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New Blog :)
I decided to start a new blog... I will be updating that one instead of this one.
Check it out! http://austinjulidunn.blogspot.com/
Check it out! http://austinjulidunn.blogspot.com/
Monday, December 26, 2011
broken hearts will mend.
I love the Christmas season. But, this Christmas was very unique for Austin and I. I truly felt the Saviors love for me and my testimony of His life, Atonement, and the Plan of Salvation was strengthened.
A couple days ago we went to the Doctor and received some very heartbreaking news. Our little baby had stopped growing. At first it was all a blur to me, I didn't know what the doctor was saying, I couldn't digest his words- it all seemed so surreal. As we got in the car it all hit me and it felt as though my heart had been literally broken. I felt so empty inside, hoping that there was some mistake. After several sleepless nights and many beautiful priesthood blessings- I miscarried our little one. My heart still aches as I long to hold our baby, but this past week my testimony of the Plan of Salvation has truly been strengthened. I am so grateful Austin and I were married in the temple and will have an eternal family some day. I am thankful for all the prayers that have been offered in our behalf. I know that this trial has already strengthened me in many, many ways and for that I am grateful.
A couple days ago we went to the Doctor and received some very heartbreaking news. Our little baby had stopped growing. At first it was all a blur to me, I didn't know what the doctor was saying, I couldn't digest his words- it all seemed so surreal. As we got in the car it all hit me and it felt as though my heart had been literally broken. I felt so empty inside, hoping that there was some mistake. After several sleepless nights and many beautiful priesthood blessings- I miscarried our little one. My heart still aches as I long to hold our baby, but this past week my testimony of the Plan of Salvation has truly been strengthened. I am so grateful Austin and I were married in the temple and will have an eternal family some day. I am thankful for all the prayers that have been offered in our behalf. I know that this trial has already strengthened me in many, many ways and for that I am grateful.
Sunday, December 11, 2011
3 more days!
oh just 3 more days and finals are over!
Not to mention I have had
3 jobs and
17 credits
-12 of which are upper division math
this semester- So... pretty much I can't wait for Wednesday.
then party party woot.
This is pretty much what my brain is trying to cram in right now :(
wish me luck.
Not to mention I have had
3 jobs and
17 credits
-12 of which are upper division math
this semester- So... pretty much I can't wait for Wednesday.
then party party woot.
This is pretty much what my brain is trying to cram in right now :(
wish me luck.
Sunday, December 4, 2011
just a little somethin'
I haven't blogged in ages. yikes.
Life is good, and we are blessed.
We live above the Draper temple so I get this beautiful view every morning/evening- and I love it!
Anyway... I have had this little thing growing for about 6 weeks now. And I have bursting to tell the world. I haven't blogged in so long that nobody will probably read this, haha. But I need to document it somewhere since I am a horrible journal-er.
Yes, we have a little bun in the oven. woot.
Life is good, and we are blessed.
We live above the Draper temple so I get this beautiful view every morning/evening- and I love it!
Anyway... I have had this little thing growing for about 6 weeks now. And I have bursting to tell the world. I haven't blogged in so long that nobody will probably read this, haha. But I need to document it somewhere since I am a horrible journal-er.
Yes, we have a little bun in the oven. woot.
Sunday, May 15, 2011
smorgasbord
I am pretty much the worst blogger but oh well I guess.
Here is just a little glimpse of what Austin and I have been up to...
Last month was my birthday, it was so wonderful. After Austin picked me up from school he surprised me with a clean house and beautiful flowers. We spent some time with my fam then he cooked me delicious mushroom soup.
Austin pulled out my anatomy lab goggles to cut the onions (now they are the onion goggles :)
I'm not sure how Austin did this but somehow he got a fortune inside a fortune cookie and packaged it all up. It says, "You will live happily ever after." I have to admit he is quite the romantic!
Woot for a new bike. There will be hundreds of bike rides in Arkansas this summer,
I can hardly wait! We also bought a bike rack and feel super hippy-ish with it on the yaris.
2. It is the safest place ever. The crime rate is incredibly low here. It is so crazy to me to see tiny kids (probably 4 or 5) riding the subway by themselves to school, but nobody bothers them and they mind their own business. The policemen don't really have much to do so they sit and blow their whistle at stop lights to direct traffic (even though traffic doesn't need to be directed).
3. The people here are so polite and helpful. Whenever you need help or have a question the people bend over backwards to make sure you are taken care of. They are super genuine too.
