Honeymoon me.

For legal reasons I shouldn't write about this. But its so lame. Lame train.

Brad's previous landlords won't give back his deposit. 350. They said they were going to give back 3 dollars total. For five guys who each paid 350.

I won't name any names. That would be rude. But 3 dollars? Thats an insult to the poor boys' intelligence.

Three dollars.

Yuck again.

Anyway, Brad's Lava wound is healing. Finally scabbed over. Open wound I put this oil Evelyn on it....pretty sure I nearly killed poor Brad. He said it stung really bad, then he started taking deep breaths and saying it really hurts. So I grabbed the olive oil and poured it all over his back. I thought it would work....but it didn't. It worked when we got He was still mad because of the stinging.

So he took a shower.

I kept asking him if he was okay.

He turned out okay.

I felt bad.

And the wound that wouldnt scab over, finally did. It did scab over.

Thank goodness.

Now if those landlords would just agree to pay us. Dang it.

We submitted that fafsa thing.

I wish we had a donation box on my blog or something.

It would say. To make Brad a doctor click here.

To make Brit a teacher click here.

We would mail you a thank you card.

As if I don't have enough to send out already.


We stayed in Vegas for a few nights because Mike (Brad's brother got married in St. George a few days after our wedding). Brad is nice and white here...I rather enjoyed this pool.

Here we have Janeen and Mike shoving cake after their marriage.

This here is Janeen's dad. Coach Leach. Click HERE if you have no idea who he is.

This was a beach where we got in. Sorry about the smudge..its.....a problem we had.

Mr. White Pants. I mean..... Mr. Muscle face. I mean....you decide what you want to call him.

Oh here's Brad with Coach Leach. Brad's brother (Mike's) new father in law.
Brad.....you kinda have this look on your face like, you can't believe you really are standing there with Texas Tech's football coach. Or maybe you saw something behind me..mmmmm

Still in Vegas.

That was super fun.
ps. costco produces these fruit stretches. I am eating an autumn apple one now. I live off of these. They are healthy. I think.

Oh here's a beach where I made sandwiches. The wind was blowing the lettuce off as soon as I put it on. Sometimes I make compromises for Brad. Like most people like Miracle Whip on their sandwiches. Or even Mayo. I personally am a MW person. Brad, oh Brad, he likes Ranch. So I decided to just have Ranch too.
This was on the way home.... Stopped in Vegas and walked the strip. Strip. Hmmm....


Temple in San Diego. We went, and hoped it would be open, because it said it was on the website, but it was NOT open. So we made sad faces and stared at it and wished we could go in.

Oh sure Brad, make me look like I was a guppy fish. While you look all cool and popular.

I promise he wanted to kiss me.

Maybe he just wasn't prepared.

No pretty sure he just laughed at me.

Remember this...?
This is the engaged Brit and Brad.

This is before we were married. Before we both had rings on our fingers. Well I guess now that Brad has a new ring on his finger due to losing his first one.......different story.



And this is the married Brit and Brad..

Glimpsy

So what happened to me?
The tooth story.
Full version.
What you don't want to hear the full version??
Okay short version.
I was experiencing some tooth pain.
It got really really bad in the night.
I cried.
Then took 8 IBP and fell asleep.
In the morning I went immediately to the dentist.
"How soon can you be here!?!?!?!"-Nice Dentist Front Desk Person Named Jessie.
"10 Minutes"-Me
So Dentist gave me amoxicillin (is it spelled O..N... or I..N... IDK) Anyway, and loritab, and ibp. So...I went to BYU pharmacy. Sat there forever and the lady's computer was broken. So I went to Walmart. Walmart I waited for 2 hours because my dentist's license was up to prescribe loritab. What? Anyway, we had already committed to go boating with our friends who aren't engaged yet......and so we went directly after. I was tired. I don't know how to make it more exciting than that. I just was ready to crash but the day had to keep going. And my tooth still hurt. And I felt sick. But boating was way fun and I lost my bottoms on the tube but caught them right at my ankles.

