Category Archives: family

Just a few short weeks

It’s hard to believe this year will be over soon… next year is going to be an eventful one, I think. Josh and I have talked about kids for a while – we’ve always known we’d have them, but once we got married the talk became more serious – we want to be responsible about it as having kids changes your lives forever. Our biggest worry is always finances, but the more we talked about it – we always pull through. Josh may have downtime in between jobs, but we’re getting better when it comes to budgeting and saving as a couple. If one of us lost a job for more than a month or so – we’d find a way to pull through. We somehow always do. So, we talked about the possibility of starting our family in 2011, and I think we’re sticking to it. We may start “trying” as soon as April. We’d start sooner, but we have a road trip to take in May!  One final big road trip, and then potentially a new baby in the early months of 2012… it seems so far away, when you put it that way. :p

I suppose time is good, though, as we need to keep thinking about when we plan on moving West again. I’m excited at the prospect of being closer to my family once we have a baby. My sister wants to try for their second at the beginning of next year as well, so it’ll be fun to be pregnant at the same time. My brother and his wife will be moving back to Colorado in the next year as well, so it would be nice to be closer to both my sister and brother once we all have kids. I always enjoyed getting to see our cousins as often as we did growing up, and really it was only a few times a year, I think.  Plus my dad and stepmom are still in Colorado, so I’d get to be close to one parent if we choose Colorado as our destination. I miss my family immensely so it’s hard not being closer. We can all be pretty bad about picking up the phone too. :p  What can I say, I’ve never been a phone person, and I think it’s inherited. 😉

I know we shouldn’t get too far ahead of ourselves – anything can change or happen, but we’ve been very lucky, and I think our goals are attainable – we’ll make them happen!  I do wish I’d started school much sooner, but the way we have things planned, I should make it through at least 2 semesters before I have to take a break for a semester and then can get back at it again. Sure, I’ll have to figure out things with my job and see if I can work part-time or find a different job, but that’s far enough away it’s not worth thinking too much about. We’ll just have a super brilliant baby as he’ll be surrounded by books at all times. :p

In the meantime, have some Winter!  I’m really not cut out for this below-freezing business. I’m pretty sure I’m part lizard as my dream yard would have a massive sunning rock and no below-freezing weather. :p I don’t mind a bit of snow, which would happen if we go back to Colorado, but at least you rarely get this cold if you’re in the right part of the state.

Thankful

It’s easy to get caught up in all of the things that haven’t gone exactly the way I’d like them to, so in the spirit of the season, and as a reminder to myself, here are some of the things I’m thankful for (though there are plenty more not listed).

*A husband who is a good, generous, and kind man*

*Family and Friends*

 

*Cats who make me laugh, even though they know how to drive me up the wall at times*

 

(He did ^ that by himself – ever undeterred by… anything)

 *A roof over our heads and a place to watch the sunset*

*A childlike heart and a husband with the same*

 

*Vision to see the beauty all around us*

 

 

 

No longer a Miss

Ah, married life. OKay, so it really doesn’t feel all that different from pre-married life. I look at it as a plus, though. Because we’ve lived together so long, we’re already used to each other’s quirks and possibly annoying habits – we won’t have that potential stressor in our first year of marriage because we already know we live well together. We know we won’t fight over new things because we don’t really fight anyway… sure there are aggravations and stress, but usually it’s regarding a situation and not the other person, so in my case, I just need a little space and then I’m fine. When all is said and done we really have a very healthy relationship, I’d say. 🙂

Being “official” does feel good, though. I love that I’m a wife now and it’s a title/label that I’m very happy to have. Every night before bed we take our rings off and place them in a heart-shaped ring-holder and they fit snuggly together, as we do. I can’t tell you what a thrill it is to see a ring on Josh’s finger – just as exciting as when he first put a ring on mine. I remember the words in our ceremony* and that’s what I think when I look down at my hand and his.

Okay, enough mushy stuff. We won’t have pictures for a few weeks yet, but I’ll be posting some as soon as we do, or most likely creating a slideshow. We did get some pictures from my mom (yay) and I think a few people are starting to come out of the woodwork with their pictures from the day. Now I just have to pester more people to share theirs with us. :p

*”As you look at your wedding band, remember the great gift that you have been given and all that you have in one another. Remember that you have someone to share this life with.”

We have returned!

Well, the lovebirds are on their honeymoon and it’s back to the daily grind – it’s always so hard to get back to work after a vacation. The wedding was wonderful and it was so nice to see family and friends and see my little brother get married to a wonderful girl. Hooray for having a younger sister! 😀
The trip went fairly smoothly all things considered, though there were a tense few hours when I thought I had destroyed my phone. I had left it in my back pocket when I had gone to the restroom and as I heard the “plop” and “splash” I wanted to smack my forehead. I pulled it out of the toilet as quickly as possible and proceeded to try and dry it out and take it apart, but the prognosis didn’t look good, even after an hour of drying out. However, after sitting for a good 6 hours or so, it started working again! The screen has a little discoloration and gets wonky now and again, but I’ll take it!
Pictures to come soon of the wedding and fun!

Road Trip!

We’re off to Colorado in just a few hours and I’m so excited – not only for a road trip, but to see my little brother get married. I’m behind on all of my various picture posts, and I’m bound to end up with a ton of pictures after this trip. My camera bag is packed to the brim with every option for every photo opportunity and my new tripod and wireless remote are ready for action as well! Now, time just needs to fast forward and the clouds need to part so we can get going!