As far as June 2013 goes...

It was eventful. After a week of working at the call center from down under (way down under), we quit. It was pretty spontaneous. We were just doing our regular whining routine on the way down and I said: "I wish we could just quit." And Stephen replied: "Why don't we?". And that was that. It was a good thing.

Anyway, now we have pretty neat jobs! I'm an Adventure Guide at Maverik and Stephen just got a job at Burger King!

Sexy.

Between jobs, we were able to go to our first concert together: They Might Be Giants.

It was pretty dark. And loud.

But I was able to get Flansburg!

And John on the accordion (for Steve).

Look who got some bumper stickers from Flansburg!

Did you notice his shoes? They're new! We got them at Walmart for about $15! 

They'd be cooler if they lit up.

He also got a cool new watch from his cool (not new) brother! He really loves it. 

He immediately referred to his other watch as his old watch.

Well, that's it for now as far as updates and things go. July starts now! Hope it's good! Thanks for reading! 

Summer fun?

It's not actually Summer yet, but there has actually been some fun.

Firstly, we are done with the Spring semester. I can't say it was good, because these are the worst grades I've ever had resulting from the worst semester I've ever had, but I had a good time with Stephen. We went to a Snow College mini-park thing, but everything was closing down when we got there, which was 2 hours before it was scheduled to close.

You don't need to imagine how we felt. 

So anyway, it was just time to go. We love Snow College, but we're going to transfer to universities this Fall. Stephen is going to UVU and has decided to major in Software Engineering and I am going to Weber State again to major in Criminal Justice again. Hopefully things will work out this time. We don't know where or how we're going to live at this point, but we'll think of something. 

Anyway, we're living with mom and dad now in the hills of Provo. Thankfully, it hasn't gotten too hot. We were unemployed for awhile, so we had a lot of time to waste. I wouldn't say we wasted it though.

We played with ducks

We played with Milo (and Stephen practiced!)

We got snow cones 

And we played with kittens

We've also played quite a few videogames together and we've watched many hours of television. However, we're employed now and we have a lot less time. We work as phone agents at a call center and we really hate it. I mean, we're thankful we have jobs, but every day we have to pep-talk ourselves into checking in. 

I almost forgot, we let S'mores go a week or so back. He looked miserable and lonely in his cage, so I thought he'd be better off in the wild. I was wrong. My dad found him the next morning and let's just say he didn't die of natural causes. I feel horrible. He was mean, but he let me give him baths and he entertained my baby niece and Stephen. He didn't deserve what happened, and I hope he is doing better wherever he is.  

R.I.P.
S'mores 

S'mores

Stephen and I got a pet!

He's a mouse.

His name is S'mores.

Sweet beginnings

It's toward the beginning of this blog, so I'm thinking I should talk about our beginning. Our friendship started sometime in middle school. I remember being in Levi's history class in 7th grade and somewhere, somehow, I met Stephen - I think through a mutual friend or maybe through Levi (because I fancied him a bit).

Either way, we had become friends...you might call it. We hung out a lot, sometimes after school even, but we fought frequently. Back then, I was pretty much the opposite of how I am now and Stephen's ego was off the charts, seriously smothering those around him. My entire life goal was to bring him down, but in a subtle way. It was probably just me not being able to stand him taking my attention, really.

He was gorgeous (still is). I knew it and unfortunately he knew it too. As time went on, his ego deflated and the fighting happened less and less until it was just an occasional thing. I started to like him and he started to like me too. Obviously, we were both still very secretive about it until one day...

It was the orchestra/choir tour to Disneyland. We were both sophomores and he was in A Cappella (which was exceptional for sophomores in that year) and I was in philharmonic (also exceptional for a sophomore). So basically, neither of us should have been on that bus, but fate had to happen. The bus was filling up and getting ready to leave. As is usual, the seat by me is not taken (probably because I was creepy).

