Saturday, April 4, 2009
Testing trip
So Nathaniel was able to get results from his testing trip in his last 30 minutes. Woo hoo! He had been working for 50+ hours in 3 1/2 days on getting his equipment to work properly and finally received good data for his Master's. He said in that last hour of testing, being so frustrated, put his head down not wanting to show emotions and thought "I am doing a nuclear physics experiment. What was I thinking?! I'm not a nuclear physicist!" When he told me this I told him that his testing privileges have been taken away for the next 2 years and that I am deciding on what his dissertation is going to be on. But Nathaniel had lots of help and there were many miracles that happened on the testing trip. Mike Clemens really helped out sooo much. His wife and I are really good friends and I am glad that Nathaniel and him are able to work together. Mike prepared many thing for this trip that Nathaniel didn't have time to do and went with him. It's actually really good for him too because he might pick up this same research project and do more with it for his doctorate.
Thanks for all of your prayers. I sure was praying hard.
You know, when Nathaniel and I were getting our temple recommend interview, my stake president at the time asked me,
"Why are you marrying Nathaniel?"
I was taken aback and answered
"Because I love him."
Waving his arm in the air as if I had said something silly he stated
"You don't know what love is."
Then he turned to the other 2 couples in the room and asked them why they were getting married. Then he talked to us about the importance of marriage and gave us little handbooks from the church and then took individuals one by one for their temple interviews.
To be honest, after that comment he made to me, I was appalled. I remember thinking,
"How dare he say that I don't know what love is. I know exactly what love is!"
But 2 1/2 years later with the 2nd baby on the way and unexpected turns and hardships as well as the best times ever, I realize I really did NOT know what love was as I am sure so many other couples have found as well.
And I am sure even now if that Stake President were to ask me why I am still married to Nathaniel. I would answer the same way and he would still respond with a wave of his hand, you are getting close... but you still don't know what love is.
But that's okay, it just makes me more excited for the years to come.
Thanks for all of your prayers. I sure was praying hard.
You know, when Nathaniel and I were getting our temple recommend interview, my stake president at the time asked me,
"Why are you marrying Nathaniel?"
I was taken aback and answered
"Because I love him."
Waving his arm in the air as if I had said something silly he stated
"You don't know what love is."
Then he turned to the other 2 couples in the room and asked them why they were getting married. Then he talked to us about the importance of marriage and gave us little handbooks from the church and then took individuals one by one for their temple interviews.
To be honest, after that comment he made to me, I was appalled. I remember thinking,
"How dare he say that I don't know what love is. I know exactly what love is!"
But 2 1/2 years later with the 2nd baby on the way and unexpected turns and hardships as well as the best times ever, I realize I really did NOT know what love was as I am sure so many other couples have found as well.
And I am sure even now if that Stake President were to ask me why I am still married to Nathaniel. I would answer the same way and he would still respond with a wave of his hand, you are getting close... but you still don't know what love is.
But that's okay, it just makes me more excited for the years to come.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Monday, March 16, 2009
Busy busy
Hey everyone! I found out how to work Google's picasa. This is the link to see some of the pictures. (I'll post more later, the Evelyn just woke up)
Life has been busy busy. Nathaniel's in New York right now. He's been working 12-16 hours every day for the past month getting this test ready.It's really a crazy setup he has prepared for this test. It makes Star Trek's electrical equipment look dull and juvenile. It was supposed to happen in May but they moved it up so it's been hectic ever since but he's had lots of help from people everywhere. We really have been so blessed. His colleagues and professors have been so helpful and encouraging. We are hoping to get good results from these tests so we can write a master's thesis on this as well as many other papers. Plus, he's rubbing shoulders with people he would like to eventually like to work for, so if you would keep him in your prayers, until March 19th that would be great.
As for me and Evelyn, we have been having lots of fun hanging out at home and with our friends. Now that it's getting warmer, Evelyn's been wanting to go outside and play! It's so cute! i just leave all the doors open and she goes in and out, plays in the grass, reads her books, talks with her bears, and watches the birds fly by. It's great! I recently quit my job back in February and I am so grateful I did. It's really been a blessing for me and my family. I feel like I can have a normal routine. Yeah!
Life has been busy busy. Nathaniel's in New York right now. He's been working 12-16 hours every day for the past month getting this test ready.It's really a crazy setup he has prepared for this test. It makes Star Trek's electrical equipment look dull and juvenile. It was supposed to happen in May but they moved it up so it's been hectic ever since but he's had lots of help from people everywhere. We really have been so blessed. His colleagues and professors have been so helpful and encouraging. We are hoping to get good results from these tests so we can write a master's thesis on this as well as many other papers. Plus, he's rubbing shoulders with people he would like to eventually like to work for, so if you would keep him in your prayers, until March 19th that would be great.
As for me and Evelyn, we have been having lots of fun hanging out at home and with our friends. Now that it's getting warmer, Evelyn's been wanting to go outside and play! It's so cute! i just leave all the doors open and she goes in and out, plays in the grass, reads her books, talks with her bears, and watches the birds fly by. It's great! I recently quit my job back in February and I am so grateful I did. It's really been a blessing for me and my family. I feel like I can have a normal routine. Yeah!
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Christmas videos
EVELYN'S CHRISTMAS RIDE IN "SANTA'S SLEIGH"
EVELYN'S FIRST CHRISTMAS GIFT.
EV'S SPACE SUIT
EVELYN'S FIRST CHRISTMAS GIFT.
EV'S SPACE SUIT
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
2 years of Nathaniel n' Stacey
Why I love Nathaniel
1) He loves his mom. (that says a lot about a guy and how he will treat you, hint hint wink wink)
2) He's a spiritual giant as well as physical. Not a big fan of the physical giant though. I can't whisper in his ear or have our heads close when we hug. It drives me nuts! Hopefully, I will gain a foot in the resurrection. :)
3) He loves the Lord and loves to attend the temple frequently.
