I'm naming my car M-Star, short for monster...

On our way back from Provo, the speedometer dropped to zero while we were on the freeway-
that's not good.

We pulled off to main street in Lehi, both looking at each other like, "Are we going to make it home?" We started losing juice big time- Jay had the pedal to the medal and we were going 5 mph!!! We had to pull off and take a look at the ol' engine.

Jay called up his brother, a mechanic, and he gave us a could-be diagnosis that the alternator was bad. (What in the heck is an alternator?...) The battery was completely drained- apparently the alternator is what helps keep the battery powered to power the whole car.

My dad came on down and gave our battery a jump so we could make it to Checker's. It was like taking our car to the doctor's. The worker had a cool stethoscope computer thingy-ma-jig and he attached it to the car somewhere and it told us that the alternator was in fact the problem.
Bought a new alternator.

To get back to my parent's place was a story in and of itself but I will just give you the main gist of it: We had to stop every two miles to charge the battery up to give it enough power to make it two more miles. Oh ya, and can I throw in the word "construction". You probably are imagining now a scenario very similar to the one we were in.

Made it to parent's place.
Started to rain.
Jay went to put the new alternator in the car in the rain.
Didn't have the right tools.
Went to neighbor's house.
Neighbor had tools.
Sun went down, it's dark now and wet.
Then neighbors Chance and Matt- coolest neighbors ever-
came and helped Jay in the rain and in the dark fix the car.

What great neighbors!!!

Made it back to go to work on Monday.

Learned a lot. Grateful.

Phew.

Festival of Colors

We were able to make it to the Holi, or Festival of Colors and it was so cool. Colors were flying everywhere in celebration of spring!!!



Surprise!!! Colors flying right in the FACE!!!



Bethany had way too much fun, she was getting everybody.





From head....



to.....


We were covered with colorful powder!!!

The coolest part was when they yell out "Hare Krishna!!!" Hare means energy and Krishna means beautiful/godlike. So when "Hare Krishna" is yelled, everyone throws their colors in the air at the same time and the color powder flies everywhere and looks absolutely awesome.

Forget You

I don't watch this show, but I looooove the music from it!
I have become obsessed with this song ever since I found it on youtube. I am pretty sure I have listened to it at least once a day for a month now.

The other day on the way to class Jay said he heard it on the radio and we started singing it and I decided we should see if the song was on and...it was on! And not only that, but the song was in the EXACT spot we were singing. It was truly a magical moment.

This is Glee's version of "Forget You" with Gwyneth Paltrow singing and it's amazing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1_B9FCZJMA

I can't NOT dance when I hear the song.

One Year Baby!

This last weekend was our first anniversary!

We made reservations for The Roof and got all shnazzed up and had a wonderful expensive meal.



I borrowed my cousin's huge beautiful prom dress and Jay wore a matching tie. What was funny was there was a high school prom going on so we totally blended in. Everyone thought we were in high school too. I chatted with some of the girls and complimented their beautiful dresses and they oooed and awed at mine (well Quincie's dress). It was funny to see surprised faces when I told them I was not at prom but that we were celebrating our first wedding anniversary.

I believe this will have to be a tradition, I had a blast getting all dolled up and wearing a huge gown. LOVED IT!




This year has been extraordinary.
Jay and I have learned a lot more than we every planned on learning in our first year of marriage. There have been some unexpected things and some heartbreak but hey we know we aren't perfect and that life is not perfect. We are discovering ways to communicate with each other and build a strong foundation for the rest of our lives. I believe in marriage so much and I know it is making both of us better people.

I'm so lucky to have met Jay. He is an amazing human being and I love him with all my heart and can't believe how much my love has grown over the year. I look back on our wedding day and go, "Wow, I can't believe I love you more than I did that day."
I know every year I will probably look back and say, "I thought that was love?" because I know every year our love will deepen and become more meaningful.

And I know life will bring some craziness and stress and bills and whatever else but all I gotta say is I know we are in it together for the long haul so life,

Bring
It
On!!!