A Good Clip

I really enjoyed watching this video on President Hinckley. My cousin sent it to me. It's very appropriate.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z58eHBnEHhk

My Photo Book

So I read (on her blog) that my cousin Natalie was making a photo book about their trip to Europe so I started playing around with my iPhoto on my computer and found out I could do it too. So instead of going through the work of scrapbooking our first year together (i hate scrapbooking which is why it would have been so torturous) I decided to give Steven a photobook of our first year together. It was a lot easier, fun, and cheaper. I decided I'll do one every year for our anniversary. I think it'll be fun for our kids to look at someday. Here are a few pics of it. Thanks for the idea Natalie!

Rules for a Perfect Marriage

So, my mom and dad sent me this email and it made me laugh. If you haven't already read it, enjoy:

For those of you old enough to remember Red Skelton, I think you will enjoy this e-mail. For those of you not old enough you will see what you missed!! Either way, his humor was always clean and he was a great entertainer. A rerun of great one liner's from the man who was known for his clean humor. I hope you get a chuckle or two reading them once more.

RED SKELTON'S RECIPE FOR THE PERFECT MARRIAGE

1. Two times a week we go to a nice restaurant, have a little beverage, good food and companionship. She goes on Tuesdays; I go on Fridays.

2. We also sleep in separate beds. Hers is in California, and mine is in Texas .

3. I take my wife everywhere.... but she keeps finding her way back.

4. I asked my wife where she wanted to go for our anniversary. "Somewhere I haven't been in a long time!" she said. I suggested the kitchen.

5. We always hold hands. If I let go, she shops.

6. She has an electric blender, electric toaster and electric bread maker. She said "There are too many gadgets, and no place to sit down!" So I bought her an electric chair.

7. My wife told me the car wasn't running well because there was water in the carburetor. I asked where the car was. She told me, "in the lake."

8. She got a mud pack and looked great for two days. Then the mud fell off.

9. She ran after the garbage truck yelling, "am I too late for the garbage?" The driver said, "no, jump in!"

10. Remember: Marriage is the number one cause of divorce.

11. I married Miss Right. I just didn't know her first name was Always.

12. I haven't spoken to my wife in 18 months. I don't like to interrupt her.

13. The last fight was my fault though. My wife asked, "what's on the TV?" I said, "dust!"

Steven Sledding

It's sideways but you can still see a bit. I couldn't get it to post on the other one, oh well.

One Year Anniversary!

Well, we can't believe it's already been one year. It seems like just yesterday we were at the temple. It's been such a great year and we've grown so much together and learned a TON about each other. We were just saying this weekend that you really don't know who you marry. :o) Well, to celebrate Steven took me up to a cabin in Flagstaff for the weekend. This is something I've always wanted to do and he surprised me (and remembered that I wanted to do it :o) and took me up there. We had our own cabin tucked away in the woods. There were some other cabins around but it was still nice. There was lots of snow on the ground which was exciting and nice to have a change. On Friday night we went out to Oregano's and got pizza and then came home and watched lots of TLC and Discovery Channel since we don't have tv here at home. On Saturday (our anniversary, 26th) we just hung out, ate lots of junk food and enjoyed not having anything to do. We went for quite a drive south of Flagstaff just enjoying the beautiful scenery and tranquility of it all.
We barbequed and even went sledding. It was Steven's first time and quite hilarious actually. I went down first and seriously thought, "This is it, I'm going to die" I was screaming the whole way down but it was fun afterwards. I started out sitting up but at the bottom was completely sprawled out. Steven didn't quite make it all the way down...he kind of flipped halfway. Don't worry, I got it all recorded. We only made a few runs because we weren't exactly dressed for it and our hands were FREEZING. Anyway, later that night Steven took me out to dinner and that was nice.
Sunday morning we woke up and looked outside and it was snowing! I was so excited I ran around opening all the blinds so I could see it. We tried to leave as soon as possible though so we didn't get snowed in. I don't think the corolla would do too well. Anyway, it was a fun little getaway. Thanks Steven for taking me! I loved it. And I love you!
P.S. I recommend renting a house/cabin/condo instead of staying at a hotel. There's so much more room and it's clean and fully furnished. Definitely more comfortable. Anyway, here are some pictures!

