Paige’s Poor Eye

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The day Josh and I got married was by far the best day of my life! It was perfect, and we were so happy the whole day, glad to be surrounded by family and friends, and elated to start our life together.

If anything was even close to not perfect, it was when we were leaving the wedding reception. Everyone had formed a pathway of people and bubbles leading to our car. Oh, how pretty! Oh, how magical! Until…well, let’s take a look. We just got our wedding pictures back, and they reveal all:

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Exhibit A. Walking out the doors. Note how happy we look! Note Paige’s two eyes (pre-incident), both open and beaming. (And Josh is having lots of fun, too.)

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Exhibit B. The incident. A well-timed bubble hit me right in the eye! Note my pained and surprised expression.

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Exhibit C. Me trying to pass it off as nothing. Yes, I tried to grin and bear it, but note my right eye, painfully closed (and, really, it did hurt!).

So there you have it! Caught by digital imaging, Paige’s painful eye incident the day of our wedding. Luckily, no long-term damage was sustained, because the bubble soap all rinsed out later, and then Josh and I laughed about it. And we laughed even more when we got these pictures! Hope you enjoy them, too! (Oh, and more wedding pictures are coming soon!)

No spring break?!

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So here we are, in the middle of March, and we feel like school is just dragging on and on. It’s like our biological clocks are telling us, “Something’s missing…shouldn’t we be getting a week break from this right about now?” But no, thanks to BYU and it’s no-spring-break calendar, so it looks like we’re trudging through the school year without another break till finals are over. Yuck!

Since we’d like a break, but don’t get one, we daydreamed a little bit about vacations and breaks and thought we’d share!

Dream Vacation

Paige: Anywhere with great scenery, lots of open space, not-too-many crowds, close family, games, and food (good food is a must).

Josh: Going to a place where we have no deadlines to meet, places to be, or obligations to keep, but where there are tons of venues and things to see whenever we want. Definitely family close by to chill with. And food. Definitely good food. And maybe a roller coaster.

Ideal Way to Spend a Day Off

Paige: Sleeping in a little, packing up a lunch and snacks, and driving somewhere new—if the weather’s good, to go hiking or spend some time in the mountains. Then, after a nice day, coming home in the late afternoon to relax, cook a good meal, and watch a good movie.

Josh: Sleeping in for sure! But not too late, because if I had a whole day that I could spend doing whatever, then after waking up, a big breakfast of waffles and ice cream, eggs, bacon, and orange juice would be in order. Afterwards, we’d mozy around the house some more, until we got around to going out somewhere in nature. The day would be spent outside or seeing something until the late afternoon, as the sun is starting to set, at which point we’d head home and spend a nice evening as a family playing games, maybe watch a movie, just relaxing. And because it’s a day off, we’d definitely have to stay up late, just enjoying it as long as we could!

A Place We’ve Never Been to We’d Like to Visit

Paige: Southern France (Josh describes it so wonderfully! And since he served his mission there, there might be a good chance my wish will one day come true!)

Josh: I’ve always thought it would be great to visit China. It is a country that seems so full of varied landscapes, peoples, and cultures that I would love to see it. We would definitely have to hook up with a native friend though to give us a guided tour.

Something New and Adventurous We’d Like to Try

Paige: Riding in a hot air balloon! We went up in one for, like, eighteen seconds once, but that didn’t count because it was anchored to the ground.

Josh: Sky diving! While Paige would like to ride up into the air, I’d like to jump out into it. Hey, we can do both at the same time!

Our Haunted Basement

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So it’s become a joke among Josh’s brothers that our house is haunted. Sure, we’re right across the street from a cemetery (and an abandoned building, for that matter…), and sure, our house is several decades old, and it was in pretty bad shape when we moved in, and, okay, our yard is dead…BUT everything’s looking better and better! Josh cut down the dead weed-trees blocking our back door, Paige cleaned out the creepy closed (nicknamed “The Chokey”) in the spare room, and, really, things just keep looking better and better. We feel so blessed to be in such a nice place.

But, if any part of our house is still haunted, it’s definitely our basement. Luckily we don’t have to go down there much–except to do laundry. Our washer and dryer are in the furthest, darkest, creepiest corner of the basement, in the little crypt-like area carved out of the rock itself, covered in dirt, and half finished. Eew, gross. And creepy. Very creepy. Doing laundry takes so much courage it’s an adrenaline rush (at least for Paige. And she makes Josh go down there at night. Too many dark shadows). So if you ever need a venue for a haunted house, or perhaps somewhere to stash a dead body buried pirate treasure, our basement’s the spot. It’s the favorite part of the house tour when our siblings come to visit.

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Days Go By

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Well, February came and went and we’re well into March! Life is just flying right by. We stay busy with school and work and happy with everything fun we do, so life (though fast) is great. We thought we’d try to catch you up on some recent highlights.

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First, we had a great Valentine’s Day! That evening we had a new experience as we went to a married ward dance. We weren’t quite sure what to expect (sometimes in our minds we still picture married people as old and boring), but it was actually really fun! We had a blast dancing the night away (well, at least the couple of hours we were there…)

This weekend we had a treat as Paige’s sister Brenn and her cousin Ashley were in town over spring break. On Sunday we had them over for dinner, as well as Audrey and Josh’s brother Sam. Everyone helped out by bringing food (and chairs, since we only have three of them), and we had a great time eating food, making crepes for dessert, and playing games. There was lots of laughter involved, and we all left very full. Sunday dinners with family are the best!

Finally, it’s March in Utah, but the weather has been great lately! We’ve had several weeks now of sunshine, warm weather, and cool nights. It’s so great! We are excited for spring to finally come. But with the warm weather and melting snow we did realize something about our yard…or really lack of yard. As the last snow melted, we realized with dismay that our front “yard” consists of dirt, weeds, clumps of spikey grass, and taller weeds…but, alas, no grass. One day as we were coming home we stopped to chat with our neighbor, who eventually asked us, “So, are you going to do anything about your yard…?” Well, haha, looks like we’re the neighborhood eyesore! It’s going to be one of our spring projects, should our landlord agree to help us out.

Well, that’s the news from the Lyman home. We hope life continues to be this good, because we’re really happy and we feel really blessed. Hope you all have had a great month as well!