And then.....
after boating we had a intramural coed softball game...
which we lost.
So we had to play again directly after.
We barely lost.
Oh and I scheduled surgery to get my one remaining wisdom tooth out.

Just so happens that our friend we went boating with worked in that office.
So Friday...I got that tooth right out.
I stayed awake because Im married and conservative.
I am positive that the shots were the worst part. Didnt even numb my skin. Or the area.
Pulling the tooth was fast and easy. Felt like my jaw was going to snap but it didnt.
Brad kept asking about me to the assistants. That was cute and nice of him.
I was taking so long because it wouldnt numb because it was infected.
That hurt.
Saturday we played soccer.
Brad doesn't believe in recovery.
Jk. I was okay.
Anyway. Then Sunday happened and I was so so so so so so sick. For two reasons.
Tooth being one. Something else being the other.
Then Monday was my birthday.
We did some awesome things.
Brad woke me up and said happy birthday. Then we got ready for Lava Hot Springs. Well I got ready while he went to his sister's to pick up my presents.
He got me this...

A blown up picture of my favorite wedding picture.
This picture...

How could he be so perfect!?!?!!?!? Welp he is. And I married him.

He also got me all my favorite candies.
Skittles
Sour Watermelons
Mambas
Actually two bags of sour watermelons
Then he took me to Sushi at my favorite place!! SHOGA!!!
I love sushi and I love Shoga. Here is my free cheesecake. Quality pictures come from one armed button pushing. With no eyes looking through the viewfinder. Who uses viewfinders anymore?
We need to use the little box that you look through called a viewfinder...because we are getting this unqualified picture as a result as my birthday celebration at Shoga. Did I mention our kids are going to have freckles?

Thats okay because I like freckles. And I love them on cute cuddly little kids. Shoga likes to decorate amazingly.
We went there right before Lava.
I forgot my camera at Shoga. It was my birthday give me a break. A big fat kit kat break.

So I forgot my camera and remembered about 10 miles outside of Lava.
So I forgot about it for like 3 hours.
Im crazy.
Brad said, "Do you want to go back?"
Ya brad, then we will completely miss your talent at the talent show. He is a good husband.
So since I dont have any pictures from this years Lava, we will have to rely on last years :) Except Brad isnt in it...:( but....just visualize him and I going down the waterfall sideways tipping over and almost dying. Well Brad scraped his back sooo bad. And that prevented him from jumping off the 33 foot platform more than once.

Anyway so please enjoy last years pictures.

OH and if you want to see a glimpse of lava from this year on my sister's blogo, go to this link CLICK HERE

Problem is...I didn't emcee this year. Hans and Frans did....click on the link...
Spiderman was here this year too, and I wore my Chacos this year as I did last year.
This is my cake last year. This years cake, I didnt take a picture of because ...oh ya, didnt have my camera. Shoga did.

These guys didn't come this year.

We did shoot of rockets like last year.

My grandma sure came, she made it possible. Thanks Grammy.

Is this dumb? To post pictures from last year?

If it is...Im really sorry.

But this year it was just as fun as last year, except this year...I had a husband to ride the tube with me. A husband to put his feet down in the rocks on the river. And...Im 21 this year.

Last year I was only 20.

Oh....I probably should tell you about my honeymoon.

Timer is great for all sorts of things. But especially for honeymoons. So lame to go up to a walking dog person and say, "Hey um...could you take this picture of us?" They then glance down at your freshly shiny rings and say, "OH ewww ahhh you guys are on your honeymoon arent you?" Blah! Puke face! So, we just did the one arm hold, or timer.

This was on some beach.

I love Brad, still even after 40 some odd days.

Imagine that :)

Tune in next time for real love on real beaches in real life California Honeymoon.

I have one left.

I have one wisdom tooth left to extract. It hurts. It gives me a sore throat.

