One Month Anniversary - December 29, 2001

Saturday - December 29th

Roger and I have been married for one month!  I love being married to Roger!  He is the best husband ever!  We are both sick today.  So that is a bummer.  We did not get a good nights sleep last night.  We were just feeling sick and it made it hard to sleep.  We woke up and went to Brigham City for Rachel Wilding's baptism.  We didn't get home until around 3:00 pm.  We stopped at Old Navy on the way home and bought some pants.  They were on sale.  The price tag said they were $6.99, but when they rang them up, they were $2.12.  I was so excited to get some pants for so cheap.  I love discount clothes shopping!

Roger and I stayed home tonight.  I started crying tonight for no reason at all.  It was really weird.  I wasn't sad or anything.  Just all of the sudden my eyes started to well up with tears and I started to cry.  I was so confused because I had no reason to cry.  I thought it was weird so I started to laugh also.  I was crying and laughing a little at the same time.  Roger didn't know what to think.  At first, he felt really bad that I was crying, then he noticed I was laughing and he got really confused.  That was just a really weird experience.  I've never done anything like that before.  It was crazy!  I'm so glad that Roger puts up with me.  I love him so much.  He is the best!  He makes me feel all emotional.

Just a Fun Day - December 27, 2001

Thursday - December 27th

We had a good day today.  We were both really happy and feeling goofy today.  We have so much fun hanging out together.  I'm so happy that I get to hang out and be with my best friend all the time.  We went to the mall to pay Morgan Jewlers for my ring, to look for slippers for roger, and to use our gift certificate to Mier and Frank.  We didn't find any slippers so we went to Walmart.  Roger's mom gave him $20.00 to buy slippers (as a Christmas gift).  Slippers at Walmart only cost $4.00, so we spent the rest of the money on 2 movies (The Breakfast Club and Maverick).  We really didn't do anything special or too exciting today, but it was just a really fun day.  I love my husband!  We have too much fun together and that makes me so happy.

Christmas 2001

Tuesday - December 25th

I had a great Christmas with my new husband.  I love being married.  Here is a link to the video of our first Christmas together.

I miss my family.  This was my first Christmas without them.  But, Roger's family is very nice and I had a good Christmas with them.  I think everyone in my family had a hard time this ear, since this was our first year of not spending Christmas at our house.  When I talked to my mom, she said that everybody felt a little weird about it.  

Christmas Eve 2001

Monday - December 24th

Yesterday we spent the morning relaxing and visiting with my parents.  We burned a few CDs for us then we went to church.  After Church, we went to Linda's house to eat Sunday Dinner.  That was a lot of fun.  I love seeing my nieces and nephews.  We left Linda's and went to Costco's.  My parents needed to buy some Christmas presents that they wanted us to deliver to Kristy and Kari.  They also bought a present for Roger and I.  We got back from the store, finished burning our CDs, got a package from the Birds (they asked if we would drop it off in Lehi. Their son would meet us and pick it), and left for home.

The weather was good so the drive home wasn't bad.  We got to Lehi and met the Bird's son at 8:20 pm, then we went to Eagle Mountain and dropped off Kari and Glen's gift.  We finally got home around 9:10 pm.  We had both drank Mountain Dew on the way to help us stay awake, so we both had a really hard time falling asleep last night.

Roger had to work today, but luckily he didn't have to work all day.  He came home around 1:00pm.  He wanted to surprise me, so when he called from work, he told me that he had a big load to deliver so he didn't know when he'd get off work.  So, I thought he wasn't going to get home until much later.

I babysat Canyon and sierra today.  They spent the night.  They slept upstairs with Grandma Moser.  After Roger left to work, I ran on my treadmill.  Sierra came down while I was running, so I quit my workout a little sooner than planned, so I could play with her.  We made music.  I pulled out my guitar and karaoke machine.  I played the guitar and Sierra sang.  She made up a song about how she loves her parents and she loves playing downstairs and singing while I play the guitar.  I had fun playing with the kids and trying to get things done (like the laundry and moving Roger's things from his old room to the basement).  I was supposed to deposit a check for Roger.  I almost forgot about it.  I remembered when Joyce came down and told me that she needed to run to the store.  I told her about the checks and she said she would deposit them for me.  The lines at the bank were really long and she didn't have time to wait, so she had to leave and do her other things, but luckily, she was able to find a bank with shorter lines and get it deposited in time.

