Long overdue pictures from lots of different things

At Richard's house after eating a delicious dinner of lasagna and baked vegetables!

Riding the "T" (train) around Boston.

Hiking in New Hampshire -- the day before we got engaged! :)
I went to New Hampshire with Richard after winter semester so I could meet his family. This is us looking over the ocean in Maine a few days before we got engaged. (You might recognize this from our wedding announcement!)
Richard took a trip with me and my family to California for a week in April. This is us on the carousel (Grandma's favorite ride) at Knott's Berry Farm.
Richard and I love going up to Idaho Falls to visit his brother and sister-in-law when we need a break from Provo. This is us snowshoeing in the Tetons in Wyoming on one of our trips up there

Conference Weekend

We had a great conference weekend, spent mostly in our pajamas! :) On Saturday we had a couple from our ward over for belgian waffles before the first session of conference. It was a lot of fun! After the session was over we played our Wii for a little while to entertain us until the next session. Then Richard and I watched some football games until it was time for him to go to Priesthood session.

On Sunday we went over to Richard's grandma's house to watch conference. We ate BLT's for lunch and played a few rounds of Ticket to Ride (we LOOOOVE board games!). Then we enjoyed the last session of conference before going to my house to hang out with my family and eat soup in bread bowls for dinner!

A Friday at the Dentist...

So as a part of my new commitment to doing better on keeping my blog updated, here is my first story...

I have a tooth that has been bothering me for quite some time so before the wedding I got a temporary medicated filling put in so that I wouldn't have to worry about the pain for at least a couple of months. So the time came to get the temporary filling taken out and the permanent one put in about 2 weeks ago. I did this only to find that my tooth absolutely killed when anything cold touched it. So bad that I couldn't drink anything except through a straw on the opposite side of my mouth. I couldn't even brush my teeth with cold water because it hurt so bad.

So after dealing with this pain for a couple of days I decided it was unbearable and called the dentist to see if I could get another temporary filling put in only to hear that the next step was to get a root canal. So that is how I spent my Friday morning, in the dentist's office having the nerve in my tooth removed. Woohoo. Luckily I was so numb that I didn't feel a thing and I used it as an excuse to miss my classes. :) Which is nice every once in a while. I also got to spend the day with my mom in her classroom because I didn't want to go back to Provo for my classes. So I ate school lunch with my mom and corrected some spelling tests.

My mouth was a little sore over the weekend, but now I am doing much better and my tooth no longer hurts! Woohoo! So I guess it was all worth it in the end! :)

New Commitment

So after having a discussion with my mom about how much she enjoys looking at people's blogs I have decided to make a new commitment to work on my blog more often, so we will see how that goes. Luckily I do hardly anything at work so if no other time I can at least keep up to date on it during work....so here it goes...

Life when football rocks!

So we are now three weeks into the semester and three games into football season. The Cougars are doing great and that is what matters! Richard and I are having a great time watching our Cougars stomp some teams while coming out with very clutch and heartstopping wins against others. :) There is talk early of the Cougars having a chance to break the BCS (aka play in a nationally recognized bowl game against a nationally recognized team!). BYU is ranked 14 in the AP Poll and 11 in the USA Today Poll. So needless to say, this football season rocks! And I am loving EVERY MINUTE OF IT!!!!

It is afterall "The Quest for Perfection"

Time for an update...

So after talking to my mom she made me aware of the fact that my blog is long overdue for an update...

Richard and I have now been married for just under 4 weeks and we absolutely LOVE it! Our apartment is great, it is small, but plently big for just the two of us. We love being able to decorate according to our own taste and not having roommates (except each other of course).

We took the week off of work last week so that we could play and be lazy and have a break before heading into the crazy life of college students! We ran a few errands that needed to get done, we ate lots of yummy food, and did some fun little outings around Provo. One day we went to Bridal Veil Falls up Provo Canyon. It was a beautiful day and we enjoyed walking around and getting some fresh air!

We started school today, but both of us only have one class on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Mine doesn't start until 3 and Richard's is at 4. So we both just worked in the morning. Richard got a job that started today working for a groundwater software company. He is doing tech support for them and he is very excited about it because it is a Civil Engineering company (which is right down his ally since it is his major).

There is a very brief update (sorry) and it will have to do for now!

It actually came!....and went...

So the countdown is officially over...I am MARRIED!!! Woohoo!! I have now been married for five days...I know full of experience now...haha...not! But regardless of that I am absolutely loving being married! It is the best...so here is an update of how things went.

Monday, August 4, 2008...moving in...
We got to move into our new married apartment on the Monday before the wedding. It was a very long and hot day but it was great and exciting to move in! We got a lot done and after a full day of moving my mom took us to Los Hermanos for dinner...that is always exciting! YUM!

Tuesday, August 5, 2008...more moving...
My mom and I went over in the afternoon to do some more unpacking and make the apartment look like somebody could actually live in it...we thought that was a good idea since richard was actually living in it! It was fun to have it all clean and cute for when Richard got home from work!

Wednesday, August 6, 2008...the day before and the BBQ/pasta bar...
In the morning I ran a few last minute errands with my mom and then I got a manicure and pedicure (thanks Lorie)! It was really fun to get pampered. Then I went home and relaxed for a little bit, it was great. Then I went over to Richard's aunt and uncle's house to help with some last minute prep for the BBQ/pasta bar.
Instead of doing a luncheon on the day of the wedding we opted to do BBQ, which turned into a pasta bar, the night before to keep the chaos of the wedding day down. It was so fun. Richard's mom really did a fantastic job putting it together! It was really fun and everybody really enjoyed themselves! We had appetizers of bruschetta, grapes, and cheeseballs. Followed by a delicious dinner of ceasar (?) salad and pasta with the option of alfredo with chicken or marinara with ground beef. Both of which were delicious! We then we had a delicious dessert of catered ice cream from Cold Stone, it was so great!
We also had great entertainment by Chris Merritt! He is mine and Richard's favorite musician. He is a great local musician...check out his website.

Thursday, August 7, 2008....WEDDING...
The sealing was at 11am in the Mt. Timpanogos Temple and it was absolutely beautiful! It was so great and we got some great advice! We came out of the temple and were greeted by family and friends! We were at the temple taking pics until 2:15 at which point we went to Wendy's to pick up some lunch. :) We had to be at the reception at 4:30 for more pictures and then people started coming at 6 and we were on our way to the cabin for our honeymoon by 8:30. It was a long and exhausting but beautiful and perfect day!

Our weekend honeymoon consisted of eating, sleeping (A LOT) and watching the olympics! It was GREAT! We both really needed a lazy weekend to recover from the busy last 3 1/2 months!

Yesterday we had a bunch of family over for dinner and present opening it was really fun!

I am now Jessica Lynn Christensen!