23!

Today my wonderful husband is 23 years old! He is the most amazing man in the world, and I am so grateful to have him as my husband! He and I have been married for almost 10 months,and it just keeps getting better and better.

He makes everything better and makes me the happiest woman on earth. I truly appreciate all that he does for me, and I couldn't have expected to be married to someone so incredible. He makes my life exciting and happy,and I will love him forever!

Happy Birthday!

Today it is my sister Lila's Birthday! So, let me tell a few reasons why Joel and I love and respect Lila.

1. She is dedicated.

If she wants to do something, she is dedicated 110%! With everything in her life, and anything she is asked to do.

2. She is dependable.

We can always count on Lila to come through, even when it's hard.

3. She is fun to be with.

She is great to play games with and have discussions with. She always participates keeps people happy! *Joel and I want to play Mario Kart with her and John again*

4. She has a strong testimony.

We love listening to Lila teach about the Gospel and share her testimony.

5. She is a wonderful mother.

I love to watch her raise her beautiful daughter! She seems to always know what to say and do in the best interest of her child. I hope that when I have children I can be as wonderful as she is as a mother.

Well Lila, we love you and hope that you have an amazing birthday! You deserve the best!

The Albas

Serious Need for an UPDATE!

JULY

1. We went to the Alba family reunion, which was really fun! Everyone was so nice, and Joel and I really enjoyed the water fight...wait until next year...we'll get you all soaked! Here are some fun pictures.

2. Soon after, we went to my suegros on the 24th of July. This was fun as well...Tia Popa and Tio Jerry, we're sorry for attacking you with such LARGE amounts of water. They brought out a water slide for the little kids, and it ended up being for the adults apparently.

3. Poor Joel couldn't come with me to this next event, but it was so awesome that it definately needs to be included in the update list. My family and I went to the American Idol concert! When David Archuletta got on stage, I have never EVER heard such a loud, long, incredible applause in my life!! He did well, of course, Brooke did really well. She sang a version of Coldplay's "Yellow", and that was really cool. Syesha sang a version of "Listen" by Beyonce, and I was suprised at how well she did! I LOVE that song, and I thought she was going to slaughter it, but I was plesantly suprised. David Cook was good, even though he shouldn't have won, I did enjoy his performance. Of course, my favorite did amazing. I think I took about 170 pictures at the concert, and over half was for Jason Castro.

4. Joel and I went with my family to the Oakley, UT rodeo, and it was a blast! I love the rodeo!! The bronco riding is my favorite :D

5. Joel and I went to the Batman movie on opening night and decided to dress up a little bit ;)

AUGUST

1. Joel and I went to the Shakespeare Festival in Cedar City. We saw "Taming of the Shrew", "Two Gentlemen of Verona", "Cyrano De Bergerac", and "Fiddler on the Roof". Now, I know you're all thinking that the last two aren't Shakespeare plays. Well, I know. They only choose a handful of them to do every season and the rest are just famous plays. However, it was very fun and the plays were wonderful!

2. So, I'm a fan of the Twilight Series. I started reading them when I got sick and had a lot of time on my hands this summer and I really liked them. So, I decided to go to the book opening of the 4th book, "Breaking Dawn". Well, I went and got in line at 7:30am at Barnes and Noble to get a wristband to get a book and the store didn't open until 9. I thought I was going to be pretty early, but no. There were about 100 people in front of me! The lady who was first in line got there at 4am and stayed the night!! I made an interesting discovery...people who read these books are CRAZED FANATICS!!! The lady next to me in line had made a book of pictures from the movie coming out. It was extensive!! It was about 50 pages LAMINATED and BOUND! She was about 45 years old! The first lady in line was about the same age! Then I discovered the concept of a TWILIGHT MOM. This is a very broad generalization, but these women are nuts! I'm sorry if any of you are twilight moms, but I'm sure you're not the ones I'm talking about. They are so obsessed! They talk about these book as though it were a life and death story. These women have young children and they talk about taking weeks doing nothing but reading this book! They talk about neglecting children and dinners and dishes and laundry because they are so obsessed! The theme for the party that night was prom or nice dresses. Some older women wore their WEDDING DRESSES!! These people are nuts...but it was fun and I did like the book - not my favorite one, but I still liked it. Joel was kind enough to come with me.

Pics of the line at 9:15 am: all the way around target...

3. My tuition for grad school is really really expensive, and wen knew we wouldn't been taking a vacation for a long time. So, Joel and I decided to go to Disneyland for 3 days! I love Disneyland! It is the best place in the whole wide world! We had so so much fun! If anyone is going soon, the new Toy Story ride is AWESOME! The line is always long because they don't have Fast Passes for it yet, but it is well worth the wait!

4. While we were at Disneyland, I made reservations for us to go to ESPN Zone under my name. Well, when we got there the host got kinda fidgety and told us that they only had the green room or the back of the restaurant available. So, Joel and I thought that the restaurant was going to be full and we were going to have to be seated in a crappy place. As we go to get seated, the restaurant is empty...they take us to a side room with leather couches and our own TV. The host thought it was really JESSICA ALBA! So, Joel and I got to eat in one of the VIP rooms! Here is a video of the room and some pictures. :D

This is the husband speaking.

