One Year Today!

It's been a year already since we were married!!

Yesterday, Saturday April 17th, Mike and I went out for our anniversary and did some pretty fun stuff.

We went to my brother Drew's game out near Balboa Park and watched him pitch for a couple innings.

Then we went to Coronado Island where we had tons of fun as well. We went to eat at this little place called Miguelito's which was absolutely yummy!

We walked around the island passing some shops and hotels, on our way to the beach. There were a few weddings happening on or near the beach, actually.

Mike went searching for crabs and fish in the water next to the rocks and waves.

After that, we headed back to the car, but before we left, we stopped at this place that made crepes, (which I ABSOLUTELY LOVE) so I just had to try one!!

Pregnant, post #2!

I had an appointment today and I"m actually not as far along as I thought, and the due date has changed. November 1st is the due date :) <3 I'm 8 weeks, 2 days, along

Pregnant!

So we found out some good news about a month ago! I'm pregnant!!

I'm nine weeks pregnant!!!

Due date is October 25th

February 20

Last night , we went to the spaghetti factory for dinner with mikes parents. it was my first time and I loved it! I got really good tortellini.

afterwards we went to rei to look at some stuff for mountain biking. mike and his dad have been biking lately. they invited me to come with them today but we didn't end up going.

I'm off today so I'm going to have a good day with my honey.

Feb 10th

Akathisia is no fun....at all. It ruins everything.

Wedding Scrapbook Pages So Far...

These are the scrapbooking pages I've completed thus far, but I'm still working on it. It's not in any particular order on this blog, but it is in my actual book. You might be able to see the numbered pages on the bottom of each page...
The Beginning page
Parents of the Bride and Groom page
There were ladybugs everywhere and they kept landing on me the entire time we were by the temple. It was pretty awesome, but really simple. That's why I've titled this page "enjoy the simple things."
Garter Toss
And under the pictures of us, I put the chorus of the song we danced to. We danced to "Lucky" by Jason Mraz and Colbie Caillat.

Our DJ was Bradly Havard, mike's cousin. It was so much fun to mess around!

Bouquet Toss. My best bud Emily caught the bouquet :)

And We Went Running!!

2/5/10

Friday Morning

We got up early today! Mostly because my sister had her entire softball team over to do their 'initiations' for the upcoming freshman on the team. They call their parents to make sure it's okay to surprise them at 4 am and put weird clothes and hats on them for an entire day to welcome them to the team. I'm not quite sure how 'welcoming' it really is, though.

So they left at 4 this morning and left to get the girls. They came back with them all and, being about 13-15 girls in the house, it got pretty loud. Oddly enough, I think we should consider it a blessing, though.

We've been talking about 'going running' again and 'excersizing more often' but haven't woken up early enough to do it, or gotten dressed in running clothes to run at night. So Mike and I were up pretty early. Around 6 am. But decided to take advantage of it and go running!!!

So there we were as a couple running at 6:30 am in the fresh air. It was pretty nice.

Holidays! Recap On January 4th, 2009

It's been a little while since I last wrote and a lot has happened actually. It might be a long blog!

The last time I wrote was about three or four days after Thanksgiving. A lot has happened since then and I'll try to write about all the main important events.

Work for me was pretty insane from Thanksgiving and on. Working retail for the holiday season is pretty crazy and pretty draining. Going, going, going, angry customers, happy customers, 5 questions at once, 10 people in line, ahhh, for 7-8 hour shifts. For anyone to know really how crazy retail is during the holidays, they'd have to work it and see for themselves...lol

My brother in law Jenner came home from army boot camp the week before Christmas. It was fun to see him and also exciting for Melissa (Mike's sister) and their son Strider to be their dad and hubby again, as well. The Sunday before Christmas, we went to eat dinner at Jenner's parents house in Orange County. It was a nice, chill night to go there and eat dinner and hang out with his family. His mom scrapbooks (And she's VERY GOOD!!) and so when they gave us a tour of the house, they walked us into her 'scrapping room.' That was fun to see! A whole room dedicated to scrapping? That's awesome!

