Wednesday, June 3, 2009

5 Months

Yesterday Erik and I celebrated our 5 month mark--Hooray! Our celebrations consisted of me buying Mountain Dew that was on sale for one dollar at
Wal- Mart and we partied all night long. Actually we just spent the night doing homework, but we still had our Mountain Dew!

Well to show how much my husband loves me
this is a conversation we had yesterday:

Amber: Chach we've been married 5 months!
I hope you've been able to deal with me because
there is no turning back, you're stuck with me.

Erik: Dang I know. We're past the point of annulment.
I really am stuck with you.

Amber: Thanks honey, I love you too.


Of course he is kidding, and so I came up with
some reasons why I love being married to him:

1. He is super sarcastic.
Sometimes when we're in public or with other people I have to reassure them that he was not serious in whatever he just said.  Like when we're in line at the grocery store, and I apologize for something silly and he casually says,
"It's ok, I'll beat you later."
Or the fact that besides calling me Chach, his nickname for me
is Stinky. The sad thing is I actually respond.

2. He secretly loves dancing.
Even though he tries to deny it, I know the truth and now all of you know.  The boy dances. Sometimes he'll throw a move or two here and there when we're at a reception or at my parents house, but let me tell you the boy moves in ways I didn't  think was possible.


3. He loves bike riding.
This is a duh but I love that he loves riding bikes. What I love most is that he won't wear his backpack on his back when going to school because it will "wrinkle his shirt" so he puts my basket on his bike. Whenever he's in a hurry he will just take my bike, which could possible make him look gay. I don't think the bell that says "I love my bike" helps his situation either.

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4. He knows the Gospel/Church History/Scriptures so well.
His mission did him good because he knows so much. I sometimes have the most random question that I'm not even sure has an answer to, and he'll give me an answer with 3 scriptures to support it. He also knows church history and the apostasy so well. Someday I'll know the scriptures as well as he does. He also secretly says his morning prayers every day. I didn't know he did this until I tried waking him up after I thought he fell back asleep on his knees.

5. He lets me listen to whatever I want in the car.
Usually this consists of Taylor Swift, Kelly Clarkson and  whatever other girly songs I want, but he enjoys watching me dance. He'll even dance along too. I won't tell you that he knows the words to most of the songs.




6. He keeps my iPod up to date.
Lets just face it. I am musically challenged. Thank goodness one of his passions is music. He knows so many good bands and he is always making sure I have the latest and greatest on my iPod. Thanks to him I am
more connected with the music world now.

7. He's into fashion?
Yep that's right.  He loves to go shopping and loves clothes. I have never seen a bigger tie collection in my entire life. He is very aware that shoes and belt always need to match, and he even has white shoes to match his white belt. He also likes helping me pick out shoes. The brighter the color the better.


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8. He watches all of my shows with me.
Not only does he watch them with me, he gets into them.  From The Bachelorette,
So You Think You Can Dance, Here Come the Newlyweds, to Grey's Anatomy he is all into that stuff. Don't let him fool you, he eats it up.

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9. He enjoys analyzing the love lives of my friends.
What?? Ya I know, you're probably wondering by now if he likes rainbows and butterflies too, but its true. Sometimes I won't even bring it up, and he'll just
want to talk about when they're going to take it to the next level, or if they should be dating someone else.


10. He loves kids.
Sometimes during sacrament meeting I have to remind him that we are in church because he is just as wound up as the kid in the bench in front of us that he  was just playing with. He is always talking about how he wants our kids in vans, our boys in argyle sweaters and our girls in polka dot dresses and bows in their hair.

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And of course there are a million more reasons why I love this boy! This post was way longer than what I had intended it to be when I started so if you made it this far you are a true fan and I appreciate your dedication to our blog.

Yay for 5 months, I can't wait for the next 70 years!


Thursday, May 14, 2009

School'sOut!

Erik and I both finished school today-Hooray!
We could not be more excited for summer,
it has been well needed.
Too bad we both go back to school in 2 weeks.
8 weeks of Microbiology sound fun?
I don't think so.
But for now, I am going to bask in my happiness.
These were just a few of the feelings we have
been feeling today....












