I know I am not very good at keeping this blog up to date, but I do try and hopefully someday I will start to post more.
We have both been EXTREMELY busy. Our house has definitely been keeping us on our toes. We have had to constantly work on things. Rather it be our crazy earwig infestation (I know gross huh?) or our water pump for our swamp cooler going out we have just been trying to manage it all and get it into order. Probably about a month after we moved in and started to get settled we noticed a few earwigs here and there and with a week or two these earwigs turned into hundreds! We went camping in Bear Lake with some of our friends and came back to our house and that night we probably killed 30 earwigs within 5 minutes. They are seriously so gross! I finally told Philip we needed to call an exterminator. He came out and sprayed and things have been A MILLION times better. I am so glad that they are long gone. Then after we finally got that problem taken care of another one came right up. The joys of being a home owner. Last Sunday we came home from church and our swamp cooler's water pump had gone out. It was 90 degrees in our house. Thankfully that was a much easier and cheaper fix and Philip and my brother had it taken care of within the hour. Other than the few minor things that keep happening our house is finally beginning to feel like a home. We kind of have a grassy front yard now instead of all weeds. The backyard not so much. We just plan on planting some grass seed in the fall and hopefully by next Spring we'll have some grass. All of our major rooms are in order minus personal touches and decorations, but we finally feel like we can come home and relax. I finally charged my camera battery so I will be posting some pictures of the house hopefully soon.
Besides working on our house we both keep pretty busy with work. Philip has also been in school. I'm so proud of him that he is back in school and that he works so hard to support me, even if it means spending less time together. Things just feel like they're starting to fall into place. I recently got a promotion at work which could bring many opportunities in the future. Hopefully a few months turns into a permanent job so I can keep moving up the ladder.
Last, I can not say how much I LOVE being married. It is so nice to be able to spend every night with my best friend. He has been my rock and helps me out so much in life. I can't wait to see what our future holds and everything that is happening. I am so thankful that we didn't have to move into an apartment and that we were able to start "our home." Everything has been such a blessing these past couple of months and we both feel so lucky and thankful for everything in our lives.
Friday, July 30, 2010
Monday, June 14, 2010
Honeymoon Cont...
Day 5
We decided that we didn't want to do too incredibly much. We were both sunburned from Xel-Ha (which is crazy because we were putting on sunblock continuously throughout the day) so we decided to do one of our favorite things again and have some downtime at the pool. When we got there we were both starving and decided to order up some pizza. Pizza poolside, relaxing in the sun, what could be better. We had a blast.
Just being lazy before we went to the pool
Hanging out by the pool, it was sooo hot that day
A little side note- while we were at the pool that day I randomly asked one of the waiters about Philip's leg. He was the one who informed us that it was a Black Poison Wood Tree. He then gave us this home remedy of smashing up some kind of leaves and rubbing them on his blisters. It seemed to help out a little bit. But we literally had 6 different waiters looking at Philip's leg it was pretty funny...
Day 6
Our last day in Cancun. We pretty much did the same thing as the day before, but we didn't get too many pictures. At night Philip and I went out for a nice dinner. We both had lobster. I wish I would've taken more pictures of the food arrangements because everything was super fancy.
Headed to dinner!
Just hanging out at the table
Leaving the restaurant
After dinner we went to the little gift shop/market place. Philip wanted to do something romantic for our last night so he bought some ice cream and we were off to the beach. After a few minutes of sitting there just looking into the ocean I asked him if he felt like he was being bit... He said no, but I held up the camera light to my arm and there were 3 mosquitoes within 2 inches of each other. Plus the ice cream started to melt everywhere so we vetoed the beach and headed back to the room. Here are a couple of the pictures that we did get though.
On our way to the hotel.
Our last morning.
We woke up extra early and said our goodbyes to Cancun. It was a nice trip but we were ready to head to our new home.
Pool by our room in the morning
I'm so thankful that we got to spend a week in Cancun. Although we have many stories to tell that we will look back in 5 years and they'll be funny. We had a great time and it was definitely a once in a lifetime opportunity. We would take all the bumps and bruises all over again if I had to! :)
We decided that we didn't want to do too incredibly much. We were both sunburned from Xel-Ha (which is crazy because we were putting on sunblock continuously throughout the day) so we decided to do one of our favorite things again and have some downtime at the pool. When we got there we were both starving and decided to order up some pizza. Pizza poolside, relaxing in the sun, what could be better. We had a blast.
