Our next adventure.

WE ARE MOVING! After living in North Carolina for a year we have decided that it just isn't the right fit for us, so we are now onto our next adventure....

Fredrick, Maryland 

(And it all happens in two weeks.) 

Date night.

Lately, I have been wanting to do more date nights with Brandon. Between him working full time and now that I have a part time job with lots of hours different each day, our time spent together has decreased drastically; hence more date nights.

Yesterday, I had the day off and a perk of Brandon working from home,, he was able to take some time off during the day for a date. Since Tuesday is cheap movie day, we went and saw a movie and then went and used one of our gift cards that Grandma Laura (Brandon's grandma) gave us for our anniversary.

After last night, it really made me realize how much we need to make date night a priority. Between both of our jobs and there already being nothing to do where we live, this is just what we need to do.

10.10.15: One Year Later

One year and counting! This time last year, we were sitting in the Celestial Room of the Payson Utah Temple, waiting to be sealed to one another for time and all eternity.

Marriage is no picnic. Marriage is two people who fall in love so easily and then year by year have to learn how to grow together, respect each other, and put up with each other's weaknesses. And our first year of marriage, was far from easy. Everyone who says that the first year of marriage is hard, are completely right.

 We had our good days. We had our bad days; more bad days than I wanted to have. We stressed and worried more than I expected to for our first year. Yet, I wouldn't change a thing. At the end of the day, all that matters is that Brandon and I survived our first year and our ready to tackle our second year of marriage and can't wait to see what happens. 

First weekend of October ---> Conference Weekend

Have you ever noticed how Mormons are so eager to share what they believe? It's not an effort to push religion on people, rather to share the JOY (I loved how a lot of the talks mentioned joy) and HAPPINESS that comes from the gospel. I would love nothing more than to share the joy I feel from living the gospel of Jesus Christ. This past weekend was an amazing opportunity to learn more about what we believe as we hear from the prophet and other leaders of the church. If you're curious about what Mormons believe, click here. Also, never hesitate to ask me about  my beliefs. :)

P.S: Can you tell from all of the pictures below that my husband was in a picture taking mood this past weekend?

Celebrating two weeks early!

So I decided to take control for this anniversary. I decided to do a staycation for our first anniversary in a way to save some money and when I found out the in-laws would be gone for 8 days during the last week of September/beginning of October, I thought it would be perfect to celebrate our anniversary then, even though it was two weeks early.

Mr. Chef made, or at least attempted to make, us a delicious barley soup for lunch since we went to the Annual Chili Cook Off down in Mooresville for dinner. 

Got out our Virginia reception cake from the freezer for desert.

(We even got fancy and got out the same cutting set that we used for the Virginia reception.)

Cake verdict: Other than a slight stale taste, it tasted just fine. 

What better glasses to drink our sparkling juice out of than our Mr. and Mrs. cups? 

And since it was a stay-cation, we just moved on downstairs to the guest bedroom for the night (and for the next 7 days...)

It was so fun to reminisce about our wedding day and to have some alone time with just the two of us. I can't wait for the real deal in just two weeks. :)