On Monday was our 9 month anniversary. CRAZY! I can't believe it sometimes. Sometimes it's like our wedding day was just yesterday. At other times, it seems like we have been married forever. I love Jared so much more today than I did on our wedding day, and I loved him a lot on our wedding day. We've been married long enough that if we had gotten pregnant right off the bat we'd be welcoming a new baby into our lives right now. Crazy! (And no we aren't pregnant and are not sure when we will either).
We have had our share of ups and downs these past 9 months, but I wouldn't trade any of it for anything. I love Jared, and am so glad that he took me to the temple 9 months ago. I am so grateful that we have the promise of being together FOREVER, so long as we keep those covenants we made that day as well as the others we have made. I can't imagine not having this knowledge, and not being with my sweetheart forever. I am looking forward to the many more months and years with Jared and the many more adventures we will have together. I love him so very much.
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Compromise...
We have come to realize that a happy marriage requires compromise. In other words both people have to give up something in order to settle a difference.
Like today we had a little situation. We only had one car and we both had things going on throughout the day. I had work from 10-6. Jared had class at 8, 10, 1 and a meeting at 5:30. So we compromised. Jared would be able to have the truck all day to get to the things he had to, but he had to drop me off at work at 10. As for his meeting we decided that if it were possible I would try to get off at 5:15 so he could be there for the whole meeting, but if I was unable to he would come pick me up when I was done and leave the meeting early or go late. I also said that if that wasn't going to work I would walk home, or maybe try to get a ride from a coworker. I ended up not finishing work until 5:45 and so Jared ended up leaving early and picking me up. I gave up having my own vehicle today and Jared gave up being able to stay at his meeting the whole time.
I don't know how we'd get along without compromising.
The best part of it is, that even though it feels like we're giving up what we might want at the time, I would gladly give up so much more for the closeness that comes as we sacrifice for each other.
Like today we had a little situation. We only had one car and we both had things going on throughout the day. I had work from 10-6. Jared had class at 8, 10, 1 and a meeting at 5:30. So we compromised. Jared would be able to have the truck all day to get to the things he had to, but he had to drop me off at work at 10. As for his meeting we decided that if it were possible I would try to get off at 5:15 so he could be there for the whole meeting, but if I was unable to he would come pick me up when I was done and leave the meeting early or go late. I also said that if that wasn't going to work I would walk home, or maybe try to get a ride from a coworker. I ended up not finishing work until 5:45 and so Jared ended up leaving early and picking me up. I gave up having my own vehicle today and Jared gave up being able to stay at his meeting the whole time.
I don't know how we'd get along without compromising.
The best part of it is, that even though it feels like we're giving up what we might want at the time, I would gladly give up so much more for the closeness that comes as we sacrifice for each other.
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Thanksgiving
We spent Thanksgiving with the Davenport family and Grandma Davenport's extended family. They asked us to bring a salad so I decided to make my layered Jell-o salad, and to make it in the cornucopia mold I have. It turned our beautiful.
We stayed in St George at the Days Inn with our family, and had a ton of fun.
We stayed in St George at the Days Inn with our family, and had a ton of fun.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Our First Halloween
For our first Halloween together, we dressed up as Ghostbusters. On Friday we went to a Halloween institute dance. Our costumes were a big hit. They even played the Ghostbusters theme song. It was a blast. On Saturday we went to our ward Halloween party. Our costumes were a hit again. We had dinner (soup, rolls, and desserts) and then carved pumpkins. Jared made one into the ghostbusters logo, and I had one say "hi". Yeah Jared is the creative one not me. They both turned out pretty great though. On Halloween I dressed up for work. After Jared was home from school we frosted cookies and then put together goodie plates for some of our friends. We put our costumes on and delivered our treats, and went to Papa Murphey's to get a Jack-o-Lantern pizza along with cheese bread and cookie dough. While we ate pizza we watched "Donnie Darko" and turned off all the lights and lit some candles and plugged in our pumpkin lights. I have been sick with a nasty cold and worked at 4 am, so at 10:30 I was exhausted, even though I wanted to stay up and watch more movies.
Here are some pictures of us:
We ended up buying some candy just to make sure we had something in case we got trick-or-treaters, but no one showed. I also went to Walmart and bought the 50% off candy so we have TONS.
It was a good Halloween. And looking forward to the many ahead.
Here are some pictures of us:
We ended up buying some candy just to make sure we had something in case we got trick-or-treaters, but no one showed. I also went to Walmart and bought the 50% off candy so we have TONS.
