Thanksgiving Point

First of all, let it be known that I'm blogging something within a week of doing it. Unheard of, I know.

Summer is coming to an end and it breaks my heart. Even though I've had roughly four months off from school it still doesn't seem like enough time. There are so many things I was planning to do that I just never got around to. But! My sisters and I wanted to make the most of our last week together so we took advantage of Thanksgiving Point's two dollar Tuesday deal! Along with every other woman and child in the Salt Lake and Utah counties. 

We headed out pretty early (8:45) (that's early for us) and got to the gardens a little after nine. It was slightly overcast and not very hot. We saw almost the whole thing before the crowds and the hot sunshine came. It was so peaceful and so beautiful. I loved all the different trees and flowers. Who knew it was so beautiful? :)

Chantel is always up to being in pictures. 

She looked so pretty with the Italian Garden :)

So many Koi fish! I thought they were going to start eating each other.

Along with not being able to wake up early, we also have the HARDEST time deciding where to eat. We sat in my car in the Firehouse Subs parking lot for 30 minutes trying to decide where to go. We finally decided to just go to Firehouse. We walked in, I took one sniff, and said "I don't like the smell here. We gotta go somewhere else." And then we ended up at Smashburger. It was a good choice.

After lunch we were gonna hit the farm! By then it was noon and everyone and their dog (child) was at TP. The line to pay to get into the farm was insane. But we waited and waited and then got to enjoy the cute animals. Even though curly haired boy kept getting in the way at the rabbit cages.

How often do you see the stereotypical black and white cow? 

Not very often.

It deserved a picture.

Feeding the little goats was my favorite part :)

Kaylee decided to be a thug that day.

SL represent.

We went on the tractor ride and the driver was so funny.

And we literally drove slower than a person walks.

But it gave us time to take selfies :)

After we said goodbye to the animals we washed up and headed over to the Museum of Ancient Life. If I've ever been there before it was a long long time ago. It was a neat place! But again, there were so many running, screaming children it was hard to look at things long or read the information plaques. We still learned a lot and enjoyed the "fossils" :) Chantel taught us what she teaches her kindergartners about dinosaurs. So it was pretty good :)

After we got out we were all pretty tired of walking but not quite ready for our day of fun to end. We decided to go see the Great White Shark 3D movie because the movies were discounted too. I accidentally fell asleep for a bit but the movie was good! I've never been a huge shark fan but when you live in Utah they aren't exactly a threat... 

We safely made it home (despite my terrible driving skills) and realized that we didn't have one single fight all day long! Even though the three of us are separated by 15 years we still tend to act like sisters do and argue over dumb things. But this day we didn't. And it was the most perfect day. And it will go down in history as one of the best days we've ever spent together. 

If you've got nothing to do the next couple Tuesdays, GO! It is super cool and the August discount is awesome. Most of the stuff regularly costs $15! The gardens were my favorite and I recommend them to anyone! 

Thanks for a fun day, sisters! I love you guys :)

DFTBA

You Make My Dreams Come True

You know those pictures of your grandparents

where they are sitting on the porch 

in chairs holding hands,

just like this one?

Last October we took this picture

so that when we are old

our grandchildren could have a picture of us 

just like that.

We want to look back at this picture and

think of all the wonderful things that

we have done together.

I already look back at this and

think about what has happened

in almost a year.

I could never say enough times

how grateful I am for a man 

who makes my dreams come true

every. single. day.

I don't feel like I have given up

anything to be married.

I still get to go to college,

pursue my career,

spend time with my family,

and be lazy sometimes.

I don't have to give up on my dreams.

Scott is only here to help me accomplish them.

And even better, I get to

come home to the most handsome man,

eat, sleep, and live with a companion,

plan for the future with one constant in mind,

and laugh and cry and play

with my best friend

every. single. day.

I love him so much.

I could never, ever

say that enough.