Last year, we were with my family on Christmas Eve and Mike's family on Christmas day, so this year we switched it up a little bit. On Christmas Eve day, I got off work at 3 pm and headed home to get ready for that night. We went over to Mike's parents house to make personal panned pizzas! It was so fun and they were REALLY good!! We just put dough in Marie Calendars pie pans and layered our fav toppings on top. It was a really fun idea and they turned out really good. We opened presents to and from Mike's family that night.

Here's the one I made...Mozzarella Cheese, Black Olive, Mushroom...yummm


His parents got me photoshop!! And I got some ugg-type boots from my brother in law, as well. Mike had been given a remote control helicopter, which he was just wayy excited about.

Christmas day, we were with my family the majority of the time. In the morning, we woke up early to open presents with the family. My parents got Mike and I our own little fridge for our room! Also, Mike got me some new American Eagle skinny jeans. I've never owned a pair of skinny jeans either, mostly because it's hard to find some that fit just right, but the ones he got me I love so much!

After presents and some lemon muffins at my parents house, we drove to Walnut to Mike's uncles house to do what they call 'tree time' and have breakfast. I had some yummy biscuits with white gravy on top and it was delish!! And Aunt Victoria made some cookies, too and made us up a plate. They were so good! Also, Aunt Carol Ann made all the girls necklaces. They took an hour to make each one, so she spent soo much time making them. She made all different colors for the girls, so we all got to choose which color we wanted. I chose the neutral browns/beige colored one. We got to visit with Aunt Carol and Grandma and Grandpa Waite for a while before we left, also. Carol always has some nice stories to tell us.

After Christmas in Walnut, we drove to Alta Loma to Mike's other grandma's house to stop in an say hello there, also.

Then, we came back to my parents house to play games and have Christmas ham dinner. We got a new game that's absolutely so random and hilarious called Quelf. Perfect party game. lol It has you do the most random stuff ever.



New Years Eve, we were at Mike's parents house eating finger foods and playing games until the big 2010 celebration. We played the New Super Mario Brothers game for Wii that we got my sisters for Christmas. I think Mike and I were more excited for them to open that present than anyone lol. We kept having the urge to open the wrapped gift for them, to play it and then rewrap it again. But, we held out and waited until Christmas. haha

We found out just a few weeks ago, Mike's going to be having a another surgery coming up. This will be one of a minimum of 3 surgeries. They're going to be doing another skin graft procedure to his arm that will have him out of work for about 3 weeks. This surgery will be on Wednesday, January 13th. I'm a little scared for him, but at the same time, it's just another step closer to his arm being better off. Just another step to getting him closer to other surgeries that will help him maybe have less pain in the future.

Being a new year, I'm now covered on his health plan as well! That was pretty exciting for us.

Funny story...

For Christmas, Mike wanted a new cell phone. The new...DROID...from Motorolla for Verizon Wireless. Let me give you some synonyms for the word want.

want

v.

1. To desire

   desire, require, aspire, hanker after, have an urge for, incline toward, fancy, covet, crave, long for, lust for, have a fondness for, have a passion for, have ambition, thirst after, hunger after, be greedy for, ache*, have a yen for*, have an itch for*.

Mike wanted a DROID.

We had a little Christmas tree in our room with our presents for eachother wrapped and ready for Christmas day. Mike kept hearing a beeping sound coming from that area in our room and was flipping out to know if it was a Droid cell phone in one of the boxes that was dying or running out of battery or something. He was worried I'd be upset that my surprise for him wasn't a surprise anymore when I found out he heard the beeping.



Turns out, that beeping sound my cell phone that I had forgotten to take to work with me on the dresser next to the Christmas tree with the presents surrounding. When he got the text from an unexepected number telling him that I'd left my phone at home, he was bummed out, because then he knew it was my phone beeping. Not a Droid for Christmas.

