Hair-Do

You know those days when you want to try a different hair-do? Well today was one of those days. I went to church with my hair pulled back, (this is Sammie by the way, not Justin) and I put it in a messy bun. But the difference was I pulled it really high and there was no part in my hair. Anyways, the point is, trying new hair-do's makes you feel risky and hopeful. Especially when you don't use a mirror to try something new. :P

So, anyways, needless to say I really didn't like the end product. But, it's alright, it felt good to just throw all caution to the wind. I sound so dramatic, but I know pretty much every girl goes through the same feelings of adventure yet fear of being rejected or looked at funny. All I'm trying to say is, we shouldn't be too afraid to try doing our hair differently and throwing all caution to the wind. Maybe even go for a drive and just hang your hair out the window and let it decide what you'll look like today... never mind, not such a good idea when you live in Utah.. or Missouri (bug city).

Yeah, so, this is my blog for the day. I challenge every girl or guy to try something new with your look. Even if it doesn't work, and people stare at you with funny looks on their faces, oh well, you've just expressed yourself and that is worth everything and anything. :D

Time just flies!

So, every time I get to writing a blog, I stop after a few lines because I don't like writing a blog while Justin is waiting for me. He doesn't mind, but this is his computer and he usually has a ton of homework to do or other things to do on the computer, so its rare that I can write like I want to. :D Maybe I will start borrowing his net book and writing blogs. Also, I don't know really what to write about. Oh well, it's fun to type anyway, and ramble.

So, yesterday, Friday, my coworker had a birthday party for her 1 year old Australian Shepherd. It was so much fun because she made a cake for all the dogs that consisted of mainly flour, honey, and peanut butter. They absolutely loved it, and went crazy for the peanut butter dipped biscuits she made as well. Jasper and several other dogs old enough to deal with birthday hats being put on their heads, let us snap them around their necks. It sounds mean, but they didn't seem to mind with all the delicious snacks for them. And they looked adorable! Jaspers' hat ended up on his eyes because he sneezed and he didn't do anything about it but lay down and wait, it was really funny. I guess he knows his mom with help him eventually.

Anyways, so that was fun. Today Jasper has been kind of sick because of all the treats he got last night, but he doesn't really seem to mind, if anything he wished he had more cake to eat.

So, Justin and I are going on a little anniversary vacation next Tuesday! We're going to our favorite vacation spot up in Salt Lake called "Sky Harbor Suites" (I'm not sure if you're supposed to put that in parenthesis?) it's going to be really fun! There is an upstairs and a downstairs, and the beds feel like you're sleeping on very fluffy clouds. It's been two years for us together. We have a cheesy joke we play on eachother where we try to find a way to say "I love you more!" without giving the other a chance to say it back at all. Justin said it today as he was leaving and hurried out the door without giving me a chance to respond. Then, I called him about 30 min. later and told him he left the toilet seat up and then told him "Oh yeah, and I love you More!" and hung up and turned my phone off. :P we're weird I know.

Anyways, so, our plans are still that we're definitely going to have to move sometime May or June of 2010. We also both have been talking about having children more and we're looking forward to it and excited. I am more excited for the younger age and he's more excited for the older age, but we're both excited just to have kids. It will definitely be when we find a job for Justin, even if it isn't a very high paying job at all. We'll make do.

Anyways, just wanted to catch you all up on that. Also, just a side note, I think I lost a few pounds because I've been running at the gym. It's fun, I like to push myself and it is great to spend some time on myself and feel good about myself, :D. Justin is a big help with that though. He's always telling me how much he loves me and how I do look beautiful to him. I'm lucky.

Anyways, I'm probably making everyone gag now, but it's fun being with my husband and I can't wait to spend more time with him! :D!

Love you hunny pumpkin butt!!... yeah that was embarrassing, but whatever.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!

Howl-O-Ween Party!

So, I wanted to post some pictures on here because I haven't posted any pictures on here for a long time and I have some pretty funny pictures to post so yeah, here they are...

