Crazy Random Cope Facts

Alex and I live a different sorta life. Even according to Utah standards.

• We don't follow politics. In either of our countries. The government shut down? Eh.
• We work together. At an exciting place called P.F Chang's. Its only exciting because he is there. We make work fun together, like singing to Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog soundtrack as he helps me close up the bar or people watching from the back and making up their stories.
• We rarely eat at home. Mainly because we get out of work at like 11pm, but also because Take out >Maygan's cooking.
• We get 2 date nights a week. This is exactly why we are not planning on babies any time too soon.. Live it up!
• We don't follow football. And I thank my lucky stars everyday that Alex isn't the kind of husband to drag me to a game in the freezing cold rain or ditch me to watch it on TV. American football makes no sense.

 

 

 

 

Now you tell me which one is a better more intense watch. Long live Aussie Rules.

• He spends more money on clothes than I do. True Story.
• We are addicted to How I Met Your Mother. It is on right now. What's funny is that we never watched TV until we got Netflix. Life over. Sometimes we think we should get rid of it so we could do something productive... And then we laugh and watch the next episode.
• He is the clean one. Our sink is NEVER full of dishes. Bless him for that..
• We are both going to be teachers.
• He is the youngest of 13 kids. I am the oldest of 5. The funny thing is that we actually balance out..

Today is my parents 25th wedding anniversary. I look at them and hope with all my heart that Alex and I can go through what they have been through and come out as strong. I think we are off to a pretty good start ;)


“Sometimes,' said Pooh, 'the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.”
― A.A. Milne

Why Utah and I aren't friends- And why I'll keep trying

So I was born and raised an Aussie. 22 beautiful years spent amoung the Kangaroos and Gum Trees, the beautiful sandy beaches and the smell of tea trees after a good thunder storm. Then my parents decided to drop the U-Bomb. 

I had been to Utah before and WAS NOT IMPRESSED. I thought the people here were rude and even though the mountains were pretty cool it really wasn't anything special to write home about. So, after much contemplating (like 2 seconds) I decided to stay in Australia on my own, keep working at my lovely $22 an hour job and finish my schooling.  

And that's just what i did.

Life was swell. I would save up money, come visit my family for a couple months then return home to continue life. 

Even though it never really felt like home without them. I bloody love my family. I missed them like crazy every day and would find myself counting down the hours till i could Skype with them again. So when I met and fell in love with some crazy Provo boy on my visit here one year my stubbornness flew out the window and things started falling in place.

I had a return ticket that never got used...

Been here for almost 2 years and I pine for my beautiful Melbourne everyday.

I mean, come on, how could you NOT!!!

But today I realized something. I was blessed to get 2 tickets to the morning session of the LDS General Conference. That was this morning. On my way there I Passed 6 Temples. All within less than an hours drive.  Walking up to the conference center I saw respectable men all suited-up and women dressed modestly. I passed through 2 groups of random people all joining together singing hymns. Some generous person gave my Mum a ticket while she was standing in the stand-by line so we could all go in together. 

Now this probably sounds bizarre to anyone not of my faith. But to me, it was my idea of what heaven would be like. No where else in the world could you or would you ever experience so many people so united and working towards the same goal. Living the same lifestyle. Experiencing the same hardships. It came like a smack in the face how lucky I was. 

How I have been taking this for granted!!! I am surrounded by people who actually understand me, who are so kind and generous and good to the core. I am married to a man who is the epitome of all of these things. Some Provo boy who had just enough spunk to sway my heart into choosing a place I loathed so I could be with him. And how I love him for it.

Utah will always irk me in its own little ways. Like the hideous cold of the never ending snow season (which has already started ridiculously early this year) and awful drivers and cheap diners who have no idea what a good tip looks like. 

But all of those things are so small compared to the amount of blessing I receive living here.

I will quit complaining (Tryyyyy to anyway...) and start burying myself in funeral potatoes, fry sauce and crocheting. 

Our Beginning

So I probably should have started this a lonnngggg time ago. Been married for 9 months now. Shame on me. But I'm so excited to finally start some sort of record of life as a Cope! I want to look back and remember the little things. Like the time Alex blindfolded me and drove to a flower shop just to get me a rose, or the times he writes me guilty apology notes because he was playing video games way too late. Just those tiny things that would sound so commonplace to anyone else but to me makes my whole life go round and bring innumerable smiles. Yep, those are the things I want to remember years down the road..

This is Alex.

A goof sometimes, Obsessive-Compulsive most of the time, Adorable ALL the time.

I still cant believe he chose me.

This is Baby Pringles

Yes, she is probably the cutest thing you will ever see. Nothing is better than coming home from a rough day at work and watching her waddle around or curl up in a little spike ball (yes, it does hurt). BEST PET EVER

We were married in the Salt Lake Temple on the blessedly cold day of the 29th of December 2012

Best move I ever made 

I would not trade my little family for anything