Fun from Ireland

Thursday Curtis had a good friend from Ireland drop in for a visit he had come over to surprise his wife who still lives in Idaho (she is working on moving over to Ireland with him soon). But he stopped and spent the night with us Thursday night. I had to work from 12-6 and Tom would be at our apartment by 6:30 so timing was perfect.

However things never go as planned and after I got off work I went out to the truck to drive home and it wouldn't start. It didn't click over NOTHING. The buttons on the keys wouldn't open the doors. The truck didn't react at all it was totally dead. So I called Curt because he had just gotten home from work to come get me on the scooter or fix the truck which ever was possible. He is a pretty good mechanic so he thought he could fix it... NOPE. We were completely baffled so Joey (his brother) was up here with his wife and her family celebrating her birthday at Sizzler (right by my work) yay so he came over with the car really fast to come and help us jump start it. It didn't work. So Curt ran home to get some tools and unhook the battery and re-hook it to see if that helped any. Nope.

 Ultimately we had to have Joey tow us to the Ford dealership down the road a ways. We got there and they were already closed. So we found a drop box dropped the keys and it is now about 7:45. Curt had left the apartment open so Tom and Nan(Curt's mom) could wait inside for us.  So our perfect timing ended up not being so perfect. We had a late dinner but it was a lot of fun. We rode the scooter in the cold rain from the dealership, home, to Texas Roadhouse, and home again. They wouldn't know until 2 o'clock Friday afternoon what is wrong with it. :( We hoped it's nothing serious. We showed Tom our wedding photos, got his bus ticket all settled to get him to Idaho Falls, changed the address for his lost luggage to be sent to his sons house and not ours, and we talked till midnight then we went to bed. Now you saw on the list just the sentence before we changed the delivery address right? You also notice my picture at the top shows Tom, Curt, and 3 bags right? That's because they didn't get the address change so at 3:53am Curt gets a call... its the delivery guy who doesn't know which door is ours to drop off the luggage at. So Curt goes up and gets it, then comes back down and it tooks us and hour to get back to sleep. Then we got up at 6 to get Tom ready to catch the bus. But because of our unfortunate deal with the truck they had to load onto the scooter (as seen above). Thankfully the bus stop is less than a mile away.

So that was the start to what is supposed to be our amazingly, fun, fantastic weekend. Friday I worked from 12-6 Curt was already at work so I was stranded with no vehicle. Nan came to get me and take me to work, but my family came up earlier than the time I was supposed to get off work. So they came over to my work and saw all the fun stuff we have there. My brother got lost in Brigham instead of making it to Logan. So he had to call my dad to get directions. So I gave my family the tour of our place and we got the pizzas in the oven so we could eat. We showed off our wedding photos while we waited, then we ate dinner, and played apples to apples. We had some cheesecake that was left over from our reception. It was about 10 o'clock and my family had a long drive home so they left but my older brother and his girlfriend stayed to have a chit-chat. They didn't leave until 1:20am so after they left Curt and I wanted to stay awake till they got home to know that they made it home safely. We lasted till about 3 then we fell asleep. They made it home at 3:30 ish so we almost made it the whole time.

I had to work Saturday as well, I had to close up the store so I was at work till about 8ish. We were supposed to go up to Bear Lake with Curt's family for Easter so we left after work, and got up there about 9:15pm we got settled into our room then went over his mom's room to party with everyone. We played Just Dance 2 on the Wii, card games, and Apples to Apples. Had Ice Cream for Connie and Leslie's birthdays (which we were celebrating while up there). Chatted and snacked till 2:00am. Finally with me half asleep in the arm chair we all went to bed. The bed was as hard and as a board :P I was awake for another hour because I couldn't sleep.

The next morning, Easter Morning, started with a phone call at 7:40am saying they were doing easter baskets for the kids. Which meant it was about breakfast time and since we were incharge of part of breakfast we needed to head over. So Curt just went over while I got ready. Then we went over and all the kids got their baskets and played with their toys and candy. While breakfast was cooking then we all ate and had our easter egg cracking war.

Curtis won and we got a big bag of Reeses Peanut Butter Eggs. We had such a great time and we had a wonderful easter. We love all the family time we had this weekend. We hope everyone had a great Easter as well.

How many does it take?

The typical question is how many cups of sugar does it take to get to the moon right?

Not in our case. Our how many question is how many boxes or bags of cereal does it take before you find one that is not expired?

People were so sweet in giving us food and stuff for our storage room, however, most people seem to not check expiration dates. Neither did we.