These next few pictures as well as the one above were taken at our howl-o-ween party at petsmart..

This dog was really shy of the camera. :P

This puppy won 3rd prize, dressed as Princess Laya from Star Wars.

This was so cute, the turtle was loving the lettuce! :)

Finally, this is Jasper and his coworker, Shepherd, "Shep" for short. They get along really well and we're thinking of getting them both shirts that say "Coworker" with an arrow pointing to the other, lol :D.

So, the party was fun, there was close to 50-60 dogs there all dressed up but I couldn't get a picture of all of them. Anyways, I hope everyone is having a good week!

Love, the Aikens

Halloween and Pumpkins

It's officially becoming Fall weather here in Utah, and I love Fall weather! :) It's probably my second favorite season of the year, right behind Spring.

I also love pumpkins, hence the new background. Hopefully this year, I can actually paint my pumpkin right and it will be an awesome pumpkin, :).

There hasn't been much going on around our house lately. We did get rid of our other couch, the small love seat and now we have a lot of room in our front room, I really like it. Justin is in the middle of his second to last semester at BYU and he cannot wait for it to be done. It has been a really rough semester and I think he has a little touch of senioritisX3 as he was a senior about 3 years ago. He is just ready to be done, but I am proud of him and excited with him that he almost has his diploma. That last sentence.. and this sentence both have really incorrect grammar. Lol, oh well.

Anyways, so, I just thought I should write a post because of the new background change. I love Halloween! Justin and I are probably going to a Halloween party this year with some of my highschool buddies. I haven't been to a Halloween party since I was about 10 or 11 years old! I am excited. Especially for the candy I have to admit, lol jk.

So, well, I hope everyone is doing well. I just wanted to shout out to Tiffany, my sister in law, for some reason it won't let Justin or I comment on your blog, so we will just comment here, on our blog, k!? We both miss you and we're both happy that you're safe... and jealous that you're exploring so many cool places in the world! :) Your blog is great! I hope you are having fun! :) Love, Us

Happy Halloween everyone.. early!

Planes, Trains and Automobiles... LOVE that movie

Hello everyone! I am finally getting around to writing another blog! :)

First of all, I wanted to congratulate my Mom and her husband Tracy. The wedding really did turn out well and the reception was beautiful and there was a ton of really good food, :). Also, my sisters and I had a ton of fun being bridesmaids. It was funny that everyone thought we had coordinated our dresses so they kind of matched, but we didn't AT all, lol :D. We had a blast that night, I just hope we didn't scare Tracy with him wondering how in the heck is he going to survive this family, lol. But, it was fun. Justin was very handsome and we had some good pictures taken of us. :)

So, anyways, everything has still been going great over here. This last week for me has been so freaking crazy though. Justin has had an earfull of it, but is really supportive and kind. It started on Wednesday. I am pretty sure I was just burnt out at work, I had no energy and I just could not teach my classes with as much personality as I usually can. So, all of my classes just stunk that day. Then, the next day was my day off, and on Wednesday I had set up a time to go with my coworker to go up to the dog park in Sandy with 4 dogs. Well, when we got there it was great, we had a lot of fun. I decided to play tug-of-war with a pit bull mix, lol. They have about 60-70 lbs of pure muscle and I did not realize how hard it would be to play with him. He was really serious about the game, so I jumped right in and was serious about it to. I didn't let him win. Needless to say, I should have let him win because I haven't been able to really move my muscles for the last 3 days. Then, on Friday, I had a class with a dog that does not really like other dogs at all and will bite them if given the chance. The dog had gotten trapped behind a stool in the training center and I knew it was about ready to react and bite a dog, so I made the mistake of grabbing the dog from behind. The dog immediately reacted with his fight or flight mentality and because he couldn't run away he fought and bit me all over my hand. And, because it would be a huge step back for the dog if I let him win and retract from him, I went ahead and took the bite and held the dog down until he calmed down. He really got some good bites in my hand and I ended up having to go the hospital to get a tetanus shot and some antibiotics. But at least the dog hasn't regressed at all with his behaviors! I guess he has bitten a lot of his family members already.

