Home, Alive, and BLONDE

Alright, so this past week I've been in D.C. visiting my family. Unfortunately there was a mishap and on the first day I got the worst migraine in the history of the world. At first I thought I was having a stroke! little scary.... but thankfully not true. My vision went fuzzy, I couldn't talk or hear, I lost all feeling in my arm, hand and face and my head felt like someone was pounding on it with a sledgehammer- and I was out of control throwing up (17 times total in about 4 hours) at any outside noise or light. It was beyond horrible and totally embarrassing, not that I was that concerned about that at the time. I threw up three times alone at the Washington Monument! ugh. At least my parents were with me and took great care of me. Thankfully, my dad's hotel wasn't too far away and he was able to get me a taxi- he had to half drag half carry me there and through the hotel lobby and to the hotel room. So....I basically spent most of my time in D.C. in bed resting and feeling better- and I do  feel TONS better today. It looks like this complex migraine on steroids was brought on by a combination of dehydration and extremely low blood sugar. Soooo from now on I am going to be packing water bottles and granola bars EVERYWHERE I go. Definitely learned my lesson. I flew in late last night and have been in bed all day today to regroup and gain back some energy- although I will definitely be up and at work tomorrow- I hate sitting in bed! I'll also post more pictures of some of the things we did do in D.C. when I wasn't almost dying in a few days- I haven't uploaded those pics from the camera yet. Until then- here's some of my new hair! These pics are from last week right when i had it done.

 It's definitely blonde.

and i had new bangs cut. i can't stay away from them.

much better for summer right?

and aren't these gorgeous? my work is so so nice. i let them know i wasn't going to be in today because of all the migraine business and they sent me these with a kind note. they're the best! i only have one more month of work- they definitely didn't have to do this- but they did and it made it my day :) if you ever need you taxes done- you should definitely go to hawkins cloward and simister.

blog vomit

okay so consider this a warning- this post is pointless. it's basically just all of my random photos that have been collecting on my laptop and phone. for some reason i've been horrible about taking real pictures and these are all i have to show for our recent happenings.

 A few weeks ago we went bowling at the Wilk- Jeff was awesome as usual

yeah...i totally got the top score......

not. 

oh hey awesome new talent and skill machine 

isn't this the cutest? this is jeff with our niece, london

what odd pictures. don't worry jeff has pants on.

and in other news......i'm going to D.C. on FRIDAY!!!!FUNFUNFUN ha. i'm super excited to take some time off work and see my whole fantastic family for a few days. sadly, jeff's not coming with- so if you're in the neighborhood drop by and challenge him to either mariokart, smash, blitz or a game of ping pong. k thanks.

weird, i know...

Ok, so for the past week Jeff and I have been obsessed with this commercial! It makes us laugh so hard! I'm not sure why- cause it should really probably be freaking us out instead but the furry creature (we just call it a troll) is too funny. But what makes this really weird is what happened last

night when this commercial came on.......

*commercial starts and we both begin to laugh really hard*

Jeff: "This commercial is AWESOME. The troll is just like you! You are totally the troll. If you were a troll, you'd be like that....."
Me (still laughing): "...Yeah, I get that......."

and the weirder thing is.... I really did. idk but maybe I should've been offended when Jeff called me a troll, but I totally wasn't bc I had been thinking the exact same thing! I don't know why- maybe it's cause the monster/troll and I have similar coloring and ginormous cartoon eyes? or maybe cause I also like to cruise around, shop, and take pictures with my friends? Maybe it's bc this troll walks like a man and I also have a confusingly masculine walk? or maybe bc this troll/monster seems like a really cool person who everyone wants to hang out with and I'm cool too?....idk.
It's all weird and  I know that- 50% of the reason I posted this was bc me and Jeff both really want to be able to watch this commercial whenever we want on demand and 50% is because I would really like to remember this in a few years- I think it could come in handy when we have a disagreement- "hey remember that time you called me a troll?" and he'll have to let me win the argument.....I just have to let enough time pass so he forgets that I totally agreed with him that the troll/monster reminded me of me too.....



New Skillz

I need to somehow obtain some new skills desperately. I don't really have any talents that can also be described as skills. I can't sing, I'm not artsy, I burn more food in the kitchen than anybody I know (last night I burned my Ramen) and I don't have a weird ocd thing for keeping everything nice and organized all the time...I really wish I was more like one of those girls who has to have everything clean and straightened and perfect or they can't relax.....but I've really never had a problem relaxing while my apartment looks like a black hole, I block it out and I'm just fine.

In seminary we used to do this thing where we write notes to other people telling them their talents and what they're good at..... mine always said things like "good listener" and "nice" and "sometimes looks pretty"-seriously- someone anonymously told me I sometimes look pretty. wow thanks, good to know I'm sometimes good at looking nice....weirdo. 

