The beginning of a new semester is always interesting... It is the time where you find out how busy the next 4 months of your life will be. I found out I am going to have a very relaxed maybe a little on the dull side I only have mid terms and finals it seems. Andrew on the other side has super busy classes so that leaves me at home... A LOT. But I am not complaining I would rather be the not so busy one.

Something exciting happened though I am taking a p.e. Volleyball class and my coach is the assistant volleyball coach, i guess the UVU team had a couple girls not be able to play so they are in need of a tall girl that can play volleyball.. that is where I come in i got asked to practice with them. First I have to have a 2 week tryout but you know what i figure even if i get to play volleyball again on a team for 2 weeks I would be wonderfully excited! We will see how it goes I will be crossing my fingers!

When I was younger, volleyball was my life I played 9 months out of the year and 5 days a week usually and when I left CWC last year I had no idea how much I was going to miss it. I have never had much free time and now I don't know what to do with it. It was funny there is a girl in one of my classes that played on the U of U volleyball team and she made a comment in class that her whole life she has worked out but it was not because she wanted too it was because she always had too and had a coach telling her what to do, in her face telling her to run more or run faster and with out that it working out seemed like it wasn't worth it and there was no motivation. I kinda feel the same way I never learned that love of just running or lifting I always had a purpose and it was because I wanted to be better at volleyball.

With all this free time I try to think well I have to have hobby's everyone does but then when I think about it the only skill i ever developed was a team sport and I don't have a team to play with what are my hobbies? Over the summer I got in to reading I read 2 really good books the last song, and message in a bottle, I bought a third book and started reading it but it didn't catch my attention so I have no desire to read it again. Homework just seems pointless I can get by in class with out doing my reading I always do and my homework it not challenging where I need to start it any more than 2 days in advance. So that is my goal in life right now find something that I find interesting, and do it.

Water balloon Madness

Today BYU was trying to break the guenes book of world record water balloon fight! We went to it and it was a blast there was about 3500 people there, that is my guess at least. I ended up almost blind by getting hit in the face 2 seconds after it started and andrew got a bloody nose but we loved ever minute of it! My boy can chuck those water balloons far!! I love the adventures we have together!

Provo River

The Provo river what a grand adventure we had today, very memorable to say the least. We started off the day hanging out with my besty Monique who brought her brother and sister with us to float the ice run off we call Provo river. Started out great we dipped our toes in the water and from that second on I was trying to remember why I agreed on this journey in the first place. Thus the 4 mile journey begun. It was going as well as could be expected we were laughing having lots of fun kept getting caught in the bushes but it was fun. The first adventure we came to was when we were floating in the this half fallen tree that was hanging about 6 inches above the water. Andrew came up with a plan that we all though would work he said when we get to it we will all catch our selves and push us around it. So as we approached and stuck our hands out to catch our selves Monique was the first to find out that plan had a little flaw in it. The current below us was much stronger than we thought, she got sucked under the tree with her arms and legs flayling Andrew and I were right there behind her. We all got thrown from our tubes and for a second I thought we lost them. We were all fine and then the real fun happened! we went through pretty wild rapids and of course I was the lucky one to get flipped off my tube I hurried got back on but by that time I was way behind everyone else. Because my husby wusby is such a wonderful person he decided he would grab a branch and wait for me. Well to his suprise right as I was passing he heard a pop and his tube was gone. I didn't know what to do here I go flying by my husband, a river on one side of him and a forest of prickly weeds on the other. I tried to jump off my tube to go save him but little did I relize 1) the water was well past 6 feet deep I couldn't reach the bottom and 2) i jumped off in the middle of rapids. I finally get to shore with my tube in my hand not knowing what to do. while all this was happening Mo and her siblings were waiting for me also and while they held on to a branch Moniques tube popped. So I gave her my tube told her and her siblings to finish and we would walk. So random tuber guy that saw this happen said we only have about a half a mile left. Boy he was uninformed. It was 2 miles left. Andrew and I started walking on an old rail road track that followed the river. I was the only on in our group that has brought shoes so Andrew was walking bare foot through rocks weeds and hot metal. After tuffing it out for about 5 minutes he finally gave in and took one of my shoes. With our other foot we made quiet wonderful shirt shoes that maybe were not as good as a real shoe but boy of boy was I grateful. As we were walking I had a lot of time to ponder about how many things I was grateful for.

A rail road track which for part of the way gave us wood to walk on instead of just weeds and rocks. Which by the way just intersected the river and started following it right before the tube popped.

A husband with such a great attitude, we both knew that our feet were hurting but never did he complain.

Shoes, even if it was only on saved my left foot from a lot of pain.

the beautiful Rocky mountains if we were stuck walking in the middle of know where for an hour I was glad for such beautiful scenery.

Sun screen that we very generously put on more than we needed before we left for our adventure.

