Straight Up Gs!

Well hello hello, we meet again....... I know that sounds like it could be from a movie, I'm just feeling like I should sound a little mysterious for a change. Wa a a a!

Anywho, our life has been amazingly fun. Probably not as fun as you think, but it's fun to us! Proceeding forward, I just have to emphasize that we love the outdoors & good deals. I shall comment on both. The first reason we love the outdoors is this:

Last Saturday we went to Jarom's (my younger bro) track meet & both decided it's our sanctuary. It's fun for us to make bets (not involving money, just as competition) on who we think will win even if Jarom isn't in that specific event, Landon gets to practice chewing on sunflower seeds (he thinks it makes him a real man), & we both get to tan while hangin with the fam. So we may show up at random track meets just because its fun, even if we don't know the school or anyone! haha. Weird I know, but it's official. Secondly, we also love the outdoors so much that we took a hike up South Mountain with an awesome young couple from our new ward. It was such a beautiful day out & we took advantage of it by exercising & exploring through the wilderness! We are going to be hiking Camelback this coming Saturday to fill our cravings for nice weather & outdoor fun.

Now, I must say Landon is the type of person who only buys stuff if its a good deal. I didn't really care before I got married...I just bought what I liked. But somehow i've kind of adjusted & now try to get the best deals on whatever i'm buying. So this past Saturday on top of going to Jarom's meet & hiking South Mountain, we decided to checkout the Goodyear SWAPMEET. It was amazing. Not too ghetto, not too country club (yes it's a saying we made up). But we got a million things for under 40 bucks, including those sexy sunglasses. Let me tell you, we got: 2 sexy sunglasses, a t-shirt 4 Landon (that's sexy too), 2 packages of pure honey produced here in the valley, some needles & thread ( I needed them ), a wisk (we didn't have one yet), a strainer (didn't have that yet either), some glue, tacs, a knife that's in the shape of a gun, & a few other little things I can't remember right now. But it was awesome & so much fun. I love swapmeets.

Anyway we are going up to General Conference in just 3 weeks! I've only gone once but it's the best experience to actually be there in the presence of those wonderful inspired men of God! We are so excited to go. We will definately be hiking up the Y in Provo when we go, as well as visit some of Landon's family! It will be a nice little getaway for us for a few days!

Couple more things: I found a recipe for the best homemade pizza ever & in total it only took 30 minutes! I was so proud of it, it was delish (short for delicious). I have recently been trying to make new recipes to spice life up a bit & learn some cooking skills. Pizza was my 1st new recipe & it was bomb. Maybe i'll change my major & become a chef. Not really but it definately was scrumptious! WHELP that's pretty much the update on us! Toodaloo!

Our Life!

Man! I am such a slacker when it comes to blogging! My apologies to you all! I need to step it up just a little bit, as well as comment on all the wonderful things you say in your blogs! Well we officially got our wedding pictures back! They are fabulous and beautiful! I wish I had all the room in the world to post them on here, but I don't! So if you want to see them-check out my facebook, or I can e-mail you some along with ones you or your family may have gotten in! Here's just a few!

YEAAAHHHH FOR MARRIAGE!!

Stringham siblings!

Lowe siblings!

Also, here are a few pics that were taken at the Renaissance Festival that we went to. Landon & I met his mom & brother Jeff there on President's Day after I got off work! (Yes, I do have a job now, as a caregiver, AND I LIKE IT!) Anyway,we had a lot of fun even though we didn't get to spend very much time there!
This is SUCH a Jeff face!

Landon thought the turkey legs were GENIUS

And the last update: I just got my wisdom teeth out 2 days ago. It's been the worst weekend ever. I threw up all day the first day. Yesterday & today I have a fever, along with the immense pain inside my mouth where the incisions were made. It should be better in a couple days though. Landon's been complaning about having to clean while I dont feel good. I should make him clean from now on in spite! HAHA. Anyway, hopefully I can get better at this whole blogging thing. O yeah-and I hope ya'll had a wonderful Valentine's Day! Landon & I dominated at the Newlywed Game that we played at our ward party. We won a blanket.

Finally Settled! :-D

Well hello hello! We are officially updating our blog since we haven't since before the wedding! And we thank all of you who came and supported us on our special day! And for those of you who didn't, I know who you are! It was definately a beautiful and happy day full of joyful tears and lots of laughter. We feel like it couldn't have been more perfect! Thanks for making our wedding the best it could have possibly been! We are so happy. Our honeymoon was a blast! There were SO many things to do in Vegas! We stopped at the Hoover Dam on the way and observed the beautiful scene, stopped in Landon's old neighborhood in Henderson & was told many stories about his childhood, we went to the stratosphere, shopped at the forum shops, watched the fountains at the bellagio, went to the coca cola & m&m factory, walked around the temple, watched the Tournament of Kings, watched some circus acts, and many more! It was so nice to spend quality time together and have tons of fun!