Why I Loved My Wedding

Scott and I have been married for five months TODAY. I can hardly believe it. It seems like it has flown by yet I feel like we've been here forever. I've been thinking a lot about our wedding day and the time leading up to it. I've been thinking a lot about our sealing ceremony and our reception as I have attended several of those for our friends this summer. I can't help but envy those who have beautiful flowers in their wedding pictures. We got married in February where everything was deader than dead. It wasn't even beautifully snow-covered. Just dead. I can't help but envy those who have perfect little decorations that probably took hours to make. I can't help but envy how beautiful some brides look. I wish I would have taken more time getting ready and making myself look good. But truthfully, I didn't HAVE the time. I was literally doing homework two days before our wedding. I had a huge project due Wednesday and I had to get it done before the wedding or it never would have happened.
I sometimes regret not waiting until the "normal" time of year to have a wedding. I hated having to go back to school just a few days after we were married. And then still having two months of school left. It sucked, I tell you.
But honestly, I loved our wedding. I loved loved loved it. I can't tell you one single thing that wasn't perfect about it. (Except of course...all the dead everything.) We got engaged on September 20th and we had already picked our date... February 15th. The only thing special about it is that it was President's Day weekend so we had an extra day off of school. We later realized it was also the day after Valentine's Day. Oops.
The next morning was a Saturday and we were off to Magnolia Grove to book our reception. I couldn't wait another minute. I had to have my wedding there. I mean, it's gorgeous. Scott called and booked the temple. We planned our sealing for the perfect time of 11 am. After that day I felt like nothing else mattered. We had our temple and reception center booked. Everything else were just minor details.
It wasn't super hard to plan because I already knew what I wanted for our wedding. (I'm going to be so creepishly honest right now..) I have had a crazy obsession crush on Scott for most of my life since I met him. Before he left on his mission we sort of talked about maybe one day having a life together. It was nothing serious and it was nothing that kept me from living my life. But man, I sure did mentally plan out our entire wedding for quite a while after he left. So really, I had already done all the specific planning. Turns out it wasn't such a waste of time after all ;)
I believe in formal weddings. I believe in tuxedos and veils and roses and matching bridesmaid dresses and wedding lines. These are things that are dying away and that kills me. You get ONE day in your life to be fancy. Embrace it! I'm happy people were nice and let me have what I wanted. While it was pretty simple, it was so beautiful. I loved it.
Everything ran so smoothly and our families didn't have to spend all night cleaning up after us. That is something I'm very thankful for. I'm also thankful that we were the only people having a wedding at the time. I know this may sound selfish and terrible but I loved all the attention. I loved that almost everyone we invited came. We sent out over 400 announcements and got a huge turn out. I loved feeling important and loved. It was so nice to see people I haven't seen in ages. And to meet (literally everyone) who knows and loves my husband. It was a very special day. I wouldn't trade it for anything. And I wouldn't trade my wonderful husband for anything.

Happy five months to my sweet boy.

I love him with all my heart.

DFTBA

Photo Credit

Birthday Weekend!

Scott was pretty adamant about letting me pick exactly what we did all weekend for my birthday. He's a real sweetie pie. So naturally, we had the best weekend ever.

Thursday we both worked all day and by the time we got home I was too lazy/tired to cook anything. I told Scott I wanted to order pizza and with the happiest look on his face he said "REALLY?!" :)

Just look at that delicoiusness.

We're keeping Dominos in business.

The next day was the 4th and we both had to work all day again. I wore the It's My Birthday badge at work because I do what I want. And I wasn't working my actual birthday but still wanted a chance to wear it. Our owner came in to drop off checks and he hugged me and told me to have the best birthday ever. He's such a sweet man.

After work I went to my parents house to eat spaghetti and wait for Scott to get off work. We were planning to go to the Sandy parade and watch the fireworks like we had done the year before. But since we weren't actually IN the parade it sounded less and less fun every minute. My family was going to the Bees game and suggested we just go and sit on the grass. So that's just what we did. :)

It was hot and sunny and packed. About the 6th inning my mom texted me and told me there were two empty seats right by them so we fought through the crowds to get to them. It was a good decision. It was nice to be back where we always sit. I have never and will never sit on the grass again. Section 106 or bust. We had a perfect view for the fireworks :)

We moved just in time for the pretty sunset!