But anyways.......totally getting off the subject- my point is, I want a talent/skill I can quantify- and instead of waiting for my sleeper martha stewart gene to kick in, I'm going to force/start it myself. A few months ago my mom came to visit and bought me this:

Last Saturday was my "learn how to be awesome at sewing" day. It went.....okay. Lucky for me this machine came with an instructional dvd! haha but not so lucky for Jeff I had to keep playing it over and over and over again. I ended up making a simple white pleated skirt- which has yet to fall apart! yay me.
Also- this is really pretty embarrassing-but apparently you're supposed to use an iron while sewing to keep all of the seams down.....except we didn't really have an iron. after almost two years of marriage. no iron. This was also the very first time I thought- hey I should probably get an iron- after 5 years of living on my own it just never came up! I was talking to my friend Elise and at least she thinks I'm still cool- she was actually impressed. I blame my lack of an iron on that sleeper martha stewart gene.

Graduated!!!

Last weekend Jeff graduated from BYU with a degree in Exercise Science! I'm so proud of him! It was a big weekend with graduation, volleyball games, and EASTER, and luckily I was able to take Friday off and be there for all of the festivities....except that I ended up

 getting sick and spent Jeff's game throwing up at home instead :( boo.

big giant cutie

We kind of missed taking a picture when he walked across the stage, so we had him go pose after the ceremony was done.

haha Jeff and London are the best

I can't believe we are going to be done with BYU and Provo forever. 

We've both been here for 5 years! craziness. BYU has been an amazing experience.

 I truly love our school- even though it didn't always seem to love me back. I wouldn't trade our experiences here for anything. Jeff and I go on walks every evening and recently these 

walks are becoming more and more of a "remember when" convo- we currently live two blocks

 from campus and within a two mile radius of all of our previous apartments and places we used to 

hang out when we were dating- this sparks A LOT of memories. 

Sometimes....I really can't believe people let us get married.... really lol. 

We also pass by the apartment my parents first lived in 

when they got married  and were still going to BYU- I point it out to Jeff every time we pass it, 

which does. not. get. old. at. all. but I can't help myself- I just think it's so sweet!

 In about two months we'll be packing up and moving across the county to a city neither of us have ever really been to (airports don't count). The thought can be a little scary....but overall I think we just feel ready. College has been such a growing experience- but now that we're leaving our Provo life behind us, I actually feel pretty prepared for whatever comes next- and I'm excited! Yay to Jeff for graduating and becoming a college grad!!!!

done

In relief society on Sunday I decided to actually raise my hand during the "good news minute" to announce that Monday is the 18th! I usually never say anything, but I was too excited! And even though there was a little bit of an awkward silence until I explained that I work for an accounting firm- I'm freaking pumped! These last few months have been crazy. I've never worked so much in my life. I can't wait to wake up on Saturday......and not have to go to work! I've been averaging over 70 hours a week for a while now- it'll be so so so nice to go back to the usual 40. I'll be able go outside when it's still light out. Faaaaaaaantastic.

Happy April 18th y'all!!!  

these pictures are the only ones i have from the last three months that i haven't had to steal from someone else's blog/camera. they kind of work perfectly.

and Jeffyjoe has one more final and he is DONE with COLLEGE. yahoooooo. seriously. graduation is in a few days!!! how did i not realize this until the week of?

Senior Night

Last weekend was Jeff's last regular season home game

 -aka- 

Senior Night

The team before the start of the game. Jeff's the cutie waving :)

After the game Jeff's parents and I walked out with Jeff for his little spotlight.

We love the sweet BYU blanket

Everyone that came out to support Jeff.

So even though we still have a few more weeks of volleyball left- it is beyond weird to think that it's almost over! Volleyball has been such a big part of our lives together that it's hard to imagine our lives without it. We've been married almost two years and I've gotten pretty used to chilling by myself on the weekends- next winter's going to be weird-we'll actually be able to go out on a weekend date lol
Jeff red-shirted his first year- so it's been five years total for him, he's going to miss this the most. Jeff and I started dating our Sophomore year, so this last season was my fourth season of going to every home game and following every away game online. Before I met Jeff I had never even been to a men's volleyball game before and I actually wasn't a big fan of the sport, but it has been so much fun watching Jeff and all the other guys play! It's been great watching the guys develop and get better and I get so happy when one of them does well. 

Year 1: Dating

Year 2: Engaged

 

Year 3: Married

Year 4: Married almost two years!

Volleyball has been such a great experience for Jeff. He's had to work very hard to balance a full load of school and practice/workouts. The last two seasons he took 17 credits! He's had to be very disciplined to fit everything in.
 Volleyball has also created some amazing friendships. I LOVE LOVE LOVE these girls. I miss them so much! We've watched a lot of game tracker and spent  A LOT of games dodging volleyballs together. I know they all graduated last year- but still-they're what I'm going to miss the most. This year    Mindy and Tara joined the wives club- they've been so nice to hang out with- next year Tara's prez.

about four years ago.....

haha

In Italy. Last summer we were very lucky and got to travel to Italy with the team. It was one of the best experiences of my life- I loved Italy and loved that we got to go with some of our best friends. 

Congrats to #7 for five years of BYU volleyball!!! He's smoking hot huh?