7/11 for a free icee, of course, and to see Wicked in San Francisco. We had a wonderful time. It's so hard to believe it has already been a year. I am truly blessed.
Family Camp-Out
6 days ago
Monday, August 31, 2009
7/11
For our 1 year anniversary on July 11, Paul and I went to Bing's for dinner, to 7/11 for a free icee, of course, and to see Wicked in San Francisco. We had a wonderful time. It's so hard to believe it has already been a year. I am truly blessed.
7/11 for a free icee, of course, and to see Wicked in San Francisco. We had a wonderful time. It's so hard to believe it has already been a year. I am truly blessed.Arkansas
Paul and I had so much fun visiting the family in Arkansas and attending Jon and Cara's wedding. The bride and groom got married at Mount Magazine and the wedding was absolutely beautiful. We also had a fun family weekend, which included toe rings, bananagrams, facials, bumpits and a hula hoop contest. I love my crazy family.
Leaving the Old Place
It was bittersweet to leave our first apartment. It was definately harder than I thought it would be - most of our first year of marriage was spent there. We made many wonderful memories while living there, but, we also knew we would make many more in our new place. Here are a few pictures from our time at the apartment
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
In keeping with tradition, I am updating our blog three months late on all events in our lives.
In May this year, Paul and I closed escrow and moved into our first house! Here are some before pics of the place. We are still working on the after part (furniture is so expensive!), but are getting there little by little. We definately had a lot of painting to do upon moving in and are so grateful for our wonderful family and friends who helped us clean, tape, paint, and move furniture. 
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Our Pups
Riley, our puggle, came to live with us last October, and we just recently added Roscoe, our Alaskan malamute, to the pack. He is only 10 weeks old now but is already the same size as Riley full grown. He is gonna be our big boy!
Monday, July 6, 2009
Blogging....
So, once again, i have been lax on blogging. I ill try to briefly catch up on the highlights
This year we...
1) bought two dogs
2) spent our first Christmas together
3) Watched Paul's sister's baptism after she accepted the Lord! yay
4) Went to winter camp with the jr high and high school kids
5) went house hunting and are now officially homeowners
6) Are attempting to furnish our house and landscape our yard, which by the way, at one point had eyeball-height weeds in it
This year we...
1) bought two dogs
2) spent our first Christmas together
3) Watched Paul's sister's baptism after she accepted the Lord! yay
4) Went to winter camp with the jr high and high school kids
5) went house hunting and are now officially homeowners
6) Are attempting to furnish our house and landscape our yard, which by the way, at one point had eyeball-height weeds in it
let me introduce you to my new blu
e and purple haired husband
In June, Paul told the youth group that if more than 45 kids came to the summer pizza party/game night, he would let them dye his hair a crazy color. There were 47.He promised he would wait until after the wedding, but you can imagine my chagrin at having to go everywhere from the DMV to the post office to the bank to the apartment manager's to have my name changed, hand in hand with my new reverse-smurf husband.
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Sunday, December 28, 2008
Honeymooners
so...the whole blogging thing didn't catch on as well as I thought it would initially, but I will try to cover the last six months of our marriage in the next few posts.
Paul and I were able to go to Jamaica for our honeymoon and stay at the Sandals Resort in Ocho Rios. The country was absolutely beautiful and the people were inviting and friendly. We had a wonderful stay, and I was a little sad to come home knowing that we would not technically be "honeymooners" on a vacation again. In Jamaica, being a "honeymooner," especially if you are associated with Sandals (because the common assumption is that most couples from Sandals are on their honeymoon) means that wherever you go, you will be asked to do ridiculous things for a camera, such as hold a giant iguana and kiss while someone takes a picture of you. Very Awkward. Then the photographer will probably try to sell you the picture of yourself and your new spouse and the oversized lizard, or a variety of other embarassing pictures of the two of you, for an exorbitant amount of money. If you refuse this, you will probably be asked if you would like to buy some Jamaican Rum in hopes that the Rum will loosen you up a bit and make you want to buy the picture you hope noone ever sees. Unfortunately, this little tactic was futile with Paul and I, and we did not purchase any pictures of ourselves in awkward positions under the waterfall at the resort pool. Seriously though, our honeymoon was wonderful. Being able to spend time with my new amazing husband in such a beautiful part of creation was definately an unforgetable blessing. When we landed in Atlanta, our connecting flight, and went through United States customs, the inspection officer looked at us and laughed, "I say this everyday to every couple who crosses back into the US, kids, the honeymoon is over!" I thought about this statement alot on our next flight. People often use the word honeymoon to describe not only the vacation you take at the beginning of your marriage, but the period of your marriage before you bicker all the time, make your spouse sleep on the couch and complain about him/her to your friends and family. From the perspective of the world, the honeymoon period is the part of your marriage that you are actually in love with your spouse. Although our technical honeymoon vacation was over, our time as "honeymooners" didn't have to be. While I know the newness of marriage will pass and the reality and difficulties of life will test our relationship over the years to come, the love and admiration that I felt for my new husband on our honeymoon can and should only grow deeper with time. I know the road will not always be easy, but if we keep our focus on our Lord and our commitment to each other, our time as "honeymooners" will hopefully last until the Lord takes one or both of us home.
