Pinnacle

I made Husband take pictures with me, because even though we don't really like this job, I'm pretty sure we'll want to remember every detail of our little Alaskan Adventure. I just wanted to get the details of his uniform and practice some more.

We are coming home in 2 days and are super excited! I just hope that when we look back on this, we'll see all the good that came out of it instead of the bad. It's been a great journey that we've taken together and I love Husband even more than before.

Pinnacle

I made Husband take pictures with me, because even though we don't really like this job, I'm pretty sure we'll want to remember every detail of our little Alaskan Adventure. I just wanted to get the details of his uniform and practice some more.

We are coming home in 2 days and are super excited! I just hope that when we look back on this, we'll see all the good that came out of it instead of the bad. It's been a great journey that we've taken together and I love Husband even more than before.

A Little Bit of Positive In Our Lives

So Annie and I have recently accepted jobs that are definitely out of our comfort zone. They are a lot more stressful and difficult than our previous jobs and have placed us in situations where we have had some definite learning and growing experiences. We like what we are doing, however there are times when negativity can creep in. We have realized that letting that creep in is worse than the actual trial so we have decided to just talk about a couple of things we are grateful for everyday so we can come closer together, closer to God, and realize how truly blessed we are.

What Superman is grateful for:

1. How truly kind hearted his wife is. Her capacity to love and be kind to others seems to me to be far beyond my own and I look up to her for that.
2. His wife cuddling up to me in the middle of the night. As a guy, I want to make sure my wife knows I will be her protector. I want her to feel she is safe. Every night when she does that, it is a small subtle reminder that she feels that way with me.
3. My job keeps me active and I love being around people and talking to people. I don't have to sit in an office all day and waste away.
4. My job gives me confidence. Not that I lack confidence, but I can definitely be more assertive with things. I get a chance to work on that everyday.
5. I am grateful for both my wife's family and my family. It seems that whoever it is, my brother, my dad, my mom, my sisters, my mother-in-law, father-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law, they always seem to give me and my wife the lift we need at just the right moment.

What Annie is grateful for:
1. A husband that spoils me. Seriously. He does. I finished this book and I had to get the second one right away because I was addicted and he gave in to my fettish and bought my book. That's true love right there.
2. A very warm husband that when it gets cold at night, lets me snuggle up next to him.
3. (this is cheating with our rules, but I had to add one more thing about Superman) I love how I dream constantly about Superman (my husband) and wake up only to find that I get to keep the man of my dreams.
4. An actual job.
5. A job that keeps me updated with my husband's progress and gives me a chance to cheer him on.
6. My bike that gets me from point A to point B and gives me something to do.

Because it needs to be said

Something has been on my mind for the past couple of days that I feel needs to be said. Although it is difficult and I probably wont say it the right way, I still need to express it.

Here it is:

I am not one who usually writes or comments on political issues online for fear of ill feelings or contention being created. This is a real issue that I need to address and I feel needs to be said so others can say it too.
I have some friends that support gay marriage and have very openly placed videos and comments online letting the world know how they feel about this particular issue. I respect their opinions and hope that even though I am contradicting them today, they will not be mad with me. Now, when I saw a certain friend of mine post a video supporting their views on the subject, I got to thinking, "why do I oppose gay marriage?" I thought of a lot of reasons that are very logical and that could be brought up in a very intelligent conversation, but those reasons do not matter when placed under the ultimate reason. That reason, the reason why I am so strongly against it, the reason that rules out all other reasons, is because Heavenly Father says it is wrong. I DO NOT NEED ANOTHER REASON.
My Heavenly Father has manifested himself to me and I have a sure knowledge that He lives and that He loves each and everyone of His children. Yes, you can love someone without loving what they are doing, and even though he is against gay marriage, He still loves His children. I am not following blindly, but I am following with a certain and steadfast knowledge that the only reason I need to do or not do something in this world is because God has asked me too. I CHOOSE to follow Him. I have chosen because through experiences and through trials I have faced, I have come to know Him as my best friend and as someone I can trust. Throughout time, people have tried to deny His existence, or even prove that He does not exist, but of all the ever changing things that this world has endured, the one thing that has not changed, and will continue to not change, is the fact that there is a God and that people have believed in Him. I know He exists and for whatever reason (which I will gladly respect) others choose not to believe and choose not to open their eyes to the manifestations He has made to them of Him.
Reasons, are just reasons but God is reason.

I do not need to justify myself further, or even at all. It is what it is.

I disabled the comments, not because I do not respect others' opinions, but because I ask for respect of mine.

Thank you,

Annie T.

