Since I'm all grown up and a married man, I thought it might just be a good idea to do a blog with the wifey.... From now on if you are interested in hearing about we're up to, you can reach us at the following site....
www.lindseyandrob.blogspot.com
Cheers!
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Catching Up
Wow... Its been a while... I was just talking to a friend via text and she told me that I should update ya'll on my blog. (whoever reads this anyways....) There has been SO MUCH that happened since I last posted in February.
welp... heres a brief summary of my life through photos since I've last posted
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| Zion's trip with the boys. This was the last little Hurrah before I got married |
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| Lu and I got married on May 10, 2012 |
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| This is one of my favorites from our engagements |
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| Here is the first time that I had ever seen her dress. She came up behind me and then we ended up getting shots right when I saw her for the first time. I promise I am excited, and not nearly as stoned as I appear. |
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| I love her shoes, so funny |
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| Cheesy Shot |
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| Ain't she pretty??? |
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| Coming out of the Temple |
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| Now she's barefoot. She said her fancy shoes weren't very comfy so she simply just took them off while we walked around outside. |
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| We went to Zion's for our honeymoon. It was a great time. We went hiking... |
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| Horseback Riding.... |
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| and River rafting... |
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| later on in June we went on a family vacation with my family to the Bahamas It was an awesome cruise with lots of delicious free ice cream, unfortunately the trip wasn't quite as good as it could have been for me... |
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| because I got ROASTED on the first day on the beach. This was a couple days into the trip. It was a little worse than this at first... I swear I put on sunscreen. Truth be told, I actually put it on more than once! (sorry if this picture makes you feel uncomfortable...) |
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| While the rest of the family was out paragliding and having a blast, this is what I was doing. Moaning, Groaning, and not really enjoying myself... Lindsey stuck around with me though, even though I was really boring. She must love me |
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| After we got back from the cruise, I got to go and work in the Salt Lake temple. It was construction work... renovating the locker rooms and other areas. The experience truly was one that I'll never forget. We worked 12 hour days for 3 weeks straight. It was hard work, but it was quite a blessing to be a part of. |
Those are all the pictures that I have. The rest of the news is not really exciting anyways. School started up again, and I signed up for 18 hours of school Now I am looking at the final few days of class next week. I've been crazy busy, yet my grades this semester have been better than any other semester I've been through.
Life is good. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
Til next time! (Hopefully its not in a year...)
Friday, February 24, 2012
Lindsey, My Wife to be (sappy...)
So.... I didn't do the amish project. I'm thinking about doing it after I'm married. Its too hard to get everything ready without the convenience of social networking. Who knows, maybe I'll do it after I'm married. By then there might only be one person I'd want to talk to anyways right??? haha we'll see...
I've been asked if I would post a blog about how I proposed to her. So, although its really not as spectacular as some of the stories you hear about, I liked how it went down because it was simple. A wise man once said, "simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." At least I think that is how it went anyways.
Here we go. So the week we were engaged we had planned to go to the temple to do a session on thursday, and we were going to go on a date that friday. She had kept asking me what we were going to do on the date, and I kept it a mystery. I was planning on proposing on thursday, but I figured if I didn't say anything about friday night, that she wouldn't expect anything til then. (turns out she wasn't expecting it at all for a couple more weeks)
Well, we go and do our session at the Oquirrh Mountain Temple. As we are doing our session, and afterwards when we were in the Celestial Room I was doing my best to remain as cool as possible. (wouldn't want her to suspect anything....) I was doing a great job at keeping my composure up until the time came that we left and it hit me that I would be proposing really soon... It was at this point that I got really nervous. I took a trip to the bathroom so I wouldn't wet myself, then changed, and met her in the lobby.
Once there, I took her bag. Which was really weird because we were going to different cars, and I never take her bag... and instead of going to the parking lot, I suggest we go to the front "because I've never seen the temple at night before." We get to the bench in front where I had decided was the place to drop my knee, and I give her a big hug. Its all romantic and all... just picture it, The temple is glowing with the night sky behind it, the valley below looks beautiful with all the lights, the sky had cleared up and you could see a few stars above, and it was like 10 degrees outside.
So I made the mistake of not taking in account the temperature outside... (my bad...) But what it ended up being like was us two standing there in each others arms. Her with her skirt, and me without a coat and holding her bag. she says, "can we go to the car now?" and I replied "no." (so romantic don't you think???) and we stood there for like ten minutes; just shivering away while I tried to muster up the courage to propose. Finally, after some sappy talk I dropped a knee. I told her that she was the one that I wanted to spend eternity with, presented a CTR ring (yep, I sure did! "choose the rob" kind of thing....), and asked her if she would marry me.
Then she looked at me, and didn't say anything for what seemed like forever... (she said later she was trying to find something smart aleky to say but couldn't think of anything) and then finally said yes! she said yes!!! then I gave her a kiss, and we went to my house and spread the news to all our loved ones. It was a great night.
