Well happy Family Home Evening to you! Tonight Cristy and I walked around "old town" Alexandria, which is very similiar to the "main street" of any other small town in America. Unfortunuately, Cristy and I walked the wrong way to get there, so we didn't see much, but we have some good pics from the week anyway.

Cristy and I on the way to FHE! I'm watching the stop light, by the way :)

The next time Cristy nags you for eating those potatoe chips or pizza, just whip this picture out of your pocket and enjoy that pizza potatoe chip combo. Ummm...

Cristy trying to redeem herself by a statue of a pineapple

A cool flower joint...

....and then we got lost by the creepy eighteenth century cemetery--established 1759

We have to go to bed soon, so here are the highlights:

1. Cristy and I began Salsa lessons with my family last week. We are learning some crazy hip moves, and the last two weeks we have both come home with sore hips. Hey--an hour of shaking your hips non-stop will do that to you! We love it nontheless :D

2. Cristy got a haircur! See pics...it looks wonderful. Will have to get better pictures next week. She has been shifting back and forth and whether she likes it or not, but I am in love with it. Let her now how pretty she is!

Baby Giant Panda! It looks more like a monkey or something.

3. Cristy and I went to the going away fireside for Elder Zollinger, one of the missionaries who taught me the missioniary discussions. On Sunday, in his last act in Washington D.C. before flying home the following morning, he baptized a young woman by the name of Jen. He's a pretty amazing guy.

Elder Zollinger and I at dinner on Tuesday

4. I played football with the Elder's Quorom on Saturday and together with by buddy Nate (from High School) we completely ruined the other team 6-2. I scored by intercpetion, passing touchdown, and rushing touchdown. Today, however, I am still sore and I walk funny :( After the Marathon Cristy and I stopped running and only started again last month. I haven't done speed work since November and now I am feeling it.

5. I have decided that since Cristy and I don't have kids, I am going to start posting pictures from national geographic and stuff. Maybe your kids will like them ;)

Well that's it for now...until next week. Look how good we are doing! Next week...the futon pics!

The dining room table, our crazy linens, and, that's right, a bunch of empty picture frames :( This frown is for Brady :(

Our cluttered kitchen! We both fit though :)

The other, less cluttered side of the kitchen

A wedding present--it gets passed from one married couple to the next at their reception, and we were the next unlucky couple. I want to keep it, but Cristy can't wait until the next wedding!

Our mirrors and our closet

Our tiny bathroom
I am not going to tell you which side of the web that this is...

...but I will let you guess which is which ;)

Hulu.com

So I, Nathaniel, have a confession: I am addicted to hulu.com

Hulu.com is a website where one can watch movies, or mor eimportantly, one's favorite TV shoes whenever one wants. What you do is "subscribe" to TV shows, and whenever that show airs on television, it shows up in your "queue" the following day. Then you watch the shows, with about four commecials per viewing. While at work, I watch the shows on one computer and work on the other. Since discovering hulu, I have probably seen about fifty or so shows. In fact, I am watching "America's Toughest Jobs" right now. On today: Monster Truck Driving.

On the homefront, everything is going OK. Our wedding pictures come soon! Brady says they are in the mail! We can't wait to see them. We also can't wait to fill out empty frames on the wall with real pictures :) Speaking of pictures, we also bought a pretty bomb camera, so we need to go take some pictures of things. Like our house! Lookout for next time!

Cristy and I have been sick some more (who knew?) BUT, on the positive side, we not only paid off half of our four tickets BUT we also haven't gotten any more. How do you like me now Fuzz? Now, to give the 5-O the benefit of the doubt, Cristy and I have also been working late, and we have no kids to shuttle around, so there really wasn't that much oppurtunity to arrest us or give us tickets. Oh well--there's always next week ;)

Nathaniel's Note: Don't kill dragonflys (for all those RAID Masters out there) because they eat up mosquitos. One time at camp I saw one eat it right in the middle of the air. It was sweet.

"The Man"

So.... Apparently we are going for some sort of record; And the month is young so we just might make it.



I definitely got us started. Virginia likes to earn money through State and County car registration. But it is different form county to county. So, when Nathaniel and I moved I needed to purchase a decal for my car in Alexandria county. Well "the Law" found me before I got the decal and I got a ticket. What makes it even worse is that I got the same ticket the next weekend because apparently I didn't fix the problem fast enough.

Then Nathaniel added to our score when a "Boy in Blue" didn't like our speed on I-81. Definitely a speed trap. The Limit was just reduced, we were on a down hill and the "5-0" was behind a hill. Nathaniel had increased his speed slightly to pass a truck (he had been speed controlling it the whole time) and BAM--next thing you know a copper is asking him if everybody else drove off a bridge would he do it too. Shucks.

The final and forth vehical violation was on Nathaniel's green Honda for expired plates. Apparently, he hadn't notified the DMV of his move yet and they probably sent his renewal information to his old address, where his forwarding information had expired. That makes a total if 4 in 10 days. We are averaging a ticket every 2.5 days.

This craziness has to stop, I don't think we can afford it!

Nathaniel's Note: I follow polotics very closely and try to verify all of my information with primary sources. I am an unbiased independant voter that just so happens to dislike The Pit Bull. On a side note, the Republicans have had control of the executive and legislative branches for the better part of 20 years, so there is more to complain about for them; this is purely coincedental. Every party has it's shining lights and it's poopy bottom-feeders ;) NOT that I am trying to make any direct correlation between PALIN and POOP, but you get the picture. Not a mental one, I hope :D PLUS I get excited about non-emotionally charged political repartee. Even if that repartee is with myself and, well...this blog. Shoot.

Married Life

Married life can be summed up in just one word...Bliss!

Nathaniel and I have started out our married days with many adventures. We have traveled to Texas for his uncle's wedding, cooked asian-style food on our Wok, established a joint checking account, travled to East Tennessee for a friends wedding, camped and cooked on an open fire, and taught a Gospel Essentials Sunday School class in our new ward.

The highligh of the wedding in Texas was getting to meet/visit the Wright Family. Nathaniel's mother has two brothers: Randy, and Patrick (groom and 29 years old). Patrick is more an older brother than an Uncle to Nathaniel because they spend so much time together when he was younger. They even lived in the same house growing up for awhile. We also spent time with Nathaniel's Grandparents. They are no longer married, but it is obvious they love their childrend. Grandma teared up the moment she saw her grandchildren. She is a sweet, sincere woman and a beautiful Mother of the Groom. Nathaniel's Grandpa can be complimented equally and I really enjoyed meeting him. He does have his own style and I was "warned," but our family blended beautifully. The only disappointment was not winning a single game of Skip-Bo against Carly (my new little sister).

Nathaniel has been busy with his job and "training" his new boss. The news and many political events have also kept him very busy. Any questions about the canidates platforms, political points-of-view, or political background he will be able to answer. He is very opened mind and has a good grasp on the canadiates policies... it is going to be a tight race. (Nathaniel's Note: I have an unalienable dislike for Governor Palin, aka "The Pit Bull")

I have been busy at work as well and expect it to get a bit busier. I have accepted a promotion as a Corporate Dietitian. Basically, I will spilt my time between two skilled nursing facilities and work with the management of thsoe facilities to provide exceptional nutritional care. I am excited for the opportunity.

Nathaniel and I are happy to be a bit more settled and able to plan new adventures, start exercising more often and become regular bloggers.

Well, that's it for now! Look forward to tommorow's blog (it's Monday blog night, remember ;)

~Cristy and Nathaniel