BYU Invitations

So Ali, being the amazing woman that she is, allowed me to create my own personal wedding invitations that I could send to some friends of mine in addition to the awesome ones Amy made for us. She even had special pictures made with me to do it. What a girl! So I'm posting it here for anybody who will appreciate it. I realize that probably 100% of the people that read this blog are female which means that probably 0% of the people that read this blog will appreciate it. But if I start posting things that girls appreciate that makes me appear kind of fruity don't you think? And there is an old saying, you are what you write. So I will continue to post manly, cool stuff.

Engagement Photos

0102 '1 ןıɹdɐ

ʍoןs˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙˙ǝןʇʇıן ɐ uıɐɹq ʎɯ puɐ pǝɹıɐdɯı uoısıʌ ʎɯ 'ǝןdɹnd ob pɐǝɥ ʎɯ ǝʞɐɯ oʇ buıʇɹɐʇs sı buoן sıɥʇ ɹoɟ uʍop ǝpısdn buıbuɐɥ sɐ ob ʇsnɯ ı ʍou

¡ǝןdɯıs ¡¡ǝsןǝ ʎpoqʎɹǝʌǝ oʇ uʍop ǝpısdn puɐ noʎ oʇ dn ǝpıs ʇɥbıɹ ɹɐǝddɐ ןןıʍ ʇı ǝdʎʇ noʎ uǝɥʍ ʍou ˙pǝǝu noʎ buıɥʇʎɹǝʌǝ s,ʇɐɥʇ ˙uʍop ǝpısdn ǝɹɐ noʎ ʇɐɥʇ ǝɹns ǝʞɐɯ ʇsnظ ˙sıɥʇ ɥsıןdɯoɔɔɐ oʇ ʍoɥ ǝsooɥɔ uɐɔ noʎ ˙buıןıǝɔ ǝɥʇ uı sʇןoq ǝɥʇ oʇ ɟןǝsɹnoʎ ǝɹnɔǝs ʇsnɯ noʎ pɹıɥʇ ˙buıɥʇʎɹǝʌǝ ɔd 'pɹɐoqʎǝʞ 'ɹoʇıuoɯ ˙noʎ oʇ ʇsǝsoןɔ sı ʇɐɥʇ ןןɐʍ ǝɥʇ oʇ uʍop ǝpısdn ɹǝʇndɯoɔ ɹnoʎ ǝɹnɔǝs ʇsnɯ noʎ ʎןpuoɔǝs ˙qoظ ǝɥʇ op ןןıʍ ǝɹnʇɐu sıɥʇ ɟo buıɥʇǝɯos ɹo sʇןoq ǝbɹɐן ˙ɯoɹɟ buıןıǝɔ ǝɥʇ ɯoɹɟ ʎןǝǝɹɟ ɟןǝsɹnoʎ buɐɥ uɐɔ noʎ ʇɐɥʇ ǝɔıʌǝp ɟo ʇɹos ǝɯos ןןɐʇsuı ʇsnɯ noʎ ʇsɹıɟ ˙ʎןןɐǝɹ pǝʇɐɔıןdɯoɔ ǝʇınb s,ʇı ןןǝʍ ¿ʞsɐ noʎ op uʍop ǝpısdn buıʇıɹʍ ǝq ı pןnoɔ ʍoɥ ˙uʍop ǝpısdn ǝʇıɹʍ pןnoʍ ı ʇɐɥʇ ʇɥbnoɥʇ ı ʎɐp sןooɟ ןıɹdɐ ɟo ɹouoɥ uı os

I like funny things.

Best beginning to a newspaper article ever!!

Jim and Pam

Has anybody else noticed the striking similarities between Jim and Pam (Hereafter referred to as "Jam") and Greg and Ali? I'm serious. Where did Jam meet? Work. Where did Ali and Greg meet? Work. What is Pam's job? Receptionist. What is Ali's job? Receptionist. What is Jim's job? Sales. What was Greg's job?(albeit briefly) Sales. Where does Jim spend most of his time? Reception. Where did Greg spend most of his time? Reception. What is Jim's favorite thing to do at work? Pull pranks. What was Greg's favorite thing to do at work? Pull pranks. Who walks Pam out to her car everyday? Jim. Who walked Ali out to her car everyday? Greg. Jam was separated when Pam went to New York. Greg and Ali were separated when Ali went to Alaska.
Isn't that a little weird? Ali and I watch the Office every week and so really it's like watching our future unfold before our eyes. Jam got engaged and so did we. Or stories diverge slightly though when Jam gets married on a boat...I guess there is always Utah Lake...and we do have a boat...and my dad is a bishop...
And Pam was pregnant when they got married...I wonder what that means...
Last week Ali and I witnessed the future birth of our first child. Apparently it's going to be a girl and apparently Ali is going to breast feed somebody elses kid.
But Ali can't have a kid just yet because Ali is afraid of 2 things in this world; blankets covering her nose and baby spit up. When a blanket covers her nose she thinks that she is going to die and when a baby spits up on her she really wants to die.
What else does the future hold for Ali and I? Well NBC just renewed The Office for another season so I guess we'll find out.

The Temple is booked!

We have been engaged for about a month and a half, and almost everything is booked and ready to go... except for the Temple. Whoops. I thought I needed to talk to my bishop before I booked it, but things have been so crazy right now, and I'm a little lazy so I hadn't done it yet. We had the reception booked, the flowers, the cake, the cupcakes, the luncheon but not the temple. Without the temple there is not a wedding. But I finally called last night and got it booked! It was the most exciting phone call I have evre had. I have never been so happy. It made it so much more real booking the actual wedding. It was just so great! I even started to tear up. I was just so happy! I was on my way to Greg's house when I called. I texted him and told him to meet me out front first. I wanted to tell him alone and not infront of his mom and sisters. It was so great! I could not stop smiling and even started to tear up again when I told him that I had finally booked the temple. I am such a baby! But I just couldnt help it. I was so happy and excited!

Here we are at Jordan River Temple! This is where we are getting married! And this picture was actually taken on the night that he proposed.

I'm so glad I'm a guy

Ali and I are planning for married life and we each have distinct jobs and tasks that we are in charge of. Ali is dealing with colors and food and I'm dealing with insurance and...well that's about it. In preparing for this wedding I have come to realize even more how good it is to be a guy. As complicated as insurance is to figure out, it is cake compared to picking colors. There are only like 50 insurance companies as far as I can tell through Wikipedia. And with Wikipedia anyone on the planet can write anything they want on there so you know you're getting the best information. But think about what Ali is dealing with here:

There are 64 million colors that a computer can decipher. Since there are 7 colors, Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet, in the visible spectrum, you get 7 base colors, plus black, which is the absence of color, still 64 million divided by 7 is 9,142,857 different colors of green. That's 9 million 142 thousand 8 hundred and 57 shades of green. But we won't just have green at the wedding. Ali is thinking about shades of red, blue and yellow as well. So 4 basic colors. You multiply shades per color by 4 and Ali has 36,517,428 different colors to choose from. Ali has to narrow 36,517,428 colors down to 4. That is daunting to say the least.

But if you look at it this way, she has narrowed 64 million to just under 37 million. Good for you Ali!