OuR HoMe!

Well here it is...

I love this place, I love the space, I love the yard and I can't wait to put a little black bench on the pavers next to the front porch under the window...someday

I'm excited to have a miniature garden in those planter boxes next year and maybe even some patio furniture. The yard is perfect for us...it doesn't take a lot of time to take care of and there are never any weeds because the flower beds have tar paper.

I'm a sucker for green and purple. I was nervous when I chose the colors because I really wanted a green and purple kitchen, but I wasn't completely sure how it would look. I love it, and fortunately there are a lot of green and purple kitchen decorations so it's been fun putting everything together.

It was fun going shopping for furniture, I was worried that two couches and a rocking recliner chair wouldn't all fit, but it does and it makes everything look a lot nicer than when we first moved in and had one blue lazy boy and a green love seat. Now we just need to get the piano moved in and then the house is complete.

It's nice to have enough room to have a clean bedroom, and one day when we have TV it will be fun to cuddle in bed and stay up late watching a movie, the bed is so much more comfortable than the couch, and I always fall asleep watching TV so I might as well be in bed.



Our basement is mostly bare, just a pool table that Landon and my brother decided would be a fun investment and then we're storing my parent's foosball for a little while too.

Sadly, I don't have any motivation to clean the spare bedrooms since we don't spend anytime there...maybe after December when I'm done with school and have more spare time I'll start getting the rest of the upstairs organized.

We went camping this weekend for a family reunion and it was fun to come home to our own little place. There's no place like home!

GrOwN Up LiFe!

Grown up life really is great...

So far we have survived our first power outage at our new house and it was even before we had unpacked a single flash light. It made for a fun morning. Landon had to sit in the bathroom turning on a light on his phone as I showered and then I was on phone duty while I tried to do my makeup and while Landon showered. We've already made fun memories and learned that a flash light needs to go right next to the bed.

I have already vacuumed my house 3 times this week. I think in our apartment I was lucky to vacuum once in three weeks. It's just nice to have fresh vacuum lines in your carpet when you go to bed and get up in the morning. It's even better that the floors and carpet feel clean and look good so we don't have to wear slippers whenever we're home (we hated that about our apartment). Having a lawn to mow every week is just as much fun too. Our house is clean (the parts we live in anyways, the spare bedrooms need some work), we have new couches, food in the pantry, a few decorations on the wall and it already feels like home.

Now to be honest, the place is probably so clean because we don't have internet or TV and it looks like that's how things are going to be for the next little while.

I guess there is always a bright side to any situation.

FoR ThE RecOrD!

Today we signed on our house....our VERY first home! We are so excited to have our own place and somewhere we know we'll call home for the next while. We still lay in bed at night almost in disbelief that we really are going to have a house just for the two of us.

Sometimes I wonder what we did to be so blessed!

MoViN' On UP!

No longer number TWO.. that's right as close as you can get with out actually celebrating, Number ONE.

Really, How much more on the edge of our seats can we be? The worst part.. they told us they're waiting on four more students to turn in information. Who knows what that means, Have they not turned in their required transcripts and such because the U isn't where they plan on going anymore or did they turn it in and everything just wasn't complete.

Either way, Number ONE is always better than number 2 in this case.

CrOSs YoUR FiNGeRs

Next week could be a big week for us.

Landon is calling the U for an update on Friday so we'll see if there is a change there and maybe we'll have an update on our "future" house.
I don't know if I want one more than the other or not. I'm getting really good at waiting and having patience...it almost seems unreal that life really will be one step closer to being all grown up come fall. With or without a house of our own my Baby is going to pharmacy school and that's a big enough blessing for me!

WhERe DoEs ThE TiMe Go?!

I'm a little late on this post..but what can I say we've been enjoying our summer! I can't believe I've been married to my best friend for two years. Seriously though, where does the time go? I still feel like I'm just out of high school how can I have already been married for two years.


This year we were up at Bear Lake for a family vacation with the Daly's over our anniversary. We spent the weekend playing games and enjoying the company. On Monday we went golfing and then swimming. It wasn't anything big, but we still have as much fun together as we did when we first fell in love.

We're so little

I love my best friend and can't wait for a lifetime full of anniversaries with him.

OuR UpDaTE!

Well...Landon has now been accepted to USN. What does this mean? We still don't know! It's so hard to decide what to do. Four years is a long time and moving to Oklahoma would come with big changes, but going to USN would come with big debt!

I can think of a BILLION reasons why we should stay. Only a few of why we should go, but the closer I get to summer being here the more excited I am for Landon to start the beginning of the next four busy years ahead of us.
The greatest bit of news is that Landon has been put on the alternate list at the U. He started out at number 20 and is now number 4.

I'm being very patient, trying to learn all the lessons the Lord has in store for me so that he can bless us with a phone call from the U. It would be an answer to prayers if Landon got in there. Either way, It's a miracle...the stats are 2.5 out of 3. For the first year applying it can't get much better than that.

The semester is almost over. Landon has just a little over a month left and I have 3 weeks. We have big plans for our summer, especially if it's our last one in Utah for awhile.

I had a relaxing 21st Birthday. It lasted almost an entire week, couldn't have been any better! I did a little shopping, made a cute apron, had a fun time celebrating on Friday with my family, Saturday with Travis and Moriah and then spending Sunday and Monday all day with Landon. Watching chick flicks, staying up late and sleeping in!

For now that's it...next time I hope I can put that we'll be at the University of Utah for the next four years.