A Day at Temple Square

I had the opportunity to spend about an hour wandering around on Temple Square on May 9. It was fun to take pictures and feel peace while Andrew was at T-roy and Michaelene's wedding.

I thought that one tulip was kind of sad. I think a bride stepped on it. The place was crawling with brides! I am hardly exaggerating when I say that there were at least 15 brides that I saw. It was insane.

Now I'm not much of a photographer, and I didn't even know that my camera had this feature! I adjusted the focus in the next two pictures, and I really like them.

This kid was way funny. He was splashing in the reflecting pool and got all wet. Then his mom pulled out a fresh set of clothes and changed him into them. Once he was dressed, he ran right back to the pool and started to splash again!

I didn't know that the spires had such cool things on top.

Me and Andrew not being particularly reverent. :)

The freshly married newlyweds - T-roy and Michaelene. I'm jealous. But soon it will be my turn. Yay! Woot!

I love him. This is a funny picture cuz for once he made a nice face and I made a crazy face.

I'm really glad that I got to spend that time on Temple Square. It was very peaceful for me at a sad time. My cousin Scott's wife, Lariann, passed away that day after 2 1/2 years of fighting a brain tumor. I was really grateful for the knowledge and reassurance of that knowledge that I had that day that eternal families are real and possible.

Three Weeks!

Today is Friday, May 8. In three weeks it will be May 29, 2009!!!! Hallelujah! Finally! The thing I have been waiting for since January 4, 2009 will finally be here! My wedding!

I have been living in K-town this week, and will be living here until said exciting day, and I have been sort of busy with Dad to get our yard all ready for the reception. Yesterday, we built a deck.
And I know how to use a drill. I drilled a lot. You may not believe me cuz there are no pictures, but how can I take a picture when I am drilling? Seriously, I am way cooler than Rosie the Riveter. I can drill screws in and take them out. It is easier to take them out.

I think I need a drill for a wedding present.

And also a whoopie cushion. There is nothing that will alleviate boredom like a whoopie cushion. Not saying that being married will be boring, but artificial flatulant should spice up the romance.


This is the finished product! Yay beautiful deck! We just have to put a finish on it and it will be good.

Matt is a way hard worker. Not on the deck, but on his tan. He says he needs to get his chest dark for the wedding. Like anyone will see it under his tux.

Except, we have joked about having a nudist reception... But we won't, don't worry. This whole joke started cuz Heidi's dress came and it was all wrong, so she as of this moment doesn't have a dress for the reception. And my dad is getting thin so his tux just might fall off. Mom hasn't had much time to work on the sister's skirts, so maybe they won't have anything to wear. Awkward. No nudity at the reception. DO YOU HEAR ME SCOTT? NONE!

And the flowers in my yard are just beautiful.



Pretty tulips and a nice ground cover. All the tulips will have died by the time the wedding rolls around, but by then, we'll have other blossoms and lots and lots of greenery.


Bleeding hearts... How romantical. PS, have I ever mentioned on this blog that I love Andrew?


This is THE coolest tulip I have ever seen. I don't know if you can tell from this picture, but it is a mutant tulip. It has one little leafy thing, and then one stem that splits off into like five blossoms. It is an amazing Siamese tulip. My parents are going to see if the bulb does it again next spring, and then they are going to split the bulb. Then we can have millions of mutated tulips all over!


The fish are excited for the wedding, too. They aren't for eating. There will be no fishing at the reception! There will be no nudity at the reception! And there will be no fishing in the nude at the reception!

A New Apartment!!

So, Andrew and I are moving our stuff into our new apartment in Aggie Village! I'm so excited! Andrew is moving in, but I'm just moving my stuff in so I won't have as much stuff to take home to K-Town on Friday. It is way exciting. Even though it has ugly brown carpet (thank goodness it isn't 70s brown-red), and the tile in the entry way and the kitchen doesn't match, and the rooms are really small, and the toilet paper holder is in an awkward place... I LOVE IT!!! Here are some pictures. :DThis is me dancing in my kitchen area. Pretty awesome, huh? I love the French doors that lead to the back patio. All the other apartments have ugly, heavy, metal doors. It makes me feel like I live in a real place and not a pile of cinder block.

And this is the bathroom... Under the sink just to the side of the toilet is the toilet paper holder - it is in such an awkward place! Can you see it? I had to go to the store to buy a shower rod and curtain and the little hookies. Funny side story... This kid at the store was yelling, "Mom! F*** is a bad word! F*** is a bad word!" I laughed so hard.

This is Christina peering into the closet in the master bedroom. It is huge. After this picture was taken, I hung up all of Andrew's clothes and about half of mine. He said, "It is weird to have girl clothes in my closet." He is just jealous that I have twice as many clothes as him.