He didn't end up getting the Droid for Christmas, but under some other circumstances, we were able to last Saturday. And they also had a deal, buy a Droid, get a Droid Eris for free, after the rebate. So turns out, we both ended up getting new phones and we're both obsessed with them! There are all kinds of free applications and games, etc. We even put all of our scriptures for church on there for free, as well. Along with our class manuals, and any other manuals you'd want. You can get the Engisn Magazine on there, Seminary Scripture Mastery cards, along with Temple Prep manuals, etc. It's absolutely awesome.

This is the Droid Eris (the one we got free with the purchase of a Droid)

And this is the Droid

November 29th, Sunday Night

Today was a very relaxing day I'd say. Which, I believe, was very needed. It's been a very long and busy week. I've actually caught a cold too....again :( I'm guessing the cold came from the weird work hours and weather. Today, I took some medicine and a long nap and I'm hoping it goes away quickly.

Earlier this week, Wednesday night, the night before Thanksgiving, we went over to Mike's parents house to spend the night there. The plan was we'd be leaving for Disneyland early Thanksgiving Day at 6 am and it'd be easier if we just stayed the night there. We wanted t0o be one of the first people in the park. Rachel and Jeremy, Mike's sister and brother-in-law came to visit from Utah for the Holiday, so we wanted to spend as much time with them as possible since we really don't get that much time with them.

Thanksgiving day was a lot of fun. The lines weren't bad at all! We probably rode over 12 rides or so that day.


Rachel and Jeremy on the carousel


Mike and our nephew Strider, right after entering Disneyland entrance


Melissa and Strider next to Goofy at the California Adventure entrance

Mike and I had to leave sort of early in the night so I could come home and get some sleep before the crazy Black Friday shopping rush at work. We got home around 9:15p Thanksgiving night, so I fell asleep around 9:30p. We were scheduled to open at 4 am, and I was scheduled to be in at 3:30, so I woke up around 2:10a to get ready.

It was a very long and exhausting day for me. They had me scheduled to work the electronics department along with another cashier from 3:30a to 12:15p. I'm a cashier in the store usually and I've never worked electronics before, so they set me up for a training day the day before the Holiday to train me a little bit on in-depth electronics 'stuff'. They don't usually have cashiers help in electronics, but they decided they wanted to change things up by adding some cashiers to that department for more help. They figured it'd be less chaotic.

I got home around 12:45 that afternoon, took care of some stuff and went to Mike's parents to be with everyone for a bit. I crashed around 5 or 6p on the couch and slept for quite a while there. Around 11 I went home, went back to bed and woke up early again to be at work by 6:45 Saturday morning. That was a pretty crazy day, too. Long and busy, but I guess that's what comes along with working retail during the Holidays. lol

Last night, we went to see New Moon with Rafa and Amanda. I actually really enjoyed the movie! I liked it better than the first one. I haven't read the books, and probably never will read them, but I don't mind seeing the movies. Mike and I actually just watched the first Twilight movie two weeks ago and was better than we thought it would be.

Sunday, November 22

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mike wrote that.

November 15, 2009

Today was our first day with the Oleander Ward. They've combined two wards from the stake and now we're in a big ward! For the first year of living in Fontana, we've been in pretty small wards compared to what I'm used to in Murrieta, so I'm very excited to have a big ward again! Mike wasn't used to it.

We sang in the choir for the closing song today, while the congregation would join us for the last verse. We walked up when they called the choir up and when we got up there, we had about 30 people up there with us. Mike wasn't used to the congregation still being pretty packed, even with the choir up there to sing. He's seen it like that with a stake event, but not a ward event, at least not anytime recently.


(mike and I messing with the new laptop back in May or so..)

My brother came to visit us in Fontana this weekend so it was nice to see him on Friday night and Saturday a little bit. I probably haven't seen him in a couple months. Him and I were pretty close growing up. We were the Best of friends, so seeing him on the weekends is always nice.

more laptop fun...

Friday the 13th, oooohhh

So, it's been a while since I wrote last.

At the end of September, we moved in with my parents and got out of the apartment. Since then, I'd say it's been nice.

Works going good. The hours are picking up just a little bit for the holidays. We've hired a lot of new seasonal cashiers and it's been a lot of fun training and making new friends. Throughout the year, it's mostly just one cashier per area. But, for the holidays, they put about two or three cashiers per area to ring up customers, and it's been really pretty nice to have back up cashiers. The people we hired are really good, too. They know what they're doing and they're catching on quick.

