Never let your love die. I've been married almost 4 years come August. I love Todd more now than I did 4 years ago and I know our love will continue to grow together.
Recently for FHE, we watched the movie Fireproof. It's really great for any couple to watch, married or not YET married. ;) It's at Blockbuster or on YouTube.
One of the biggest points of advice I have came from that movie: Never stop studying each other. You can't just stop at a high school diploma. You must go on and get a Bachelor's, Master's and Doctorate degrees in your spouse. Learn everything you can. Have deep heart to hearts. Ask questions. Ask why. You be the expert on your spouse, more than their mother is! ;)
Another thing (and this just comes from me): Defend each other, especially in social situations. They need to know that you have their back at all times. Even if you don't completely agree with something, stand behind them, vouch for them, explain their reasoning. Never reveal something to others that is personal or private. Having that information is a privledge. Don't freely give it away.
One time we were with a group of friends and the husband was gone putting their daughter down for bed in the next room. While he was out, one of the other husbands asked the wife, "Tell us something about Sam that he wouldn't want us to know. Tell us something embarassing." She resisted at first but everyone was pushing her so she told everyone his nightly routine that was kinda funny. It wasn't a deep dark secret but I don't know that he would've told them himself. I felt bad and I think she did too.
Take one step, one day at a time. You will do great. The engagement is the hardest part of your life together. Since there is opposition, it is RIGHT and GOOD. :)
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Monday, June 13, 2011
We Done Moved to Texas!
We are now Texas residents! It's weird to me that we LIVE here now. When I walk out of the apartment, I get blasted with warm, moist air. It feels like I'm on vacation like in Hawaii or something. I'm not used to humidity. But my skin hasn't been super moist like people said. They said I wouldn't need lotion or chapstick down here. But I've used a lot of that stuff already.
UPDATE: TJ just got his first tooth! FINALLY! :) He's been "teething" for about 2 months with swollen gums and little buds, but now it's cut through! His second bottom tooth can't be too far behind. He's walking all over the furniture holding on but still walking. He's crawling like a champ still. He loves being outside even though he gets sweaty. He gets into the cupboards and loves the ceiling fans.
We are all moved in and have been for awhile. It's a really nice apartment on the second floor so we are the noisy ones now! We've never had someone below us that we've needed to be quiet for. I pound on the ground when I play with TJ and then I remember, there's someone below us that probably isn't appreciating that very much. I know I didn't.
It's a great little community and I'm getting pretty used to the streets around here since they aren't the grid system like in Rexburg and UT. There are a ton of different highways! I have to get onto 4 different ones to get to Tiffany's (my sister-in-law) house in Fort Worth which is a NEIGHBORING city. It's weird.
Todd likes his new job. He's pretty much just done training videos the past week and a half but he's gone to a few parties and enjoyed the people there. He takes the DART and it takes him like no time to get into downtown.
I love being at the pool. TJ loves it too. He splashes the whole time and even kicks like he's swimming. It's super cute. I haven't had time to just go and lay out to tan at all. Every time I'm outside I have TJ and have to keep an eye on him and keep him out of the sun so I'm out of the sun. But that's ok. We'll have good weather until December and then it'll just be nice. :)
Things that I like about TX that are different than ID or UT:
+ The Kroger grocery store here - their system for checking out is BRILLIANT! You just take your cart (full) right up to the cashier person. They take the items out of your cart and beep them right there. Then they put them onto the conveyor belt to the bagger who bags and puts back into your cart. That way there's not a ton of taking everything out, then putting them back in to take them back out, etc.
+ The roads are paved in concrete. There is only asphalt on the highways. That really helps keep the heat down.
+ The layout of the airport (DFW)
+ That everyone runs or bikes here. After about 6 'o clock, there are runners up and down our street and all over the Village
+ Six Flags Over Texas is 30 mins away! Can't wait to go!
+ The trees that provide shade. These trees are old and mature. They had some good planners and added trees every where.
+ The thunderstorm the other night
Things I don't really like or are weird and different:
- The billions of highways
- They paint their fire hydrants silver. I don't know why and I know they were red first because some of the paint is chipping and it's RED underneath. Weirdos!
- They have a lot of regulations. There isn't really any "public" land. Everything is owned by someone. And if you do find some "public" land you have to buy a $40 permit to walk on it. Also they have toll ways. And it's going to be about $600 to change our cars into Texas cars with the registration, emissions, new plates, inspections, permits etc for the great state of Texas. Everyone has a ton of stickers on their dash that I think would get in the way while driving...
- The cicadas and other bugs. Haven't seen too many {*knock on wood*}, thank goodness
- The sign at the mall that says: Tornado shelter in the center of the mall. WHAT THE!!??! That's comforting that now I know where it is, but not comforting that now we are in tornado country.
There were other things on both sides. Maybe I'll add them as I remember them. Overall though, we love it. We love the people, our apartment, and each other. We're on an adventure and I wouldn't want to do it with anyone but Todd and TJ. They are my life.
UPDATE: TJ just got his first tooth! FINALLY! :) He's been "teething" for about 2 months with swollen gums and little buds, but now it's cut through! His second bottom tooth can't be too far behind. He's walking all over the furniture holding on but still walking. He's crawling like a champ still. He loves being outside even though he gets sweaty. He gets into the cupboards and loves the ceiling fans.
