An Amazing 21st Birthday!

Ok, I couldn't help but coming on here and jotting down every memory on here so I wouldn't forget details! Pretty much my husband spoiled me rotten! I'll start from the beginning :) .

I got off early from work Wednesday, and I thought we're gonna go straight there from when we left...all this was a surprise, so I had no idea where we're going. But to my surprise, Jaren said oh, we're going home to have lunch then we'll go. And then this would be where I Jessica Lynn Whittington threw a 21 yr old tantrum. Those who know me well, know I have no patience at all! So I had gotten all excited and it was like he popped my excited balloon right there. I eventually got over my bad self and realized how ridiculous I was being and got excited again.

After eating lunch, Jaren told me I had to wait in the bathroom because he had to gather a few things, so I waited in the bathroom for a good 10-15 minutes, then he said ok, go sit out on the couch and just wait there. After 5-10 minutes of that he said ok let's go! And covered my eyes when we got in the car. I was so excited and it lasted for a good 30 minutes, until I then again got impatient and didn't like having my eyes covered. Jaren had accidently gotten lost, so we took a little detour. So he has me cover my eyes and we walk in and he's just talking to the receptionist and the whisper some things and she says we need to go to another building. I later found out he'd put his finger to his lips so they wouldn't say welcome to the Anniversary Inn. So back in the car it was. We finally made it, and by then he told me to open my eyes, then close them before we got to our room. When I opened my eyes I saw a big alligator, and a jungle themed room! Those who don't know the Anniversary Inn has themed rooms that are amazing! I'll put a link to our room at the end. Oh and might I mention, Jaren had brought fancy clothes and I wondered what was going on. But he said I would just have to wait. Can I just say I have an amazing husband? He brought all my make up, including eye make remover and eyelash curler. And a curling iron, flat iron, and flat iron protectant spray. He also picked out my heels and jewelry for our evening out.

So this morning we woke up, watched a movie in bed, then got ready and were able to tour all the other rooms. It was a lot of fun, because we got ideas for future times :) . After we just hung out around Salt Lake around temple square. We had a lot of fun going through all the different building and taking tours.

After it started getting late Jaren told me we needed to change our clothes in one of the bathrooms in the visitors center. So we changed into nice attire and Jaren told me we're going to The Roof, a fancy restaurant that's at the top of a roof of a building and over looking Salt Lake City and looks right out to the temple. While deciding over our variety of meals, we sat down to eat (it was buffet style). We're sitting there eating and he pulls out every girl's dream box: the Tiffany blue box. And inside was a little silver band engraved around it that says " I love you". Inside was also a little card that said " To my eternal love on your birthday. You bring me happiness such as I have never known. I thank God that you came into my life and taught me what it's like to be whole. I love you. Your Husband, Jaren. " Awww! lol. We proceeded to eat just a few of the 25 desserts they had on display. After eating we just enjoyed each others company, not wanting the night to end.

That's all for now! Love, Jess

ps here's think to our cool room! http://www.anniversaryinn.com/south-temple/room/13-jungle-safari

It's about time for an update!

Hey Everyone!

Not a whole lot going on here. It's been weeks since I last updated; sad, but true, we don't really have much excitement happening lately. We're still keeping super busy with work, and Jaren is also taking a computer class.

Well, I guess I last updated on my allergies, or well vented. Needless to say, the procedure for animal dander was an epic fail. Oh well, what can ya do? It was worth a shot.

Some recent exciting news is I FINALLY did my evaluation for work, aka the dr. watches me do the procedures and if I do it right and pass = pay raise and free contacts. I talked it over and so far so good, I just have to do a take home test and I'll be well on my way. Baby blues, here I come!

This past weekend we're able to go to Bear Lake and spend time with my Whittington family, and we had a blast. We stayed at a comfy cabin, enjoyed each others company, and went sledding! It was a short and sweet get away, and I wish it could've been longer.