Just being lazy before we went to the pool
Hanging out by the pool, it was sooo hot that day
A little side note- while we were at the pool that day I randomly asked one of the waiters about Philip's leg. He was the one who informed us that it was a Black Poison Wood Tree. He then gave us this home remedy of smashing up some kind of leaves and rubbing them on his blisters. It seemed to help out a little bit. But we literally had 6 different waiters looking at Philip's leg it was pretty funny...
Day 6
Our last day in Cancun. We pretty much did the same thing as the day before, but we didn't get too many pictures. At night Philip and I went out for a nice dinner. We both had lobster. I wish I would've taken more pictures of the food arrangements because everything was super fancy.
Headed to dinner!
Just hanging out at the table
Leaving the restaurant
After dinner we went to the little gift shop/market place. Philip wanted to do something romantic for our last night so he bought some ice cream and we were off to the beach. After a few minutes of sitting there just looking into the ocean I asked him if he felt like he was being bit... He said no, but I held up the camera light to my arm and there were 3 mosquitoes within 2 inches of each other. Plus the ice cream started to melt everywhere so we vetoed the beach and headed back to the room. Here are a couple of the pictures that we did get though.
On our way to the hotel.
Our last morning.
We woke up extra early and said our goodbyes to Cancun. It was a nice trip but we were ready to head to our new home.
Pool by our room in the morning
I'm so thankful that we got to spend a week in Cancun. Although we have many stories to tell that we will look back in 5 years and they'll be funny. We had a great time and it was definitely a once in a lifetime opportunity. We would take all the bumps and bruises all over again if I had to! :)
Friday, June 11, 2010
Honeymoon!
Okay, I know I'm going a little out of order, but the only thing I really have pictures from is our honeymoon. Our wedding pictures the photographer has and our house pictures, well just trust me you don't want to see those yet haha.
My awesome sister Sandy and her husband Chris decided that for a wedding present they were going to get us a room at the Grand America in downtown Salt Lake! Can I just say WHAT AN AWESOME WEDDING PRESENT! We absolutely loved the room. It does have an older feel to it, but it was one of the nicest places I've ever stayed at (not to mention their room service was AMAZING!)
Philip and I were starving and we decided that we were gonna order some room service. We ordered mozzerela sticks and a cheesburger... I have to tell you. This food was the BEST!! (It might of had to do with the fact we were starving, but we loved it) This is a picture after we devoured our food.
The view from our room was awesome too. We could see all of downtown Salt Lake.
Our YUMMY strawberries!
Day 1
Saturday morning after the wedding we headed straight for Cancun! We didn't do much that first night we got there besides relax. We were both exhausted. The next day which was our first full day in Cancun we decided to head over to the main pool on our resort. This pool was awesome! It was right next to the beach and it had 4 or 5 different pools hooked together that made one GIANT pool. Plus they had some really good snacks that we could eat nonstop.
Headed to the pool!
The beach!
The Pool!
My incredibly hot HUSBAND!!!
Just hanging out after swimming (I know my hair goes insane!)
Day 2
So for our second day in Cancun we decided to go on an excursion. So we woke up early and headed out to the Tulum Extreme excursion (after you visit Tulum you go zip lining, swim in a cenote, and rappel). Tulum has one of THE PRETTIEST beaches either of us have ever seen! It was beautiful. For those of you who don't know Tulum is a place full of Mayan Ruins. Although it was really hot that day (in the 90s) it was great to get out and get a little culture fix in. Afterwards we went into the jungle where it starting pouring down on us like crazy. It was really different seeing rain like that, but it turned out to be good because it made the ziplines faster to go on.
Tulum
There were iguanas everywhere there.
Then we were off into the jungle! Although Philip didn't pay attention I even saw monkeys hanging in the trees. It was awesome!
Here we are in the Cenote
Zip Lining
and our last activity, rappeling!
