Bagles, Thank you cards, and The Emporor's New Groove

The title of my post goes out to my one and only ginger bestie in Payson, Mikaela! She always has three things listed as her titles so I decided to try it and it worked perfectly!

Yesterday night Spencer was at school. I had been doing thank you cards for ummm....like 5 hours and ran out with only about 15 more to write. Great. I was kinda bummed but I decided to just let it go and relax for the rest of the night. Spencer is supposed to get home at about 10 and he walks in the door at 9:25! Well, that was an awesome surprise! I asked him why he was home so early and he replied with, "I would have been home earlier if I hadn't gone to Fry's". Confused, I asked..."Why did you go to Fry's??" He held up and bag and pulled out a pack of thank you cards and a bag of bagles. This seriously made my whole night. I had been talking either earlier that day or the day before about how I went grocery shopping and purposely bought more pizza sauce so we could make more pizza bagels and then completely forgot to buy bagels. He is so stinking awesome! I seriously was blown away by how cool he was. I just hugged him so tight and he was a little bit weirded out because he didn't know why this was such a big deal but it was so awesome to know that he listens to me and that he goes out of his way to make me happy. IT WORKED!!! He also brought in the copy of the Emporor's New Goove he got at Target earlier (that was his indulgence, he said we HAD to have that movie :)) Life is so good! I have the best husband in the world!

Today I got to hang out with my good friend Alex. It was so fun to see her again and actually spend some time together! She came over and we finished watching my show (it's called Lie to Me. Don't watch it with little kids but seriously...watch this show) and headed out for our bargain shopping extraveganza! We headed to good will and just meandered around, talking about her wedding plans and the things going on in our lives and then we headed back to my house to paint nails :). I seriously love this girl and am so proud of her good decisions!! I can't wait for her and Bronson to get married on September 1st! WOO!

Just on a funny note, my mom and I had a really funny conversation last night over text, thought I would share:

(I texted my mom to tell her how proud of me she should be because I worked out for an hour)

Me: I'm gonna be sore...I'm gonna keep going though
Mom: I'm super sore from Janelle on Tuesday
Me: I love it!!
Mom: I don't. Dread going potty
Me: Wow....ha
Mom: getting old sucks
Me: You're not old, you're thirty, flirty, and thriving!!!
Mom: Bahaha
Me: I'm awesome, say it!
Mom: I"m smart, I'm sexy, and gosh darn it people like me!
Me: Haha own it girl!
Mom: I'm going to bed now it's past my bedtime :) You know us old fogies

We will look like them one day mom, I know it.


Love ya!  Like a pig loves a good old roll in the mud on a hot day! (which is about every day here so...I love you a lot!

Wednesday is my new favorite day!

Yesterday was so awesome! I was pretty much Queen of the world. My morning began by being able to skype my dearly missed bestie in Payson, Mikaela. Married life is great :) Then I decided to be productive sooooooo....

• I cleaned and put away all of the dishes
• I vacuumed the whole house.
• I CLEAN cleaned the bathroom. I even mopped the floor because my hair stuff always falls on it. It gets nice and sticky.
• I swept and mopped the kitchen floor
• I cut up the cantalope that has been on our counter
• I cleaned up EVERYTHING off the floor in our room
• I made the bed.
• I took out every piece of garbage in the whole house
• I cleaned out behind the chair in our living room, it looks awesome now
• I went to the grocery store!
• I put away groceries and lit a candle

So my house is clean!!!! Probably the cleanest it has been since we moved in. I was so excited about it that when my friend Jess texted me and invited us over, I said, "You guys should come over here!" (Jess and JP have been married for 5 days now!)

We were supposed to meet with our bishop but we never set up a time and then when 4:00 passed and we still hadn't heard, we decided they weren't coming! I also had my oral exam for my spanish class and I had that to take right before the friends came over. While I did my exam, Spencer cooked dinner. It was soooo good! We ate pasta and garlic cheese bread and salad and yummy peach juice! My husband is so cool :) I even got to use one of my gifts for the first time. Spencer's aunt Lori made us this cute little treats display thing made out of dishes and I got to use it to hold the bread, THANKS LORI!

Date night was fun. It's fun to hang out with other married couples. We ate, talked a little, then watched a movie. Seriously like the best day ever. Oh yeah, and I got two new workout dance videos that I am starting TODAY!! Have to fit into my bridesmaid dress :)

Today is going to be pretty great too! McKenzie is coming over to swim and then Jess is coming back at like 12:30 to work out with me!! I am so grateful for such good friends! :) Oh yeah....

I GOT AN A ON MY ORAL EXAM!! WAHOO!!!

