After the Honeymoon :)

We waited a week after getting back from our honey moon to open our presents- which is ridiculous. But with our busy schedules and living a half an hour away from where the present were being kept- we had no choice. We were so blessed with how many presents we recieved- all of the money and gifts cards were amazing- people were so generous! We had to document the opening of the presents though- we were drowning in Crate & Barrel boxes!





JOsh started nursing school in January- and when we got back from our honeymoon, he started having to go to clinicals at the hospital every other weekend. So every other weekend I have to go to church alone- it's a bummer. But- I am so proud of him for everything he is doing. He is going to be a wonderful nurse- and in the meantime I get to hear about the different things he has had to do for patients- lots of butt wiping, bed pan changing, giving shots, bed baths and even removing a catheter from a male patient. When he got home he was so excited to tell me about it- I was excited for him because he has been waiting to do catheters for a while, but hadn't gotten the chance. A couple minutes after he told the story it dawned on me what removing a catheter entailed..."So how do you feel now that you have held another man's whohoohoohoo?" We had a good laugh about that. Here is a picture of him in his adorable uniform (haha) on his first day of clinicals. I was so nervous and excited for him I had to get up at 6:30 with him and take a picture to document the day:



He hates wearing the vest with a passion. He says that it's totally a girls outfit- he feels like such a dork in it. But I think he looks cute :)

Our Honeymoon

OK so we finally figured out how to get pictures back on this blog- it has been way too long- and I have been bursting to share all of the stuff we have been doing. So I will start from the beginning- (Warning- this will be the longest post ever.) Josh kept where we were going on our honeymoon a secret from me. It was so hard for him not to tell me- it was funny watching him have a daily fight with himself about whether or not to tell me. After we left the reception he told me that we were just going down town for the first night, which I was so happt about! I knew that he had planned to take me somewhere a bit far away, and I was not reallt looking forward to the long drive- it was a long day! Everyone tells you how tired you are going to be - but you never really understand until it happens to you. We were beat. The first place was the Amber House in downtown Sacramento- this adorable bed and breakfast. Everything was redone in this old house - and it was beautiful! All of the rooms were named- ours was the Emily Dickenson room. We had a huge heart shaped jacuzzi in our bathroom, a fire place, and breakfast brought to our room that next morning. Hello- home made croissants! It was fabulous.



The next morning we headed off to Mendocino! I had never been there before- and let me tell you, it is one of the most beautiful places on earth! We stayed at the MacCallum House- right on the water- with amazing food and all of these fun little artsy shops. We went to glass beach and collected some souvenirs and watched the amazing waves. It was so beautiful, we did not want to leave.

Our room: The main house and grounds: Having scrumptious breakfast on the porch: The town: Glass Beach:


We only stayed for three days- but it was a welcome escape from life and all of the craziness we had been dealing with before the wedding. We were sad to leave and get back to reality. Post coming soon: our trip to Connecticut for our second reception!

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DONE

I am DONE with school. No more papers, no more tests, no more reading textbooks, no more night class and getting home at 10, no more "sorry I can't go, I have homework" (which let's be honest, rarely came out of my mouth, but I was never happy when it did.) Say hello to: the huge list of books I actually want to read, summer nights with nothing to do but relax, getting organized, trying to distract Josh from doing his homework :) I am SO HAPPY! Graduation is May 30th, the day after my birthday- so it's going to be a fun weekend! I am now semi-officially a MASTER OF ARTS (whatever that means) and in a couple of months I get to have a pay check for all of the work that I do. What a novel idea! Until then, I am still a butt-kissing slave. But I am a butt kissing slave with NO homework!

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you have to be patient- but this is amazing at the end!


StrangelyDrawn Speed Painting - "Ray Charles" - These bloopers are hilarious

I know, I know...

I am a bad bad blogger. But in my defense, we have no internet at our new place because we are po' so po' that we don't have cable, or internet, or a washer and dryer and end up lugging out laundry to my in-law's house every Sunday. I thought I had made some financial progress being almost 27, however, I have learned that as soon as you get married, it's like being a poor college student again. At least in our case it is. Also having to get a new engine put into your Honda (what is the deal with me an honda's!!!) to the tune of $3000.00 doesn't help matters at all. But that's what credit cards are for right? Riiiiight.

Here is the update:
I am in my last week of class- next week is finals and I graduate on May 30th! Whohooooo!!! It is a little anti-climactic though because of a small glitch, I do not have enough clinical hours to NOT have to register for supervision class for the summer. So even though I will be "graduating" I will not actually have my degree until I get 200 more client hours. Which means that I can't get a real job (i.e. with a paycheck) until my degree posts, which wont be until probably August instead of June like originally planned. This stinks. Lit'rally. Again, we are po' folk.

Josh is doing the school and work shuffle- He is trying to juggle his huge study load with making enough money for us to pay rent. Poor guy is just a tad stressed. He is the greatest husband though. No offense to all of you married ladies, but I really got the best one out there. Even though he is stressed, he is so great at de-stressing me, and helping me get through that last bit of grad school. He is the sweetest, most loving and considerate guy. I love him. And to be honest, don't really know how I got through life up to this point with out him.

We are still settling into our apartment. It feels more like home every day. We have started putting up our pictures and decorating a bit. I didn't realize how much stuff we had until we tried cramming it into a one bed room apartment. Interesting. I have taken a bunch of pictures on our new camera we got for the wedding, but because of the internet situation, can't upload any onto the blog. Hopefully I will find some way to remedy this soon. I want to post so many pictures- it's making me crazy! After life settles down a bit and I am done with school, I will figure something out.

The Connecticut Reception

So like many LDS couples, we had two receptions, which has it's pros and cons :) We were still in a daze from the actual wedding- and flying cross country is no small feat. We were tired! Plus a whole other set up and clean up...not fun. But we got to see so many people that I grew up with, tons of teachers from the school I went to for 14 years, and that my parents still work at. (Josh was blown away because I kept introducing him to people saying "this is my Kindergarten teacher", "this is my elementary school music teacher" "this is my high school english teacher" etc etc. He couldn't believe I was still in contact with them!) We had the reception in a church building in downtown New Haven. Our photographer Liz Frandsen did a beautiful job taking family shots and candids. Check out her blog to see some of the pictures! it was so fun to be with my family again and to take Josh's parents all around beautiful Connecticut. Since I have lived out West for so long, its fun to take people back East and show them around.