Kristallions Stew for the Families Soul: April 2009

Monday, April 27, 2009

This past weekend - 24 April - 26 April 09

Friday night, Aaron and I wanted to do something -but since there isnt a WHOLE lot to do in Monte Vista/Alamosa - we decided to go to Walmart and split up - have $5-$10 to spend on eachother. At first I thought it would be a really cool idea...but after 10 minutes of looking for stuff for Aaron....it wasnt as easy as I thought it was going to be. I knew he wanted a new movie..so I went and picked 4 movies 9from the $5 section (so that he could choose the one he wanted out of the 4) and I also got him a fillet knife because he has been fishing a tonn lately. WELL...we decided to meet up after about half an hour before we bought the stuff we had chosen for eachother because I wanted him to choose one of the 4 movies. Well - he showed me the stuff he had chosen for me and I already had 2 of the 4 things, and the fillet knife I had chosen is one that we had bought previously and sucked haha. So it didnt turn out as good as we thought - anyways, Aaron ended up getting one of the movies, and then he showed me a bunch of other things that he had thought about buying me - one of which was a really cool manicure system for only $8!!! So I got that and some lip balm for my rediculously dry lips haha. I was really happy with what he got me and the movie he got was really good too. We decided that we probably wont do that again...but hey - it was good to do once.

Ok so then on Saturday we had the awesome opportunity to drive 4 hours to Albuquerque, New Mexico Temple for Julie and Lorenzo's endowement and temple sealing. It was the coolest experience for me!! To be able to be there when they went through was such an awesome feeling. They are so amazing and still so strong in the gospel and so many members of the ward are so supportive of them and have helped them and I know that has made all the difference. I was so excited to see some of the families I became really good friends with - and Im looking forward to next month when aaron has to go down there for work and I'll go with him but go and visit these people during the day. A few of them said "I didnt even recognise you when you walked in" haha - Im probably not as fat as when I ended my mission haha. So after the temple, Aaron and I went to a shopping center and just looked around and got something to eat. We got some food and it was unexpectingly SPICY...so i didnt eat much and my mouth was on fire haha, so aaron went and got me a fruit smoothy to help simmer my mouth down...and then I had blisters on my feet and they were killing, so he stopped and bought me a pair of thongs for $3!! What a sweet husband huh!!?? Then we made the 4 hour drive back home. We always love being back in NM - brings back alot of awesome memories for us both - lucky we live close enough to visit often.

Sunday, we went to church...well - aaron went to sacrament and I was sick...but had to teach...so i stayed home and took time to get ready and have hot shower etc and then he came and got me so that I could go and teach my Sunday school lesson. Sometimes I get nervous to teach the youth - sounds crazy .... but its because its 12-17 yr olds - such a big age gap and you know kids that age...just arent that interested all the time haha...So the lesson was on spiritual gifts and only half the kids were there, but it turned out ok...after class I talked to them about how much school they have left and what they are going to do during summer break, and they all seemed to liven up and talk and laugh - so Im glad for that. When i went to relief society one of the ladies said "i have to tell you, one of the youth told me "I love our new sunday school teacher", so that gave me a boost of hope haha. After church we kinda just hung out and rested, and then we wanted to go down the road for a walk around the lake...well - when we got out it was WAY too cold and windy so decided just to drive around it and then come home haha. Sunday night we watched some wildlife channel for a little bit and then watched the movie Aaron chose on Friday night...while we watched it I gave Aaron a manicure and pedicure hahaha - its HEAPS easier to do someone elses hands and feet then your own - so I was having fun. He now has nicer toenails and finger nails then me haha. Oh - and Aaron said to me "if you can guess where my trousers are made, I'll give you a half an hour back rub" (THINKING that I wouldn't guess right) well...much to his surprise I guessed it - and he owed me a 1/2 hr back rub haha. So when I called Breanna for her birthday (or rather - spoke to Peta for an hour) Aaron rubbed my back :) bhahaha - Im sure he wont ever do the "if you guess _______ then I'll rub your back/feet" trick again.

Manicure Set Aaron got me

Aaron testing it out

Lorenzo, Julie, Sister Holly Aitken and I

Members of the ward

Julie and Lorenzo bought Aaron and I this native wedding pot - the groom drinks from one side and the bride drinks from the other - Julie also made me some awesome Native Jewellery

Aaron and I at the Lake - quick photo before we got back in the car

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Gunnison

Soooo its been forever since we put a post on here....and Kylie and Peta keep telling me to update - so now that I finally have some photos from things we did - I will put them on :) (cause blogs can be boring with no photos). Last weekend, we headed up to a small town called Gunnison about 2 hours north of us here in Monte Vista, CO. We went for a wedding - Aaron's mate from high school - and he was asked to be a groomsman. So we headed up Friday night and stayed until Sunday afternoon after church. Aarons friend Steven came with. The wedding was nice - I couldn't believe the bride had a dress for the ceremony and then another dress for the reception!!! CRAZY!!! I cant imagine spending money on TWO dresses - would have cost alot! haha sorry - just thinking about my ONE wedding dress cost!! Anyways - alot of people didnt make it to the reception because it had snowed alot and I think a highway was closed...but there were still a good amount of people. It was kind of weird going to a wedding where you dont know anyone and your husband is a groomsman - but none-the-less I sat at a table with some of Aarons old school friends and it worked out fine - they were nice and we had fun. When most of everyone went home (and just the young people left) they started the drinking alot more and techno music :S. I think some of them were on drugs to be dancing all weird to the music. They tried to get us to dance....buuuuut I did not attempt it - we did however, get to dance together to a few slow songs - which was nice, considering we didnt even do that at our own wedding haha. Aaron and I went home at about 9:30 to go swimming (I have been wanting to swim for AGES) but the pool shut at 10pm and there were a bunch of guys in there and in the hot tub so we didnt. We got changed into jeans and went back to the reception. People were just getting more and more drunk and so Aaron and I just hung out and watched people haha - you know I love to watch....so then ended up going home at 11:30pm - Steven stayed on and someone else dropped him home - I think at like 3am. I guess I had a bad dream not long after he got home - I started FLIPPING OUT because I felt someone grabbing at my feet under the blankets. I felt like I was awake and yelling "SOMEONE GRABBED MY FEET" and screaming and Aaron jumped on me to hold me down and I was yelling "LET ME UP!! JUST LET ME GET MY FEET UP!!!" anyways - soon enough I woke up and was scarred to go back to sleep. Aaron and Steven told me the next day that I went absolutely NUTS and my whole body flew off the bed and I was talking crazy jumbled - did not make a bit of sense...and scared both of them so aaron got on me to hold me down cause I was going crazy, and he said I hit him so hard and in the ribs and stuff and the next day his ribs were sore - he couldn't believe how crazy I was - then he thought I was having a seizure (spelling??) and really scared him. Then he yelled at me so loud in my face to wake up and I guess I did. So it was really crazy - havnt had that happen before haha. Anyways, we also went fishing and didnt get a bite - I think its STILL too cold...hopefully it will get warm soon because Aaron wants to go to Lake Powell in a fortnight to go fishing with his cousin - I hear its WAY warmer there though already. Aaron and I found out where the church was, and went thinking it started at 9am....welllll....it didnt start until 10am!!! We were kind of annoyed haha but stayed for Sacrament and then had to get home quick to get out of the hotel before check-out time. They told us that they changed church till 10am because pepole complained about it starting at 9am and that is was too early and too many got to church late....well, no surprise it now starts at 10 and people are still late haha. Anyways here are some pics from the wedding weekend!!