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I feel like blogging.  There's lots on my mind but my mind is pretty much all over the map.  I have 123 unread emails and I just don't feel like going through them.  Maybe I can do what I like most--a random blog post.  Yes, eeeeeeeeeexcellent.

* We have been looking at housing.  We've come to an agreement with my parents that we feel like we'll be ready to be out of the house by a certain date so we've started looking around.  We found a place that we thought would be PERFECT.  Before we could even turn our application in, the Landlord (who was a bit extreme, but very cute) said she prayed about it and didn't feel good about it.  Soooo what do you do? We were pretty bummed--and we found out on our anniversary.  So, we went and saw Avatar & ate dinner at the Roof Restaurant downtown SLC to heal our wounds.  Which brings me to my next point.

* Avatar was good.  Not amazing--but good.  I'm glad I saw it in 3D.  The Roof is WAY overrated.  I've had better food at Chili's.  The view was gorgeous and the atmosphere was, of course fantastic.  But we were REALLY disappointed with the food.  We've heard so many good things about it.  Maybe we're food snobs? (But that can't be the case since we'd rather eat at Olive Garden than The Roof).

* Six years.  Wow.  I wonder how many wedding pictures I can dig up and keep posting on my blog to make myself feel pretty.  I'm not feeling it lately so I have to go through old pictures to remember that I've got babe potential it's just NOWHERE to be found right now.

(Did you know that if you get married in the SL Temple and don't take the picture with your hands on the knobs that your marriage isn't really valid?) Just something to keep in mind.

Little Known Facts about our wedding:

~ I always remember feeling when I was younger that I'd never meet a guy who really "got" me.  Like, understood my personality, how much love I had to give, how crazy I was, how independent but dependent I was, how I laugh at my own jokes and how I want so badly to laugh with someone forever.  Before we went into the Sealing room where our friends and family waited for us, we sat in the Celestial Room in the Salt Lake Temple and held hands.  I always imagined myself being nervous on my wedding day.  The movies tell us that's how it should be, anyway.  I have never felt so calm and peaceful.  As we sat there holding hands side by side, I knew that God had put us together for a reason.  There are far too many examples of how we ended up together to make either of us question it.  When we entered the sealing room and saw our loved ones, I couldn't hold back my emotions (but I'll have you know I did a very good job of keeping them in check).  What a powerful feeling it was.  Danny's mission President was able to seal us to be together forever and he got choked up while talking about the type of missionary Danny was...and how he was made a trainer because he always put new missionaries with someone he wanted them to be like.  It didn't matter if he was a zone leader or an assistant to the President.  He was an example and trained the newbies.  I love that about him.  Kneeling across the altar from Danny was the best feeling I've ever had.  My mind was clear, I was at peace and our future was bright.  I've never felt the Spirit so strong in my life.  I love Danny and I KNOW we were meant to be together.

~ We got married on Danny's brother's birthday.  I originally wanted to get married on April 6th because there was so much significance with that date in the church.  I can't even remember why we chose the 7th but I always felt bad for stealing Scott's 30th birthday thunder.  At least I never forget his birthday!

~ The reception.  We danced.  We partied.  Well, as hard as Mormons party.  After a semi-formal meet and greet, we went downstairs, and did the traditional things then danced like crazy people.  It was so fun.  I'm glad we did it.  When Danny and I were engaged I asked him if he would be willing to do the newly wed dance in front of everyone and he said he didn't want to.  I seriously think that was our first fight.  I was devastated.  I didn't even know what to say to him.  How was I supposed to marry this guy who wouldn't even DANCE with me in public? The next day he came to his senses :) We danced to "The Way You Kiss Me" by Shania Twain.

~ Danny was actually the one who picked out the cake.  He came with me to the Reception Center (Seven Oaks, loved it).  I was more interested in the announcements and the decor and he was flipping through the cake book becoming more and more amazed at all the artistry.  I told him honestly that he could choose whatever he wanted as long as it had our colors.  He did well eh?

~  The first thing we did when we got to our hotel that night was.....................count the money we got from the reception.  Haha, is that totally ghetto or what?

~ When we first walked out of the temple as husband and wife and smiled for the cameras, one of my aunts yelled "someone's been tanning!".  It wasn't even in a joking voice because she doesn't have much of a sense of humor.  She seriously wanted people to know that I had a fake tan.  It was a spray on lady--cut me some slack.

That's all for now.  You've got the inside scoop!