Fall

Well it's been a few months since we've posted. I don't claim to be a faithful blogger, but maybe I will try harder now. It is so much fun to look at everyone's blog to see what is going on with them. Soooooo....these past few months have been great! Luke and I have been submerged into college once more, and this time it's for the long haul. We intend to go straight through summer and everything to finish faster. I will be a full-time student through next Fall, and then only have two more classes to take during Winter 2010 before graduating that spring. Luke is still nailing down career choices and is not sure yet just how long it will be. We are both really enjoying school and how much EASIER it is to be married while going through it!
We have attended several exciting events this semester, including Don Giovanni, the Opera by Mozart. We swore never to attend another opera after we saw it. Not that it was badly done, only that Opera is truly not our style, what with the overt moralizing and arias that go on and on and by the end have only accomplished telling you how sad or glad a person is feeling, emphasizing it to you at least twenty times or more.
No, opera is not our cup of tea. But pumpkin carving is! We went to Sarah and James' house to carve pumpkins before Halloween and it was so much fun! For Halloween itself we went to a party hosted by our good friends Joel and Leah dressed as an astronaut and an alien. The food, entertainment, and conversation were all superb, especially the "Perfectly Chocolate, Chocolate Cake" Luke made. It is divine! It reminisces of the chocolate cake on Matilda. We were first introduced to it at Sarah's house and our life has never been the same! The recipe can be found on the back of a tub of Hershey's baking cocoa, as well as a recipe for "Perfectly Chocolate, Chocolate Frosting." Delicious!
We have also had friends and family over for dinners and even sleepovers, and it has been awesome. We very much enjoy having potlucks and trying new things, such as Caleb's roast or Amanda's pumpkin roll.
When we're not off having grand adventures we are typically enjoying ourselves at our abode. We can hardly imagine a better way to spend a weekend than snuggling up together with popcorn or a treat and popping in a good movie. However, our bliss has been jarred a time or two when the movie was only putting on a facade of quality and turned out to be a villainous fake. So we are starting to be a little more choosy and discriminatory when it comes to film. We've found two classic winners for this weekend though: Groundhog's Day, and The Man Who Knew Too Little. I've never seen Groundhog's Day and Luke hasn't seen The Man Who Knew Too Little, but Bill Murray is a genius of humor, and so we expect to enjoy both of them very much.
That's all for now!
L&A

We're Married!!!

HOORAY!!!!!!!! We finally made it! Together forever! Isn't that fun? Ha!

Well, we've had some fun since we started our adventure together. We went to Aruba on our Honeymoon, and it was awesome!! The island is a desert, with cactus, sagebrush, and dry dirt. But by the hotels it's GORGEOUS! White sand beaches, luscious green palm trees, aquamarine ocean, the works! We were able to do a perfect amount of lounging and adventuring, and it was soooooo nice.

Since we've gotten home we moved into our little basement apartment and it's quite fun. It's lavishly furnished, with old cream couches and rose print carpet, compliments of Carma, our landlady. We finally have internet, which is extremely convenient, and have made friends with the couple living in the other half of Carma's basement. They are our first friends in our new ward, and we are liking it very much. It is a family ward and they are one of the only other newlywed couples, so we're becoming thick as thieves. Ha ha ha! We're also enjoying living so close to Caleb and Lauren, and have played with them several times already and intend to for the rest of forever! It's a good time. :)

Well, that's the update. If anyone is ever down in American Fork, give us a call and come see us! We'd love to have you!

To Blog, or not To Blog?

Well, here I am, trying out this whole blog business. Shaela sent me the link to hers, and I was inspired. It was either: be courageous and brave the blog, or do homework. Obviously the blog won.

So, I shall just say that all is well at present. Luke and I are engaged to be married June 12, 2008 in the Jordan River Temple, and we are both anxiously and happily looking forward to it. Both of us are enjoying our time up here in Idaho. It's freezing. The snow may never melt. We walk to anything that's worth going to. But it's amazing, in its own rather small way, and we wouldn't have it any other way- until next semester when we transfer down to UVU. Utah here we come! Hooray!!! We are especially excited about being only an hour or less away from most of our friends and family. Could things be better? I submit that they could not! Ha ha!