We woke up on St. Patricks Day and we wanted to have some Marshmallow Mateys (a cereal that loves to mess with my CDO, that's OCD to you weird people who enjoy non-alphabetized things,) so we went and retrieved the cereal from our storage room. We filled our bowls to their capacities and dug in... only to discover it tasted ... off. It wasn't the sugary we goodness we were expecting so we ate a few more bites (because that was the smart thing to do to REALLY make sure the cereal tasted nasty). So we dumped them down the drain after coming to the conclusion that they really we nasty and I looked at the bag, then thought to check the expiration date to see if that had anything to do with it. It did, the cereal had expired in 2008, explaining why the anchors, that already tasted like cardboard, now tasted like plywood.

So we returned to the storage room to check dates on our cereal before we ate another expired one. We found two bags of Fruit Loops, in addition to our Marshmallow Mateys and a box of Peanut Butter Cap'n Crunch that I am certain is an antique. Now I say this not to offend anyone or make anyone feel old, but, if the antique store by my house says new arrivals, beanie babies and barbies, then this cereal box must be an antique as well. So no offense intended. The box of Peanut Butter Crunch expired Oct 27, 1998 an month and one day after I was baptized, if you don't believe me check the pictures below.

We now pay better attention to the food we pick before we get it out of our storage room ;)

Kids say the darndest things No. 3 and No. 4

I wish I had posted these or written them down when they happened but I forgot and now I don't remember them exactly but my nieces Kate and Brooke had an Aimee moment with saying the darndest things.

Brooke is on the left with brown hair, Kate is on the right with Blonde.

When they were all over for dinner the Sunday we came home, when we were playing Dominion. Connie had to leave to check on the girls and we kept playing while she was out of the room when she came back it was her turn again and something had happened and she asked, "What in the Sam Hill just happened?" Brooke being the smartie pants that she is responded, "Dad played this, Aunt Aerika played those, Uncle Courtesy Cone (one day the clever girls decided Curtis and Courtesy Cone rhymed he is now Uncle Courtesy Cone) played that one and that one now its your turn and that's what in the Sam Hill just happened!" We all got a good laugh out of that one :)

The next one was said by Kate. Curtis and I were over watching Kate and Allie while Connie took Brooke to a check up. We decided to play Just Dance on the Wii (for anyone who has not played this game DO IT it is a blast!!!). For anyone who doesn't know my husband well... he has no rhythm and cannot dance (I'm not in trouble for posting that he knows it too) so Kate and I had talked him into playing with us which was a big deal. Connie came home and wanted to join us, so all 4 of us, Curtis, Connie, Kate, and I were all dancing together. During one song Kate was beating us all and we don't know how but we pointed out to Kate that she was beating us all she was doing a good job. She promptly responded "I'm whooping your biscuits!" We had to stop for a second so we could laugh. Out of the mouth of a 4 year old :)

Finally Home!!!

So we finally got home at 1 am and had to unload our gifts as shown below. We didn't crawl into bed until about 2 am.

 We were not told that it was daylight savings, luckily our ward doesn't meet until 1 pm otherwise we would have been late to church. We woke up at 5 minutes to 8 thinking we did pretty good since Curtis doesn't sleep in. Thankfully my old Singles Ward Clerk texted a reminder to our ward (since my records weren't transferred yet I got a text too) reminding us not to forget Daylight Savings its an hour later than you think. So in Reality we woke up at 5 minutes to 9 thank you Clerk for being on top of your job.

So we got up and decided to tackle our gifts first thing. It took us forever to get them done. There were so many but we were so grateful to get the things we needed. We decided not to take pictures of every gift since it would take forever so we just took a few. (The ballerina is my favorite long story attached to that).


After we were done we ate breakfast and called around to see which building we met in. Turns out it is the same building Curt's brother Joey and his wife Leslie went to while they lived here too. Small world. We went and got ready for church and headed out the door to meet our new ward and bishop.
Our ward was extremely small that day it was the last day before spring break was over so many people were still gone and weren't there. Just to make the world smaller the speakers that spoke in sacrament meeting; the husband was the brother of someone that dated Curt's sister Connie and their sister was in Joey and Leslie's ward when they were in the ward. SMALL WORLD.
After church we went home to clean the mess we left and make the lasagna Curt's mom gave us to take home for dinner. It was too much for two of us and his sister Connie and her Husband Brad and their girls filled our fridge while we were on our honeymoon so we invited them over to eat with us.

