Sunday, September 30, 2012

It was the End of September

This week has been a fun one for Justin and me. Monday for FHE we were both really stressed after our hour long coordinator meeting, so we just made homemade pizza out of random things in our refrigerator  It was a great way to unwind and the pizza was delicious!

Tuesday Hammer Time, our rec frisbee team, played our first game. We dominated them 15-0. Our goal is to have a perfect record in wins and points; no team scores against us! We'll see what happens. Because Justin and I are coordinating the competitive league, we're not allowed to play in the competitive league. Rec and club are the only times we get to play frisbee which is a shame because there's no competition in rec, and the club games are in far away places that require gas to get there...which we don't want to pay for.

We also attempted to pick apples from the school orchard that night, but when we walked up there all the apples were gone. Lame! Oh well, we plan on going with Trisha to a potato harvest thing tomorrow for FHE where we can get a bunch for free. Score!

Wednesday we had a ward activity. We had a bunch of sandwiches, and I made Oreo truffles to take for a dessert. We're making friends slowly, but there's not really anybody Justin and I are really clicking with. The good news is a lot of our frisbee friends are married so we hang out with them a lot. Every Sunday we do game night with the Soules, Breinholts, and a few other couples.

Thursday I had an astronomy activity out at the livestock center where they have a 12" diameter telescope. We looked at the moon and it was actually too bright to look very long (it was a waxing gibbous, so not quite a full moon). We saw some star clusters too. Don't let Hubble's pictures fool you; it definitely does not look that amazing when you're looking through a telescope. The massive ones the university owns don't even do much. I was also super frustrated at competitive sports that day for all the silly procedures they're making players go through this semester, so I took my frustration out on our apartment and cleaned like a crazy woman! It felt great and our place looks great too.

Friday Justin and I were busy with frisbee games. The women's league has five teams this semester, so plenty of competition to go around. The guys have six so they're having fun as well. A few coaches have asked me to come to their practices to show them a few things, so I'm looking forward to that. I really enjoy the opportunity to meet all the girls and build a relationship with them, but everything else is really frustrating and makes me want to quit! The only reason I won't quit is because if I do, the league is done...so I'll do my part for another 6 weeks. We went out to Costa Vida in reward for all our hard work and finished the night watching The Lorax. 

Saturday we went to the temple in the morning and had the opportunity to be the witness couple! That was extra special for us. We had club frisbee practice at Porter Park after that. Our team wants to go down to Utah this weekend to play BYU's team in between conference, but it's not worth the money to me to play just one game, so Justin and I plan on going home and enjoying Mom's corn chowder, thank you very much. We made homemade pizza for lunch again, but with whole wheat crust this time (I am my  mother's daughter), and that night I enjoyed the Relief Society General Broadcast with Trisha. Her stake does dinner before and then watches it at the stake center so I joined her for that. They had quilts showing at the dinner that the ladies in the stake had made and Trisha let two of her quilts shine: the one she made for Justin and me for a wedding gift and one she made out of Travis's sport uniforms, t-shirts, and other sport memorabilia.

While we were off being super spiritual, Justin got a bunch of his guy friends together and had "man cave time" at our apartment. He said there was a great turnout. They had pizza and Oreo truffles (you're welcome) and played Starcraft and Halo. I did a bunch of homework that night at Justin's office after the broadcast since our apartment was full of testosterone and the library was closed. Gotta keep that GPA up!

Today I was called as a ward organist. I about died when he said "ward organist." I was hoping for more of a "Relief Society teacher" calling or something like that. Oh well, ANYTHING is better that nursery in my opinion at this stage in my life. I'm not good with children. I'm sure I'll be fine with my own, just not anybody else's. I've never even been that lovey-dovey with my nieces and nephews so...yeah. Let the El. Em. majors take care of that business. Justin is the Priesthood substitute teacher in the Elder's quorum, so we both have callings now. We had a great Sunday dinner with a bunch of Justin's friends. I broke out the peach pie filling we made with Trisha about a month ago which was delicious! Peach pie is my ultimate favorite! That about sums up our week.

Here's our wedding video, in case you missed it: http://vimeo.com/49855091#at=0


Sunday, September 23, 2012

The Wedding&Honeymoon

Justin and I have now been married for 23 days and it has been 23 days of bliss! We love our apartment, I love all my classes and my teachers, Justin is rocking his internship, plus work, plus three classes, and we are both coordinating ultimate! It is busy but we are so so happy.

