dr seuss.

"We are all a little weird and life's a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love."

-  Dr. Seuss 

Happy 19th.

I hope you had a good day.

I know I sure did.

Learning and Growing.

As a little and sometimes, even big girl, we dream of our prince charming,

and what he is going to be like and what life is going to be like with him.

We dream of it continually. I don't know of any girl who doesn't.

I am so lucky to be a princess to the man I come home to everyday.

And I get treated like one everyday.

As we are learning about marriage and figuring out what works for us,

I wouldn't have it any other way.

Continually learning and growing together.

Creating family traditions for our small family of two.

Developing our routine together,

as husband and wife.

As a family.

I came across this quote the other day.

Absolutely loved it.

Realized how true it is.

How we choose our love, and from then on it is work and

everyday we must make the choice to make it work and love it.

Even on those trying days or times in our marriage.

And during those times we learn to deal with those trying days.

The Week Is Almost Finally Here!!

Soo...

7 days until the 19th!

3 days until the 14th

when I pickup Benji!

I am super excited!

These past 2 weeks I have been running around

like a crazy person trying to get everything done

so we aren't swamped the week

Benji is here.

I am sure as you all know, Monday is Valentine's Day.

I used to think it was the silliest holiday ever,

but then I started dating Benji.

Last Valentine's Day, we went on a carriage ride

through downtown Denver.

Benji spoils me every day, but especially on

Valentine's Day.

I am super excited for Monday,

because not only

I get to pick him up from the airport

but it is also Valentine's Day.

We haven't decided what we are going to do exactly,

but I am just excited to be with him.

February!

Today is February 1st.

Which means its February.

Which means

two weeks until I see Benji again.

and

LESS than three weeks until we get married!

I don't think I have ever been this excited before

for a new month!

Lately.

This past weekend I was able to go to Denver

to spend sometime with Benji and his family.

We had so much fun together,

like we always do.

And it was good to be back with Benji again,

even if it was just for a short amount of time.

Lessons learned and experiences

from the weekend

consisted of:

1. Never go to the DAV again with Larina, Grandma Richards, and

Benji.

If I ever go again it will be with just Molly.

Benji grew up shopping at thrift stores.

The DAV, particularly.

I have heard a many stories about him being there while he was growing up

and I wanted to see what it was like.

So, I convinced us all to go.

End Result: We were there way to long. We found too much random stuff.

Benji tried to convince me we needed this fine china he found there

instead of the ones we registered for. I didn't buy his convincing.

2. If girl gives advice on another girl, especially in the dating area. Listen and heed.

3. Trying to get a raincheck at Target for a dresser that was on sale, when they weren't sold out.

And the manager caught us.

We weren't really sure what to say.

4. You can be warm being on the tramp with a million blankets

even though its freezing.

5. I got Benji's ring awhile ago through someone Benji knew in Idaho Falls.

Since, I wasn't up there after it was ready he just went

and picked it up,

but I made him promise not to look at it until we were together.

So, we finally were able to look at it together.

6. I finally got to meet Cassidy!

Cassidy got home from his mission in Italy on Black Friday,

so this was the first time we were able to meet.

It was fun to be able to spend some time with him

and get to know him.

7. Saturday, Larina and Molly graciously threw a bridal shower

for me!

We had a lot of fun while everyone was together.

(Notice his ring on his left hand. He wore it pretty much all weekend long.)





I think this is becoming one of my favorite pictures of us.

22 days!

How time flies.

A year ago from today, I had been at school for 12 hours. I was tired. More than tired I was exhausted. I was ready to go to bed, but still had several different things I needed to do for school and I was supposed to go on a DATE, a BLIND date.

That semester I had not gone on too many dates, which I was completely ok with, because I had become so engrossed with my classes. I loved school. I loved doing my homework. I involved myself in my classes as much as I possibly could. I loved it.

The two girls who were trying to make this date happen had been trying for me to meet this boy for weeks, but every time something was arranged I was either too busy or that day I just didn’t feel like it, so it took weeks for this it to finally happen.

Reluctant and very unwanting, I went on this blind double date. It was supposed to consist of the boys making dinner, and then going to watch the boys play basketball, and then do something later that had been undecided. After such a long day at school, I decided I would just go to dinner and skip out on the basketball game to work on homework, but really it was because who wants to sit on the ground to watch two boys that you don’t really know all that well get stinky and sweaty by bouncing a ball back and forth, not me. So I went home to work on homework during the game.

Then dependent on how well dinner went, I would decide to do this after game thing that had yet to be decided. Dinner went as well as a blind date dinner can go, so I decided I would do the after basketball game plans, which ended up consisting of getting hot chocolate and going to this place on campus called the gardens to talk to get to know each other, just he and I.

As we sat in the gardens, we talked and laughed about our families, our lives – future and past, what we wanted in our future, school…you name it. As the night quickly came to an end, I knew I wanted to know more. So, that night became the first of the many nights and many hours he and I would spend together.

A year later, I am anxiously waiting for the day (100 days!) to be sealed for time and all eternity to that same boy. I am at a point in my life I thought I would never be at. Honestly, I thought I would NEVER be here.

I had always dreamed that one day I would be the girl I am today, the woman I have become, almost married to my best friend, and graduated from college, with everything that I was ever worried about then all figured out. I do not have to worry about what my major is going to be, or who I am going to marry, or if I will have any friends, or if I will have nice roommates, or if I can handle my classes. I made it through all that, somehow. It definitely was not the easiest phase of my life, but somehow I got here.

Quite frequently, Benji and I talk about how things would be different if we had met earlier in the semester or if we had met before his mission and we both know things would not have worked out as well as they have.

I am so grateful for the Lord’s timing and hand in all things and the ability he has to bring people into our lives when we need it the most. I am so grateful for good friends and the ability they have to sometimes see things when you don’t. I am grateful for the man I am to marry and all the things he does do and has done for me, from the beginning. He has become my best friend better than I could have ever asked for.

As I head to Rexburg this weekend to be with Benji, I could not be any happier and anxiously cannot wait to spend the rest of eternity with him.

Malad.

Friday I had an incredibly beyond brilliant plan.

It was great.

It was even better that Benji liked it.

Starting this upcoming weekend he is going to start working Friday, Saturday and Sunday

EVERY weekend.

Thank you Olive Garden. I appreciate it.

I wanted to see him.

So we met in Malad.

The halfway point between Salt Lake and Rexburg.

Malad consists of two gas stations, Subway, park and a church.

Our day consisted getting a Subway sandwhich for lunch and

being at the park for 6 hours and

Benji helping a little boy find his friends.

It was an experience. But fun.

This is the face Im going to wake up to for all eternity.

I can't wait.