thinking...

i've been thinking a lot lately about something my sister said to me. Last sunday was our 1 year wedding anniversary and my sister texted me asking what the hardest part was, since you know..."the 1st year is the hardest" right? or so they say. i replied, "nothing really" and here's what she said, "BRANDON NOT HAVING A JOB FOR THE FIRST 4 MONTHS? PAYING RENT? BUDGETING BETTER? SPLITTING UP BILLS? CHANGING JOBS? TAKING A PAY CUT WHEN YOU DID TAKE YOUR NEW JOB JUST TO HAVE MORE TIME? COOKING? LIVING WITH A BOY? IN LAW ISSUES?"
my first thought to this was...wow...that really is a lot to take. but i [we] don't see it like that. sure it was hard trying to figure out how everything was going to get paid for...but we did it. we never lacked what we needed. we never [REALLY] wanted something we couldn't have. we have been blessed with so much. it makes me really stand back and think...we're so fortunate. and the list that my sister made...that's not even half of it. we've managed to be married and not "lose ourselves". we are one, we are a team...but we've never given anything up that we really love. i LOVE to hang with my peeps [cheesy i know, but HELLO....MADE IN THE 80's] and brandon loves to chill with his sibs and watch a movie. also...in about February...we fond ourselves opening our home to our very best friend. we feel so blessed that he feels like he can come to us in one of his hardest times.
THE LORD has really been looking out for us this past year and we are so thankful for that.



ok...so moving right along...we took anniversary pics...look:

year one....down...infinity more to go.

time sure does fly!!! it's already been 365 days since we were married! like 4-5 years ago, i told brandon i'd take him to the mystery spot since i loved it so much...so we finally went for our 1 year anniversary.
here is a SUPER long....ok maybe like 45 pics or so. enjoy:

Welcome to March

This weekend is the first in a VERY long time that actually seemed like it was long enough! Friday David, Brandon and i had dinner and hung out all night. Saturday, i had a primary activity from 10-12 then brandon had an Elders Quorum activity that he and his counselors put on from 12 to whenever. That too was a lot of fun, we were fortunate enough to have a GREAT BBQ at Mt. Eden park with nice weather. it was a good turn out and i even learned to play Frisbee...well...i sorta know how to throw one now. we played a bunch of games, it was fun. After that we picked up brandon's brother and sister [josh and lou]. we got back to the house and played WORLD TOUR and watched tropic thunder. Later that night, my in-laws came to pick up the kids [or so we call them the kids...they're actually 16 and 17], and we put my father in law on the drum set. check him out:




He actually was a lot better than we thought he'd be. He says he played drums in jazz band for summer school one year. but anyone who knows "fetch" as we like to call him knows he's a super goofy guy!!!

Sunday...we had church...Gina Cook came over after for lunch and the boys did...actually, i don't know what they did...i took a nap. a few hours later we went to grandma's [brandon's grandma] for dinner. came home...and we [we being david, brandon, joshy and i] watch a movie that will not be named since i don't know which adult/parental figures will be reading this.

IT WAS A REALLY GOOD WEEKEND!!!!!