The Flirt

Wholey MOLEY my wife is Hot! I just wanted to say that. I had such a great time last night just flirting with her. We spent like 45 minutes last night after scripture reading, just flirting like crazy. I sometimes get so caught up in the day to day activities that I forget how much fun it is to flirt with her. I think that flirting definitely needs to happen at least every day and so I am going to try and find some way to spend time just flirting with her.

-Superman-

Strange I know, but blogs are supposed to be random though right?

In Genesis 39, we find Potiphar's wife and her seduction of Joseph. I found myself feeling sorry for the wife of Potiphar, after being with my wife and loving her for so long, and how she makes me feel and how she feels about me, I wonder if Potiphar was treating his wife like he was supposed to. I wonder if she was getting the love that she needed. It made me want to love Britni that much more and to meet her needs. Potiphar's lack of fidelity shouldn't have been used as an excuse by Potiphar's wife to also be unfaithful, but I can see that without the belief of the Savior in her life how difficult it must have been to love someone who may not give you love in return. She must have felt very lonely at times. I am so grateful for my temple marriage to Britni and for the love that she shows me. I love her so much and am so lucky to be with her for forever.She is the most amazing, most loving, most incredible wife in the world, and my only hope is that I will be able to meet any and all of her needs that I am capable of meeting.

-Superman-

The Husband Who Keeps Me Alive

It's been a long, frustrating, hard month of January. I have felt like my brain explodes every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Which is not a very pleasant feeling.

It wasn't anything big, just a bunch of small things. Things like: Kisses goodnight, a greeting every morning of a smile followed by "Hey Beautiful!", and opening my doors. It's things like that, that keep me going. He just makes me feel like I'm worth something, even when I'm failing at so much (especially math). I can honestly say that he is my Superman and I am the damsel in much distress. He is the breath to my life and the air in my lungs. I breathe for him, I wake for him, I live for him. It just makes me so thankful to a Heavenly Father who loves me so much to put a man like Husband on the earth at the same time as me. How can someone so wonderful exist, and what did I do to deserve him?

Today we talked about plans for the future. I don't know where it will take us, but I do know that whatever happens, it will be wonderful with him by my side.


Annie T.

Completely Shameless

Husband and I are now distributors of Xango. You may be thinking, "Why?" Well, I shall tell you:

Husband's mom works at Xango, and is kind of a big deal there too. She gives us free bottles of Xango all the time. Husband even used to work there. So, for Christmas my AMAZING mother-in-law gave me their new skin-care line called GLIMPSE. Pretty much its the best thing to ever touch my face. I've seen great improvement in such little time, I'm amazed. Well, all of their products are the same way; natural, amazing, good for you, healthy, non-toxic, and uplifting. The company is run really well, and I thought that since not a lot of people know about it, I could help others see the "light". I'm sold on their products and am super excited to start working!

Annie T.

P.S. Although this is not meant to be an advertisement, you may take it as such if you like. And that is why it is completely shameless.

One of Many

Husband, I love you.

Dishes and Broken Drawers

I was reading the past few days in the scriptures about charity and as I read stuff like "Charity envieth not.. seeketh not her own...rejoiceth not in iniquitey". I was filled with an overwhelming feeling of gratitude as events over the past couple of days came to my mind where my Annie had shown me that she not only possesses all of those qualities but also had demonstrated them in acts of charity towards me. I couldn't believe that I had ever done anything good enough to be able to have someone so amazing as Annie be my Wife, she does so much for me and I felt like all I was giving back in return was a selfish attitude. I immediately fell to my knees and prayed that I would somehow be able to ease any burden she had been feeling as a result of my selfishness. Well yesterday I had some time between classes and work and I had unfortunately already forgotten about my prayer but Heavenly Father didn't. We had a pretty sizable pile of dishes from the day before and Britni had also told me about how one of her chest of drawers was broken. So I did the dishes and fixed the drawer and had just enough time to make it to work. I really didn't think anything of it until I came home and my wife told me that she had had a pretty stressful day and was so worried about two things when she got home which was the dishes and the drawers and for her to have her come home and have them be taken care of was huge for her. That, to me, tells me that God answers prayers, I know that I was inspired to do that for her and that it was in answer to my desire to just show my Wife I love her. I really wasn't anything I did, it was just God wanting to show my wife that He loves her and I was able to be the one to do that as her husband.