5. We have received the 4th season of The Office. Mind you, Dwight Schrute should be the hero of all little children everywhere. He is my hero, and should be yours also.

6. Cheese was created ..... somewhere.

7. One of my co-workers thought that it would be funny to create a Blog about me. I have choosen not to post the webpage due to the fact that 90 % of the facts on the blog are false. Mainly, the fact is that he thinks I look like Ernie from Seseame Street.

8. Jessica started Grad School. Which, mind you, is quite awsome. We will have a Dr. Alba in 3 years.

9. I dreamt of giant spiders singing poor renditions of John Lennon songs. Man can you imagine an 8 legged beast singing I am the Walrus? Weird. just weird.

My dearest friends, my wife and I are so very sorry for the neglagence that we have had in updating you in our personal lives please do not be upset, we do love each one of you like a toothache. We really do I promise! Here are some words of wisdom from the great mind of mine.

EAT CHEESE

Thank you,

The Famous Joel Albas

Some Tagging

My sister Lila tagged me :)

Ten years ago - I was ten years old in the summer before 5th grade.  I don't really remember anything important about this summer though...Joel was 12 in the summer before the big, bad 7th grade.  

Five things I would like to get done today - Start painting my living room, get the laundry done, cook dinner for my hubby, clean the bedroom, and unload at least one of the boxes from moving. 

Things I would do with $1,000,000 - Donate to cancer research, donate to diabetes research, pay for grad school for Joel and I, maybe buy a house, help finance the building of a temple. ( I think I could only pick one of these, but these are just some ideas )

Places I have lived - Utah (about 8 different houses here); St. Louis, MI ; Boston, MA.  Joel I think has just lived in Utah ;)

I have decided to tag: Jana and Zac , Tia Nancy , Melissa and Brad , Adam and Andrea , and Abby and Mike

Rules of Tagged - Each player answers the questions themselves. At the end of the post the player then tags 5 - 6 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment letting them know that they've been tagged and asking them to read your blog. Let the person who tagged you know when you've posted your answers.

Fathers Day

We just wanted to wish all the dads out There a Happy Fathers day! Especially my dad, Guelito, John and my father in law, Bryan We hope you guys had a fun and wonderfull day yesterday!

Love the JJ Albas'

Gas Bubble

So I figured it was about time to finally write another blog, it had been a while, and besides, it was time to do so. As I sit here in deep thought as to what I should write, a sudden pain in my head goes off, and I realize that I'm thinking too hard. Anyway, here's the quick update as to how my honey and I Jess are doing.

Jess and I have had a heck of a month, First off, Jess and I obviously, got a new car after the fiasco that came from our trip to St. George. We got a Scion XB that my wife has graciously named the Toaster, Then for those of you who don't know, my dearest had been sick for quite some time. We really didn't know what was wrong with her, we had gone to a total of about 3 or 4 doctors to see what the blue cheese was going on, but sadly no one really knew. Then for those of you that don't know my sweet heart clogs, and dances in competitions. To be honest she is ranked among the best in the nation as a Female Freestyle Clogger. (I'm not saying that because she's my wife mind you, she really is.) Any who, this past month, we had a few competitions to attend to, and it was a blast to see my wifey compete. She did very well pending the fact that she had been sick for about 2 months prior to the competitions.

Finally we where able to find a specialist that could help my baby feel better, and it turns out that they wanted to take out her gallbladder. So last Monday the 9 of June, Jessica is no longer with a Gallbladder. so right now she's at home recovering. Any who, that's pretty much about it for us this month. Oh yeah, Sara Lee Cheesecake Ice Cream is soooooo Good! Try it, you'll fall in love!

Frustrations and Satisfactions

Well I'm still sick and I'm about to punch any doctor I see square in the nose! I went to the emergency room last week, and the doctor just blew it off as acid reflux and sent me home. He gave me some prescriptions - prilosec for an acid stablizer, promethazine for nausea, and lortab for pain. I will never ever take another lortab while awake again! They make feel so awful, not to mention I forget things on them. Joel told me wewent places and I don't remember a thing. So, a week and a half later I the only thing I can keep down me is mashed potatoes and popcicles. I have severe stomach pain and have never been so dizzy in my life. Joel was sweet and took me back to the doctor's office this morning. The doctor there was at least nice and willing to help. I had some blood work done and an ultra sound to see if everything is okay, but I won't hear back from the radiologist until Monday. In the mean time, I'm just on some stronger promethazine, some protonix, and some tramadol for the pain.

On an awesome note, Joel did so well this semester! He got a 3.58! I'm so proud of him :) He worked so hard this last semester to do well! I owe him a big thanks for being so wonderful, especially since I've been so ill. And my incredibly adorable sobrina, Olivia, turned one on Wednesday! She is so so cute! We love her so much!