The Moons Over Texas

Happy New Year!

2012-01-04T12:39:00.000-08:00

We really didn't have plans for New Year's and neither one of us felt like going out anywhere so we decided to stay in. We didn't want to cook so the only thing available was McDonald's. The red velvet cupcakes were especially delicious! We watched a count down show and of course kissed at midnight:)

Merry Christmas Everyone!

2011-12-26T18:09:00.000-08:00

It is crazy how time flies! We have officially lived in Provo, Utah for a year.

And this year we not only had our Christmas Tree but we had a lovely fire.

Our awesome comcast cable provided a lovely fire and also played Christmas music, So Cool!

Nathan and I in the past years were never really great at buying each other gifts for Christmas but we agreed that we would only have a $50 limit. (Sounded like a great idea...)

I got Nathan a hat for work and a nice light but warm Columbia jacket.

And Nathan did not stay within budget...

TA DA! Korina got a Canon DSLR camera!

Now having this knowledge you can be sure that I will be posting more pictures of us and our adventures:)

Merry Christmas and I'll be back posting about our New Year!

Nathan's Birthday

2011-09-07T21:10:00.000-07:00

Nathan's Birthday landed on Sunday and I thought it would be awesome to have the party that day since this year it so happened to be the day before school. (Prefect planning on my part, I know.) But, I was not expecting our bee situation to get out of hand...

I woke up early to finish up the decorations for the party...when I hear buzzing, of course I scream, woke up Nathan and while he is grabbing one of my saddles to kill the bee.

I say "Happy Birthday?"

Long story short we had to kill 7 bees that morning, I could not concentrate and wanted to just postpone the party. But, I reminded myself that it was not about me and I past out the invites 3 weeks in advance so we were going to have this party!

We had a Western theme birthday party and everyone came dressed in their best cowboy/girl outfits.

This is our front door

Living room

Dinning room. For dinner we had Pot Roast, Baked Potatoes, Baked Beans, Corn and Bryan's famous Salsa w/Chips.

Decorations on table, you might not be able to tell but the green and white things are dollar bill mints. We did not play any traditional card games but we did bring out Mexican Bingo and everyone did a great job calling out the cards.

The bar, and yes I cut, drew and wrote everything.

Of course you can not forget the outhouse.

I know that it is not the best, decorating wise, but this is Nathan's lemon birthday cake.

Nathan thinking of a good wish, and yes we did sing the "Moons" extended version of the birthday song.

Everyone brought gifts and Nathan was grateful for every one!

Bryan and Laurel got Nathan a gift card to Texas Roadhouse. Yum Yum Yum!

Clay and Kaimee bought a western book that he really enjoys and I got him a replica of the original Book of Mormon.

Though the day started out very stressful Nathan had a blast at the party!

My (Korina's) Birthday

2011-08-03T10:20:00.000-07:00

Nathan and I both had to work but we still made time to celebrate.

Nathan woke me up and asked if I wanted to go out for breakfast at the Awful Waffle.

We've never been so I was pretty excited!

Korina's plate: Waffle

Nathan's plate: crepes

While I was at work and Nathan was home, my visiting teacher stopped by and brought me a cute card and a wonderful cupcake.

These gifts were from Clay and Kaimee Johnson and they also gave me a book with delicious dessert recipes. I decided to challenge myself and make Nathan's Birthday cake. His birthday is also this month.

This awesome cake was from Brian and Laurel Stiles. It was sooooo tasty! YUM YUM YUM!

For dinner we were going to go to Zupas, which I thought was open till 10pm but I was wrong, so quick change of plans lead us to P.F. Changs, which was a great change. I love Asian food.

I had a wonderful day spent with friends and family:)

Our First Night Without The Kids

2011-07-29T09:36:00.000-07:00

We decided on the road that we were going to get dinner when we got back to Provo, but when we got back Wednesday night we were to tired to eat and went straight to bed.