Here, I rest on the floor. This is going to be our room! It will be awesome. Whoever vacuumed the floor last did a great job of making all the lines straight.

This is our second bedroom. It is smaller than the other one. It is my craft room, my study area, and a place to put Andrew's hunting gear. A weird thing about the closets is that they don't stay in the runners very well.

And here I am in my future apartment with the man of my dreams. *sigh* WE ARE GETTING MARRIED IN ONE MONTH EXACTLY!!! I am very excited. So now you have had the grand tour of my new apartment. I bet you are jealous of the hotness of it.

April Draws to a Close...

Well, I had two projects due today. I turned them in. I think I did well, but I'll just have to wait and see. The only other thing I have to do on this lovely Finals Week is write a paper and turn it in by 11 a.m. on Thursday. Rough.

You can dance.
You can jive.
Having the time of your life...
See that girl, watch that scene,
Diggin' the dancin' queen.

I'm listening to ABBA. I love ABBA. I wish I had more to do. I could read the books I have on my shelf. The only problem is that I want to recline on the grass in the sunshine, and that is a problem cuz it is a little bit chilly outside.

Another problem is that I want to play with Andrew. He has a final everyday for the rest of the week, so he has to study. And I have nothing to do. I almost wish I had something to do.

I guess I could start to pack, but that is just a sad thing to do. I'm going to move half of my stuff into Andrew's and my apartment on May 1, where he will be living alone until I get to move in with him after May 29. Today is April 27. Will it ever come? Sometimes it feels like it won't ever come. But I know it will. Anyway, I don't like to pack too far in advance, cuz if I start packing, I'll need something that I haven't used all year that I just put in the bottom of the box. It is a dilemma.

Well, I had a fun-tacular Saturday. I got my bridals done, and it was such a blast! My photographer is Dirk (www.widdisonphotography.com) and he is hilarious and I love his work. Dad and Alison came. My dress is so so so so so pretty! I think we got some cool pictures. Me in front of a bright blue wall. Me in front of a bright green door on a bright orange wall. Me on a ledge of an old abandoned building. Me in a sweet action stairwell. It was just cool, and I am really excited to see them. It was fun to look so beautiful and to get babe pictures. :D

Then, I had a bridal shower with all of my roommies, past and present. That was fun. I didn't get as much lingerie as I was expecting, so that was good but still awkward. I also got tons of dish towels, which I guess you need a lot cuz you clean lots or something when you are married. And I got a waffle maker, hot chocolate mugs, and 3 sets of measuring spoons. And also some good smelling lotion.

Saturday evening, Andrew and I drove to the Maddox in Brigham City for The Dad's birthday dinner. I sang Happy Birthday to him very loud in the restaurant and he was embarrassed. We got him Bill Cosby, Himself and Aggie ice-cream for his birthday. I love those guys.

Anyhow... This blog is kind of naked and boring. Sorry, no pictures. Have a lovely week. THE DAY IS ALMOST A MONTH AWAY!!!

En-gag-ments Are Up!

Please observe the above slideshow featuring our favorite en-gag-ment pictures. We are so cute. I'm so excited to marry Andrew! I love him so much! I can hardly believe that I am getting married in 6 weeks from tomorrow! It is just kind of surreal. I am really looking forward to getting to know him better and having the opportunity to serve him more and to just become better friends. I actually think our engagement has made us be worse friends, cuz we are so focused on the wedding. So I can't wait for the wedding to be over. :)

Yay April

So, Christina told me to update my blog. This is hilarious cuz usually I tell her on Facebook to update her blog. In all honesty, I haven't had time. But my huge MGRP has now been turned in, so I can do a quick blog. :D

My birthday is on April Fool's Day, no joke, and yes, it does make my personality make a lot of sense. Andrew gave me a princess crown. Cuz I'm his princess. I love it. It is so sparkly, but not as sparkly as The Sparkly (my ring). I want to wear it everyday. I wore it on my birthday and it was wonderful to be a princess all day. Sorry the picture is sideways. ;)
I love my handsome prince!Me and Tasha have been working on a quilt for our friend T-Roy. Here is me doing a sexy pose on it. :)
And I was named the History Department's Student of the Year. My whole family and Andrew came to the awards ceremony, even though it wasn't too exciting to wait around for me to get a certificate.
Isn't he so handsome? I got him that vest and shirt for Christmas. I think he's hot.

So stay tuned for some engagment pictures!

Wordle For Andrew

This is a sweet thing I discovered at www.wordle.net! It is about the things I love about Andrew, of course, this list isn't comprehensive. It seems to be a link, even though I wanted it to be a picture. I don't understand.