The first month

It has been just a little bit over a month since the big day and WOW is being married the best thing ever. This post is going to be really confusing and all over the place but I am just going to spill!

 I have continued to cook dinner almost every night and Spencer says I'm an excellent cook (he does not think anything on the planet is gross though so it's not really a fair statement).

We auditioned for Oliver! together and are enjoying dancing together as ensemble townsfolk! Although it is not his favorite thing to do, it means the world to me that he will do it anyways to spend time with me. I just love that boy :) We have been to three rehearsals and are picking things up quickly :).

 We are also nearing the end of our school semester! We are approaching finals and there is lots of homework. Let's just say our nights are not usually movies and cuddling :( . It's ok though, we are almost done!

 We have also been able to go to a couple of friend's wedding receptions and have about three more this month. My best friend Miranda is getting married on the 31st of this month and I am thrilled! Her and Andy are just so stinking cute... She was nice enough to include me in the wedding and I get to be a bridesmaid! She just gave me my dress yesterday and it is beyond gorgeous! I went over to grandma's yesterday night and we sewed our little hearts out. I was so grateful that I got married first because if I hadn't, my grandma wouldn't be comfortable working with sleeves and wouldn't have been able to alter it for me. She's the best!! My other friend Chantille is getting married in TWO WEEKS! I am so excited for her too. She will be moving in right down the road from us so I am excited to have her so close to me.

We had Spencer's family come over on Sunday night to keep us company. We watched AFV and played catch phrase! It was fun to have all of the boys here and to hang out with the mother in law and Tatum :).

Spencer and I have been to our new ward a total of twice now and this past week was better than the first. I GOT TO  HOLD A BABY DURING RELIEF SOCIETY!! I know, stupid right? But I just sit and watch them and want to hold them but this week I sat down next to a woman with a baby and sure enough, I got to hold him! So fun. The lesson was good and we feel a little bit more comfortable (even though there are only three young couples in the WHOLE ward and everyone else has at least two kids). We are excited for callings and to make some friends!

We have continued with our routine of going to the temple once a week and it is a really nice breather from the world. We just get to go and do work for other people and not worry about ourselves. On a really happy note, I am excited to go to TWO sealings this month. (That is the one thing that I haven't done since we got married)

Other than that, life in the Hon home is just about as normal as normal gets. We are working on our car situation but for now it looks like we will still be using a loaner from the bakery. We feel so blessed to have so many people willing to help us and work with us to make sure we can get around.

The last thing to say on this post is that my ankle is feeling SO MUCH BETTER. I haven't worn my brace in two days and it barely hurt going down the stairs yesterday. I figure since it hasn't been getting better wearing the brace, I might as well try to strengthen it.....here goes nothing!

p.s. It is not official, but Spencer and I have talked about going to Utah this summer for a little while to visit his cousin and his wife! They say we can sleep in their living room. We are also going to Indiana and camping on the beach in California! We want to have a fun first summer :). Also, I will be 20 years old in t-minus 2.5 months! :)

Life without him.

So this is going to be a REALLY mushy post. Just prepare yourself. Tonight I had a few friends over to do some zumba and watch a movie. After waka waka ing we decided to watch the movie Premonition. It's about this woman (Sandra Bullock) who finds out her husband dies, wakes up the next morning and he's alive, then wakes up the next morning and he's dead again. Her days happen all out of order and it's probably the scariest movie I can stand. Anyways, her husband got hit by a semi. And then she found out later that he was about to cheat on her. I had this seriously sad thought and pushed it aside. It came back as soon as Spencer got home. I made him come sit by me and held onto him until the movie was over. My friends left and I totally started crying. (You are all shocked aren't you?) Anyways, I cannot imagine my life without Spencer. My first thought was the cheating thing. I know he would NEVER do that, but it still made me sad that it happens to people. I then started thinking about if I had to be the woman on the other side of the door from a cop telling me my husband wouldn't be coming home. I held him so tight and he heard me sniffle. It made me so sad to even think about losing him. I have never even considered it.

I will never again take for granted the I love you's or the kisses. I won't take for granted him opening the jars, the taking out the garbage, the holding me when I don't feel good, or the pure love that he shows me every single day. What would I do without that? What would I do without him? I don't think I could do it. He means too much. Just this morning he woke up and turned to me and sang, "Good morning beautiful, how was your night?" It made my whole day. I miss him so much just while he's at class. I can honestly say that I don't think I could love anybody more than I love my sweet husband. (I don't know what the ranks are supposed to be with family and husband, I'm in a pickle in my brain, but it's ok, it fits in with the heavy sap that's already here).

