Married Life

Soo.....life has just been absolutely crazy since the moment Lance and I stepped off the plane back into Utah. Not only did we have all the typical post wedding to-do lists and stress, but we were also totally stuck in vacation mode! Fortunately, we both took a couple days off work to just run errands and try to get things in order. We had a ton of unwrapping and unpacking to do, which took a couple days on its own. Other things we accomplished on our list: legal name change, new phone/Verizon account, organizing house, bank account changes, cleaning, school items, exchanging/returning gifts and completing our registry, shower and wedding and birthday and graduation presents for friends and family, internet in the condo, insurance, paying of student loans, grocery shopping, taking care of miscellaneous wedding items, etc. That's not even everything. I know its not. I just cant think of anything else right now. On top of all of that, we got asked to help with the Webelos cub scouts every week right after we got back. So far that has been a little intimidating, but we are trying. There is lots of other church stuff to do as well. It seems like there are never enough hours in the day. On top of trying to get all of that done, we have both been working full time (ok, I never really get in a full 40 hour week. But I try.) Lance and I are having a blast though. It is so much fun setting up our new home. We have so many plans and dreams for our future. We can't wait until we have a house with a yard and a garden. Right now the condo we are living is works great though-- we feel very blessed to be so fortunate.

Amidst all the craziness of the past few weeks, Lance and managed to go down to Texas for Memorial day weekend to hang out with Lance's family and our sister-in-law Britta's family, who was visiting too. It was such a blast, even though we were only there for two and a half days. It was a much needed break. The only downside was the while we were traveling there, my keys were stolen out of my luggage at the airport. Sad, I know. So we worried about our car and condo the whole time we were gone, but thankfully everything was safe. We still had to replace everything on my keychain though, which started to get expensive (do you know how much car keys cost??!).I curled my hair that morning but we can't tell because of the Texas humidity.

While we were there, Joy and Brent's glass table snapped right in half! Too many people leaning on one side looking at photos....
Lance's mom captured us dancing in the middle of a Texas thunderstorm. We just couldn't help it; it was so romantic.


The great news is, this is my last week of work! Next Monday, full-time summer classes start for me. Although my feelings about that may change in the next couple weeks- I am taking a pretty full load so I can try to graduate sooner. So I have about a million things I am trying to finish before classes start. There are still some things in the condo that need to be organized, thank you notes to be written (slowly but surely working on it!), plants to plant, pictures to take care of (hopefully wedding pictures by the 26th!!), and lots of other things to get down. I am trying not to get overwhelmed and to take it one step at a time. To-do lists have been my best friend for the past 6 months, and I know they wont let me down now! Wish us luck with everything going on, we may need it!

PS I am going to be an aunt again at the end of the year, I am absolutely thrilled, and I am positive that its going to be a boy. We find out July 8th. Just wanted to state my official opinion. :)

Honeymoon!!!

Lance and I have been back from our honeymoon for a month, so I figured its about time to write a blog about it. Basically, all I can say is that it was the most amazing honeymoon I could have ever dreamed of. It was straight out of a movie. After staying in the honeymoon suite in a hotel near the airport on our wedding night, Lance took me an isolated resort in the Bahamas for a week and a half. It was GORGEOUS. The only beaches I have ever been were super crowded ones. But here we had entire beaches to ourselves. The resort we stayed at (St. Francis Resort-- I would recommend it highly to anyone) was pretty much the only thing on the island, and it only had 8 little duplexes, about half of which were full when we were there. In this picture, the restaurant is on the left and our room was on the right.

The resort is owned by this adorable older couple from South Africa who live their on the island with their son. They run the little restaurant that we ate lunch and dinner at everyday. The only way to get to the island was a water taxi from the nearby larger island, Great Exuma, that had a little airport we flew into.

Our honeymoon was so relaxing because there wasnt a whole lot to do. Our room was nice but simple, and there were no phones, internet, or tvs. We had a balcony that looked out onto our beautiful white empty beach. Here was the view from our room:

There was lots to do on the island, so we spent our days tanning, playing in the water, building sand castles, hiking to different spots, kayaking, snorkeling, and just walking on the beach.



The sand was soo soft. Every morning, they brought breakfast to our room, then we would go play on the beach or in the water, and then usually do other activities in the afternoon. By late afternoon we were always exhausted so we would have an early dinner. (They had great food. Hamburgers, pizza, steak, lots of seafood for Lance). The sunsets were beautiful every right; it was just so romantic.

In the evening we usually went for walks on the beach and then would go back to our room and watch Lost on my laptop. It was just so nice and relaxing and romantic. I have never had so much fun in my life.I really do think I am the luckiest girl in the whole world! Lance and I were pretty sad to leave but we had so much to look forward to when we got home!
Starfish Bay! One of our favorite places to snorkel.

On one of the last nights there was a big storm and the waves were huge! Lance cut up his leg getting this picture.
Dinner the last night-- we dressed up a little. Still swimsuits though :)

Leaving the island for the last time. Best honeymoon ever!!