XMAS MORNING!!!

christmas morning is a drag for this little one ... he wanted to keep sleeping in ...

i just love the christmas story ... i only wish it were in the scriptures all in one place ... but dad did some skipping around for me this year and i like it tons!

here's dad working out and pumping that iron that was mom's gift while mom plans to take over da vorld vit tis bazooka! ha ha ha! jk it's her new tractor muffler since the old one was damaged and broken.

all 3 of these broheims were here for matt - finally reunited after 3 years of missions and stuff.
the beautiful huss family
the good looking cox/benson fam .
and all of us together ... welded together in love! even grandpa paul - steve's dad. yeah!
and this is my favorite bridal pic ever ! the others were just ok, but this one is great!

what incredibily good looking neice and nephew i have. they were just so precious! one of my fav pics was the kiss through the black iron rod fence at the temple ... wow.

these are the 1st of the wedding photo batches that i'm gonna post today. i've got a lot of catching up to do ...

baby fever!!!

WE'RE PREGNANT!!!

so there's so just so much to tell about out life b/c it's been so busy!!! this is rachel narrating by the way. to proceed onward and get back to the point, life has been busy - an understatement. i've been building my practice at the chiropractic office that i got a job @, and it has not been easy. this being my first time having to pay someone for appointment scheduling, room space, and furnishings it's a slow start working out all the kinks. but i love the work and love seeing the great things that God can do!

the beginning of this announcement begins back in Oct when we decided if God wants to bless us w/children then we'd take care of them and love them so much! this month i had the feeling that we were pregnant - but not any of those nasty symptoms like nausea, vomiting, headaches, nothing - so decided to get pregnancy tests and see if science could help unlock this mystery. 2 pregnancy tests later it was still iffy, we bought a different brand that wasn't so ambiguous and it was positive - we were pregnant. yet matt still didnt believe b/c he didnt wanna be let down so i took a 4th and told him i wasnt taking another b/c 4 for 4 were pretty much positive. if he didnt believe 4 pregnancy tests he never would until i started showing; he began to really believe.

next thing we know the huss fam knows and we tell the cox fam and everyone in church knows when we get there today. it's an exciting event and there's just nothing else that's been even close to our wedding excitment as this, nothing. in light of my love for anatomy and physiology i got a practioners guide to pre and perinatal massage, the girlfriends guide to pregnancy - the comical and insightful book that tells you what your doctor won't, and the belly book to scrapbook this great event!

i'll post more as things continue, but for now i just keep eating little meals all the time and i go to bed a little sooner than normal b/c i'm tired, but that's all. i'm doin' great! hope you all are doin' great as well and we love ya so much!

rach

month one in the books.

been a few weeks. we should have pics soon. got a digital this week for that very purpose.
went on our first campout, which was pretty radical. the blog is officially open to the public for anyone to see, so if there's anyone who we havent told about it and any of you know that they dont know about it, then tell them about it.

as far as how the huss' are doing, we're great. rachel is 2 steps away from landing a sweet job at a chiropractic office. im still at grainger...

robinson crusoe has taken a little longer to finish than expected.. i decided to take my time with it since its turning out to be the best book ive ever read. and the 5love languages book rach is reading is the best ever! she loves with little acts of service while i love w/quality time. now we're rockin' out the same page ... we understand each other. so if i dont wanna spend time w/you, i dont love you.

i shaved my beard.

we thought we would include some recommendations:
movie-the terminal... speilberg, john williams, tom hanks. pretty much a no brainer.

ok, one recommendation then.

let us know how you all are doing so we have something to gossip about here in our apartment.

'i want that report on my desk by the end of today or you will receive a full desadulation.' -jim from "the office."

r/m/h.

pics coming soon.

pics coming shortly... probably next week. we're still unpacking everything. we wanted to send a special 'gracias' to the bensons for the magic popcorn machine. that's all we eat now. i think that's what we're having tomorrow too.

slight smile.

rachel and matt.

home.

home. drove straight in from DC, and it was a good idea. we enjoyed the comments from dad and drew... try getting a table at dorcia's now drew.
by far my favorite place in DC was the international spy museum. a must see. rachel's was the 'bodies' exhibit... i must admit that some of the exhibits were terrifying, but educational. the only casualty of the honeymoon that we've discovered so far is my phone charger. not bad, we think.
one of the spy museum exhibits chronicled the different authors who were spies for foreign governments, one being daniel defoe, which i thought was rather ironic.

cut and paste witty closing here_________
matt and rachel

DC. our travel journal.

we've been here for a few days now, enjoying the many museums and sites... our hotel is actually in downtown DC, which makes it easy to get around with the metro. today we're going to the body world exhibit in rosslyn va... the one from 'casino royale'... rachel is an anatomy expert, so it should be fun to follow her around the different exhibits and listen to her wax eloquent about the human body. at least there's one smart person in our little family.

last night we were able to have dinner with one of my mission friends, chris hare. it was nice to see him and his wife; catch up on old times.

today is our one week anniversary, which is nice, so i think we'll celebrate by eating sushi. rachel and i will look for any reason to celebrate.
for all you canasta junkies, which are basically just my parents, yesterday rachel nearly won in a single hand... i say nearly because when she went out i quit because i couldnt bare to watch her count all her points.

here's a movie quote for you.. see if you can catch the movie:
you work your side of the street, and ill work mine.

huss.

ps. i think you guys can comment now, i had it set on 'members only'... but now its 'anyone'... we'd love to hear from you. sort of.

blog from the road. part 1

well, we've never blogged before. after 4 days, we're still married.
we're on our way to washington dc for our well-deserved honeymoon.
we're not quite sure what kind of information to put here, or how formal or informal our blog will be, or even who will read it. hopefully as this blog matures, various pictures, poems, book/movie reviews, thoughts, discussions, concert reviews, travel logs, and other forms of intriguing and thought-provoking postings will be provided. just dont count on it.

books:
robinson crusoe, defoe. 10 pages into the book and already i can see ourselves stranded on an island, happy all the way.

music:
the bends, ok computer, radiohead.
saxophone colossus, sonny rollins.
be cool, baby, be cool.

travel log:
one day into honeymoon, staying 10 miles outside of charleston, wv. town name unknown. there were exactly 5 couples including us in the ponderosa tonight. creepy.

until our next posting, read, think, and be happy.

rachel and matt.