Monday, June 2, 2008

Attempting New Adventures...

We are trying something new.  We are attempting to have our own family home evening... that way we are prepared when we have a family.  We are also attempting to attend church together most weeks.  Its hard since I go to the singles ward, and I like my ward very much... and Will goes to his family ward where the people are rather interesting.  Will usually goes to church with me if we attend together, but this week I was nice and woke up super early to attend his "odd" ward.  Will appreciated it, and like the fact that everyone congratulated us on being engaged... since nobody knew because I never go there.  Either way, whatever ward we attend, we enjoy being together at church and being able to share in the gospel together.

Another thing we are trying to do, is have dinner at home more often.  We eat out together quite a bit, actually too much.  I can tell - or Will can tell rather - that my cooking has improved greatly.  No more watery lasagna, I'm finding Will is happiest with a simple meal of meat, bread, and potates.  We are realizing by eating at home, we are spending less money and we spend more quality time together by cooking together... Will is in charge of not burning the bread.  That's why I love him.

Time is quickly passing, as it is already June (the best month of the whole year, since its my birthday).  The weeks are flying, and I know summer will be gone before we know it.  We're gonna try to relish in the season, and spend lots of time outside.   : )

Yay im reading

Just posting a little something new. So of course i read the scriptures. But lately and hoonestly in the past two to three years i havent read a novel or short story. Honestly that is kinda sad. Just recently me and Peggy went and saw the new Narnia movie "Prince Caspian". It was a really good movie and i really had the desire to know what happens next in the world of Narnia. So i picked up the book, actually i have the entire collection bound in one cover. And im happy to say that i read my first book in a long time. Its the first book of the series "The magicians Nephew". Pretty good i must say. It makes me feel like im expanding who i am. Its something i wouldnt normally do and its keeping me away from video games which is good and i feel better when i do read. Hopefully this is something that i can keep up with. 

- Will

Summer is coming....

So Memorial Day weekend was quite enjoyable.  I, myself, enjoyed a long weekend while Will had to work everyday but Monday.  He missed my talk that I gave in sacrament on Sunday.  I preferred he wasn’t there actually, because I was already dreading it - so I guess it worked out, even if I was kinda sad he wasn’t there.  But I got to choose my topic, so that made it better.
 
Monday Will and I hiked Waterton Canyon near Chatfield Reservoir.  It was way flat, only an 80 ft gain...but it was a good walk to break in my new hiking shoes (Will had already broken in his new hiking shoes).  I think if there was any more of a elevation gain my feet would have died.  I have a couple blisters.  It was a good hike though.  We then checked out the new Tiguana from VW at the dealership as we are in the market for a new car/crossover...but I did not like it.  We’re hoping to purchase a “sporty” vehicle as we’re trying to spend more time outdoors.  Hopefully there will be many more (and harder) hikes this summer, as well as just lots of time in the mountains, because I love hiking so much.  I’m trying to rub my love of the outdoors off on Will.  I think its working.
 
It was hard to go back to work this morning.  Oh, I did get my new job bytheway.  I’m now a receptionist/admin assistant for Noble Energy, Inc.  An oil and gas drilling company.  I work on the 22nd floor of the world trade center in downtown denver.  Its very busy, and I enjoy it a lot.  The best part is I only work half days on Fridays.  That way I feel like I get long weekends all the time... perfect timing for Summer.  : )
  So my birthday was almost a week ago... and I must admit that it was probably the best birthday I’ve had in a long time.  Peggy, my future wife, is amazing and totally loves birthdays so she made sure it was special.  I mean, she even got me a cake, with candles!  No one in my family has gotten me a cake in a very long time.
 
    The night of my birthday, Peggy and I went to Pappadeux’s.  Its a seafood/cajun restaurant.  Afterwards we went back to my house and had cake with my mom and sister.  Very good cake by the way, rocky road ice cream cake is way good.  Peggy knows I’m a nerd and that I like video games, so she got me a Nintendo DS with the new Zelda game. Super cool gift.  The following day, my parents took us to the Cheesecake Factory, which was my first time there, and it was pretty good as well. Vivian and Gene Peggy's parents also got me and Peggy tickets for A Chorus Line. It was an awesome musical that i really enjoyed. Something cool about it was that there was one set and one main set piece. Ive never seen anything quite like that before.
 
Overall, great birthday.  My girlfriend is amazing, and I love her lots.  And I love my family lots.  

Will Thoughts

So yesterday I called the Portland temple and scheduled our sealing.  Very cool time.  Its cool cause even then I could feel the spirit.  Its safe to say I’m excited to get married, for sure.
 
On a side note, I’m trying to read more.  I picked up the first Lord of the Rings book. We’ll see how that goes.  I’m also hoping for full-time at Home Depot.  Wish me luck.  : )

Starting the blogs again

So this is our new site, I am going to try and keep this updated a lot more often that i did the previous attempt. I actually like that fact that i can send updates from my phone which is pretty cool. We sure do live in a interesting time of technology. So i am going to give the updates now. I have decided to go to school for Video Production. I am going for the dream. And if i fail i fail at something that i love and i never did the "what if". Peggy has a new job for Noble Energy. She likes it a lot and i must say the view that she has in amazing. And i am currently working at the Home Depot, and please do not ask i do not get any kind of discounts. Following this post i am going to publish the blogs that we posted on our other site so that all the information is there if anyone wants it. And im also very excited because Peggy's birthday is coming up, she's gonna be old lol. Just kidding, i am excited though, cause last year she i was only able to give her flowers through the mail. And this year i get to spend it with her yay.

- Will