Friday, June 29, 2012

Life's an Adventure!

This month has been such an adventure.  Aaron and I have had so many big decisions to make and we've become so much stronger through it all as we've been guided by a loving Heavenly Father.  Earlier this month     Aaron and I were faced with a tough job decision which could very well affect the next 30+ years of our lives.  There was so much good about staying here but there...

Monday, May 7, 2012

One Year ago today (May 7, 2011) we were sealed for time and all eternity in the Manti Temple. We still don't know everything about marriage but our love has deepened so much as we have stayed true to our covenants and have served one another.  I am so grateful for my husband and for how hard...

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

March 20, 2012

I can't believe we've been married nearly a year.  While I was looking for my journal I came across a book about writing personal history. Although I did not find my journal I found some fun writing prompts about the first year of marriage. I feel so blessed that I can say that my parents loved my choice for marriage and I married into a family who loves me and accepted me on day one.  Going...

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Leap Year

Leap year is actually pretty hard for me and my family.  8 Years ago my sweet mother passed away.  I just wanted to take a moment and reflect on lessons I learned from her as well as some precious memories.  She was such an amazing example to me of service. My mom was someone who always put others before herself.  I loved the way that she encouraged us to serve along side her....

Friday, January 27, 2012

January 1, 2012

School has been pretty crazy, but the weekend is finally here.  Hooray! Lately we've been pretty excited for weekends because we've been making new friends with people from our young married ward.  To be honest we struggled with our ward in the beginning.  It took until we finally invited some people over and made an effort to reach out to the other couples in our ward before we realized...