Anyway, we are finally settled in our apartment and getting back to normal life. Everyday seems like an adventure. Landon is back to work and i'm looking for work! If anyone has any "info", please let me know! I'm starting to get overly bored everyday...becoming the "house wife". EEK, i'm only 20. Landon has discovered a new talent. First: we bought him a toolbelt and tools. Second: I asked him to hang our decorations on the wall and to make my nightstand we bought at IKEA. Result: The man has become a hands-on machine! He is starting to make up projects around the house now (some un-practical ones at that...like insulating our basketball game!) because the thinks its so fun and challenging to make things! So my solution is: I buy him "classic" model cars to make. He now has an official hobby, and he loves it! Finally he has something to enjoy outside of work other than watching sports & going to the gym. Which, yes those two things are good to do, but its always fun to have a little hobby on the side. I'm very excited for him.
Also, Landon got his very first calling in his life on Sunday! He is a ward missionary! I think this is the PERFECT calling for him since he never went on a mission! He now has a chance to get a little taste of what it's like! He will be so good at it too. Bishop said they are still working on getting me one (hope its in Young Womens!). School has started. I've got one online class (geography) and one on campus (small group communication), then i'll have my AA! It's going to be a pretty easy semester, but I need to find a job to keep me busy! It's driving me crazy, especially because there's no jobs out there! Jeez. Seriously, if anyone has some info, hook me up!

Wrapping it up!

I'm not positive i'm going to make sense in this post considering I have a major bad headache and am on 2 excedrine (some of you may know it makes me tweak out!)

So we are down to about 5 days left before the wedding. Landon & are more than excited, & are so ready for our special day. We took out our endowments 2 Saturdays ago, & let me tell you, IT WAS AWESOME!! It made me cry to see all my family & close friends walk in there with us to support & be our example. It was so special & we cannot wait to go back again to learn more! We absouletly loved it.

We moved into our apartment this past Friday! I wish I had pictures to show (Maybe i'll take some later) but it is the best ever! It's in the Tolleson/Avondale area which is nice cause it's right where the 10 & 101 meet so we can cruise pretty much anywhere! Its very spacey & comfortable & I love the fact that there is security walking around the complex all night long which makes me feel safe! Landon has been sleeping there & says i'm going to love it. We bought ourselves a plasma tv & stand, dining set, & basketball shootout to accompany our apartment. It's very sexy & ready for you all to come over & party with us!

We also got to take our "couple" wedding pictures at the temple yesterday! It was so much fun & so special! Landon looked so handsome in his suit! I cannot wait to see them! I will post soon after the wedding with some pictures!

We are really excited to spend time with family this week, especially to see Brittney & Chad! Hopefully we can do something fun with everyone who is coming down before the wedding! It's going to be such an awesome wonderful fantastic splendid week! I can't even explain how excited & happy I am to be marrying Landon in the temple for all of eternity! I have so many little things to take care of for the wedding but I know the Lord will help me get them all done. See you all Saturday! Thanks to everyone who has helped us out with the wedding & Tausha thanks for making the awesome powerpoint its gonna be the best in America! Can't wait to see you all! :-D

It's Closer & Closer

First of all, since this is probably going to be my last post before Christmas, I need to say, MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL! Landon and I bought ourselves a surprise gift...and it's going to make our apartment the place to party for sure! I hope we all remember the true meaning of this season, and that's about Christ! We have a decoration in my house and it's such a good reminder. It says, "The magic of Christmas is not in the presents but in His Presence". May we all remember that!

Landon and I are only 17 days away from getting married! We are so so so excited! I can barely sleep at night just thinking about everything and how much fun it's going to be with him! The thing I look most forward to right now is going through the temple on Saturday! Not only is it going to be an awesome spiritual experience, we get to experience it together, both our first time going through! It's so exciting being able to do things side by side with him. It helps us grow so much together! I know the temple will be awesome though!

Now, down to what's been going on. Landon's been doing physical therapy 3x a week for his knee, which makes him think he can go play basketball. WRONG. But he learned the hard way. He went and played basketball with his company a couple weeks ago, and he hurt his knee even more. We all told him he probably shouldn't go play, but being the "tough guy" he is, he played anyway! Well there's your consequence sweety! Jk I do have compassion upon him I just hope he stays off of it from now on until its healed!! Jeez! Also, we finally bought Landon a suit! It has been such a hassle to find him something that fits him since he is short & stalky! And he's so picky with the style too..."I want 2 button, non-pleated, short, black..etc". So it's been quite the adventure trying to find him the perfect suit but to our luck we finally did! The Lord blessed us with Pomeroy's (the missionary store out in Mesa..WHY DIDN'T WE THINK OF THAT IN THE FIRST PLACE?!) But we found the perfect suit and now all is well. Finally relieved a lot of stress!

