6 Random Things

Following the trend of our fellow bloggers, I decided to write 6 random things about myself. This will be difficult since I am anything but random. My life is organized to a fault, but I'll give it the old college try...

1.) I hate Red Heads. I will flush red headed babies down the toilet if I get a chance.

2.) Sometimes at night, I will wake up trembling and crying. I guess this is a result of being the ignored child in a family of 8. Now I'm awesome, but there are some lingering issues there.

3.) I like the taste of my own foot. I say things such as, "Can you please brush your teeth once in awhile?" "Todd, who on this whole wide earth could like Todd?" or "Red hair...OH MAN, THAT'S DISGUSTING!!!"

4.) I love to dominate! Most people will let 5 year old kids win once in awhile. Not me. Forget that. It's win or go home at all times and in all places. I'm pretty sure I've never lost, at anything...ever.

5.) Losing your hair is a sign of the unbridled hormones of a verile dominant male. Basically, I'm a Silverback.

6.) As soon as robo-cop technology comes out, I plan on replacing my left leg with a stainless steel, missile shooting, calculator/GPS with rocket boosters.

There you go. That's my life in a nutshell. Sorry if I offended any redheads, silverbacks, Todds, or 5 year olds. On second thought...Scratch that apology. That's just how I roll suckas!

Thanks and more

Since it has been three weeks since we ties the knot and we have not posted anything, it is definitely time. We both wanted to thank everyone that came to the wedding to celebrate with us and hope you had a good time and good food! It was nice to see people we had not seen in a long time! Also thank you to our families for the major help they were in getting the whole day perfect. It was nice to have so many helping hands. :)

Sorry about the lateness of posting things but once the honeymoon was over we were thrust back into work and deadlines and piles of WORK!

I thought I would share one of the funny stories we had on our honeymoon. We went on a cruise to Jamaica, Cayman Islands, and Cozumel. And had a really great time.

We were coming back from the beach where we snorkled and had jerked food when this Jamaican man forces Jon to take a picture with me and this guy. Jon in his infinite wisdom knows I am getting agitated at this, so he is delighted at the opportunity to take the picture! So he gets out the camera and snaps the picture. And then I return the favor for Jon!






The best part is that apparently when a Jamaican man forces you to to do something(like take a picture) you are then obliged to leave him a tip. As we were not aware of this custom, he politely got close to our faces asking for a tip, mon. I told him we didn't have any cash. Which was true, I didn't have any previously alotted cash for his services as I did not know that was a service.

In the end it provided for a good story and I was just glad to get out of there with our belongings and no drugs. :) Though Jamaica was beautiful, it was interesting to know all the different things the people there come up with to be paid for. So watch out, next time I take a picture with someone because I will be asking for a tip, mon.

Hurrication

Well, thanks to Hurricane Ike I have been abe to help out and do manual labor around my house so the reception looks awesome. Since I am teaching in Baytown and that area was hit pretty hard, I am randomly not working for two weeks. I am very curious to get back to school and see how everyone is doing, in the mean time it has been nice, well as nice as manual labor can be, to get everything ready.

But some nice additions will be the new rock formation and some conrete pathways and lots of flowers. So I am excited to have family and friends in town to celebrate Jon and I getting married! I am getting excited slash ready for it all to be said and done so we can be married already!

One note of non-awesomeness:

Getting chigger bites from moving trees = not awesome!

Jen

The Beginning as Told by Jen

As usual Jon likes to tell a story with a slight touch of narcissism. Big surprise. (That's right Jon, you just got served.) The first time I noticed Jon was when I knew...that he liked to beat girls at anything. We both were drawing the same picture on the board in Sunday School and I drew a stick figure while Jon's drawing invloved proportionate muscles and such. He won.

So one random day I get a phone call from a number I did not know. Luckily, I picked it up, as this is not a usual practice of mine. What can I say, I don't like crazy people or telemarketers. On the other end was one Jon Martin and after reassuring him that I remembered who he was, he proceded to ask me out. Of course I was busy. I'm awesome.

So I let him know I wasn't busy on a different day. Again, I'm awesome. Apparently, I like stalker phone calls and crappy movies because here we are...counting down until October and having lots of fun together!

Jen

The Beginning as Told by Jon

We thought it would be appropriate to start our blog by telling the story of how we met and started dating. Anyone who knows us will know that we strive diligently to avoid cheesiness, but given the circumstances (pending nuptuals) once won't kill us, or you.

Our stories differ because for some reason she seems to think I was a wimpy chicken afraid to get her number... So, maybe that's a little true, but why should I go to all that trouble to get a number that is available at the click of a mouse?

I noticed Jen one of my first Sundays in the local Singles Ward when she walked by me in the hallway and flashed her cute smile and gorgeous blue eyes. At that moment I decided I was going to get to know that girl...So what if it took me a few months, I'm all about results! We had a few conversations here and there, but I never found myself in a position to request her telefonal digits, so I took the easy way out and asked her out via ward directory. I asked her to a Rockets game on Saturday, but she had date with another less awesome guy.

And I quote, "Oh sorry I can't go on Saturday, but I've been wanting your Awesomeness to ask me out for ages now and so please can we go out on Friday instead???!?"

So, we went to a terrible movie on a damp Friday December evening and the rest is history.

Jon