i love...

~when i am cracking up and daron tells me "i can see your uvula shaking." and it makes me laugh harder while trying to keep my mouth closed.
~when daron puts on his huge black sweatshirt and barges at me on all fours when i walk in the door. terrifying. if he had a gorilla suit on, my heart would have stopped.
~when daron gets mad at me for flossing in bed. 
~when daron wakes me up as he is going to work and tells me how beautiful i look. and he is serious.
~when daron is my "mr. calculator"
~that, now, after 2 years of marriage, i know before i complain to daron about a silly problem i have, i fix it. then i vent to him. he tells me there is something i can do to solve my problem and i tell him "i already have." but still get to vent. a WIN WIN people.
~that daron can cook and clean.
~that he can eat the same dish night after night and not get sick of it.
~how daron looks at me when he knows i am about to say something incredibly ridiculous. 
~that daron will do silly things for me like sleep by the christmas tree, switch sides of the bed, and let me hold his arm at night just so i can feel him.
~that daron keeps on loving me no matter how many times i forget to put food back into the refrigerator. 
~how daron is an example of being truly supportive. he doesn't judge, he just loves.
~that when i am doing something goofy for him, he knows i won't stop until he looks. so, he always eventually looks.
~that he doesn't recognize when i gain or lose 5 pounds. i always look the same to him. (that's lucky right there...) 
~that daron has no idea how handsome he is. 
~that daron is excited and thrilled to have children someday.
~and my favorite of all, that daron chose to be with me forever.

happy 2 year lover.

like you said last night, "the best 2 years of your life"

i couldn't agree more...

4-23-10

(p.s. isn't he just the most handsome!? how i can't wait to see our babies one day)

you know what is really fun?

~driving 13 hours in a car with 4 little ones

~making pyramids 

~relay races in the park

~ AND going on a double date with your sister and her husband. who are 35 and 36 (12 years older than you) but you feel like you are the same age and having a blast. that is particularly, really fun. 

Palm Springs...Not Just for Old People

Daron here. At DB's request I'm adding my 2nd installment to "our" blog.

Last week we returned from a 2 day excursion to Palm Springs, CA. We actually were in the city of La Quinta, 30 minutes south of Palm Springs and just south of Indian Wells.

Leading up to this little vacation I was certainly excited and ready for a little break from work, however, it typically goes against my principals to go on a vacation where we spend as many days at the destination as we do travelling to and from the destination. But, given that we were going to be with great company and DB was more than passionate that we make it happen, it happened.

I don't think I've ever been more surprised with the outcome of a vacation. That's probably partially a function of the fact that I was expecting a very short trip and also had no idea what to expect. But non-the-less, we had a blast. I ended the weekend with 2 main take-a-ways from our trip:

1. Palm Springs...Not Just for Old People

Prior to this weekend, when I thought of Palm Springs, I envisioned a small desert oasis where a surplus of the elderly permeated with the smell of menthol drove golf carts with yippee dogs around to various leisurely activities. Now, i'm not saying that above isn't true, but there is so much more than that. I want to know who first visited that barren wasteland and thought, we need a resort here. However when you throw hundreds of thousands of palm trees and millions of flowers, a resort is exactly what it becomes. The place is beautiful. I don't think I've seen public city grounds and sidewalks as well maintained as I saw in Palm Springs. It was the first time I saw legitimate evidence of a reasonable use of California tax revenue. I'll let DB arrange the photo evidence below.

2. Waking Up Early...Who Knew

Who knows what caused us to wake up on Friday morning at 7:00am when we had arrived the night earlier at 2:00 am. But I can honestly say that waking up early dramatically enhanced our vacation. It's just a fantastic feeling when you wake up at 7:00, get out and enjoy the location, lay out under the sun then look at the time and realize it's only 10:30. Do it. I promise blessings.

it's time to go go

3 days 3 nights...

3 days 3 nights...

3 DAYS

3 NIGHTS

until we enjoy palm springs

for the very first time.

as a southern CA native,

this supposedly is a crime to not have been to this city yet.

quite frankly, i never really understood why.

until i saw these pictures.

then...

i understood.

thanks to our friends tanner and joellen,

we'll be staying at the la quinta resort.

it's been said that famous people pop in

on occasion.

unfortunately for my dad 

(who gets quite embarrassed at my ability to become very star struck...

por ejemplo: david beckham..cough..cough..)

i am sooo hoping we see one!

it would just be so fun. :)

i just have to get through a presentation,

paper, lots of sewing, and a BIO exam first.

here we go!

t.v. ---it affects our brains.

last night, daron and I watched the latest episode of grey's anatomy.

(if you don't want to know what happens...

stop right here.)

at the end, you find out owen is in fact cheating on his wife christina. 

very sad.

anyway, that's not the point.

the point is, i woke up this morning asking daron
(while still half asleep) 

if he had cheated on me.

i had this horrible dream that he cheated on me during 

our first 6 months of marriage (i won't reveal with who)

...then never told me...

then we got divorced. 

then we were getting remarried.

etc..etc..

you know, weird dream stuff that feels so real

you find yourself feeling your dream is your

reality during the first 10 seconds of waking up.

needless to say, it was quite the relief to realize 

it was just a dream.

i found myself thinking about how much the things we let enter our brains

affects them. did you know that everything that enters our brains never leaves? we may not be able to recall it easily, but it is always there...filed away in the section that it belongs, forever. 

that's a long time...just sayin'.

i compare watching t.v. shows about wild infidelity and cheating to movies like this one (below.)

and i can't help to notice the difference my brain feels.

i will master time management.

i will master filling my time with those things that matter most,

those things of eternal value.

one day...i will.  

one step at a time. 

laundry room bliss

i walk past this room now and my heart sings. what used to make me feel a little bit of anxiety now feels like a breath of fresh air. i used to put the folded laundry in stacks on top of the dryer and lay my clothes to dry over the washer. daron cleaned it on Sunday and made a few changes. 

simply put.

he is the bomb.com.

this weekend.

daron and i layed low. i threw a wrench in the weekend by having to take an exam on a friday night. oh how i will not miss these days. but then daron had the pleasure of taking an exam on saturday and meeting up with me for lunch. i love lunch dates with my lover. it is something we rarely ever get to do. after my test, i was pretty stressed and just exhausted. i came home and daron sees something in my hair. it is none other than chocolate frozen yogurt...ha! i about died. then we laughed for hours. he said he was going to be surprised if i didn't get yogurt on the way home. and it was obvious that i did. 


i did end up proposing to daron on leap year (with the above flowers). and you know, it was the strangest thing. i was nervous. to propose. to my husband. of almost 2 years! and it was obviously a joke like ha ha this is tradition type of thing. but getting down on one knee even just for kicks gave me little butterflies. i have a new found respect for men in the world.


tonight we spoiled our dinner with dessert and listened to some of the most wonderful words of wisdom. i love words of wisdom. they are uplifting and warmth to the soul. on that note, you have to watch this video if you haven't already. oh my, it is one of my favorites. i had to chuckle at the too many soiled windows in my life. 

looking forward to, what i hope to be, a little less stressful week. yay!