We Are One!

Can you believe that Sarah and I got married one year ago?


It is amazing how time flies. I can say that similar to children, at age one we are starting to walk (we're starting to figure things out), teething (we rarely argue, but more so than when we dated), and I am almost potty trained...by that I mean Sarah, most of the time, gets the upstairs bathroom to herself since I have to go downstairs to make a stinky.

Sticking with my lists for things, here they are for our first year:

The Good

1. Sarah - I definitely landed a keeper and love her more everyday. I still can't believe I found someone with all that she has to offer and that that someone liked me in return!

2. Having a partner in crime - We're not talking misdemeanors or felonies, it is just extremely nice to share travels/hiking/activities with someone that you love.

3. Everything is a combo platter- All my life I have wanted more than one thing on a menu, and Sarah and I have similar enough tastes that we can split things. It rocks.

The Bad

1. Heat exchange - We are still new enough in our marriage that we snuggle at night, and having another body next to you is like sleeping next to a furnace! You got to trade one hot for another I guess.

2. Living with an OSHA inspector- I thought I was clean for a guy, but apparently I am not the cleanliness nazi that Sarah would like me to be. Everything can always be cleaner now-a-days.

3. Non-combo Holidays- With parents in two separate states, we have to split visits. We never get to see everyone as much as we like. Maybe all family could move here? At least we have Beth in David local until next summer....you guys going to China will definitely make the bad list (for us, not everyones who's lives you will change forever) for year two!

The Ugly

1. Potty training - I spoke of this earlier. In year 2 I see resolution to this problem because we will have 2 bathrooms on the same floor.

2. From implosion to explosion- During the courting phases of a relationship, one would not dare to gas around the other. In fact, you wouldn't even risk crop dusting or a tester spray in fear that your significant other may catch a wiff. Well, lets just say that during the first year of marriage that changes.

3. The double "bubble" standard- How come when I have an audible or smelly output I am a "Freakin nasty freak", but when a female's behind exhales it is a "poof" and often found hilarious?

Overall this year with Sarah has been amazing and I couldn't be luckier. While year one has been great, I look forward to making year two even better!

Nathan's Notebook

We are back. Yup. We decided that we would occasionally post a blog here and there for our handful of stakeholders out there.

So whats been going on with us lately, you ask? How kind. We did take a trip down to Great Sand Dunes over the long 4th of July weekend.




Otherwise, we have spent our time playing with Baxter, hanging out with friends, and watching life fly by. One thing that is new is that we are getting older and starting to notice. Really the "noticing" part is all that is new because everyone is always getting older, they just are not aware. Recently, these have been age indicators that we have picked up on:

1. Sarah leaned over to me in church last Sunday and said, "I want to be holding a baby during church." Wouldn't have heard that 5 years ago. And most important, this came as no surprise!

2. We bought a house/have a dependency on income now. If we lose our jobs we have a mortgage. Definitely didn't use the term mortgage or hear it nearly as much for the 28 years of my life leading to this one.

3. I have to stretch. It is ridiculous. I played in a soccer game for under 5 minutes before rolling my ankle. Have you seen White Men Can't Jump? I can now relate to Woody Harrelson and his stretching.

4. There was a fire on the mountain behind our house yesterday and I realized that everything we had wouldn't fit in one car.

5. Both sets of parents have become grandparents within the last year. This really hit home when I saw Grant in a picture WITH HIS GREAT GRANDMA.

6. I watched The Notebook.

7. I admitted to watching The Notebook.

8. I still think about The Notebook. But really that is what started this whole post. I always heard that it was an extremely sad movie, when in actuality the way the movie plays out is about the best you can hope for in life. Maybe that is what makes it so sad?

Thats all for now. When I was a kid some of my friends called me Nate the Great. Guess it won't be long before I am called Nate the Great Grandpa.