posted by The Abeyta Family @ 11:57 PM 1 Comments
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Blogging
After a year of religiously stalking my cousins' blog (thanks John and Ashley), Paul and I decided we would start a blog so we could share the craziness our lives with those we love most.We are newlyweds, and loving every minute of it. It is exciting to continually learn more about each other with every passing day. We are definately two very different personalities, but it is incredible to see how God blends both of our strengths and weaknesses into a new family. We love each other very much, and I am so excited to see what He has in store for our future.We are a youth ministry family. Paul leads the Junior high group at our church. I am learning a great deal about being a youth ministry wife, for example how to wash your hair and clean your shower walls and floor after you have been soaked and dried in green slime for an hour. I am also learning how to cook and entertain, even though hospitality is not one of my gifts. (Ask Paul, he got to eat my chicken parmigiana flambé for his birthday dinner...he is such a good sport). Paul is learning that being married to a nurse means that you may not get to eat dinner without listening to a disgusting story that will make you lose your appetite, and that your nurse wife, on a daily basis, will probably diagnose you with a mysterious illness that you are very unlikely to actually have.I hope you enjoy our new blog. If you have a blog, we would love to hear from you and check out your blog out as well!
e and purple haired husband In June, Paul told the youth group that if more than 45 kids came to the summer pizza party/game night, he would let them dye his hair a crazy color. There were 47.He promised he would wait until after the wedding, but you can imagine my chagrin at having to go everywhere from the DMV to the post office to the bank to the apartment manager's to have my name changed, hand in hand with my new reverse-smurf husband.
posted by The Abeyta Family @ 1:38 AM 0 Comments
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Honeymooners
so...the whole blogging thing didn't catch on as well as I thought it would initially, but I will try to cover the last six months of our marriage in the next few posts.
Paul and I were able to go to Jamaica for our honeymoon and stay at the Sandals Resort in Ocho Rios. The country was absolutely beautiful and the people were inviting and friendly. We had a wonderful stay, and I was a little sad to come home knowing that we would not technically be "honeymooners" on a vacation again. In Jamaica, being a "honeymooner," especially if you are associated with Sandals (because the common assumption is that most couples from Sandals are on their honeymoon) means that wherever you go, you will be asked to do ridiculous things for a camera, such as hold a giant iguana and kiss while someone takes a picture of you. Very Awkward. Then the photographer will probably try to sell you the picture of yourself and your new spouse and the oversized lizard, or a variety of other embarassing pictures of the two of you, for an exorbitant amount of money. If you refuse this, you will probably be asked if you would like to buy some Jamaican Rum in hopes that the Rum will loosen you up a bit and make you want to buy the picture you hope noone ever sees. Unfortunately, this little tactic was futile with Paul and I, and we did not purchase any pictures of ourselves in awkward positions under the waterfall at the resort pool. Seriously though, our honeymoon was wonderful. Being able to spend time with my new amazing husband in such a beautiful part of creation was definately an unforgetable blessing. When we landed in Atlanta, our connecting flight, and went through United States customs, the inspection officer looked at us and laughed, "I say this everyday to every couple who crosses back into the US, kids, the honeymoon is over!" I thought about this statement alot on our next flight. People often use the word honeymoon to describe not only the vacation you take at the beginning of your marriage, but the period of your marriage before you bicker all the time, make your spouse sleep on the couch and complain about him/her to your friends and family. From the perspective of the world, the honeymoon period is the part of your marriage that you are actually in love with your spouse. Although our technical honeymoon vacation was over, our time as "honeymooners" didn't have to be. While I know the newness of marriage will pass and the reality and difficulties of life will test our relationship over the years to come, the love and admiration that I felt for my new husband on our honeymoon can and should only grow deeper with time. I know the road will not always be easy, but if we keep our focus on our Lord and our commitment to each other, our time as "honeymooners" will hopefully last until the Lord takes one or both of us home.
posted by The Abeyta Family @ 11:57 PM 1 Comments
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Blogging
After a year of religiously stalking my cousins' blog (thanks John and Ashley), Paul and I decided we would start a blog so we could share the craziness our lives with those we love most.We are newlyweds, and loving every minute of it. It is exciting to continually learn more about each other with every passing day. We are definately two very different personalities, but it is incredible to see how God blends both of our strengths and weaknesses into a new family. We love each other very much, and I am so excited to see what He has in store for our future.We are a youth ministry family. Paul leads the Junior high group at our church. I am learning a great deal about being a youth ministry wife, for example how to wash your hair and clean your shower walls and floor after you have been soaked and dried in green slime for an hour. I am also learning how to cook and entertain, even though hospitality is not one of my gifts. (Ask Paul, he got to eat my chicken parmigiana flambé for his birthday dinner...he is such a good sport). Paul is learning that being married to a nurse means that you may not get to eat dinner without listening to a disgusting story that will make you lose your appetite, and that your nurse wife, on a daily basis, will probably diagnose you with a mysterious illness that you are very unlikely to actually have.I hope you enjoy our new blog. If you have a blog, we would love to hear from you and check out your blog out as well!
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