4. The sun comes up at 3:30 in the morning during spring and summer. I mean who wouldn't love that. We would get up at like 5 and go running and it seemed like it was noon, then we'd go to bed at 8 or 9. Best lifestyle ever.
5. The people here dress way more modestly and classily (if that's even a word). I don't want my girls to be skanks- and lets face it girls in the US, even in Utah dress a little skankily.
Here is a couple pics of our ventures.
We spent one day at Disney Sea. It was way fun: Indiana Jones, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Tower of Terror, Gondola rides and more. Everything was in Japanese so it was a little weird sometimes to not know what was going on.
We also got to visit a ton of really cool gardens and shrines.
With tons of super cool, really old bonzai trees.
We also went to see a baseball game. In the Tokyo Dome!
Ok so I look a little frightening in the picture because it was raining all day but check out the kid in the background. He was so, so hilarious. He knew every single cheer (they even had one in english "Let's go Gi-ants" it took us awhile to catch on it was english and second to figure out what they were saying). When the Giants were up to bat he nicely packed his food up and set it under his chair so he could cheer. So like I said the Japanese people are super polite. When the other team is up to bat they sit there quietly or if it gets a little intense they just get up and walk around outside. Then when their team is up to bat then they cheer.
A lot of Japenese aren't married or if they are don't have kids becuase their careers. Instead they have dogs and treat them as children (or maybe better). They carry them in purses, babyslings, and yes even push them in strollers. This is a smiling dog.
We tried two days in a row to get sumo wrestling tickets but both days we got there just barely too late (they give them away and once they are gone, then that's that). But we did get to see lots of sumos in their robes walking into the stadium.
Austin's parents live in an apartment right in Tokyo. Ever wonder what the U.S ambassador's house in Japan looks like? Well you can see it right out their window so here is your chance... I want to live there.
Outside their window you can also see the Tokyo tower. It's bigger than the Eiffel Tower and I'd say it's cooler too.
We also got to see Conner off to the prom. Dunnerz looked pretty sharp and was just 4 votes shy of being the prom king.
One of the highlights of our trip to Japan was seeing the Napierski's! We ran into them at church. For a long time they were like my second family. I've missed seeing them and watching their kids grow up. I babysat little Cole when he was just 5 weeks old until they moved. Savi is taller than me now- they are the cutest bunch ever.
Now if you made it this far... you must love me. or be really bored. I have a little secret- the mom would flip if she knew this but there was a little quakin' in Japan while we were here. Pretty sweet, or maybe frightening.
These two kiddos are now moving to Arkansas. Don't miss me too much. It'll be quite the adventure, I have a full time job at a kids sports camp thing so I'll be busy, hopefully it'll keep me from being homesick, ha. Anyway ciao, peace, see-ya or in Japanese さようなら.
Here is just a little glimpse of what Austin and I have been up to...
Last month was my birthday, it was so wonderful. After Austin picked me up from school he surprised me with a clean house and beautiful flowers. We spent some time with my fam then he cooked me delicious mushroom soup.
Austin pulled out my anatomy lab goggles to cut the onions (now they are the onion goggles :)
I'm not sure how Austin did this but somehow he got a fortune inside a fortune cookie and packaged it all up. It says, "You will live happily ever after." I have to admit he is quite the romantic!After a couple extremely stressful weeks of projects, papers, and finals it was Austins birthday.
Woot for a new bike. There will be hundreds of bike rides in Arkansas this summer,I can hardly wait! We also bought a bike rack and feel super hippy-ish with it on the yaris.
Then we both quit our jobs for the summer and took a 10-day trip to Japan to visit the fam one last time before they move back to the states. Can I just say I absolutely love Japan?! Austin and I would move here in a heart beat if given the opportunity. 10 reasons why... (ok maybe only 5 or nobody will get through this incredibly long post, the last 5 can be saved for another post)
1. It is so, so, so clean here. It is the largest city in the world and there is zero trash on the streets, in the subways, anywhere! The ironic thing there isn't any trash cans on the street either, or in the subways (who knows where they put their trash).
1. It is so, so, so clean here. It is the largest city in the world and there is zero trash on the streets, in the subways, anywhere! The ironic thing there isn't any trash cans on the street either, or in the subways (who knows where they put their trash).