Mayor

Let's play a did you know? game.
Excuse me if I am bragging about my husband's family....I dont mean to brag, just inform.
Did you know...Brad's uncle Steve Clark is running for Provo Mayor?
Did you know...Brad's good friend Zane's dad is also running for Provo Mayor, John Curtis?
Did you know...a BYU student also is running.
I dont know who I want to support. Family first I believe.....Who knows?

On a serious note..
Steve Clark is the father of Stephanie Clark Nielson. Also known as Nie Nie.
Read about Nie Nie and the Recovery here.

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July is turning into August

I feel like I have to post about something dramatic and exciting now. Probably because all my previous posts have been about what they call the most important days of anyone's life.

Strangely its like I have been pumping out the exciting news for so long Im in withdrawals. Its like I have to say something exciting about my life now or I will be a boring old married person.

Stuff like...

Im pregnant!!!


But im not.

So that would be a bad joke.

I guess the most exciting things that have happened have been that...

• my toe that is right next to my baby toe has a toe nail that is too long. Its too long and I wear slip on shoes that are tight and that toe nail has created a cut in my other toe right next to it.

• I lost the original wedding certificate that the temple gave me. I decided to use my brown bag today to match with my brown gauchos that my mom bought me when I was an incoming freshman....anyway. Brown bag. Found the certificate. Felt so good inside.

• Brad and I made salsa for FHE together......and we are still eating it a week and a half later. And its really good. Makes me crave eggs, just so I can eat the salsa on it.


• Last night we went to return some wedding gifts to Walmart. They don't give you cash unless you have a receipt. Frankly we didnt have a receipt for 20 things. So...they were going to give us a gift card. Which we expected. Then the man hit the wrong button and had to accidentally give us cash. Way blessing. $98.52 is way better in cash then on a gift card. So thank you Wal-mart man. And thank you all of you who got us gifts. Like 8 pillows.
  

• I ran into a lady from the Womens shelter where I used to volunteer. She has 4 kids. One handicapped and an abusive unemployed ex-husband. She is starting her second year of nursing school in her 30's. She attends the temple regularly. The first picture is her little girl at my swim party. They still remember it. They still love it. They said they were touched I invited them. I love them.
  

• Our bed is on little plastic stands to make it higher. All of the legs on the bed have broken through the stand except one. Its really funny when it happens. The whole bed collapses on that side and it sounds like a gunshot. I like it. Its fun. Except we only have one left that will break. Oh and I didnt like it so much when I got under the bed yesterday and saw that my printer was holding our bed up now. I fixed that. So now its funny again.


• We got the internet at our house...I mean apartment. I just have to figure out how to make it wireless, because right now the cable is in a wierd place and there is a cord going across our kitchen that is about 2 feet off the ground. We just step over it. But I know I gotta change it before I forget about it and send our laptop and modem flying. The man who set up our internet was interesting...he thought me marrying Brad was a mistake because he wants to go to med school and that is just too much time away from my 'hubby' is what he kept calling him. He said he is perfectly happy being a cable guy for the rest of his life so he doesnt have to go to school to support his wife. So.... that was awesome.

• But most importantly...I am so happy. I can say as a newlywed that being married is not really that hard. Its easier and better than dating. Maybe my perspective will change...but Im going to try and never make my perspective change. Im never going to give advice to engaged couples saying....being married is hard. NO! Its the view that changes it. I am madly in love with Brad Clark and he is a real man because he apologizes. Apologizes just in case he did something wrong. But he usually didnt do something wrong, which makes me just like him more. Like....Love...... :) And for the record...he is a great husband because he is WILLIng to go through medical school to do what he loves and support his family. So...comcast man....shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Reception in Standrod

Tomorrow I have that reception in Standrod. You know the one that is 3 weeks after you get married.

Im excited to actually eat some chocolate fountain this time.

You know the good thing about two receptions is you get to learn from your mistakes.

