Wyoming-The Equality State

Welp, Andy and I are here in WY now, and have been for about three weeks. We are here for work installing security systems for Vivint, and yes I am working a power drill right along side Andy. Whenever I told people what my summer plans were I would get the eyebrow raise and the question "YOU are doing it too?" Yep!! What else am I going to do? Sit in the hotel and beat my head against the wall? No thank you! I wasn't looking forward to it, but it actually hasn't been too bad. Granted it would be a lot better had we gone to New York or Florida to install, but with all we had to come home for we needed to be closer than that. So Wyoming it was! But on the bright side, now we know we never ever want to live here, so that's good in a way ha ha.

We started in Rock Springs, which from talking to people sounds like it's pretty much the worst part of this state. Who knew! We moved from there about a week ago, and we're now in Evanston, which is nice because we can go home on weekends and see our families. Another good thing is we will get to be here on the 4th. No lame UT fireworks for us!! We're going to load up on all the illegal stuff and have ourselves a party! My friend Bobbi lives here and she says that the 4th is the one day that Evanston is the best place to be. I'm excited!! So we are here until mid-July, and from then on I have no clue where we'll go. They are starting to move techs way up North to Sheridan and Montana, so I'm guessing we will be soon to follow.

Wyoming is an interesting place, not like Utah much. I

don't think I've seen a "nice" house here more than three, maybe four times. The majority of the houses in Rock Springs, and a good share here in Evanston, are all trailer homes. Even if a person is making quite a bit of money (around 100,000 a year) they still live in really old, run-down homes. Then the more money they make, the more trailers they add on to their first. Kinda funny. And people here like to drive the speed limit (ugh). I was shocked when we got to Rock Springs and their main road was 35 mph, and people were ACTUALLY GOING 35 MPH. Not a mile over! And if you did, you got a ticket. Luckily WE weren't the ones that found that out, but our buddy John got a ticket going 40. And groceries are so expensive here! We talked to one lady that would drive all the way to Riverdale in Ogden to go to Costco because she hated how much groceries were here. Nuts!! And as a dental hygiene student I can't help but notice how many people are missing half their teeth. Some

times even ALL of them. And they aren't even old enough to be in dentures!! It's the stereotypical hick cowboy around here. Gives me a little chuckle every once in awhile.:)

Even with all of WY drawbacks, I am so glad we came. Work is successful and we are doing really well here. And it has been the perfect opportunity for us. With how everything worked out before we came here, and how we even found out about this job I know this is where we are supposed to be. It's an adventure for Andy and I, and I love being able to spend so much time with him. So here's to hoping the rest of the summer goes this well!!

June 2, 2011

Alright, so I'm sure all of you know that I have had A LOT going on lately. What a wonderful couple of weeks it has been!! So many exciting things have been happening and I have so much to blog about. The thing I'm most excited to write about is MY WEDDING DAY!!! What a wonderful day it was! It started bright and early at 5:30 am when I got up. Fortunately I was able to get some sleep the night before, so when my alarm went off, I was out of my bed like a racehorse. I was waiting for the jitters to hit me, but the whole morning I felt so calm and ready to marry my sweetheart....until we got to the temple and handed them our recommends. I felt like I wanted to throw up! Andy kept laughing at me because he knew how nervous I was. But then we walked in and started getting ready and my mind went to other things, so I was alright. We sat in the Celestial room of the Salt Lake Temple and we were both in awe at how beautiful

and detailed it was. They came in and told us that our guests were ready for us and we were on our way in to be sealed! We walked in the room and of course I just started crying. It was so awesome to

walk into a beautiful room filled with all the people who truly love us. Our sealer was amazing as well! It was such a perfect morning!

After that we went and did the usual pictures on the steps, and then we got to go do our video. I love how it turned out! The wind was a bit of a pain to try and work around, but overall it was so much fun shooting it. This is the first draft with just the temple, but another one is to come with our reception as well. You can watch it here- http://www.vimeo.com/24701293

Then came our reception. It was an outdoor reception at the Victorian in Layton, and we were VERY nervous that it was going to rain.

Everything was set up outside, and while we were taking pictures it started to sprinkle. I was pretty stressed, and I will admit I turned into Bridezilla there for a minute (Sorry family). But it cleared

up, and while it was a little chilly, the weather was perfect! We had lots of friends and family show up and we were so grateful for everyone that came. We cut the cake, tossed the bouquet and garter, then rode off on the back of a firetruck. It was such a memorable night! One I will never forget.

June 2, 2011 was and will forever be the best day of my life. I'm so incredibly grateful I married Andy, and that he wanted to marry me. What a perfect day for the both of us!!