Dat iPhone doe

My sister thinks she's so cool

(She kind of is)

Saturday was my birthday! I danced around and couldn't believe that I was finally 20. Scott went to get eggs and came back with donuts and a card. There isn't much in this life better than sugar donuts and Scott's scrambled eggs. He knows me well.

Then I showered and started getting ready while he cleaned the ENTIRE apartment. I just thought he was waiting to shower and whatnot because he didn't want the steam in the bathroom to ruin my hair. (which was partly true...) But he was actually just killing time waiting for the delivery man to bring me these beauties :)

Then we headed for the mall. He told me I had a $400 limit. (HA! LIKE I WOULD EVER SPEND THAT MUCH ON CLOTHES.) He was so cute and so patient while I tried on a million things at a hundred different stores. I was eventually done and we went to Chick Fil A. I got a free shake! And then we went home so I could get ready (again) to go to dinner. My family met us at Macaroni Grill! Then we went back to my parents house for cake and whatnot. Scott surprised me with the sweetest gift. He had collected little happy birthday/why Kara is awesome messages from a bunch of my friends and family and put them in a book with some of my bridal pictures. It was so fun to see all the nice things people wrote to me. It was such a thoughtful present and I absolutely loved it. As well as the Urban Decay foundation and scarf/cardigan outfit my sisters gave me :)

Kaylee made me flag cake.

I loooooveeee flag cake.

I loved my new outfit :)

Notice: Scott and Kaylee are the only people who like to take pictures with me.

That's why they are the only people featured in this blog post.

Sunday we had church in the morning and then after we went to see Scott's family. They had been camping all weekend and were totally beat. I pretty much just took a nap and played with the cats. My two favorite things. :) Then we went over to my family's house for a BBQ with my grandparents. It was fun and delish. I love that our families are two minutes from each other. It makes holidays/events so much easier. After dinner Scott and I helped Kaylee clean her room. That was quite the task! Eventually we went home and I enjoyed my new VS jammies. I got them for $16 and it was amazing.

Birthday weekend was a success! I'm happy to finally be 20 :)

DFTBA

Date Week

Because Jamba was moving all last week, I worked 8-5 and had every night off. For the first time ever. For a whole week. It was a rare occasion and Scott and I wanted to make the most of it!

Monday we just stayed home and enjoyed a delicious meal of stuffed peppers and watched way too many episodes of Secret Life. This is when we decided we weren't going to spend the rest of the week sitting on the couch.

The bae enjoying his cookies and milk

Tuesday we went to dinner at Zupas and I got Scott to give pesto a second chance. (He loved it) Then we drove down Redwood until we stumbled upon Nicklecade. I had never been before and it was super fun! Then we got sundaes at Arctic Circle.

Getting him to make a normal face is harder than you think

#selfie

This is what roughly 200 tickets will get you at Nickelcade

We clearly got our $10 worth

Wednesday we went "ballroom dancing". Scott is a Young Men's leader and attends mutual every Wednesday night. They were having a combined activity with a man from BYU's BDC and Scott invited me to come. The guy taught us a few different dances and I did pretty okay. I'm not really a dancer so it was nice to do something new! After we went to the Taylorsville library to check the place out and get some books. And I didn't take any pictures because I'm a bad blogger blah blah blah...

Thursday night Scott met up with me after I got off work and we got pedicures at the nail place next to the new Jamba. Scott actually enjoyed it a lot. He asked me so many times why more guys don't get pedicures. I think he's right. They're amazing!

Excuse my "I just moved for 8 hours" look

Friday Scott had work off and he got to come to work with me! He was such a good helper. It was nice to have him there! He gets along really well with the staff and we laughed a lot. I had to go to a work meeting that night so we didn't get to do anything fun, but it was nice to spend the day together. Again, with the bad blogger thing...

