As Of Late

With the holidays and preparations to move back to Rexburg, it's been very busy around here! This last Thursday was my last day ever* at Intermountain Orthopaedic and David will wave goodbye to A-Gem Supply tomorrow afternoon. :) We feel so blessed to have had these jobs while living here in Boise, but we are so excited to go back to Rexburg! Although we aren't very excited for homework.

Anyway, here is what we've been up to since Thanksgiving....

BLACK FRIDAY SHOPPING!!!

Movie Jackpot!

And David even got a new snowboard and bindings...he's ready for some snow!

After a long, hard search for an apartment, we finally got to celebrate getting a place to live in Rexburg!!!

Aren't those glasses so cute?!


And then...the experience of a life time....we got to babysit these three kids for a whole week! :)After our week long stint as parents (of teenagers AH!) we were happy to return to our little place with just the two of us.

We were asked to make two Hashbrown quiche's for the Shamrock Ward Christmas breakfast. David was in charge of cubing the ham.
It was my first time making quiche and they turned out delicious! I don't have pictures of the final product, but my stomach approved. :)

David got something he's been wanting/needing for a LONG time...
a tie hanger! He's a happy man. :)

I found a hole in my purse while I was a little bit bored at work one day and these were the treasures I came out with....three chapsticks, and about 35 bobby pins. **not pictured: Brooke's rings.

Our first Christmas together!!!! Sadly, we didn't take very many pictures. Actually...we didn't take any...I had to steal this from Pyper. Next year we'll do better. :)

After Christmas, the real fun began not.


I began the organizing, sorting, de-cluttering phase of our packing. I did this alone, because it's only my stuff that needs it....and David was at work all day. :)


Closet: Before

Closet: After

Dresser: Before

Dresser: After.

Now David actually has some space in the dresser!


This is what I did today....sorted through boxes and boxes of my stuff that has been accumulated over the 7 years I lived at my parents house.
I am proud to say I've narrowed five full boxes down to just one! I think I still have two or three more in the garage, but we're making progress people! I know mom is happy! :)

The ONE box....yes sisters, that is my Yum Yum.

And every night when David gets home from work, he starts working again! Since living in Boise, he's painted the WHOLE condo.... single-handedly....and guess what......

HE FINISHED TONIGHT!!!! Best. Day. Ever.

And there you have it! We are happy. We are healthy. And we're in love. :)

*The story about Intermountain Orthopaedic....I've worked there three different times. This was most likely my final time...I'm sad about it. The end.

Party In The USA...literally

Today....people all over the country partied in honor of Carrie the Michelle Dominguez.

See for yourself....



Happy Birthday, Carrie!
We Love You!

vlog numero one

So Lauren and I had a babysitting job this past week, watching the Millward kids, Bekah, Callie, and Zach. Those kids are pretty awesome, it was pretty fun, except this one time when we had nothing to do, so we were messing around on our new computer...somehow this was the result:

The Testimony of a Primary Child

On Sunday there were three Primary children that stood up and bore their testimony. Every single one of them started with "I love to bear my testimony...". This got me thinking. When I bear my testimony, do I love doing it?

Originally my thoughts were, "oh no, I don't even bear my testimony that often, and when I get the courage to walk up there, I don't really love being up there!" I mean really, love is a pretty powerful word right? Right. Well, today at work I read this. Thank you Elder Abrea.

A testimony is not only standing at the pulpit telling the congregation what I know; it is how I act, what I say and my attitude about life and what gets thrown at me. I bear my testimony every day when I go to work, or walk on campus at BYU-Idaho. :)

Now, the speaking in front of a bunch of people, will never be appealing to me, but I have made a goal to be better. An early New Year's Resolution, if you will.

Here's a challenge for anyone reading this, bear your testimony soon. And thank the Primary Children for bearing theirs. :)

Big News!!!

Christmas is coming! And it's not only coming, but it's coming EARLY for the Dominguez Duo!!!!

I have known for awhile that we're going to have to purchase a new laptop in the near future. This week my laptop (yes Reagan, the brick) hit it's wall. It froze up one day and now doesn't even turn on. So today, we did it! The newest addition to the Dominguez family is on it's way. A brand new laptop computer! I haven't the slightest idea what it looks like or what cool things it comes with, but I do know we got a killer deal, thanks to David's job. :)

Luckily, we aren't computer-less because Carrie the Michelle has let David borrow her little notebook computer for his college years (or until she needs it back). :) Thanks Carrie!

I am super excited about this! Its been a long time coming, but it is finally here!

WOOHOO!!!

Look it

Hi, Lauren and I had an amazing trip to Cabo San Lucas, and I wanna thank everyone who made it possible. And when Lauren had posted that I was going to make a video about it I was like...uhh I am?? So I did :)

Cruisin' from Dave Dominguez on Vimeo.

Whoops!

I typed this all up but for some reason it didn't post...here's the medical center post story...

So it was about 11pm Wednesday night. We had just finished watching one of the productions with live music and dancers, and David started having pretty intense stomach pain. We decided he had probably just eaten something bad and he should just try to get some rest and hope that it go away. Boy were we wrong. Well...wrong about the going away part. He was up the whole night with pain so bad he couldn't even stand up straight or lay down in any position without it hurting. I, being the perfect wife that I am (sarcasm), slept through it all. Horrible right? I woke up at about 7am to him doubled over moaning and groaning in pain. He hadn't been able to throw up at all (so it couldn't have been something he ate) and said he wasn't nauseated, just in pain. Since he's experienced an intestinal infection before (on his mission), and it didn't go away with rest, I decided we needed to go to the on-board medical center. We walked down there, just to find out they didn't open until 8am (it was 7:13am LAME). So we went back to our room, David drank some water and tried to lay down for 45 minutes and we were right back at the Medical Center door at 8am. Of course, right when we got there David said the pain wasn't as bad as it had been all night, but he was still having random shooting pains so we went ahead and had a Dr visit. The Dr spoke to us about his medical history, took a urine sample, listened to Davids insides with the stethoscope, pushed (really hard) on David's stomach, and everything came back normal. His diagnosis was "eating such rich food over and over has made your body react because it's not used to it". He prescribed some super strong stomach pain medication and an acid reflux tablet. So...a foreign Dr AND nurse (really hard to understand), $124 and some pain meds later we are back and David is feeling much better. :)

I meant to get a picture of the Medical Center, but I was a little flustered and totally spaced it. :( I'm just glad my man is healthy and back to his old self.

We Are Married!

And with marriage comes a honeymoon! We were blessed with the opportunity to go on a five day cruise to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico!



It was everything we imagined and more! Originally we (that's the "royal we", meaning I) were a little nervous about possibly getting sea-sick, not having the proper documents to get on and off the ship, and being stranded in Mexico or something really ridiculous like that. BUT, we boarded the ship with no problem at all and quickly learned that we could handle the gentle rocking of the boat. Thank goodness!

We enjoyed people watching, karaoke nights (we did not participate, but LOVED watching), miniature golf, comedy shows, swimming pools, hot tubs, all you can eat food and soft-serve ice cream, the ship's medical center*, elaborate productions with life music and dancing (I was in heaven), complimentary movies, horseback riding on the beach in Cabo (breath-taking), and most of all just being able to relax and be with each other!

We have a whole bunch of pictures and a few short videos of our adventures on board and off, but David is going to make them into a video/slideshow of the whole trip so keep watching for that!

Okay, okay...I won't make you wait for everything...here's a small sneak peek. :)







Keep checking back for the video/slideshow!

Welcome to our Blog

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