Rappin' Weatherman

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1 Year Ago Today...08/08/08

One Year Ago Tonight... Matt and I got engaged!!!

And how did we celebrate our wonderful day? We went to my niece's birthday PARTY!! That's when Matt remembered what day it was and quickly said it to me first so he could win. haha. Then, I went to work and he hung out with his brothers. He brought me McDonald's for dinner though. And then I came home and this is how we look exactly a year later.

Still so HAPPY to TOGETHER!

(Just a little more tired and no make-up on after a long day of work.)

We've Been Married for 8 Months!

I know I never blog and today, I'm writing TWO! (Honestly, it's because when I was checking out the first one and I saw the date... I realized it's been eight months today since I got married. WOOHOO!)


Our little story started long before Matt came to BYU and met my lovely roommates... one of which attacked us with these dots. :) (Thanks Kim Benne-- it's one of my favs)



We actually became best friends after "climbing many trees" and going on several walks in different parks. Maybe that's why our engagement pictures surrounded trees in a park.





Then, on November 22, 2008 we were sealed for eternity at the Houston Texas Temple.


And our story keeps on getting better and better...Happy 8 Months Matthew!

Texas Summer Thunderstorms

So we been having a summer drought. :*( And it's been ridiculously hot this summer. In a typical summer in Texas, almost daily you'll get about a 20 minute thunderstorm. It pours down rain, and I'm not talking just big drops. I mean it pours so hard that it's hard to see across the street sometimes. and then it stops the humidity starts and the mosquitoes come out. It's one of my favorite things about Summer in Texas. I love reading books when it's raining outside or actually going out and playing in it. It's my first full summer home in over three years and it hasn't been the normal summer. No thunderstorms, just the SUN and HOT! (Typically that would be a good thing in the summer time, but only if you have a pool to swim in... but we don't have a pool, so it's LAME!)

But since this weekend, the thunderstorms have started up again. Yesterday I was walking to work when one was about to start. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw this huge lightning bolt and instantly the thunder started to roll. The same thunder lasted until I was inside our building. My work is at a mall, so I have to walk a little ways to get to it, so that should tell you how long the thunder rolled. It was AWESOME! Sadly I was at work when it started to pour down rain and not at home so I could enjoy it.

Today, I still have to go to work, but the rain came early. I wanted to use Matt's camera to video it, but he has it at school today, so my cell phone videos will just have to do. But believe me, it doesn't do it justice about how hard it actually was raining.



(I have no idea what the noise is on the video...it sounds like a train coming through.. it's really weird cause that's not what it sounded like when i got it out of my email.)

Utah occasionally had a good summer storm, but nothing compares to the ones in Southeast Texas. I love being home!