Tonight we just went and bought a "new" old computer lol. Why? Because Jaren needed windows to do his homework and I have a mac. It is true, one mans junk is another mans treasure. We found an old computer and new printer for only $95! Sweet! Then we joined my cousin for shake's at the Jake's Over the Top in Centerville. Yeah, they can't even come close to the Jake's in Ogden. My shake was good, but pitiful compared to the Jake's we live by.

Upcoming and exciting events: Monday birthday celebration with the Whittingtons, Tuesday get off work early for birthday surprise, Wednesday HAPPY 2-1 to me!!

Until next time,

Love, Jess

Just your weekly update :)

Well, in all honesty, nothing exciting has happened this week. We worked. Went to see Sherlock Holmes. Um worked some more. Yep. So this is going to kind of be a boring post, but oh well :) . OH WAIT, I'M OFFICIALLY A WHITTINGTON! :D

Today I'm going to go back to see the allerginist doctor to "fix" my allergy to pet dander. [PS skip this whole paragraph if you don't want to hear me vent] I'm really not looking forward to it though, on the account I have a feeling I'm not going to be very nice. So far he's sucked in oh about a good $200 from us that we don't have. Treated me for allergies I never knew I had, and oh failed to fix one of the allergies I do have. My wedding ring makes my finger break out and he was going to treat me for that and it was an epic fail. Although it did works for a week or so. The reason I'm so bitter is because when I went to confront him about the ring allergy, he's all well we'll treat you for nickel allergy then or test for it. And briskly answered our questions before pretty much shoving us out the door. In my own opinion, if a doctor wants to keep his patients in the crappy economy he'd best be giving them some well deserved customer service. So there's just an earful of what he's probably going to hear today, though I'll try and be on my best behavior :) .

On the brightside of things, we get to stay at kevin and Amy's tonight! Yay! Although we're all just going to have to go to bed because of work in the morning lol. We're also going to the temple tonight which will be refreshing, and hopefully calm my bad side ha ha.

Upcoming and exciting events: Bear Lake cabin this weekend, and 2 weeks till I'm 21! I'm so excited! Jaren has this big surprise and I just can't wait! Until next time....

Love, Jess

Ah, a start to a new year...

Well the holidays have come and gone, and they're just as magical as I hoped they'd be. My grandparents and family came to visit, and that was just a blast. My husband spoiled me rotten. Seriously rotten to the core. I got 4 pairs of shoes, and a load of my favorite make up, which is not very cheap. Yeah, doesn't leave him with much options for my birthday lol. My parents also got me a nice starter camera, so I'm pretty excited about that.

Christmas night we had a scare, we had

this gut instinct we shouldn't go home. It was such an evil feeling, I started bawling before we got onto our street. We ended up staying at

my grandma's house; and Jaren, my uncle, and dad we

nt and checked out our place the next day. Nothing seemed out of place, but we thank God everyday that we had that feeling not to go home. Who knows what would've happened, and I'm not sure I want to know.

New Years Eve we had a simple family get together

at our place and played games. It was fun and we enjoyed e

veryones company. New Years day we took adorable family pictures. They tu

rned out amazing. Our family ended up having a snowb

all fight, which was a lot of fun.

We're now just adjusting to reality of "real life" and getting back into our jobs, and SCHOOL! Jaren has signed up for 3 classes and I'm going to do a math class with him where it preps you to take the accuplacer test and helps you to score out of the math classes. Hopefully that all works out. I sure wouldn't mind testing out my math generals. And it'll be nice to take it together so we can help each other study.

Oh and I'm proud to announce our unofficial new years resolution has started off great - running every night, and even though it's only been 2 nights so far; I can feel a difference, and it's WONDERFUL!

Well there's our holidays in a condensed nutshell. Upcoming and exciting events: Friday: Sherlock Holmes with Kevin and Amy; Jan 12th start math course with Jaren; Jan 17- 18th Bear Lake Cabin with family; and Jan 26th early day of work/ 27th off 'cuz Jaren is doing a surprise for my big 2-1!

Love, Jess