Catching up

So I have been terrible at posting on my blog recently -- though some of you may have noticed that I also have to post on four other blogs now. It's a lot of work but it's fun.

I've noticed that being a senior in college is a lot different than being a senior in high school. All I had to do in high school was show up most of the time. But in college... now that's a different story. I have classes from around 9-5 most days and then I spend 5-8, sometimes later, doing homework or working. I'm usually never home, and when I do get to go home early, it's cuz I don't have to use the internet -- which our apartment is lacking.

Luckily, David and I are taking a few classes together so we get to spend some time with one another. He told me that he's done more homework in this semester than he did in the entire semester in the Fall. It's mostly not because he has so much homework but that I am always doing homework or at work so he needs to do something to pass the time.

But I am finally posting a few belated pictures. This is our bed. It's not the most comfortable bed but it's better than nothing.

This is our living room. We live in a studio apartment so the living room and bedroom are combined but we have a couch as a separator. This is our living room. We live in a studio apartment so the living room and bedroom are combined but we have a couch as a separator.
David bought me the one in the background for my birthday/Mother's Day. I've always wanted one of these, only in the shape of a circle, but he refused because it only sits one person. But when we saw this couch, we had to get it. We found it at a garage sale for $50. It's the most comfortable couch ever and we just love taking naps in it.

This is our shrine to us. It has our wedding/engagement pictures and gifts given to us for our wedding. We really enjoy it.
This is our pantry. I just had to show this so I could thank all those who helped us to fill this pantry so we're not starving. We love our big this is.And this is the first pizza that we burnt in our apartment. We put it in the oven and forgot about it. Needless to say, it was pretty burnt. I wanted to throw it out but David insisted we give it a try. We found that certain parts of the pizza weren't so bad and ended up eating the whole thing -- only poor college students would...
David enjoying his burnt pizza.

Please follow my blogs

So I am taking an Intro to Journalism class this semester and we are focusing on blogs. So I had to start 3 new blogs, not to mention a photography blog I just started for a photography class I'm taking, and am writing about different topics on each. The reason we are doing this is because my teacher believes that journalism is going more to the internet and a lot of people are making money off of their blogs. So the deal is if we get 400 followers or earn $500 -- from advertising and stuff -- or if I do some freelance writing. That said, I need everyone's help. Please start following my blogs -- especially the Dresses by Laurie (I am helping Laurie start her blog to advertise her amazing sewing techniques) and BYU-Idaho Recreational Sports Blog (I will be following BYU-Idaho's sports by reporting about a game per week and putting up the top ten teams for each sport).

They should be really fun, and hopefully interesting. And if you have any ideas of what you'd like to read about on my new blogs, I'd love to hear about them. Thanks everyone!!

Bridal Shower II

Last Saturday, I got to go to the Jordan River Temple to receive my endowments. It was such a beautiful experience. And I really enjoyed seeing some of my family there. It's one of those blessings I've been anticipating for many years. I remember going to 8 of my siblings weddings and waiting outside the temple the whole time. It was really hard knowing that I was missing out on such an important event in my brothers' and sisters' lives. So I made it a goal to live worthily so that I too could enter this glorious House of God and receive these wonderful blessings.

Well, my time finally came to receive my endowments and I will be entering the Draper Temple in just a few days to have my own wedding in a "Mormon Castle." I will be with my family and friends and the man I plan on loving for time and all eternity. This is the day I've been waiting for my whole life. This is the day my life will change forever.

We went to the Provo Temple today with David's sister. It was pretty scary as it's all still new to me. But the temple workers are really nice. And they even asked us to be the witness couple! Talk about baptism by fire! It was really intimidating but, again, the workers are nice and everything went well. Here's a picture of us at the Jordan River Temple after I received my endowments:
After the endowment session, my family threw me a grocery bridal shower. It was a lot of fun to see many of my family members and meet some of David's relatives. We played some fun games, ate some good food, and received some really good presents. Thanks to all who helped with my shower. (And thanks, mom, for allowing me to use her photos).
Well, this quite possibly will be the last post I do as Chanae Wilson. Hasta La Vista!