-Superman-

sweet nothings

Husband tends to talk in his sleep and move around. So two nights ago I woke up to him kissing my collarbone and saying, "I wanted her to know how amazing she was, but she wouldn't believe me." It was so cute! (I knew he was asleep because two seconds later he made some funny noises and laughed robotically.) I then reached out and rested my hand on his chest. He took my hand in his and held on to it while tracing my arm with his other hand. It was too perfect. I kissed him gently on the lips and was surprised to find it had woken him up. He grinned and rolled over onto his side. "What are you doing?" he mused.
"Just kissing you." I replied. "Is that okay?"
He nodded.
"Can I do it again?"
He smiled and nodded his head. "Uh-huh."
It was the perfect treat for a sick girl.

Then, last night, I came home from rehearsal feeling terrible. I wanted to crawl under a rock and die. But Husband, being my night in shining armor, got me medicine and helped me into bed. We needed some things from the store but Husband stayed with me, promising he wouldn't leave until I fell asleep. He started telling me a story about a mushroom to calm me down. His voice was like velvet to my soul. We fell asleep in each others arms.

Simply perfect.

To me, this is what life is all about.

-Annie T.-

those days

you know those days, those days when you wake up and the alarm clock seems to have come to soon, when your eyes can't seem to stay open. Those days when you go to get a bowl of cereal and the milk is all gone, or your sitting on the john without any TP. The days when your car doesn't want to start or there just seems to be way too much snow or ice on your windshield and you forgot your gloves. The days where traffic seems to never go forward and or when you have to call up the costumer service line for a mistake they made and wait endlessly to that annoying music just to have them tell you that they are sorry and there is nothing that they can do. Those days where you aren't sick enough to stay home and are just sick enough to feel miserable. Those days where the vending machine eats your money, your assignment is a day late, there is test that you completely forgot about, or all there is on TV is Baseball or Reruns.

Those days where after all this happens and you come home, see her beautiful smile and you hold her so tight you don't want to let go and where the touch of her lips against yours seems to melt away everything in your mind and you know there is no place in the world you would rather be than there at that time with her. those days where you would have gone through a million times worse if it meant you got to have that moment with her...

Yeah, I love those days too.....

-SUPERMAN-

Done and Done

What do you do on a Monday night when you have the next Tuesday off of work? Go camping with your spouse of course! Husband and I went up American Fork Canyon and enjoyed each others company in the great outdoors. We told stories about our childhood, camping trips, and when I woke up in the wee hours of the mourning because of a really crappy dream, Husband comforted me and listened to my terrible dream. It was awesome. We even had our milk attacked by a giant raccoon! Superman was so cute and the entire night he had a hard time sleeping because he was worried about my safety. Every time I coughed he would sit up and ask if I was alright. After about 10 min of him making sure I was okay and me just wanting to sleep, and the raccoon attack, I think that's when he grabbed the ax and slept with it by his side. He had all these ideas of how to beat up a bear if it came by. He just wanted me safe. So cute!
I love Husband very much and I LOVED going camping with him. We'll definitely have to do it again.

Annie Tangerine

In the Theater of Our Mind

So for my job as a student at Brigham Young University, I teach 19-24 year old men and women who are preparing to spend 18-24 months of their lives as a missionary either here in the United States or in foreign countries. To keep them safe from whatever they may encounter they have certain guidelines that they follow during this time. On Saturday we were instructing a large group of them on some principles that are integral to what they go and teach to people and were also addressing preventing possible future violations of the guidelines. One of the subjects discussed was virtue and how virtue is making sure you are doing the right thing even when you are alone.

Now I am not saying I'm any sort of sinner or that I do bad stuff when I am alone but it got me thinking, how virtuous am I, during the course of the discussion someone brought up a quote by a modern day Apostle( special witness of Jesus Christ) whose name is Boyd K. Packer. In this he is talking about bad thoughts that can come into our mind, this of course isn't bad for us, but what we do with those thoughts largely determines what happens afterwards or how virtuous we are. Elder Packer talks about how in the Theater of our mind there can only be one actor on stage at a time, he suggested that every time we have a negative thought enter our minds that we send off the bad thought with something good to fill our minds with. I thought that was a good idea. Then to go along with an analogy another teacher told the story of another missionary who had memorized a verse of scripture everyday so that anytime he had any sort of negative thought, all he had to do was focus on memorizing that scripture. I thought that was a brilliant Idea. I am on day one of that quest and I already feel the difference, especially with the drive to make myself a better person through my Savior Jesus Christ. If you want to, you should try it some time.