It was a good Halloween. And looking forward to the many ahead.
Monday, September 12, 2011
6 MONTHS!!!
Today is our 6 month anniversary. This morning I have been thinking a lot about that special day in the temple. 6 months ago I met Jared at the Salt Lake Temple at 10 am. He walked through the doors to the lobby and my already super excited self got even more excited and happy. We gave each other a kiss, and my mom and I went to get me ready. All the temple workers just made me feel so calm and like a princess. After getting into my temple dress my mom left to be with the rest of our guests but not before saying "take your time" I sat in the dressing room listing to my heart beat in my ears. Finally a worker came and took me to meet Jared. We were taken to the Celestial room where we sat together. There is something special about that room. I will never forget how I felt with my wonderful husband for as long as I live. At 11:00 we spoke with our sealer before going into that beautiful sealing room. After entering that wonderful room we received such wonderful advice that I wont ever forget, and then Jared and I were married and sealed together for all eternity.
That day was the most wonderful day of my life. And I cannot believe that I am lucky enough to be married to my best friend and have the promise that we can be together forever if we keep our covenants that we made 6 months ago.
That day was the most wonderful day of my life. And I cannot believe that I am lucky enough to be married to my best friend and have the promise that we can be together forever if we keep our covenants that we made 6 months ago.
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Well, Marisa keeps saying I'm going to post something, so I guess it's time I actually did.
School started a couple weeks ago. As always, I'm enrolled in mostly music classes. This semester, I'm finally finishing my theory courses, which I've been enrolled in almost every semester thus far. The last one is called 20th century theory and history, which includes studying the compositions of people like Schoenberg, Hindemith, and Cage. So, if you ever wondered what the musical equivalent is to Picasso and Escher and such, look up those guys. It's interesting, but not all the music is exactly pleasant to listen to. I'm also taking instrumental methods, which teaches me how to be a teacher, or more specifically, a band director. I'm taking Woodwinds and learning to play the clarinet. In Fundamentals of Conducting, I'm learning...the fundamentals of conducting! What a shock! I'm taking band and jazz and I've apparently been recruited to the orchestra as well. On top of all that playing, I'm in Brass studio and I'm taking private lessons, and trying to get in two hours of practice a day. Just so I don't have a overly musical schedule (yeah right) I'm also taking Education Psychology. That's a nice break. We read our assignment, the professor shows us a slide show that is word for word out of the book, then, if that wasn't enough monotony, the slides are all on-line so we can review them whenever we want. The best part is a lot of it is common sense. I usually just do homework for other classes when I'm there, but at least it's something non-musical in my schedule.
Outside of school, I'm currently employed by two different departments at the school and Vector Marketing. Holding three jobs is fairly easy when you only have a few hours a week. My most recent new job is with the school's Convocation Series, a series of lectures, motivational speakers, and performers that come every Tuesday at SUU. I work for two hours as an usher. It's surprisingly fun and I've so far met Senator Harry Reid and I'll get to meet a couple other cool speakers this year. My other job with the school is as a janitor. I'm just on call for any jobs that someone can't make it in to work. Right now it's slow, but once the weather and the homework load picks up, it'll pick up. The last job I have is as a knife salesman. It's pretty self explanatory. I find people that might like great knives, and I show them what I've got, and people buy them. So, if you want some knives, you know who to call. I also do bridal registries. Anyways, my other source of income is scholarships and such. I actually got paid this semester to go to school, between a pell grant and a music scholarship, I got a dollar and twenty five cents back, that of course went towards books.
One cool discovery we had a week or so ago was the T. H. Bell Teaching Incentive Loan. It's basically where the program gives education majors money while they're in school, and instead of paying back this loan, all you have to do is teach in Utah for as many semesters as you received funding for. I applied and was approved for one of the 8 positions available in the SUU education department. So, now I'm getting a couple extra grand a semester and I'm officially staying in Utah after graduation for at least a couple years.
Anyways, that's my classes and jobs and such. It's looking like a good semester, and it'll be the best semester ever simply because I'll be with Marisa from the start. I'm looking forward to a semester where I have a beautiful, amazing, wonderful friend to share all the ups and downs with. Hopefully it mostly ups, but we'll see.