The next day, Nathan had to work in the evening so during the day we ran a lot of earns, then he went to work and I went to cleaning. Sad thing is I only finished the living/dinning room.

When the kids were staying they used a comfy comforter with feathers popping out like crazy and the floor was just covered in this...

My hard work consisted of sweeping, wood cleaning, dusting, washing the windows and etc. One thing left to do in this room is the coach. My family is addicted to popcorn and the kids would have four bags a night. I think one of those bags made it in the sofa.

When I finished this room it was getting closer to the time Nathan got home so I started making dinner...

Light Bulb: I decided to make a romantic candle light dinner and good old George Strait playing in the background.

I tried to take a picture and capture the mood but you can only do so much with a point and shoot camera.

Story within a story: I finished cooking and everything was ready to be served at 9:30, the usually time Nathan comes home. But unfortunately he was late. I called and of course no answer. I started to get upset because I put time and effort into this dinner to make it special and my husband who did not know about it yet was ruining it by being late.

Debating if I should eat without him, at 9:40 I stopped and told myself I would read my scriptures while I wait for him. I was reading the Book of Mormon in 3 Nephi 11:29-30:

"For verily, verily I say unto you, he that hath the spirit of contention is not of me, but is of the devil, who is the father of contention, and he stirreth up the hearts of men to contend with anger, one with another. Behold, this is not my doctrine, to stir up the hearts of men with anger, one against another, but this is my doctrine, that such things should be done away."

*Smack in the face*

I changed my attitude and was so excited when he came home @9:50

I was understanding to the fact that work was really busy and that his phone died.

-Back to romantic setting-

I know what you are thinking..."Where did they get those cups?!" We received these Pimp Juice cups as a wedding gift and yes they do say "Bride" and "Groom."

For dinner we had fish, baked beans and spinach.

For dessert we had funfetti cake.

Everything was made with love it was indeed delightful.

We ended the night watching Hope Floats with Sandra Bullock. (One of our faves, and yes I mean Nathan too.)

Despite the contention in the beginning, we had a wonderful date.

A Day at Rock Canyon

2011-07-21T08:40:00.000-07:00

Having Fun With The Kids

2011-07-16T08:05:00.000-07:00

As you all may know after all my begging, my parents agreed to let the kids stay with us for a month. Time is flying by so fast and Nathan and I are enjoying every moment.

On our drive back we stopped at McDonald's for lunch and let the kids play for a little bit.

This is a picture of us getting ready to hit the road again.

Adrian and Abigael awake.

Adrian and Abigael asleep.

Just in case any of you were wondering how they fit in our apartment. This is a picture of our first morning with them. They sleep on our queen air mattress or one of them will sleep on the couch. I just move the coffee table to the side and there is plenty of room.

Their first day here we took them to Salt Lake City and they had a blast.

We stopped by the nearest restaurants and Abigael started throwing napkin balls and the boys. Nathan got on to her, told her it was not a good choice and she got really upset.

So we had her talk to mom on the phone. All is well.

One night we started "Risk" and didn't finish. Sound about right, huh?

One evening we went hiking up the Y. Adrian complained the hole time up about not wanting to walk but after we sat at the top and enjoyed unexpected fireworks he didn't say anything on the way down. Abigael did a great job and walked all the way.

Another evening we went to Bridal Vail Falls and let the kids play in the water. They were amazed of how beautiful it was and had a awesome time in the cold water.

On July 11th I took the kids to 7 Eleven to get free Slurpee's but of course they run out of the free cups. We just bought some and enjoyed them anyways.

One day we took the kids on a little tour of BYU campus. I expected to hear complaints about walking again from Adrian but I think he has gotten used to the walking by now.

On July 15th @3am we went to see the last Harry Potter.

Nathan and I have been to midnight showings and never had to buy tickets way in advanced. July 14th in the evening after I got out of work Nathan and I went to go buy tickets. Knowing that the theater had 8 midnight showings we would be just fine. We were so wrong, the were sold out and only had tickets for the 3am showing. Thinking of the kids we went to see a movie at 3am, crazy I know. I was too tired to remember the camera but we all loved the movie!

