our marriage story:
we got married in salt lake city on october 11, 2014 surrounded by our families and a couple friends.
from there we set off for a winter in southeast georgia with detours to park city for a few days, a night at my sister's in spanish fork.
we then decided to purchase a tent and other camping necessities so we could camp overlooking lake powell. we drove through south grand canyon, celebrated our one week in tuscon, and then continued on through new mexico and half of texas til we arrived in beautiful san antonio. we enjoyed the alamo, the river walk, and fine dining before we continued on our way.
we drove all the way to the koa in scott, louisiana where we rested up, reorganized and did laundry before we finished the trip and landed in st. marys, ga for the rest of winter. eric began as a painter {for five days}, and later worked as a porter (maintenance) at a local gov't-subsidized apartment complex while i worked as a waitress at a near by restaurant. and by near by, i mean i drove our golf cart the mile to work most days. at the beginning of the year i took a job at a ferry reservations call center for cumberland island, the most dreamy, uninhabited island (beach!!!) i had ever seen.
march rolled around and with it came spring. time to leave our dear georgia family. we quit our jobs on a friday, visited cumberland island on tuesday-wednesday, and set off back across the big u.s. on thursday. detours on our way back consisted of the avett brothers concert in south carolina (+ some touristing in the area), drop by my little missionary brothers apartment in tennessee,
rest day in scott loisiana, the houston rodeo,
a couple days' stay at aunt deb's ranch house in spring branch texas, a night in albuquerque new mexico, four corners, a stop at cousin aimee's in cortez colorado, blitz to provo to enjoy froyo with my sister, with a red eye arrival to nyssa oregon at approx 3am. we made it.
we spent a couple weeks helping out with the brand new nephew archie before heading up to ferndale washington: tree farm.
after a few days at tree farm, we set off for our grand adventure in alaska, usa. we met up with some friends who drive their big motor coaches up every summer, so we had free lodging once we got all our car issues taken care of :) did i mention we took my dad's 1998 gmc suburban with over 320,000 miles on it before the trip. it was fun.
alaska was a dream! i worked as an extra set of hands at the inn at tern lake, a bed and breakfast on tern lake. it was gorgeous. we made beds on the daily, prepped garden beds, planted the gardens, weeded, and watered. we moved rocks, thousands and thousands of rocks, and pulled/cut the overgrown willows and aspens mostly. once summer kicked in to full force we did weddings just about every weekend. and by 'did weddings' i mean set up tables and chairs, set the place settings wine glasses and all, cook the food, serve it, collect dirty dishes, and clean up. this process usually took about 6-10 hours. eric worked part time (3 long nights a week) maintenance at a lodge owned by a cruise line, and the rest of the time worked with jeff at the inn doing outside man stuff. we often had time to ourselves to enjoy the vast wilderness surrounding us, and visit and enjoy other cities around the kenai peninsula. it was fantastic.
while in alaska, we had a lot of time to think about our future plans and goals and reevaluate what really matters most to us. in this time, we talked a lot about starting our family. and, well, we felt it was time. we got pregnant right away, and unbeknownst to us, with that would come weeeeeks of bed-ridden morning sickness to the point where i couldn't even go to work i was puking so much. sweet rose, my boss, was so understanding and happy for us that she found substitutes for my absence and even threw me an early, gender neutral baby shower the day before we left. did i mention i met my very best friend i ever had while i was there! she lived next door, and we did weddings together. i don't talk about it much, cuz im still getting over the fact that i had to leave her.
because i was so sick, we decided it would be better that i fly home and eric take his time driving back on his own. i was planning on spending at least a week at my parents' home before eric made it, but he got bored after the first day, so he booked it home and made it in less than 4 days! it was a true miracle cuz i was missing him like crazy. we spent another week at tree farm going to all the appointments--gastro, family doc, and ob. it was nice to get all that checked up on before we had to go back to school.
we drove to nyssa for a week, and then settled ourselves in to our new, permanent home in rexburg idaho where we will be attending the university for what seems like the rest of our lives.
today i am 16 weeks and 5 days pregnant with our little angel. i literally just started not feeling like puke everyday which is a blessing! i am about to loose my brain of anxiousness as we await the ultrasound appointment at which we find out the gender. unfortunately it's not til november 12. just shoot me now. but not really cuz then baby would die too, and that is never a good idea. i absolutely love my midwife. she is the coolest-- so understanding and really good at what she does.
basically i don't have any local mommy friends yet, and all my friends/sisters get so annoyed any time i bring up baby, so i will attempt using this blog to let out all my pregnancy thoughts, feelings, frights, and excitements so as to not bore my lovelies to death with baby mama drama.
xoxo.