So, well today was my first day to actually heal from all of this. It isn't as dramatic as I make it sound, lol, just being a girl and having estrogen is a straight shot to being dramatic about nearly everything lol. It's alright though. So, well, enough of all that. Today we get to go to Salt Lake and hang out with Justin's family. And, Strider and Jasper can play! :) I am really, really excited. I haven't seen Justin's Dad for a long time and it's been a while since I have seen Justin's Mom and sisters. So, I'm excited.

I am really happy and well taken care of by Justin. I really love where I am right now in life and I am so lucky to have the family I have and the love that I have for everyone in my family. I am so excited for my Mom and Tracy starting their new life together in Springville. It will be fun to go and hang out with them more often, :).

Well, I better stop blabbing, because I am probably making everyone who is reading this bored. But, I love you all and hope you are all having a great weekend! :) Love ya!

I love listening to 80's rock!!!!!!

Hello,

so I know, I know I was supposed to get better at writing but I am not good at it at all so I guess I should just accept it and write when I do get around to it, which I usually do eventually. Right now I am typing on my new net book. They are so freaking awesome! It is small but I like how small it is, it is really easy to carry around and fun to play on.

Also, right now Justin is working on the new PC we got about a month ago. It was being used for our entertainment system and kept all of our shows and movies on there and made it really easy to watch whatever we wanted to watch. But, now I guess the hard drive for it is "corrupted", I guess is the correct term.

It is really interesting typing on this little thing. I am also listening to Journey so it's really fun, they have awesome guitar solos. So tonight is g0ing pretty much like any other night.

We both have been doing really well this last month. I really cannot believe how time goes so fast. It just goes by so fast! Justin is doing good at school. He is almost done with this semester, and is getting ready to start a really hard semester of 8 classes again. He did sell one of his amps yesterday to a guy who used to work at a recording studio here in Provo called Muse. The guy is moving to Reno and said that he would give Muse, who is looking for a recording engineer, Justin's number. So, hopefully he can get a job there. It would be so great if we could stay in Provo and not move. We will keep our fingers crossed because apparently Muse would definitely pay him well with all of his equipment that he could provide their studio with and he would do a better job for them because they don't have the best equipment or know how. So, we are both hoping for that. But, even if we have to move it will be alright. Moving does feel right to me. Even though I do have to move away from my family, it will be really hard, but we will see them a lot, and come back a lot to visit and catch up.

So, another bit of big news. My mom is engaged! How cool is that?! Our family just met the man who she is marrying, which is different, but he seems to be alright and nice. He likes our family and was laughing with us a lot, and that's really good. He hasn't given her a ring yet but they said they are serious. So, that is exciting news and we are both excited for them.

Now I am listening to Chicago, Hard to Say I'm Sorry. It's such a good song, :) , and the guitar solo at the end is great!

So, anyways, today is going great too. I got off work a little early and we made pizza tonight. We have had a good night, :) . Well, I hope you're all having a good night too! :)

Ramblings about our everyday life..:)

Hello!

So, I am writing again to update on how it's going over here. We're doing just great still! I got some new fish for pretty cheap the other day. Now I have three swordtails, 3 assorted sailfin mollies, and one plecostomus (algae eater). It is really fun to watch the fish. I am sure that I will not be getting any more though, unless any die, but I think they are doing really well so they won't for a while at least.

Justin and I are doing good. It was raining so hard today that our ceiling started leaking and now the whole wall in our living room has some water damage. We figure it has been getting worse and worse and we just didn't realize it was getting so bad until it rained so hard today. Our weather here in Provo/Orem has been nuts! First it rains and acts like it will never stop and then out of nowhere it is perfectly shiny and nice outside?!! It's definitely having bipolar issues.