Meaning....I didn't eat any this time...and Im going to this time.

I ate one strawberry then kissed Brad. I am pretty sure I barely ate that day.

Brad bought me McDonalds on the way to the temple that morning.

Which we later found out made him overdraft on his bank account.

All 4 dollars of it.

I did eat some pizza somebody had at my last reception.

That was good.

So many people ask me about how is married life.

"So Brittany, how is it being married."- Random person

"Horrible, I used to be able to do whatever I wanted, now I have to answer to someone else."-Brittany

Lie.

It's the best ever in the universe.

We def. are both happier humans.

People are always dropping advice....you know advice like, "Don't ever let him sleep on the couch, work out your differences before you go to bed."

I just say back, "We don't have a couch."

Then they say to Brad, "Well make sure you help load the dishwasher."

Then I say, "We don't have a dishwasher."

Then they say, "Well make sure you take long baths when you get stressed."

Then I say, "I don't have a bathtub but our neighbors do, and now I understand don't covet what your neighbor has...like their bathtub and couch."

Then I say, but I love our two room apt with only the very essentials included.

My mom.

She taught me how to fend for myself, and provide for my husband.

Like she fended (word?) for herself, husband, and 16 kids.

So she is fending (word?) for 16 more than I am.

So I count my blessings.

One by one.

First one....Brad.

Looks Like I am Married.

So Im married now. All the countdown, all the preparation. All the tears, all the worry, and now Im married. Married life is great. Being engaged was so.....gotta do this gotta do this, oh better go do that, oh shoot I forgot to do that. Now...we just chill and its nice. We still have another reception in Standrod on the 18th, which I hope all of you will be attending..right right???






What am I supposed to say after being married............



Know that I love it.


Know that it feels a bit weird sometimes, and I start to look around and make sure I am really alive and living and not in some freaky dream.



Im already like an old married person.
Married people are old, have babies. Im just 20.
But Im happier than I ever have been.




Honeymoon.




We travelled all over the place. We first stayed in Provo, then the next day drove to Vegas. In Vegas we stayed from Sunday to Wednesday. On Wednesday Brad's brother Mike was married to Janeen in St. Geroge. From there we went to Solana Beach California. We visited beaches, and watched fireworks at the Del Mar County fair, visited the San Diego Temple, then drove on to Magic Mountain Six Flags. Wow! That was so fun.

You know because Brad is five we showed up at 10:30 AM (opening) and didnt leave the park until 10 PM (closing). You know we went on our favorite rollercoasters over 5 times each. You know I bought 2 slushy lemonades, 1 dippin dots, 2 panda express meals all for a total of 42.97. And you know we brought in a crushed waterbottle and then uncrushed it and filled it full of nice germy drinking fountain water, which is....warm.


But my favorite ride was Goliath.

Maybe it was because of that massive drop that puts you right into a tunnel. Maybe it was because it didnt go upside down but rather sideways a lot. Maybe it was because I had the worst headache all day long and it didnt rattle my brain. Maybe its because at one part all the blood is at your feet and you struggle not to black out. Im not sure. But it was my favorite.

Brad's favorite was tatsu. I hated it. I like feeling secure. I know that electronically something could go wrong and open all the seats and send hundreds of helpless bodies with lives they want to keep living but have to end because some 14 year old rollercoaster runner hit the wrong button. I dont want that to happen. Thats why I like sitting down happy rollercoasters. I especially like ones that have a seatbelt to secure you even more. I like those a lot. I can enjoy those. And not just frantically cling to the harness over my shoulders. But Tatsu didnt have that seat belt, and to make matters worse, if it did come undone. You are dead. No chance of survival because you are sitting down. Because really its probably the only FLYING rollercoaster ever. And its really scary. Even after six times I was still terrified of it. Terrified. My hands produced about a gallon of milk of sweat :)

Maybe Im a baby. But I dont like to feel like I am going to die when I am on my honeymoon. If anything I want to live. A lot live. Because Brad is hot and he is now my husband. And he loves tatsu and me.......Right Brad?