The store manager of our store created a new team at work called the Next Generation team and they've chosen some of the top associates to run this new team. I've been chosen by the operations manager to participate in the team. Basically, what we do is come up with ideas to get help the customers get more familiar with what's on sale and help drive sales in a fun way. Such as doing demonstrations by making smoothies with the blender on sale, or popcorn with the popcorn popper on sale. Also, putting balloons and signing above the sale items to make it more clear to customers what the special of the day is, etc.

Mike's job has gotten pretty busy these past couple weeks, working more hours. They've been getting pretty busy with the glass shop.

Mike's thumb and elbow have been causing him pain doing everyday things. On September 24th, he got a cortisone shot by his plastic surgeon, which didn't quite seem to help the pain at all. It was supposed to be a series of three shots, but the doctor told us that if it didn't help the first time, she wouldn't do it again and they'd result to something else. Also, he's found out that someday he'll have to get Tommy Johns surgery to reconnect the ligaments in his elbow.

Thanksgiving is coming up in a few weeks. Last year, we were in Arizona with my aunt and uncle, so this year it's Mike's family's turn. Thanksgiving day, we might possibly be going to Disneyland. Hopefully it's not going to be as busy as I've heard it is on Thanksgiving Day. lol
Rachel and Jeremy will be coming to California for Thanksgiving, so I think it depends on if they want to do Disneyland or not that day. If we do end up going, I'm totally craving a big chicken leg. Yumm

On Halloween (exactly one year after Mike and I had been engaged) , we hung out with our good friends Amanda and Rafa. We met up with them at our favorite chinese place, Chopsticks House. They brought their baby Rafa Logan with them so that was really a lot of fun. We always love seeing him. He's adorable.

After we ate, we met up at the combined ward trunk or treat activity and walked around for a little bit. We probably weren't there that long, but after that, they went to take Logan home and they'd meet back up at our house to watch a scary movie. While they took him, Mike and I went to Stater Bros to get candy. And we GOT candy. We got a LOT of candy. When you get Mike on a candy aisle, be careful. He LOVES candy. lol

Last Sunday, the ward boundaries changed and we were combined with another ward, basically. I'm totally excited because now we have a bigger ward, with more ladies in RS and more kids in Primary and YM/YW. So this Sunday is the first day combined, so we'll see how it goes!

September 15th, 2009 Tuesday

Things at work are going good for me, except for the hours getting cut. I'm only really working three days out of the week right now. They hired a new girl and so everyone's hours went down a bit. But, it's okay for now. It just means I have some more time to pack up the apartment. And it means I still have a job.

We're counting down! Almost time to be out of the apartment. We plan on being at my parents house by Sept 24th...(wow, less than ten days!) so we've just been packing up everything and moving stuff over little by little.

I'm excited to go to the new ward in October. I'm guessing our first day in the Live Oak Ward will be either October 4th, or October 11th, depending on if we're in town on the 4th or not. We might possibly be in St. George on the 4th. Well, it's General Conference on Oct 4th, anyway so most likely, it will be the 11th.

Mike's parents run marathons, 10 ks, and 5 ks, and they plan on running in St. George the first weekend of October this year.

I went with them last year and had tons of fun with their family. Mike and I weren't even engaged yet at the time, now that I think of it. (We got engaged Oct 31st) Times flies so fast!
Last year, we stayed with Derek and Sindy in their new house and had some Sonic's (YUM)
We all agree we should get a Sonic's here in Fontana

Disneyland for Friday's Date Night

August 10th was our day to register for classes at Chaffey. So, that day, we went online and no classes were available. So, turns out we have to wait until next semester to start schooling.

We went to Disneyland last night with Mike's parents and brother Josh. I love going to Disneyland at night. It's a lot of fun. We did space mountain, got dessert, then went to the Tiki Room! I guess it's been at Disneyland for the longest time and considering how often I've been to Disneyland, I had no idea what the Tiki Room was until last night. The best part was when they made it rain and thunder.

