Time is all around

In less than a week I will be seeing Regina. Excited? Yes. Because of that, every post I write until then will be a Regina title. I thought this one was appropriate for this post.

I need to catch up a little bit. The past few weeks have been crazy fun and I feel obliged to blog about them. So, here we go.

Sandra, Amy Jane and I went down to Salt Lake for a much needed "let's get out of Cache Valley and go where there are real stores" trip. It was great, they are fantastic and we had a stellar time. I also thew in some fall pictures I took back when fall was still around.

We had Jenny, Karen and the kids come to visit for a day. We went to out to eat and hung around the apartment with these two adorable kiddies. Jenny, if our kids are half as cute as these guys, I'll consider us lucky. :)
We then carved pumpkins with Sandra. I knew Josh was going to do something creative, but didn't know it would end up as awesome as...
We named him Jeffrey. Here's the one Sandra and I did
Now, it's quite possible that my favorite thing about Cache Valley is the Pumpkin Walk. Leave it to us northerners to have the lamest parades in the world, but we DON'T mess with pumpkins. I got to see these awesome pumpkins twice this year. Once with work and another with Josh and my southern bell friend, Liz. Here's a glimpse of the awesomeness.
See? Isn't it great?
And sadly, if you live in Utah (especially Cache Valley) it's time to say goodbye to fall. Waking up every morning with frost on the ground and needed to scrape your car isn't what I'd consider fall. This is
and those days are long gone.

p.s. Fro is going to be famous. Keep and eye out for her.
p.p.s. Happy Halloween

As requested...

It's been requested that I share the story of the dead cow in our engagement story. I decided to look in my journal to get an accurate account of the event, but I shockingly wrote little about it. Weird. I guess that was the downfall of my journal writing. I've filled almost 15 in my life, but apparently getting engaged wasn't important enough to write about? Weird. Anyways, here's the tale.

Last September, I went to church with Josh's family. I knew the engagement was coming soon for a few reasons, but wasn't thinking that it would happen that trip. Anyways, when we got home from church, Josh's mom Karen said that dinner would be ready in a few hours so we had some time to kill. Josh suggested that we go geocaching. His dad knew of a few places in Tooele Valley and he had a gps, so we got in the car and were off. The first one we pulled up too was in the middle of a sage brushy field. It was grasshopper season and so they were smacking our legs, faces, and bodies left and right. As we searched for the geocach, we stumbled upon...the dead cow. It was hilarious. It wasn't a "freshly dead" cow or one that was all the way decomposed. It was in the middle of the process of becoming dust again. Stomach hollowed out, face caved in, eyeball missing. I'm telling you, it was great. Josh was embarrassed and hoped I wouldn't see it, but I thought it was awesome! haha. Being from Provo and not having much experience with cows in general, this was not anything I can seen before. We looked for a few more moments and went on our way.

So there's the story of the dead cow, but I'm going to continue the story for personal documentation purposes, but I wont be so detailed.

The second sight we saw was surrounded by hieroglyphics. We found the old stump that the treasure was in and I started to open it. Josh wanted us to go a little ways to a rock (that he had peviously decided on) to look at the stuff there. As we sat down I began looking at the things others had left. Playdough, paperclips, mini playing cards, a slinky, etc. Josh pulled out a film canister and said I should open it. I was too preoccupied with the stuff in the box to pay attention to him. (I'm a jerk, I know) He finally got me to open it and I unrolled the paper that was inside. It was a picture of the two of us with directions telling me to listen to Josh. He got down on one knee, said very sweet words which I will not repeat here, and asked me to be his wife.

It was wonderful! We then went back to the car and drove to a park and ate some cheese, crackers, and sparkling cider thanks to Josh's mom. (cheese...she knows me so well :) )

And that's it! No human interrupted our story, but a dead cow did and I wouldn't have it any other way.

p.s. Lori, I dont mind or judge you stalking my blog. I'd be a hypocrite if I did because I stalk about 30 myself. ;)

Purchased

I finally got my ticket for her concert. Hearing this live will be beyond amazing. This concert is going to be a lot better than the last time we saw her because I know more than one CD. With over 60 of her songs on Stanley, and her lyrics engraved in my heart, I think it will be more enjoyable. (and a few years ago was fantastic) I.can't.wait.



I'm also hoping she sings this, ( I'm assuming it will be the album version though) this, this, and while she's at it, this one. Sadly, I can't get my hopes up that she'll sing one of my favorites, but we can wish, can't we?

The latest issue of the Ensign said...

...not to complain on blogs, so I wont. However, I really wish I could. Then again, I'm not sure I want the world to know how crazy I really am. haha. Sorry roommate blog, I guess you already knew that.
p.s. check the comments of the post below to hear the story about the interrupted proposal by yours truly. :)

change

I changed the name of my blog. Does that rock our world? It does mine.

