HOT HOT HOT!

Oh my goodness! This weekend we went to visit Orion's parents in Fresno. Let me just tell you it was so HOT! I felt like I was visiting the sun and I was going to turn into a puddle of sweat. Orion of course told me that I was over reacting and that it was not that bad. Let me just tell you he is big fat liar when it comes to the heat. The real reason we went to the hottest place on the planet was our friends wedding. They got married on Saturday morning (the same day as her parents 28 years before, so cute I thought) and had their reception that night. Here is the beautiful couple, I stole a picture from someone online...




Jesse, the groom, was Orion's roommate before we got married. Alyssa the beautiful bride is a good friend of ours. The best part of the reception was the cupcakes! Seriously this is a brilliant idea for a reception. It is like a personal cake for everyone! There was also cheesecake, just like Orion and I's reception (we think we started a trend because this is at least the second reception we have gone to since ours that had cheesecake at it). I still have a craving for those cup cakes and it has been a couple days. I am going to have to make my own soon, I am sure Orion will love that.

July!!!

So school ends for the semester on the 23! I am so excited I can't handle myself. I am counting down the days till I can no longer worry about homework or anything school related for seven weeks. It will be so wonderful! On a completely different note July first was Canada Day! We had the missionaries over for dinner and celebrated Canada. One of the missionaries is from Canada so he made us a Canada flag cake.



It was pretty good, but I felt bad about eating the flag. He even had us hold napkins that said EH and took pictures. He wanted to have proof that American's were celebrating Canada day. That was a good dinner. Then came the fourth of July, which was on a Sunday. Since it was on Sunday we did not really want to go doing anything big. So we went to the Graff's for dinner (it was home made Chinese food, we are really American), spent sometime with my parents and then finished the night with friends and sparklers. It was a very mellow 4th but very enjoyable.

Blessings

So I had two jobs and I was going to school full time. This was very very stressful to me and after much prayer the Lord helped me out. Orion and I had talked about me quitting one of jobs to ease my stress. Although having the extra money coming in was nice the stress I felt from being so stretched thin was not. Orion told me it was up to me to quit or stay at the job. I hate quitting with a passion so I decided to suffer through it until the end of the summer. Although Heavenly Father had other plans for me. Last week I went in work at my second job and my boss sat me down to talk. She told me that things were not really working out and that I was being let go. What a relief I felt when she said this! I felt like dancing for joy! (Thus the picture of me doing my happy dance in my prom dress)Although it is never good to lose a form of income it really was a weight lifted off my shoulders. Now I could actually spend time with my wonderful husband and focus more on what is important in life. I will be done with this semester in a month, which means one less thing to stress about. I am so very grateful for all the blessings Orion and I have received since we got married. Every day just gets better and better (although some days are better than others). We are making our way through life together holding hands and loving each other along the way.

Thankful!

So this has been an interesting week. Orion got off work on Wednesday (I think it was Wednesday) and told me that he got a raise! I was expecting maybe a dollar or less, any kind of raise is a good raise I think. To my surprise he told me that he got a two dollar raise!!!! He has only been working at his job since the middle of February, so we are very grateful that his boss gave him this raise. For me this week has been pretty uneventful, oddly enough I only worked two days this week between my two jobs. So I just focused on school and spending time with my mom. I needed a week like this to help me relax. Ever since we got married we have been REALLY busy with work and school. This is my mom in the black sitting while Orion and I took a zillion pictures after getting sealed. I love my mommy she is wonderful!
I am so excited that I am half way through the semester! On a random note I am looking for a day job starting in the fall... I am open for suggestions!

A Long Weekend!

So Orion and I planned on spending this long weekend in Fresno with his parents. We were going to leave after I got off work last night, which would be around 10:30. Leaving at that time would put us at his parents around one in the morning. WELL, turns out our car hates us a lot and decided to pull another spark plug! This time we caught it before we were on the road and it only cost 90 bucks to get fixed. So instead of spending the weekend with the in-laws and having a yummy bbq on Monday, we are staying home. I am a little bummed, but this means that Orion can do all the chores around the house I have been wanting him to do for awhile now. Like finally put together or bookcase so it is not sitting in pieces on our floor. He is currently hammering away putting it together. This makes me happy :) Also he made a breakfast face again this morning.I think tomorrow will have waffles or pancakes, I wonder how he will make a face with that.

On a random note here is one of my favorite candid shots taking after we were sealed.

Life so Far

So we have been married for a month and a half. Good news we still love each other! ;) I have proof, Orion makes me breakfast on Saturday mornings.















