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     So, after he was let go and before he started Nu Skin, we had like two weeks of nothing to do.  We had to get some repairs done to our car and we were half joking about going home for a week before he started his job.  And especially after getting the repairs done we were like,"We have the car all tuned up and ready to go!"  But paying for gas was what held us back.  Not the cheapest thing in the world, even for a 91' Accord.  So one night, it was a Friday night, Jensen was talking on the phone with his dad about Chiropractic School (yes we're planning on doing that after BYU.  We'll be living in Anaheim!  And yes we WILL be getting Disneyland Yearly Passes!! SO excited!)  And so while he's talking on the phone, I'm in the other room doodling lol.  I can hear his conversation and was listening on and off and getting a feeling that Pat was encouraging us to come down for a week.  So Jensen walks into my office and I something like, "So we goin' home?"  And he says with a huge smile," Let's go home for a week!" So I'm totally excited and nervous at the same time!  It was so unexpected!  I mean really, we were joking before about going home for a week.  We wanted to of course, but didn't want to pay for gas.  But Pat made Jensen a deal where he paid for our gas if Jensen worked with him that week!  So immediately we get our duffel bags down and just start throwing clothes in them.  Oh, and not to mention we planned on leaving at 4 IN THE MORNING.  OH MY WORD.  So seriously, we got like 3 or 4 hours of sleep because we were too excited to sleep and then we got up AT 3:30 IN THE MORNING.  I can't believe we did that!!  We get on the freeway at around 4am and we got to San Marcos at around 1pm.  And better yet, Pat was the ONLY person that knew we were coming down!  Every other person in our families had no idea we were coming down!  So we got to surprise every one!! It was SOO much fun!! :-)

     We were so glad to be home that particular week too because the next day was Amy's birthday! Here's a picture of me her son, Lucas! He's a cute lil' monkey :-) On my parent's new couch, by the way:

     Then a couple days later was my sister-in-law's daughter's birthday, Ava! And then a couple days after that was Aleigh's baptism!  Yay Aleigh!! :-)  And then we celebrated Father's Day and I got him a Chargers beach towel :-)  And then we went to a friend's wedding, Jessica Keithly (formerly McMaster)!  Lots of events!  Really wish I had more pictures of that week. 

     So then, like two weeks later my parents came up to see our place for the first time!  We  went to Park City and rode the new coaster there. SO much more fun than the Alpine Slides!! We played some ping pong and foosball at the clubhouse in Midway.  My mom took me shopping at the mall of course (thanks again Mom!)  And then we all did sealings at the Provo Temple!  It was wonderful and very special. Here's a couple pictures of that evening.  You may have already seen on my Facebook:

     By the way, yes I did get low-lights in my hair.  I'm still getting used to how dark my hair is.  I might wanna go back to blonde...I dunno.

     In a nut shell, I was let go from my Red Robin job because the manager made a mistake with my shift schedule.  So I've been looking for a job for a long time now. 

     I'm trying to like cooking more.  I'm slowly but surely trying new recipes.  

     Speaking of cooking, I'm going to eat dinner now! I'll make a better effort about keeping my blog updated :-)

Since Jensen and I got married in October during the semester we didn't get to have a honeymoon, but we were really blessed to have one last week at DISNEYLAND!!! :-) IT WAS SO MUCH FUN!!  So many stories and cute pictures to share!  I'm getting excited all over again just talking about it!!  Anyway, I can't accurately describe how much fun it was, but here you can get a glimpse :-)

Okay, so the first day we just wanted to chill and go to Downtown Disney and look around at a bunch of stores.  We went and played a few games at ESPN Zone.  My favorite arcade game is Arctic Thunder.  

 Us in front of Rainforest Cafe!  I didn't realize before until Jensen pointed it out to me that behind us there are little steering wheels that you can drive boats with down the stream.  Kinda cute!

Next day was off to Disneyland!! Here's us at the front of the park! We were so excited we felt like kids haha. 

 Yay! So I gotta explain the ADORABLE hats for a second.  We were in line for Indiana Jones and there was a couple behind that were wearing them and so I HAD to ask them where they got them and they were like, "Oh at the store next to Star Tours."  And so I turn to Jensen and I'm like, "K, as soon as we got off this ride we're going there!" And we did!!  They cost a pretty penny, no joke.  But they were SO worth it!  We only get one honeymoon and we got to wear them for two days!  And we still have them here in our condo because they're so precious.

 We kinda bounced between Disneyland and California Adventure since we had hopper passes so we went to the Beast's Library in Sorcerer's Workshop in CA Adventure.  It's where you can find our what Disney character you are!  Jensen said the very first time he did this he got Aladdin, but for some odd reason he got Hades from Hercules LOL. 

And I got Cinderella, yay! Hades and Cinderella, how 'bout that? ;-)

This is at my favorite restaurant in Disneyland, The Plaza Inn.  Delicious chicken fettucini alfredo!  While we were paying for our food the manager was right there and gave me that gorgeous rose!  Along with four pins to each of us!  One of them being an Honorary Citizen of Disneyland pin ha! (So what are the perks of that?  Discounts? :-P) 

Here's a close up of all the fun stuff we got:

 Pretty, pretty flower :-)

Side Story: So after dinner we were trying to look for a spot to sit to watch Mickey's Soundsational Parade.  Every one was sitting on the curb on either side of Main Street.  We were walking with a group of people when all of a sudden they all dispersed and Jensen and I were walking by ourselves down Main Street.  It started with one family who started clapping as we were walking saying,"Congrats!" And the clapping spread like wildfire. So now a BUNCH of families on both sides of the street were clapping and shouting congrats all the way down until we turned right towards Tomorrowland!!  We felt like celebrities!  We totally could have kept walking while waving and saying "Thank you!!" to every one but we were so shy and couldn't handle it anymore so we had to get off of Main Street lol. Man that was FUN and so accidental!  

We ended up finding a spot and a guy turns towards us and says,"So looks like you guys started the parade huh?" And we just laughed and said something like,"Yeah, accidentally!" :-)

Now on to Mickey's Soundsational Parade, which we've never seen before! We should have recorded it because it had super cool music but at least we captured a few pictures! Here's Mickey jammin' on the drums and a few more: 

 Sorry, I can't figure out how to get it to not be sideways, but here's Aladdin!  The music was really cool for each float that came near us because it was like remixes of the classic songs in the movies. 

                                          With Belle and Cinderella on the back!