-Superman-

Annie's Words

I decided that it was time I made a contribution to the blog. After all, it is about both of us, right? Superman had a hard time sleeping last night and when he called me this morning, he sounded exhausted. A really big part of me just wants to run to him and cuddle and take care of him. He can be irresistible that way.
He told me how his blankets were still wet from the fireworks on Saturday and so he only had his sheets to protect him from the cold night air. What can I say though? I did offer him to borrow some blankets from my apartment, but Cinderella and/or Nikon just didn't sound appealing to him... silly boy! I really hope that he has a better night's sleep tonight and can get the much deserved rest he needs. He works very hard and treats me so well. He's the best fiance anyone could ever ask for!
A great example of how amazing he is happened on Saturday. I've been out of money and can't get a hold of money until I get paid, and the bank accepts the check. That won't be until Wednesday :( So, after he found out that I didn't have much food and was running out of gas, he forced me to go to the store where we got some groceries and he filled up my tank of gas. It was so sweet! My pride got dented a little bit though. I don't like having to rely on others for things, but he's going to be my husband soon and he feels like he should help out. Most fiance's don't do that, but we're just getting practice for when we're married. I am so grateful to have him in my life, he fills it with so much happiness and joy, it's indescribable. Plus, he's really hot so that rocks. ;)
Grocery shopping with him is such a fun experience. I had fun picking up random things and telling him that I needed them when I really don't. I would pause after, waiting for a reaction, but alas he did not realize that I was being ridiculous on purpose until the very end of the shopping trip. So there was no laughter from my stupid jokes. He was just too concentrated on making sure I had the proper sustenance for the next few days. He's adorable. :)

Anyway, I'm out!
Just know that I'm in love with Superman and I don't care who knows it!!!!

Annie T.

I Feel My Savior's Love

There was a musical number during church today that really touched me. It was song about Christ and I don't remember the words but I remember how it made me feel. It was something I never felt so strongly before and it was a nearness or a closeness as in proximity of my Savior. I felt as if he could actually be in the room. It was a feeling that I never wanted to leave and that I want to feel every moment of my life. The thoughts instantly drew me to thoughts and feelings of my wonderful fiance, Britni. I feel closer to the savior with her than I ever have before in my entire life. It reminded me of last night when after the fireworks we went and picked up some groceries. Just being with her made something as mundane as grocery shopping a sacred experience. She radiates the love of the savior and brings happiness everywhere she goes. I can't wait to be sealed to her for eternity!

-Superman-

SUMMERFest

Orem Summerfest was last night, needless to say that it wasn't very summery. The parade was pretty good but right as it was ending the storm clouds rolled in. we then waited in the rain for a couple of hours and about 15 minutes before the fireworks went off, the rain finally let up. Annie and I went there with my sister Ace and her two sons Monkey and Puppy. Annie was so wonderful with the boys, she picked them up by herself from Grandpa at the Home Depot and took them to the festival. She is going to be a great mom if I do say so myself. She bought them tickets and had them go on some rides and then took them and found a place to watch the parade. When I found them, Puppy was clinging to Annie just as happy as can be. Monkey was a little more reserved but I asked him a bit later about how he liked hanging out with Annie and he said he had had a ton of fun.

One of the things we are worried about in starting a new family when we are married is whether or not we are going to be a good mom and dad (when the time comes for children to arrive of course). Seeing Annie with Monkey and Puppy confirmed everything I believed about her being the most amazing mom EVER!

-Superman-

less than a month

I can hardly believe it. It seemed like just yesterday, Annie and I were lamenting how long we had until we were married. We have been engaged since February 28th and it has seemed like time has just flown by. We will be married in the Timpanogos Temple on July 10th 2009 for time and all eternity. This is huge for me. I know every other religion out there believes in the infamous words "until death do you part" for me that isn't enough, for me it means means that we would be divorced when one or the other dies. It tells me that the people who marry in this life only have the power to do it for this life. How grateful I am for the power of the priesthood, or in other words the power of God given to man. God restored it through a living prophet today so that I could be married to the most amazing girl in the world for ALL OF ETERNITY. That means God's true power has been given to man so that someone CAN make marriage possible longer than "death do you part." I will be with her for forever! She is my everything and the thought of spending one day without her is something I cannot even fathom, it would be unlivable for me. So we have less than a month, a few things to wrap up for the wedding and then the most important event of my life will come into fruition.

-Superman-

The Joys of Engagement

So we both needed new pillows and we went pillow shopping. Being the incredibly awesome people we are, we of course had to try out the pillows. This ended up being more fun than either Annie or I could possibly imagine, as you can see we definitely found a nice pillow! The little things that we find to do with each other are what make our love for each other so amazing. Going grocery shopping is setting out on a new adventure , having lunch together becomes divine, and listening to music together becomes heavenly. We can't wait til our wedding day, which is in 27 days but we are perfectly happy being engaged. Life is Awesome!

-Superman-