living the dream.

It's been a while, and boy have we been busy! The one thing we've really noticed since being married is that life is NOT slowing down. We feel kind of behind on things we need to do, but at the same time we're amazed at the progress we've made! Our house is almost all set up, we just want to make it a little more homey by hanging up pictures. I've worked out a weekly chores list which is humorous and helpful both at the same time! I've gotten into the habit of planning meals for a week and grocery shopping all at once! I absolutely LOVE cooking. It's been super fun to take care of Zach in that sense. We've also started collecting and sorting out coupons into different categories whether it be date night, car stuff, fast food, groceries, etc. I hope that will come in handy and we just keep learning and learning!

If you know me well, you know I LOVE a clean house so it's almost like every Saturday is a deep cleaning kind of day. Hopefully our chore chart will keep that from being so much work on Saturdays when we should be out enjoying the beautiful summer weather while it's still here! We do really work well as a team though, and I'm amazed at how willing Zach is to help in that area. What a wonderful hubby I have!

Last weekend was an awful adventure of traveling, and I thought maybe we can humor you with that one! My cousin got married in Missouri last weekend (congrats Tony and Claire!!) and we really wanted to be with the family to celebrate. Our great friend Alex Krelo got us buddy passes and we were gonna fly standby. First problem: there are no direct flights from SLC to St Louis OR Kansas City. Second problem: Even after we reach the airport, our destination is still 2 hours away so we had to rent a car. Okay, so we get to the airport around 3 o'clock Friday to try and catch a 4 o'clock flight which was supposed to be open! We get there and the flight was booked. We wait to see if we make it and at the last minute she calls our names! Two people didn't show up. It seemed perfect. So there we are flying to Chicago, Midway airport and were hoping to catch a 9 o'clock flight to St Louis. We get to the Customer Service desk and ask them to be put on the list only to find out that the flight has been delayed 4 hours! She says we'll definitely get on because people won't be willing to wait. Well, the flight didn't take off until 1am. But we had no choice but to wait! We made some friends at the bar and talked about all kinds of interesting things but once 11:00 hit we were exhausted (but too cold to sleep!). Finally we reach St Louis at 2am, and have to rent our car and still make the 2 hour drive. Poor Zach, I slept a little in the car but then forced myself to stay up when I heard him talking to himself to stay awake! haha. We reached Moberly, Missouri (small small town) at 4:15am. That was the roughest thing ever! We went to sleep and wake up to texts from the family telling us to come join them for breakfast at nine. Well, we came here to be with family so of course we do. :) The wedding was nice, a Catholic ceremony at 1:00, and then the reception at 5:00, with drinks and appetizers in between. We get to bed by midnight on Saturday night only to wake up at 4am to make the 2 hour drive back to the airport. We return our car and are at the airport plenty before the first flight goes out. I will spare you the details but lets just say after the 5th time we didn't get on an airplane I just lost it. Poor Zach had to deal with his crying wife who was running off 4 hours of sleep two nights in a row. I sent out a text to friends asking them to pray for us, and Heather Wright let us know that her parents live super close to the airport if we need somewhere to stay. Well we kept trying to make some flights, got on two but then got pulled from them at the last minute (heartbreaker). Eventually we did give up because every flight going out was booked. At about 5pm we got to Heather's parents house and I showered, got on my pajamas and watched a movie with Zach. We were so tired, sad, and drained from the day that we were sleeping by 8:30. The next morning we were up and ready to go by 5, and praise God we caught BOTH the first flight to Denver, and then the next flight out to Salt Lake like it was nothing. Both flights were overbooked but we still got on somehow! So I did end up working on Monday which I was really nervous about. :) That was our horrible travel story. Don't fly standby when you can't afford to wait around. haha.

Last night was quite the opposite of that story. Zach and I had an amazing date night starting at dinner at Biaggi's (SO GOOD, go there if you haven't and order the bruschetta for an appy...delicious!) and then walked over to Pioneer Park to help pass out flyers for our amazing church. There was a lot of foot traffic there, so the Rock Church is definitely more known because of it. I pray God brings people on Saturday night because of it. Then Zach and I headed home to get our bikes and go for a nice ride at dusk. :) We rode to a park around our house, layed on the grass and talked about our goals and dreams. I love him, and I'm so excited for us to accomplish things for God together. Once it hit about 8:45 we made the ride back home. I've loved riding bikes this summer, and I'm happy it's such beautiful weather!

Well, that's a good glimpse in our lives. Tonight is the Open House which we're excited for! We love being with friends and family, and we also love celebrating marriage, so it's truly a win/win! Hope you all find yourselves well and happy. Until next time... :)