I just finished all four books of the Twighlight Saga. It was sooo good. I loved it! Seriously I could not put them down at all. It drove Justin insane because I couldn't put it down. I was even reading it while at a stoplight at some stoplights I knew I could read at least 2-3 sentences. I know I got obsessed with them. I liked all of them a lot. The author writes so well and always keeps you interested. But, it is definitely written for girls mainly as it is all romance and stuff that guys don't understand a lot about, lol. Haha, I heard from Justin that there was this guy who got dumped by his girlfriend because he didn't act like Edward. :P That was hilarious I thought.

Anyways, I am rambling now. But, they are good novels. So, yeah, Justin is also very obsessed with the TV series "Lost". He is on the last season now. So, we both will no longer have these big obsessions soon, lol. We'll just have to find something else I suppose.

So, Jasper is doing good. Today, he even took on a Great Dane! They look like large ponies. For those of you who know Jasper well, you know he is not a fighter, he likes to run. After he fought a little bit, while we were getting them apart, he kind of snapped out of it and looked like he was thinking "What the heck was I thinking!?" It was funny. I am so used to dogs getting into fights now, I am completely desensitized to it. It is really easy to break them up and they hardly ever escalate to the point of danger. So, it was just more funny to see Jasper's face when he stopped fighting because he was so surprised he had fought back.

Anyways, I could seriously talk forever about dogs, but I try not to because it is really boring when someone drones on and on about stuff like that sometimes.

So, Justin and I are going to Cedar City soon again. We are leaving next Saturday night. It is going to be great as we are going to first hang out with Justin's family on Saturday and Sunday. Monday Justin's family is leaving to drop Kayla, Justin's sister, off to school in Logan. So, they're letting Justin and I stay in their house from Monday until Wednesday night! :) It will be so fun and we are both really, really excited.

Anyways, I better go so I can stop rambling. But, we are doing well, and we still love eachother very much! :) I hope everyone is doing well that reads this! Have a good week! :)

Hi! so, I know I have not written in such a long time, sorry. It is hard to write all of the time but I will continue to try to do better at writing.

So, everything has been going pretty good over here lately. It's been pretty crazy busy lately. Life has been so full of so many things going on. But, they are all very good things. Mainly I guess I really just wanted to write a blog expressing my feelings about my wonderful husband Justin. He really has been so much of a comfort and assurance to me. No matter how selfish or distant I seem to be sometimes, he always, always just wants me to be happy. It's crazy how two people so very different from each other, personality wise, can be so perfect for each other. But, it's true with Justin and I, we really are perfect for each other. Sure, marriage is in no way easy, but we compromise 100% for each other, sometimes 150% on Justin's part. But, anyways, we just are exactly what each other needs and we both would not be complete without each other.

Okay, so enough with the cheesiness. Hehe, as Justin's mom said, "Gad, they've been married for almost two years already!" exasperated that we always want to be together still.... I know I said no more cheesiness, but it feels like we're just little children in love that will do anything for each other, even if it takes giving up our last favorite crayon.

Anyways, a little about what's going on now. I am still working at petsmart, it's been going great. There are normally two trainers at work all the time, but because the other trainer is taking the summer off, I am going to be the only trainer for this summer. It has been kind of stressful and hectic, (I taught for 5 hours straight today, no breaks), we have been getting more money to pay off our debt(s), debts being we have a lot. Justin is doing good as well. He is currently just taking a choir class at school right now. He has to take choir so he can graduate, and is not happy about it AT all. Those that know Justin know he really is not fond of BYU right now. But, whatever it takes to graduate he will do it. He is also doing an internship in Salt Lake about two times a week. Luckily this summer he has more free time to study recording at home like he needs to. He also is taking a jazz piano class online, so he keeps himself busy.