And as promised, our sledding videos:

Thanks for the Idea Brooke!

So, Brooke already did this on her blog but it reminded me of the pictures we took as well! I don't think I've ever seen everyone laughing so hard at once. We all had tears coming out of our eyes. Too bad the ones of my dad are on the other computer... They never cease to make me laugh and I know EVERYONE has probably already done this on a mac (and you're thinking this is old stuff), but like I said, I STILL get a huge kick out of it. Here are some of the ones we did. I would post some of Steven but for some reason, his pictures all just look well, normal...hmmm....

It's so funny that these two pictures are the same person.

And it's sad that we all know some people who actually look like this...mean, I know

And a cute/normal one just to top it off.

A Great Day Off!

Steven and I were both lucky enough to have the day off so on Sunday night we drove out to his parents, spent the night and the next morning drove up to the Wildlife World Zoo. On the way, we called Trish to see if her and Braden wanted to come out too! And they did! We had fun walking around and the weather was perfect. We'd never been before and I don't know if I'd go back but it was a fun one-time thing. There were LOTS of birds and lemur things and then a few fun animals that were all asleep and not wanting to be disturbed. Afterwards we went out to Josh and Trisha's and watched some episodes of the office (ugh) and then had dinner when Josh came home. It was fun spending time with our family and it was great to finally get home!
There are a ton of pictures here.

Monopoly Kick

As many of you married couples without children know, sometimes there's just nothing to do, especially when you don't want to spend money. Steven and I found ourselves in this same situation Friday night so after a lot of "so, what do you want to do?" "I don't know..." We went and bought some milk (fun!) and then went to Wal-Mart and bought Monopoly. I don't think I've ever actually finished an entire game of it but this weekend we've already played 3 times! We stayed up late Friday night (which is a major achievement for me if I can get Steven to stay up past 9:30!) playing and then played on Saturday as well. Steven felt he had to redeem himself since I kicked his rear in our first round. But...he kicked mine in the 2nd so we had best 2 out of 3 and needless to say...I won. We're a bit Monopoly-ed out so it'll probably be a while until we play again. I think our next purchase will be Battleship...:o)

Crockpot Face

So, I think this is ridiculous but Steven wanted me to take a picture of our crockpot. We made ribs last Sunday and the barbeque sauce stuck to the side of the crockpot like no other. I had it soaking it hot water constantly until Thursday, trying to scrub it off a little bit at a time and FINALLY got it all cleaned yesterday. Anyway, one of the days I was scrubbing it, I found a face in the burnt barbeque sauce! It almost looks like a lion or something...I don't know. It's silly but here it is. See if you can find it (it's not that hard but now you're going to feel stupid if you can't find it :o)

I always see people have these on their blogs so I finally decided to do it.

1. Who is your man? Steven Michael Carbonneau
2. How long have you been together? One year and about 5 months
3. Dating/Engaged/Married? Married
4. How old is your man? 23

You or your man?
1. Who eats more? Um, it's usually about the same. I always feel guilty if I eat more than he does. When it comes to sweets, definitely him.
2. Who said "I love you" first? He did.
3. Who weighs more? Um, him
4. Who sings better? This is a mean question...honestly, I do :o)
5. Who's Older? him, by 3 1/2 years
6. Who's smarter? I think we're both smart. It's different for everything

