Catch up

Nine months later...here we are again! I guess it was silly of me to try to start a blog before the holidays and then tax busy season hit, but ah well. So, just a quick blurb about what we have been up to the last nine months and then I'll get to the more interesting parts--the pics.

Life is wonderful! Since I last posted, I got through another long busy season, Nic graduated with his bachelor's from BYU, and then we celebrated! We went to Hawaii for some much needed relaxing, and then back to Utah and the beginning of a busy summer. Between work and job hunting during the week (for Nic--I'm still happy at EY), we've been so lucky to travel here and there during the weekends to visit friends and family (courtesy of Sky West). So, that brings us to now. Currently, Nic is out running in the Ragnar Wasatch Back with my tax group (a two day, 188 mile relay with a 12 person team), so here I sit blogging. I so admire his exercise and running talents--they are just something I've never had:) But, I am going to try. I'm just not up for a 15 mile run anytime soon.

So now to the pics. We have a lot that I haven't shared yet, from the wedding, honeymoon, and our other various excursions, so I am not going to post them all at once. Also, I've lately discovered, through tips from friends, some online photo editing software that I'm having lots of fun experimenting with, so you get to be my guinea pigs and see what I come up with. This time I'll be posting some wedding photos, but there will be more to come.

The happy couple, just married!

We're in love:)

And we show it!

Woohoo!

Mostly I just had fun with this b/c it's like a movie poster.

In front of the lovely Nauvoo temple.

Hello World!

This is our first blog post as a newly married couple! Actually, our first blog post altogether (neither Nic or I were ever big bloggers). But, after several people asked us if we had a blog, we decided we better join the throngs and post updates on our life and adventures. Nic and I have both been loving married life, however, it has been an adjustment to realize that almost no decision anymore is your own...I say this as a transition to noting that, even in deciding upon the name of our blogspot, Nic and I had to make a compromise. Nic really wanted us to name it 'Barnette Tales...woo, ooh' (Does the familiar Duck Tales theme song ring a bell?). I told him that everyone might not get that, although I love his spirit and creativity (if there are any other Duck Tales fans out there that are in support, let us know--with enough encouragement, we could be persuaded to change--or at least we could watch old reruns together). Anyhow, we opted for something much more standard. We'll see how it goes. Well, we're excited to have another means to keep in better touch with our friends and family--look for more blogs and pictures posted soon. Happy Thanksgiving!