So I finally put together the shots that we had into a little video.  It is not the usual Kellandis Production, but I did the best that I could in the circumstance.  Kelli wasn't there and I had to edit it all by myself, and I didn't even have my video camera. So be it!

Well, we've been home for almost a week and now been married for slightly over 2 months!  Little to report though, just getting back to the everyday. Still trying to move in, and just trying to get in a good habit and routine for keeping up with the laundry and cleaning.  I never really have been very good at cleaning or organizing so I'm really trying to turn that around and get into a good habit of it, and break my bad, lazy habits that drive Teiler nuts.  I guess that's newlywed...or just married life. Haha. We are doing good though. Also been playing around with cooking. We ate out so much and so much junk and fast food on our trip that eating healthy has been a welcome delight.  Having not had a kitchen that I really felt comfortable in since I lived with my parents, I'm really enjoying cooking dinners.  Getting a lot of great recipes and experimenting.  The George Foreman is a savior in our little makeshift kitchen. A double burner, toaster oven, microwave, and George Foreman, you can almost cook anything.  And I haven't really made anything horrible, gotten us sick, or burned anything, so I feel like I'm doing pretty good.  There should be some sort of class for new wives.

So we finally made it home.  It's nice to be home, to sleep in our own bed and to get back to the routine of life, though we both will miss New Orleans always.  Although coming back to reality has it's own way of biting back, like the laundry that has taken me three days to get back on track, restoring food to the house, and bills that seemed to be waiting for us with a sadistic smirk.

In our last week we got to go tour Old New Orleans Rum distillery.  It was amazing! All and all we got to do most of the things we wanted to. 

Germans, beer, bratwurst... what more could you ask for? We had an amazing time at Deutsche Hause. Hope it stays around. We will be leaving here on Wednesday.  I'm gonna miss everyone so much that the sadness is always looming that we will be leaving here.  It's wierd how I was only here 2 months in relief work, yet this feels like a second home so easily.  Who knows, maybe one day it will be...

So after a long and stressful trip from New Mexico to New Orleans we finally made it.  The second we saw our friends it made the whole ordeal worth it.  You know you have good friends when you don't see them for 3 years but when you finally do it's like no time has gone by.  This is my first time in New Orleans since relief work 3 years ago.  Although a lot has changed, a lot has stayed the same.  It makes a great impact to see the destruction still so apparent.  A lot of our friends have learned American Sign Language to help others learn about Jehovah.  And I got to go to my first ASL meeting.  It was quite amazing and fun! For Teiler and me this is a great trip to share.  We went by the coffee shop where we first became better friends, went by the relief center where we first met and have been sharing stories and memories from when we didn't really know eachother that well.  We are having a great time and taking lots of video and pictures.... Though I don't have much to show right now... But here are a few from the roadtrip...

So tommorrow we get to finally leave Gallup... A town you can drive in about ten minutes and see all of the sites.  There is a self proclaimed world famous hotel, and many abandoned or rundown motels.  Needless to say that I'm not going to really miss it.  But I can't wait to go to New Orleans.  Here are a few more pictures of our trip so far!!!

Roadtrips have always equaled fun adventure in my book.  So Teiler and me decided that we would tag along with his parents to New York, a month long trip.  Needless to say, we didn't make it to New York.  We got a bit stranded in Gallup, New Mexico.  We are making the best of it though, and actually it's the balloon fiesta in Albuquerque, so we will have fun! Did you know they have the longest tram in the world there.  You find out all sorts of interesting things when you are stranded.  One day I'll have to share the story of Highway Harry.  Haha.  More pics to follow.  Only unloaded one camera so far. 

A little Kellandis history lesson today.  The friendship of Kelli and I really bloomed in October of 2006 when we had our first real adventure together serving as disaster relief workers in New Orleans after Katrina.  It's where it all began. It's where we first realized just how much fun you could have with a camcorder and silly people.  This trip even led to the first ever Kellandis production, Nola Fun.  So tomorrow, Teiler and I leave, without Kelli (saddest thing ever!) and we travel on our first adventure together as a married couple.  Open road, a motorhome, his parents and us.  We are driving to New York, where his parents will travel on to Italy, and then we journey back to New Orleans, to where we first met.  In fact, the person taking the picture, a mere name on a shirt who we had just met, turned out to be Teiler, the husband.  So it is a 3 year anniversary of sorts.  I couldn't be more excited.  We will be getting some fun shots, even just with our little cam to make some sweet mini vids. Minisodes are going to be our new thing I'm pushing with Kelli.  We have a bunch of random video from this past year that we need to do stuff with.  It's kind of a fun video diary of our life and random creative thoughts and quandries.  So stay tuned.

So it's about midnight.  Teiler is working on getting our sink just right in our place.  Getting settled takes a lot of time and effort.  We have been back for about two weeks and it still feels like we are moving in, but it's fun.  We are loving it.  Thought I would share my three new favorite songs that are getting a lot of attention on my ipod.  First of all the Avett Brothers, especially I and Love and You.  So pretty.  Most likely will get some air time on our next video.  I also love Jason Wade's version of You Belong to Me, which is actually what we danced to at our wedding, the version that is, but it was played live by one of our best friends.  And my other recent find was Priscilla Ahn.  She has a pretty sound, not quite what I usually would exactly go for, but I'm trying to widen out.  This pic is from the night before we got married.  We just outright partied.  Kelli had brought left over party hats from something random, and we went to a park that overlooked the city with it's lights.  The boys played guitar and we all sang and laughed and danced and had a wonderful night.  It was the perfect night.  A night everyone should have before they get married.