Happy Happenings

April 8th: Easter

Easter was a wonderful day. We went to church and listened to beautiful music. We remembered why we celebrate this wonderful holiday. Our Savior Jesus Christ. Of course we also had to have Easter baskets too!! Adam was not aware of this marvelous tradition so this year was a teaching year. But next year he will know what to do all by himself!  :)

These were our baskets this year. We have to try and get the hang of things. I never realized all of the little things my mom did for us until I actually have to do them for the hubby! Thanks mom!

Of course we had to take a picture on the gorgeous Easter Sunday! Two minutes later we were in our sweats and had a movie going.

April 9th: Our FIRST Anniversary!!!

A year ago, we made the best decision of our lives. I can't say for him (well ya, I kind of can), but I am so happy that I married my best friend. He is the greatest husband I could ever ask for. He is always making me laugh and treating me extremely well! We decided on that day that we would stick together through thick and thin, no matter what happens, and be each other's other half. That was the best day of my life so far! Things have been fabulous ever since.

Our first anniversary was a great day! Sadly we couldn't take work off or take a huge fabulous trip... yet. But we were able to go out to dinner at Olive Garden, our favorite!! We were able to spend good time with each other, remembering a year ago when we were sealed for eternity. We are planning to go to the beach this weekend, so an update on that will come soon!

April 10: My Birthday!!

It was so crazy having three holidays right in a row, but so much fun!! Adam bought us tickets to see Bring It On: The Musical! It was actually very good! We loved getting out of our house and going to the theater! My husband definitely pampered me! He made me a cake yesterday too because we weren't able to have one during the madness!

It's already midnight!?

Our lives have been more than hectic lately, to say the least. I love being with the Young Women and I know Adam loves the Cub Scouts. But man, talk about a time taker. Between that and working late pretty much every night, we are exhasted. Things are nuts right now. Lately though, here's what has been going on:

Young Women had our New Beginnings this past Tuesday... Thank goodness for my counselors, that's all I have to say. They did awesome and we pulled off a great program! I am so excited that the girls are getting personal progress done and that they are getting excited about finishing!

Adam and I went shopping last weekend. :) We bought him some new shirts and shoes to make him look "fly", as Adam would say. It was a ton of fun I thought, but Adam now thinks he should have to go shoe shopping for 10 years because we bought him two pair.

We went to our friends house on Monday night and they made us awesome Thai food! Then we watched the new Footloose! I personally really liked it, but then again I was distracted by their little girl cuddling with me.

Wednesday night, we had a birthday dinner for my brother-in-law. We met his girl friend, which was so fun! She is super cute and and way excited for them!

Now this weekend... that is going to be crazy! Tomorrow night, shhh don't tell anyone, a couple of my girl friends and I are going to find where the Bachelorette is being filmed!! Emily is going on a date tomorrow night in Uptown, so we are going to go get in on the action!

Day of Love...

For Valentine's Day this year, Adam and I had big things we wanted. Not technically for the "Day of Love", but in general. I wanted a couch, a bigger and better one than the one that we had. I wanted our apartment to feel like a home. I think that's a decent thing to ask for.... right? Adam on the other hand wanted a PS3. Oh boy. I thought, "Seriously?! We barely have time together as it is and now you want to add this?"
But as it turns out, Adam looked and looked for a great couch for me. He found a fabulous sectional and we were able to get it about a week before Valentines day. So now we had a couch and a big TV (Thanks Mom and Dad!), with 4 channels, but our DVD player just gave out on us. I really started thinking about getting this PS3. I know my husband, he won't become addicted (if I have anything to say about it). With the help of way too many friends, I finally broke down and got it for him. His reaction to it is on my facebook.
Our Valentines gifts were much more like birthday gifts, but that's ok. I woke up that morning to Sponge Bob Valentines all over our house with a big bag of gummy bears (my favorite!). Then at work that day I recieved a B-E-A-UTIFUL bouquet of flowers! I love them! We just snuggled on our new couch and watched a movie on our new PS3 that night. Very relaxing and very much needed.
I am so grateful for a husband who loves me no matter what! He is seriously awesome!

Slackin'

I know, I have been a slacker when it comes to keeping up with the blog. Things have been so crazy lately with work, Young Women's, trying to decide if I will actually cook a good dinner or not, and spending good, quality time with my sweet, amazing husband.
Adam and I have pretty crazy schedules. We both work until 6. We get to walk home together (normally), talk about our day, and get caught up a little bit. We get home about 6:30 when we may or may not be hungry, then we have to decide if we are up for a work out that night or if we are going to be lazy. We are trying to work out more because we gotta look dang fiiiiiine for the cruise we are going to go on with my family at the end of the year! Then after we work out and have dinner, it's showa time and then time for bed. So we don't really have time for much. We have the weekends, which go by way to fast, when we have a little time to smooch and go on dates. I can't wait for the day when I don't have to work and Adam doesn't have to work as much. We did get to go on a date this weekend, which was so good. It was just simple, but so fun for us to get out.
I'm so sorry things are so boring right now. But eventually things will pick up and get exciting. Or maybe I will just find time to talk about better stuff.

