Dragonvale, Dragonvale, Let's All Go To Dragonvale

Hello! Just popped on to say, "Hello!" and "Hope you all had a great Christmas and will /had (depending on when you read this) a terrific New Year's Eve :) Here are some of our Christmas photos. I will see some of you on Saturday!! :)

The Car Of The Future, Today!...again!

Hello one and all. Welcome to my blog. As all of you living in the inverted dirty desert air of Utah know, tis the season to have respiratory problems and freeze your thumbs off. We all know that thumbs are the only thing separating us from being like dog or rabbits unable to grab things, pawing all the time. That and a over(or in some people's case, under developed) brain. But thumbs!! That's the real biggy! This time on my bloggy blog of blogness I will be writing about things so I hope that you enjoy what I will be writing in the future.  I myself, also hope that I enjoy what I will write shortly in the future for all those future us's to enjoy. 

Life is going well. School is almost done. Yahoo!! Now it is done!!! YIPPIE SKIPPY!!!! So far I think I'm going alright in my class. I really hope so anyway. My last exam was on Dec 17 and now I'm graduating, even if I don't get the grade I am aiming for. (hey this is Jared, Kaiya was kind enough to let me talk to my future self and to say hey. So hey future self, you're awesome.) Wow, the future rocks :) So now that I'm done with my undergrad regardless of the grade I receive I bet you can't guess where you can find me these next few days. If you guessed freezing outside shoveling poopcicles then you guessed 100% correct! Ah, and nowhere I'd rather be :) You can't beat horse time :) It is much needed too. So if you want some good old fashion exercise or even if you want to come spend time with me hackin away at frozen poo, just let me know because I'll gladly welcome the help :) What?! No takers?!!

Who doesn't love a photobombing dad?

Yeah, pretend like you were just there by accident but we all know what you're really doing, dad.

Wedding planning is going well. Just finishing up with the little details and such. The biggest little detail gets here on Sunday at 8:50pm! Yay!!! :D I can't even wait for Sunday!!! Who knew that Sundays could be something to look forward to?! ;) Going off of what happened at Tristan's wedding, Thanksgiving point doesn't allow rice, birdseed, or small things to be thrown at the bride and groom. I didn't know that people threw birdseed at the couple. What's the history with that one? Was the goal to make as much of an impossible mess to clean up in the shortest amount of time? If anyone finds a reason for these traditions please let me know. Also, if you feel so inclined to get us a gift, please just give us money. Not that we wouldn't be grateful for pots and pans, they're just things that we won't be able to take with us and will be put into storage for three years. Money will be much more useful to us if you want to give us something. Thanks :) Also, if anyone has any allergies to anything, sorry I didn't ask earlier. Oops :)

Most of you have seen this but it's just too funny not to post for for a second watch :)

My dog smacked me in the face and scratched my lips. If I would have known she glued glass shards and razor blades to the bottom of her paws I wouldn't have asked her to speak three times in a row. Watch out, apparently Rora is from the hood yo.

In the final stages of preparation for getting hitched to a witch, Leo has got his drivers license, car insurance, and an apartment for us. It's a bottom apartment and has two bedrooms, one bathroom, washing machine, and even a dish washer. It's fully furnished so all the couches will be ours to use but the tv is not. Leo said that when he went to get the key they were repainting and fixing the place up so hopefully it's all set and ready to go when we get back. The pictures have things from the previous tenant so unfortunately for those that will stay with us we will not have a giant gecko on the furnace. A deal breaker I know, but hopefully you'll find it in your hearts to forgive us for not having a giant gecko in our possession yet. I think our address will be 

51 Crois Croinn 

Dundalk 

Co.Louth 

Ireland  

but I'm not 100% sure yet. I'll let you know when I live there :)

To give you perspective if you don't have it already here are some maps

We will be living in an area called Saltown of Dundalk. I'm not quite sure how it works there, if it's a different city or what. He will still be working in Belfast while we are living down south, in case you were wondering why I have a mapped out route to Belfast here for. NOW YOU KNOW!! 

To pump my sister up and make the rest of you jealous here are some famous sites around Ireland that my sisters will get to see.

Giants Causeway

Glens of Antrim

Cliffs of Moher

This is a fun video of my mom embarrassing our bishop, the man who will be marrying me in about 2 . 5 weeks :)

Now all we can do is what for that magical day!! We all know what I'm talking about!! Yup, December 22!! Yay for Leo getting here!!! :) Also, enjoy Christmas as well :) Wasn't the future fun? 

Parted Down The Middle

YES!! The rumors are true!! I am getting married!!! Whoda thunked?! Not me!! Not you!! Everyone is surprised!!! What is also surprising is that this is the first time you have heard this. I am marrying a very handsome, charming Irish man. Be jealous, be very jealous. We met through my weirdo of a best-friend sister, Elvis. She was pen pals with him. We are marrying next year and then moving to live in Ireland. Don't be too "green" with envy. I'll send lots of pictures back to show how much fun I'm having ;) The invites have been sent out this week so if you haven't received yours yet you should shortly. If you still don't there are two possibilities.  1) the post office lost your invite or 2) you weren't invited. But do not be offended!! Lot's of people weren't invited!!! Most people in fact! If you look at the grand scale of it all practically no one was invited. 62 people is nothing compared to the 7 billion on the planet!

This is what our invites turned out to be. Leo put together the picture compilation :) I think he did a very nice jorb but maybe baby that's just me. It's not like I think he's great or anything.