We are very busy with life, school and lets not forget work! I am a nanny for the cutest little boys! Konner steals my heart!




















I have apparently stole his older brother's heart. His name is Austin and he is six.
He asks me all the time if I will kiss him on the lips. I tell him "No, Austin I only kiss Orion on the lips because he is my husband". The other day I took the kids and dropped Orion off at work, I kissed him goodbye and got back in the car. Austin said to me as soon as I got in "Did you just kiss him on the lips"? "Yes I did". "I wish you kissed me on lips" he said with a sad look on his face. "There is only one person I kiss on the lips and that is Orion, my husband". Quick thinking Austin said "When Orion is older are you going to want to get a new husband"? He later asked me if he could be my boyfriend when he was 9 because he would be older than. I keep trying to teach him that I am married and that there is no way he can kiss me or date me. It is so cute! He asked if he could live with me because he loves me. I broke his heart and said no. He also likes to draw me pictures with him, his brother and me. When I ask where is Orion? He tells me that he is at work.

So there are the little boys of my summer but here is the man of my life!


Orion is dancing with our niece Anna at our reception. He is the best husband! For my nanny job I have to be there by 6:45am and Orion wakes up with me every morning. It is only twice a week so it is not that bad. My days there are about 13 hours long. So Orion goes to work and then watches the kids with me until 7:30 or so at night. On the nights where I work at my other job, which is at night, he comes home and cleans the apartment. He is great!

Reception Surprises

So the wedding day was great! Well everyone got there in time for our small simple sealing. Orion was suppose to pick his tux up the day before the wedding so he could leave bright and early Friday morning and have plenty of time before our sealing. Turns out they lost his order and would not get there till our wedding day. So Friday morning he followed the FEDEX truck to its first stop so he could get his tux and rush up to Oakland which is three plus hours away. Our sealing was at 2:30 but we had to be there an hour before. With tux in hand he drove super fast to get to the temple in time for his own wedding. He made it there with a couple minutes to spare and no tickets! Thank goodness for our car looking like a cop car people get out of the way on the freeway!

After the sealing and dinner with the family it was honeymoon time! Well we stayed in a Marriot in Oakland (china town to be exact I loved it!) then home on Saturday for our reception. Orion did not listen to my phone which has GPS so we got lost a couple of time. But we finally got to the hotel and had our car valet parked because there is NO parking in China town anywhere to be found. People double parked in the street everywhere it was nuts!

Saturday morning rolls around and we plan to leave around eleven giving us plenty of time to get home before my hair and make up appointment at four. We get on the freeway and drive for about an hour until we hear this loud POP! Then the car starts to sound like a go cart. Our only option was to pull off the side of the 101 with cars ZOOMING past us making the car shake. At this point I am FREAKING OUT inside but I did not show it because it would have made things worse. To make a long story short we finally get the car to mechanic who says it will cost 300 BUCKS and won't be fixed until SUNDAY! I looked over at Orion and said "Happy Wedding to us". He could not help but laugh. After some phone calls Orion's dad was on his way to pick us up.... from FRESNO which is two hours away from us. We were in San Jose by the way in a semi ghetto place. By the time his dad got there is was past four when I should have been getting my hair did and my make up done nice. Oh yeah my phone died so I could not call and tell them I was not going to be able to make it and Orion's phone had one bar of battery. With over two hours of driving in front of us and our reception starting at seven we hit the road once again. We were stuck in San Jose for a total of four plus hours.

As we drive down the freeway I remember I have on no make up and no mirror. Orion who is in the front passenger seat puts his visor down so I could have a mirror to use. Front the back seat I moved my head around so I could see what I was doing while speeding down a bumpy freeway. My next problem was my hair. I had no comb, brush, gel, curling iron, or any hair accessory to speak of. To make it even better I had taken a shower that morning and just let my hair dry naturally which meant it was a little bit of a mess. Lucky for me my bride's maid brought me a head band to help make my hair look better. We pulled up to the church FIVE MINUTES BEFORE our reception started. It was only enough time to lace me up in my dress and put the head band on before everyone started showing up. What a day that was! The best part was no one knew that I did not mean to look the way I did. By a miracle from the big guy my hair looked cute and it was dark enough that no one could tell that my make up was a little uneven.

With all that happened that day I could not help but smile because I went through it all with my best friend and love of my life. We just held hands and faced everything that happened together. It was the best day first day of being married. Oh yeah when the car was fixed it only cost 178 bucks and not 300 so we were very grateful for that.