sentimental

I am just feeling so super sentimental right now.  Its incredible how amazing life is and how amazing progress is. Just wow.

My wonderful Mother-in-law and Sister-in-law are coming tomorrow to visit us in Rexburg.  Brantley and I decided that such an honored visit deserved a clean kitchen.  We started to sweep and clean while singing 80's songs from the movie Guardian's of the Galaxy. (we love that movie)  While I was finishing sweeping, I looked around. WE ARE SO AMAZINGLY BLESSED. When we were applying for apartments in Rexburg, our best bed was a tiny studio apartment for $550 a month, which, by the end of two semesters,  would be almost all of our pelgrant money, leaving us with very little wiggle room. The day we decided to sign with them, Brantley's friend from work offered us a room in his house in exchange for only 10 hours of work a week.  At the time, I realized it was a blessing and an amazing opportunity, but I never thought about how it was a DIRECT blessing from our Heavenly Father.  I am awed at this beautiful place we get to live for such a little sacrifice. It is amazing

Then, I looked on Facebook and saw one of my best friend's mom post a blog about her adventures as a missionary.  My friend, Sister Knapp, is serving a mission in Scottsdale, AZ.  She and I used to talk for hours about being missionaries and getting married. I skipped the mission and went straight for the marriage.  I am so proud of her for going and being such an amazing missionary.  I miss her so crazy much.  I read her blog post and bawled.  She has been an example to me for as long as I can remember. If anyone needs a spiritual uplift, click here to read her amazing testimony. 

After I started missing Savannah, I started realizing how much I missed Kansas and my parents and my brother. (I see my sister everyday but now I miss her too right now!-haha) I have been so blessed to be raised in such an amazing family.  Wow I love them! They are the perfect amount of goofy, humble, wonderful, and happy.  Its amazing how amazing they are! I miss my Freebys! 

I am grateful for a million other things: byui (I LOVE THAT PLACE) a wonderful new family, my incredible husband who would do anything for me, and just the fact that I have the gospel and I can look forward to being better as I go.  Life is a wonderful thing. 

Surprise

Happy anniversary to us! 5 whole months! Found this little guy in my backpack this morning:)

Marriage is about...Doing each other's favorite things

We are learning a whole lot about this whole marriage business as we go through it. One of those things is learning how to do each other's favorite things. 

When we were getting to know each other, Brantley and I both agreed that we would try new things.  Maybe going to new places, trying fancy meals, or taking a leap of faith now and then.  When we got married, we started realizing that the "new things" in our life may be more of the little things the other has always enjoyed doing.  

As you know, Brantley loves guitar.  loves it, and I love that he loves it! What amazes me more, is how he can play a guitar for hours and never get tired of it.  The only reason he stops is if there is dinner or we have to leave or something. One of his favorite places (in the world, I think) is the "Guitar Center." It has every type of guitar you can imagine, as well as Brantley's favorite, the Taylor Guitar. When Brantley has some extra time in the evening after work, he always wants to go there, even if he does not say it, I just know by the way he is listing off other things we could do that that option is in his mind.  We go a lot :) Its fun for me to see him in his favorite place, playing guitars we cant afford and telling me all about them.  Its his favorite thing and I'm glad I get to experience it with him :)

Tonight, Brantley treated me to one of my favorite things :) Two actually! That boy spoils me :) When I picked him up from work today (a little early since we had a prior engagement) He told me he had a surprise for me! We got in the car and drove a little ways, I had no idea where we were going. When we pulled into the nail salon parking lot, I about jumped out of the moving car. I have been wanting to get my nails done for a while since we have been in California. That guy is too sweet.  When we got to the front desk, however, he surprised me even more by signing up for a pedicure himself! Oh man that was the best to have him do it with me :) He loved it too! haha :) What the sweetest thing was was that he wanted to do one of my favorite things too.  I married a good one. 

Marriage is about doing each other's favorite things. It may not be your favorite, but because it's your sweetheart's you do it anyway. You do it to see what makes them happy and experience it for yourself to grow closer and happier.  Thats what I learned about marriage today. 

We love Sundays

I love Sundays for a ton of reasons, one huge one is that I get to be with this guy all day. He lays on the couch and plays the guitar with his eyes closed, smiling every now and then. At the music he is making. Just another reason why he is my favorite 

Stinkin alarms

Do I have a story to tell you.

This happened 3 minutes ago, mind you, so I'm still a bit worked up. 

So I love that Brantley sells security systems- he is awesome and I'm proud of him. He sells awesome alarms that get the job done.  

His office, which is on the first floor of our apartment complex, which is unlocked most of the day, has one of these systems so that the employees can have the app and show their customers how it works.  Normally it is not armed....

B and I had a great thought that I could take up my insanity again there! It seemed perfect! It was on the first floor where I wouldn't bother any one (still a little embarrassed about that) and it offers free wifi so I could get school stuff done there all in one little trip!  (The bosses were ok with it too so we weren't breaking any rules or anything, just fyi)

I did insanity again for the first time yesterday and was going to go do it again tonight! I go down with my laptop and water bottle ready to sweat when I see the light on in the office apartment. Normally it isn't on so naturally I wondered if someone was there. I knocked, but no one answered. 

so I went in

bad idea

I hear this fait beeping coming from the security panel on the windowsill. 

crud

the beeping got louder and louder and then a lady's voice said, "put in the code to disarm your system."

CODE?! Kay, no idea about a code. 

after about 10 seconds she came back and said "front door intrusion" 

I am pressing every stinkin button on the stinkin panel as the loudest stinkin alarm came on. 

I then get smart and call my husband who knows the code, thank goodness.  He answered and then sounded paniky as he heard the alarm.  He told me the code, but it was a good 20 seconds after the alarm went off....

I got the heck out of there.  

and now I'm by the pool enjoying the free wifi where I don't have to worry about the cops getting called on me. (I'm not sure if they are going to show up or not...hope not) 

I'm probably never going back there again.  

***best part*** There is a camera set up in the office as well.  we will get to enjoy that treasure of a video later. 

temples

Sometimes, I forget to realize how amazingly blessed we are.  It is absolutely amazing what the Lord is capable of doing for us. I am so grateful to Him.

Today, Brantley and I attended the temple.  What a beautiful building!! Neither of us had been to a temple since our wedding, so it was so special to go and remember that wonderful day :)

We are blessed to only live 30 minutes from the Redlands temple. I loved this temple!! The spirit of the Lord is so strong in all of them.

I feel so blessed to have been married in the Temple to Brantley. He is my everything and I am so glad for the knowledge that families are forever. 

To learn more about temples, visit here

Insanity is loud.

So...today my lovely husband called me during his day of work...

apparently, our downstairs neighbors do not really appreciate my constant jumping and loud insanity moves.

Whoops.

So, for the time being, I think I will need to move to the gym until I can find another place to be insane. (haha)