Enjoy your summer!



Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Girls


In the last year life has changed dramatically.
I had to get engaged,
(who does that right out of high school? oh ya,
half of the girls at Mesa High.)
And then, my best friends since the 2nd grade
had to move to Utah to go to BYU.
(who goes to BYU? oh ya,
half of my friends.)
Summer is here which means one thing....
MY GIRLS ARE BACK IN AZ!
The four of us got together and went to ihop,
which was amazing.

Janell and Dana,
the BYU girls who I have missed tremendously.



Thank goodness this girl, Karissa P. Jarvis,
decided to go to ASU because I don't know
what I would have done without her.
We have had to keep each other company
with just the two of us, and I never got tired of her!

I'm not sure what we were trying to accomplish with those faces...



Yay! The four of us back together again!
We are going to be those four old ladies 
you see out together and you just know
that they have been through so much together.
Yep, that is us alright!
I don't know where I would be in this life without them.
I love you girls!

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Parents for a Weekend

This weekend Erik and I had the great chance to
practice being parents.
We watched these two little rascals Saturday morning
to Sunday morning, and it
could not have been more fun!
Here is adorable Ethan...




And energetic Wyatt....





The two of them at McDonalds...



Somehow Ethan got a hold of the Mountain Dew bottle,
and it was all over from there...



We love these boys!


Thursday, May 7, 2009

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday!!
To a wonderful Mother-in-Law.
I wish I had a better picture than this,
but it was all I could dig up.
We definitely have plenty of pics together,
but none that was easily accessible.
Anyways Happy 27th Birthday Stephanie!



Love, Erik and Amber

Feathers

Today, I was embracing the wife in me,
and I decided to attempt to make the wonderful
homemade rolls my mom makes so amazingly.
I even had to knead the dough and everything.
(My mom doesn't do that, I'm just too poor,
and don't own a kitchenaid. Someday.)
Well, as I reached into the egg carton
to pull one out this is what I found instead...



feathers.

Wait...
Yes.
FEATHERS.

I could not believe for a second that I had
actually just pulled an egg out of the carton
that still had feathers on it!
Don't they go through and inspect these things?
I checked it at the store to make sure none were broken,
but I didn't think I would have to flip each one over
and see if any still had the chicken attached.
I had about 3 1/2 minutes where I ran around
my apartment screaming and thinking I was
going to throw up. You know that gag thing
you do right before you do actually toss the cookies?
Ya. That is what I was doing.
It is a good thing Erik was at school,
because I was probably over reacting, but still...
Feathers.
Not only feathers, but some other 
orangish-yellow thing that has me convinced
it is part of another chicken.
Instead of throwing it away,
I secretly put it back in the carton
(upside down)
and now I am just waiting for Erik to find it himself.
Is that mean?
I don't think so.
I actually think it is funny, because I know
he will make an even bigger scene than I did.
Well, enjoy the rest of my feathered-egg pictures.
For some reason I blanked on how to turn this one around.
Sorry.
Happy Thursday!
(I hope you don't find feathers on your eggs.)





Monday, May 4, 2009

Gettin' Our Hair Did (aka-Haircuts)

As you know, we ride our bikes to school.
Summer is coming.
Summer in AZ=HOT!
So we decided to do all that we could to
make our trip to school, as well as our summer,
the best we could.
Starting with.....haircuts.
I knew for a while that I wanted to cut my hair short,
something I have never done before.
Erik on the other hand, wasn't as excited.
But seeing summer in the near future
he decided to cut his too.
This is his before picture...




Well, we are very fortunate that my bro-in-law Albert
is just about to graduate from Cosmetology school,
so he offered to cut Erik's hair for free...




Erik with his part mullet.




Erik with his definite mullet.
I am so happy those went out of style.




Yes folks, that is ALL of his hair.
I believe you could have made a wig out of what was cut off.




And, the finishing product.
This is his after picture...




Now we can approach summer with
an all new attitude.
My hair is waaaaaay shorter than I have
ever had it before, but I am in love with it.
Give Erik a week or two, and he'll love his too.
Hope you like!