Bridal Shower

My friends threw a bridal shower for me in Rexburg. It was a lot of fun to see all many of my friends from school one last time before I 'make my vows' -- so to speak. We started out playing a get to know you game called "I Have Never." My favorite part was throwing the saltwater taffies at other people when they said they had not done something I had.
We also played the game where Kaity Kobayashi and Katie Wilson -- who threw the shower for me -- asked David a bunch of questions about himself and about me and I had to guess what he guessed. I did a great job... ok, not really. I probably missed just less than half. But he got about half wrong on his answers as well -- There's a lot of things I still don't know about David, but luckily, I get eternity to learn about him. :-)
And then we opened presents. It was a lot of fun and my friends got me a lot of great gifts.
This gift was definitely unique. It was my 'lingerie.' It made me laugh. I will say this though, David was rather disappointed I didn't get better 'stuff.' (Hint, hint) jk ;-)
I really enjoyed my bridal shower. Kaity and Katie did great jobs planning it. I look forward to going to their showers some day.

We are now counting down on single digits. I have to admit, it's a little scary. This is the day a girl dreams about while growing up. How will I fall in love? How will I know I've fallen in love? Will I ever meet my Prince Charming? And it's just amazing to think that I've found the one I want to grow old with. I am a little nervous about what the future holds for us -- with schooling, job-hunting, and eventually raising a family ahead of us. But I'm also excited to see what we can do together. Heavenly Father has blessed me so much throughout my life. With His help, I have been able to do some things I never would have thought possible, like being in 2 church pageants, visiting almost half of the states in the U.S., even doing an internship for the Mormon Times. I'm excited to see what adventures the Lord has in store for the two of us as we unite our lives together. I'm excited and ready to take on this grand adventure!

Valentine's Crush on I-15

On Valentines Morning, David showed up with this beautiful rose with the remaining number of days left till our wedding day written on it. I was so excited! It was a perfect start for this day that we'd planned.



















But when do things ever go as planned???







The plan that we made was to drive to Ogden to pick up our amazing engagement pictures (which you have all seen, if not you should). We had to do it that day because we had an appointment to design the invitations that next Monday. We would then spend the rest of the day registering, shopping, and psyching ourselves up for what would happen 42 days later (getting married if you missed that) But as was said before "But when do things ever go as planned???" (triple question mark emphasized)

We woke up to snow that morning -- lots of snow. We figured that we had better put the most important things first. We decided to leave early for Ogden, take it slow, and then see how much time we have for other things. On the way up disaster almost struck -- we forgot the tunes!!! But we had the radio so it was ok. As we made our way into the Salt Lake City area the snow got worse and the road became snow packed. As the road started to curve David suddenly hit a patch of slush and lost control of the car. The car slid across 2 lanes while doing a 180 degree turn. We were heading strait toward the cement divider when at the last second the car turned and we missed it. We slid to a stop, faces and nuckles white and hearts up in our throtes.

We were facing the wrong direction, on the side of the road with a blizzard outside so we did the only rational thing we could think of, we got out of the car and took pictures for you all to see.

So that was our romantic near death experience on valentines day -- we made sure to kiss to make it romantic. We figure that aparently someone wants us to survive long enough to get married. It also brought into perspective how fragile life can be and how much we truly believe that we are eachother's heart's coquet and here to finish eachother's duet (what movie?)

Engagement Photos -- Thank you Aunt Janice and Jami!!

Updates

Ok, I just thought it'd be fun to let you all know what is going on with the wedding plans. Since we've moved it up 4 months, things have been happening a little fast. Luckily, I have my dress and David has most of his tux. We even have our beautiful temple scheduled. But that's just a small part of all we have to plan for. So here are what we've gotten done so far this week:

We found this beautiful arrangement at Taipan Trading, it's a really cool store that my friend, Greg, recommended. So we're going to have a different candle arrangement on each table. My mom had some rose petals at home that we can use and some of the glass jars will have white sand in them. Also, we'll have electric candles so we can use them in the church buildings.


Also, we have been really worried about where we are going to live when we move up to Rexburg this summer. We made a few offers on some housing but were always a little too late. Today I was looking on the BYU-Idaho bulletin board and saw an apartment for $400 dollars -- a really nice deal since we were looking at places for $500-$600. We talked to the tenant about it and made the offer. It's really close to campus, has a big kitchen and lots of storage. The bedroom and living room are kinda the same room but that's ok. We'll have a bamboo shade to cover the bedroom when company comes over. Also, the tenant is throwing in a couch and the bamboo shade for about $50 and the bed comes with the apartment. What a deal! It's not very big but we feel it'll be perfect for our first apartment. We're very excited. :-) Here are some pictures the tenant emailed us.


That's it for now. But I'm sure we'll have more to post soon. We're getting our engagement pictures taken this weekend so I'll put some up when we get them. Until next time...