I'm really emotional today.  Probably because it is the holidays and this is the first year of not spending it with my parents.  I've cried a lot today, because I miss my family and my old house.  But, I am very happy, I'm having a good day, and I'm excited to spend my first Christmas with my husband.  I love roger so much and he makes me so happy.  He came home from work early and brought me home some flowers.  It was such a nice surprise.  I loved it!  

We celebrated Christmas Eve with Roger's mom tonight.  I made Cheese ball.  So, we ate cheese ball and drank sparkling cider while listening to Christmas music.  Then we sat in the living room by the tree while Roger read the story of Jesus' birth to us.  After that, we talked about how much we appreciate our savior and the sacrifices he made.  We sat around talking for a while and it was a lot of fun.  I love my new family!  Roger is great!  Tomorrow we get to spend our first Christmas together.  Our first Christmas Eve together was great!  I loved it and I'm really looking forward to tomorrow.

The Bone Family Christmas Party - December 22, 2001

Saturday - December 22nd

After we woke up, Roger and I went to the lodge to take our showers and get ready for the day.  There's not enough hot water for us all to use the 5th wheel shower.  There were showers in the men's room and lady's room.  We went to our separate rooms to shower, but Roger finished before I did, so he came into the lady's room to see if I was done.  I had just finished and was getting dressed when he came in.  Roger was only in there for a little while.  We figured it was okay because there was no one else in the building.  But somebody else came and as Roger was leaving the lady's room, a woman was walking in.  We both felt really embarrassed about that.

After we showered, we went four-wheeling at Red Cliffs.  Then we went out to eat at a Chinese Buffet that Roger really likes (we go there every time we are in St. George) with my mom and dad, Missy, and my parent's friends (Jack and Joan Bird).  After that, we went back to the 5th wheel and took a nap.

After our naps, we got ready and went to the Bone Family Christmas Party.  It was at 4:00 pm at a church in St. George.  It was fun to see all of my cousins and family that I don't see very often.  When the party was over, we played basketball for about an hour, then we went over to the gull's and visited with them.  We had a really fun day.

A trip to St. George and Kristen's Birthday - December 21, 2001

Friday - December 21st
I took some pictures of the little home that we made for ourselves in Roger's mom's basement.  I think we made it look very nice and homey.  I spent the morning, sewing Christmas pajama bottoms for Kristin, Elizabeth, Missy, and Myself.  I also did the laundry and packed our bags for our trip.  Roger got off work early today so we could head to St. George.  Here is the video tour of our home in the basement. 

It snowed for most of the drive, but the roads weren't too bad.  I drove for most of the way, until the roads started to get bad, then Roger took over.  We got to St. George around 7:30 pm.

Kristin is 5 years old today.  It feels like it was not that long ago when she came home from the hospital.  She was born prematurely and they really didn't think that she was going to make it.  She was in the hospital for 3 months after she was born.  When she came home, she still had to be hooked up to oxygen.  I started babysitting Kristin the month that she came home from the hospital.  I loved holding her, she was such a cute baby.  Taking care of her all the time made, me long for the time when I would have a baby of my own.  I loved taking care of her and Elizabeth.  This is the first year that I haven't taken care of them.  I had felt like they were my children.  I was there for so much of their lives.  It was so hard to quit babysitting them.  I cried a lot.  I really miss those kids.  I miss Shelley's kids a lot also.  I spent so much time with them.  It was really hard for me when they all moved to St. George.

I love coming to visit everybody in St.George.  I miss my family so much.  It feels good to be here in St. George.  Kristin's birthday party started at 8:00pm.  Kristin is so cute!  She seems shy.  I don't know if she liked all of that attention.  Actually, I'm sure she liked it, but she is just shy and not sure how to handle it.  She made some cute faces.  You can see those cute faces in this video I took of Kristen's birthday fun.