I loved date week so much. It seems like we're always so busy trying to fit everything in and we don't have nearly the time we would like to spend together. This week has been so much harder because we went back to our regular schedule.

Well, kind of.

Sunday night (as in five days ago) we were sitting around the fire at my parents house talking about places we could go for a summer vacation/honeymoon. My sister-in-law suggested that we go on a cruise. I kind of laughed because cruises are expensive and we probably couldn't pull it off this summer anyway. But, she found a super great deal for a cruise leaving THIS SUNDAY. We came home and realistically talked about it and decided that if Scott could get work off we could go. He texted me a 8 am and said he got the time off and that we should book it. I panicked and went to my parents house again and asked for help booking everything. It all happened so fast! But! We're going to Alaska. THIS SUNDAY. I can't wait to finally have a real honeymoon vacation since we couldn't miss school in February. It's going to be great. Yay for summer and yay for spontaneous vacations. I'm so so so excited. 

So this week has been filled with packing and planning and shopping and all sorts of things. It's been crazy and our apartment is a mess but I can't wait to get away and be with my cute husband. We deserve it. And we are SO ready for a vacation!

DFTBA

Ode to Jamba

Jamba Juice Jordan Landing

My second home

my sweetest friend

I can't believe

this is the end

All those times

you saved my life

You even saw me

become a wife

You watched me grow

You watched me cry

You even watched me

date a really terrible guy

You gave me money

And lots of it

I kinda wish 

I hadn't spent most of it on... crap

You've seen the spills, 

the cuts, and slips

You know our deepest, 

darkest secrets

You've made me friends

both young and old

You've showed me how 

to be more bold

You ruined two pairs

of my favorite shoes

You taught me how 

to deal with youth

I know it's hard

to say goodbye

But I'll see you soon

right next to Best Buy

We're moving on Monday

and it's kind of sad

But a brand new store

will make everyone glad

I love you, Jamba

with all my heart

I'll never forget 

what it was like to start

Working for you 

has been so fun

I cannot wait until 

this new chapter has begun

Spring 2014

Can we just have a moment of silence for all the times I just wanted to give up, quit going, and drop out... but didn't?

I. SURVIVED. THIS. SEMESTER.

I can't say it enough. I can't jump up and down enough.

All those 14 hour Wednesdays.

All those late nights writing papers at the last second that I magically got A's on.

All those tears and fears and worries.

I made it.

Oh, and I got married in the middle of February. 

So there's that. 

My four classes were actually really good though! I learned so much. I really feel like I'm gaining knowledge and skills that I will need for the future.
News writing turned out to be pretty great! I ended up with a B+. But! It wasn't because I was lazy or negligent... I just suck at journalism. So at least I know I shouldn't pursue that as a career. But I'm glad I took the class. I learned a lot about writing and the way the news industry works. I appreciate it so much more now. Scott and I have a subscription to the news paper on weekends and it makes me happy. I feel like a real grown up.

Living in a media world was a freakin cake walk! I only had formal class once a week. The busy work was obnoxious but certainly not hard. I got an A and enjoyed having an easy, entertaining class to help me get through Wednesdays.

Communication theories was the most terrible experience of my life. I spent the whole semester with a 59% average and I panicked. There were only 5 assignments, 3 tests and 2 papers, one of which got dropped and the four remaining scores averaged out to our final grade. I thought for sure I'd have to re-take it. But! My teacher showed us some mercy and gave us a stellar study guide for the final, WHICH I GOT 90% ON! Thankfully I got 80's on my papers so I ended up with a B-. I cried. I feel like I conquered the hardest grader I've seen yet.