Last night we went to Cocoa Bean and had delicious drinks.

Yum Yum Yum Yum YUM!

Our Trip

2011-07-12T11:26:00.000-07:00

As most of you already know Nathan and I went to Las Vegas and El Paso recently and I thought I would share some photos with you.

P.S. When I uploaded them the order came in backwards and I do not feel like fixing them.

We went hiking and this was the view from the caves.

We went to Chicos a lot! At this point P90X has gone done the drain and we haven't worked out in a couple of weeks. Sad day...

My delicious corn in the cup!

Right when Nathans and I got to El Paso we all went to Whataburger and it was divine!

Nathan and I in Vegas.

Someone was nice enough to take a picture of us.

On our way back we brought Alex, Adrian, and Abigael. They are having a blast, and soon I will post pictures of them and what we are doing together.

Another Day at Seven Peaks

2011-06-16T15:07:00.000-07:00

Today we enjoyed the each other under the sun! I'm telling you, having passes is pretty awesome! (Side note: I really want a waterproof camera!)

I noticed that Nathan and I really don't take many full body pictures so I though today would be a good day for our P90X sneak peak.

Nathan Moon

Korina Moon

Two and a half months from now we will take another one and see if you like the results!

Till then, chao!

Weekend Awesomeness!

2011-06-14T09:30:00.000-07:00

Nathan and I thought it would be cool to invest in the "pass of all passes." We can go to a places called Trafalga which is like a Putt Putt, a place called Seven Peaks which is like a Hurricane Harbor, we can go watch the Orem Owls (baseball team), and watch the minor league basketball team. We get a full year of free dates with a one time purchase. Nice!

Everywhere we go I can not help but shot the view of the mountains. Just look at them!

Something else I noticed since Nathan and I have been enjoying the sun is a lot of these white girls are way darker than me. So I have come to the conclusion that they all fake bake! Yes because there is no way that they could be that dark without a little help.

Of course as we were leaving we noticed that we did not take any pictures of ourselves, so here we are with our cool shades.

Nathan has been playing on a baseball team in Salt Lake City for a little longer then a month and I have not been able to go till this last Saturday. I love watching Nathan play, and it's not like every girl can say that their husband is a pitcher! Nathan pitched the whole game! I wonder if he was just showing off for me;)

Needless to say the team is not really good. A lot of them are out of shape and have a hard time catching fly balls. But we are grateful Nathan got on a team so he could get more practice in and be ready to try out for BYU. *Crossing fingers*

"That's my baby!"

Even though I had to close this past weekend I was glad that I still got to spend a lot of time with Nathan. I'm not going to lie it was tiring going to Seven Peaks and then having to leave for work, or spending all day in the sun watching Nathan play and then having to go to work again, not getting home till 11pm. But it sure was a weekend of Awesomeness!

For Jamie......

2011-06-09T09:06:00.000-07:00

I was told by a special someone that an update was well needed, so here it is.

My mom came up when I got surgery. I was so excited about showing her around, when I got out of the hospital we went to Nathan's work and they both had JDawgs without me :(My tummy was not ready for it yet.) Then that evening we took her to my work and went shopping, and of course she got my discount:) Later that night we went to Coco Bean!

Day 2: The next morning we walked around campus a little bit and we drove up to the Y. (Sad thing this is the only picture I took with my mom while she was here.) I started filling sick so that afternoon I slept while Nathan and my mom got IN 'N' Out. That evening Nathan went with a friend to see the priesthood conference, while my mom and I went to Zupas to eat, watched chick flicks at home and slept some more.

Day 3: The day my mom had to go home we went to Salt Lake City early and drove around. (The same day of conference.) We noticed that there were protesters outside of temple square and when my mom saw them she started cracked up laughing. I love my mom's sense of humor.

