New York, New York!!

(First off, I told you that I wouldn't be very good at this blogging thing!)

Life is way too crazy--at least this year has been and will continue to be. I can't believe how quickly the summer has gone by so far! July has practically come and gone in a blink of an eye for us, but oh man has it been FUN!

We just moved into a new apartment at the end of June (WOO-HOO!) and we're both working a lot. So for the past few weeks, we've pretty much just been moving stuff and organizing and working--time for a vacation right? RIGHT!

Spring went by super slowly because of the anticipation of Tim's and my first trip together. We chose the first week of July to go because:
A-4th of July/Tim's Dad's birthday!
B-Our 1 year Anniversary!!!!! yay! A belated Honeymoon!
C- Tim's 22nd Birthday!

So pretty much, there was a lot going on that week!


Re-cap of the trip? yes!


So, we took off from SLC and landed in Long Beach, CA. What a terrible little airport! hahaha It looked like they went to the nearest trailer park and took some trailers to a big open parking lot. It was hilarious. They kept bouncing our flight departure gate from gate 2 to gate 4 then to gate 1...etc. But in reality, it didn't even matter to us because there were only 4 gates and they were right next to each other so we didn't have to walk from gate to gate.

We finally took off from CA to go to New York (yes, it is a little backwards to go from Utah, to California, then across the country to New York) and then landed at the airport around 5:30 in the morning. It wouldn't have been so bad if it weren't really 3:30 MT so yes, we were sooo TIRED. And we pretty much went straight to church so I fell asleep on Tim's lap during Sunday School.









Now, the high light of the day: Well, first off, it was Fast Sunday. After a few people bore their testimonies, Lakendrick (a mentally handicapped man in his early 20s) got up and sat nest to my father-in-law who was up front waiting for someone to finish at the podium. My father-in-law told us that he saw Lakendrick pull a piece of paper out of his pocket and saw a line that was written on the paper. Apparently, he told Lakendrick that he couldn't read that paper at the podium, but when Lakendrick went to bare his testimony, he pulled out the paper and said "I wrote a song..that I'm dedicating to my "secret admirer-er" who's name is Gracie. She's so nice, and pretty, and beautiful." He paused, then looked at the paper, started nodding his head, then started singing "You think I'm pretty without any make up on, you think I'm funny..." paused again, and looked at the paper. Just as he was about to start singing more of the Katy Perry song, the Branch Pres. jumped out of his seat and started whispering to Lakendrick. After a few minutes, the Branch Pres. sits back down and Lakendrick says "I'm not supposed to sing. So, umm, Amen."

Oh man. I didn't know what had just happened. Gracie was actually sitting 2 rows in front of us and she was so red. It was hilarious. Best Fast Sunday ever!


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Part 2

Ok... so I think we left off after he got my e-mail address.

So Tim and I started e-mailing back and forth. Unfortunately, neither of us have the first e-mails that we sent each other. The one that we regret deleting the most was the e-mail where Tim told me that he liked me. It was CLASSIC!

He was in New Jersey spending the rest of the summer with his dad. He gave me a brief summary of what he and his cousin had done earlier that evening. They had gone to a movie and Tim told me that he had eaten way too much popcorn. (This is where it gets awesome.) Then he told me that he didn't know if it was the popcorn or what, but "I like you." haha how great is that? He had a "popcorn headache." It still cracks me up.

Now, if you know Tim, he's quiet...and not forward at all. I didn't know how to reply. I was still 14 and had only experienced 2 guys asking me out (one in elementary and one in middle school and I had quickly declined both without regret). I spent a day or two....or three contemplating and weighing the outcomes...

Choice A: Tell him I liked him too and not see the kid I liked for a long time... knowing that he'd probably lose interest and move on to like someone else.

Choice B: Tell him I didn't like him and then watch the friendship dissolve because he'd probably lose interest and move on to like someone else.

It looks like a lose-lose situation...because normally, it would've been. I sadly told him that I didn't like him like that. I didn't really expect much of a reply because I knew it probably hurt him. I mean, who has the guts to tell someone they like them and not expect a happy outcome of the person liking them back?

To be continued...

Our Story: part 1

This may take a few posts...



As crazy as it sounds, Tim and my story didn't start once we met. It was years in the making before we ever knew each other. Tim was born and raised in New Jersey and I was born and raised in good ol' Utah.

The first event that happened to bring us closer together was when Tim moved to Fillmore, Utah when he was 8 years old. I was living in Oakley which was 2 and a half hours away from where Tim was. We still weren't on any path to meet until my older brother Mike went to Snow College before his mission. He met Andrea who had grown up in Holden, Utah (which is about 10 minutes from Fillmore). Mike then went on his mission and Andrea went to study at USU.

Mike came home and I'm not sure if he went back down to Snow, but he eventually went to college at USU. I was 12 or 13 when Mike and Andrea were married. They weren't the only ones whose lives were changed by their wedding. I became friends with Andrea's younger sister, Leslie, who was 2 grades older than me.

Not long after in July of 2004, I was invited to go down to Leslie's 16th birthday party. I was 14 (4 months away from being 15) and Tim had turned 16 a week before. I remember meeting Tim, but there were so many people there that I didn't know, so I didn't remember much about Tim. Anyway, Tim hadn't planned on going to the birthday party, but went with his friend who wanted to go because the friend like one of Leslie's friends.

The next day was the Pioneer Days celebration in Holden and Tim and his friend decided to go to the breakfast at the park. I was there with Leslie and her family, then she and I hung out with some of her friends, Tim included.

I went home the next day and was talking to Leslie on-line when she told me that Tim wanted my e-mail address. I was completely shocked.


To be continued...............