Something Old and Something New

     That magical day Shannon and I wed is forever going to be an unforgettable part of my life. I don't think I could have asked for anything more. Shannon planned and coordinated almost all of it; she lovingly asked for my opinion on everything; she stayed up-beat and mostly stress free the entire way through (who could ask for that??). I love her with all my heart. I enjoyed kind of joking that, "I planned the engagement, so you get to plan the wedding," hahaha.

     To top off getting married and having everyone congradulate us, we got a bunch of gifts (thank-you's coming soon!!), which were just unbelievable... Going back - I felt really out of place putting together a gift registry. In fact, I had to have the wifey tell me constantly that getting married was a time to get gifts. It was so hard to believe. It made me speechless really, but grateful. Thank you everyone for making what would have already been the best day of my life that much better.

     Well, almost as soon as we were back from our honeymoon did we start looking at the next stages of our life together. Like what kind of family we want to be, if we want to keep going to school, what career paths we're going to take, and all that. I'm glad to say that Shannon is bringing a lot of common-sense and perspective to my point of view. She's helping me make a lot of decisions that I needed guidance in; and like-wise, I help her in her decision making process, but it's more like my ideals, hopes and ambitions.

     Anyway, for right now, we are mostly just looking forward to being apart of each-other's holiday traditions and family celebrations. We're looking forward so much to creating traditions of our own and bringing what we love most into the scene.

     I think that covers all the bases. Anymore blogs I do will be a bit more concise :)

Love and cheer to everyone this season,
   Daniel

Happily ever after...

Well... here we are! Daniel and I been happily married for THREE whole months and thought we would enter the blogging world together. Our wedding day was everything we dreamed it would be, in fast-forward! We are so grateful for all of our friends and family who came together to support us. We now live together in a tiny one bedroom apartment with our two wild dogs (part shih tzu, part chihuahua, but we call them shit-wa's) who have very sharp nails and are not afraid to use them. Daniel and I have already mastered the art of sharing a bathroom, TV, and laptop (it's MINE).

Ok, so maybe we could still use a little work, but it's amazing to me how quickly we adjusted to living together. Dan is sooo good to me too. He makes me coffee every morning, takes out the garbage every day, cooks me lunch so I can eat at home, AND he opens the mail. Who even does that?! He is quite honestly my best friend, and he's proven time and time again that he was made for me. We think alike, we almost always match (so what if I do it on purpose), and we can read each other like an eBook (because who reads real books anymore). He makes me feel beautiful inside and out, which is quite a miraculous feat. Ok, enough bragging about my awesome, hot, and hilarious husband!

We are really looking forward to growing our family one day (beyond non-humanoid members), but for now we're staying focused on our career and educational goals. We both graduated with degrees in Digital Technology and Culture from WSU Tri-Cities (Dan in Dec. '09 and me in Dec. '10), which is how we met. Daniel is currently trying to get into the Masters in Teaching program at WSU so that he can become a technology teacher (which I love, since he tried to teach me how to use a technical program the first time he ever talked to me, but I was too prideful to let him help). I'm part-way through a Masters Certificate in Government Contracting, but hunting for the perfect school to do the whole shebang and get a complete Masters degree. I'm fortunate enough to have a job that will pay for me to go to school, but unfortunate enough to live in an economy that is making it difficult for me to climb the ladder! I found it quite comical that my salary was frozen just two weeks after I earned my Bachelors, but I'm honestly so grateful for what I do have, as I realize there are billions of people out there who have far less.

I'm officially boring the hubs, and officially craving ice-cream, so that's a wrap!

-- Shannon