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!

Because life isn't busy enough....

Before I get into the events of yesterday I will quickly update you on wedding stuff. All of the planning is pretty much done, now it is just finishing touches on everything and some picture stuff. We are now down to 16 days so that is very exciting...now to yesterday...

I was sitting at home in my apartment watching TV while waiting for Richard to get home so we could eat dinner and go over to our friend's house for a game night when I got a phone call from Justin...

Jordan had a pretty bad accident on his bike. He was riding up the hill to our house (in a hurry to try and get home in time for FHE) and there was a big huge trailer hitch (the kind that stick out of the back of a truck) sticking out across the sidewalk and he was almost to the top of the hill and getting tired so his head was down concentrating and he didn't see the hitch and hit his head on it and cracked his head open. After riding in the ambulance to the hospital he got 20 stitches. His cut was 4 inches long and about 1/4 inch wide and deep...so it was quite the eventful night at our house. I spent the night home with my family because Jordan wanted me there when he got home and that wasn't til about 11pm.

Less than 30 days and the art of bargain shopping as two poor college students...

So we are now under 30 days until the glorious day of August 7th! YAY!!! :)

In the last 3 days Richard and I have really become quite the bargain shoppers...especially when it comes to furniture...we need furniture but there isn't much money to purchase it. Luckily, from my house we are taking a couch and dresser so that is helpful but then there is the issue, of desk, bed, entertainment center, etc. So what is the solution...craigslist and ksl.com....great sources. We found an entertainment center on craigslist for $35 and we found a bed (metal frame, box springs, and mattress) on ksl.com for $75! Yes...I used bed sounds gross, but we checked it out and it is all very clean and nice, and only a few years old, and when you are poor engaged college students you take what you can get. :) YAY! So we are pretty excited about that.

So the great thing is that we now have furniture that we can put into our apartment...the problem is that it is July 9th and we can't move anything into our apartment until August 4th. So the trick is finding a place to store it. I have a feeling my parent's house is going to really get filled up...I am sure they will love that...especially since they just dejunked and cleaned the basement....hehehe.

DOWN TO A MONTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well...in case you couldn't tell from the title it is down to exactly one month until the wedding day!!! Tonight me and Richard are going over to my house to finish up addressing announcements so that they can be sent off! YAY! Things are coming together well but life just gets more and more insanely busy with everyday! I don't think that it will ever end! Nothing too exciting is going on, just working on lots of little wedding details but it is all coming together very well and I love it!

YAY FOR AUGUST 7TH!!!!!

Under 50!!!

I don't really have anything to say except that I wanted to let you all know that it is now offically...LESS THAN 50 DAYS UNTIL AUGUST 7TH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!