School started a couple weeks ago. As always, I'm enrolled in mostly music classes. This semester, I'm finally finishing my theory courses, which I've been enrolled in almost every semester thus far. The last one is called 20th century theory and history, which includes studying the compositions of people like Schoenberg, Hindemith, and Cage. So, if you ever wondered what the musical equivalent is to Picasso and Escher and such, look up those guys. It's interesting, but not all the music is exactly pleasant to listen to. I'm also taking instrumental methods, which teaches me how to be a teacher, or more specifically, a band director. I'm taking Woodwinds and learning to play the clarinet. In Fundamentals of Conducting, I'm learning...the fundamentals of conducting! What a shock! I'm taking band and jazz and I've apparently been recruited to the orchestra as well. On top of all that playing, I'm in Brass studio and I'm taking private lessons, and trying to get in two hours of practice a day. Just so I don't have a overly musical schedule (yeah right) I'm also taking Education Psychology. That's a nice break. We read our assignment, the professor shows us a slide show that is word for word out of the book, then, if that wasn't enough monotony, the slides are all on-line so we can review them whenever we want. The best part is a lot of it is common sense. I usually just do homework for other classes when I'm there, but at least it's something non-musical in my schedule.
Outside of school, I'm currently employed by two different departments at the school and Vector Marketing. Holding three jobs is fairly easy when you only have a few hours a week. My most recent new job is with the school's Convocation Series, a series of lectures, motivational speakers, and performers that come every Tuesday at SUU. I work for two hours as an usher. It's surprisingly fun and I've so far met Senator Harry Reid and I'll get to meet a couple other cool speakers this year. My other job with the school is as a janitor. I'm just on call for any jobs that someone can't make it in to work. Right now it's slow, but once the weather and the homework load picks up, it'll pick up. The last job I have is as a knife salesman. It's pretty self explanatory. I find people that might like great knives, and I show them what I've got, and people buy them. So, if you want some knives, you know who to call. I also do bridal registries. Anyways, my other source of income is scholarships and such. I actually got paid this semester to go to school, between a pell grant and a music scholarship, I got a dollar and twenty five cents back, that of course went towards books.
One cool discovery we had a week or so ago was the T. H. Bell Teaching Incentive Loan. It's basically where the program gives education majors money while they're in school, and instead of paying back this loan, all you have to do is teach in Utah for as many semesters as you received funding for. I applied and was approved for one of the 8 positions available in the SUU education department. So, now I'm getting a couple extra grand a semester and I'm officially staying in Utah after graduation for at least a couple years.
Anyways, that's my classes and jobs and such. It's looking like a good semester, and it'll be the best semester ever simply because I'll be with Marisa from the start. I'm looking forward to a semester where I have a beautiful, amazing, wonderful friend to share all the ups and downs with. Hopefully it mostly ups, but we'll see.
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Quick Update....
Jared started school 3 weeks ago. He's taking 16 credits this semester, which is less than what he was taking while we were engaged and newly married. Jared will be posting on how school is going and such things soon... I hope... :)
I recently cut my hair, and I absolutely love it. It is way short now, and is very low maintenance which is perfect for me. A very quick brush through is all it needs most days now. It's great, especially with my new position at work. I no longer am what they called the "prep girl". I now am opening and cooking breakfast most days of the week. This means getting to work by 4 am. On the plus side I am home at noon and pretty much have the rest of my day to do whatever, which usually includes lots of time with Jared. YAY!!! It also means that I get every other Sunday off.
Jared applied for this Terrell H Bell Teaching Incentive Loan, and....... WE GOT IT! Jared knows more about the details of it than I do so I will make sure he includes that. But basically we are getting money if he teaches in Utah after he graduates. It is going to be such a blessing. I know I am very grateful for it.
Nothing else has really happened in our lives that I can think of at the moment. But we are doing well and are still very much in love with each other and so VERY happy. :)
I recently cut my hair, and I absolutely love it. It is way short now, and is very low maintenance which is perfect for me. A very quick brush through is all it needs most days now. It's great, especially with my new position at work. I no longer am what they called the "prep girl". I now am opening and cooking breakfast most days of the week. This means getting to work by 4 am. On the plus side I am home at noon and pretty much have the rest of my day to do whatever, which usually includes lots of time with Jared. YAY!!! It also means that I get every other Sunday off.
Jared applied for this Terrell H Bell Teaching Incentive Loan, and....... WE GOT IT! Jared knows more about the details of it than I do so I will make sure he includes that. But basically we are getting money if he teaches in Utah after he graduates. It is going to be such a blessing. I know I am very grateful for it.
Nothing else has really happened in our lives that I can think of at the moment. But we are doing well and are still very much in love with each other and so VERY happy. :)
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