Everything is going well these days. Busy and crazy but well, most days. That's not to say that things couldn't be better *cough cough* like not having my fiancé 4k+ miles away *cough cough* If you feel so inclined and would like to give a gift we would really appreciate it if you would please click on the donate button to the left of this and donate money. It's a very secure link to a Pay Pal donation spot. We would only like money because we are moving out of the country. If you'd rather give love that's nice too :) 

School is going better. I didn't fail this last test and got a much better grade so that's freakin awesome :) That isn’t to say that if one of you brilliant 136’s were to come up to me and say you’d take the right of my tests that I’d turn ya flat down. Nope! I’d shake your hand and give you a paper with the dates and times of my test and tell you not to be late! Then I could go play with all the 91’s because they’re fun :) Leo passed part one of his driving test and is currently on the scout for a place for us, along with school, work, part two of the driving test, and sorting out his teeth. No stress no worries ;)

For those of you who are interested, Leo told me a funny joke the other day but it’s pretty inappropriate for a public place like this so if you would like to hear it drop me a line and I will share it with you :)

Something I can share with the public is this

As the hitchin’ time gets closer I’m more excited but also more nervous and scared to move to a new country. It will be good though and lots of fun :) I know it will be hard at times but that’s just part of the whole experience, right?

I hope that no one was offended by not receiving an invite. If you received an invite and you're offended that's not so bad ;) I am having a very small wedding and my mom pretty much had to pull my teeth (figuratively of course) to even do a luncheon. I only invited the people I was closest too because I wanted this to be as small as it could be. I don't like all that attention so the smaller the better I think. Anywho, I'll probably see most of you shortly, with all the holidays coming up. 

Thanks for reading and stay tuned until next time!!

Through A Looking Glass

I promised someone I'd write a post soon and unfortunately it wasn't as soon as they were hoping I'm sure. Sorry about that individual. I hope you don't hate me :( I shall do my best to make it up to you with the following typed letters.

Life has been kinda crazy since the last time I blogged. Some down times but hay! That's life right, and hay is for horses so bring it on! ;) Also had good times too. Like having Tati and Clay to work with. If you haven't heard I am the go to man when you need a job apparently. Clay and Tati both work at OverstockDrugstore.com with me. Clay is in charge of eBay and Tati is receptionist/OverstockDrugstore.com in charge. They both seem to like their jobs which is good. Clay works part-time like me and has a second job up in Salt Lake City in a law firm. 

As Tati tradition here are some FUN FACTS for your day :)

GarterTossing the wedding garter is an old time held tradition. It is said that in the days gone past, the bride and groom had to show proof of their wedding consummation. In order for it to be proven, it was common tradition to have people like family and friends come into the room with the couple. The "witnesses" would obtain the garter as "proof" of the consummation. Also having any article of the under garments was considered to be good luck so sometimes things would get out of hand in the newly wed's bedroom as crazed onlookers snatched at clothing to get for good luck. This was not appreciated much by the bride nor many grooms, hence the groom started tossing the garter out so that no one would need to obtain it themselves.
Wedding FlowersBefore the use of flowers in the bridal bouquet, women carried aromatic bunches of garlic, herbs, and grains to drive evil spirits away as they walked down the aisle had magical and meaningful definitions for the couple's future life. It was considered a symbol of happiness. Traditional Celtic bouquets included ivy, thistle and heather. If a bride carried sage (the herb of wisdom) she became wise; if she carried dill (the herb of lust) she became lusty. Flower girls carried sheaves of wheat, a symbol of growth, fertility, and renewal. Over time, these were replaced with flowers, symbolizing fertility and everlasting love. Specific flowers have special meanings in many cultures. In Hawaii, the bride and groom wear leis; newlyweds in India don floral headdresses. Orange blossoms, for example, mean happiness and fertility. Ivy means fidelity; lilies mean purity.
The Best ManMany centuries ago if a man wanted to marry a woman and the family didn't not approve he would forcefully take her, aka kidnap. The grooms best friend would accompany him and watch the door of the chapel to stop the family from interrupting the marriage ceremony. 

More wedding histories can be found here.

I had to share this because it truly is deep and wise. Irish wisdom, never go to bed with an itchy arse or you will wake up with stinky fingers in the mornin'. From experience I think this was learned ;)

Karma is funny. Some of you may remember that spider that I may or may not have brought into my mom's room when I laid on her bed......shortly after that may or may not have happened I had a spider bit on my back. Nothing serious and it's gone now but I thought it was pretty funny :)

Not as funny as the lack of bladder control some people have...I'm talking about Aunt Tara running into a glass door and peeing her pants in shock there was a door there and Leo seeing a toilet and peeing on his pants. Over stimulated is the nice way I'd describe these individuals. Just can't handle everything so something as to go...

All Hallows Night was a good one. My witchy poo mom made a deliciously delightful spooky dinner. My dad was a monkey, I know it's not a stretch from the truth but at least the guy tried, mom was a witch, Shay was a rhythmatist, I think Miki was Rapunzel, I was Paul Bunion, Kelcie was Olive Snook, and Leo was a "Lady boy of Bangkok".

Life is a bit more full of baby now that Tristan and Clay moved into the basement. Good for my mom and clan Clistan as they will save heaps. 

My bridal shower is this weekend...poo...School and work are alright. From the first test I am not doing so hot in my class, luckily I'm not failing my job. That would be horrible. What's not horrible is that Leo's kilt finally got here :) It got held in customs for having an item that unknown to us was illegal to bring into the USA. It was held in customs for about a week or two. But we finally got it :) He's going to look fan-freakin-tastic :)

I will see you all soon.