We were sad to see her go but I knew Nathan and I made the best of her stay.

And if you are asking, "How are you doing Korina?" I am doing great I can eat anything and everything but choose to eat health, and not have to take medication. I have been released to workout and started P90X with Nathan,which some days I really don't want to but Nathan helps me think of the long term goal and I push myself.

I know what you are thinking all this talk about healthy eating and working out and then look at what Nathan has! This was before we made the "agreement" and besides under all that in frozen yogurt:) We went out with some friends to get dessert, it was hard not going over board.

Nathan and I took this picture on April 30th (My mom's Birthday) at a baseball game and yes it was still snowing!

Our friends that we keep talking to you about have season tickets to BYU's baseball games through work, so we take turns using them up. Which is pretty awesome since it is Nathan's favorite sport!

Just look at the view!

Going back to surgery, we have medical bills to pay, so Nathan and I thought it would be smart to sell our car and this is a picture of it's last car wash with us. We sold it to Laurel and Bryan and they seem to really enjoy it!

This is our new car, it belongs to momma Moon and she is letting us borrow it while we are here for college. Thanks momma Moon!

I know that this is kinda old news but I thought it need to be posted. We have a busy weekend so there will be another update soon:)

Flat Stanley

2011-04-07T14:29:00.001-07:00

Our nephew Seth sent us Flat Stanley and we took him around Provo, UT

We couldn't help ourselves! Haha!

We visited the Temple.

He had a few discussions with the missionaries.

And got a bite to eat at JDawgs, where Nathan now currently works! Yay!

Our life in Utah

2011-03-02T12:45:00.000-08:00

First I would like to give a big Thank You to Nathan's parents for driving all the way up here to bring the rest of our things. Because of you, our place feels more like home.

On February 7, I had the first member of my family come visit me. My cousin Angel Fuerte is a flight attendant and flew into Salt Lake City. We took him to eat at Zupas, which is very tasty and only in Utah. We also walked around Temple Square and had a great time. Angel is very funny and always gives us a good laugh, I was very grateful for his visit.

February 12, was our stake Valentine's dance. It was a small turnout but a great excuse for Nathan and I to go out and dance. It also helped having so much room to move. We also won a door prize, which was lotion and hand sanitizer.

On Valentine's day Nathan and I really did not plan to do anything special. We went for a lovely walk around the neighborhood and when we came back we checked our mail. Come to find out my family had sent us a Valentine's day card. It was so sweet to see everyone signed it even my little sister Abigael. My families tradition on Valentine's day is to go to the Rain Forest Cafe, but seeing as the closest one to us was Las Vegas we were going to skip out on it this year. So along with the card they sent us money to go out and have a nice dinner. They are so Awesome! It was not a hard decision, we went to Texas Road House and of course it was packed. We knew the food was going to be worth it so we stayed and waited two and a half hours, and YES it was so worth it!

We moved up here at a great time especially since BYU's Basketball team is doing so well. We have been to a few games and for the rest of them we go to BYU's student center and watch it in the lounge area, which is lots of fun watching the game with fans!

Work has been good. I have made many friends and had a few Girls Night which have been a lot of fun. But, I really detest working on Sunday's. I have to work one Sunday a month which is not to bad but the people that come in are just so GRRR and all you can do is smile.

Since Nathan's accident he has not worked but hoping he will very soon. He has a doctors appointment March 21 and is crossing fingers he will get the OK. He has been doing great in school and I have been very proud.

Also this month we were sent Flat Stanley from my nephew Seth and will be posting about him soon and our many adventures!

As I have in many post, I apologize for taking so long to update our blog and hopefully I will become better soon. Until then, see you later :)

Christmas

2010-12-26T21:46:00.000-08:00

Nathan came to wake me up and said he made breakfast.

He made french toast, eggs, bacon and Cinnamon rolls. It was delicious!

While we were eating I noticed there were presents on our coffee table and asked Nathan about them. He said, "Santa must have come."

