The Blarg

My little brother turned 21 today! A group of us went to Parker’s Lighthouse to the 3rd floor bar area and had a great time. I’ve never been way up there, but it has a gorgeous view. I just wanted to wish Andrew the bestest birthday ever and say what a fun time I had with such a great group of people. Here’s to great birthdays everywhere!

Stacie and I are pleased to report that our family has grown by one. Yes, the dog has come to live with us.

It’s sort of a bittersweet change because she had to leave my parent’s house. I really wish there were two of her so we could both have her. I’m sure they will grieve the loss, but I see a new dog in their future, and we can’t wait to help them look.

We’ve watched 7 episodes of LOST now and might squeeze one or two more in tonight. Stacie has also started playing Animal Crossing, so we might start playing that together. I mowed and edged the lawn today, that was fun. Stacie’s girl scout friends are coming over right now with a new bread board, so now we can cut stuff. Although we don’t have any knives yet, haha.

Now we’re going to try and cook dinner. Cross your fingers.

Stacie and I have jumped into the world of LOST! The rest of my family watched and loved it, Kurtis and Kevin have both watched it, so we had to see what the hype was about. We’ve only watched three episode, and it rules. If I could I’d probably watch the whole season straight, but that would take many hours. We’ve already watched two episodes today, and we’re gonna watch one (or two) more now. I think it took a page from 24 and made each episode a sort of cliffhanger. Instead of each episode ending and resolving all issues it keeps you on pins and needles waiting to find out what happens next. Aiight, episode 4 here we come.

I think my posts to the blarg are going to suffer being married. Life is still really hectic as we try and get things settled and all moved in. This post is now going to be very short because we have to go to the market to buy food, so we can eat. To sum up the weekend, it was nice. We opened presents on Saturday and got to attend a friends wedding on Sunday. Off to newly remodeled Stater Bros.

We have about 800 pictures from Richard to go through, but here’s a small sampling. There are so many pictures and they all look so great, thanks Rich.

The Kiss

The Bridal Party

Getting Down

The Luna

The best part of the whole day

That’s all for now. I’m sure eventually they’ll all be online somewhere. Now the fun of going through them all and picking our favorites. Wish us luck.

I have a job!

Now I have to go to CSULB and get paperwork to be an intern, and get all these papers filled out, and fill out papers at the district office, so it doesn’t even feel like I have the job yet…but they offered it to me. Baring any weird circumstances, I’ll be teaching math to 6th and 7th graders this fall. Cross your fingers that all goes well with the “paperwork.”

So I promised a big honeymoon post, but I realized I can’t really talk about the honeymoon before I talk about the wedding.

The Wedding

The wedding was wonderful. It’s one of those experiences that is really hard to appreciate until you’ve been through it. Never again will I be bored at a wedding, or praying it would hurry up and be over. After the actual ceremony it’s crazy how full throttle you have to go. Take pictures, do dances, throw stuff, eat stuff, say hi to people, it’s crazy. It’s hard too because you wish you could stop and talk with everyone there, but it’s impossible. Too many people, not enough time.

People kept asking me in the weeks leading up if I was nervous, and my response was always "not yet." I didn’t get a little nervous until I was finally standing in front of all the people waiting for my bride. The whole ceremony my heart was beating out of my chest. I hardly remember any of it because I was too busy fighting tears, or looking at Stacie.

The reception was a lot of fun. We raced around taking pictures everywhere, and then we did all the special dances. We played "Welcome to the Jungle" during the garter toss, and I busted out my Dodgers cap. If you still don’t get the joke, that song is Eric Gagne’s entrance song. I thought it ruled. haha. Eventually at the end of the night we took off in a nice Lincoln Towncar to our hotel by the airport. Which begins the next part…

The Honeymoon

This section could probably be several posts in itself, but I’ll condense it. The night of the wedding we stayed at a nice Marriot property by the airport, and the next day we flew off to Hawaii. We spent the first 6 nights on Kauai, and the next 3 nights on Oahu. In Kauai we stayed at a nice condo with a beautiful ocean view. Over the course of the week we saw many pretty sunsets and beautiful waterfalls. We visited every shore of the island and ate all kinds of good food. Kauai was really nice and not too busy, though traffic near the airport is worse than the 5 freeway, it’s nuts.

After Kauai we flew to Oahu and stayed at the nicest hotel in my life. The place was so fancy it had a telephone with a touchpad that controlled the whole room. You could turn the lights on and off, change the temperatue, order room service, etc. The bathroom had a huge tub, a big glass shower, and two sinks. The first day in Oahu we just relaxed and went to the beach, where I then got water in my ear and a slight infection of sorts. The next day I had a fever and was miserable, but we made our way to the Arizona Memorial. I’m glad I got to see it, but I’m sure I would have enjoyed it more had I not been dying. Our last day on Oahu we went to the Polynesian Cultural Center. This is like a small Disneyland with no rides, but instead they have different cultures on "display" via shows, videos, dances, etc. This was actually a lot of fun, but one day wasn’t enough to see it all.

Overall, getting married and the honeymoon were both amazing. I’m still not sure that I feel married, and I’m not sure when it will settle in. I have a feeling that each day it will feel a little more real. Thanks to everyone that shared in our day and sorry to all the people who couldn’t. Check out some pictures below.

Waimea Canyon

The Fern Grotto

More Honeymoon Pictures

I’ll try and get some wedding pictures up soon.

And we’re tired! Pictures, posts, and all that goodness coming soon. Night.