New House!!!

The tippy top is one of the livingrooms. Next one is From livingroom into "fish room"

Above: Dining Room!

Above are both pictures of the kitchen, behind the kitchen is my laundry room!

This is the lovely bathroom!!!

This is the bedroom!

and this is the office/spare bedroom.

We also have a family room off past the dining room but I forgot to take picutres of it. I'll post them another day.

Below are other not as cool pictures of the house! I'll add more when I get around to it!

DENVER! Pure bliss!

So, I now live in Denver Colorado! Woo Hoo! We safely made our move and are almost done unpacking. The only catch is... the house we're living in is up for sale. Kent (my father in law) owns the house and has remodeled it. It's beautiful!!! and I love it. He's trying to sell it but in the mean time, we're living there to make the mortgage payment and to make it look lived in. The only down side is, we could have to move again any given month.

I was a little scared of the big move. My fears were/are not finding or liking a new job, not renting out the basement apartment in Provo (PLEASE spread the word, it's a nice apartment for a good deal!) and being lonely. We'll see how those issues turn out. So far though I have found Denver to be 1) VERY confusing as far as some roads go and 2) filled with VERY nice people! You would think people in Utah would be nicer, right? Totally wrong! As a whole, Denver's citizens are by far much more considerate than I'd see in Utah.

I also love the shopping here. You see, when I say we live in Denver... I mean Denver! We're right smack in the middle of it all which means you find your store just around the corner! Ikea for example... just 10 minutes away! Walmart? Yep, 10 blocks away. Target? Got a few of those. Seriously, this place is awesome!

Gary and his dad are working on their business and I'm just tagging along with whom ever has the more exciting day planed. I hope I find a job soon, and hope even more that the basement gets rented out! Thanks for reading, and I'll keep you updated!

One Year Down... Eternity to Go!!!

It's hard to believe that Gary and I have been married for a year now! It has been an amazing year and I'm really thankful to be married to him not just for time, but for eternity. Everyone says the first five years are the hardest... if these years are "hard" I really can't wait for the easy ones! We have been blessed to not be faced with any major trials or disagreements. We are really just happy and in love!

For our anniversary we went to Salt Lake City! We first went to Ikea and shopped around. Gary was AMAZING and made sure that I saw everything in the store. He was so fun to shop with! Then we went out to a yummy lunch after which we checked into our Bed and Breakfast! We stayed at the Parrish Place . After taking a short nap while Gary read, we went to Gateway mall for more shopping! and a movie. We saw, and loved, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. Since it ended at 11:30 we then called it a night. The next morning we woke up to a lovely breakfast in bed! We checked out and took the scinic rout back home just in time for dinner with the family! It was a really great weekend away.

The yummy breakfast!



The jettet tub/shower!



The sitting area we never sat in.





Our Sleep Number Bed! (I'm a 35)

MOVING!

Most of you have heard... Gary and I are moving to Denver August 28th!! That's about 3 weeks away now. I'm extremely excited to get out of Utah and move on with the next chapter in our life. We're looking for jobs but have 100% faith that everything will work out nicely.

In the mean time, we're still carrying on our daily rituals. I'm now working as receptionist/activities director at the Charleston. Long story short, we don't have anyone doing activities so I'm putting together the calendars and on Tuesdays I even get to do the activities with them! It's stressful and I really don't enjoy it most of the time but I'm the type that likes things to be done the right way so I just take the initiative and do it myself. Actually, really... I love playing with the residents. I just don't like gathering them all together (going to all 64 doors and asking them to come down...). And today a coworker that I had admired and respected really threw me off guard and started yelling at me. Yeah... that's a nice way to start the day! NOT! I tried to just brush it off and not care but I couldn't help but to loose a lot of respect for the poor girl. I'll have to pray about that one. (update: 2 days pass and we're back to good standing.)

Gary is still working at the same place. (I don't even know what its called) He does customer service and is actually the team lead so he deals with the REALLY angry people. He seems to do a great job at anything he does though! He and his dad are working hard on their companies too so Gary is always working and trying to become more successful! He's really quite amazing.

July Weekends are the BEST!

This weekend was one of those weekends I will always remember. It was warm, sunny, I have all my responsibilities under control, I'm in love with my husband and best of all... I'm childless and free to go have fun!

Saturday we got up, I made a new waffle recipe. Then we cut Gary's hair and got ready for the day. Sid showed up then we went out to do our chores (filled up with gas and deposited checks). The rest of the afternoon was spent just relaxing and hanging out. I made a home made BBQ chicken pizza. It was pretty good! After feeding all the boys I took a nice little nap.

After watching Swing Vote, Gary decided it was a good night to go for a midnight cruise. Eric, Gary and I then spent the next few hours just driving around on the bikes. We stopped at Sonic and tried their new Chillers. It was pretty much a milkshake, yum! The way home was beautiful! The moon was shining over the mountains. The air was perfectly warm and filled with fresh scents of summer and I was holding on to Gary. It was simply perfect.

As we were driving and I was admiring the moment I realized that one day I'll be old, and less able to get out and just go. I of course was thinking of the residents at work, thinking about how they all had their own perfect moments in their youth. It made me want to bottle it all up and remember this time of my life forever, which is why I'm writing about it!

I just hope I can always remember how blessed I am to be where I am, to have what I have and to cherish each phase I am living in life. I hope I can always soak up the beauty in my life and appreciate all that I have. To me, that is what makes life worth living.