I'm always scared that my life is too easy, that I haven't really had any big trials that I have had to go through and that my married life is going to be terrible because the trials have to come SOMETIME! But honestly, and I am saying this publicly so if I ever feel like saying otherwise, people can correct me, but I am not letting anything come in my way. It's too important. No matter what happens, we are connected eternally and we have to figure things out as they come. There is no backing out or backing down. It's too important. That's the cool thing about being married, there is NO easy out. We are in it for good and I love that. I love having someone else on our side to help us through things. I am so grateful for my wonderful husband who I love with all of my heart. He makes every day worth it.

The finishing touch!

I have been frustrated over my living room since we moved in. I cannot for the LIFE of me find something to make the big wall look good! I have tried so many different pictures, arrangement of pictures, NO pictures, and still.....big, fat, NOTHING. Today my sweet mother in law decided to take me out to lunch to save me from sitting at home by myself. (I think I make a bigger deal out of that than it really is...but it's ok. I do get bored and it's nice to get out of the house) Anyways, we go to Paradise Bakery for lunch and then she says, "Let's just go look at Kirkland's, you don't have to get anything!" Oh no. That's like saying, it's ok little moth, just go towards the light, it won't hurt you! We walk in and I am immediately in a happier place. Something about Kirkland's just makes a girl happy. (I blame my mom for this one...) We go and look and within the first two minutes, I have found THE piece for over my entertainment center!!!!!!! But do I stop there, NO! Why would I? That would make way too much sense. I decided to keep looking, just because I had never been in that particular store before and maybe it had different things. Boy was I right! Right before we were about to leave, I saw this thing that belongs in my house. I'm serious. I had NO idea where it would go but I knew it had to come home with me. When presenting my items, Spencer's mom says, "Why don't you just get one and then come back for the other one a different day?" This was a good plan. But which do I take home and which do I leave there??? If I leave THE piece, I am pretty much back to square one with the frustration. If I leave the other one, I might never get it. You see, it's on sale and there are only 3 and I saw another lady looking at them after I picked mine up......
*side note* Yesterday I bought a little piece of art from Walmart for about $15 and it didn't end up working...

Anyways, I ended up getting both because I figured that if I took the Walmart one back (Which was already the plan) it was like I was only buying one thing! I committed to her that if I couldn't find a place for the second one in one week, I would bring it back. I went to check out and I got BOTH things for less than $50! Does that EVER happen? No. It was a steal.
I headed home and decided I couldn't wait until Spencer go home to have him help so...I put them up by myself! THE piece looks PERFECT in my living room. And the other piece, has a spot already! My living room finally looks like a put together room; like everything has a place. I know what you are thinking! "Let me see these things!" Ok, since you twisted my arm... :)

This is THE piece :) The flowers are made of rhinestones :)

I didn't realize how dirty and weird this room looks in the picture, but believe me, in person, it's PERFECT! I'm a happy camper! If some people *cough* MOM! *cough* would come and visit ever, they would see it in real life!

Last little bit of news. I have been DYING all day to go swimming! I was counting down the minutes to when Spencer got home so we could go! It was so hot but I was NOT turning on my ac until bedtime. He gets home, we change into our suits, and head down to the pool! We get there and guess what, it's closed until Friday. I seriously almost cried. I came back and made dinner. It was such a bummer... :( But we did take a picture of "our first swim of the summer" that didn't happen. Pardon the weirdness but I just wanted to show how badly we needed some sun...

We are a tad....white... 

Another great day in the Hon home! Preparing my song for my Oliver audition, homework, work, and ice cream!

Ok, so marriage isn't just puppies and rainbows

I LOVE being married. I would not trade it for one single thing in the whole entire world. But being married is HARD. You are completely changing your life around! You are having to live with one person all of the time and you have to learn to adjust. It has been eating at me the past week or so. I have just felt a bit inadequate. Not that anything really specific has happened, I have just felt like I just can't do things good enough. I burn the cookies, or can't keep the house clean enough, or I can't get the amount of food in the lunch right, or I order the wrong size of garments. I know all of these little things are so silly, but I have felt like such a loser lately! I have known it is all me though and that I was overreacting so I didn't really talk to Spencer about it. Well, Sunday morning comes and I just lose it. I cried bawled. I have only cried this hard I think three times in my life and it is no fun. Spencer was terrified. He has never seen me cry that much before and the fact that my whole body was shaking was not his favorite thing. I couldn't calm myself down. The more I tried, the harder I cried. It got to the point where I really couldn't breathe. My hands started getting really really tingly and weak and I was really lightheaded. I told Spencer that I didn't feel very good and he already knew what was wrong. He kept telling me to take deep breaths but that didn't work very well... about two minutes later he asks me if I wanted a blessing. I said yes. I just laid there on the bed struggling to breathe and he gave me a blessing. He gave me a blessing of comfort. I was so grateful. For one thing, this is the first blessing that Spencer has been able to give me. I wanted him to a couple of times while we were dating but he couldn't because he didn't have authority to. So that was nice that he finally could. Secondly, I was so grateful that no matter what time of day, no matter what was going on, Spencer was worthy and willing to give me a priesthood blessing. During the prayer I was able to focus on the things he was saying and less on the fact that I couldn't breathe. By the end I was still crying, but much less and I could breathe normal. I drank some apple juice and just laid there for a few minutes. Finally, after the hour and a half of crying, I was able to stop. Once I was sufficiently calm, Spencer and I actually talked about how I was feeling and I was able to do it without crying. He told me that he had no idea I was feeling like that at all and that I have to tell him because he just thinks I'm being crazy and doesn't know what to do with me. That's something I learned: The less I talk about it, the less sane he thinks I am.... :)

