30 Hours!

Well, yesterday while I was at work, my boss called me on the intercom phones and asked me to close my teller window and come into her office. I didn't know what it was for, but I hadn't messed up lately, so I wasn't too worried. I actually have 2 bosses, I guess. I have the lead teller who I go to with all of my day to day problems, like.....this check looks like it might be fake, what do I do? or This member wants to do a ridiculously complex transaction. HELP!.....then there is the branch manager who I go to when I have questions about big things or when some wants to deposit lots and lots of money and she needs to come and verify that amount. So ANYWAY, when I got over to the office, i saw that both bosses were in there. I went in and my manager asked me if I still wanted the 30 hour position I had asked for a month ago, I said yes, I was. She then told me that as long as my finals would allow it, I could start 30 hours next week. So I am now a full time teller at America First. This is especially good because for about 6 weeks, Matt and I have been without heath insurance, but now I will be eligable for it through the company. We have been trying to get insurance, but the companies don't seem to move at the pace we would like. So anyway.... now I am full time and am quite happy with that.

This picture has nothing to do with the post, but I like it! :)

Just for Candice

I know that I already have lots of wedding pictures on my blog, but as my mother and I were looking through the pictures together yesterday afternoon, I found this picture of my cousin, Candice Nelson. I'm not exactly sure what she was thinking about at this point in time, but is was apparently stinky, gross, or awful. Her hair sure does look good though. This picture was taken outside the temple at the wedding, but the fun didn't stop there. This picture underneath is Candice's youngest daughter at my wedding reception. Maybe it isn't their fault. Maybe it is hereditary. I think that we can all appreciate the photogenic genius of this mother-daughter duo. I still love you, Candice, it was just too good to pass by. Plus my mom talked me into it. See ya later!

FIRE!!!

Okay, so Matt and I had our first almost emergency last night. We both got home from work and decided we were going to have breakfast for dinner. We hadn't used our new waffle maker yet and we had some bacon my mom had given us, so we decided to have that.
I asked Matt to make the bacon while I did the waffles and while the waffles were cooking, I was also doing a few dishes. Matt asked me to give him a plate for the first three pieces of bacon, so I hand him a freshly washed plate with a few paper towels on it for the grease. I hand it to him and then went back to washing more dishes, with my back more or less to him. I hear a sudden yelp, and when I turn around, Matt is hitting the paper towels with the spatula, because they have caught on fire! (we have a gas stove, something neither of us is very used to) He got the fire out fairly quickly and then went back to pulling the bacon out of the pan.
About this time, the waffles currently in the waffle maker were finished and I pulled them out. As I was pouring the next batch, I started coughing and just said one word, "smoke" with a sort of raspyness. Matt responded with, "oh, it's not that bad" almost as soon as the words were out of his mouth, the fire alarm went off. He quickly ammended his comment "okay, maybe it is that bad." It only beeped a few times and then stopped. I felt the worst was over, but about 10 seconds later, it went off again. This time it stayed on until Matt took a shirt and waved it in front of the alarm. I opened our door so some of the smoke would go up the stairs and Matt opened the one window that does open in our apartment and continued to wave the shirt. As soon as one of us would stop fanning the alarm, it would go off again! Something not many people know is that I have a phobia of death by fire. So needless to say, my fear combined with the high pitched noise of the 20 year old fire alarm sent my heart beat sky high.
After about a half hour, we got everything back under control and could shut the door and window and my heart rate returned to normal. We only ended up burning two pieces of bacon in the process and no fire trucks came, although the tv show we had on (but weren't really watching because we had our own entertainment going on) did have fire truck and when the noise came on on the tv, it sent my heartrate up again. But, if anyone is worried, our fire alarm works!

1 month mark

Well, yesterday was the one month anniversary of our wedding. We really didn't do anything to celebrate, but I did make cookies. I do that mostly for myself though. It is so nice to just be able to mix those things up real quick and then watch Matt enjoy them. Well, besides that, we are both just trying to survive this last few weeks of school. Also, we got our records read in to the new ward. The Kingston Ward. I'm not sure what our stake is called, but that is our ward. Also, the bishopric is coming over to the apartment on Wednesday at 7. I guess I better keep the apartment clean. It looks pretty good right now. Catch ya all later!

Wedding Pictures! :D

Here we are outside the Bountiful Temple, which is where most of these pictures were taken!
This was so fun! Although none of the pictures of him spinning me really came out, it was still fun to be twirled in my dress!
This is in the arches on the temple grounds. You can tell how wet it was from puddle under our feet. I love the rain though, and wasn't disappointed to have it rain on my wedding day. The dress did get soaked though.
More pictures! Matt's smile is so awesome in this one. He looks like nothing could make him happier. We were even freezing our little newleywed butts off!

20 Questions About Us!

20 questions about us:
Our names: Brooke and Matt (duh!)
How long have we been married? 4 weeks! :D
How long did we date? 3 months with a 3 month engagement
How old are we? He is 21, I'm 19. ( I know, gasp)
Where does he work? He works for Jiffy Lube in Ogden.
Who is taller? He is! I'm about 6 or more inches shorter.
Who eats more? Depends on how much ice cream there is.
Who said I love you first? He did! And even though it took me three days to decide that I loved him too, he continued to be brave enough to say it.
Who mows the lawn? We don't currently have a lawn, but one day in the distant future, he can take much pride in the lawn he so dutifully maintains on his own.
Who sings better? We both are pretty much lacking in this area and to compare us would just hurt everyone's ears.
Who does the laundry? Who ever needs something clean first.
Who does the dishes? We are pretty much split even here.
Who pays the bills? Automatic withdrawls are a wonderful thing.
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? I do.
Who cooks dinner? I do most of the time, but he is willing to help out.
Who is more stubborn? He is.
Whose parents do we see most? It is about even for us.
Who proposed? He did. And although we had talked about what week it was going to be, he still managed to suprise me.
Who has more siblings? He does. 4 brothers against my two sisters and a brother.
Who has more friends? We don't have friends. We have family and people who won't leave us alone.
Who wears the pants in the family? Well, so far with our 30 day old marriage, we have both managed to agree on most everything, so we will wait to test the waters a little more here.

Thanks for the tag, Shannon.

Now wasn't that enlightening?

Our first Post

Well, tomorrow we will have been married for 4 weeks. It is really awesome how long and how close that feels to me. We went to the temple yesterday and were blessed to be able to do sealings. It was awesome to hear those words which were such a blur on our wedding day. Besides that, not too much is new. We are just trying to find that balance between school, work, homework, and the need to blow off steam. But we are so happy to finally be with each other and our parents are grateful that they don't have to wait up for us anymore! :D