2. It is the safest place ever. The crime rate is incredibly low here. It is so crazy to me to see tiny kids (probably 4 or 5) riding the subway by themselves to school, but nobody bothers them and they mind their own business. The policemen don't really have much to do so they sit and blow their whistle at stop lights to direct traffic (even though traffic doesn't need to be directed).
3. The people here are so polite and helpful. Whenever you need help or have a question the people bend over backwards to make sure you are taken care of. They are super genuine too.
4. The sun comes up at 3:30 in the morning during spring and summer. I mean who wouldn't love that. We would get up at like 5 and go running and it seemed like it was noon, then we'd go to bed at 8 or 9. Best lifestyle ever.
5. The people here dress way more modestly and classily (if that's even a word). I don't want my girls to be skanks- and lets face it girls in the US, even in Utah dress a little skankily.
Here is a couple pics of our ventures.
We spent one day at Disney Sea. It was way fun: Indiana Jones, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Tower of Terror, Gondola rides and more. Everything was in Japanese so it was a little weird sometimes to not know what was going on.
We also got to visit a ton of really cool gardens and shrines.
With tons of super cool, really old bonzai trees.
We also went to see a baseball game. In the Tokyo Dome!
Ok so I look a little frightening in the picture because it was raining all day but check out the kid in the background. He was so, so hilarious. He knew every single cheer (they even had one in english "Let's go Gi-ants" it took us awhile to catch on it was english and second to figure out what they were saying). When the Giants were up to bat he nicely packed his food up and set it under his chair so he could cheer. So like I said the Japanese people are super polite. When the other team is up to bat they sit there quietly or if it gets a little intense they just get up and walk around outside. Then when their team is up to bat then they cheer.
A lot of Japenese aren't married or if they are don't have kids becuase their careers. Instead they have dogs and treat them as children (or maybe better). They carry them in purses, babyslings, and yes even push them in strollers. This is a smiling dog.We tried two days in a row to get sumo wrestling tickets but both days we got there just barely too late (they give them away and once they are gone, then that's that). But we did get to see lots of sumos in their robes walking into the stadium.
Austin's parents live in an apartment right in Tokyo. Ever wonder what the U.S ambassador's house in Japan looks like? Well you can see it right out their window so here is your chance... I want to live there.
Outside their window you can also see the Tokyo tower. It's bigger than the Eiffel Tower and I'd say it's cooler too.
We also got to see Conner off to the prom. Dunnerz looked pretty sharp and was just 4 votes shy of being the prom king.
One of the highlights of our trip to Japan was seeing the Napierski's! We ran into them at church. For a long time they were like my second family. I've missed seeing them and watching their kids grow up. I babysat little Cole when he was just 5 weeks old until they moved. Savi is taller than me now- they are the cutest bunch ever.Now if you made it this far... you must love me. or be really bored. I have a little secret- the mom would flip if she knew this but there was a little quakin' in Japan while we were here. Pretty sweet, or maybe frightening.
These two kiddos are now moving to Arkansas. Don't miss me too much. It'll be quite the adventure, I have a full time job at a kids sports camp thing so I'll be busy, hopefully it'll keep me from being homesick, ha. Anyway ciao, peace, see-ya or in Japanese さようなら.Thursday, March 3, 2011
announcement.
Monday, February 7, 2011
Just another manic monday
got my new glasses today, woot.
we bought a couch this weekend, woot.
Still madly in love with this boy.
Today is Mom's big 5-0!
She is the best mother anybody could ever ask for.
I hope I grow up to be just like.
She is so kind, loving, thoughtful, hardworking...
I could list all the wonderful traits she has all day long.
I'm so grateful she is my ma.
and I love her dearly.
we bought a couch this weekend, woot.
Still madly in love with this boy.
Today is Mom's big 5-0!
She is the best mother anybody could ever ask for.
I hope I grow up to be just like.
She is so kind, loving, thoughtful, hardworking...
I could list all the wonderful traits she has all day long.
I'm so grateful she is my ma.
and I love her dearly.
Sunday, January 16, 2011
January 16th 2010
One year ago today...
Austin and I went on our first date.
We met the previous Sunday. He spoke in church and I told him, 'good job.'
He got my number that night from another girl who got it from another boy...
