This story is too good to be left unblogged

Disclosure: If you are under 18 or are easily offended, do not read on.

On our wedding night we stayed at this sweet resort up at Snowbird in the canyon (ok, I digress: after the reception, Tim and I went to IHOP on the way to the hotel, wedding attire and all. We were hungry, people stared, it was awesome.) We get into our room and collapse into bed exhausted. About an hour or so later, we hear noises emitting from the room adjoining ours. The noises get louder and louder. They go on and on and on. It must have been for half an hour. The girl must have had about 8 orgasms. SERIOUSLY. It was out of control. And she was LOUD.

Talk about a memorable wedding night.

Tim and I awkwardly try to fall asleep. He looks at me all dejected and disappointed and asks "Is it supposed to sound like that?"

Ummmmm...... "eventually" I reply.

I'M MARRIED!

Yes it's true! I actually did it. Can you believe it?

It was wonderful. WONDERFUL. The most perfect day, right down to the torrential downpour as soon as we walked out of the temple. Our photographer, Mo, was awesome. The pictures turned out GREAT (my favorite thing: rather than taking pictures beside the reflection pond in front of the temple, we actually waded to the middle and shot pictures from there. We were famous. People all around temple square grabbed their cameras and started snapping shots... it was hilarious!). And the receptions were so fun! In Utah, the ice cream was great, the people were great, the live music was great. In South Carolina... um, holy cow did my Mom go ALL OUT. The cake-beautiful. The flowers-ridiculous. Opening wedding presents is Christmas on crack. It rocked.

The best part: TIM! Being sealed to the my most favorite person on earth. I love being married to him! The honeymoon was great... it was so nice to just lay in bed all day and bask in each other's presence. Being in love is wonderful! And we have so much fun together. And he's just SO freakin' attractive!

I am the luckiest. It's true. THE luckiest. Ever. I snagged the greatest guy on the planet. Sorry gals :)

Stephanie and Christian Nielson

I woke up this morning to the Daily Herald on the driveway of the shelter, pulled the rubberband off the immense bundle of Sunday news, and found the front page. As I began reading the cover story, my jaw absolutely dropped and my heart sank. Stephanie Nielson, a quite famous blogger and inspiration to all mothers and would-be mothers, was in a plane crash a little while back with her husband. The pilot died, while they are both in critical condition. I went to her blog immediately, and then linked to her sister's to read about what happened. They both suffered severe burns along with other injuries, and both are in very critical condition still. c jane's blogposts about the past few weeks are beautiful. She sees the opportunity for joy and learning and understanding arising from this tragedy (though she is inclined to say it is not a tragedy, as she witnesses how it has brought her family together, how real-friends and blog-friends have taken up the cause, and how Stephanie's spirit resides in each one of her children).

I loved reading her blog. I fell in love with her beautiful red-headed Jane, her spunky Claire, adorable Oliver, and funny little Nicholas. She has a passion for motherhood. She is crazy head-over-heels in love with her husband. She is an artsy vegetarian who is always taking her children on adventures and doing homemade crafts with them. As a person in the present and in the future as a mother, I hope I can be as good as Stephanie Nielson. She and Mr. Nielson have a long road of recovery ahead of them, so please pray with the thousands of others for their well-being and the well-being of their four beautiful children.

SINGLE DIGITS.

Oh man. I'm getting married in nine days. NINE DAYS. This is an incredibly surreal feeling. Right now, sitting in the library next to this cool kid, I just can't wait. Any last minute marital advice?

Back to school

Another year, another year. I love school so much, I love going to classes, I love being productive, I love my job on-campus and off. I love the fact I'm getting married in 12 days. So I'm supposed to keep a daily gratitude journal for my women's health class, and while I probably won't blog about what I'm grateful for every day, here's the first entry.

I am grateful for:
-All the food my mom bought us
-Our tiny studio apartment
-The deliciously soft bedsheets we bought
-My job at the women's shelter and what these women teach me everyday
-Reunions with wonderful friends
-Temples and the opportunity to be sealed
-Oh, and Tim, he rocks.


NOTE: I am NOT grateful for oral contraceptives (sorry Margaret Sanger, but they wreak havoc on a woman's body). How does natural family planning sound to everyone out there? We'll let you know how that works out for us... :)

Being back in school is great. However, I've lost my concentration and ability to focus in most classes, probably due to my impending nuptials. I'm sure once we get back from the honeymoon, we'll get in a nice groove. Right now, being engaged just feels so unnatural. I just know I am supposed to marry Tim, and any time spent not married just seems superfluous. I love planning our future together. And we plan on being very, very happy.