At this time I felt bad because we decided everything what we have bought for our apartment and our snowboarding clothes were going to be our Christmas presents.

But luckily "Santa" got Nathan presents too!

The Longoria's family tradition on Christmas day is to go watch a movie, which now that I think about it, I feel sorry for the people that work on Christmas day...

We went to see "True Grit", which was an AWESOME movie, I highly recommend it.

After the movie we came home to get ready for our Christmas dinner. Nathan made brisket, mashed potatoes, scaloped potatoes, stuffing, and corn. Everything again was delicious!

Then after dinner we were tempted to go see another movie but this time at the dollar theatre and we saw "Secretariat," which was also great movie.

So that was our theatrical Christmas...

Where We Left Off

2010-12-13T15:02:00.000-08:00

We have been here for about a week and a half and have gone to the laundry mat twice. Sad....

While we went to BYU for Nathan to get thing squared away, I took a picture from campus of the Y. The mountains are beautiful!

Since I have never been her before, Nathan has been taking me site seeing a lot. First we went to Bridal Vail Falls. These are pictures I took while walking up there.

I thought this one was kinda cool because of the frozen water.

This is a picture of Bridal Vail Falls.

To be honest I don't think pictures could ever do it justice. All of the places Nathan has been taking me are so beautiful, it is hard to believe that I am seeing them for my own eyes.

Next place of adventure was Sundance Resort. We just walked around and enjoyed the view.

And Finally we went hiking to the Y.

This was the view before we got to the top.

Nathan happy before we got to the hard stuff.

The Y.

The view of the Provo temple from the Y. I forgot to mention we also went their and done work. When they say do not judge a book by its cover. Don't judge! The temple was beautiful inside.

The view from the top of the Y.

Good news of the day. It snowed today, I do not have pictures because we have not gone and played in it just yet. But I was so excited when I woke up this morning. It is the first time it snowed since we have been here.

So there is the update, I start work tomorrow and it will not stop our adventures. I hope.

A New Start

2010-12-04T08:19:00.000-08:00

Let me first say that I am excited to be here in Provo and I know that this is a great time for Nathan and I to get to know each other better. But, that was the scariest road trip I have ever been on. Truckers driving like they owned the streets and going through the mountains showed just how afraid of heights I am. I was so scared of being in the mountains that I have not been able to really enjoy them these past couple of days.

On our way to our new home we saw an In-N-Out and thought it would be cool to see what all the rave is about, and to be honest it was just another burger.

Lastly I feel like I should apologize for all the negativity in this post. Since we have been here we have been having a great time going on double-dates with Laurel and Bryan. The first night Bryan made Asian food and it was delicious, way better then going out to eat. Yesterday, Nathan and I made spaghetti with green beans and a salad. After dinner we went to this place called the Cocoa Bean I think..........and it was awesome! It was like you are drinking coffee but not really. It is really nice to have some family up here. It makes things better and I thank Heavenly Father for all of them everyday.

Thanksgiving

2010-11-28T15:45:00.000-08:00

This Thanksgiving we went to Brownsville, Texas and we had a great time being with family and eating food. (The picture above is of Nathan and I with my grandparents on my dad's side of the family.) We went to eat tacos twice and both times I was so hungry I went straight to eating and.........forgot to take a picture of them, so I apologize that I do not have a picture of the famous Mexican tacos. Also, this year was the first black friday shopping experience I had and it was AWESOME!

Because we could not come to an agreement on what kind of TV we wanted we decided to buy clothes for the Utah weather, which turned out great for the both of us. We started at 12am in Old Navy, then went to Kohl's and got home a little after 7am. The hardest part was waiting in line to check out, but like I said it was fun.

Day 3

2010-10-12T21:20:00.001-07:00

Nathan has softball games every Tuesday since the beginning of September and never won a game until today. The score was 19 to 22. On top of our win we find out the Rangers won their game as well. An awesome night we had!

