Wednesday, March 10, 2010

St. George Getaway!!




Mary and I took a much needed getaway to St. George at the end of February. We didn't really have any plans we just found a place to go and started the drive down. We ended up staying at a historic Bed and Breakfast called the Seven Wives Inn. You can go here to learn about the history of the place.


We stayed in the Harriet-Quaint room on the second floor. We had our own balcony, which was sweet, and our own bathroom. The staff there was great. They weren't "in your face" like I've heard can be the case at bed and breakfasts. I'm not really a breakfast person, but the food was good.

When we finally decided to get out of bed the first morning, we went to do some shopping at the outlets. We didn't buy anything though. I was always under the impression that outlets were the place to get good deals. It seemed everything was just as expensive if not worse than shopping anywhere else. Whatever. We did hit up a really old antique shop. It was packed with so much stuff that you could barely walk from room to room without knocking things over. We found some treasures there.

On Sunday we went to the St. George Temple and took some pictures. We walked around for a bit and then went to the Tabernacle. We toured it against our will. We heard there was an art gallery there depicting the ministry of Jesus Christ. We went to see that cause we toured it back in August when Sam and Amber got hitched. But as soon as we got there, they took us right in and started the tour without asking any questions. I can't fault 'em though. They just seemed really excited. It was a good refresher course. We did get to see the paintings in the basement afterwards. It was a really neat experience. After that we went to the St. George 13th Ward. It reminded me a lot of the Smyrna Ward back home. Enough said. But it was good.



On our way out of town we stopped at Silver Reef. It used to be a silver mining community but is now a ghost town. We didn't see any ghosts... or silver for that matter, but we got some sweet pics, so it was a fair trade.


Thursday, February 25, 2010

200 days...




Paul and I have been married for two hundred days today (think of how many minutes that is!) and what a wonderful discovery that is! Marriage is our favorite institution and we are definitely satisfied customers. ;-) We are rapidly approaching our one year anniversary from the day we first laid eyes on each other, March 8, 2009. What an amazing year it has been!

Life has its many challenges and hardships, but we've grown so close together as we've faced them side by side and have learned that two truly are stronger than one. Thank God for love and marriage.





Saturday, December 19, 2009

Enjoying the Season!!


It's almost Christmas!!! We've had so much fun getting ready for our first Christmas together and are so excited we can hardly stand it! We have a beautiful 8.5' tree that we bought December 1st. Even having it on a stand with a pretty angel on top, it doesn't quite touch our ceiling! It's so lovely. We feel really lucky being able to have a real tree. It smells so nice...


We got a package from Paul's mother after Halloween with some ornaments from Paul's childhood and some that she threw in for us just to round things out. It was a very thoughtful gift and we had a lot of fun putting the familiar decorations on our own tree.

Paul strung white lights all around our front window and put them on a timer so they come on every evening and go off at night. It's really fun to come home to our lights shining in our window.





Since we'll soon be losing our friends Mike and Crystal Weber to the enticements of Corporate Kohl's in Wisconsin and student teaching for Crystal, we thought it would be appropriate to have them over for an evening before they leave. We made gingerbread houses.



We had so much fun watching them creating their cozy interior, complete with Christmas tree, fireplace and stockings (it was adorable). Then watching as their roof collapsed and was reconstructed again and again. ;-) We had the advantage of finishing ours the next day, so it was a little more secure (Paul's experience in building did help some too...). We left it with my family to enjoy.