Also, one very good thing that's been going on. We made a budget for this last month of May and have stuck to it!!! We now only have about $1.50 left to spend on any food for this last week, but we should be fine, lol. But, if we keep on this budget, we should have enough money to pay off all of our debt before we die! :P lol, jk.

Anyways, so well, it's all going good. I just wanted to tell my family really quick, as well as my in-laws that I love them all. I really, really love being with family, it is so healing and refreshing whenever we spend any time with any of you, seperately or together. It is just so great to have family to love.

Well, that's all I'm going to write today, but hope all is well with everyone else!!! Love you all!!

So, because I have not written in a while, I decided to write a little. There has been quite a few things going on since my last update.

First of all, we had an GREAT vacation! We went to Salt Lake and stayed in a suite for two nights. It was seriously the greatest two days ever. The only thing that sucked was that we left our camera in our car that Justin's sister had so we ended up not taking any pictures. Next vacation we are going to take so many pictures we will have to buy another memory card so we can make up for not taking any this vacation.

We had so much fun on our vacation. We played at the mall and went down town and explored all of the cool places. I know Salt Lake is really not that fantastic, but it is fun to explore new places and look at houses. For some odd reason, I love looking at houses. My favorite is old houses. To me it is the feeling you get when you look at the house. All of the many different people and spirits that still live in the house is just fascinating to me. I love how every house's aura makes me start to imagine what kind of people inhabited the house and what kind of things went on inside it. Sounds kind of creepy I know, but I love to imagine it. I think I like it more now that I am married because I like to imagine what my future house will look like and what my family will do inside the house. All of the traditions and parties, and little children growing up and changing inside the house. Anyways, I know I am weird, I have weird hobbies and interests sometimes.

Anyways, also, another cool thing that has happened. Justin's home recording business is taking off. He already has quite a few bands and people interested in coming to record here. Because he spread the word around, and has also started working with a guy who discovers new bands, he has a lot of opportunities now. He is really happy and I am as well because he's so happy.

Anyways, I am really getting tired and a lot of what I am writing is starting not to make sense, so I should stop. But, have a good night and I will write soon again! :) Good night!

Little thoughts

So, since my last post about spring, it has been everything but spring. But, that's okay, today was beautiful and I think the next two days are going to be even nicer than today.

Today and yesterday was conference, and it was great. Today, Justin and I had so much fun. We first watched the morning session on our new computer hooked up to the TV. I am so glad Justin knows so much about computers. I think he thinks its just nerdy to know so much but it is really attractive to me... perhaps I have a little nerdery inside me as well. Who am I kidding, if you knew me in junior high and even high school I was 101% nerd, I just didn't know very much about what most nerds know about. So, anyways, than during the 2 hour break between sessions, we first helped my Mom book a hotel room for her little spring break vacation in Saint George. She's taking my little sister and her friend as well. I am sure it will be a lot of fun, I hope she has fun, especially how it's got to be perfect weather down there.

Than, after we helped my Mom, we went and got some pop from the coke machine. There are some times, I swear I have got to be the most annoying person but I can't help it! When I get hyper I just kind of tackle Justin and kind of tickle him and stuff, I always end up to where he's like looking at me like, "okay, will you Please leave me alone!" lol, or "Which planet did you come from?". Anyways, I do the same with Jasper as he is just so fun to play with. Even though he does just lay there a lot of the time when I play with him, he still has the same look as Justin has, it's funny when he does it as well.

So, after that we came home and watched the second session. We both really liked the talks, they were all very inspiring. I really love how much the spirit just spreads through the entire house when those prophetic men speak. It is so humbling and rejuvinating all at the same time.

After the second session was done, we than went to a little 5 acre dog park in Provo and let Jasper just hang out and run around. There were a few other dogs there but not many. Jasper got really tired after he ran around for about a half hour. He is definitely winding down and becoming a relaxed middle to old aged dog.