Day 2

2010-10-11T17:30:00.000-07:00

My lovely dinner, and just in case you wanted to know, it is without a carbonated drink. My choice of drink was punch.

I was trying to challenge myself to no longer drink carbonated drinks but to be honest I messed up when I was training for work today. They provided us drinks for lunch but water was not a choice. And of course you can not complain because "beggars can't be choosers." So I drank Root Beer. I messed up once and tomorrow is another day. To the fold we come.

Major Update

2010-10-03T12:47:00.000-07:00

FYI: I actually posted this October 10, 2010

August:

1st Korina's 21 Birthday

28th Nathan's 25 Birthday

At the end of August, I received my own 3 year old's class. I have to say that I was excited for this change and for the opportunity to be in charge. It's had it's days but I am very grateful for this experience and I think that I have found my calling in teaching. But maybe I should not get to ahead of myself considering what happened with the whole medical field idea. I am slowly learning that you should take life one day at a time.

Nathan and I have started to take in action what the Prophets have been telling us, daily scripture reading, daily prayer, family home evening and regular temple attendance. We have been doing our best and can see the many blessings in our lives and how much closer we grow together. I love Nathan so much but I notice each day I love him more and more as I do my best to live the gospel.

September 5, 2010 was the mark of our one year being sealed to one another. It is hard to think of how things were when we weren't sealed, but all I can say is "Changeling." I am grateful to know both circumstances of being married by law and in the temple. It helps remind me of how thankful I am for the gospel and having Heavenly Father in my marriage. The three of us make a pretty good team.

October 9, 2010 was Laurels's wedding and she looked beautiful as always!

This past week made me think of our wedding and how everyone gave up their time and talents to help us out. I thank you all, and I am so blessed to be married in to a wonderful family.

Last but not least, I decided to take a challenge of taking a picture everyday for a year. What a better way to keep up with it then blogging about it and posting. So here is picture one. Don't judge. : )

Wait No Longer

2010-10-01T16:59:00.000-07:00

Today we found out Nathan has been accepted to BYU Provo! I am so proud of him and excited to start a new chapter in our lives! We are looking to leave mid December or just after Christmas, so we will keep everyone posted!

2010-06-29T19:28:00.000-07:00

Because a lot has happened in June I am just going to recap.

May 29, 2010 was Abigael's Birthday and she turned 4.

We had a party for her at the house. She had a blast and was exhausted at the end of the night.

Nathan Moon and the Birthday Girl.

The Birthday Girl, Daddy and me.

Then shortly after, June 6, 2010 my brother Armando Graduated.

This was a display my mom put together for his party.

The art picture was painted by a good friend of Armando.

This picture was taken before we went to the graduation. My grandparents came in town from El Paso, Tx to come see Armando walk the stage.

Also happening in the month of June, the movie "Eclipse" is coming out and we are going to see the midnight showing.

Cheers to the wonderful month of June!

Armando's Graduation Pictures

2010-06-25T20:18:00.000-07:00

So I noticed in one of my post I discussed taking my brothers senior pictures, well I took them and never post them, so here they are.

I actually took a lot but here were just a few that I liked. I actually would like to get better at taking pictures. Maybe make it one of my careers. But I will need a better camera and photoshop.

My Aunt asked me if I would do my cousins pictures for her Fifteen. Which is about a year from now, so I have more time to practice.

I am really excited about the opportunities that have been given to me. I love taking pictures!

P.S. I took the pictures with my little pink camera and used iphoto to edit them. Also have not been given any formal training, so please do not judge too harshly. If their are any willing to teach how to use the camera correctly, I would love to learn!

Honeymoon in Galveston

2010-06-24T21:17:00.000-07:00

Nathan and I decided we were going to take turns planning the way we celebrate our anniversaries and this year he wanted to be first.

He planned a weekend getaway in Galveston, Tx.

We had an awesome time laying by the beach, playing soccer and volleyball with people that were willing. (It being so hot and all.)

