Hello all. We've been happily married f0r just over a month and it's been awesome! We've learned so much about each other and about making a life together. In the spirit of learning new things about me and Richard, we felt we would share some things YOU might not know about US. :)
1. The first real lesson learned in our marriage is Weinerschnitzel everyday is no good. Just because fast food is cheap (and delicious) does not mean it will make you (or your tummy) happy...
2. Our two new favorite shows are Ghost Adventures (Travel Channel) and Whale Wars (Animal Planet...thanks Stewart). We watch them obsessively.
3. We have the names of our future children picked out already.
3. We've discovered Epic Pet Wars. (iPhone app. Check it out.)
4. Richard is precisely 10 inches taller than Erika.
5. We try to be fashionable, but we can never stop buying dead men's clothes and elementary school mascot shirts at the DI.
6. Erika can never make up her mind. If it weren't for Richard we would have died of starvation long ago.
7. We both drive our dream car (except neither of them are the right color.)
8. In 3 days we each have a 20 page paper due. We are awesome at procrastination.
9. We've made the long journey to Yogurtland and back.
10. Richard is so strong he cracked his Tungsten ring.
11. Richard gets mad because Erika leaves all the cupboards and drawers open. She is getting better.
12. Richard designed Erika's ring all by himself. She didn't even get a chance to peek at it until he proposed.
13. He tells her he loves her a thousand times a day.
14. The first time Richard came over to meet her family, her little brother shot him multiple times with his marshmallow gun.
15. Erika got REALLY excited when she learned about Hogwarts Land.
16. We are excited to move into our teeny apartment in a few weeks.
17. Erika's love for shopping has resurfaced upon moving to Las Vegas. Richard tried so hard to suppress it...
18. After dating for some time we decided we should get married. Then we moved to opposite sides of the world for 4 months.
19. We both miss actually having a summer vacation.
20. We LOVE being so close to family in Vegas. The heat, not so much...
21. We are so lucky to be able to go to the temple; by ourselves and with our friends.
22. Midnight Pomegranate is our favorite.
23. We love Yasuko, our pizza lady.
24. It rained on our wedding day...but we have amazing pictures! (They will be posted. I know I am SO SLOW.)
25. We love the gospel, each other, and our families. We couldn't be more blessed.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
THE BEST SHOW EVER!
Okay, so Erika and I went to a Sherwood show last night and it was AMAZING! At first we were having our doubts. They were as follows:
1. This venue is small and pretty ghetto.
2. There aren't very many people here, maybe there won't be enough energy to make it a good show.
3. The first opening band was the worst thing I had ever heard...I'm not even joking.
4. When Sherwood was setting up we were the only ones standing in the front....and almost the only ones in the room.
But then! Sherwood started to play! And from the first song until the last it was FREAKING AWESOME!!!! Here is a video of end of For the Longest Time, which was the last song they played.
Richard wrote all this without me, so I decided I needed to put my two cents in too!
It was really something spectacular. Going through times of hardship when they acquired thousands of fans, my years of loyalty paid off with an intimate show, playing a lot of their old stuff, and a personal shout out from Dan. It was AWESOME!
I danced like a crazy person but had the time of my life! It made me realize just how grateful I am for these guys and their amazing music. I've taken for granted how I've grown up with them and how much I love their music.
At Tommy's request, I will now post about the worst band I have ever heard, which, interestingly enough, played before Sherwood. It is always darkest just before the dawn, right?
These were the quintessential garage band that should never, ever leave the garage. One looked like the fat Jack Black in the movie School of Rock and the other one looked like Chris Farley from Tommy Boy. The bass player looked pinched like a heroine addict and we didn't see much of the drummer, thankfully. Their music. Let's just put it this way, they had to skip one of their songs because they couldn't get it together, one included a 5 minute guitar solo that was so bad my ears were bleeding, and their final song was a tribute to 2Pac that lasted an unholy 10 minutes.
I'm pretty sure the only thing that could have redeemed that was the one and only Sherwood.
My homeboys...this is how awesome they are.
1. This venue is small and pretty ghetto.
2. There aren't very many people here, maybe there won't be enough energy to make it a good show.
3. The first opening band was the worst thing I had ever heard...I'm not even joking.
4. When Sherwood was setting up we were the only ones standing in the front....and almost the only ones in the room.
But then! Sherwood started to play! And from the first song until the last it was FREAKING AWESOME!!!! Here is a video of end of For the Longest Time, which was the last song they played.
Richard wrote all this without me, so I decided I needed to put my two cents in too!
It was really something spectacular. Going through times of hardship when they acquired thousands of fans, my years of loyalty paid off with an intimate show, playing a lot of their old stuff, and a personal shout out from Dan. It was AWESOME!
I danced like a crazy person but had the time of my life! It made me realize just how grateful I am for these guys and their amazing music. I've taken for granted how I've grown up with them and how much I love their music.
At Tommy's request, I will now post about the worst band I have ever heard, which, interestingly enough, played before Sherwood. It is always darkest just before the dawn, right?
These were the quintessential garage band that should never, ever leave the garage. One looked like the fat Jack Black in the movie School of Rock and the other one looked like Chris Farley from Tommy Boy. The bass player looked pinched like a heroine addict and we didn't see much of the drummer, thankfully. Their music. Let's just put it this way, they had to skip one of their songs because they couldn't get it together, one included a 5 minute guitar solo that was so bad my ears were bleeding, and their final song was a tribute to 2Pac that lasted an unholy 10 minutes.
I'm pretty sure the only thing that could have redeemed that was the one and only Sherwood.
My homeboys...this is how awesome they are.
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