We are all moved in and have been for awhile. It's a really nice apartment on the second floor so we are the noisy ones now! We've never had someone below us that we've needed to be quiet for. I pound on the ground when I play with TJ and then I remember, there's someone below us that probably isn't appreciating that very much. I know I didn't.
It's a great little community and I'm getting pretty used to the streets around here since they aren't the grid system like in Rexburg and UT. There are a ton of different highways! I have to get onto 4 different ones to get to Tiffany's (my sister-in-law) house in Fort Worth which is a NEIGHBORING city. It's weird.
Todd likes his new job. He's pretty much just done training videos the past week and a half but he's gone to a few parties and enjoyed the people there. He takes the DART and it takes him like no time to get into downtown.
I love being at the pool. TJ loves it too. He splashes the whole time and even kicks like he's swimming. It's super cute. I haven't had time to just go and lay out to tan at all. Every time I'm outside I have TJ and have to keep an eye on him and keep him out of the sun so I'm out of the sun. But that's ok. We'll have good weather until December and then it'll just be nice. :)
Things that I like about TX that are different than ID or UT:
+ The Kroger grocery store here - their system for checking out is BRILLIANT! You just take your cart (full) right up to the cashier person. They take the items out of your cart and beep them right there. Then they put them onto the conveyor belt to the bagger who bags and puts back into your cart. That way there's not a ton of taking everything out, then putting them back in to take them back out, etc.
+ The roads are paved in concrete. There is only asphalt on the highways. That really helps keep the heat down.
+ The layout of the airport (DFW)
+ That everyone runs or bikes here. After about 6 'o clock, there are runners up and down our street and all over the Village
+ Six Flags Over Texas is 30 mins away! Can't wait to go!
+ The trees that provide shade. These trees are old and mature. They had some good planners and added trees every where.
+ The thunderstorm the other night
Things I don't really like or are weird and different:
- The billions of highways
- They paint their fire hydrants silver. I don't know why and I know they were red first because some of the paint is chipping and it's RED underneath. Weirdos!
- They have a lot of regulations. There isn't really any "public" land. Everything is owned by someone. And if you do find some "public" land you have to buy a $40 permit to walk on it. Also they have toll ways. And it's going to be about $600 to change our cars into Texas cars with the registration, emissions, new plates, inspections, permits etc for the great state of Texas. Everyone has a ton of stickers on their dash that I think would get in the way while driving...
- The cicadas and other bugs. Haven't seen too many {*knock on wood*}, thank goodness
- The sign at the mall that says: Tornado shelter in the center of the mall. WHAT THE!!??! That's comforting that now I know where it is, but not comforting that now we are in tornado country.
There were other things on both sides. Maybe I'll add them as I remember them. Overall though, we love it. We love the people, our apartment, and each other. We're on an adventure and I wouldn't want to do it with anyone but Todd and TJ. They are my life.
Friday, June 10, 2011
Things I Love...
Big, wet, gummy, slobbery kisses Todd coming home from work {"I'm so glad when Daddy comes home!"}
Snuggling with my boy {these times are few and far between lately}
The internet and having it
Making TJ laugh
Todd blow drying his hair
The pool
The sun
TJ's face when eating a new food
Living close to siblings
NAPTIME!
Feeling productive
Snuggling with my boy {these times are few and far between lately}
The internet and having it
Making TJ laugh
Todd blow drying his hair
The pool
The sun
TJ's face when eating a new food
Living close to siblings
NAPTIME!
Feeling productive
Thursday, May 5, 2011
A Mover and a Shaker
TJ can crawl the "proper" way now. And now that he can really move by himself and get places faster than he could before. If I walk out of the room, he crawls around and follows me. He's been clingy and needy since he's been teething for 2 weeks as of tomorrow. I am so ready for this teeth to break through. Anyway, it's cute that he follows me and it's fun to see where he wants to go. He crawls over to the door stopper and plays with that for a bit and he crawls over to the unemptied grocery bag full of Gerber baby food jars and pulls one out and sucks on it. I was sitting on the couch and he crawled over to me and pulled himself to standing to get closer to me. :) Anyway, he's a cutie pie...when he gets some sleep at night.
what I saw on my walk
Beautiful pink tulips. there are spring flowers popping up everywhere!Freshly cut green grass
Grape hyacinth. They smell so yummy
I love daffodils. They are one of my favorites. But remember if you cut them from your yard or get them in a vase, only have daffodils with daffodils. They leak goo that plugs up the stems of other flowers and kills them. But they are gorgeous!It looks like my phone camera doesn't focus well super close up, but you get the gist.
So there's this beautiful blooming tree kiddy corner our complex. The blooms are amazing!! I still need to google it to find out what kinda of tree it is. It was COVERED!
The promise of new/more life.Little dainty flowers covering the dirt.
A small lilac bush but a lilac bush nonetheless. I love the smell of lilacs. In Rexburg, at the duplex we had a ton of lilac bushes and I loved bringing them inside.It's been really good weather the past few days and I think we are going to go on another walk today.
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