenkins' house for soup. Super tasty taco and potato soup. I need those recipes!
Then, I went to the hotel with my parents and Jeff. Jeff and I had a wild bachelorette last hurrah. He did great stepping up for the job :)
April 30th: The BIG day. Duhn, duhn, duhn. And I slept till like 7:30, went to the hotel gym and did a little morning work-out. No stress at all. It was AWESOME. Then, Andrew came over. The whole gang went down for the hotel breakfast. The breakfast was great. They had donuts, cereal, waffles, toast, sausage, bacon...okay, I better stop; I'm getting hungry. Moral of the story, it was good. My mom trimmed Andrew's hair and then he was off to get ready, clean his car (which turned out spotless), and do whatever else he had to do before his hours of being single were up. I started the process of getting ready....hair, make-up, get dressed--nope, not get dressed because I realized I couldn't find my clothes. Luckily, I left them at Andrew's so he brought them when he came to pick me up. It was awesome getting married in the afternoon. It was so low-key. We had time to get ready. I highly recommend it to anyone :)
The time came and we left for the temple.
The ceremony was perfect. Another bonus about getting married in the afternoon at a smaller temple. I was the only bride. So, I had the place to myself. Wah-ha-ha. But, it was so peaceful and everything went so smooth. Andrew and I were surrounded by people who helped, taught, loved, blessed and strengthened us. It was special to have those people in the room as we officially started a life together. Which, truthfully is one of the scariest, but one of the most awesome journeys I could ask for. Even though it's only been two weeks, I still can't express how excited I am to have Andrew be the one by my side as I experience whatever life throws at me.
The dinner that night was great. Hopefully, everyone else thought so too. The food was from Tucanos and was tasty. The littel gym was beautiful. And again, went so smoothly.
Our honeymoon was great. Andrew hadn't told me where we were staying the first two nights. And until we drove up, I had no idea. We stayed at an awesome bed and breakfast called the Anniversary Inn in Salt Lake. It was gorgeous. http://www.anniversaryinn.com/south-temple/room/1-the-anniversary-inn-suite Check out the ceiling and the chandelier. It had such an elegant, romatic era-type of a feel. Andrew definitely did good with his choice. And in the morning, a tap on your door, and breakfast was sitting right outside on a stool. My kind of service for sure. Ha.
The next few nights we stayed up at my aunt and uncle's house on The Canyons Resort. 17000 square feet to ourselves. http://www.resortswest.com/rw/browse.detail.aspx?id=9_colony
(These pictures don't really capture the house though.) We played in the indoor gym, watched movies in the theatre room, went shopping, ate, slept ten hours a night...it was great.
I took notes of some of the major events during those wonderful five days that help define us as a couple:
1) Together, we ripped apart the movie New Moon and discussed everything it had wrong with it. A few hours later, we talked about our plans to go see the new Twilight movie coming out next month.
2)We are are officially an old couple. Everynight we were in bed, ready to go to sleep by 11. Dangerous. I know.
3) We have a new addiction to the show "Wife-Swap." We are kind of learning the do's, but mostly the don'ts that we are going to do with our own children. And maybe Andrew likes it to remind him how lucky he is to have me. Maybe I like it because I realize what crazy I could have been stuck with. But, for whatever reason, we like it. And we'd prob be watching it right now if our TV was set up.
4) We've decided that since we can't find boys' names that satisfy both of us perfectly, we're just going to let fate decide. Let destiny take its course...and draw them out of a hat.
5)I learned the only way to get Andrew really mad to the point where I can hear him yell from across a mansion-cabin is to have the Jazz (particularly CJ Miles in this situation) do something stupid.
6) We played chess for 1 1/2 hours and neither of us won. So, now I can say that I am as smart as Andrew. Sucker.
Now, we are in our apartment. I'll have to write about our adventures here next time because really I'm tired of typing and if by some miracle you're reading this, I'm sure you're tired of reading.
P.S. Pictures will come :)
So.... the wedding....perfect.
The Honeymoon....so fun.
Start of a new life....hectic. But that's predictable.