After we came back from the park, we came home and made fruit crepes. They were so stinking good!!! My mom gave me the recipe and they actually didn't turn out too bad. All you have to do is use some pancake mix, put a little more water than usual in the mix, add 2-3 eggs for the 4-8 pancake serving and cook each crepe in a skillet. After that, you just put any pie filling in the middle with lots of whipped cream and it's delicious and really filling. Justin gets so cute when he likes food, he starts explaining why it's so good. He's like " well, if you put the filling on the inside, with a ton of whipped cream on the outside, and than lots and lots of cinnamon, it's perfect!" And, he doesn't stop explaining his food, it's so freaking cute.

Anyways, so, sorry this blog is so long, but I should update you on how it's been going so far with the counseling. I have made a lot of progress I think. See, when I first got married, I thought that in order to be married you had to be almost exactly the same with all of the important goals and values. I kind of got caught up in this unfortunately though where I felt like I needed to make him sacrifice for us to make me feel like we were on the same page. I was unconciously forcing and making him change for me. Well, this was not working at all for me and I am very very glad because we would be in a much different situation now that would cause both of us to be completely miserable.

I am not sure if I am making much sense, but I am making a lot of progress. I absolutely cannot control his thoughts or actions, I was mostly trying to control his thoughts. He has his right to be and do whatever he wants to do and be. Even if it does affect me, that does not mean he doesn't have the right to do it. I have my right to be and do what I want to do and be. I am in control of myself and myself only. If I want to be happy, no one can truly make me happy except myself.

So, as you can imagine, this has helped me so much when we have any kind of issue with each other. Luckily, I have a very patient and long suffering husband, and it is much easier because of that fact.

Anyways, the counselor said that it is so good that we are figuring this out before we have children as they would be thanking us thoroughly for it. He said he can tell why we chose eachother as we do care about each other a lot. These two things help me a lot to focus on changing myself.

So, well, I better end this blog as it is going way too long I think. Well, love you all and hope you have a great Sunday and a great week this week!!! :D

Spring is here!!

Hey, so because I love spring and it has finally started I wanted to write a blog about it. I know it snowed a little yesterday, but I am convinced that it is officially spring.

I love spring, as you can tell from my blog layout. Justin and I were first dating during this time of year and it brings back a lot of good memories. Also, it is the time of year when I was born and when a lot of my sisters were born as well. And, spring is just so fresh and inviting, everything seems new and alive. I prefer to think of the year actually starting in spring as that's when we actually seem to do better at our New Years Resolutions.

So, everything is going good here still! :) We just barely got home from WalMart and now have quite a bit of food. Justin and I still wonder how in the heck people go like 3 weeks without shopping again. Maybe we're just kind of big eaters, but, seriously, we don't eat a ton and we don't eat a large variety of food every day.

A little about what we've been up to: we have been trying to set a date night every week, Justin and I, so that we have a little better week the following week. This last date night we made a sheet tent in the front room, played scrabble and ate food. We are kind of immature.. okay, I'm a little immature as I have been wanting to make a sheet tent in the front room for a little while.

Also, work is going well for Justin and I. Justin is still doing great at school. Today, my family is having a trust fund meeting to talk about our year end goals and where our trust fund stands right now. Justin is going to an interview type thing to get and internship at a recording studio during the summer, while we're having the trust fund meeting, so he won't be there. But, I will tell the whole family about what he's trying to accomplish.

So, well, I better go get ready for work, Justin is making us bacon and eggs before I go, he's a very sweet husband. :D Well, love you all and hope you're all doing well!

Hi! So, I decided to write a new blog for this month. That seems to be my routine.

Well, to start off, Justin and I and Jasper are doing great. Justin is still chugging his way through school and work and I am still working at PetsMart. Jasper is getting older that's for sure. He loves to sleep a lot more and he is getting quite a bit of gray hair around his eyes. We think he is about 8 1/2 years old now so he still has about 6-7 years left we hope. :)

I also got three new fish last week. I have a 16 gallon bow front aquarium. Now we have 3 swordtails in the tank and soon we'll have some silver sailfin Mollys in it as well.

