like i said, we've been crazy busy since... well, since we got married, really! we're realizing that now both of us have plans, as always, but now that we're married... we do all those plans together. so we're adapting. it's good, though. i like it. i like to be busy. it makes me feel productive.
Friday, i got off work at 2:30, like always, and headed home to do a little cleaning before I went to PG to Christian and Sarah's at 3:30. They are the parents of my favorite 2-year-old, Joanna, and have a 3 week old baby girl, Molly. I told them that whenever they were ready, Devin and I would watch the girls so they could have a much needed date-night.
friday was the night!
so I was with the girls while Christian and Sarah went to dinner and saw a movie. They are angels! Joanna is so easily entertained, and does a great job of keeping herself busy with her toys, and the wonderful help of Nick Jr... haha and Molly is such a great baby. She's just content. She ate just fine, and only cried a little bit, and slept for awhile too, even. It was great!
Devin came over when he got off a little after 6:00 and Christian and Sarah were home around 7:00.
after we talked for a little while, Dev and I went to the Timpanogos Temple to a) make up for last week not attending because i was sick and b) start our goal of going to all the temples in the valley this month!
we had taken an envelope full of family names to do sealings. we had couples, and their kids.
we were with 3 other couples, and our sealer was really nice and let us do all of our family names first, and Devin and I were proxy for all of them, even for the kids! It was so much fun. I absolutely loved it.
I loved being in the sealing room again, especially so close after our wedding (only 3 weeks!) because on our wedding day, I honestly wasn't paying much attention to the words of the sealing, so it was nice to be refreshed and get a better understanding of what it means to be sealed, and the blessing that come with it.
Since we had the privilege of being proxy for most of the names we brought, we were doing a lot of kneeling. And I hadn't eaten all day because of work and babysitting. The sealing room was also pretty warm.
The whole night, Devin would whisper to me across the altar and ask if I was okay, and it was starting to get on my nerves a little bit. I was fine! But then, we were sealing some couples, and I started getting really light-headed. I kept trying to snap myself out of it, but reached the point where you know you aren't going to be able to. Devin kept squeezing my hand, and I wasn't responding and I was starting to rock forward and droop my head and he asked me again if i was okay. I looked right at him and shook my head and that's the last thing I remember!
Soooo... I fainted. In the temple. Naturally. (Oh, that Katie Ashby!-- i happen to faint a lot...) From what i've been told, Devin ran around the altar and caught me before I fell and he laid me down. One of the sisters that was in our group was a nurse, so she came and moved my legs out from under me to get some blood to my head, because I was super pale.
I woke up right after they set me down, and was really confused. It took me a minute to realize where I was and what happened. The sealer was really concerned, but everyone kept talking about how often that happens. It's a hard thing to kneel for a long time! It's pretty true, too. I've heard so may stories of people fainting in the temple. Devin did before his mission! I wasn't very embarrassed, because of how common it is.
After that, we just sat down and let the rest of the group finish the names we had, and they did a few more couples and then we were out of time. The sealer kept asking if I wanted a drink of water, or if I would need a wheelchair-- no! haha I had some water, and then we got the family names recorded.
I really wanted to go to the celestial room, so we went for a few minutes. I love being there. It's a feeling that isn't of this world, and it's such an amazing place to be and feeling to have. While we were there, we saw Devin's good friend, Shane, who actually got married today. Shane and his then-fiance were getting their endowment out. It was so cool to see them, and congratulate them, and we also saw another friend of Devin's from high school, so i'm glad we went to the celestial room!
When we decided to go, we came home and made some food and I felt a lot better.
But honestly-- leave it to Katie to faint in the temple.
Hopefully, that won't be a regular thing.
Today has been equally busy.
We got up in the morning, and Devin had planned to ride, but didn't have time for the route his friends were doing, so he spent the morning putting our new Yakima car basket on top of the car. He wanted a skybox... but I didn't. So we agreed on the basket, and it's awesome.
I spent the morning baking.
We've embraced the fact that now that we're married, every holiday and occasion will require 3 parties of us. My parents, his parents, and my grandparents, who always have family get-togethers whenever they can.
Now that we're married, we're considered to be obligated to bring a dish every time. Challenge accepted.
I got assigned dessert for my mom's and my grandparents' parties.
I wanted to make lemon cupcakes, but we didn't have lemon jello. Instead, I used raspberry. Best idea i've ever had! They are sooo good. Raspberry flavored anything is delicious, but cupcakes? I didn't even think that was possibly!
They are a funny shade of salmon pink, and the only frosting I had was yellow, so they definitely look funny, but they taste SO good.
Next, I was out of ideas for the other dessert, but happened upon a recipe for a really easy Chocolate Mousse.
Done.
Both are successes.
For devin's family party, we're bringing chips and guacamole. Mostly because I was sick of desserts, and Devin's guacamole is extra scrumptious. No seriously. He has secret ingredients.
After all the baking, we went to a family reunion for my grandma's side of the family and had some lunch before heading over to Amanda's to see how the boutique was going.
She has so many cute new products (like baby shoes, and more hairpieces for adults!) and there was awesome treats, hoola hoops, and Scentsy. It looked like it was going really good!
Devin and I hadn't seen the babies for awhile, and when I took Addison outside to where Devin was, she yelled "HI!!!" she's getting so talkative, and she can pronounce words so well. She kept saying so excitedly "I'm outside!" it was adorable. I love that baby!
Kayla and Kaden were busy playing angry birds (they're way better than I ever was!), but they were excited to see us. I love that when we go over there, the kids are excited to see us. It makes me feel so good! They're the best nieces and nephew I could ever ask for!
Next, we headed to Bed Bath and Beyond to use up our last giftcard and got another bamboo cutting board, and an expandable cooling rack. After that, we went to Lowe's, and Devin got lots of tools. He had been using his dad's, and he needed them back. Tools were easily justified-- we used them when we came home to hang up lots of frames! Purchase success.
After shopping and hanging, we did lots of cleaning, and I took a nap and then we headed to my parents for Father's Day dinner. Kelli and Sean came down, and Kelli had just run the Ragnar race (she did so good!!! she's amazing!!!) and Grandpa Larry was there too. We had steak, grilled on the smoking Tragar (which is awesome) and the chocolate mousse was a huge hit.
Now, I'm sitting on the couch while Devin and my little brother play video games.
I think i've been depriving devin of much needed man-time. They're having a good time, though.
I even made us muddie buddies.
I like having guests over. Even if it's my 15 year old brother. He thinks our house is awesome. Which makes me feel good.
Tomorrow, we have 2 family parties, and are definitely going to sleep in!
This next week, we'll be doing a lot of research on schooling options for both Devin and I-- that's a process I'll have to talk about later.
good weekend. i love spending time with my family, and i love all the time i get with devin when we don't have work in the way. also? a very domestic weekend. all that baking and cleaning and house-decorating will do that to ya!
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