December Already

 It is hard to believe that it is December already. A lot of time has passed since the last time we did a post. We are excited for our first Christmas together as a married couple. We have our first tree and get to play the game of which family at which time. Our first tree is nice. We thank Target and Dad Andreasen for that. Just a side note for everyone, if you are going to put a tree on top of a car be sure to wear eye protection, pine needles stuck in the eyes hurt really bad. When we got our tree home we put it into the stand that Dad Poulsen gave to us. It sat that way for a while until I decided to put the lights on, we ended up not having enough and had to make a run to Target once again. After the lig

hts came the ornaments, after a few day delay. Now we have a fully decorated Christmas Tree.

This is our tree and here are a few more pictures of us with our tree.... 

We like having the tree in our home and all the Christmas spirit it brings, not to mention the nice Pine Tree Air Freshener we have in our home. We hope everyone else likes it too.

We got to go to Disneyland on Friday and had a lot of fun 

looking at all the Christmas decorations and w

atching the fireworks. Here we are in front of a nice tree at Disneyland. It was pretty crowded at Disneyland with it being a Friday and being Christmas time. We got to go on a lot of rides and the lines weren't too bad. We had fun on the new Toy Story Mania ride but we won't get into who had the higher score. Mr. Potato Head did talk to us. He tried to get my attention then when I didn't look at him he called me a "hockey puck" and told us our wait time was going to be 30 to 40 minutes. Once we finished at California Adventure we headed over to Disneyl

and and waited in one of the longest lines of the day just to get into the park. It moved fast and we headed into the park. We started to get tired of the crowds and decided we wanted to do a little shopping and then hit the road. We started looking through the shops hoping to find a cute holiday decoration for our house. We saw a few things that we liked but nothing really jumped out at us. We were leaving one store and Kori said "Why don't they have anything cute....LIKE THAT!!!!" She saw some Jingle Bell Mickey and Minnie Tree ornaments. We rushed back into the store and looked all over 

but couldn't find them. We asked a really nice lady who worked there if she knew where they were and she helped us look around a little before she told us that it looked like they were out but we should try across the street. We eagerly 

went across the street hoping for some better luck. We saw all kinds of ornaments but not the ones we were looking for. Then we spotted them, we had just gone in the wrong door. We went up and grabbed some before we continued to shop. Once we were done we bought the few ornaments we had selected and headed outside just in time to catch the firework show and the Snow on Main Street.

We watched the fireworks and decided that we were tired so we headed home for some needed sleep.

That Special Day

It was early in the afternoon on April 8th when I had the opportunity to enter into the St. George Temple for the first time. It seemed like it took forever to finally get everything going. I remember the moments right before the sealing took place. Sitting there in the temple surrounded by family and friends but most importantly the girl that would soon become my wife and make my life complete. Sitting there was hard, I wanted to get up and get married already but I knew that it would all come in time. Once we were finally able to kneel across from one another it seemed to go by in an instant and the next thing I knew I was married to the most amazing girl in the world. We exchanged rings and received congratulations from all of those who came to witness our special day then it was time to change clothes. We parted for a short while and when all things were said and done we emerged from the temple, this time as Mr. and Mrs. Andreasen

We shared our first kiss as we walked out the doors and were greeted by our family and friends. Then the pictures started coming. It was a great opportunity for me to be close to Kori. We stayed around the temple for a few hours just taking pictures and enjoying the experience we had just had when two lives were joined together never to be separated. The wedding party joined us as we took our pictures and I have heard someone say of that party that if it weren't for Kori wearing that white dress you would be hard pressed to tell if this was a wedding or and international sexy-people festival but I will let all of you decide for yourselves.

I for one agree with what was said, especially when I look at the pretty girl in the middle. All in all it was an amazing day for us and I can't wait to get the rest of the pictures so that I can share even more of it with all of you.

Just A Little Addition

Well Michael pretty much said everything but I just wanted to add that he is such a wonderful guy that always takes care of me. I love the time we are able to spend together because we always have fun with whatever we are doing. I love Michael so much and nothing will ever change that. He means everything to me and I can’t even imagine living without him. He makes my life a lot better because he always encourages me to do my best. Hopefully soon we can put up pictures from our wedding and reception so everyone can see how happy we are when we’re together.

The Beginning

Now that I have started the beginning of my eternity with the most wonderful person in the world, my wife Kori, I wanted to start a blog that we could use to stay in touch with everyone and let them know what is going on in our lives.

As most of you know we started our life together on April 8th 2008 in the St. George temple when we were sealed for time and eternity. I'm not one to get very emotional but I will admit that there were a few times that day when I had tears come to my eyes as I realized I was being sealed to the person I love the most in the whole world for time and for all of eternity. It is a very exciting time for both of us right now. We are still trying to get settled into our room and hope that we can do that soon so that we are able to have some form of normalcy come into our lives. We are both very excited to start our lives together and look forward to the challenges and exciting times that await us as a married couple. Right now I don't have any pictures of our wedding or our reception on my computer so those will have to come with time. Once I get them I will post again to let you all see how wonderful our special day was.