The Good Stuff

Well life is good in Rexburg, Idaho. I am getting some interest in the applications I have been throwing out there for work.  Gisel has a concert coming up next week and Momma Merrifield is coming into to town on Thursday! Life is good. Gisel keeps up the funny jokes all the time and knows how to make me smile. The biggest hurdle for the wedding is the invitations. haha. We have been trying to find a good fit and I think we are doing pretty well now. My mom has been amazing in this process. We are having a party at my parents house in Texas if you are around on the 23rd of April and then the wedding on the 29th. Let the good times role.

Valentines Day

Well I hear it's Valentines Day today and this is my first one that I will be sharing with the love of my life or actually anyone. I have been thinking about this beautiful girl a lot and how much I love her. First off we have the most fun...all the time. Everything we do is just enjoyable, even if it is just going to the store, she is by my side and we are having a blast. I love how she interacts with those I love, I love how she can make fun of herself and myself :), I love how talented she is with music and how she is always striving to improve, I love how she cares for herself and respects herself, I love her modesty in her dress and in her actions, and I love how she loves me.  I love everything about my future wife and I am learning a lot.  Quick funny story of the day, well today had a lot, but we were playing catch in the living room and I got down to hike her the ball..."Down, set, Hike!"...She caught it and then as I turned around for the pass I just see Gisel running at me trying to tackle me and not pass it. haha She just has fun and enjoys life and helps me enjoy life even better.  Thank you to Gisel for being who she is and helping me be who I need to be. Te  amo hermosa.

Your mom is cute...

Ok so we are in the car today after I picked her up from her first class (she called and said she didn't have a book and asked if I could come get her).  We had just parked and I told Gisel how she just made up excuses to see me.  Well she didn't deny it and just asked me if that was bad and I told her she was cute.... and I started to lean in for a nice kiss...While leaning in I said "you know who is cute...?" and before I got to the kiss Gisel sweetly said..."Your mom is cute". hahahaha...Well it killed the moment and the kiss didn't happen but it was a good time :).

On a serious note...

These are just some of my (John) thoughts...as of late.  It is an amazing process to develop and grow with such an amazing girl (Gisel) :). I have been figuring out a lot with where I want to be in the future.  Where I want to work and what I want to be working in.  Its a crazy process.  Some people know they want to be doctors or lawyers...I do not have that direct path of knowing exactly what I want to go into. I enjoy several things. So the big choice now is picking something and running with it.  There are a lot of ways to make money out there.  Gisel is thinking a lot about what she wants to be doing as well and what she would enjoy the most but she has to kind of wait and see where my job will take me.  What I am saying is that a beautiful thing is knowing we are going to do this together and we can talk and pray about this together.  It is not a lone journey for me anymore and thats crazy and amazing to see.  For the longest time I just made every choice because I wanted to and it was the best for ME...now it is awesome to have a companion to talk about things with and make choices with.  I love my girl.

can you shut the door please baby???

So Gisel is an amazing violin player and she used to practice at the school but now she comes and practices at my apartment; even though I love to hear her play I sometimes go in the front room while she practices in the back room. Today she was practicing and I could tell the door was open, so I kindly said, "Gisel, could you please..." before I could finish she said "yes I'll shut the door" After a moment of silence, she started to play again but I noticed it was even louder... when I put my head down the hallway I saw the most beautiful girl in the world playing violin and laughing her head off outside the room...where she "shut the door". gotta love her!

you wouldn't do that...

So the same night after we had our kick boxing workout we were both in the kitchen having a drink of water and he pretended he was gonna throw water on me and I said "you wouldn't do that!" and acted so surprised and said "oh really? you think I wouldn't do it" and grabbed the cup again and was about to pour water on me and I was like "ok ok! yes you would! I am sorry!" and took off running and yelled as I ran and said "no you wouldn't!" and started laughing, lol... then he comes to the bathroom and grabs a shot glass and pours water on it and hides it as he comes to hug me and tells me, "you're right baby, I wouldn't" and then he pours the water on me!! So on our way back when he dropped me off I got out the car right away and grabbed a bunch of snow and threw it at him and then ran into him and pushed him in the snow and got him back!!! it was lovely! I actually told him I loved him even more for actually throwing water at me lol... he said, "if that's not true love than I don't know what it is" :)

Kickboxing....

So about two nights ago John and I were doing this kickboxing work out from a dvd he has and he kept making fun of me about how I needed to punch harder and how I hit and kick like a girl (well surprise! I am a girl John! I just thought to myself) so then I started punching harder and started facing him and pretending I was gonna hit him and started saying "hit me! hit me! come on!" and he wouldn't, then I said again "hit me! hit me! if you love me, hit me!" then he did actually hit me and I went "owie, that hurt!" and started laughing really hard.. I said I was gonna find a bruise there the next day... The thing is, I always challenge him to do things I don't think he'd do but he actually does them.. its pretty hilarious! love this guy! :)

I will always catch you...maybe

So I took some cold medicine tonight and I was really drowsy when I dropped Gisel off at her apt. I was acting really goofy and stumbling while she was trying to catch me.  She looked at me very sweetly in the eyes and said..."Baby I will always catch you."...So then I tested the theory and fell sideways and hit the door with no catch...So then she said "Baby I meant I will always be there to catch you...not that I will catch you every single time, but at least I'll be there to try!" was the next response. haha

Headbutt

So today Gisel's sisters boyfriend, names Sam, was messing around and trying to get Gisel to kiss me. Gisel said it kind of hurt her neck so I told her she needed to learn self defense and to try it out.  I told her to headbutt me when I went into kiss her...So when I went in she jokingly tried it out and put her hand in front of her face but she still managed to headbutt me pretty good, haha.  My nose was a little sore but we were laughing pretty hard.  Life is good.