Visual communication was super interesting. It was supposed to be a three hour lecture every Wednesday night but my teacher was a cool guy and made sure we only went two hours. I was thankful for that. I learned a lot about advertising and how different languages and cultures play into visuals. I did really well on all my tests/quizzes/assignments! It was a lot of work but I liked it. I never knew I would find visual comm so interesting. Plus who doesn't love another A? :)

These were definitely the hardest classes I've taken so far. I know it's only going to get harder, but I've only got five more semesters *hopefully*. I know I shouldn't be so excited to rush through it and graduate, but I am. I like school, but I really just want to be done and start real life. As much as I love living in this basement apartment I would rather own a house one day ;)

I'm so glad I had Scott by my side to help me through it. Even though he worked twice as many hours as I did and took just as many credits, he still helped me with homework and proofread papers for me. He stayed up until the wee hours of the morn with me while I panic-wrote last minute essays and such. He was a really good sport and he did really well in his classes too. Go us! We definitely proved that we can do basically anything. :)

Happy summer! I know this is the last summer I'll ever have, so I am going to live it up!

Don't Forget To Be Awesome

I Love My Mom

Since Mother's Day is Sunday I wanted (like the rest of the world) to share why my mom is an awesome mom and why she's the best mom on the planet. Because my mom really is the best mom on the planet.

For almost thirty years my mom has been a mother. She has taken care of four children and sent three off into adulthood so far. Since moving out three months ago, I've appreciated my mom so much more than ever before. Not because I learned that I can't live without my mom, but that I can. 

Every day I am thankful that my mom taught me how to cook, clean, and most importantly shop. She taught me the importance of making my bed daily. I never once made it a habit at home, but now that I have my own house, I see why it's important. I make our bed every day and it makes the whole house seem happier. Scott and I eat dinner together every night because she set that example for me. I love making her recipes and remembering her tips and tricks when I cook in my own kitchen. And I can't forget to be thankful she taught me how to live on a budget. Making a shopping list and sicking to it helps me not go crazy at the store. I love her for that. I wouldn't be able to do it without her.

My mom has so much faith. I can't even begin to write all the stories of times she has prayed and been helped because of her faith. I used to see her wake up early to read scriptures or conference talks before going to work. I always wondered how she stayed so happy and positive throughout the stresses of life and I didn't understand it until I followed her example. Taking time for spiritual things helps keep everything in perspective. 

My mom is the hardest working mother I know. Ever since I was little she went to work every day and never complained about it. She went from being a kindergarten teacher to the headmaster of Challenger's Salt Lake campus. I admire her for standing out and moving up and proving to me that hard work will pay off.

My mom is the sweetest, most loving person. When you think of a "mom" you think of my mom. She's the one that comes into your room at night when you have bad dreams. She's the one who lets you cry about people who are mean. She's the one who will always make you feel better when you are sick. I've had friends tell me that my mom is really nice. My mom IS really nice. You can always find her doing something good for someone else. She's just that kind of person.

My mom has always made sure that my siblings and I have everything we've ever needed. She loves and supports us in everything we do. I will never forget when my mom was sitting in the pouring rain to watch one of my marching band competitions. Even though she had seen our show a million times, she wouldn't miss a performance. I appreciate her so much for always building me up.

I appreciate her for giving us a good father. I love my dad! As great as my mom is, her and my dad as a team is even better. She always knew the kind of man she wanted to marry and have a family with. She stuck to her standards and gave us a wonderful dad. 

I just love my mom. I could go on and on about her. I hope one day I can be as great of a mother as she is! I'm glad that my mom has taught me everything I've needed to grow up and move out and be a good wife for Scott. She turns every minute into a teaching lesson. She just wants to know she's doing all she can to make sure her children turn out to be good people.
Even though I live on my own now, I still love to go back home and see my mom. I still have questions and concerns about life and she's always there with an answer. I'm glad that even though I can live without my mom, I don't have to. Because no matter what, she will always be my mom and she will always have something to teach me.

I love you, mom! Thanks for everything you do!

And if you feel like crying, go watch this.
Seriously. It's amazing.

Don't You Quit

Remember this? It seems like a thousand years ago to me.
But it was ONE year ago... roughly.
It was a recap post of miserable April.
April 2013 was easily the worst month of my entire human life.
I really, truly hit rock bottom.
It was probably so bad because I didn't know in just two short months I would be living this super fantastic moment:

Our first second date.