LASTLY, the honeymoon plans! We are going to go to Vegas for our honeymoon! It's going to be so much fun...gambling, clubbing, drinking....YA RIGHT! But seriously, I didn't realize all the clean fun stuff you can do there! I'm really excited to go. We just booked tickets to the Excalibur Tournament of the Kings which is a dinner show and you watch live jousting with horses and stuff. It's gonna be pretty dang fun. We also plan to do the M&M factory, See's Candy Factory, Coca Cola Factory, etc on factories. We're gonna some of the free shows at Planet Hollywood and ride the New York New York roller coaster. I'm sure there will be other cool things to see while we're there too. And we also plan to do a session at the Las Vegas temple! :-D. It's going to be a blast, I know it! The only problem we're running into though is you have to be 21 to book a room in any of the hotels with casinos (Anyone wanna hook us up?!) and both of us are only 20... Good news is, we found out the Las Vegas Hilton hotel only requires you to be 18, which is a blessing not only because we now have a place to stay, but it doesn't have a casino inside..so we won't have to be around that! It's all working out so smoothly.

Merry Christmas!

PS-Today is 1 year since Landon and I got back together! I'm so proud of how far he has come and how far we have come! Heavenly Father is blessing us with so many miracles!

Counting the Days!

I absolutely LOVE the holiday season! It's the highlight of the year for me and I can literally FEEL the spirit of it! Happy late Thanksgiving by the way! Landon and I ate at his parents house and ate food from the Philippines. Their Thanksgiving tradition is to eat food from a different country every year instead of the normal turkey and mashed potatoes, and this year it was the Philippines. It was REALLY tastey. Really cool tradition they've got goin! Then after we ate, Landon so kindly let me watch West Side Story..because I had NEVER seen it & I really don't think i'm that weird for never seeing it either. (If you haven't seen NEWSIES, then UR wierd! Best musical of all time in my book). But I definately liked West Side Story..until the end when Tony dies. Such a stupid ending. I will never watch it again because he died. They were supposed to elope and start a life together! Jeez. Hate it. I just liked the "America" song. Anyway, continuing on with our great Thanksgiving, we saw Twilight that night for my mom's birthday. No comment on that. Let's just say it didn't make me want to read the book.

Then the fun came. Arizona Mills opend at midnight for Black Friday, so what do me and Landon do? YES, we went SHOPPING! It was so much fun. It was SO crowded, and the sales weren't even that good, but it was just fun to be up that late shopping together. We didn't end up crashing until about 5:30, but it was so worth it. Such a fun Thanksgiving!

Well we're about 22 days til Christmas, 41 days from the wedding, and 3 days away from my bridal shower! Yay! It's gonna be like Christmas 3 times in a row! We're gonna feel so spoiled. I'm not really asking for much for Christmas though. I just can't wait until finals are over in 2 weeks to officially just focus on the wedding. It's going to be so nice.

I just have to get validation on one thing that has been frustrating me my whole life. Don't you hate it when you open up the fridge and there is nothing for you to eat, or that you want to eat to say the least? These past 2 weeks we have had basically just condiments in our fridge and every 5 minutes I go to the fridge thinking there is magically going to be food there, and there never is. So disappointing and sad. Must be the economy.

Whew!

Well this has been a busy couple of weeks! As you can see, one of our engagement pics is up at the top, and another one here. There are many other cute ones, but we don't want to make anyone jealous.. :-) No we just don't want to ruin the fun of seeing them at the wedding.

Anyway, let's see. Yesterday was my birthday (holy cow im 20!) and it was awesome. Landon and I were treated to the most delicious ribs in the entire universe. Landon ate a full rack, while I hate half! We were so fat and tired after but it was delicious to our souls. Later that night, Landon was a sweetheart and surprised me and took me to the place he first said "I love you" to me when we were 16. It was super cute.

OH! We got an apartment! It's freakin sick! Its right where the 101 and the 10 meet, and its a pretty new area. (Dysart area ring a bell?). Anyway, its really big for a 1 bedroom (983 sq. ft) and we're on the 3rd story but the best part is we're facing the pool! It's like paradise! We are so excited to move in January 2nd. It's going to be so much fun. Our official "first place"!

Lastly (i'm sure Landon will read what I read and make me add stuff I forgot) Landon had surgery on his knee last Friday and wanted me to share with you a beautiful picture of it. He tore his miniscus (spelling?) playing basketball like 5 months ago it took him forever to become humble enough to see a doctor. In spite of his pride he had to get surgery. He's doing really well. It was a good experience for me to be there at the hospital with him and take care of him. He's been a tough goob for sure and does more on his knee than he should. Of course, like all guys. This is a picture of his knee right after he got his stitches out..& we both watched the nurse take them out...talk about gross.