I was so grateful that if i had to be in this situation that I was with my husband, most of the way we just walked talked hand in hand down the rocky rail road.

We were laughing at the irony of the engagement photos that every couple takes. We are the reality, walking down train tracks wearing on real shoe and one shirt shoe. Welcome to married life its not just a pretty picture posed... we are living the real adventure LIFE

It seems like a train wreck kinda day but it was the most fun I have had in a long time. As long as we are together we can make any situation great! I love days that are something you would never expect and are days you will never forget.

6 Months

Some day this whole blogging thing will work for me I am sure of it maybe when I have a cute adorable little child that I can up load pictures of or something exciting to write about but for now it is pretty difficult to find motivation. In the past few months many big decisions have been made. Andrew now is no longer aspiring to be a dentist but is now getting his degree in bioinformatics. It is a biology degree mixed with computer science. What can you do with that degree you ask... well what a great question that is because I am not quite sure on it either but he is happy with it and so am I. I have now made the final decision to get my history education degree. I have only taken one history class so far but I am fascinated by every thing I learn and can't wait to become a history buff, just give me a few years I will WOW you with my knowledge. I quit my job about a month ago I could not take working for a scamy call center any more so since then we have been living off of our free money from the government. We have wonderful parents who pay for our tuition so we are lucky enough to just hang out all day with each other. We just got back from lake powell were we had a blast my poor dad tore his bicep muscle off his arm and has to have surgery. It is a curse anytime we go on a family trip someone has to be injured. Andrew is missing home and wants to go to Arizona for a visit so hopefully we will be able to go there in august!

4 months going and still going strong

I would think it would be safe to safe that Alicia and Andrew are still 100 percent perfect for each other. Yesterday was our 4 month anniversary wow we have been together so long haha but we are still loving all of it. Andrew is almost done with his 10 page paper, he loves to procrastinate those big papers. I secretly think that he likes the danger and uncertainty of not knowing if he will get it done in time. I have been looking for a new job I apply all over and just get rejection emails, but finally I got an interview at APEX alarm and well surprise I didn't get the job.
Last weekend was really fun for me I got to hang out with my best friend two nights in a row! Although on Friday she came over to my house and stupidly I told her to park in our parking lot forgetting that the Provo parking enforcement are crazy about parking in places that you don't have a sticker. So Monique got a boot on her car, and because it was my fault I had to pay the fatty 50 dollar fine. THANKS A LOT SELF!
Lessons we learned these last two months... House work never ends! Kisses and hugs and cuddles solve most problems. Andrew's moto "happy wife, happy life. Sometimes just making and eating muffins for dinner is ok.

We Just got our wedding pictures back...

Life is still great! Andrew got to watch the dentist pull a couple teeth from a boy today... some how he got the idea that I would enjoy hearing gross stories from the dentist he shadows. So wrong it kinda grosses me out but thats ok I guess I will have to suck it up and keep listening. I have had a cold which puts a downer on things but i try not to let it get too me. :)

Fun Filled Weekend

This weekend has been great! We got to go see the BYU mens volleyball team play stanford on friday night! It was a super intense game it just blew our minds how hard they hit the ball wow I would give my right pinky toe to be able to hit a volleyball that hard! The next day we got to go shopping just my favorite past time ever! We went to bed bath and beyond and went crazy good thing we had such wonderful friends and familys that gave us gift cards for our wedding. We got our bed put all together. Being moved out and married I finally realize how expensive things are we bought sheats are alot more expensive than I previously thought. That night we got to go hang out with our new married friends Lexi and Jordan. They made us delicious food THANKS!!! And then we went to lifetime to play volleyball, well most of us were on the same page jordan kept wanting to play soccer so we just decided to start the new game "soccerball" a mix between the two sports it turned out to be a super super fun night! On sunday my little sister shelby and cassi came to church with us and after we walked around BYU to show them around and give them the grand tour. Which included the duck pond and the iring science center. Then we came to my familys house and ended the night playing what tayson calls tut tut doose aka duck duck goose. It was really funny it definatly showed who the fast ones in the family... andrew and the slow ones... alicia. I got laped by megan but I do have a pretty good excuse I couldn't run I was laughing too hard.

One Month Update

Well in this first month of marriage we have learned very valuable lessons. We have been through a lot but have been loving every minute! We still have everything in our house put away. We have a 2 bed room apartment. The living room (that has acted like our bed room this month because before today we have not had a bed so I would sleep on the big love sac and andrew slept on the couch.) The "bed room" aka where Alicia's clothes have taken over the bed room. And the office which is Andrew's school space/ all the crafts we got from our wedding we haven't hung up yet/ all the things that we don't know where to put.

I Have been working bringing home the bacon everyday and I am taking two online classes. Andrew is taking a bunch of classes at BYU and is busy with homework. Andrew just found a dentist to shadow he had went twice today was his second day. He says he still wants to be a dentist so thats great!