Sunday, June 24, 2012

Space


Well, it has been an amazing week.  Looking back, I cannot believe how we had been living before the advent of a six shelve book case that is approximately 6 1/2 feet tall and 2 1/2 feet wide.  The boxes of books that we had have been emptied as you can see by all of the books filling the bookcase.  We bought it at IKEA and I got to put it together while I watched the Incredible Hulk TV show from the 70s and Brooke cataloged books that she will be taking to her class (yes, we own more books than are in the shelf above ;-) I love that TV series. Anyways, back to the story of space.  We could finally see the floor of our front room after weeks of wondering if there was carpet or if the floor had always been made up of books, papers, and boxes.  It is a beautiful sight.  However, even this behemoth of a bookcase to hold things, it has not been enough.  We still have boxes with books in them that will stay at home instead of going to school.  We lucked out though, as you will see in a moment.


Yesterday, Brooke and I took a trip to Layton to be with my mother, father, brother Erik and his wife Suzanne.  We went to the movie Brave, a gripping girl power animation.  I did like the movie and  the top but the message is clear: We the women of the world no longer wish to be saved by a man.  I think it is good for women to not be waiting for a man to save them.  Yet the movie also left room for the beauty of a healthy relationship between men and women.

We also had food from the Rumbi grill (Get the fish tacos!) and played Monopoly Deal.  All of this connects with the space in our apartment because my mom allowed us to take my old bookcase from when I was in high school and I hope that will help us get the rest of the books into an organized manner.  Anyways, thanks for taking an interest in our life!  Comments are appreciated.

Sunday, June 17, 2012

4 MONTHS

So...we were thinking about names for our blog and blog addresses.  We thought it would be fun to put our last names together.  Gilopham seemed the best choice since Toplis just sounds wrong.  Don't you think?  Not exactly the picture we wanted to create.  :)

We have been married now for four months tomorrow! Wahoo! For our four month anniversary (yes newlyweds count by the month for anniversaries :-), we went to Temple Square in Salt Lake City Utah this past Friday.  We visited the temple, ate at this new cafe in the Joseph Smith building, listened to music in the old tabernacle, and went and looked at the Christus statue.

It was all very beautiful.  We were especially impressed by the cafe we ate at; it is called the Nauvoo Cafe.  Brooke ordered a roast beef sandwich and David got half a Coca Cola Pork sandwich and a cup of tomato Basil soup.  It tasted wonderful but the food was not the best part.  The guy who helped us, his name is Roman, was from the pacific islands.  He greeted us with a big smile, asking us about where we were from and sharing a little about himself.  It was a blast.