R.I.P Washington

Yesterday, the most horribly sad event took place........I had to put Idaho plates on the truck.

That's right, Chuck (my truck) is no longer a resident of Washington. He painfully wears the Red, White, and Blue "Scenic Idaho" plates.

No...I didn't cry, because I'm a man. But this sure didn't keep me from eating my feelings. After all, my relationship with the truck will never be the same. I only assume that's it's as embarrassing for him as it is for me. I feel like the mother that forced Cosby to wear those sweaters. Or the dog owner that groomed their poodle to look like the prized bonsai in an acupuncturist's office.

But never fear...I anticipate that this is only a temporary pain we plan to never live in Idaho after graduation. So Chuck, it's only a matter time my friend. Soon you will be free of these oppressive plates and things can go back to the way it was. But for now...please forgive me.





We are now accepting donations for the "Mend Chuck's Broken Heart" fund.
All forms of currency are gladly accepted.
Please, Don't let this Ranger be in Danger.
Thank you.

first day of school outfits...

I remember looking at my closet for days-pondering and pulling things out to see if they would be acceptable for the coveted title of "the first day of school outfit." as much as you tried not to care, you had to. this was your defining moment for the rest of the year. this outfit would show your friends, future friends, enemies and teachers who you were and what you were trying to state. 

now, i look back and think as ridiculous as that was in middle school-it still is true now. i woke up frantically realizing that today was the first day of school. i had not prepared at all! ah!  my favorite clothes were still in the wash and i hadn't ironed yet...thankfully david helped me pick out an outfit consisting of gray slacks, a white shirt and a black sweater. yes a sweater-it's FREEZING here in rexburg already and it's miserable. ugh-who needs fall clothes when all you need is a winter ones? 

but in all reality-you gotta look good. i'm thankful because in college you have like 2 first day's of school depending on your schedule-so i can still plan out for tomorrow :) lovely. but let's get on with the point of this blog...
If only I had my phone with me right now. I know, that right there is a shocker-but seriously-freshman are so funny. I remember being one, and I look back and realize that I wasn't THAT bad...for instance:

There is a boy sitting across from me right now in the Taylor. He has these old school obnoxious looking nike shoes with black and white checkered shoe laces-the are matching is FIRE TRUCK RED jean pants that currently go with his RED, black and white flannel shirt that is over another red shirt that the colors are a little off. It is coupled with wrist bands of i-night, and a live strong and a few blue and red and green rubber bands that seem to be cool. and then going along with his pucashell (sp) necklace that's cutting off the circulation in his neck-he has a fetching hair style that is spiked every which way but is too long to stand up straight. I mean really...first day of school outfit. you HAVE to look good-or at least think you do. I mean-this kid could have potential-he's not ugly or creepy looking, just has some major fashion no-no's going on. If only the "what not to wear" people were here-they could do this school wonders.

ok, i gotta cut this short-i gotta go to class and people watch a little more. :) 

Our recent adventures...part 1

Well, I know that I'm a failure at blogging so I thought I'd make up for it with some wedding photos!! 

The first couple are just some engagements that we love. All of the photos here are by Wendy G Photography :) 

So the rest are some wedding shots at the temple. I haven't been able to resize our bridals/groomals yet and so those will come shortly. It was a HOT and very sunny day-but still great!!! Here's us with our parents and grandparents. David's grandpa gailey sealed us and it was incredible! :) 

(nana and papa spader, g-ma and g-pa gailey, momma and papa gailey, us, momma and papa laubaugh and grandma laubaugh)

we were sealed in the Jordan River Temple :) 

Here are my bridesmaids! Audrey and Laura were david's sisters who are incredible and I just love them so much!!! and then also my sister jana and rochelle! :D 

The whole gang!! 

Here's our wedding party 

(mitch, toren, alex, john, david, me, jana, audrey, rochelle, and laura)  

The parents and us!! 

I have the best love/hate relationship with my shoes-I love them, but they hate my feet. :) 

haha-we can't help but just love this photo... 

there will be plenty more to come! I'm still working on some of the photos and getting them ready for the web. we're super excited and having a blast setting up our apartment and getting ready for school to start again. Nothing really new is going on, just living the american dream! haha

i've decided that david and i need a fun hobby to do together after work or on the weekends...suggestions?

Life has been crazy, and although stealing intenet from the nearby clubhouse is a party, it's not always reliable. so needless to say, i have about 5 unfinished drafts with pictures of our new apartment and our lovely turtles, different traveling adventures, wedding shots and recption shots as well. life has been a continual party.

have no fear-i'll post those asap, it's just that right now i'm at work. all alone in my office waiting for my co-worker to come in, who is late as always...

oh well, back to the busy work until a student frantically comes in because he forgot to register for fall classes and now can't get into any of them.

p.s. I'm married!!!!! :) It was an incredible wedding and a perfect day-i'll blog more about it later and will post pictures when i can :)

Dressers and DI

So I have much to update, but there is no time! Currently I'm in glorious washington with the gailey family and we're going to have an open house for david and I tomorrow. David said that he called blogging about our flight over, but I can't help but comment about my DI experience from yesterday.

Over the past few days david and I have been looking for things to furnish our new apartment. at the time we were looking for a new dresser or something of the sort to put some extra clothes in-well...we love to fix things up and so of course david suggests that we go to the DI to find a dresser that we could fix up and use. well...i decided to venture out and check out what was going on at the DI-i get there and find this little dresser that would be a decent fit...I open up the first drawer and get this whiff of something RANK-it was one of the worst smells i've ever smelt-i won't go into details, but seriously it was in the top 3 worst smells i've ever experienced. So, instead of leaving it alone, I decide to see if the dresser is functional and open the rest of the drawers, the helpful DI worker comes over and asks if I need help, and right after I decline I open up the last drawer and get an even stronger whiff of the rancid odor and start to puke. Not just a little 'oh i just puked a little in my mouth,' but a 4 heave fill the dresser drawer with my lunch and breakfast puke. Not my finest moment, but it happened. The worker just came over and removed the drawer and took it in the back. That was all. I had vomit splattered across my face and shirt, a little in my hair and as I look up teary-eyed, I see this mexican in his mid twenties just gawking at me and then laughing and talking to his friend in spanish. I surprise him and reply back-and continued to remind him that I was fluent and understood everything crude thing he was saying. So after wiping my face clean with the towel on the rack-I went straight to walmart, gum in my mouth and all hand sanitizered up and bought a steralite container.

Thank you DI for another memorable experience.