Two Month Anniversary...

Yesterday was August 5th. That means that exactly two months from yesterday David and I got married! It has been an amazing two months. We have had many adventures, eaten lots of good food, spend lots of time with family and thoroughly enjoyed being married. (I realize that those of you who have been married longer than two months may think it is silly to celebrate such a short time of being together. But every day is so wonderful that I feel like I should have a celebration EVERY day. That isn't really possible, so we chose to make yesterday a special day.)
We had such a good day. I wanted to show David how much he means to me, so I woke up early in the morning and surprised him with breakfast in bed. I would have loved to spend the day together and not go to work, but we still had to go to work. However, on the way home we did pick up a pizza and came home to a delicious dinner. We had a list of things we needed to get accomplished and did everything on our list! One of the things on our list included me cutting Davids hair for the time all by myself! It turned out so well! (See pictures below.)

One thing that has been so fun about being married is finding the little quirks in our relationship. I am so grateful for a husband who finds my quirks endearing instead of annoying. Here are just some of the quirks in our relationship that make our life together SO FUN:

1. We each have our own tube of toothpaste, because neither of us likes the others Brand choice.

2. I love cold pizza for breakfast (or any meal for that matter) and David can't stand the thought of it. (Although, every time I am eating it I still offer some to him!)

3. I like to eat most things in a bowl, David prefers to use a plate. (For foods like spaghetti, salad, potato supreme etc...)

4. David would eat potatoes with every meal if he had the chance. I, however, would be a happy camper if I could eat some form of pasta every day for the rest of my life.

5. I am a morning person, and David is a night owl.

I love the things that make our relationship unique. I also love the things we have in common, like our love of otter pops, popcorn and board/card games. I love that we both love to watch movies that we have never seen before even if they are silly little kid movies (City of Ember for example). I love that we can spend hours walking around the grocery store just enjoying being together.

Here are just a few pictures from our "2-month anniversary celebration." Take note of the amazing job I did cutting Davids hair!

The very delicious and very large pizza we bought for dinner.


Davids hair, before. (So wonderful and long!)


Nervous to let me cut his hair without parental supervision. (His dad taught me how to once, back in December. I am proud to say I remembered everything perfectly.)

Post haircut. Such a handsome guy!


Side view. Look at what a good job I did. :) Be proud.

ps. Be excited for the upcoming post about re-roofing Davids Grandmas house! Both David and I have a lot to say about it!

Suprise Visit from Jenna Anne...

Oh, the power of Facebook. I was on Facebook on Wednesday when I saw that my little sisters Status was "Jenna is bored out of her head!!!! Any ideas of what I can do??" Now, this theme is a pretty common status on Facebook these days. People are always bored and looking for something to do. There were all sorts of suggestions including blowing something up, eating a sandwich, painting her toenails, and hooking up with Tyler Newbold! I decided to add to the mass of suggestions by saying "Come play with me!" In less than 10 minutes (and after I bribed her with cookies) she was on her way! It was AWESOME! We had such a good time! We made a delicious dinner, and we made cookies (I always come through on my bribes). I had to go do my visiting teaching for a little bit, so Jenna and David hung out but the rest of the night was full of games and fun! (Not to mention full of delicious popcorn!) I am so glad that Jenna came up to visit, I miss her (and the rest of my family) so much. We always have a good time.

My beautiful little sister and I. People used to think we were twins, but we don't look anything alike in this picture.

Jenna, showcasing just ONE of the games we played. (The others were Mexican Train and Phase Ten)

This is what I came home to after Visiting Teaching. My sweet David had written me a love note using Reese's Pieces and a heart shaped cookie!

This is a close up of my "Love note." Cute huh!

The following are the top ten reasons why I love my little sister Jenna:

1. She is such a good example to me and she always helps me be a better person.
   
2. She makes me laugh.
3. She is the most mature silly person that I know.
   
4. She balances me out. (For those of you who have seen the movie or read the book Pride and Prejudice, I am very much like Elizabeth (prideful, stubborn, opinionated) and Jenna embodies ALL of the most wonderful qualities of Jane (kind, caring, loving, sensitive, gentle, peacemaker, always looking for the best in people and situations). (In fact, someday I hope to name one of my daughters Jenna Jane.)
   
5. We have so many wonderful childhood memories that make me laugh even just thinking about them, even though I can't fully remember why they were funny in the first place.
   
6. She is forgiving when I do dumb things.
   
7. She is beautiful. (I hope that when people say we look alike it means that I look like her, not that she looks like me!)
   
8. She is optomistic.
9. She makes my Dad smile when she comes into the room and she fills our home with a special form of love.
   
10. Jenna has been my best friend since... always. She is seriously such a good sister to me. I was cleaning out a box of stuff that I haven't unpacked yet and I found a handmade birthday card from her from two years ago. There is a huge heart on the front, and inside there is a picture of the two of us when we were really little, wearing ridiculous sunglasses. It made me tear up just looking at it! Jenna blesses my life every day through her love and her example.

I LOVE YOU JENNA!

ps. These are some random pictures that I have taken over the last week or so. I thought I should add them at the end.

David standing by the front door of our apartment. Please notice the really cute wreath on our door (our neighbors, the McNinches, gave it to us as a wedding gift) and the fan in the doorway (the only thing saving us from death by heat exhaustion!). Also note how incredibly handsome David is in his Aggie apparel (It is fate that he looks so good in Navy Blue!)

If you look really hard you can see a rainbow in the clouds. It was BEAUTIFUL. I couldn't capture the beauty, but use your imagination and remember to thank God for the small wonderful gifts he gives us every day!

My love of Reading...

Esther Meynell once said,
"Books, to the reading child, are so much more than books -- they are dreams and knowledge, they are a future, and a past.

I love books. I love everything about books. I love the way I become absorbed in a different world full of different people and different adventures. When I start reading a book it is hard for me to force myself to put it down and do something else. Lately I have been reading a ton. It's been such a long time since I have been able to read this much. I LOVE IT. One of the reasons that I love reading so much is because I learn incredible things. For example: a bunch of the books that I have read lately have taken place around the time of the French Revolution. I have learned a lot of really cool things. In fact, the French Revolution is my new favorite thing to learn about. Last weekend David and I went to the library and I came home with about 6 books about the french revolution. It's fabulous.

Books to me are knowledge. They feed my hunger for knowledge of things I didn't even know I was looking for. I love reading and I love that my handsome husband also loves to read. It's a pastime that we both enjoy. A couple of weeks ago there was a big rainstorm while we were driving home from work. As soon as we got home we pulled all of the cushions off our couch and set them up on our porch. We grabbed our books and a couple of blankets and had a wonderful evening reading outside. (Unfortunately it stopped raining, but it was so beautiful and smelled so good!) I don't think there is anything in the world that could be better than to sit outside on a makeshift couch cuddling with my wonderful husband under a pile of blankets while reading a book!