4) He knows so much about so many different topics. It's amazing. Especially about history, which I never paid attention to in school, so I am grateful that I have many opportunities to learn history over and over again.
5) He's very careful in what he says and never says something without "internalizing" it.
6) He has a funny sense of humor that only comes out when he's with people he knows well.
7) He's optimistic about life. He constantly sees the blessings God has given us instead of dwelling on what we don't have.
8) He loves children and plays so well with them. I'll never forget the primary freeze tag, Nathaniel was so excited to play but could not fit under the kid's legs to unfreeze them.
9) He loves Evelyn soooo much and plays so cute with her. My favorite is how he talks really tough with her for example "This is the last diaper I am changing so make it count!"
10) He's so good with initiating family scripture and prayer and FHE and keeping our family on the right track.
Of course there is his handsome looks... but we won't get into that.
10 random things about Nathaniel
1) He always carries around a pencil in his pocket. If he doesn't happen to have a pencil it's because I "borrowed" it from him. :)
2) He wears a size 16 in shoes. He never walks around barefoot and hardly ever walks around in socks. (His feet have issues, I think it's because the skin could not handle all of the s-t-r-e-t-c-h-i-n-g.)
3) He will eat everything. He is not a picky eater except he will not eat olives. He hates 'em for some strange reason. It's beyond me. He'll eat homemade dog food (no joke, we found it in the cannery's recipe book, it was supposed to be raisin bran but we found out later it was the dog food recipe as well) but he won't eat olives.
4)He has not adapted to the Mormon culture of time...yet. His motto is " if you are not 15 minutes early, you're late."He hates to be late.
5) He gets just as excited and spastic over little small things as I do. NO joke. It's hilarious.
6) He hates to spend money. He doesn't see the need to buy 2 pairs of jeans when he already has one pair of jeans. "You can only wear one at a time anyway."
7) He loves Thanksgiving at the Cherry's. Why? Because they make like 18 pies of all kinds for 14 people. His favorite pie is combining the 18 different slices of pies to make one large 'combo" pie and eating it all in one sitting.
8) He loves to read up on the news about the world and politics but he does not like to talk about it with anyone even with me because he says it's depressing. Go figure.
9) Mom don't read this next one: Nathaniel has all the episodes of the Simpsons on like 15 DVD's. It's ridiculous. However, he hasn't watched them since we have been married...or so he says. :)
10) He has memorized all of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" movie. I still haven't watched it all the way through (the movie drives me nuts) but we have watched "Sense and Sensibility" all the way through. :) He also likes 'Nacho Libre" and "Napoleon Dynamite".
1) He loves his mom. (that says a lot about a guy and how he will treat you, hint hint wink wink)
2) He's a spiritual giant as well as physical. Not a big fan of the physical giant though. I can't whisper in his ear or have our heads close when we hug. It drives me nuts! Hopefully, I will gain a foot in the resurrection. :)
3) He loves the Lord and loves to attend the temple frequently.
4) He knows so much about so many different topics. It's amazing. Especially about history, which I never paid attention to in school, so I am grateful that I have many opportunities to learn history over and over again.
5) He's very careful in what he says and never says something without "internalizing" it.
6) He has a funny sense of humor that only comes out when he's with people he knows well.
7) He's optimistic about life. He constantly sees the blessings God has given us instead of dwelling on what we don't have.
8) He loves children and plays so well with them. I'll never forget the primary freeze tag, Nathaniel was so excited to play but could not fit under the kid's legs to unfreeze them.
9) He loves Evelyn soooo much and plays so cute with her. My favorite is how he talks really tough with her for example "This is the last diaper I am changing so make it count!"
10) He's so good with initiating family scripture and prayer and FHE and keeping our family on the right track.
Of course there is his handsome looks... but we won't get into that.
10 random things about Nathaniel
1) He always carries around a pencil in his pocket. If he doesn't happen to have a pencil it's because I "borrowed" it from him. :)
2) He wears a size 16 in shoes. He never walks around barefoot and hardly ever walks around in socks. (His feet have issues, I think it's because the skin could not handle all of the s-t-r-e-t-c-h-i-n-g.)
3) He will eat everything. He is not a picky eater except he will not eat olives. He hates 'em for some strange reason. It's beyond me. He'll eat homemade dog food (no joke, we found it in the cannery's recipe book, it was supposed to be raisin bran but we found out later it was the dog food recipe as well) but he won't eat olives.
4)He has not adapted to the Mormon culture of time...yet. His motto is " if you are not 15 minutes early, you're late."He hates to be late.
5) He gets just as excited and spastic over little small things as I do. NO joke. It's hilarious.
6) He hates to spend money. He doesn't see the need to buy 2 pairs of jeans when he already has one pair of jeans. "You can only wear one at a time anyway."
7) He loves Thanksgiving at the Cherry's. Why? Because they make like 18 pies of all kinds for 14 people. His favorite pie is combining the 18 different slices of pies to make one large 'combo" pie and eating it all in one sitting.
8) He loves to read up on the news about the world and politics but he does not like to talk about it with anyone even with me because he says it's depressing. Go figure.
9) Mom don't read this next one: Nathaniel has all the episodes of the Simpsons on like 15 DVD's. It's ridiculous. However, he hasn't watched them since we have been married...or so he says. :)
10) He has memorized all of "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" movie. I still haven't watched it all the way through (the movie drives me nuts) but we have watched "Sense and Sensibility" all the way through. :) He also likes 'Nacho Libre" and "Napoleon Dynamite".
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Evelyn's first birthday
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