Yard Work = Happiness (or Swine Flu??)

Before going into this, you should first know that Faiver and I have moved....again.  We are living in the basement of the house of a lady Faiver does some landscaping for (great sentence, huh?).  She is letting us live there without rent in return for his continued help.  On Saturday, I wanted to help too, so we went to work.  I raked all the leaves in the yard and helped pick lavender.  It was so fun and even though I wasn't in a bad mood, it just made me that much happier.  

We then went to help take up carpet at her daughter's house and there was a lot of dust.  Faiver is allergic to dust and didn't feel very well after that.  Sunday was really bad and he wasn't better on Monday, so we went to the doctor.  Turns out, he had H1N1, or swine flu.  The doctor gave us instructions and sent him home.  We figure he had it before and the dust just accelerated the process.  After much care from his loving wife, he's doing much better.  Life is interesting!

Papers and Love

What a relief! On Tuesday, Faiver and I sent off his immigration papers. We are so happy that they are finally in the process! Hopefully the process will only take a few months and then he'll be a resident of the US! I'm so glad! :)

Filling out the forms


The envelope is addressed, stamped, and ready to go!

In other good news, we celebrated our five-month anniversary on Wednesday! I am so lucky to be married to this wonderful man who makes me happier than I thought I could ever be. I love you so much, honey! Happy anniversary and many more to come :)

Oh, how I love this guy!

How the time flies!!

I just realized that besides my rather short blog post about our interesting media, the last time I've updated our blog was in May!! My goodness, how time flies. Faiver and I have been married for three and a half months and we're living in a different apartment. We have a lot more room in this one and we're really enjoying it. I just got done with my weekly cleaning. I even put up some more decorations to make it feel more homey. I love being a wife!

So this summer has been tons of fun. We've done lots of things together and with other people. Here are some pics, documenting the fun we've been having:

We decided to make a sign for our door...I'm just putting on some final touches


At the ward FHE...Faiver did the cooking (Carlos helped some too)


At the Manti Pageant


My mission president came home!! Holy Cow!!


This is the cake I made for Colombia's Independence Day


Faiver was the cook again. He's just amazing!



We went to the Spanish Fork Rodeo. It was amazing and tons of fun!


Horseback riding with the bishop. It was my first time and they said I did pretty good :)

So as you can see, we're having a lot of fun but we still work a lot. Faiver has been helping out a friend with some landscaping and he's really good at it. Ah, my husband; a man of many talents. Life is good!

Ah, the media

So, yesterday I was taking a short break at work and decided to check the news. I opened the MSN.com page and saw an interesting headline. It was talking about how Michelle Obama, first lady of the United States of America, was wearing shorts!!! Aaaah, the scandal! Who cares?? She's a normal person just like everyone else who deserves to wear relaxing clothes when she visits the Grand Canyon with her family (which is where she was). People have too much time on their hands (or nothing else to talk about) when they can comment on the First Lady wearing shorts. Get a life! The media, I think, is going downhill.

A Special Visit

During the whole graduation-wedding stretch, Faiver had a special opportunity to have a couple people from his ward in Colombia come to visit. His former bishop's wife (Jimena) and daughter (Margie) came to share in the festivities. They first came to Utah to experience...well a lot of stuff and to see where it is that Faiver lives. He had a great time showing them around and being a tour guide for them. They did tons of stuff from just hanging around BYU to going to Moab. They all had a great time. I could not accompany them in all of their fun because I was with my family and then in North Carolina waiting for April 30th to come. They had a blast and that's really what matters. Jimena was able to be in the temple with us and that was so special especially for Faiver...he had someone there from Colombia to whom he is very close. Jimena and Margie both stayed at my house for a few days after the wedding and reception. That was fun for all! It was so great to have them here and now we miss them.

This was in Park City...they LOVED the snow!


One of my favorites. This is Jimena looking through the photographer's camera


They even came to my graduation!


The historic Provo Library


Jimena and Margie with Faiver at the temple


With my sisters, mom and I at our hotel in D.C.


Go Cougars!


They didn't miss a thing


What a good one of Jimena


Faiver was the tour guide...the thirsty tour guide


Jimena and Margie...both so beautiful

Updates

It's been a while since I last wrote and LOTS has happened since then. First of all, I graduated!! I now have a BA in Linguistics. I will start my graduate program in the fall where I will be seeking a TESOL (teaching English to speakers of other languages) teaching certificate. I'm super excited!!

I'm done!!


I'm so glad he was there to support me

With my parents. They are awesome!


Ringing the Victory Bell. Yeah!!



I presented my Stole of Gratitude to my parents

The other update I have is that I got married!! Faiver and I tied the knot on April 30, 2009 in the Washington, D.C. Temple. The weather was great, the grounds were beautiful, the ceremony was special and we were able to share all of that with wonderful friends and family. We are so grateful for the people who could be there.

This was a fun one to take

awww!

All my family


Coming out of the temple

My mom and I walking into the temple



My parents and Faiver's American parents


such a happy couple


I love my dress


It was so pretty! And we are so cute :)

Life is good!!!

So much to do, So little time

I can't believe how fast time has flown and now I have all these things I have to do! (and come up with the money for some of them too)

Graduation is tomorrow and Friday along with a family luncheon and moving my stuff into our (that's right!) new apartment.  My parents are in town so that will help a lot.

Finalizing some last minute things with apartments and wedding details.

I leave for North Carolina on Saturday (which means I have to leave my honey for 5 days); help my mom with the last details of the reception and then....wedding bells!

Whew!  I hope I make it!!