So, its really been going great lately. :)

Justin and I have been going to a Marriage Counselor. While we were in our sunday school class, they were talking about strengthening our marriage and said BYU has a free program for married couples that are attending BYU. Because Justin is going to BYU, they let me go for free as well with him. It's been going well. Justin and I really love each other a lot and even though we are like the difference between a pea and a carrot, only imagine the carrot were actually a fruit, we go together like peas and carrots. Although, I hate peas and carrots so that was kind of a bad description of us, we go together like spam and rice, is better :).

But, basically, when it comes down to it, no other guy could really put up with me the way he does. I do have this tendancy to argue a lot when I am angry. And, even though I actually stop being angry inside, I still lash out and it's so, so hard to control it. And, worst of all, I always hurt his feelings while I am arguing and I hate that most of all. But, I am doing better at it and I now know when I need to push the stop button and just relax for a minute. Slowly but surely, it's getting much easier to control. But, seriously, I have no idea how Justin put up with me in our first year. Even if I am angry he still just wants to hold me and let me know he loves me. But, for some reason, I can't let him in to make things better. For him, it's like when you're sliding on ice and you can neither stop or push on the gas, you just have to hang out in neutral and hope for the best. This is why I am trying so hard to change my behavior because not only do I love him the same way, but I never want him to hurt because of me.

So, anyways, I am really grateful for him and he knows he has all of my heart and more.

This blog is definitely a different blog than normal. This is just a huge thing going on in my life and I haven't ever really told anyone about what was going on, how I have huge anger control issues. But, I am working through them, and I think the first part to changing is admiting that I do have a problem.

So, but, it is going good over here. I now vacuum every other day and I clean regularly. I also, love taking care of Justin and Jasper and our little fish now. I am really, really excited for spring and all the new life that happens during this time of year. I also know my Heavenly Father does love me and is watching over our little family. Although, I do wonder why he doesn't sometimes smack me around a little bit. But, it's only up from here and I will definitely make a few mistakes, but they won't be as bad as the one before it hopefully. :D

Well, I hope everything is going well with everyone else. I love reading everyone's blog as it is so strengthening to me, thank you for being such good people. :) Have a good day!

Hey, so, I really have been slacking off on writing in my blog and I'm sorry. I have been really wanting to write... does that count?

Anyways, so, first off, I got my ring back! It was being resized. It's a little too big but it will do, :D. I have been missing my ring.

Here's a pic.. up there. Lol, I still don't know quite how to put pictures on my blog.

Anyways, everything is going great over here. We have been doing pretty great. I got a pay raise at my job and we have been selling a lot of our books we have around the house. Justin had a ton of really nice guitar tab books and other books. He kept them really nice too so we've been getting some extra money.

Valentine's Day was great! We first pretended to go to my sister in law's house so my brother could surprise her and take her to salt lake for a little vacation. Than, Justin and I made a really nice spaghetti dinner with a really nice salad that Olive Garden might have. It was great.

I have really been thinking lately about really enjoying the moment and living life to the fullest. It is true that as us being humans, we always want more no matter how great our life is. Accepting and loving where we are right now and here, provides the greatest happiness that money can't buy. It's easy to wish for everything to be perfect when really everything is pretty close to perfect. But, focusing on each small moment in time, in stead of focusing so much on the future and what it holds can help I think. And, if you think about it, you really do have to make time to focus on these little moments, otherwise they will just slip away. It's true, time can be either your enemy or friend. We can choose to hold on to it and make the best of it, or wish for it to keep going so we can get to something better.

I was thinking, I really, really miss my Dad, he just left too soon. I need him in my life right now, I thought. Because of this thinking, I was just feeling sad. All of the sudden, I started to think, would my Dad really want me to feel sad like this about him? My Dad was the type to live life and love every single moment in it. He also tried to make others feel the same way he did and enjoy life with him. He also wanted me to be happy and love where I was and what I was doing with my life. It's hard sometimes to do this, but, it's such a sweet feeling when you realize just how much you have and who you have around you.