The water was also a bit harmer than usual but, we had a blast!

Just when we got settled we took a picture but our tans makes us look like we already had enough sun.

My sexy husband.

Me resting after playing soccer.

Us enjoying the beach.

Nathan enjoying the shade.

That night we ate at this restaurant. We know we have one back home but it just looked so cool to pass up.

This is a picture of the restaurant in the day time. It looks some much cooler in person!

The next morning we ate at IHOP. This is a picture of us while we were waiting.

Just before our drive back home we had to stop and get homemade ice cream.

The ice cream was very tasty!

This was my first trip to Galveston and I am so glad we went. It was a great way to spend our 2 year anniversary. I Love You Nathan Moon!

A Date in the Gardens......

2010-04-19T18:30:00.001-07:00

Saturday morning.........

Korina slowly opens her eyes to find her husband lying beside her, waiting for her to wake.

Nathan: Good morning beautiful, what would you like to do today?

Korina smiles, and is happy that she has married such a wonderful man.

Korina: Let's have an adventure.

Our adventure turned out to be at the Botanical Gardens.

There was also a little trial that we took threw the forest, and took these pictures.

Then, we walked around the gardens and I took these. The white rose picture is my favorite.

Lastly Nathan and I took pictures of each other.

Even though it was raining a little we has a wonderful time. The rain added more beauty to the all ready gorgeous flowers.

Now that I had showed my mother the pictures I took, she wants me to take my brother Amando's senior pictures there. I am really excited!

Third Week Of School!

2010-02-04T15:03:00.000-08:00

School has been pretty Awesome!!!!

Nathan and I stayed up late last night trying to study and go over everything we needed to for a test. The outcome of the day was SUCCESS! We did pretty well and glad to have that over with. We know that there will be more to come. (Thanks Jared, for your prayers!)

Our camera is currently out of commission due to misplacing the charger or having to get a new one. (I have not decided what story I would like to go with.) Because of this GREAT TRAGEDY I have been looking through our photos in our computer. So today I am going to post some and reminisce of the good old days.

This is a picture when I was taking Ballet 1. My teacher was pretty strict about what we wore and how we did our hair, and to be honest I did not mind, I felt like a true Ballerina in her class.

This is one of the many stretches that she had us do. I do not know if I can stretch that far any more.......

In my current Ballet 2 class my teacher is not very strict on how we dress. If I were to take pictures in there they would not be as pretty.

So..........our computer is acting up, I am going to have to save the rest of my reminiscing for another day.

Update in Progress

2010-01-15T09:05:00.000-08:00

Yea!!!! We are up dating.
We have been pretty busy during the holidays but everything was wonderful.
Nathan and I had to go to orientation for volunteering at the hospital and tried to take a picture of yourselves and this was the outcome.

Our internet had been down and we finally got it running. It is so weird how much we rely on it these days. I almost went MAD!

We rearranged our room last night and we like it much better. Now we just need to paint it. The BRIGHT ORANGE is not doing any justice.

School is starting January 19th and we are both really excited! Being a student is Awesome, I love learning new things and applying them to my life.

We are both very grateful for lives we share and for our family we have to support us!

Starting Up Again!!!!

2009-11-03T08:37:00.000-08:00

OK, so I decided it was time for Nathan and I to keep up with this blogspot. But I would ask if you would bare with me as I try to learn how to use this program, and apologise that I am not really saying much but, that we are going to keep up with this now. Yea! We are starting up again!

