It's Official

I'm not very good at this blogging thing. So many things have happened since I last wrote. We went to California for a couple weeks before school started to see family and just relax. It was nice to get away, but it's weird to feel as if Idaho is really our home now. I guess wherever we are together is our home, and I'm okay with that! We got to bring up my cute dog Taxi! I think he likes Idaho so far, but he may or may not change his mind when it starts to snow. He doesn't like water-- what kind of lab doesn't like water? Who knows, but he's in for a big surprise. Next exciting thing-- we announced the pregnancy! I'm 13 weeks along, and the little one is as healthy as can be. We are so excited to become parents! Expect updates, even if they are a bit delayed (: School has started, and it's been a rough semester for both of us already! That just means we'll both be learning a ton over these next few months. I love learning, it's just hard sometimes! Anyways, that's the update for now! Hopefully the next pone will be more interesting and include pictures.

We Love Summer!

It's been great not having to worry about assignments that are due, or what tests are coming up, etc. We finally get to relax, well sort of. Jeff works 30 hours/week on campus doing custodial work and also works for Vector selling Cutco knives. I'm so blessed to have such a hard working husband. I landed a job at good ol' Kmart, but I also have a second interview for Applebee's tomorrow, so we'll see how that goes! It's been a great summer so far. My younger, not-so-little, brother is up visiting for about a month! I love having him here, and we have been having a lot of fun.

I woke up before him the other day and saw him sleeping, and couldn't resist taking a picture. He's just so dang cute! Jeff took him up to R Mountain the other day so he could test out his new sling shot he just got, but they forgot to take a camera with them, so no pictures from that! 

Yesterday after Jeff got back from work, we took Ronnie to Wingers for the first time, and what did he order? A hamburger, but I guess that works! Remembered to take some pictures there! It was great because we get those iHappi text discount things, so dinner was buy one get one free. We got 4 meals for the price of 2. Needless to say, Jeff was a happy camper.


 

We spent the rest of the night playing Life (after I had an awesome phone call from a good friend), while they laughed at me because I always have the worst luck in the game. Ronnie was a vet that made 140,000 every payday, Jeff was a doctor that made 150,000 every payday and I was a hairstylist that made 30,000 every payday and landed on every bad space possible. Despite my luck, I had a great time. I love these two boys more than words can describe. I'm reminded everyday how I blessed I am when it comes to family.

That's all for now! We are supposed to go on a few adventures this weekend, so hopefully that works out and I'll be able to share it! Today is going to be a great day, I can feel it!

Recap on the past 3 months

April 14, 2011 was the best day of my life! It was the day that I got to be sealed to my best friend for all eternity. It seemed as if that day would never come, so when it finally did, it seemed unreal! I had been dreaming of that day for two years, and it still fully exceeded my expectations. I can remember driving to the temple with Jeff, both if us having a heart attack because of how nervous we felt. As soon as I saw him after I changed into my wedding dress, I felt completely at ease. I was looking at my husband. We were lucky enough to have our families and close friends there at the temple to share our special day with us. Tynan, the photographer, did such a great job. We still haven't had the time to print any of our wedding pictures out, but we will soon! That was the start of the happiest days I have ever experienced. Jeff still is, and always will be the best decision I have ever made.

The next day was the receptions; it was so fun! All of our amazing friends helped put it together with my awesome Mom and Linda Ortega leading the way. There was great food, dancing, and lots of memories made. Our first dance was to "Drive My Soul" by Lights. It was perfect. I am so grateful for all of the help we got with the reception. It turned out so wonderful. To have our friends and family there to celebrate the beginning of our new life together was such a blessing.

The day after the reception, we headed back up to Idaho to move into our first place, the Templeview Apartments! Don't let the name fool you, we could not see the temple from our apartment HAHA. Our second Sunday there, we decided to go for a drive, and found our way to the awesome train tracks out in the middle of nowhere, Idaho. We decided it would be a good place for a picture, hence the great photo on your left. We made some great friends in the ward, but decided we wanted to find a place that was a little less cramped. Two months after we moved in, we moved out! Our new place was a townhouse with a modern look to it. It was great, until the owners decided they wanted to sale it instead of rent it out, so two weeks after moving in there, we had to move again. Now we are living in a great townhouse in the Meadows, and we couldn't be happier. We have established our home, and plan on staying here for the rest of our time up here at BYU-I.

Welp, that's what we've been doing for the past three months. Hopefully I won't only update this every three months, though :) We are hoping that this will help us remember to take pictures more often, because we always forget.