Stake Boys Day Camp

I got the day off, and I did not even request it! I love having Saturdays off!! Love it

Today, the stake had a boys day camp activity at the stake center. Mike's dad helped make foil dinners and pineapple upside down cake. It was fun to run around outdoors for a couple hours. We played some soccer, football, and also played with Sister Miller's marshmallow guns.

Our nephew Strider kept putting his ball under his shirt so that he looked pregnant, excited for Melissa's pregnancy! He keeps saying he wants a baby brother.

Strider was acting like a bird, what a goofball!

Do you know the way to San Jose?

So, last Tuesday (a week ago) my brother Andrew was pitching for his Pony Palomino team. He was pitching the fastest he's ever pitched. Normally, he's in the high 80s and his highest around 91 mph. But last Tuesday/Wednesday he was throwing so good! They said he definitely hit 93 and quite possibly hit 94 mph. They won their game on Wednesday, which would put them in the Pony World Series for the following weekend. So, my family and Mike and I all drove to San Jose to see him play on Saturday at 5 pm against Puerto Rico.

When Mike and I are getting ready for a long drive somewhere or a vacation, we stock up on snacks and junk food. So Friday, we went to target to stock up. We probably bought enough snacks for a three week trip.

We left for San Jose around 6:30 on Saturday morning and got to the hotel around 1:00. We went swimming a little bit before Drew's game at 5. Drew had pitched 19 innings in one week and was completely wiped out by the time this game came around. They didn't end up winning against Puerto Rico, but it was fun to get away for the weekend. Lots of driving, but it was really fun.



And we'd only be gone for two days, Saturday and Sunday, only staying the night for one night. So now we have lots of junk food left over.

(And we were eating so good!)


Mike laughed when he saw about 20 of these signs in a lot of empty fields on the way

Back to School..!

Mike and I canceled our internet and TV last Saturday, so its been interesting for us, but in a way, good for us at the same time. But we haven't had internet recently, so we haven't really been on facebook or anything else lately.

As soon as our 6 month lease is up at the apartments we're living in currently, we are most likely going to be moving in with my parents while Mike goes to school. He would like to start this fall doing the RN associates degree program. He's been looking into general ed classes at Chaffey College that start in August.

I was thinking I might take his arts class with him. I told him that if he took interior design, I'd maybe take it with him. Schooling and the idea of going back to school scares me to death. But, it would be fun if we took some classes together. And he made a deal with me. If I take ASL with him, he'll take interior design with me. Sooo, looks like I might be going back to school, soon, too!

Mike's birthday was two days ago. After I got off work, we met Rafa and Amanda for dinner at the best Chinese food place EVER! Chopsticks House in Ontario. It's absolutely amazing. The orange chicken is crunchy, and the sweet glaze they put on it is like candy. And the Broccoli-Beef is amazing, too. Also, their chow mien...basically everything is amazing there. Everyone should definitely eat there. Afterward, Mike and I stopped by the mall to walk around just a little bit.

Baby Fever

So! Amanda and Rafa had their baby on Tuesday, July 7th in the afternoon.

Since then, Mike and I have been trying to see them as often as possible so we can hold baby Rafa Logan.

And since then, Amanda has been trying to give us baby fever so that Logan will have some cousins to play with soon. haha

And I think we might have baby fever.

Back to the Honeymoon!

I was looking through some older pictures of our honeymoon and realized I hadn't really posted anything on it! We took so many pictures, too. Mike went camera happy and took pictures of every animal we saw!

We were married on April 18th, Saturday, and left for our honeymoon on Monday morning. We drove about an hour and a half south, to Oceanside to stay in Aunt Carole's condo by the beach. We were there until Saturday morning. It was very nice to have that entire week of no work, and just alone time for the two of us.

During the honeymoon, we went to Seaport Village, Seaworld, the Wild Animal Park, The San Diego Zoo, the Body Works Museum, and the U.S.S. Midway.