Cause I was too scared to ask for a picture on the first.

Ha, I should have just asked. 

Accompanied with this wonderful blog post.

I never dreamed I would be living this in five months: 

This in ten:

And this in twelve:

General Conference cuddles

:)

The point is, you should never give up because you have no idea what is going to come next. Life is FULL of amazing blessings and second chances. I know I say this a lot, but I never thought I would be where I am today. I honestly didn't think I would ACTUALLY marry Scott Simpson. I didn't think I would ACTUALLY be able to finally get my hands on a temple recommend after going so long without one. I didn't think I would ACTUALLY pick a major and stick to it. I didn't think I would ACTUALLY move out of my parent's house and survive. 

But hey, it happened. I made it happen. I worked my little tail off and look where it got me. I'm dang proud of myself. I'm dang happy with where I've gone in the last year. I wish I could go back to my little self and say, "Self! You hang in there! It's all gonna be alright!" 

Either way, I'm okay now. I'm doing okay. And that's what matters. :)

DFTBA

Honeymoon!

This post is probably way too long and way too boring but I wanted to be able to remember the fun things we did! It wasn't a huge fancy thing but I enjoyed it. We actually laughed about the fact that we were good enough friends that we didn't need to plan a big fancy honeymoon because spending three days alone in a hotel room would be fun enough. And it totally was. But we also had a few adventures :)

After we left our reception we had to go to the car wash to get all the oreos off the windows. I was so sad that we couldn't even enjoy our decorated car. But, it was a safety hazard and it had to go. So we drove through twice and then headed to Salt Lake. We decided months ago that we were going to stay at the Little America. Since we were in school we couldn't go anywhere super far away and we thought this would be perfect. The Little America is the most perfect adorable hotel on the planet. I love it so much! We pulled up and Scott went and checked in. He had ordered us a romance package for the first night so we came into our room to this:

And this:

It was basically perfect.

That night I woke up around 2 and could not for the life of me fall asleep again. I checked my Twitter and Facebook to see all the happy wedding wishes people had sent us. I wrote Elise (my bff who is also a missionary) and told her about the wedding. After I had completely stalked my social media sites and sent my letter, I got ultra bored. Eventually I just woke Scott up and we watched TV and ate snacks from the honeymoon basket my sister gave us. We joked about just getting up and beginning our day right there. It was about 4 am and Denny's was open! Instead we fell asleep again. Thank heavens.

We eventually got up and got ready and headed to breakfast. By the time we got our food it was noon and we were starving. We hadn't eaten an actual meal since the luncheon at 1 the day before. We enjoyed our breakfast and giggled about the fact that we were married. We decided to go to Walmart to get some more food and a DVD player so we could watch some of the movies we brought. We went back to our room and watched three movies. I napped and we were in bed all freakin day. It was marvelous. I hadn't relaxed like that in so long! It felt really nice to have nowhere to be and no one to bug us. 

We finally got up and headed to dinner at the Coffee Shop downstairs. They had remodeled it since the last time I had been there and it was super adorable. We brought the bottle of sparkling cider that they had given us and had it with dinner. We were being so fancy ;) After dinner we went to the front desk and requested to stay another night. I sure as heck didn't want to wake up and go home in the morning! 

The next day we went to Chilis for lunch and it was fantastic. Then we walked around the Grand America and went to my favorite little toy store. Thankfully Scott appreciated it as much as I wanted him to haha it was fun! Then we went to Gateway cause I needed new bras. I'm such a lucky duck in the sense that ALL of my bras broke right before I got married. And by all I mean all but one. But who wants to live life with only one bra? Not this girl. Anyway it was a huge misfortune because bras are expensive and replacing a lot of them at one time is hard ): But, Scott insisted that I get what I need and we went to Victoria's Secret (because I just won't go anywhere else). We browsed some of the other stores and then went on a hunt for a present for Scott. What's a shopping trip if you don't even get anything? Eventually we got something for him and went back to our hotel. We watched another movie and went to the pool! We chatted with a few couples at the hot tub and told everyone we could that we just got married. I totally soaked up all the congratulations. 