We, unknowingly, parked in someones parking spot at Linda's.  Whomever it was, came home and, since we were in their spot, they parked behind us and blocked us in.  So, leaving Linda's was a little difficult.  But we managed.  Now we are back at the Folk's house.  Also known as "the 5th wheel" or "the wheels"

Temple Night - December 18, 2001

Tuesday - December 18th

Tuesdays are our temple night.  We usually go with our friends the Kastellers.  Jamie Kasteller is a friend I grew up with.  Her maiden name is Jamie Larsen.  The funny thing about her and I is that we have known each other all our lives.  We were in the nursery at church together.  I mean, we have always known each other.  Although, we knew of each other and saw each other regularly, we never talked to each other.  We were both too shy.  It wasn't until my junior year of high school that we spoke to each other for the first time.  What happened was, we both walked into our gym class on the first day of school .  I looked around and realized that I didn't have any friends in my gym class.  I didn't know anybody in there, except for Jamie.  I noticed her looking around the same way I was.  She realized she didn't have any friends in that class also.  Since, she was somebody that was familiar, I walked over to her and said, "Hi."  We started talking and realized that we had so much in common and instantly became good friends.  We laugh about how we knew each other all our lives, but never talked until we were 17.

Anyway, so, we went to the Bountiful Temple today.  It was very beautiful.  Besides the temple, my day wasn't too exciting.  I went shopping at Walmart with Linda and bought some Christmas stuff.  After that, I came home and made Roger some dinner.  I feel bad that I never cook for him.  I don't cook for him, because we are living at his mom's house and I don't have my own kitchen.  Anyway, I decided to feed him tonight, because I saw this really fun cute idea in the Taste of Home Magazine.  I made him breakfast for dinner.  It was french toast, bacon, scrambled eggs, and hot chocolate.  I arranged the french toast triangles over a slice of bacon, so it looked like a Christmas tree.  Then I used an orange to make a sunshine to the side and slightly above it.  I should have taken a picture, because describing it doesn't do it justice.  I served it on our cute Christmas dishes that Cindi had given us.  It was a very cute meal.  roger was surprised and he said he like it.  We had a good day.

I'm Moody - December 15, 2001

Saturday - December 15th

I am so moody lately and especially moody today.  I feel so frustrated with myself for being so grumpy and fussy about everything and I feel so bad for Roger having to be married to such a fussy, grumpy, crazy person.  I wish I had more control over my emotions.  I was supposed to go job hunting this week.  That was my goal everyday this week.  I ended up only going once.  I applied at Walmart.  One of the days I had a really bad tummy ache all day, so I was afraid to be too far away from a bathroom.  Another day, I got a ton of phone calls.  It was really weird.  It was like every person I knew was thinking about me that day.  I loved to stay home and talk on the phone.  One of the days, I just really didn't want to go, so I didn't.  I know that I need to get a job and it will help us out in a major way.  I just really don't want to.  The plan is, that I will work until I get pregnant, then I can quit.  We both agreed that no matter what our financial situation, I will always stay home with our children.  I have never been good at holding down a job and the thought of going out and getting a new one is really unappealing.

Somehow I need to get out of my bad mood.  We have friends coming over in a little while and I want us to all be able to have fun.  I really don't like being moody.  I'm an emotional eater and I have been eating way to much today, so now I feel fat and ugly, which is really not helping me get out of my bad mood.  Also, when I'm moody, I really get homesick for my family and the house that I grew up in.  Hopefully, I can get my emotions in control soon.

A Regular Day - December 11, 2001

Tuesday - December 11, 2001

Woke up, made Roger's lunch, ate a bowl of cereal

with Roger, said Good-bye, Roger left to work, I went to Kari's house to babysit, loaded

the car with more of my stuff that I had been storing there, came home, unloaded the car,

called Roger, set up my sewing machine, sewed my temple bag,  ran on my treadmill,

Roger stopped by to say, "Hi." for a minute then headed back to work, got in the shower,

did my hair, sewed my shirt so it fit better, Roger came home from work, we ate dinner,

watched a show on TV, played the piano then the guitar while  Roger played Playstation and

Nintendo 64, Karaoked while Roger took a shower, looked at Roger's missionary books, said

our prayers, and now we are going to bed.

