The Flu

So lately I have been going to the gym daily and trying to get back into shape. Well, Russ, Nat, Mark, and I were all planning a hike down in Goblin Valley or somethin or other... OUT OF NO WHERE I get the FLU! Last night I was throwing up and my body ached like crazy! So now I dont think I will be able to do the hike, depending on how my body decides to heal. Poor Mark was so tired this morning. I think I slept a total of about an hour. Man, its like my body knows the perfectly wrong time to get sick!

FINALLY

The Car and The Gym


I haven't really had anything to blog, but then yesterdayt it hit me! I haven't blogged my new car! Here's the story... So, yesterday, after Mark and I were leaving to go to the gym, I hurried and grabbed the camera! In the slow process in which my brain functions, I took pictures of Mark heading out the door to go to the gym, (and of course, Mark had to take a picture of me). As I was posing for the camera, it hit me like a ton of bricks! Why was a blogging about the gym? I mean HELLO!?! I just got a new car! After we got to the car and Mark pulled out, I told him to pull off to the side so I could snap some shots for one soul purpose; BLOGGING! Bon appetite!





Don't pay any attention to the messy kitchen in the background.

Our pimpin' ride! Check that baby out! Mmm mmm mmm...

She's got quite the bumper!!

A Plethora of Events

Almost Done

I have been working on the condo quite a bit, and now I am almost done, besides the office and the guest room. Here is what it looks like. It's missing the portraits, headboard, and drapes.

Presley

My mom asked my to take of her dog Presley for a few days; so I did. YOU THINK A LITTLE KID WATCHES TOO MUCH TV, THINK AGAIN! My dog is the funniest dog in the world! For specifics, here ya go: she barks at people making out, the simpsons, family guy, and other wild animals on tv. However; she loves her cartoons. When you change the channel, she gets up, walks to where ever it is you are and just stares at you as if she were looking into your soul. After you change it back, she licks you and walks back to where ever it is she was and sits back down as if nothing had ever happened. Ya I know, random...

Here is that stare I was talking about....

Don't Ask...

We were bored; that's all I have to say.

Sorry...

Sorry Charly....

So, I am very sorry for literally being the laziest/boring blogger. I have heard it all and I apologize yet again.

Natalie Monson- Ya know how you tagged me like forever ago with that 10 pictures blog? Well I decided to do a "remix"..... I am going to do a chronilogical version.

Pre-Acquaintance

Before we met, we had very active lives. We were dating, hiking, wakeboarding, climbing, working, you get the idea.....

In this particular picture, my friend Kristy Jordan and I went on a run to Stewart Falls. If you know where that is or if you have ever been there, it has an extremely steep hill to get up to the falls. It was not hard to get up the hill, it was coming down the hill where I ran into problems. Kristy was in front of me and I didnt want to run into the back of her so I squatted so I could slow down, and as I did, I shot down and slid the entire way until I literally was stopped by a rock and some weeds. Since we ran all the way there, we decided it would be wise to just walk, mostly because that was all I could really do besides waddle.

Out hiking with the family in Orderville Canyon.

Havasupai so beautiful! I want to go so bad!

Check this picture out! Mark is so good at taking pictures~! (for a guy) Ha ha no he is amazing!

Mark loves this picture of himself.... he says "It's cool, okay?!" Yes Mark, it IS very cool!

Bouldering freestyle with my good friend Jamie Sagers. We went down in Provo Canyon and let me tell you! We took a lot of pictures and had a blast! Jamie is seriously the funniest girl you will ever know. She is really shy around people, but since we grew up together, she is the biggest knee slapper there is! P.s. she is 6'5".

Mark and Russell went shark diving..... (look at Mark's eyes!) If you haven't seen the video of those two going down there, come and see it~! It looks crazy down there with those huge sharks everywhere!

Me and Franz here were just enjoying the sights at Park City....FUNNY STORY! I dont think Mark knows about this story. Our photo class went to Park City to take pictures for our portfolios. While we were up there, Jamie and I were taking random pictures and out of no-where this guy that walks past me, then turns around and asks me where I was from. So I told him, then I made up some story of why I was in Park City; I told him I was a traveling photographer. He told me he was in town to start a wine business. I tried to change to topic and leave but he insisted that he helped me out with the pictures. I told him it was no necessary. He understood and gave me his card and kissed my hand. He said if I was ever in town, that I should call him and we could have a romantic evening together. Might I add he was balding and was probably in his forties..... If only he knew I was only 17........

Washing up at Lake Powell with some of my buddies.....

This is a picture of my friend Mica and me at Graduation.

Good Old Miss Orem Pageant- It was such a growing experience. I learned how to public speak, I tutored kids, I learned how to walk, I learned how to cake make-up on my face and clog my pores.... It was a blast!

Pre-Dating

When we pre-dated, we hung out a lot at our parents' homes, with other friends and all that junk.

Dating

We didnt lose sight of each other. Even though I was in the hospital, lounging all of the time, or even sleeping, we were unable to be apart.

Just so you know, Mark is amazing. After I came home from the hospital, Mark would come over during his lunches and after work and stay with me until 10 or 11 at night. Even though I was really high on Percocet, he was always there. He was soooooo cute. He brought me 3 white roses and some balloons, so I put them next to my recliner where I had to sleep for a month.

Sometimes he got tired too so I was his pillow.

Engaged

Engaged??? We were practically married folks! I mean who is really engaged these days? Huh? NO ONE. Hence, we were literally always together.... other than work of course.....

