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.