Halloween

We had a fun Halloween this year! I was a pirate and hubby was a prospector... but everyone at the party said he looked like bob the builder haha. It was a good time hanging with friends, eating munchies, and carving pumpkins. Ours was supposed to be a representation of Utah (hair is the mountains, nose is a tree, and mouth is a river). Aren't we creative? We even got 2 trick or treaters! I love holidays :)

Fall Break Fun

So let me explain this picture... it was on hubby's camera so i forgot to post in when i talked about our Virginia adventures but it is one of my favorites! It was taken in old town Williamsburg. Haha it makes me laugh

So on to my blog post...

We had a lot of fun this last week. Hanging with fun friends, relaxing, hitting up dollar movies, screaming our heads off at the Alpine Coaster, car rides to see the beautiful changing leaves, catching a fish on the provo river (and eating it), seeing my parents home remodel, and best of all spending time together! What a great way to welcome Fall.

33 days apart for an internship

Waking up at 6:30am every day for Skype

(or for one of us inparticular skyping right before he hit the hay at 6:30 am)

Emails twice or three times a day

No phone and limited internet time

Scripture reading and discussion emails

Love notes left / sent in bags

Learning a lot

Missing a lot

Loving growing fonder

This has been our life for the past 2 months. Hubby had the opportunity to go on a geology internship and gain a lot of experience. It was one of those bitter sweet moments for us. We are both glad to be together once again.

We thank thee oh God for a Prophet

I love general conference. I always feel direction and guidance after listening to the words of the Prophet and apostles. I remember when i was little, my favorite part of conference was playing cereal bingo with the names of the speakers (when a person spoke you got to put a cheerio on their name square). Now i find myself practically absorbing things being said and immediately trying to apply them to my life. I will be the first to admit that i am not perfect :) and i have a lot to work on. Even so, its nice to be reminded that we have a loving savior who has been through all the trials and tribulations that we go through. I always have a friend who "has been there".
It seems like our first year of marriage has been a bit chaotic. We have learned a lot of life lessons in the six months we have been married. Each has strengthened our relationship, but i used to wonder why we were having so many trials so fast. Conference was a great reminder that the Lord has a plan for us, and in these times of trial we must build our testimony and stay strong in the gospel. The Lord loves us and will not leave us comfortless. I am a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints and i love it!

Addicted

My mom introduced me to that pinterest site and i'm pretty sure i'm addicted. It has so many good ideas on it but with it changing all the time i find myself wanting to look at it non-stop! I have to have so much self control to turn the computer off and go to bed. I found this cute quote on it yesterday that said:

This is so true! I find myself working so hard at everything right now... school, work, laundry, everything. That i forget to stop and take a moment out of my day to just be happy and look at the beautiful mountains with the leaves changing colors. Fall is one of my favorite times of the year!

BE HAPPY

Random Blogging

I am thankful for a lot of things today:

1. Fall leaves and bright colors make even the worst day better. How can you not just stop for a few minutes and look at the leaves?

2. My Hubby is home for the weekend!! I just love him :)

3 Date nights with our fun friends made this weekend even more fun than it usually is!

4. Peanut M&Ms. Need i say more?

5. Noni berry snapple is the best drink i've had in a long time... too bad it is impossible to find

6. People are starting to say hi to us at church

Home at last

After about three weeks of settling in, we are finally home and unpacked. It feels good to get back to the west coast among family and friends. I love knowing how to get places without a GPS for the most part. We live among the most spectacular mountains that i personally have ever seen and i've been in 12 states off the top of my head so that's saying something.

Life has been crazy settling into school and having my hubby away on an internship. I really hope that the saying "The first year of your life together is the hardest" is true. We went from a hard summer, to an ugly welcome home situation by our neighbor, to new jobs away from each other. A whole lot of stress and loneliness. My heart goes out to the wifes of soldiers... how strong they must be!

I'm camping out with my wonderful family this month while he is gone. They are what holds me through, i can't imagine doing this in a completely different state. I have learned to have great faith through these hard times. The Lord works in mysterious ways, all i can do is

Trust

In

The

Lord.