I cant find our pictures of our Engagement night, but here is the sum of that day. We went to The Roof, then we went on a horse drawn carriage through Memory Grove. It was so romantic.....

This was at my fist bridal shower. My friends Jenn and Mica came. Oh the girl in the middle was the girl I was going to set Alan up with, but I just kinda forgot.



We went to Temple Square with my Parents and my dog.

Yeah, you know what I was shopping for!

Married

Married. What else do you want to know?

Missing my long hair...

Still Married

Still married and LOVING IT!

The Update.

Back in Business

Sorry we have had such a boring blog lately.... I seriously have been nagging Mark to fix the computer so I could.. So he slaved away on his desktop computer....... AND THEN, what do ya know.... the compter is dies. So, Mark fixed his old laptop just for me! NOW WE ARE BACK IN BUSINESS!

Here is a pic of Mark slaving away in one of our messy messy rooms!

Okay, overall our lives are just newlywed style so I dont think you really care about that....I am sure that those of you who ARE married know what I am talking about. Instead of a mushy disgusting blog post, I thought I would enlighten you with my mad decorating skills:

The Preview...

As most of you know, I have been decorating like crazy..... and I am sure you are all DYING to see the place. UNFORTUNATELY, you can't. You can't see it because it's not done. Its like baking a cake. You can't just pull it out whenever you want. YOU HAVE TO WAIT! But if you are anything thing like me, you will turn the oven light on and see the preview. So this is where the preview for our condo comes in. (I also apologize for not being a pro photographer like Angie, but at least you get the picture... right?)

So while I was taking the picture, I was holding this up because we still haven't put them on the walls, but for the sake of blogging, I held it up....

This bathroom is almost done.... but its needs a couple more touch ups here and there and then it will be our FIRST ROOM DONE!

Wow, I can't wait until the place is completely clean and organized! I am going nuts.... I can't find things and that is probably one of my biggest pet peeves.... SO I am working hard to finish....

Oh and when I am not running errands or decorating, I read this weird book called "The Glass Castle".... You will have to read it to understand how weird it really is.... It's sad, its an autobio by Jeanette Walls. Talk about a sad lifestyle. I don't want to ruin it so read it.......

P.S. Go to HELL!!!

"HELL..."

We forgot to mention that we spent part of our honeymoon in hell. There is this little town called Hell on the more western part of the island, and we actually kinda got lost there when we were searching for the Turtle Farm. In Caymnan, all the main roads are not labeled but all of the other little roads that lead to dead ends are all marked..... I think some country needs to work on some organizational skills!

What happens in Cayman stays in Cayman

The honeymoon was great! Food was expensive, the sun was shining, the hotel was "comfortable" and I got a rash.

The "Rash"

In the picture.... you can see the beginning of what has become a nightmare! First it started on my arm... then my neck, back, legs, and feet. Mark and I thought it was jellyfish at first... but now, we think its some plague from the Caribbean.




The Caribbean LIFE

Ya know when people from an island talk all "eh- mahn!" Just imagine that but times a million. You literally can't understand a lick of what those people are saying. Other than the "eh- mahn" factor, the island was amazing! The sand was white, the ocean was way blue and the sun was HOT! (Okay, so it wasn't THAT hot, but I thought I would rub it in.)

Apparently they sell a lot of rum and stuff at Rum Point... go figure!

For the Rum Point pic, we stopped in the middle of the road and took this picture..... luckily there weren't a lot of cars..... because if there were..... we weren't going to move until the picture was taken!

The Stingrays were everywhere!!!

While we were in Cayman, we went to a turtle farm, Stingray City, snorkled, lounged on the beaches and shopped. Stingray City was amazing! We snorkled at this way awesome reef! There were all kinds of fish that were neon and all kinds of vibrant, sweet colors! Then we went to the actual sting ray part and that was a little "different". A couple events happened while we were there: the stingrays and the stupid birds. When we got off the sailboat, there were sting rays everywhere; they swarmed us. These things are huge and they look like aliens. NO JOKE! Its a little freaky beacause everywhere you turn around its like Men in Black all over again. Then the stupid birds come into play. The sting ray man let all of us feed these rays some chopped up squid (ew) and I sat there like a zombie because I was so scared of the things. So I finally got the courage to feed the rays and as I am cautiously putting the nasty, slimy squid in the water, A BIRD, OUT OF NO WHERE came down, bit my hand and stole the food! Ok now seriously... WHAT KIND OF SICK TWISTED BIRD STEALS SQUID! Of all the nice pellets and berries you could find on the island, you HAVE to come fly a thousand miles just to steal a slimy, half masticated chunk of SQUID!.... stupid bird.....

And I thought the bird was gross......... Did I really marry this guy??? Needless to say the love life got a little dull after this incident....

The Highlight of "Our" Honeymoon

When they took Cinnabon out of the University Mall, I thought it had gone out of business which was a heartbreak for me because those are the best cinnamon rolls EVER! Anyways, when we were in the Charlotte airport, I saw some random lady with a cinnabon. Sadly, I had already had some hot cocoa and some sandwich from California Pizza Kitchen (yeah, I know, great diet). The last two days of our trip I constantly "re-assured" Mark that we would go to Cinnabon on our flight home. When we finally got to the Charlotte airport, the first thing I said was, "where's that cinnabon!". Mark said it was the highlight of "my" trip but I think deep down, it was the highlight of "our" trip.

THE END