We could not take any pictures at the BodyWorks museum, but it was really cool. Some amazing scientist came up with this type of technique, or process, called Plastination. It's where they take real bodies, of people that have passed away, and they preserve them. We had the opportunity to see muscles, and organs, and skin, etc and to see the insides of bodies and how they work

It's the Tuesday, After July 4th

Hello!! Just a quick update of what's been going on. It's kind of been a busy, busy week.

Last Thursday, 7/2, my sisters softball coach had a birthday and so her team and their families went to Shakey's for some pizza. I'd never been there before but their pizza was VERY good!! (but, I'm embarrassed to say, I'm stickler about money and I must say, very expensive, too lol)

Friday was a nice day. I had the day off and Mike only had to do one glass job in a close area, so he wasn't gone for no longer than two hours. I love it when we're both off on a holiday or a Saturday/Sunday. He came home from the job and we went to run errands and stuff.

I ended up getting my hair cut. SHORT. I think it's actually shorter than the last time it was 'short'. lol I don't have any pictures of it, yet, though.



My parents picked us up and we went to meet up with Mike's parents and the Stolls, a family in our ward, to eat at Islands and after, we'd go to the Angel's game.

To be honest, the Angels didn't really play that well, but it was still fun to go to the game and be at the stadium with family and friends. At one point, my mom and I got up to get some sodas and popcorn and it took us a while. We kind of got lost, actually. We ended up popping out at the very top and looked down to find our seats "wayy down there." We were probably gone getting snacks for about 45 minutes. lol After the game, there were some fireworks. The finale was a good one.

Saturday was a good day, too. I had to work at 9:45-4, but was lucky to be able to go to the beginning of the ward's 4th of July party before work. It was a breakfast and pinewood derby at 8 am and so Mike and I were able to go together and see his family there, too. After work, we drove to my parents house to their streets block party. It was an interesting one.

Later in the evening, when it got dark, everyone on their street was lighting fireworks; something my family really was not used to. We had always lived in cities where it was illegal and now that we're in Fontana, it's legal! So, we were all pretty excited to see the fireworks up close. It was really a lot of fun. Mike was used to it though, since he's lived here for most of his life, and was surprised at how excited we were about them lol

Sunday was Mindy's, (Mike's mom's) birthday. Later on after church, we went over to their house for dinner, a movie, and dessert.

In between all of this, Mike and I have realized how much we love smoothies. We have gotten into this smoothie kick. Yesterday, we went to the store and got tons of fresh fruit and etc to make different kinds of smoothies with. Right now, Mike's at work and I'm at home and I'm debating going into the kitchen to make one..... lol But, I know Mike would want to be here for them, so I'll wait.

-Chels

Father's Day was yesterday

So yesterday was Fathers Day and we had the day to think about our Fathers their influence in our lives.

Yesterday morning I woke up a little earlier than him to make Mike breakfast before church, just as he did for me on Mother's day. No, we aren't parents yet, but maybe someday :) I made hashbrowns, waffles, bacon, and eggs. Except, I made entirely wayy too much food for the two of us. lol I guess you could say I got carried away.

We got to the church early, so Mike could get up on the stand, since he was giving a talk about fathers. I think I was more nervous for him to give the talk than he was. I was so nervous, it was almost like I was giving the talk. He really did a great job.

After church, I got set apart for my new calling. I'm now in the activities committee! I'm pretty excited because it's been a while that I've had a calling. Except, now it's a little different because it's in a family ward, not a singles ward. So I'm excited to be able to help in the committee with planning, ideas, etc.

We didn't get the chance to go to my parents house yesterday, but we plan to go over there today. I think it was the first fathers day, where I didn't see my dad at all. It really made me miss him. I thought about the influence he's had in my life and growing up, he really was there for me when I needed him. He is such a smart man and he's always been good with helping me think about situations throroughly to help make my own decisions. And now that I've been married for a couple months now, everytime we go visit my parents, my dad is a in a really good mood and laughs and jokes about all kinds of things. He gives me a huge hug and talks to me about how everythings going. It's always a lot of fun to see him in such a good mood when we go there now.

