A nice hott day deserves a....

So I've only been married for almost a month! Time DOES fly!! I have taken on this whole "wife" thing and I'm finally getting the hang of it! I could say that my favorite thing to do is cook! I've cooked every night so far minus two! One night Scott cooked and the other...well my potato soup didn't work out so Pizza Hut saved the day =)
Anyway, when I first bought the blender about 4 months ago, I discovered how wonderful Orange Julius's are! So when my handsome, dirty(he's a hvac technician), sexy husband comes home I could have the nice cold beautiful orange Julius waiting for him=)

Here is the recipe, it's so simple and its a great refreshing drink!

1cup milk
1cup water
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla
6 oz of frozen orange juice
8-10 ice cups
blend it on "frozen drinks" and as Emerald would say "BAM!" it's delicious!

New Ward!

We attended our new ward two Sunday's ago. The first Sunday we were not able to attend all our classes and basically went for sacrament then ran out. I didn't know how to feel about the ward at first. Scott and I both said we will just attend the La Mirada ward so we would still be in the Whittier Stake and since we already knew people it was just easier.
We decided to give our new ward another try on Sunday. It was sooooo amazing! There are 5 young married couples who all greeted us at the same time with open arms! We attended our first marriage class together then it was off to Relief Society. It was soo beautiful! The spirit was there and I was so happy. After church we talked for a few minutes with the couples who had approached us and already they invited us to an activity!

So on Tuesday night (two daysago) we went bowling at 300 bowling in La Habra. It was sooo much fun!! We had such a good time meeting the couples and hanging out. I'm so excited that we are starting our new family and a new ward! Thanks to all that were so nice to us and welcomed us with open arms! We are loving it!

Wedding Pictures

So Scott is working really hard right now cleaning up so I thought I would come post some of our wedding pictures=)

We have been super busy with school and work. I have not been motivated to go to my classes, so I decided to change my major. Scott has been busy with work. He has been on call this week. On Saturday he had emergency calls he had to go to and so I was home alone until 10. So I watched the movie Enchanted (which I LOVED!!!) and Harry Potter, it was great! Love being married to Scott it has been full of laughs and smiles =)

Married!!

So we are officially married now!

The temple sealing was so beautiful. I felt like the sealer knew exactly who I was and yet all I did was shake his hand. I wouldn't have wanted to get married any place else but the temple. It was the best day of my life=)

Our honeymoon was great too! We went to cancun and stayed at the Royal. It was SOOOO romantic. We even got honeymoon massages on the beach and in the jacuzzi, it was amazing! Scott got food poisoning the last day and was miserable. I don't think he got out of the bathroom the whole night. He threw up so much, I said a prayer and read scriptures to him to try and comfort him.

As every knows, I'm a walking trial stick and when it comes to family things get rough. The night of my bachelorette party March 15, my grandma had a major stroke. She was sent to the hospital and was paralyzed on her left side, her speech was affected and she could barely talk and keep her eyes open. Her physical body was so hard to look at. Some background of my grandma: My grandma practically raised me. I lived with my grandma for 19 years. She took me to every fit modeling job, dance audition, commercial auditions, flew with me to do my tv series for 3 years, etc. My grandma played such a big part of my life. When she was in the hospital I went to visit her if not everyday, it was every other day. I would sit and hold her hand and recite the poems she taught me and only me when I was younger. I could not explain the bond I had with my grandma. The day of my wedding I went to go visit my grandma after we got sealed. She saw both scott and I in our wedding attire. I brought her a flower and gave her a kiss goodbye. She told me I looked beautiful and I asked her if Scott looked handsome and she knodded her head yes. On March 30, 2008 my most loving beautiful grandmother passed away. I knew she had so much power to old on for my wedding day. Death is a beautiful thing, for it is a birth into another realm. I love my grandma and miss her, I know that she is looking out for me. She is an amazing woman and offered so much here on earth, her time was up and she is in a better place. I am looking forward to doing her work in the temple.

Happy =)

I will officially start counting down the days until I'm married on Feb. 29th.

I still have soooo much stuff to do for the wedding. I am making some progress though. I changed my colors for the LAST time..and yes even though some don't believe me when I say it...yes it's my LAST time!! At this point I could do nothing and i'd still be happy=)

I'm Sooo excited to be getting married in the Temple! I'm so blessed to have someone worthy of me and me worthy of them...it makes it so special=) It's excited to know that i'm the first baptized and the first to get married in the Temple. It's going to be so beautiful to be there with family and friends.....thinking about this helps me with my stress of school work haha.

We have such a busy schedule for March.
March 1st Scott Bachlelor
March 8th Bridal Shower
March 15th Bachlorette-I can't wait its going to be so much fun!! Thanks to Carolyn and Karin!
March 22nd Temple endownment
March 29th married=)

So pretty much thats all thats on my mind.

Even though I have tons of school work, still lots of planning, and stacks of paperwork at work I'm still happy and so excited!!

I'm sure most of you can remember this feeling!

Getting Closer!!

So it seems like marriage is right around the corner!! Congrats to like the other 10 people who are also getting married this year from Mar Vista Ward! I just want to say how blessed I am to be marrying Scott. Things haven't been going so smoothly lately, here are two of our best wedding moments:

1. Getting marriage license: We were both supposed to end work at 3 and well it looked like Scott wasn't going to make it. So by the time he told me this it was already 4:00. So in my head I was thinking oh perfect I'm going to work only 6 hours so I don't have to take a lunch break so I can just get something with Scott on the way. Well it worked out that I worked 9 hours with no lunch break! However I was a good sport=)

2. So we were getting the invitations ready(which we've had for almost a month) and then my bestfriend Lauren came over and asked to see the invitations. I showed them to her and she said "Chris you forgot the month." Yeah....hahaha so I had to make some minor adjustement and add like a "wedding program" that has the date on there.

Thank you to everyone who has been saying I've taken everything really well. I thought I could work, go to school, and plan a wedding, but it's a little harder than I imagined. I haven't even started to stress or get worried, I guess thats a good thing. It would have been easier if my mother was in my life....but things happen for a reason. I'm blessed with finding the gospel, loving friends, a good head on my shoulders, awesome sister-in-laws!, and a great future husband.

Wedding

So it's getting really close and I'm getting SO EXCITED NOW!! Today Karin and I went to the Bridal show in Brea. It was great! We had cake samples and got a lot of ideas. I LOVED the photo booth idea and also the videography. Then we were off to look for Bridesmaid dresses with Carolyn. It was a fun yet tiring girls day out. Meanwhile I can't wait for Scott to get home! He comes home today. He's going to be so impressed with how much I have accomplished and how much more money I need for the wedding=)