Also, I took this picture on campus today, right before I interrupted a proposal (horrid experience). I thought it was quite lovely and I love everything about this temple.
That's all. Goodnight.

This is a few days late...

{image found here}

Thanks for ten months of marriage, Josh. They've been the happiest, greatest ten months of my life.

Clean Clothes

So, I think the pictures on the last post are a bit too big. I can't seem how to get them smaller than this though without them disappearing. I'll look into it more, but for now here are pictures of the coolest laundromat ever. I was going to wait and post this when until the next time we go, so I could get a picture of the pacman machine, but eh...here they are anyway.

Grandpa Olson dryer

Grandpa Herdman dryer

The coolest thing ever invented. The extractor. It extracts the water out of your clothes and makes drying them a lot quicker/cheaper.

While our laundry is washing/drying, this is what you will always find Josh doing...

Tetris.

And there you have it. A brief glimpse at the magical  laundromat right behind Juniper.

Sister Christensen

This weekend was great. Jamie Christensen and her sister Sarah had a homecoming/farewell. Jamie just got home from Brazil and Sarah is on her way to Florida. Josh and I went down and it was AMAZING to be reunited with Jamie for a few minutes. Oh how I love these girls.

This is one of the many things that Jamie and I connect on...

Her love of all things Jim Henson. She's great and I'm happy to have her back in Provo. Sarah will also make a great missionary. She's amazing and I can't wait for all her funny (yes, she will come back with many) and spiritual stories she has to tell!

I also saw little Max McKinley, but sadly left the camera in the car. Jessie snagged a pic of me and her little man so...maybe could you send it my way, Jess? Their little family is adorable and I was happy to see that Max (for the most part) thought I was ok. :)

Oh! I finally figured out how to make pictures bigger on blogs. It's not that hard, I just finally got around to googling it. So, hopefully my blog will be a bit prettier now. I'll soon blog about the women and children Mangelsons coming to visit. I've got a few cute pictures of Jenny's cuties! Anyways, Josh and I have been married for TEN whole months now. Wow. Crazy. I'll leave you with a wedding pic for your enjoyment.

While we're at it, here's one more.

Maxine Betty Jean

{picture form Brooke's wedding Oct 2, 2007. I'm not wearing shoes because 3 inch heals make me taller than my brother/father and they didn't think that was cool for pictures...}

This beautiful woman is Maxine Betty Jean Hecke Herdman. She is the most amazing woman I know, with the most fantastic stories. We just spent the last 2 1/2 hours chatting on the phone about everything from the temples to the Taylor Swift/Kanye drama (yes, she's that cool). She's hysterical, loving, spiritual, beautiful, inspirational, talented, dedicated, and hip (haha...Fro). She is everything I hope to someday be. She lives in Florida and I still ache for her old house in Fillmore where the carpet was a different color (lime green, pink, maroon, orange, etc) in every room. She's almost 85 years old and is the strongest women I've met. She has such a love for her your sweetheart and I know she can't wait to be reunited with him. She always makes you feel like a million bucks and teaches me a lesson every time I talk to her. I truly hope I can live up to her legacy and that I have a sliver of her Maxine-ness.
I love you grandma.

Ten months in review

I know we haven't quite made it to the 10 month marker, but I found a bunch of pictures from the past little while that I keep meaning to blog about. Nothing special, just the comings and goings of Josh and Brit. These will not be in the order of their happenings, but the order that I find them as I load them. I'm pretty sure nobody reads this (and I'm NOT saying this to fish comments) but I'm doing this to justify myself in carrying the camera with me everywhere we go. So, without further ado, here are the adventures of Josh and Brittany.

We made caramel apples...

{Yes, that is a muppets poster in our kitchen. Josh picked it out and hung it by himself. For that reason, he is the greatest husband out there}
and pizza...

One time, Josh got his hat to stand up like this. We stared from probably 7 minutes. Click on the picture. It will blow your mind.

Another time, we went bowling

and I got TWO strikes in a row. {yes, I'm Jub and he's Bub. That is a secret we've kept from the blogging world until now.}
We got the USU Ballroom ridiculously early to see... to see this guy {Joshua James}we had a great view of the drummer
We made a trip to Erda. Rachel and I played

Josh had a birthday and I bought him shoes. We then went out to dinner with family

Drove by the Oquirrh Mountain temple
Saw this van...

Didn't get a snow coneBroke a watermelonand lastly... we've been doing laundry here. Although, I have so many rad pictures of this place that it deserves it's own post. Coming soon...

and after all this, we still are crazy about each other.

Life is good. I've got a lot to be happy about.