We went over to Mike's parents house around five for dinner and dessert. We watched some UFC fights and the dodgers/angels game, too. We had this tri tip that was completely amazing. I think they said they got it at Costco, but I'm not entirely sure. It was soooo good. They bought extras too, so they could make paninis with the other meat. I bet they'll be really good.

A couple weeks ago, Mike and I made some panini's with some left over meat from Lucilles. We mixed up some Lucilles bbq sauce and some ranch, to make a sweet sauce to go on the meat. It was soo delicious. We REALLY recommend trying this..lol

Anyway, today we'll be going to my parents house for Fathers day to see my family.

Until then, I have things to do around the apartment. We're still continually trying to get it in order.

-chels

How We Met, July 2nd, 2008

For those of you who are unsure of how Mike and I met, it all basically started on July 2 of 2008.

My family lived in Murrieta and was about to be moving to Fontana, CA at the beginning of September. I wasn't quite sure I wanted to come with them. I was considering staying in Murrieta, I'd keep my job there, be with the friends I already had, stay in the singles ward I was already in, and move in with some friends down there, instead of moving with my family.

On July 2, I had the idea to go on myspace and look up some LDS single adults in the Fontana area to ask them how they liked the area, the people, etc. Mike was one of few people I contacted. About a week later I got a good reply from him telling me about the area. He told me about the singles ward in Fontana and the people, we we just began messaging back and forth.

We ended up moving our conversation to facebook within a couple of weeks, because facebook had chat and we could talk back and forth; it would just be a lot quicker. And from there, we just started constantly texting back and forth. To get to know eachother better, we did this question thing, where one person at a time asks a question and then the other answers it and asks their own question. Eventually, we got to the point where we had run out of questions. :)

My best friend from high school, Kristina, and my grandma from AZ and her friend Dee, and I all had the opportunity to go to Nauvoo to visit church sites, from July 31-August 6th, 2008. The entire vacation, Mike and I were texting. We hadn't met in person, yet, but planned to for the first time on August 8th, the Friday after I got back, at a Rancho singles dance. Kristina and I were going to drive there and meet up with him and his friends at the dance. We were excited to finally meet in person.

The first time we had spoken over the phone was the phone call to him on Friday, August 8th, to let him know Kristina and I were leaving Murrieta and we'd be there in about an hour. Talk about NERVE-RACKING! I was so nervous to make that first call, since we had never talked over the phone before. Then when we got to the building, I had to get the guts up to walk into the building. Thanks to Kristina, she helped me the get the guts more sooner than later. lol

Anyway, things fell into place pretty quickly, I guess you could say. The next day, I drove to Fontana to watch UFC and to meet his friends and family, also. I had never really been into UFC before, but I didn't care. I was excited to come watch it with him and his family/friends.

So, there you have it. Yes, we met online. lol I promise you though, I didn't go online to FIND someone to date. It wasn't a dating site or anything like that. I just wanted to know about the area, so I could make my decision about staying or going. I know a lot of people probably don't know that story, so I thought it would be good if I posted it.

-Chels

Wedding Day

So, the entire day was so awesome! Everything went smoothly and perfectly. There was only one thing that went wrong and luckily, it was small. We didn't let it ruin our day. The tux shop lost an order of one of the groomsmen, Leo. So he got a refund and just wore something he already had. Everything worked out though. Mike wore white, Leo wore black, and Forrest wore gray. In my opinion, I think it looked pretty good. :) I think three hours, 6-9, was a good amount of time for the reception. We stayed busy, busy the entire time. Mike and I did not really even try the punch or eat any of the desserts. We were so busy to try any of the food/drink and we did not realize we didn't until a couple weeks after the wedding.

Anyway, things are going pretty well for us. We're still getting the apartment all set up and organized. Church has been going well, too. We're in the same family ward as his parents and sister and her husband and son, so it's been nice having them with us, too.

-Chels

Reception

There are soo many pictures to post!!

The Cake



Us with the Waite side



Mike and his sisters, Rachel and Melissa, and his brother Josh


Us with the Larsen side



Cute Nephew Strider :)