I have been thinking a lot about my friends today.  I really miss them.  Rachel and Janae

are on missions, I see Regan and Marque sometimes (but not very often), Jenny Springman

has changed so much and our lives are on very different paths now, making it so we never

see each other.   It is weird how things change.  My friends and I used to try and predict

how our futures would go. Rachel always said she would never serve a mission. We all thought

Jenny Springman would remain strong in the church and be the first one in the group to get

married. We all knew that I would be the last one married,. It turned out that I was the first

one to get married., Rachel is on her mission now, and Jenny is far from where anyone would

have predicted for her. I really hope that she finds her way soon. 

New Driver's License and Temple Square - December 8, 2001

Saturday - December 8, 2001

I went to get a a new driver's license today.  I was excited about that, because

I didn't like the picture on my old one.  so now I have a license with a good picture

and one that doesn't say, "under 21" in the corner.  I felt really tired for most of

the day, so I didn't get too much accomplished.  Roger had to work until 3:45 or so.

When Roger got home, we cleaned the basement a little, then we went to Temple Square.

We met our friends, Tyson Waite and Jenny Springman there.

It was really fun to go to Temple Square and see the lights.  My testimony

of the church has grown so much this last month and I appreciate the temple

so much more.

Our Honeymoon - December 4, 2001

Tuesday - December 4, 2001

We are home from our honeymoon.  We had so much fun!  Here are the videos we took of our fun.

Our Wedding - November 29, 2001

Thursday - November 29, 2001
There was a big snow storm on our wedding day.  It snowed just about all day. It was sad, because not as many people were able to make it, but it was good because it was so beautiful.  I love the snow!  The funny thing is that when I would daydream about my wedding when I was younger, I imagined that there would be snow.

When I had my bridal pictures taken, I had Kari style my hair and help my with my makeup. I never wear make up and it took forever to get my hair out of that hairstyle so I could go to bed afterward.  It was really uncomfortable and I just didn't feel like myself.  I really didn't love it, but everybody else said they did and that I looked so beautiful.  Since this is what people normally do for their weddings, I decided that I would wake up really early, so Kari could help me style my hair and put on all that make up again for my wedding day.  I really wasn't looking forward to doing that and I really didn't love the way that it looked.  When I woke up at 4:00 am that morning to get ready, I was really dreading it.  Then I started thinking about how I wouldn't feel like myself all day and how, when the day was finished, it would take me forever to get my hair out of that style so I could sleep.  I just really didn't like the thought of all of that.  So I decided not to do it.  I wanted to be comfortable and feel like myself.  So I styled my own hair in a simple comfortable style and the only make up I wore was mascara.  I knew people would judge, but I didn't care.  I felt pretty and I was comfortable and I didn't have to waste precious hours getting my hair and face back to normal afterward.  There was an unkind comment made about my lack of a hairstyle, but I really didn't care.  There was nothing that could bring me down on that day.

Driving to the temple in the morning was a little scary.  Roger got to the temple before I did and he was really worried about me.  He got in a small fender bender at the gas station on his way to the temple.  The roads were really icy.  My Mom and I got to the temple around 9:00am.  They had Roger and I wait in the celestial room while our guests were arriving.  A few guests had called the temple to let us know they were on their way, but were running late because of the bad driving conditions.  So they postponed the ceremony for a little while to let more people get there.

After the ceremony we went outside and had pictures taken.  It was very cold, but I was so happy that I didn't care.  After pictures Roger and I went and got ready for a wedding lunch at the Maddox.  I really loved our wedding lunch.  While we were eating people took turns to stand up and say a few words and congratulate us.  It was a fun way to get to know everybody there.  At one point, while Roger was speaking, Kiara (who is 2, almost 3 years old) stood up on her chair and proudly announced, "Roger is my uncle!"  It was so cute!  After lunch, Roger and I packed our stuff for our honeymoon, picked up our wedding video, and ran some other errands before the wedding reception.  I loved my wedding reception.  We had Karoake.  I sang a song to Roger.  He sang a song with me.  It was very enjoyable. 

After the reception, we went to the car wash to wash our decorated car.  They had covered it in dish soap.  It was pretty annoying trying to get that off.  We spent our first night together at the Anniversary Inn.  We stayed in the room called 'The Enchanted Forest'.  It was a really cool room.  Our bed was in a tree!  I loved it!