I know this sounds so pathetic, and even as I sit here typing about it, I realize how ridiculous I'm being, but it was a really good moment for Spencer and I. As we were laying in bed afterwards, he told me that he liked these moments when I cried; not because he liked to see me cry, but usually when I do, we get closer somehow. This time was no exception. I told him that I don't like the times that I cry, but I like the rainbows after the storm. I like the fact that after a huge fit like that and a really long time of him not really knowing what to do, Spencer is still able to hold me, kiss my head, and tell me he loves me. I am grateful for his patience and his love. I think there is only one other person that could have done that for me and that is my mom, but I'm not going to lie, having my husband do it was a bit better.... :) I know that life isn't all puppies and rainbows, but there are still those happy moments in the midst of despair if you have the spirit.

One other happy thing that happened this past week is Spencer and I were given a car from my grandpa! It is a 1994 Toyota Camry and it is red. It has some engine problems, but it works for now and it is OURS. We are so blessed and grateful.

Our first Easter together was not what we expected and not what we even wanted, but I am grateful for it. We ended up missing church because about 25 minutes before it started was when my crying turned into crazy. After we ate lunch, we sat and watched some of the Saturday morning session of conference. It was so nice to sit and watch it in the quiet. Our life is crazy, but we are pulling through and when people ask me (which happens almost daily) how married life is, I say EVERY time, "WONDERFUL!"

I am officially old news!

It has been two weeks today that I have been married! Time is already flying. I feel like we have been married for a year already, but like the wedding day was yesterday...hmmm. Tonight Spencer and I got to go to my friend Monet's reception. She looked absolutely beautiful and I am so excited for her!

She looks like a fairy princess :)

It was fun to go with my husband and to be one of the ones that could say, "I have already done this and will NEVER have to do it again!" Life is good :). It is crazy though. I have been in this little bubble of me being the topic of conversation, or the one getting presents and now it's Monet's turn! It's fun to see how excited she was and look back on how excited I was and how far I have come since then! ( I know, I'm a fast mover!)

Today was such an amazing day! My honey had to work so I was stuck at home. I didn't really have anything to do so I just told him he could take the car for the day. Mom was busy, so I went back to sleep. Grandma calls me a little bit later and says she doesn't have a playmate for the day and asks if I would like to join her. I said, "YES!". I love my days with grandma, she is pretty much one of my best friends and I feel like we are both 19 years old and just having a grand old time! We went to a  new little place called Durger Dog or something like that. It is on the SE corner of Power and Baseline. NOT by home depot. If you get the ad in the mail, don't follow THAT direction. It was actually really good, service was a little bit slow but I think they were trying to make it personal. They have these things called Apple Fries and let me tell you, I died and went to heaven. They take a slice of apple, deep fry it, cover it in cinnamon, and then give you caramel sauce and whipped cream to put on it on the side. Just sit and drool for a second...I did. Then we went to the movies and saw Mirror Mirror. It was hilarious. Go see it.

Spencer got off of work at 3:30 and my wonderfully thoughtful man decided to go vacuum the car for me :) We are FINALLYYYYYY out of glitter. It looks amazing! We had our first FHE tonight too as our Hon family! We decided to decorate eggs since it is almost Easter! We each did 4, they are cute :)

It means I am an egg! The spanish never ends!

They were the decals like you put on cars but we got them in our build a bear egg decorating kit! It didn't work so good and this bear ended up looking seriously weird...

It was fun and we are both excited about our first Easter together! Afterwards, Spencer decided he wanted to play video games with Hunter (his little brother) so I decided to be productive! I had to make cupcakes for our family Easter party tomorrow and so I did them tonight. I am VERY serious when I say I am the next Rachel Ray. These little cupcakes turned out to be SO cute and I made a million of them and STILL ended up with a clean kitchen afterwards!!! :) I like being a married person.