We had a great time with all of them over. We ate dinner, played a game, had funny comments made by the girls. What a night :) We have such a fun time with these girls they are so funny :)

We are so glad to be at our home, starting our lives together, and just being us. Being married is the greatest thing I have ever experinced (so far I'm sure babies will be my next one) and I am so glad this wonderful handsome man of mine chose me as his eternal companion. Also that I listened to the spirit and how it was telling me to get married instead of ignore him and focus on your mission. It was the best desicion I've ever made.

We techinally got a two week honeymoon :) after we came home from our planned out of state honeymoon we came home and I didn't start work for another week and neither did Curt so we got another week to set up our house together and have everything in its place before we had to go back to work. We were so lucky :) and we really enjoyed our uninterrupted time together.

Part 3: The Honeymoon

So we stayed our first night at The Hines Mansion in Provo (as shown is part 2: The Big Day). We got up at 6 am... why? We have no idea! We just woke up and we weren't very happy we were planning on sleeping till like 8 so we could get everything together eat breakfast then get on the road and head to California by 9. So we just talked and tried to go back to sleep but failed. So finally at a little after 7 we got out of bed and made sure we were ready to go and that we had everything packed and out in the truck. We were a little confused as to what time breakfast was supposed to be served because we had 3 different papers says 3 different times. So we went out at about 8:45 ish. We walked into the breakfast nook, only to find a table full of 6 other guests all there and already on the 3rd Course. So we walked in and everyone said Oh... you must be the newlyweds ;) we were so embarrassed and wondering what they were thinking because we're sure it wasn't what they thought. So we ate breakfast then went back to the room brushed out teeth and checked out.


It was a long drive but not as bad as we thought. It took us about 12 ish hours to get there we only stopped 2x for gas other than that we just drove so we could get there. We stayed in the Lawrence Welks Resort in Escondido, California. It was really nice and the pool area was gorgeous. We ate some food then watched Sleepless in Seattle then fell asleep so were tired from the long days' drive.


The next day was Sunday, fast sunday to be exact. So the 3rd day of marriage and we were fasting. Curt said he never thought he'd fast on his honeymoon haha. We found a church close to the resort that started at 11 we thought we can make that. We woke up at 9:30 ish so we were going to go get ready but we just laid in bed till we fell asleep again and woke up at 12 so we tried to find another church. We did find one at 1 so we hurried and got ready but we were still a little late. We missed the partaking of the sacrament which we were sad about, but atleast we could listen to people's testimonies. We just sat out in the foyer. As we listened we soon realized that we could not understand anything that was being said. Curt found a 1 spanish ward but didn't know it was spanish. So we got to listen to spanish testimonies for our first married Sunday, the spirit was strong even though we couldn't understand half of what was being said. We left after the sacrament meeting and went back to the resort. We broke our fast and watched Sleepless in Seattle again because we didn't finish the night before. Then watched Cake Boss on TLC then went to bed.


Monday- We hadn't planned anything to really do besides go shopping for some food we'd need that we didn't bring with us and to get me tennis shoes and socks, since mine appeared to have not made it into my suitcase, and maybe go down to the pool. Well our pool plans got foiled because it decided it wanted to rain instead so we went to the store and got the food then got my shoes and socks. I had to twist Curt's clothes snobby arm to let me just get tennis shoes from Payless, he said I needed better arch support than those shoes gave, I told him I almost always buy shoes from there and they are fine. Finally after much childish fueding and whinning I got my way :) and he now really likes my shoes :P so ha! We went back to the resort ate food, watched T.V., and watched The Ringer (Curt had never seen it and I figured he'd find it funny). Once again though he fell asleep, so another movie unfinished we went to sleep.

Tuesday- We planned this day to go to the Temple and hopefully make it to a beach. We called the temple and they said they had sealings available at 2 and 4. We chose 2 since we woke up at 11 we ate breakfast got our temple clothes together and got the stuff for the beach got in the truck and drove to the San Deigo Temple. IT WAS GORGEOUS!!! I have never been before and I absolutely feel in love with it. We got to do sealings with Ordinance Workers it was awesome :D after it was over this sweet sister told us her secret to 51 1/2 happy years of marriage is to but the other person first. She showed us to the Celestial Room. GORGEOUS!!! We then went and changed then we took pictures on the grounds. The temple took longer than we had planned so we didn't end up making it to the beach. We went back and finished The Ringer which Curtis loves now. Then we decided that was our night to eat out so we went to Applebee's and had dinner then came back to the room and watched some T.V. then went to sleep so we could get up and make it to Sea World in the morning.