Day 3
Tuesday was pretty relaxing. We didn't do too incredibly much because as most of you know, Philip hit his leg on a posionous tree that the pain followed with us the rest of the honeymoon. One of the things that we did do though was head into Playa Del Carmen. We went downtown which they call 5th Ave. It's basically a 5 mile or so stretch of stores and restaurants. I tell you what, it definitely was a different culture there, but it was a good experience for us. The beach there was also one of our favorites even though we didn't get to spend much time there.
Waiting for our taxi
The Beach
Pictures of Philip's gross leg haha
Day 4
Wednesday was our last excursion that we had. We went to a place called Xel-Ha. Xel-Ha is kind of like a big water park minus the slides. It is the inlet of the ocean and has a big lazy river you can either snorkel down or tube down. We were there all day so we decided to do both. When we first got to the park we were able to take pictures holding a bunch of different animals. It was pretty neat. Everything there was also all inclusive so we had tons of delicious food that day as well. I was actually even able to get Philip to put his head under water a few times (we have pictures on a disposable camera that I need to develop).
Waiting to go
Cute little hermit crab!
Since this post is extra long, I'll post the other half of our honeymoon in the next blog. More to come!
My awesome sister Sandy and her husband Chris decided that for a wedding present they were going to get us a room at the Grand America in downtown Salt Lake! Can I just say WHAT AN AWESOME WEDDING PRESENT! We absolutely loved the room. It does have an older feel to it, but it was one of the nicest places I've ever stayed at (not to mention their room service was AMAZING!)
Philip and I were starving and we decided that we were gonna order some room service. We ordered mozzerela sticks and a cheesburger... I have to tell you. This food was the BEST!! (It might of had to do with the fact we were starving, but we loved it) This is a picture after we devoured our food.
The view from our room was awesome too. We could see all of downtown Salt Lake.
Our YUMMY strawberries!
Day 1
Saturday morning after the wedding we headed straight for Cancun! We didn't do much that first night we got there besides relax. We were both exhausted. The next day which was our first full day in Cancun we decided to head over to the main pool on our resort. This pool was awesome! It was right next to the beach and it had 4 or 5 different pools hooked together that made one GIANT pool. Plus they had some really good snacks that we could eat nonstop.
Headed to the pool!
The beach!
The Pool!
My incredibly hot HUSBAND!!!
Just hanging out after swimming (I know my hair goes insane!)
Day 2
So for our second day in Cancun we decided to go on an excursion. So we woke up early and headed out to the Tulum Extreme excursion (after you visit Tulum you go zip lining, swim in a cenote, and rappel). Tulum has one of THE PRETTIEST beaches either of us have ever seen! It was beautiful. For those of you who don't know Tulum is a place full of Mayan Ruins. Although it was really hot that day (in the 90s) it was great to get out and get a little culture fix in. Afterwards we went into the jungle where it starting pouring down on us like crazy. It was really different seeing rain like that, but it turned out to be good because it made the ziplines faster to go on.
Tulum
There were iguanas everywhere there.
Then we were off into the jungle! Although Philip didn't pay attention I even saw monkeys hanging in the trees. It was awesome!
Here we are in the Cenote
Zip Lining
and our last activity, rappeling!
Day 3
Tuesday was pretty relaxing. We didn't do too incredibly much because as most of you know, Philip hit his leg on a posionous tree that the pain followed with us the rest of the honeymoon. One of the things that we did do though was head into Playa Del Carmen. We went downtown which they call 5th Ave. It's basically a 5 mile or so stretch of stores and restaurants. I tell you what, it definitely was a different culture there, but it was a good experience for us. The beach there was also one of our favorites even though we didn't get to spend much time there.
Waiting for our taxi
The Beach
Pictures of Philip's gross leg haha
Day 4
Wednesday was our last excursion that we had. We went to a place called Xel-Ha. Xel-Ha is kind of like a big water park minus the slides. It is the inlet of the ocean and has a big lazy river you can either snorkel down or tube down. We were there all day so we decided to do both. When we first got to the park we were able to take pictures holding a bunch of different animals. It was pretty neat. Everything there was also all inclusive so we had tons of delicious food that day as well. I was actually even able to get Philip to put his head under water a few times (we have pictures on a disposable camera that I need to develop).
Waiting to go
Cute little hermit crab!
Since this post is extra long, I'll post the other half of our honeymoon in the next blog. More to come!
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