Life Together

Family

I sure love my family! They have been some of the very most influential people in my life and helped me become who I am today!  I am grateful that I am part of a family that is so loving.  The Rasmussens are the coolest, what can I say!  Along with that I must add that I feel I couldn't be more lucky to have married into the AMAZING family I did! I am so thankful for the Andersens and how much I feel at home and loved! Heavenly Father sure loves me, Wow!

Greatest Possession

Nathan and I were married in the Las Vegas temple on August 14th of this year.  When we were married we received a packet from the temple.  Inside were many things such as The Family: A Proclamation to the World, The Living Christ, our marriage license and many more things.  One of which was a printout of this quote which has become on of my very most favorite quotes.  I love the counsel it gives.  It is true! Many couples don't apply these principles but I have seen many that have and I have seen the blessings.  Nathan and I strive to live these and we see and feel the difference in our marriage.  Satan wants to destroy marriages.  We must do all we can to fight against his efforts.  We will win if we hold to the rod.  Something Brandi told me a few months ago has always stayed with me.  (its not a direct quote but this is what I remember and think about a lot!!) "if you miss one morning prayer as a couple or individually Satan has just broken in and starts working.  Little things start to annoy you and the spirit starts to go away. But when you hold fast, don't let anything get in the way, pray and read together, praying every day for love and protection from pride, greed, the evils of the world the spirit comes into your marriage and you are strong.  DON'T MISS A DAY!! NOT ONE DAY!!!"

"I could wish for you nothing better than a good marriage, a happy marriage, a marriage fruitful in the sweet and satisfying things of life. Your marriage will not be excellent if it is marred with argument, if it is filled with disrespect one for another, if there is any lack of loyalty or devotion to one another.  Cherish your spouse as the greatest possession of your life and treat him or her accordingly.  Make it your constant goal to add to the happiness and comfort of your companion.  Never permit yourself to let down in your affection, or your respect, or your faith in one another.  Be excellent in every way."
-President Gordan B. Hinckley (Ensign, Sept 1999)

My Man

I am so lucky to be married to the man of my dreams!  Nathan treats me like his princess and so tenderly loves me!  I could never thank him enough for all the care he gives me.  You know what is wonderful, when you don't want to leave each others side.  When you have a blast doing whatever (it could be anything from cleaning the house to grocery shopping to laying in bed talking each others ears off Saturday mornings).  I could spend every hour with him and never get sick of him.  He has me laughing everyday and turning to puddy in him arms.

This weekend I wasn't feeling so hot but Nathan was right there trying to cheer me up and taking care of me.  He gave me a massage, I got a hot bath, he put me to bed, he got me cranberry juice (my favorite), and made lunches for us.  I'm grateful for a worthy husband who can give me blessings and will forever bless our family.  Nathan places me first.  He leads our family worthily and helps us stay on track so that we can receive the full blessings and joy of the gospel.  He helps me be my best self.  He tells me I'm beautiful.  He makes time for me even with a full load in school and working part time.  He treats me like a princess and I pray that I can give him a fraction of that love back in return that he is constantly giving me.  I AM SO THANKFUL FOR THE MOST WONDERFUL HUSBAND IN THE WORLD!!

Whitney's First Dance

Whitney called me "so what are you doing this Saturday?"  Yes, believe it or not this, my little sister, who I had tried to get her to let me do her hair and make-up since we were little kids called me up an asked me to come do her hair for the Homecoming dance (her first one)!!  I was thrilled! I love playing with her gorgeous hair and she is already so beautiful!!  So I went over and just had a ball!  Of course there she is all beautiful and stunning at the end and there I am...still in my running clothes...looking less than beautiful. 

 So a statement that Whitney and I hear all the time is "Oh my gosh, you two look exactly the same!!" even though I am 8 years older than she is!!!  Okay, so I'll just start taking that as a compliment seeing that I am now getting a little older (cough, cough 24).  So seeing that everyone thinks we look the same we decided to play a trick on Whitney's blind date to Homecoming...remember I look like trash cause I had run that morning with Nathan and had just come right over after that.  We schemed that when he came to pick Whitney up I would walk out instead.  He had told Whitney that they were going to be going swimming.  So after he knocked and came inside I came around the corner then with a surprised look on my face I said "I thought you said we were going swimming?!"  You should have seen the look on this kids face, he was so uncomfortable and had no clue what to say to me, in sweat clothes with my hair pulled back, no make-up on and him in his nice suit! Haha, It was awesome!  Whitney then stepped out and boy was he relieved!

She's such a good girl!  The man who gets her one day is going to be so ridiculously lucky!!