We went to dinner at the Coffee Shop again and brought another bottle of sparkling cider that my sister had given us. We indulged on mac n cheese and french dip sandwiches. It was absolute heaven. 

The last night was sad cause we had to get up and go home the next morning. I hated that our precious time together had ended and it was time to go back to real life. I packed up super slowly and wished that a miracle would happen and we wouldn't have to go home and move all the rest of our crap to our new house. 

Well, miracles don't always happen. We had to leave and we went to our apartment. The family we live with had given us groceries for a wedding present and I actually cried when I saw them. They had given us a week's worth of food and various staple items to last us a while. We ate some cereal and unpacked our things. We headed to our parents' houses to collect our things and packed it all up. We rushed home and put everything away and then went back to my mom and dad's to open our wedding gifts. HOLY BALLS WE GOT SO MUCH STUFF. Thankfully we still needed almost all of it and I spend the next week opening all the boxes and putting everything away. After we had everything loaded up we said goodbye and went home to spend our first night in our new house. 

We had alfredo for dinner and went to bed around 2 am. When Scott got up at 6 to go to work I wanted to cry. I hated going back to real life. I hated getting up at 7 to start my 14 hour school day. I just wanted to go back to the pretty hotel that was warm and beautiful. But, we've adjusted to life and I feel pretty good. I'm happy here. I feel like I'm living in a dream. We are both so busy and so tired but we somehow make it. We enjoy the precious time we have together and laugh a lot. :)

DFTBA

3 Weeks

So since I've been married for three weeks, I'm obviously an expert on marriage now. Not.
But I have learned a few things in the last little while.

-I learned how to turn on my oven. Life would have been over if it was really broken.

-It takes 67% longer to make brownies in said oven, but they still turn out delicious.

-I have made dinner every single night since we came home from our honeymoon. A fed husband is a happy husband. Also, eating dinner together as a family every night is very important to me... even if we have to wait until 11 pm to actually eat.

-I'm probably going to spend every minute of the next 20 years thinking that I'm pregnant. Props to me for worrying about literally everything in the world.

-Laundry piles up FAST when there are two of you. Also, I wish with all of my heart that we had a washer and dryer. I think my parents are about to stop letting me come over every week to do laundry. Thankfully we always have the Simpson and Simper homes ;)

-Sometimes it's nice to just lay down and watch TV. It's okay to ask for nights off work just to spend time at home.

-Scott eats more cereal than anyone, ever. I had no idea milk was so expensive.

-I am a shopaholic. This isn't new information, but now that I can't justify buying clothes and shoes, I just splurge on case lot sales and grocery runs. I can totally justify stocking up on things while they are on sale. Guess who currently owns 18 pounds of pasta? Me. And I paid $9 for all of it. Suck it.

-Remembering to transfer trains is harder than I thought it would be. I have yet to actually forget and end up somewhere I really shouldn't be, but I'm not saying it couldn't happen.

-Taylorsville/West Valley isn't actually as scary as I always thought it was. People are really nice here. And it really isn't that different from West Jordan.

-It is so much easier to keep a tiny house clean than a big one. I can honestly say I would have gladly accepted guests in here any time after we moved in. High five to me for keeping this place neat and tidy.

-The people that live upstairs talk super loud. Sometimes our entertainment of the night is being really quiet and laughing about the stuff we hear them say. I know it's probably an invasion of privacy, but they know we live here too and they still choose to yell. So I really don't feel that bad.

-There are so many things that are more fun than doing homework...

-I love Scott even more now than I did before. I appreciate him so much. He works so hard and does so many nice things for me. I don't understand how he gets it all done, but he does. He's basically Superman.

I'm just really happy.

Please enjoy one of the three pictures I took on our honeymoon. Elevator pictures are a must.

DFTBA