Our Little Home

Around mid August Erik and I started discussing the idea of moving out of Wymount. It wasn't completely serious plan but was definitely an option. So we started looking around. After only a couple of days Erik texted me about a basemtent "studio" apartment south of campus that was only $420 a month. We decided to go look at it of course and when we got there we realized that we weren't the only ones. There were probably 7 couples there to look at it. We got inside finally and I loved it.. I mean it was WAY small but good for us. We filled out an application and left it at that. Needless to say we got the apartment and we had like a week and half to move. We got everything packed and somehow fit it into the apartment. We had three days to get all moved

out of the apartment and into our new apartment and Erik had to work so for the most part I was just piling things up where I could fit them and figured I would organize later. We have soo much stuff! We could barely move through the apartment!
As you can see it is a disaster! We made a path to the back hall, the bed and the sink. I was way stressed about it too. The desicion to move, the state of the apartment when we started moving in (I spent like an hour scrubbing the shower.. ewww) and having no idea how we would fit into this apartment.

Slowly but surely we got it all in. We sold our little entertainment set thing and got a little dresser/bed side table, and fit everything else under the bed that was supported by cinderblocks. It was amazing really.. I never thought it was possible. If we hadn't helped a friend move during the process of unpacking and seen her cinderblocks I don't know where we would be today. They really were the things that saved us.

At this point our little apartment is now our home and we both feel very comfortable in it.
We have some trouble finding things sometimes because everything is so compact but it works for us. For example we have a bookshelf thing in our bedroom that holds our pots and pans. Our bedside table thing has our pants and such; we didn't have a place for the rest of our books so they are on top of the bookshelf/ pots and pans cupboard.. and so on and so forth. There is no way that you can get the full effect of our little apartment unless you see it.. so you guys will just have to come visit ;) Just be careful coming in the driveway.. it is a bit squishy...I know this from experience(hitting someones back light) but that is a story for another day.

Our Humble Abode

So, we are finally going to put up a short video of our little apartment in BYU family housing known as Wymount. The time is empecable merely because our days are limited at this place. Last week we came upon a apartment near campus that we really liked. It is cheaped, closer to campus, and much closer to Katie’s bus stop, soooo we are going to move there in two weeks. It's a bit smaller but we are pretty small people, so we can deal. It's in a nice little house that has been split into 4 apartments. Plus, it lacks the stigma of BYU housing which will be a perk.

Hiking the 'Y'

Although we may try to fool ourselves and you guys that we are different, it isn't true; we are pretty close to a typical BYU couple. To prove it, the picture above is at the top of the "Y"; of which we have climbed twice. See told you!

With how much people talk about for dates or family home evenings and such you would think it would be easy. Yeah, it isn't. Of course... I am a wimp. But to tell the truth, it was worth it. Erik thought of the idea of going up at sunset... it was gorgeous! (And he pretends he isn't a romantic.)

The first time we hiked it we weren't really that prepared for how strenuous it was. This time we were prepared which made it much better. We started up the steep switch backs just before the sun started to set. Although we stopped a couple times for me to catch my breath we made it up to the top just in time. It was amazing how drastically the sky changed as we got to the top. At about half way the sun was starting to set and there were rays over the mountain the made this red haze show up over the valley.We finally got to the Y where Erik encouraged me to be brave and face my fear of heights (which were really getting to me at this point) and bees that kept following us and actually walk up the Y to the top rather than on the path that took a lot longer. It was a scary experience honestly, don't tell anyone but I actually got a little teary. At the top I was actually so scared I couldn't sit
on the edge. Erik sat on the edge a bit to take a picture from from the top looking down the mountain. Then he moved back and we cuddled as we watched the sky change colors.

After a little while we decided to head down the mountain before it got to dark. (If you ever want to work out your knees and thighs that the the thing for you.) It was nice to occasionally glance and see the last bit of sun poking over the mountain. The bugs thought so too, but don't worry, we survived.

Well, we did it, we hiked the 'Y', and we didn't even hurt ourselves. We made it down the mountain just as it was starting to sprinkle.

When we got home we celebrated by having a large breakfast for dinner thanks to Erik's amazing cooking (he wouldn't let me finish this blog without talking about his amazing cooking,he even took a picture of it). It was rather scrumptious really.