Wednesday- We got up and made it to Sea World by just after 10. We hit all the shows first thing, we started with the sea lion show, we  came half way through so we missed most of it but Curt and I had both seen it before so we weren't to sad about it. The dolphin show was next it didn't start for a while so we went to the shark exhibit then we wanted to go see the dolphins but they were all getting ready for the show. We walked around the stadium once and right as we came to the other side where no one really was waiting they opened it so Curt and I got really good seats. There were this cute little girl sitting behind us and when it first started it was a story line not really any dolphins yet. She got so mad and said this isn't a stupid dolphin show this is just a dumb show. Her dad told her to just watch for a minute the dolphins will come. When they did she got so excited and was shouting there are the dolphin there dad I see them I see the dolphins. After the dolphins left for the first time she said oh darn its over. Her brother said SHHHH no its not. She was just a joy through the whole thing it was cute to see her so excited. We decided after the show my sister Aimee and our niece Kate would have loved the show. Then we went to the Pets Rule show. It's so fun to watch the cats, dogs, pigs, ducks, and kangaroo do these cool tricks. After we went and saw Shamu, THOSE MAMMALS ARE HUGE!!! Wow. We wanted to ride Journey to Atalantis but it was closed :( bummer!!! That's my favorite ride. After Shamu we went and looked at the aquarium, then the arctic display, then the pengiuns, then by about this time the park was almost closed so we went home. When we got back we discovered our sunburns OUCH we forget sunscreen completely. We were worn out so we went to bed so we could get up early and go to Disneyland and California Adventures the next day.

Thursday- We found a really awesome deal we got two one day park hopper tickets for 100 bucks :D we had fastpasses on our tickets too, we were pretty excited about that :D So we went and got them just before 9 then went up the street to the park (but first we got sunscreen for our faces so we wouldn't get burned again). We had fastpasses on our tickets too :) We started out on the Indiana Jones ride, Curt favorite, then we went on Pirates of the Carribean, my favorite, Splash Mountain was closed all day :( no fun. Then Curt had never been on the Haunted Mansion ride and I hate haunted houses so since he figured that was the closest we'd get me to a haunted house we went on it. Then we went on the train rollercoaster, then we went to the matterhorn, space mountain, we drove the cars in autopia. We hopped over the California Adventures, for lunch, we had Soup Bowls they were delicious. After so we could let lunch settle before we did moire rides. I showed him this place where you take your disney personality test, he was Woody :) haha I got a picture of him sitting in the beasts throne chair too :) then we went to go on the Toy Story Arcade Ride (which I love) and I whooped his bisket :D We wanted to go on California screamin after but it was temporarily down but they said they would take our fast passes when it was up and running again so we went to the tower of terror next another one Curt hadn't been on IT WAS GREAT I love that ride. After we went and got a second fast pass for California Screamin. We used our first one then waited for a little then went on it again. Only 2x in a row isn't a good idea if you ate lunch not too long ago and your stomach doesn't handle the antigravity feeling very well. Needless to say my hubby is one of those unfortunate souls. We got off the ride and he had to go get cleaned up. We went back to Disneyland and he had a few rides we wanted to ride one more time before we left but because of upset tummy, we just tried Indiana Jones first. He could handle that but nothing more so we got coasters as our souviener and left. We went home and decided to do nothing the last day since Saturday would be ALL DAY in the car. We went to bed.

 Friday- We woke up and we were lazy for most of the morning, then we went down to the hot tub to soak for a little bit. After my sunburn was really bothering me again so we went and got aloe vera to make it feel better. We watched movies, ate food, watched T.V., started packing up stuff to leave, and lounged around , then went to bed.

Saturday- We were up and gone by 7am California Time. We only stopped 2x again for gas and we got to my old work to say hello to my sister since she had to work and wouldn't see us at the house. We went and got Cafe Rio for dinner then went to my parents house to say hello and get the rest of my stuff I left there. We ended up staying a lot longer than planned haha of course :) Then we went to his mom's got stuff there too and again stayed longer than planned. We went out to his dad's to get his areator and again stayed longer than planned. We were hoping to get to our apartment by 10:30, 11 at the latest we didn't get to our apartment till 1 am. Thankfully our church doesn't start till 1. We got to bed at 2 am. 

That's the honeymoon. More to follow in the next post FINALLY HOME!!!