Lindsey and I will be sealed for time and all eternity in the Oquirrh Mountain temple on the 10th of may. As each day passes I become that much more excited! World, I love this girl. I hope anyone I know and love who hasn't met her yet will get the chance to soon. I am certain you would fall in love with her too!
I've been asked if I would post a blog about how I proposed to her. So, although its really not as spectacular as some of the stories you hear about, I liked how it went down because it was simple. A wise man once said, "simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." At least I think that is how it went anyways.
Here we go. So the week we were engaged we had planned to go to the temple to do a session on thursday, and we were going to go on a date that friday. She had kept asking me what we were going to do on the date, and I kept it a mystery. I was planning on proposing on thursday, but I figured if I didn't say anything about friday night, that she wouldn't expect anything til then. (turns out she wasn't expecting it at all for a couple more weeks)
Well, we go and do our session at the Oquirrh Mountain Temple. As we are doing our session, and afterwards when we were in the Celestial Room I was doing my best to remain as cool as possible. (wouldn't want her to suspect anything....) I was doing a great job at keeping my composure up until the time came that we left and it hit me that I would be proposing really soon... It was at this point that I got really nervous. I took a trip to the bathroom so I wouldn't wet myself, then changed, and met her in the lobby.
Once there, I took her bag. Which was really weird because we were going to different cars, and I never take her bag... and instead of going to the parking lot, I suggest we go to the front "because I've never seen the temple at night before." We get to the bench in front where I had decided was the place to drop my knee, and I give her a big hug. Its all romantic and all... just picture it, The temple is glowing with the night sky behind it, the valley below looks beautiful with all the lights, the sky had cleared up and you could see a few stars above, and it was like 10 degrees outside.
So I made the mistake of not taking in account the temperature outside... (my bad...) But what it ended up being like was us two standing there in each others arms. Her with her skirt, and me without a coat and holding her bag. she says, "can we go to the car now?" and I replied "no." (so romantic don't you think???) and we stood there for like ten minutes; just shivering away while I tried to muster up the courage to propose. Finally, after some sappy talk I dropped a knee. I told her that she was the one that I wanted to spend eternity with, presented a CTR ring (yep, I sure did! "choose the rob" kind of thing....), and asked her if she would marry me.
Then she looked at me, and didn't say anything for what seemed like forever... (she said later she was trying to find something smart aleky to say but couldn't think of anything) and then finally said yes! she said yes!!! then I gave her a kiss, and we went to my house and spread the news to all our loved ones. It was a great night.
Lindsey and I will be sealed for time and all eternity in the Oquirrh Mountain temple on the 10th of may. As each day passes I become that much more excited! World, I love this girl. I hope anyone I know and love who hasn't met her yet will get the chance to soon. I am certain you would fall in love with her too!
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
The Amish Project
Dear Friends and Family,
Just recently, in fact... an hour ago. I was just winding down getting ready to go to bed, when I decided to check my fantasy basketball numbers for the day. I did not get to them, because as soon as yahoo came up the front page had something that caught my eye.
It was about Jake Reilly (ESPN's Rick Reilly's son). Jake went on a very interesting adventure. For 90 days, he went without a cell phone, email, and social media. The article that interviewed him was very well done. See for yourself! Check it out!!
He is asked about his experience and most of his answers were inspirational. He talked about how he became so much closer to those around him, and how he found out which friends of his were actually as close to him as he had thought in the first place. Jake also learned that life is meant to be lived more fully than the little devices we hold in our hands.
Seriously though, this was so amazing that I have decided that I want to give it a shot. I want to see what its like to live without all these things that occupy so much of my time. I want to try it for 90 days. Looking at a calendar, If I start on February 1st, I could finish my 90th day and be back to the "real world" by May 1st. The more I think about it the more I really truly sincerely want to give this a shot.
However, I have a few obstacles in my way... a major one is the fact that I am getting married in May, and will likely need Facebook in order to get what info I need from certain individuals, especially those in Australia. (or is that just an excuse??? perhaps that is just an excuse? I could find a way possibly to work around that.....)
Next is my calling. I haven't relied on emails all that much until I received this calling, Everyone seems to be able to contact me best through emails... again, ways could be established to overcome this barrier...
School. Unfortunately there really is no way out of this one. I NEED to be on the computer for this one because my classes all require me to use the Internet to turn in assignments and/or get a hold of the professors. Not to mention the fact that I have an online class...
But those are really the only legitimate things that come to my mind as things that would hold me back from achieving this goal. I know that part of the reason life on the mission is so enjoyable is that you really are more aware of your surroundings and less occupied with technologies and other distractions. So I know I have done it before, I would love to do it again.
I am going to go for it. Today, the 31st of January 2012, will be the last of my social media contact until May. If you need to get a hold of me... call my house. ha ha! the number is... (801) 268-2021
I feel excited to see what the next few months are like, and can't wait to report them back to everyone who is interested.
Til Next time!
Rob
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