Wedding Pictures

To make things simple we decided to post all of the weeding pictures that Katie’s family takeded (or is it tooked?) for our wedding. Now everyone can sleep soundly knowing that they can save these pictures to a CD or a memory card and go to their nearest friendly neighborhood Wal-Mart and print a off dozen 24x36 poster size pictures of everyone’s favorite couple, and then display them at the entrance of all of their homes, so that all people who enter there home can behold beauty in its most pure form. There’s no way that we could fit all the pictures on the blog, but you can see them by clicking here. So with out further ado, the pictures:

Here they are really:

Our Honeymoon

Hello!! This is my first blog ever!! As such I have decided to update you all on the events of our honeymoon. (Yeah, I should start with the wedding but unfortunately our weddign pictures are in the mail and how boring would a blog about the wedding be without the pictures?!) So here goes the honeymoon. . .

After the wedding on Saturday we checked into an amazingly luxurious Motel 6! WOO HOO!! It was pretty much the best room ever... a T.V. that didn't get many channels, no fridge, no blow dryer.. yup the best ever. Even the breakfast was amazing... Erik brought some of his protein shake and used the ice bucket for a cup and we picked up some cheerios at the local grocery store (which was pretty much scary).

After breakfast on Sunday we left for Cali!!! The drive there took about 6 hours that seemed to take 12 hours like car rides always do. We made it to our hotel safe and sound though. Due to some awesome connections that Ryan has (THANKS RYAN!!) we were able to stay at the Radisson. This hotel was beautiful, huge and really close to everything! We checked into our room on the 7th floor, which guess what. . . we had to use a key in the elevator just to get to! I thought that was way exciting! The room was amazing.. with a sleep number bed and all sorts of exciting things! Even the toilet paper was folded fun! :) A little while after we checked in we were surprised when we were brought a bottle of sparkling cider in a bucket of ice and chanpaigne glasses. It was sooo exciting!

Monday toured Newport. Their mall is HUGE!! I would have gotten lost and been lost for days.. luckily I had Erik with me. We walked around on the beach later. We weren't really in an area that we could swim so decided just to enjoy the scenory. It was amazing! We sat on this rock that was kind of into the water and felt the mist of the waves.. it was silly romantic but I loved it!

On Tuesday we went to Disneyland!! It was so much fun! The weather was perfect, warm enough for water rides but cool enough to not get heat stroke. We were able to go on every ride we wanted at least once and of course we had to get one of their famous churros, I don't think Erik would have left without having had one.

Wednesday we went to the beach again. This time we were prepared. We wore our swimsuits and brought towels. On the way there we got hamburgers and some fries. We sat on the sand (which was ridiculously hot by the way) and ate our lunch and then played in the water a bit. It was wonderful.

That night we had a special treat. . . we got to see Wicked live! It was soooo good! We got there a little early so were able to tour the area. We saw the Hollywood sign and walked around, it definitely wasn't Utah.

When we got there we had to work out some kinks with our tickets (they were for the previous day) which was alright but made it so we had to sit in the very back. The Theatre was beautiful, everything was set up perfectly! Luckily we got a nice lady to take a picture of us on the large set of stairs, there was a chandelier.. it was just amazing! And that was just the theatre! We got into our seats and the play began and the only phrase that comes to mind is one of Erik's classics. . . "It changed my life!"

The music was wonderful, the acting was perfect.. it was simply amazing! We have had the songs in our head ever since!

After the play we drove to Melissa and Ryan's house where they let us stay the night. It was so much fun seeing Tatum and Davis the next morning! I'm sorry to say, I think we got them a little too excited before we left, Melissa probably wasn't very fond of us for the next couple of hours :) (sorry Melissa). We drove to Mom and Dad's house from there where stayed the night packed up the gifts and then headed to our new appartment.

Needless to say, we had an amazing honeymoon. We both had sooo much fun!

Making this blog counts as our FHE

Hello everybody, because of populer (lar) demand we have finally relented to the compulsive prompting of the digital world (and Michelle) and have made a blog for us to post family gossip, dirty jokes, and blatantly false rumors about various politicians. So for starters, here's some family gossip: Michelle is pregnant (but is Rob really the father?!?!). The dirty joke: A white horse fell into the mud. And as for the Political lies; Hilary Clinton is secretly the illegitimate daughter of John McCain. The author of the blog will be switching off every week (bet you can't guess who is the author this week.) and we will be updating everyone with the escapades of Erik and Katie in the chosen land of Provo, Utah were all of our wildest dreams come true.