Does Life Ever Slow Down?

I can not begin to tell you the changes that have happened to our family is the last 3 weeks. From the holidays being over nothing has slowed down but things have become more chaotic. These changes that I have referred to are the same ones my wife wrote about in her blog.
Yes it is true that I am now a financial clerk with the ward, and that Taylor is the primary president. Which means that I now get to stay an hour to an hour and a half after church is finished to ensure my membership. I am ensuring my membership by not stealing any money from those sacred funds, because Bishop Meredith informed me that I have a calling that I can become excommunicated from and go to jail. What a nice thought, it also kinda gave me a little nightmare when I found out about it. YIKES!
Anyway things are moving and this semester is going by really fast. I am currently taking Anatomy, and learning from human cadavers. I must admit it was weird seeing one for the first time, but after becoming immune to the smell of formaldehyde I did not have any problems.
Ok quick story. In Anatomy we have a cadaver who was a convict. I personally thought it was great that he would donate his body so that we could learn off of it, and I thought it showed a great sense of repaying society. Anyway compared to the other cadavers his muscles are huge! It was funny hearing the T.A.'s tell us about how every other cadaver that they have seen have not even come close to the size that this man is. That brought me to the conclusion that if I am going to donate my body to science I want to have the biggest muscles of anyone in that school where I am being examined. That way everyone will always remember me and I will be infamous even though it is only my body that is left.
Well that should do it for now as were are gearing up for another week of classes and quizzes. Hope everything is going well for everyone else. Just remember who you are, and your potential.

The Update!

I will admit that I have been slacking as it comes to updating this blog. But within the couple of weeks that it has been since the last update much has happened. Taylor and I are finding ourselves in some new situations since we have been married and are loving the opportunity that we have to face them together as a team.Also we are finding that we are getting old, not a fun feeling but I am learning the meaning of the saying "time flies by when you're having fun". As not only has it flown by but we are aging in the process and becoming older adults, AHHHHH!

The new situations that we are seeing is the opportunity to wake up to snow on the ground. Not as fun as it was when I was about 7-12 years old but still a beautiful sight to see. I have to admit that the mountains are one of the most amazing sights when there is snow on them. With the discovery of snow we have found it to not be as warm as we would like it and we are finding ourselves bundling up. Taylor made a great discovery last night as she put on her winter jacket and found her MP3/video player in the coat pocket. As a side not she has been looking for it the past 10 months but do not tell her that I told you. We are also finding ourselves in the midst of commercial Christmas, with nothing but Christmas decorations and cookies and other short of treats in every store that we go into. I do love Christmas and am so grateful that I get to spend it with my wife this year, but I am not looking forward to all the commercialism that it has tied along with it. The bottom line is new things are happening in our marriage and we are loving every minute of it.

With being old, I know that there are some and just some of you that are as old as the both of us, but we are learning that there is an amazing trend in Provo of getting married. With newly weds moving into the ward and moving out and new families popping up all over town, Taylor and I are now becoming the old couple. The move ins and move outs has to be one of those "great and dreadful" things that the Lord talks about in the scriptures. "Great" as I love to meet new people and to get to know them but "dreadful" to find out that there is someone who is moving out so that the new people have a room to live in. It is a lot of fun being able to serve with people who are going through the same situations that we are facing and being as poor as we are so that we can have fun with simple activities. I hope that is something that I will not forget that you can have fun with simple and cheap activities as it has brought joy into our marriage.

Well that should do it for an update for the next 4 months! Haha just kidding I will be better at keeping this updated, but let us know if you have any questions so that we can put them up on here and answer them!