So six flags was a success and the 14 year old didnt push the wrong button and I lived.

We came home and it is SOOOOoooooo Nice to be home. I cleaned and arranged all day Thursday and wow it feels good not to live in chaos. We actually are liking our 2 room apartment. Strange but true. Now we just need the internet.....cuz we dont have tv........so internet would be nice. We don't even know what to get, too many options.


Anyway. I guess I did post the links to my wedding pictures...but seriously who has time for that. Here are some of my favs, there are so many........so dont feel like i left out your fav, when really its probably my fav too, I just have trillions of favs. Trillions and billions.

I want to wait until I get the orginals because these are copyrighted from the websites. But just a little preview is still nice. This is how it feels to have 7 baby girls sitting on you. :) Some very unhappy girls. All of them are my nieces except Faith, and she is looking down my shirt...or something..
Brad got cake on my dress. I then decked him and told him it was over. That is a huge lie. Please do not believe my lies.
These are the triplets I nannied for. I love them to death. Love them. LOVE LOVE LOVE them. Miss them a lot too.

Faith took off her pants and wanted to get in our 'before the reception' shots. Really, I think she looks better than Brad and I, no offense to Brad.

Tyson did such a great job at our reception and I love having the pictures to look at and try to remember every second of my reception. Complete joy, continuous smiling. Not sure that will happen ever again where I smile ALL day long. ALL DAY, and it makes your cheeks hurt.

Now, Kate with red feather photography did a splendid magnificant job at the temple. I was so pleased with the results. Estatic about the results. When I was little my dad always took us to The Roof to eat. This spot is right next to the restaurant's doors. I remember this spot so well. I always sat there and dreamed of getting married in the Salt Lake Temple. I forever wanted to be married there. Whenever we sang that temple song in Primary I thought of that spot by The Roof and remembered looking down on the temple. My photographer captured my dream with this shot :). So thanks Kate. (Ps, my dream did involve a hot guy too :)

The weather was incredibly cloudy and stormy..........but gorgeous.

The sky was incredible. I had no idea what exquiste beauty would be defined in these pictures.
Our photographer (Kate) kept saying....dramatic....now I see why. The sky....was outlandishly awesome.

Sometimes we would get bored of taking pictures, so Brad would just talk to me. At one point he confessed that he is really spiderman.

It did rain! It poured!!!!! So we have this cute umbrella to save us.

I was scared to sit. Dirty my clean white sparkly dress.

But it didnt get dirty. And I love Brad.

I like to point out errors in my face, the picture or anything else, and I tried not to do that so none of you would notice the bad :).

But in conclusion I know getting married was completely the best decision I have ever made. And what even made it the greatest decision ever was that I was married in the temple to the love of my life.

He came home last night and said, "Being married is awesome". I concure. And say that to me everyday and I will make you spaghetti the rest of your life Bradley.

Wedding Pictures....HONEYMOON

Ok, I know Im on my honeymoon. And Im currently very near a beach in my hotel, but...Brad is asleep and I need you to see how gorgeous our wedding pictures are. Brad drove basically all day yesterday to get here. He is incredible. It helps that he has every song on his Ipod memorized so he can sing along. I mean every song. Seriously. Out of thousands. Maybe its hundreds.

My advice to anyone is to go on a honeymoon :)

Anyway, pictures. The umbrella one above us is one of my favorites. MMMMmmmm mmm its cute.

These are just a preview, http://red-featherphoto.com/blog/
they were taken by Kate, she was wonderful and so easy to work with and her pictures are gorgeous!!!

Also our reception photos were so beautiful!!!!!!!!! and they were taken by Tyson Chappell.
Go to chappellshots.com and click on engagements, weddings. You will see me and Brad, then the next page you will find us on the far right. Click again :)