New years

For new years this year Adam and I laid low. This was actually our second new years spent together. So we talked about our first one and then we laughed about our first one being married. The first new years we spent together, Adam and I both cancelled dates that we had with other people in order to spend it together. Cute right? I know!
This new years we decided to just stay home nd relax. We bought stuff for cookies and smoothies. We turned on ABC's new years celebration and pulled out the game of life! It was a lot of fun and much needed.
Now we sit watching the rose bowl (go ducks!!). Husband hates this green and yellow on me, he would rather I wear red for nc state. But I am and will always be an Oregon girl. Sorry honey!!

Christmas flew by...

Holy Moly. Christmas time came and went so quickly. 2012, here we come!

Our Christmas was super relaxed. So much so that I totally spaced taking very many pictures. But here are a few from the couple days around Christmas:

This is a dark picture because I took it at 6:30 in the morning. :)  Adam told me that he was going to wake me up at 8 to open presents and I freaked out! I wanted my sleep, danget! But that night I didn't sleep well and was awake at 6. I remembered that Adam's family had a rule that they couldn't go open presents until 6:30. So I waited until then to wake Adam up. I woke him up and told him to come open up presents with me! We opened presents with only the light of our Christmas tree and were still kind of half asleep, so the opening of presents is kind of a blur. But after we opened presents, we went straight back to sleep until 11. It was amazing! Our first Christmas together was great, but I definitely missed having my family around.

This is one of the shirts Chelsea gave me for Christmas! I love it!! We got to skype my family on Christmas day so we could see what they got. It was so much fun to see everyone!

Christmas Eve we went to Adam's parent's house for dinner and presents. This present we got from Adam's brother and his wife. Our favorite game ever. We used to play it with our good friends Lexi and Jordan all the time, but sadly we moved away and then they moved to Texas. They introduced us to this game and the only place we could find it was on amazon. But we got it for Christmas and we were both so excited!!

Adam did great this Christmas! All my clothes and shoes fit perfect! He tried so hard to make it a great Christmas for me. He did great!

I still can't get the pictures on the computer from the NC State game. But I'm still trying. No worries.

Now, our New Years plans. We have none. Yet. But Friday night we are going on a group date to dinner and our church dance! We know, it's gonna be awesome! And it's a formal dance, so we get to get all dolled up again! I'm way excited for that.

Back to Christmas. I know it has passed, but this year seemed kind of blah. Both of us were working full time, so we didn't get a chance to think about any kind of tradition that we wanted to start (with it being our first Christmas and all). Now I'm wondering what kind of traditions you and your families have? What do you do before Christmas, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day? For that matter, what do you do for New Years, Valentines Day, Easter, etc. as well? Let me know, I'm dying for traditions to start with my own little family.... Myself and Adam.

Finally Some Free Time...

It has been an awful long time since I have posted a blog. A lot has happened in the last month! Crazy how that happens. Some how on Christmas Eve, I have found time to update our blog. Here are some things that have happened in the last month:

I bought Adam's early Christmas present, tickets to an NC State Football game. Adam is a huge fan of NC State, thanks to his dad. Since we moved here he has wanted to take me to a game, but we just haven't had the time to go. So for Christmas I decided that we could go to their last home game. Adam loved it!!! We went to Raleigh the night before the game, stayed in a hotel, and then tailgated the next afternoon. (pictures to come, I'm on my mother-in-laws computer so I have no pictures) The game was awful the whole first half, and all I could think is that I just gave Adam the worst Christmas present. But then the second half they came back from a score of 14 - 41 to 56 - 41. Needless to say the second half was amazing and we couldn't really talk by the end of the game. It was so much fun!!

I got a job the beginning of December working at a title company called Boston National. It was very overwhelming at first, going from not leaving the house to working a full time job. It's actually only a couple of doors down from Adam so both of us walk to work. It's agood job for now, but let's just say I can't wait to be the Mama and stay at home wife!

Adam and I work until 6 every night so when we get home we are both exhausted. Our meals have changed big time, and we have no energy to do anything after we get home. But it's good for me to get out of the house and actually interact with people instead of staying couped up inside all day.

We went to Adam's company Christmas party and got to get all dressed up and lookin' fine. It was a lot of fun to meet the people he works with, eat some good food, and dance with the love of my life.

Adam bought us early Christmas presents.... New phones!! We got smart phones, which we love already! Adam couldn't wait to open them so he wouldn't let me wrap them and put them under the tree. 

We just barely got out Christmas tree up. Lame. I know. But we didn't realize how many decorations actually went into each holiday. We weren't prepared for this!

More to come after Christmas....