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Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Ta Da.... Kitchen Unveiling

Here it is.... We finished the bottom cabinets and we painted the walls brown. I loved the red but it had to go once I saw how it looked with the backsplash. I;m so glad that this project is coming to a close. Tell me your thoughts... I want to hear the good, the bad, and the ugly!

5 comments:

Brooke and Brett Martin: OH.MY.GOSH...all of that stress, hard work, craziness...OFFICIALLY WORTH IT!!! Amber- it looks fantastic!!!! I'd love to see it in real life sometime.
I can't believe how magical the Logan temple is. It's so beautiful.
Love your beautiful updates and gorgeous Utah pics.; March 10, 2010 at 6:38 PM
Blaylock: Love, love, love the kitchen! I want to do that to mine super bad. I don't think I can talk Aaron into doing it, so we'll probably have to pay someone...you up for a job?; March 10, 2010 at 6:51 PM
Michelle: This is beautiful!!! Good work you guys!!; March 10, 2010 at 9:10 PM
Hannah: It looks great! You are right about the red. I love red but the brown is the finishing touch that wraps it all together. Well done!; March 10, 2010 at 9:42 PM
Laura: What a difference the paint makes! We are now halfway debating redoing the cabinets before we move in. I feel we never will live there...I hear ya on the going through the motions thing. I'm excited to come out there in May! I can't believe it's already less than two months away, or that we've already been gone from AZ for over FOUR MONTHS!; March 11, 2010 at 1:01 AM

How we met!

It all began in late August of 2006. I had just arrived home from Hawaii where I had spent a couple of weeks relaxing in the sun with some friends. Needless to say...I was single and LOVIN it

Ryan was living in Washington, and with the help of a mutual friend, we began talking. It was by computer at first and sometimes for hours a night. After a few weeks it was obvious that something was brewing and we just HAD to meet. He set the date (Oct. 6th) and got plane tickets and a little over a month after we started talking, he was on his way.

I can still remember how hard my heart was pounding while I was waiting for him to step off the airplane...My mind was racing... Will he like me? Will I like him? Will there be any chemistry in person?? And everything else that races through your mind in that split second. So here it was, the moment had arrived, I see him as he emerges from the hallway... but wait, why did he just walk right past me??? This can't be a good sign! Did he see me?? Am I not pretty enough?? But wait, he's turning and is that a smile on his face?

So the beginning was a little ackward but by the next day we had adjusted to one another. That weekend he stayed until Monday... we'll call it "Black Monday" and then he went home and I didn't know if I'd ever see him again. Now for those of you that know me... know that I'm not emotional but after I dropped him off that day, I cried. That's when I knew that there was something there.

I flew out to see him three weeks later and two months after that he picked up his life and moved to Arizona. Which I will be forever truly grateful.

By June we were engaged and on October 5th, 2007 we were sealed in the Mesa Arizona Temple. Just one day shy of our first encounter the previous year.