I love being married. I keep forgetting that I'm the only one that's in this part of life. It is hard. fun, challenging, rewarding, lonely and lovely. We've been married over 5 months now. Crazy to think that it has already been that long.
I am finally making friends around here, in my ward and with girls in my apartment building.
Scotty and I teach primary. We LOVE it! Scott says he never wants another calling haha. It makes church go so much faster!
It seems like so many people I know are either pregnant or just had a baby or are trying. I am not in any of these categories. It'll be awhile. We are enjoying the time we spend together, just me and Scotty.
This picture is when we went to the Preston Rodeo. in August. Super fun!
Being married makes it hard to be active, I know this is no excuse for unhealthy eating and too much tv watching and way too much facebook/pinterest... But I am starting to do better. I'm eating healthier, drinking tons of water and finding ways to move around more. :)
Some of my favorite snacks lately include: apples, oranges, bananners, string cheese, WATER, peppers, celery and laughing cow cheese, hard boiled eggs, yogurt etc. What are your favorites? I find that when I drink water more often, and eating smaller meals more often is smart. Of course we hear all these things already but I am seeing a difference. I still eat plenty of CHOCOLATE though!
I do have a new found love for Pinterest though... I've gotten all these ideas to organize our apartment and I've started using them. the parts that I have organized I love so much. You should see my closets... in a few weeks. :)
I am so grateful for our dishwasher. It is a little one but awesome. About the size of a large microwave, we have it on a table that wheels around the kitchen so we can hook it up to the sink. It's such a time saver and blessing. We got it from my dad(tyler) D.I. find (of course) but it was broken. Scotty fixed it. Awesome.
Anywhoo... this has been the most random post.
I have started indexing. I find it really fun. I get to see all these old documents and extract information from them so people can find their family members that are missing from their family trees. I find it so interesting. The latest "batch" of documents is death certificates from Texas and the census from England and Whales in the UK. These records are from the 1800s. It takes a lot of my time lately. But I find it very rewarding.
Love you all! Hope all is well and I would love to see/ hear from everyone :)

Oh my gosh! Lunch is a great idea!! I never get to go out and play with girls. I have two friends (lauren and Mauricia) but they are so into their lives and their boy toys since they are single and their own drama I hardly see them. That's so crazy that you have been married for over 5 months now! I'm glad you are just loving it! That sucks he works late nights sometimes. I'm actually sitting next to chase right now and am so grateful for it :)
ReplyDeleteThat is soooo cute that you two teach primary together. I would love to see that. I bet you two are so great with that, i'm sure the kids love you.
I'm glad you two are enjoying each other and are not rushing to get pregnant. You really do need to just love the time you have just the two of you together as long as you can. Your still newly weds so you have your whole lives to produce mini you'd. Haha
I know what you are talking about with pictures. Chase HATES pictures so we usually have a deal to take AT LEAST 1 photo each month. But he has been working so hard and been out of town for many months that I know have more pictures of zeke than i do of chase or I. Now you have your cool new camera you showed my on new years you should be taking tons of photos! P.S. I am super jealous.
OH MY GOSH!! I have gained so much weight (slowly) in 3 years. I can't wait till it gets warmer so after work I can go running. I have taken zeke a couple of times on walks but it's still too cold for me to go running. I completely understand your laziness. haha, when you settle down you just want to be home and cook dinner and watch tv/movies. It's hard to go out because its not only winter but active activities cost money which we don't have. Especially since chase quit his job and my income + renters is all we have now.
I don't really snack, I try to drink 32 oz of water while at work and then again after work at home. I don't really like chocolate. I hate about 5-6 pieces of chocolate on valentines day and felt like puking. haha chase has got me off candy and pop. I just don't enjoy it as much as i used to.
We really should do lunch. I miss you all. Good job on the pop and candy. I don't really like soda so that really isn't a temptation for me. It's the sugary goodness that gets me yo! I need to be like heidianne and take a break!
DeleteThis is such a great post. I love it. And you Crystal. I met someone the other day named Crystal. I've only ever run into a few Crystals in my life. I love that one of my best friends growing up was Crystal. How neat.
ReplyDeleteI too am happy that you're taking your time to have kids. It's kiiiiinda a big deal, those little kids. John and his wife Jaynel just had twins (you've probs seen some of the pics on fb) and they are SO adorable. I was holding Vivian, the girl, and thought to myself, "Yeah, I could do this. I want a little girl." Then I was like "Woah, slow down Jess, get married first." Hah. But I want to travel a bit with my husband before we have kids. We have the rest of our lives to have kids :)
Dishwashers man. I'm so jealous. I just end up not using plates and stuff as much. Hah.
I'm gonna write a post. Finally. I've been meaning to forever (but that's what they all say) so I'll finally do it now. Thanks for inspiring me :) Love you Cryst.
I'm glad I am a limited edition in the name category. And I love you too! I'm so glad you posted! I always think it is so great to hear from you jess!
DeleteAnd the babies... Yeah it's just a LIFE LONG COMMITMENT! Scotty keeps bringing it up because he thinks it is funny how I get all weird about it. I just am not ready for it. And I've been raising kids all my life... This is my break. Haha
He told my mom the other day that I was pregnant. She didn't know, who to believe...he thinks he is so funny. Because I'm NOT preggers.
Also, the dishwasher is great! But yesterday... I unhooked the thingy connects to sink to wash a big pan and forgot to put it back so when it decided to drain all the dirty dish water...it went all over the floor :-( yuck.
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahha Scotty sounds fun!!
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