All of a sudden, Stephen is on the bus, looking for a seat. He asks to sit next to me, and of course the answer was yes. We managed to keep arguing to a minimum and actually talked a lot about everything. The bus stopped many times at gas stations and we always got off to look at trinkets sold inside. Coincidentally (or not), it was the week of Valentine's day and each station was stocked with all kinds of Valentine's day crap. I think I mentioned how I wished I had someone to share that holiday with.

Anyway, after a few more stops, conversations, and a shared Lunchable, things warmed up. The whole bus was dark. Eventually he asked to hold my hand. I was surprised, but I complied. I couldn't deny the thousands of butterflies swirling around in my stomach. This was the first time I ever held hands with a boy! After what seemed like forever, he touched my shoulder and pulled me toward his chest. We were actually cuddling!!! Which is pretty awkward in hindsight since he was "dating" someone else at the time (as much as 15 year olds date).

So there we were on the dark bus, cuddling beneath the same blanket. Pretty risque for just friends. It felt right, but foreign. That's the best way to describe it. After what seemed like forever, the bus stopped, the lights turned on, and we were at our destination. From then on, every time we could, we'd cuddle on the bus.

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I can't remember how or why, but we lost touch after that year. His girlfriend broke up with him after he told her what happened (which may have been a good thing since she started dating Levi immediately after that - kind of a dick move, not that I'm one to talk). Flash forward four years.

I'm at Weber State University trying to pursue a criminal justice degree when I got bored one night and Google'd myself. Yeah, really bored. Anyway, my name happened to pop up in three different online entries written by Stephen. Apparently. I was his loudest friend and I was in a dream he had where he rescued me from a burning building.

I decided to Facebook him to see what he was up to, which proved difficult since I had blocked him (again, no idea why). From there, we started talking again. A lot. He began asking me to hang out sometime to which, being me, I always said no. I hardly hung out with my family, let alone friends. Eventually though, he asked me on a Valentine's day date. Since that was rarer than a blue moon, I agreed to it.

The date went really well. We went to eat, talked a lot, played a game, talked some more, and it was 12am before we knew it. The conversation began alluding toward a kiss. Apparently, he knew we were going to, but so did I. He never actually got around to saying the words, we just sat together on this window seat, avoiding eye contact and shaking like absolute leaves!!! You'd think we'd never kissed someone before! We sat there for what seemed like hours (and it probably was, actually) before we finally did. It was strange. It was not perfect, but it felt right.

I fell so deeply in love that night. From then on, he never left my mind or my heart. He was not so receptive at first, but he came around. Boys.

Hello!

I simply adore blogs. They're practically the cutest things on the planet and the best way to keep people (especially family) informed. I'm not the best blogger, but if your expectations were high, you obviously don't know me. Anyway, I decided to make a blog for Stephen and I as we're newlyweds and sometimes cool things happen to us!

                         For instance, right now Stephen's twin brother Levi is on a mission. 

He is the good twin.

I guess that isn't really happening to us, but it affects us. Stephen misses him a lot and he wasn't able to come to our wedding, unfortunately. We would have really liked him to be there. 

We are both going to Snow College right now and (thank goodness) we're almost done with this semester. Stephen is doing some general eds and is planning to major in computer science. I am doing some general eds too, and have changed my major from criminal justice to social work. I am thinking of switching back (again) because I just love those classes (and I have a ton of CJ credits). 

We live in a pretty small apartment. It's really nice except for the extreme water temperatures.

I have burnt my fingers so many times. 

Our internet cable. They unearthed it in Brazil among other ancient artifacts. 

We go to church sometimes. I don't know that much about Stephen's inactivity, but as soon as I left for college the first time, I stopped going at all. When we re-met, neither of us were active, but we're working toward being good examples (slash awesome). 

Sleep deprivation made sexy by Stephen Stannard.

We're also trying to write in our journals. That wasn't an issue for me because I talk to myself anyway, but Stephen is a busy guy and he feels that he never has anything to write about. Such a silly. 

We thought we were accidentally pregnant for a couple weeks in March, but that turned out to be a scare. Multiple scares for Stephen, because who wouldn't take advantage of that situation?! 

Anyway, I think that is all as far as neat things go. I'm probably missing something, but that happens a lot.