I suppose I should expound. The week up to the wedding was great. Just crashed at different people's houses and worked. I don't I realized really that my wedding, one of the most important days of my life, would follow at the end of the week. Still kind of a dream. On April 29th, I went to the temple. One word: Amazing. My family (Mom, Dad, Carlee, Jonathan, and Michael) was there, along with my new family: Lee, Bonnie, and Carlee. Oh, and Andrew was there. It was an experience like none other. And I'm so grateful I got to do it. Jeff got to watch Mikenzy...no one really knows how that went. (Ha. I would have liked to record some of that activity). But, I guess for Jeff's first babysitting experience, you couldn't have asked for a better kid to watch:) Emily and Lindsay did baptisms while we were in there. The temple is a great start for the Park/Jenkins Family extraveganzas. After the session, everyone went to the Jenkins' house for soup. Super tasty taco and potato soup. I need those recipes!
Then, I went to the hotel with my parents and Jeff. Jeff and I had a wild bachelorette last hurrah. He did great stepping up for the job :)
April 30th: The BIG day. Duhn, duhn, duhn. And I slept till like 7:30, went to the hotel gym and did a little morning work-out. No stress at all. It was AWESOME. Then, Andrew came over. The whole gang went down for the hotel breakfast. The breakfast was great. They had donuts, cereal, waffles, toast, sausage, bacon...okay, I better stop; I'm getting hungry. Moral of the story, it was good. My mom trimmed Andrew's hair and then he was off to get ready, clean his car (which turned out spotless), and do whatever else he had to do before his hours of being single were up. I started the process of getting ready....hair, make-up, get dressed--nope, not get dressed because I realized I couldn't find my clothes. Luckily, I left them at Andrew's so he brought them when he came to pick me up. It was awesome getting married in the afternoon. It was so low-key. We had time to get ready. I highly recommend it to anyone :)
The time came and we left for the temple.
The ceremony was perfect. Another bonus about getting married in the afternoon at a smaller temple. I was the only bride. So, I had the place to myself. Wah-ha-ha. But, it was so peaceful and everything went so smooth. Andrew and I were surrounded by people who helped, taught, loved, blessed and strengthened us. It was special to have those people in the room as we officially started a life together. Which, truthfully is one of the scariest, but one of the most awesome journeys I could ask for. Even though it's only been two weeks, I still can't express how excited I am to have Andrew be the one by my side as I experience whatever life throws at me.
The dinner that night was great. Hopefully, everyone else thought so too. The food was from Tucanos and was tasty. The littel gym was beautiful. And again, went so smoothly.
Our honeymoon was great. Andrew hadn't told me where we were staying the first two nights. And until we drove up, I had no idea. We stayed at an awesome bed and breakfast called the Anniversary Inn in Salt Lake. It was gorgeous. http://www.anniversaryinn.com/south-temple/room/1-the-anniversary-inn-suite Check out the ceiling and the chandelier. It had such an elegant, romatic era-type of a feel. Andrew definitely did good with his choice. And in the morning, a tap on your door, and breakfast was sitting right outside on a stool. My kind of service for sure. Ha.
The next few nights we stayed up at my aunt and uncle's house on The Canyons Resort. 17000 square feet to ourselves. http://www.resortswest.com/rw/browse.detail.aspx?id=9_colony
(These pictures don't really capture the house though.) We played in the indoor gym, watched movies in the theatre room, went shopping, ate, slept ten hours a night...it was great.
I took notes of some of the major events during those wonderful five days that help define us as a couple:
1) Together, we ripped apart the movie New Moon and discussed everything it had wrong with it. A few hours later, we talked about our plans to go see the new Twilight movie coming out next month.
2)We are are officially an old couple. Everynight we were in bed, ready to go to sleep by 11. Dangerous. I know.
3) We have a new addiction to the show "Wife-Swap." We are kind of learning the do's, but mostly the don'ts that we are going to do with our own children. And maybe Andrew likes it to remind him how lucky he is to have me. Maybe I like it because I realize what crazy I could have been stuck with. But, for whatever reason, we like it. And we'd prob be watching it right now if our TV was set up.
4) We've decided that since we can't find boys' names that satisfy both of us perfectly, we're just going to let fate decide. Let destiny take its course...and draw them out of a hat.
5)I learned the only way to get Andrew really mad to the point where I can hear him yell from across a mansion-cabin is to have the Jazz (particularly CJ Miles in this situation) do something stupid.
6) We played chess for 1 1/2 hours and neither of us won. So, now I can say that I am as smart as Andrew. Sucker.
Now, we are in our apartment. I'll have to write about our adventures here next time because really I'm tired of typing and if by some miracle you're reading this, I'm sure you're tired of reading.
P.S. Pictures will come :)
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