2009-01-11T11:33:00.000-08:00

Ok so I was thinking today that it's almost our 7th month anniversary. Before we know it, it's going to be time for us to be sealed in the Dallas, Texas Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. What a blessing this will be. We've often talked about the opportunity to go and receive the full blessing's the true gospel of Jesus Christ has to offer. Recently, my brother and sister-in-law, Aaron and Jamie Moon, were sealed in the Winterquarter's Temple in Nebraska. I could not imagine a more beautiful event then this. Where else in the world is one able to make covenants with the Lord that allows them and their loved ones to be together for time and all eternity. Where else in the world does one have the assurance that what is sealed on earth, is sealed in heaven. Where else can one go to be endowed from on high and learn a little more about the workings and mysteries of our Heavenly Father and his son, the only begotten, Jesus Christ. How great it is that the Lord is not only willing but wants us to become closer to him and, even greater, wants us to learn how to be like him. Nothing in life seems to matter much until one receives these blessings and slowly begins to understand their true worth to our God. What more can I say except hosanna, hosanna to the Lord our God who dwells from on high. Christ lives and he lives to bless us everyday.

Our Honeymoon

2008-08-03T16:41:00.000-07:00

We finally got around to posting the pictures from our honeymoon. Our wedding night some of the people from work pitched in and got us a room over by the Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. The room was beautiful, more beautiful then we both could have imagined. We picked up the key to our room and when we got up there, Sarah from Nathan's work surprised us with rose pedals and candles spread all over the place. We were to afraid to light them though because there were so many and we didn't want the smoke detector to go off. Monday we finally left on our honeymoon down in the Texas hill country in a little town called Fredericksburg. We rented out a private bed and breakfast for the week and spent time out in the hills. Every morning there were deer at our doorsteps as we ate out on the balcony. We spent a few of the days there intown visiting the public library, going to the local parks, eating at some of the German restaurants in town, and going to the only theater in town, which only had 3 screens and had 3 showings a day. We later went into San Antonio to Six Flags Fiesta Texas and Sea World. Sea World was amazing but the funny thing was, when we first got there Nathan thought it was lame. We had spent the previous day riding rides at Six Flags and he thought that Sea World was just another place to ride rides. Once we started going to the shows and mapping out the events, we had a blast. We both agree that Sea World was worth every minute of it, especially the sea lions. Our honeymoon was great but eventually we had to come back home, and our love has only gotten stronger since then.

Pre-Wedding Work

2008-08-03T09:32:00.001-07:00

Ok so we haven't received any of the pictures from our ACTUAL wedding yet but I do have some of the ones from all of the pre-wedding work. When we first decided to get married we thought that we would plan the wedding all by ourselves, which we thought was a good idea. After a little bit of trial and error we decided that it might be better to employee the services of Heidi, Nathan's sister. We never imagined that the wedding was going to turn out as beautiful as it did, and we have Heidi to thank for that. The behind the scenes stuff though is what you usually never get to see, but we wanted everyone to know just how much work it actually took. One never knows just home much work goes into a wedding until you actually start planning one. We had to iron table clothes and chair covers, spraypaint, blow up balloons(almost all of that was Heidi), get this and get that. I don't know how we ever finished it all bt it turned out gorgeous. So until the real wedding pictures are finished, feel free to enjoy these rarely seen photos. Oh, and by the way, we're sorry to Dayne for completely destroying your house as we got ready for this whole thing.

Our First Blog

2008-07-17T14:46:00.001-07:00

Well, it's Korina and Nathan's first blog together. It's funny that after you get married you start doing a lot of first things all over again. Things have been crazy busy the first month of our marriage with the reception, honeymoon, trip to El Paso, work, and just getting accustomed to being married. You would think that after dating someone for a while that it wouldn't be difficult to adjust to being married, and it's not. However, it is an adventure getting to know someone and all the cute little habits that you never knew they had. In a month of being married we've learned more about each other then in the previous 6 months (like sleeping habits, food addictions, and bullfrogs), but it's great and we wouldn't have it any other way. We've found that marriage isn't always easy, but the worst times married are a whole lot better then the best times being single. Well, there will be more blogs to come and pictures of all the things we've been up to. Oh, and for those of you who were gracious enough to give us gifts for our marriage, yes we're slow but we are getting the thank you cards out.

Our Anniversary

2008-07-17T14:37:00.001-07:00