Two Months

When I was younger I would always ask when it was going to be Christmas? The answer I always received from my parents was "its just around the corner...and it will be here before you know it, time passes fast." I never understood what they meant about time passes fast, as sometimes I asked in July and found out that Christmas was six months away. I am now starting to Understand what my parents were talking about when they would say "Time passes fast".
My wife, Taylor and I have been married for two months today! I just can not believe that it has been two months already. I can remember the times that we talked about the date, when Taylor would be woken up by phone call at 6 in the morning, and I would stay up till 1 am talking to her. I can remember flying to Utah to visit, and her visit during thanksgiving. And it does not seem that long ago that we met in the Sacred Grove in Palmyra and I asked her to marry me.
I have learned that you're parents have some experience and are not as crazy as you think they are when you are a teenager. As slowly I am seeing things that my parents (from both sides of the family) do know a little about what they are talking about.
"Time flies when you're having fun" thats all I can say about my marriage with Taylor. It has been the best two months of my life and I can not wait to build up more memories with her.

2009!

I am so amazed at everything that has happened within 2008. To coming home from my mission, to meeting my future wife, to moving to the other side of the country. I am now wondering what 2009 will bring, or has in store for me and my family!
Well just like everyone else I have made some new years resolutions... One which would be to be a more diligent studier of the scriptures. Another would spending more time giving meaningful service! And the third as I would forget all the rest, and that would be getting in better shape! Hey that has a familiar ring to it does it not?
Anyway I thought I would just leave a short little blog and wish everyone a Happy New Year and best of luck to all of you!

Home For the Holidays?

As this time of year creeps up on us, it is important to know how much your family loves you. I am so amazed at the love that not only my family has shown to me but also others. I am going to be moving to Southern California here on the 17th of December. Once again Leaving my family in western New York. They love and support that they have shown me these past couple of weeks has been truly inspiring.
From the long talks at night to make sure that I am happy with everything that is happening. To just the time they have gone out of their way to spend time with me. Wednesday night I had the opportunity to "hang out" with my oldest cousin Sierra. After dinner and the high school basketball game that we went to we had the chance to just talk. In that conversation with her I realized how important not only immediate family is, but also extended family. I am so grateful for my parents and their family in helping me out with everything that is happening.
Also though I am grateful and shocked at how much my Fiance's family has helped me out as well, with moving to the other side of the country and everything else. I am so grateful for her mother, father, brothers, and sister; they have truly shown me love when they really did not know a lot about me. Ok so I was a missionary in their ward and spent time at their home,and also have had the opportunity to "hang out" with Curtis and Kerry when they cam to New York. But they have been a great example of Christ like love and I thank them for that!
Further it is so wonderful to see how families work and the love that is shown, well at least in my family. I am so grateful for all of them and would not pass any of them off but, hope to in the future be able to help them as they have helped me. I am so so grateful and can not wait to see everything else that is about to happen. As the holidays are my favorite time of the year, so bring them all on!

Isn't It Just About Families!

For my very first blog that I have ever posted on the internet, I have come to the conclusion that I will start it about something very important to me, that being families. Being a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, family is one of the main priorities we fight for and stand up for.
First I would like to personally thank all those that labored so diligently in Arizona, California, and Florida to be able to keep their state's definition of marriage between a man and a woman. What a wonderful accomplishment for those states that now face extreme persecution for their beliefs and what they know to be true.
For example the Los Angeles temple has been targeted by those that claim to be open, and receptive to all those fighting for what they believe to be equal rights concerning marriage. This has included "tagging" and other degrading acts towards this buliding of the LDS faith. The point that I am still confused about is how they claim to be open and receptive if they are now fighting with crime.
The reason why Propostion 8 passed was because of California's wanting to protect their families, and their children's chlidren. Its all about family, thats what it boils down to, family. No one against gay marriage is doing it out of hate towards those individuals who choose to be homosexual. So when Dan Savage stated "It is a responsibility of all of us not to be homophobic." (http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/17/hughley.savage.prop.8/index.html?iref=24hours) that is not the case at all. No one is homophobic, not in the least sense. So the main point I am trying to drive home here today is that no one is "homophobic" people are just looking out for their future families with using prinicples that they know are true and come from God. Please remember that Its all about the family!