We went to the BYU basketball game then out to Zupas after. Then we watched Get Smart. He walked me to the bottom of the apartment stairs (I lived on the second floor) and I got nervous or something so I just said, 'thanks- good night...' and hugged him awkwardly at the bottom of the stairs (I tell him he didn't walk me to the door on our first date- but it was my fault, ha) I didn't think he liked me- we're both a little shy. But he was the nicest guy I had ever met, cute too (which is always a perk). My mom asked how the date went, I told her he wasn't interested. The next week Megan and I hosted a pancake party at her apartment. I was so excited when he showed up and I pretty much asked him out on our second date... kind of.
Now one year later we are so happily married, and love every second we spend together. I'm so grateful for a wonderful husband who loves me, takes care of me, and supports me.
This is the pancake party... thank you flirty apron.
We went on so many way fun dates, I just never took pictures... sad.
This is at the Manti Pageant.
Strawberry Days rodeo...woot!
In Japan at the Emperor's palace/imperial gardens. It was so beautiful.
The engagement. In Japan :)
The Draper Temple.
Kal-dawg has been my best friend for such a long time!
I just love this girl. I was so happy to see her when we got out of the temple.
Little Madeline.
Alayna dear.
We love our little nieces... and nephew of course!
They all froze to death.
I love this picture, ha.
The happiest day of my life.
Austin and I went on our first date.
We met the previous Sunday. He spoke in church and I told him, 'good job.'
He got my number that night from another girl who got it from another boy...
We went to the BYU basketball game then out to Zupas after. Then we watched Get Smart. He walked me to the bottom of the apartment stairs (I lived on the second floor) and I got nervous or something so I just said, 'thanks- good night...' and hugged him awkwardly at the bottom of the stairs (I tell him he didn't walk me to the door on our first date- but it was my fault, ha) I didn't think he liked me- we're both a little shy. But he was the nicest guy I had ever met, cute too (which is always a perk). My mom asked how the date went, I told her he wasn't interested. The next week Megan and I hosted a pancake party at her apartment. I was so excited when he showed up and I pretty much asked him out on our second date... kind of.
Now one year later we are so happily married, and love every second we spend together. I'm so grateful for a wonderful husband who loves me, takes care of me, and supports me.
This is the pancake party... thank you flirty apron.
We went on so many way fun dates, I just never took pictures... sad.This is at the Manti Pageant.
Strawberry Days rodeo...woot!
In Japan at the Emperor's palace/imperial gardens. It was so beautiful.
The engagement. In Japan :)
The Draper Temple.
Kal-dawg has been my best friend for such a long time!I just love this girl. I was so happy to see her when we got out of the temple.
Little Madeline.
Alayna dear.We love our little nieces... and nephew of course!
They all froze to death.
I love this picture, ha.
The happiest day of my life.Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Married, woot.
oh how we love married life.
Everyone told us when we were engaged that, "being engaged sucks..."
We loved being engaged.
But being married is much better than being engaged.
Other than work and approaching finals, life is bliss.
I wake up each morning to the best husband ever- um pretty sure life couldn't get any better.
Everyone told us when we were engaged that, "being engaged sucks..."
We loved being engaged.
But being married is much better than being engaged.
Other than work and approaching finals, life is bliss.
I wake up each morning to the best husband ever- um pretty sure life couldn't get any better.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
19 days.
but who's counting?
We finally found an apt. woot.
it's in the basement of an older couple.
They are so cute.
and love Austin and I.
So they lowered rent (as a wedding gift, ha)
and we like Obama- why? you may ask.
We can stay on our parents health insurance for 4 more years.
booyah.
We are so blessed.
...
but who's counting?
We finally found an apt. woot.it's in the basement of an older couple.
They are so cute.
and love Austin and I.
So they lowered rent (as a wedding gift, ha)
and we like Obama- why? you may ask.
We can stay on our parents health insurance for 4 more years.
booyah.
We are so blessed.
...
Thursday, September 30, 2010
true love.
We are so happy to be getting married, can't you tell?!No but seriously, I'm so excited I can't really handle it.
yup. I'm the luckiest girl in the world-
I'm so glad the weekend is almost here, and hurrah for conference. I could use a good spiritual energy drink now and again.
Here are some of our engagement pictures. well just the corny ones. (you'll have to wait for our wedding to see the good ones, actually I'm just too lazy to upload them)
I was way not excited for our engagements because they are always so cheesy and when we get wedding invites in the mail I usually make fun of the picture (sad, ha).
First off we have the choker... got to love it.
Then the classic peek around the tree and look at each other.
Ok, so I really do like this one.
And this one was just for you mom... (our photographer thought we were so weird, ha)
only 51 days and counting...
WOOT!
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