Marriage Survey

1. Where did you meet your spouse for the first time?

In Spanish class our sophomore year in high school

2. What is your spouse's full name:

Gregory John Nichols

3. Do you have any house pets:

1 cat: Fyre and 1 fish: Tarsish

4. Do you own a house or rent:

We rent a 1 bedroom condo in Flagstaff

5. Do you live in the country or city:

In the city, right behind NAU campus

6. What is one of your favorite activities together:

Right now Greg has a broken leg so we can’t do much, but we love to ski and snowboard together at Snowbowl and Durango!

7. Do you have a favorite vacation spot:
 Camping in the woods

8. When did you first kiss?

We kissed at midnight on New Year’s Eve five days after we started daing.


 9. What church do you attend?


Grace Community Church in Flagstaff and Trinity Baptist Church in Mesa

10. Where were you married?

We were married in Mesa at Trinity Baptist Church

11. What town is your current address at:
Flagstaff



12. Do you work or stay at home:


Right now I work and go to school. I am graduating in May from NAU

13. Where did you go on your honeymoon:


We went on a cruise to the Caribbean. We went to Jamaica, Cayman Islands, and Mexico.

14.What was the funniest gift you gave when dating?


We didn't really have any 'funny' gifts...

15. Who asked who out?


I told Greg I liked him when we went to Homecoming with a bunch of our friends. We didn’t start dating officially until a few months later.

 16. How old are each of you?


He'll be 23 in October, and I will turn 22
in March.


17.Where do you each work or go to school?


We both attend NAU. I work at DCI Biologicals as a medical receptionist/phlebotomist. Greg works for NAU as the orchestra librarian.

18. Did you go to the same school?


Yes both high school and college.

19. Are you from the same home town?


Yes we lived 5 minutes from each other

20. Who is smarter?


We are both smart in our own areas



21. Who is more sensitive?


I am for sure…

22.Where do you eat out most as a couple?


Chili’s, its just down the street from our place.

23. Where is the furthest you two have traveled together as a couple?


The Caribbean 



24.Who has the craziest exes?


Neither of us really have any crazy exes

25. Who has the worse temper?


We each have a different sort of temper...I tend to get upset more quickly, but I'm not explosive. It takes Greg FOREVER to get really mad, he is more stoic and doesn’t really express his anger.

26. Who does the cooking?


Usually I do right now because Greg has a broken leg. Before that we shared the cooking

27. Who is more social?
Greg



28. Who is the neat-freak?


That would be me!

29. Who is more stubborn?


We both have our moments…

30. Who hogs the bed?


We're pretty good at sharing, but Greg definitely hogs the covers.

31. Who wakes up earlier?


Depends on our class and work schedule, but most of the time Greg does.

32. Where was your first date?

He took me to dinner after my state dive meet. We went to Native New Yorker and had a great time!

33.Who had more boyfriends/girlfriends?


We are even.



34. Do you get flowers often?


No flowers usually indicate a wrong doing.

35. How do you spend the holidays?


Going back and forth between both our families.



36. How long did it take to get serious?


Just a few months.



37. Who eats more?


Greg, DUH!


38. Who does the laundry?


Usually me. But greg helps out when he can/wants to.



39. Who’s better with the computer?

Definitely Greg. He is a computer genesis in my opinion.

40. Leave a piece of advice for the other couples.


Every relationship/marriage should be about the other person. Being selfless is the most important thing. Without truly loving one another there is no remove for growth in your marriage!

Update on Greg

I thought I should let everyone know how Greg is doing from his broken leg. He had surgery a week and a half ago in Flagstaff. They placed a titanium rod in his right leg to help the break heal. He was in the hospital for 3 days. That was a rough 3 days. He was suppose to be able to go home on The Friday after his surgery, but he started having chest pains and could keep his oxygen sats above 90% without help. They did a CT scan of his chest to make sure he hadn't thrown a clot. Luckily the scan came back clean of clots, but the scan picked something else up in Greg's chest. THey said it was a nodule above his heart that should be kept an eye on. He is to have another CT scan in 6 months to make sure that what they had found wasn't growing or becoming a problem. Thats a little scary to think about, but we are trusting God that there will be good news and the nodule they found in his chest is nothing. Greg is back at school and back to a pretty normal routine. His pain has gotten better, but is still there. This upcoming Wednesday 2/3, he is getting his stitches out from the surgery and will be given a walking cast. He will still have to use his crutches, but hopefully they will be able to let him slowly stop using his crutches. He is anxious to get back to normal. Its been tough to get around because of all the ice and snow still on the ground from the massive storms that past through Flagstaff that dumped 5 feet of snow in roughly 3-4 days. Its also been hard for him to move around our apartment due to small spaces. However, he is managing. I am so proud of him! Greg has handled this situation so well and has never given up. I am doing everything I can to help him in his time of need! Here are pics after his surgery of the rod and screws they put in his leg.

So this is what he got for skiing and trying something new. I don't think he will ever try moguls ever again. Greg should be completely healed in another 4-6 weeks from now. Impressive huh?!?!

Ski Trip 2010

We went on our Annual Ski Trip to Durango, Colorado. Our trip started out with the morning of we woke up with no heat in our apartment and the furnace blowing cold air. It was 58 degrees in our apartment and there was still packing and preparing to be done. That was not what we needed to deal with. Anyways we were able to get it fixed before we left and we have heat again. We left once our church group made it to Flagstaff and got on our way. We arrived in Durango, CO and to our cabin about 9pm. We got settled and have a great time hanging out with friends and getting to know new people. Then we headed to bed for the first day of skiing and snowboarding. We had a great day! We were so tired by the end of the day but totally worth it. We got to ski and board with a lot of different people the first day! We were on the back side of the mountain most of the day and had some great runs. Once we were done on the mountain we all headed back to the cabin for dinner. Once dinner was over we had our first worship session and teaching from God. It was an amazing night. Once we were done, we played do you love my neighbor? That was a lot of fun! The second day was another great day of skiing and snowboarding. Greg and I were able to spend the entire day together on the mountain! We spent a lot of quality time together and had some great conversations. We called it early on the mountain because by 2pm we were exhausted and wanted to save our strength for our last day. For our third and final day of skiing we decided to go up as a group and get some video footage. It was going really well. One of Greg's goals was to try moguls. It was the last day so it decided to give it a go. The first one he fell but was ok. The second one he went down his ski got caught and he continued to fall. Because his ski boot didn't pop out of the ski his leg twisted and he heard a pop. He was skied down by ski patrol and had x-rays taken. Its a Spiral fracture of his right tibia that may require surgery to set back in the proper place. We will find out tomorrow once he sees the orthopedic surgeon. Please keep Greg in your prayers and pray for no surgery! I will keep everyone updated.

They skied him down the rest of the mountain in the "sled" to the clinic to check out his leg.

I also got video of him breaking his leg. If I can figure out how to post it I will. Its not too bad, but you can definitely tell something went wrong...