I love Veggies!

Most of you are going to think, by the title, that this is Katie's post, but guess what...It's not! This might be hard for some of you to believe and Mom probably won't believe it, but I love veggies!! Since Katie and I have gotten married I've put on a little weight and in an effort to get in shape for football, I've been munching on vegetables. My wonderful and healthy wife has been helping me (and at first --- strongly encouraging me) to eat better. She cuts me up a baggie full of vegetables to take to work. At first I would grimace when eating them, but I've come to like them. I really like the peppers. They're a little sweeter then the others. (Too bad we ran out of peppers this morning.) I love this! I feel like I am experiencing something completely new. Don't get me wrong, they're not as delicious as brownies or ice-cream, but I really enjoy munching on them. Now...here's the part that Mom won't believe...Katie had to run to the grocery store yesterday to buy more...get this....GREEN BEANS!! That's right, I like them. For the better part of my life I have claimed that green beans were my worse enemy and now I eat a healthy portion of them everyday. I still don't know if I like the cooked mushy version of my enemy, but I definitely like them raw and uncooked. In fact, I'm eating one as we speak and I'm smiling while I do it!! HA HA HA!! I've overcome my enemy! I win!! (cheesy, I know). Other veggies that I've come to like are carrots and, yep, even the most bitter of them all..Celery! Anyway, I think this veggie post has gone on long enough. Suffice to say that I've recently added a few years on to my sweet chocolaty life! I hope this confession hasn't inspired mine or Katie's mom to stop cooking delicious unhealthy desserts and start preparing steamed vegetables to eat after Sunday dinner. That would be an undeserving punishment for a changed and repentant man. All I'm saying is that my wife has helped me to become a healthier man and I thank her for that.

hhhmm...I wonder what I'll do with those few extra years that have just been added onto the end of my life.... any ideas?

Wedding Pictures

These are a couple of the photos from our wedding. We still haven't gotten any of our pictures back from the photographer (I just got these of her website). I'll post more when we get them.

Too much T.V.

So Jake thinks that this is his blog basically because he is the only one that writes on it. But I am here to say its my blog too! :) So, I just thought I would update you on what has been happening. After Jake and I finished 2 seasons of Friday Night Lights, we decided to start LOST, and Jake started Heros too! May I just say that I think we have a hit the lazy, I don't want to do anything but cuddle and watch T.V. stage. And frankly I think its time to stop! There are so many awesome things to do with the little extra time that we have that I don't think it should be wasted on short lived entertainment. So here are some things I thought of and feel free to use these ideas if any of you are caught in the same trap. 1-Go get some exercise(running. swimming, basketball, ultiamate, biking, walking...) 2-Do some service(make cookies, go visit the elderly, heart attack someone, write a letter to a missionary...) 3-Read a good book(fiction, biography, marriage book...) 4-Do something church related(family history work, read scriptures together and discuss, write in your journal, watch a church video...)5- Play some games(card games, board games...) 6- Make food together( find a fun, exotic recipe and try it out :) ...) 6-Do something artistic( go to a museum, do coloring books, scrapbook,paint something, have a sculpture contest with clay...) 7- Get out and enjoy the city(go to a concert, go to a movie, go bowling, go to a play...) 8-Talk to each other( have some fun just laughing or discussing things that you have learned, find out more about each other! ...) 9- Go to the temple(that is always something good to do...) 10-Find something new to learn( strengthen your talents and develope new ones too, start a new hobbie, always be learning, growing, becoming better and making something of your life!)
So those are some of my ideas that I think well help Jake and I get out of our rut and maybe it will help you out too! :)

Friday Night Lights

When we moved into our apartment, we borrowed the Friday Night Lights series from Stef and James and we've been pretty consistent with watching the first two seasons. Katie's never seen LOST, so we might start it after we finish Friday Night Lights. Jake wants to see Heros, but Katie thinks it's too scary. The only problem is finding time to do our homework!

We're Married! (and now....school)

It's done! We're finally an old married couple and we LOVE it! We've moved into our new apartment in Provo and we've just started the winter semester at UVU. Katie is wonderful! Even when she doesn't have to, she wakes up early to make me breakfast before I have to be at school or work (She even makes me eat my vegetables and fruits). We've arranged our schedules to coincide so that we both have class at 8:00 am on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Katie has 2 more years of school and I (hopefully) only have one. One thing that we hated while dating was saying goodbye at night. We're thrilled that we don't have to do that anymore. It's nice waking up next to the person you love. We wish that we could have everyone over for dinner sometime, but we'll have to do it in shifts because our little apartment can't hold very many people, although we'd love everyone to come over and visit us.

The Craziness of Weddings!

Katie is freaking out! (She is sitting here dictating to me) She wishes we would have just eloped like her dad told her too! It would have been so much easier and less expensive. There's just a lot to do and now that we're coming down to the wire it seems like there's still a ton to do! Jake still hasn't delivered all his invitations yet. *gosh*

We finally got the key to our apartment and are starting to move our stuff in tomorrow (Friday). We get married a week from Saturday and then school starts on that Wednesday so we're trying to get all moved in before. We'll be staying at Invited Inn in Midway on Saturday and Sunday night. We'll only have Tuesday to get situated and to settle into our new lives. Katie's actually pretty nervous to move in with a boy!! (and other things ha ha) Jake's just excited and can't wait.

We had a good Christmas. We both got a wedding for our Christmas presents. We finished our first year of doing the 12 days of Christmas. We're hoping to make it a new tradition for us. We didn't do very well this time though. We're new at this and actually forgot the tenth day of Christmas. We had to make it up on the eleventh day. We even got caught today. It was well worth it though. Service is Great!

Two Weeks To Go!

It's exhilarating to think that in two weeks Katie and I will be married! aaahhhh!! I'm sure those of you who haven't been married very long can remember what it feels like. Both me and Katie have lost all desires to go to work and/or study. We both just want to be with each other. As far as wedding plans go we're getting pretty close. We just need to buy a few more things to decorate the church. We should be moving into our new apartment any day now.