I think we were very smart about our wedding pictures. The day of the wedding it was horribly bright right when we came out, so we hardly got any good shots from the day of. But, we happened to take pictures the Thursday before with a frisbee friend and those ones turned out great!

I loved loved loved my dress! It was originally sleeveless, so I had it altered to put the sleeves on and you can't even tell! Trisha and Lauren (college friend) helped me pick out my dress and we all agreed the one I got was the best choice.

Mitzi put on the reception of the century for me. Justin and I were so happy about it! Christy was a magician with those refreshments. MMM! Justin and I were also very happy with our wedding video put on by our videographer that followed us around all day. Thanks Joseph!

After the reception we drove to Sun Valley to spend a couple nights there. The hotel people left us some chocolates and sparkling cider in our room addressed to "Mr. & Mrs. Rose."

Our room was awesome! It had a fire place and a balcony--hello! It was sweet. We went to sacrament meeting on Sunday and it was packed! They had to fill the gym, the stage behind it, and some side classrooms full of chairs to accommodate everyone. After church we walked around forever because the weather was so nice and there was a lot to see. There was a car show going on, outdoor ice skating, and the shops were also fun to look at. It wasn't keeping the Sabbath day holy I suppose, but oh well. We ate at "The Ram" that night which was delicious!

Monday we drove all day. Because my car is super sketch we didn't run AC at all. We drove all the way to Seaside, arriving around 10:30. I drove during most of the afternoon and ended up with a wicked sunburn on my left arm! I also saw two big-horned sheep by the Columbia River. We stopped in Portland at "Voo Doo Doughnuts" and then took the most treacherous drive of my life! I literally thought, "It's a good thing we're sealed now," because I thought we were dead. The highway we drove on was pitch dark (no moon due to fog) and there was tons of traffic coming the other way which was blinding us because everyone and their dog had their brights on. One car passed another as they were coming toward us, and if Justin hadn't pulled over, he would've hit us head on. I was crying the whole time. I have never felt so stressed in my life.

Tuesday was our first day in Seaside and we enjoyed walking around the shops and playing at the beach. We also played at Cannon Beach where the famous sea stack is (geology major--I loved it!) and ate Mo's famous clam chowder. The weather was awesome that day. We soaked up the weather and each other. It was so relaxing not to have to do anything we didn't want to do!

Wednesday we drove to Astoria where this famous column is that tells the story of Lewis and Clark. We also went to Fort Stevens and saw all the WWI and WWII war/army stuff. That night we ate dinner at a four-star restaurant and we about died the food was so amazingly great! We had smoked duck salad, pear and fennel soup, I had Mong Chong (fish shipped overnight from ASIA) and Justin had Filet Mignon. For dessert they served us flour-less chocolate cake with berry and "congratulations!" written on the plate! That was a 2 1/2 hour-ish affair which we loved so much! We both agree it was our favorite part of our honeymoon.

Thursday we drove to Puyallup which was a good 5 hours away. We stopped in Tacoma to shop there for fun. We got some stuff we wanted for school, and then chilled at Jon's house for the night.

Friday my sister in-law Laura took me to get my toenails done, and then we met Mom and Dad and Justin's parents for lunch. We set up for the Kent reception all afternoon, and then our guests started showing up around 6. We had lasagna for them to eat, and Justin's mom went all out making six different flavors of cupcakes! Everyone has been so generous in their support of our wedding. We had a great turnout, and I was very grateful Mom and Dad made the effort to come.

Saturday we drove all day back to Rexburg. We opened our presents before and were on the road by 10. We went through Montana which was fun for me because the geology there was sweet! I bet I'll go to some of those places for my geology class field trips. We rolled into Rexburg shortly before midnight. Luckily our ward starts at 1:30 so we had a good night's rest to recover.

Here are a million pictures --> enjoy




the balcony you see was the outside of our room


the view from our room

Seaside






minerals!

Cannon Beach



Haystack Rock -- visible from space





Astoria Column









opening gifts


Christy's amazing food!

Thank you Anna for decorating the car so cute







Mitzi Cannon...how can I ever thank you??!! AMAZING 


Trisha did the wedding video

It wouldn't be MY reception without Keaton there!





Jory, great photo booth idea!