Sundays

Sundays are always a day we look forward to. We get to go to church, come home and take a nice Sunday nap, and then we go to my Grandmas and cook her dinner and spend time with her. Lately, my Mom as been living with her and taking care of her so it is a time we get to spend with them together. We always have such good uplifting conversations. Also, its a day I get to serve them. My Grandma is such a strong lady, and my Mom has kind of been having a lot going on. With working full time its hard to sometimes be with her. I just love being able to serve her and help her out this one day.

Another thing I love about Sundays (and every other day) is spending time with Nathan. It seems like we always end up laying in bed just laughing historically talking. We have no distractions or plans and we get to just be together. Today was especially one of those days where we were just cracking each other up.

It has been a crazy Christmas break. First, going down to Texas and now my nieces are in town from Arizona. We have been spending time with them ever since we got home. I missed them so much and hope they move back to Kentucky one day!

Christmas

Once again this year we went down to Texas for Christmas and once again we were spoiled. It was so nice to get away from work and Nathan have a break from school. We did tons of eating and tons of shopping. My favorite part of the whole trip was watching the family home videos from when Nathan was little. Lets just say it made me super baby hungry.

One day we went to this new museum that was actually really cool. They had tons of interactive activities like racing an athlete and seeing how fast your reflex is.

I could not believe it but we had a white Christmas! I kept talking about how bad I wanted one and I was pretty surprised when it actually started snowing.

I always cherish our time that we spend in Texas and we are already looking forward to next year.

3 Years

Happy 3 years (yesterday) to Nathan!

I could not have married a more giving, sensitive, caring, funny, and selfless person.

I am so grateful for him and our marriage. I feel so lucky to be so happy in a marriage where we never get sick of each other or run out of things to talk or laugh about. Our marriage is one of the most proudest things I have in my life. 

Alright, I am done with the "gushy bushy" (as Nathan calls it) stuff.

Yesterday I was pretty lame and was totally fine not doing anything and waiting until the weekend to go out to eat. Plus I have been feeling really cheap lately and not wanting to spend money. Nathan picked me up from work and insisted that we do something. It was really bothering him. Not because it was our anniversary and he just loved me so much. It was because it was 12/12/12. We HAD to go do something because this would never happen again. The date.

So to make sure he didn't lose sleep that night, we ended up going to the Melting Pot for desert. We have always wanted to go so we thought we would try it out. It was actually very good.

Happy Anniversary Nathan!  I love you more than life!

i found it!

I have never been much of a salad eater. I have never been able to find a dressing that I like and doesn't make me feel sick. I found a homemade poppy seed dressing and thought I would try it. I made it from scratch and it was so good! I can finally now be a salad eater.

In case you are curious and want to try, here is the recipe:

http://www.ourbestbites.com/2010/01/poppy-seed-dressing/

In other news, this past Friday me and Nathan decided to go on a date night. We went out to eat to a mexican restaurant, went and bought candy and then went and saw a movie. We got this jumbo burrito and split it, it was huge!

On Saturday we spent time with my Grandma. Look how good she looks now. She gets to finally go home in a couple of weeks.

It is fall and I love it! This is my favorite season.

This past weekend Nathan's parents came in town to visit which was a blast as always. We were able to watch General Conference together and we went to the St. James Art Fair. Its a huge art fair where people come from all over to sell their art. Even though we have it every year, this was the first year I actually went.

This past Thursday was Hunter's birthday. So on Saturday we went and got flowers and visited him. We bought daisys because those are my favorite flowers and my Grandpa's who he is buried with. Like I said in the past post, we got an anonymous $1000 donoation and then  my family chipped in the rest so we can get a real stone for him. I am so excited!

My Grandma has been in the hospital for the past couple of weeks. At first it was really scary, I was a mess. But now she is in rehab just regaining her strength. Her kidneys are only functioning at 15% which is kinda scary. But, a girl I work with said her Grandma has lived over a year with hers only fucntioning at only 12%. That made me feel so much better.

She has seriously been amazing. Just so positive, upbeat and hilarious. So glad she is back to normal.

Other than that, everything else is going well. We have moved into our new apartment which we are in love with. Nathan is doing awesome in school. He is getting all A's on his chemistry and physics test. He will be taking the MCAT in May of next year. It is so crazy that its that soon. We still have a looooong road ahead of us!

Lately

We have been so busy. Work has been going great for me and Nathan has started school. This is a pretty big semester for him. He is taking a lot of his major classes to get into Med school. We have been so blessed with my job so Nathan doesn't have to work this semester so he can just focus on school. That way we have our weekends together too so we can actually see each other.

We will be moving into our new apartment next week. I have had way too much fun coming up with how to redecorate. I have not liked how my apartment has looked throughout whole marriage so I am so excited to make my home homey and have it look how I want. I am on a budget so I don't go wild so I am doing everything the cheap way which is perfectly fine by me.

A few weekends ago we took my niece Bryanna dress shopping for her homecoming. Let me just say, Nathan had way too much fun. He was such a sport and really tried to find a cute dress for Bryanna.

This last weekend we babysat my nieces and nephews and took them to the zoo.

This past week my work took us zip lining in the caverns. I was SO scared and almost didn't go. I am so glad I did. It was seriously so much fun. Faced my fear of heights!

Well, in two weeks it will be one year since Hunter has been born. It so crazy to think it has already been a year. I got a phone call from the cemetery where is is buried at saying we received a $1,000 anonymous donation towards getting a stone for his grave. I was so shocked, humbled, and grateful. It will be so nice to have something that says his name. To whoever donated, words can not express how grateful we are. We have been so blessed throughout this entire thing.