Packer Game/Broncos Game

So, Mark went around telling friends he was going to the Broncos game, and his wife was going to the Packers game. But halfway thru the 1st quarter he leans over to me and says, "I think I'm just going to cheer. No team in particular, just say GO TEAM." I think the best part of the game for him was when Aaron Rodgers took off his helmet, and Mark discovered Rodgers' HANDLE-BAR MUSTACHE!! It was pretty funny. But the game was good, and it was alot of fun. I was telling the guys at work that I really didn't expect the Packers to win, but I was going anyways, cuz "ya gotta love da Pack, ya know?"

There were quite a few in Packers' colors, and even a surprising number of cheeseheads, I was impressed. But I figured it would be me, in green and gold, surrounded by orange and blue, and that's how it was. But what can you expect when you go to "their house"? I had on my newly made tie-dye green and yellow shirt, with "Rodgers is my homeboy" on the front, and GO PACK GO on the back. I also went sporting a green and yellow tie-dye towel I spun around when good things happened, and I had on green and yellow glow-bracelets, just cuz I can do what I want. :P

The game was a lot of fun, and we had pretty good seats too! We sat in the lower bowl, Row 29, Section 133, South-west corner of the field, and yes we were at the endzone where Rodgers dove over the linemen to make the touchdown and then spiked the ball, and also where Driver "dunked" the football, and where the Broncos almost caught a touchdown, but it BOUNCED off the guys numbers. The tickets we got were amazingly cheap too. :D

All in all, it was a pretty fun game. I only regret ONE thing, I forgot my camera, yeah, I'm amazing, I know. But it was pretty fun, and both me and Mark had a good time. GO PACKERS!!

Love always, mark and bry

Life in an apartment 101

Alright, so I figured it was about time that we post about this. DO NOT worry, everything is fine, and taken care of. Mark is in the process of making a "super-lock" for the door. Things are fine, we're fine. But here's the info anyways.

Date of event: Sunday, Aug 10, 2008

Me and Mark went to the temple yesterday, we bought the curtains for our bedroom (because the sunlight is blinding!!), and I finally figured out what I want to outline and dicuss in my lesson for Relief Society tomorrow. I took a nap, Mark was taking apart his new shotgun, and forgot to wake me up, so at 9:30pm, I woke up and started working on my lesson, oops. But I got it figured out and everything's fine. We read our scrpitures and went to bed.

At 2:15 am, Sunday morning, I wake up because this guy is pounding on our door. And I'm not talking "Hello, this is the pizza man" knocking on the door. I mean like, he was really mad or like we were in his house. I woke Mark up, and Mark went to the door, and started talking thru the door the guy on the other side, that this is our apartment, and his name is Mark. I called 911, told the officers that this guy was pounding on our door, and where we were at. Well, the guy pounding on the door was looking for some guy named Thomes, in apartment 6307. (We live in 4306.) I get done talking to the police, they're sending an officer over, and me and Mark go back in the bedroom and start to say a prayer. Half way thru our prayer, I hear the front door swing open. I look up and say, "Mark, they're in, they're in here!" He then walks out of the bedroom, and these people were in the apartment, pretty much all the way to the back by the bedroom. I call 911 again, cuz now they aren't just outside the door, they are in our apartment. Mark talks to them, and he figures out who they're looking for, and that they indeed are at the wrong apartment. No apologies, no "hey dude, I'm sorry about your door" no sorry about that. Well, the cops come, and pick up the drunk guys. (Yes they were drunk, they thought a 6 was a 7, and they just kicked in our door!) The door jamb and frame are in shreds, and the door doesn't lock anymore, they completely kicked it in. So we filed a police report, but are not pressing charges (If that changes, I'll repost).

But we find out today, from the maintainence guy that came to fix the door, that we have to pay for damages ourselves. So, like always, money is going to be tight for a while. But this is all a part of life I guess. And now you know why this was posted at a later date, I know it would have scared and shocked a few of you, and you would probably have been super stressed and worried about me and Mark. We love all of you, but we do know that we (your children) are reasonsible for your gray hairs, and we also don't want you to worry and stress about us too much. Especially when we're doing fine.

(Oh, and my lesson was about Establishing the Cause of Zion, and my end thought was how the home is a refuge from the wickedness of the world. How's that for irony?! I felt absolutlely sick to my stomache trying to go to bed last night. Mark stayed up until about 5:30 before he drifted off, I couldn't fall asleep, everytime I closed my eyes I had a picture of those guys coming back. But one thing I kept thinking about also, is that, 2 monthes ago, I was here all alone. What would have happened then? I am so very grateful for my husband, and how he really does protect and watch over me. I love him so very very much!!!)

Love love LOVE always, bry and mark

Starting off

Hi everybody!! I'm starting this to try to keep everybody posted on the goings-on of our life out here in Colorado. We're so far away from everybody and I think this is a good way to keep everybody in the loop, mom, dad, grandpa, grandma, brothers, sisters, friends and anybody else who may find themselves wondering, How are Bry and Mark doing? So... We'll post pictures and updates on what's going on with the jobs, life, and anything new that goes on. This is not an "out" to stop calling anybody, this is just a way to let everybody know how things are. If anything serious comes up, you can assure yourself, phone calls WILL be made, so don't think this is an excuse to not call. I, for one, feel I have to call home, and I know Mark feels the same. So again, this is not going to replace phone calls, this is just a sort of bulletin to keep friends and family in the know on whats happening. Technically, this could also be deemed as journaling, but we'll have to see.... :)



Hmm, so me and Mark have been out here in Colorado for just over a month now. We moved right on in, and we have stuff on top of the cupboards, out in the storage on the porch, out in the garage- our little one bedroom apartment is filled to the brim with all sorts of papers, plastic grocery bags, DVD's, video games, photos and wall hangings, towels, and all sorts of appliances. It is really nice, tho, I almost know where everythig is - Now it's just a matter of both, me and Mark, putting everything away in the same spot. (When we unload the dishwasher, we never put something away in the same spot, so we can never find it again!!)



My job has kept me busy, way busy, and I just had the mid-year appraisal meeting. I was nervous because I didn't know what to expect, and I've been noticing that the people I work with tend to focus on the bad things. But I passed the appraisal, and we set goals for Decemeber. My boss's have also been impressed with the progress I've made, and my accomplishments. I'm the youngest person in the CAD department, and the only girl. It's almost as if I inherited 10 older brothers. But they've realized they can't pick on me without getting cheek back, they call it attitude, I call it defense...

Mark pretty much got a job as soon as he moved here. He works for Colorado Mosquito Control. He drives to the shop here in Brighton, and then goes to "his area" out in Boulder. He's getting pretty familiar with the Boulder area, too bad everybody in Boulder is nuts! But he's been fishing out there a few times, and caught some good fish, he has to cook them up, because I don't know how to do it right. But he's also been catching pets for our empty fish tank. We had a toad, named Berry, for a few weeks a while ago, and we have just recently aquired a painted turtle name Ham & Cheese.

The bishop in our new ward didn't hesitate to get our records (he's been trying to get mine for 3 monthes now.) and we spoke 2 weeks ago. Also, they wasted NO time at all in giving us a calling. We are going to be teaching the CTR 7 class. Which is hopefully going to be a lot of fun, we're both excited about the calling. And as of next week, both me and Mark will have had the opportunity to have taught our auxillary classes. We're excited to have been welcomed into the ward like we have been, and it's quite a switch from our single's ward. But it's a very welcomed switch, we're grateful for it!

Love always, bry and mark