Different Ways
7. Who's temper is worse? I get mad easier but when Steven gets mad, he gets mad
8. Who does the laundry? We both do. We actually do our own laundry...we have separate closets and hampers so we usually just do our own. We'll help each other out though.
9. Who does the dishes? Both of us, especially after dinner.
10. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Steven
11. Who's feet are bigger? Is there any wife who has feet bigger than her husband?
12. Who's hair is longer? Mine..
13. Who's better with the computer? We're both good I think
14. Who mows the lawn? What lawn?
15. Who pays the bills? Steven almost always does but I have my few bills I take care of
16. Who cooks dinner? Me, but we like to grill a lot and Steven always does that
17. Who drives when you are together? Steven
18. Who pays when you go out to dinner? Steven
19. Who's the most stubborn? Definitely me
20. Who is the first one to admit when they're wrong? Definitely Steven. He's very good with that.
21. Who's parents do you see more? Steven's...it's kind of sad but you have to sacrifice when you're married
22. Who named your dog? IF we had a dog, I would probably name it.
23. Who kissed who first? We kissed each other. It was a mutual thing
24. Who asked who out? He asked me out even though I thought he was doing just to be nice because earlier I was complaining on how no one went on dates in Mesa
25. What did you do? We wen to Garcia's for dinner, then to Fountain Hills to see his friend play in a band in a lounge and then we got pulled over on the way home :o)
26. Who's more sensitive? We both are, in different ways
27. Who's taller? That would be Steven
28. Who has more friends? Steven, all of my friends think I've fallen off the face of the earth because I got married.
29. Who has more siblings? I do
30. Who wears the pants in the relationship? Steven would probably say me and I would say we both do...so...yeah, we don't go there.

Back To School

It's that time again...school! I've enjoyed our break so much that it's been really hard to go back to school but I know it has to be done sooner or later! Steven has a class at UOP and we're taking a computer class together at MCC so that should be fun! I'm actually excited to go to school with my husband. I currently don't have a job so I just have school but I have quite a heavy load. 16.5 credits again...it'll probably be that way for the next couple years. However, instead of piano, I'm taking all voice classes which should be fun. I have choir, voice lessons, studio voice, theory, aural perception, a conducting class, the computer class, and a communications online course! Hopefully we'll make it through the semester!
Well, amidst all the school hustle and bustle I have our one year anniversary to look forward to. I still don't know what we're doing because Steven won't tell me but I think I have an idea. I'm just excited to get away from everything here and have some time to ourselves. It's been such a great year and I've learned so much. Anyway, hope everyone is doing well and enjoying life!

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Our New Table

Well, we decided it was time to invite some family over for dinner and then we realized we weren't going to have enough chairs so we decided it was time to buy a new table! I've been wanting this one table for a while now but we were just waiting to see what else there was. We checked around at Levitz furniture since they're going out of business but didn't see anything we liked so we went back to Arizona Mills and finally just bought the table. I LOVE it! We called up my brother Travis and being the wonderful brother he is, came with his truck to pick up our table (even though he and Brooke were about to leave on a date....sorry guys!) Steven and I still had the leaf and were just going to put it in our car so Travis and Brooke left to go back to the apartment. We thought we had parked just right around the corner but...we hadn't. It felt like we were a mile away and Steven was so mad! But we just kept laughing because here we were carrying a table leaf through the mall parking lot. I just had to get a picture.
Anyway, the table looks HUGE in our apartment (we'll probably only put the leaf in when we have company) but hopefully it'll look better someday in a house.

I know it's past New Year's but I finally got my pictures put onto my computer. I'll have to say this New Year's was different from other one's I've experienced. Normally I'm hanging out with friends or family at the house or elsewhere but this year Steven and I went with his good friend Loren and his wife Kylie out to the desert to burn Christmas trees. Apparently this has been a tradition among Buckeye families for some time. We drove as far as our little Corolla could make it and then hopped in a truck to drive the remainder of the way. We just hung out for the rest of the time. There were probably about 60 people there and they had dutch ovens going with cobbler, corn bread, and potatoes. They also had a huge grill put over the fire for people to cook their meat on. Once everyone started throwing their huge steaks on their, Steven got a little embarrassed as the size of our steaks (we cut ours into strips). Anyway, it was hilarious seeing this because Steven rarely gets embarrassed and especially over food. It was probably just because he was out with "the guys" and wanted to look good :o) Anyway, I think our steak turned out to taste the best. After dinner we took the 4-wheeler out and then later on, the jeep (the one all the guys went crazy about...don't know what it is with guys and their toys).
Towards the end of the night (9:00) they decided it was time to head out, but before we did we burned some Christmas trees. We had to stand back probably 30 feet because it was so hot. It was a fun night but I'm sad we didn't stay up for New Year's! We were so tired we fell asleep as soon as we got to Steven's parents house.
On New Year's Day, Steven and I along with his mom, brother and sister drove up to the exciting town of Yarnell to visit his great-grandpa and grandparents. We just enjoyed spending time with family and after that, we drove home!