So, anyways, sorry for the mushiness, I have just been really thinking about this for a long time and I've been wanting to put my feelings in writing.

Well, I have to go take care of a fix-it-ticket lol. One of life's pleasures. hehe, jk.

Bye! :D

New pictures.. just for fun

Our temple day! :)


All of the family!


This was a present my Mother-in-law gave us. Its a hand sketched picture
of the Provo Temple on the mirror with our names engraved with the saying "Together Forever".


It was an amazing day with so much joy and happiness. We have definitely been very blessed and watched over to be able to receive such an amazing opportunity. It was so worth it and I am so grateful for Heavenly Father's forgivness and long suffering towards us. I hope I can always be deserving of this great blessing.

Me, writing a post

Hello :D

So, I just wanted to write a little post to update everyone on everything that has been goin' on over here. We are doing pretty great! Justin and I have been married for a year and almost 2 months! We really love being together. He is always trying to make me happy and is so happy when I am happy. The only time he is unhappy is when I am mad at him or something. It is so sweet, I am so lucky I have such a great husband. I am working on not getting mad very often. I am doing a lot better I think.

So, anyways, its really going well otherwise. I am still working at Petsmart and Justin is having a lot of fun working at the BYU recording studio. He is in school this spring semester and it's kinda tough for him as he has 8 classes. It's a lot as all of the different professors act as though they are the only ones that are important lol. But, he's pulling through. He definitely cannot wait to graduate, which will hopefully be this December, 2009.

So, yeah, I started a diet a few weeks ago, and it was going pretty well until last night. I really got depressed and really stressed out. I was so grouchy and short tempered. I am certain I should not have been driving these last two days as my road rage was raging and roaring. But, for the life of me I could not figure out what was making me so frustrated and upset about everything and anything. Then I started thinking about our money situation, which everyone now days is having this situation in some way or another. Our debt is piling up and our money is slowly dissapearing. I felt so helpless and so angry at the world. No matter how hard I worked and how much I did, there was no way I could ever be free of the endless weight of debt. Every time I went to the store, I just scrutinized and fussed over how I shouldn't or couldn't get this or couldn't get that or really didn't need that, almost to the point that I would almost bawl the whole way home from the store because I was so stressed out about it. It may sound exaggerated, but when it comes down to it, that's exactly how I felt. Sorry, this is becoming a long post, when I said it was going to be short, lol. Anyways, also to top things off, I am on a diet and I could not drown my feelings in good, salty, fatty fat food. It drove me insane! So, last night after I had almost blown up at Justin, he made me talk about it, and we decided to go get pizza. We went over to my brother and sisters house and ate it so fast I swear it just got vaccumed into space. Mostly because of me, as I really snarfed it down.

So, anyways, everything is better now, as Justin helped me realize that we may be struggling now, but we will be okay if we keep working hard and be frugal. But, the important part is not to go insane being frugal. Just be careful and that's that.

Anyways, i better start to stop this blog as it could go on for days if I don't... seriously, I do have a mouth when it comes to my feelings. Justin can attest and protest if you would like him to about that, lol. Even though he says I'm his favorite subject, even I get frustrated with myself when I just cannot stop talking lol.

So, yah, everything IS going great. OH, I got a new fish tank!!!!!!! Its a 16 gallon bow front aquarium. That's probably what put me over the top yesterday pertaining to money as the fish tank was a big issue. I really am excited about it and am reading and studying and really looking forward to putting the fish in and taking care of them and the aquarium, but it's costly sometimes. But, basically, Justin and I both decided I did need something to take care of as I am quite baby hungry and he's gone a lot at school and work and such. So, it's for my own emotional well being and sanity lol, anyways, I will now stop the blogging.

Have a great day, and I will try to write more often... again. :D