yet another wedding!

my cousin nick was married this weekend down in farmington, new mexcio. it was a fun time being able to get away from school for a few days and see my parents and some extended family we havent seen for a while. it was a gorgeous weekend and the weather couldn't have been more perfect.

on the way down with lindsay. the katie face.....

The Joe Face

so, the above picture has a little story behind it...... lindsay and i have made this trip down and back to and from new mexico several times now, and every time we pass this rock that has a huge sign that says 'hole n' the rock' on both sides of the wall, with an arrow, but we have yet to see this "hole."
so on our way down this weekend we saw it again, and really wanted to see this hole, because you cant see it from the freeway. so on our way back to provo today we decided we HAD to stop and see it. we pulled up and here it was! however, we were slightly disappointed because there wasn't a hole, but a house inside the rock. i guess the "hole-house" was a pretty big deal because its in a rock, but we were slightly let down, and we didnt feel like paying for a short little tour. at least we dont have to look for a hole anymore! plus we got some sweet souveniers....

we were walking up and for a minute we thought this was the hole, but, its not.

anywho, a great weekend. i'll post more pictures of us and the wedding later. lindsay had her camera and we took pictures about every five seconds, so i'll get those later.

another platinum dinner

we love them!

funniest thing today

so, joseph plays flag football, and thats always fun because he plays with some of my friends from middle school and high school in washington, always a good time to see them. so at today's game, the team they were supposed to play didnt show, so they won that game. another team showed up early for a game after them, and they decided just to play each other. on the other team were a few guys from the high school that i went to in california. and so it was just this bizarre moment when i saw people from completely different places interacting with each other, and i knew them coming from completely different times in my life...... anyways just this wierd thing that happened. and i felt bad cheering for the other team, because im supposed to support my husband, but they were friends.... wierd..... on top of that was a few pieces of interesting gossip from a friend..... strange night, possibly going to get stranger, if we go to a haunted house.
on a side note, i love halloween. i cant wait to have an excuse to eat candy. i don't care how old i get, if its halloween, im allowed to eat candy:) and watch scary movies. its the american thing to do.

jerrica's wedding

just a few pics of jerrica- i love her and miss her! she was such a beautiful bride! the best friends: someone, angela, jerrica, zenna, and me. we love her!
me and jerrica! she had a cute little luncheon in bountiful at a little reception house.

love ya babe!

so its been a while

its been a while since the last one, and things have finally calmed down a bit. school was getting hectic, we both had severl major exams this past week, with more to come. whew, we cant wait for thanksgiving break! the weather has been throwing us off too- one day its snowing the next its 75 and a sun shiny day. all the winter clothes have officially come out and are ready for use. i wasnt done with summer yet, but oh well.
one of my best friends, jerrica zollinger, got married last week in the Salt Lake temple and it was an absolutely beautiful ceremony. elder D. Todd Christofferson, president of the seventy, was their sealer; what a neat experience! he shook everyone's hands and asked us our names. i'll post some pictures later!
gotta get back to studying- thats life right now!

true love

pretty much in love with my husband! can you guess what i found after school today? rose petals on the bed! so cute!

nice huh? so i went to his volleyball game with him. and go some sweet action shots of the stud!

true love..... :)

utah fun

it seems we haven't stopped doing things since we got here, but i haven't gotten to post about them yet. so heres the scoop:

the first weekend we were here, there was an award ceremony for the guys with platinum who he worked for all summer. he made into the 100 club (100 sales from the whole summer) and we had some yummy food. there was a masquerade after, here's us with our sweet masks:

we've also been spending some quality time with my sister lindsay who lives just a little ways from us close to the uvsc campus while she works at a cute little scrapbook store as a designer for them. we had dinner with her on sunday, and it was a fun affair at my expense. the whole being sick thing has made me have a few moments lately, and everyone seemed to think it was pretty funny.

also pretty exciting, we just got done listening to the prophet speak in the marriot center today, and we got really great seats! we were about a half a baskeball court away from him, and being there was so awesome! joseph skipped class to get those seats, and for that i am grateful!

there he is, he's such a sweet little old man!

anyways..... gotta run to class, as always!

cruise pictures- finally

Finally got these up.... some are pretty funny! Good memories from this for sure though- even without the luggage!

our cabin stewardess made these animals for us every night-
she was sooo cute and so nice to us, it made everything ten times better

for sure! even though she walked in on us a few times... :)

this is supposedly a myan temple..... the door was only two feet tall,
maybe. more like myan outhouse!


on our "limo" as the guides called it! we went on a jeep and
snorkel adventure, it was pretty sweet

a sweet crocadile- his name was max and he was king of the lagoon

our sweet little mini jeeps we took to the beach to snorkel. the only
problem was that it topped out at 40 mph, and wasnt manual-

sorry joseph!

before dinner the second night-

in our clothes we bought right before getting on the ship


our sweet waiters from the phillipines

the group we had at dinner- good times!

the carnival fantasy- pretty fun ship!

Maybe i'll post more later, its time for class almost......

sweet homemaking skills? not yet....

so in efforts to impress everyone with my sweet cake making abilites, i attempted to make your basic two layer triple chocolate fudge cake. however, our oven is slightly old.... SO i found a pan that fit in the toaster oven. and it worked for the first layer, and pretty much for the second, but then as i was frosting it the one on top split down the middle and came crashing down the sides, ruining the almost two hours i spent on it. :( here are my attempts.

sad huh?

sick....

at the beginning of every school year/semester i ALWAYS get a cold, without fail. and its no fun, let me tell you. runny nose, headache, runny nose, hiccups, runny nose, coughing, and did i mention runny nose? its possibly the most annoying thing ever to have a leaky nose dripping every two seconds.

in other news..... joseph and i are officially in a ward, and already giving the prayers in church tomorrow. he was supposed to go paintballing today, but homework has taken over our lives. and his poor wifey is sick :( and we might be getting callings tomorrow. first time since high school- didnt have one the entire last year, which was nice sometimes but it made it harder to get to know the ward when i had no reason to interact with them specifically. we'll see what happens! jospeh is hoping for temple worker or something with little kids- we are in a family ward which is fun to see little babies and families in church again.

school really has taken over our lives! we are both taking a lot of classes (he's taking 16 credts and i'm taking 17) and really getting into our majors (he's doing excercise science and i'm doing home and family living). we both have several hours every night, but have managed to stay on top for the most part.

our little apartment is starting to feel like home, and we are just loving being together! now its tme to get on to homework...... its going to take pretty much all day!