What we've been up to

A few weeks ago we went out to dinner and then went to watch the aggie basketball week. The best part was that we had a gift card from christmas still and free dessert. It was Delicious and fun to go out for the night and then afterwards cuddle up and watch the game.

Another adventure we had at the beginning of this year is that we had some visitors. But definitely not the kind you like you have around the house...

Yes, we have ants. At first Kevin didn't realize that it was a serious problem and thought that we had just a few but one day realized what a problem it was. The weirdest part is that they're in our bathroom, not our kitchen where i feel like most ants are because they need the food but in our bathroom! It's gross and I get rid of them like every single night. So we finally bought traps but they haven't really been working, we still have a few little visitors. this is me trying to get rid of our ants. Kevin told me i had to post at least one picture because the blog is the closest thing to a journal for us. So it is mostly for us to look back and remember, but here it is!

Another adventure we had this month was one day when it was like negative 5 outside, like it usually is in cold Logan so i was thinking a tanning bed sounded like the greatest place on earth. So kevin and I decided to go and earlier in the summer i got some sample tanning lotions so i was like do you really think these work? and his response was I don't know. let's try them so I gave him one and he took the other one. When i came out he was waiting for me and was like i'm sure glad you didn't use the same one I did so when we got home he took off his shirt and was BRIGHT red everywhere that he put the lotion but missed a few spots on his neck so was white there. it was pretty funny. He was dreading the next few days and having a terrible sunburn but when he woke up the next morning it was gone apparently it was just the lotion!

Last weekend we went to Salt Lake with one of our friends Damian and went to the Jazz game. It was a lot of fun getting out for the night and doing something we've never done before.

After Christmas, Christmas

The day after Christmas Kevin's grandparents took a lot of the family down to Salt lake. We stayed in a hotel, walked around temple square, tied blankets for primary children's, played games and had a good time with everyone there.  On Sunday after church we drove down to Salt lake with Karen and Rob got to the hotel and ate some food then we decided to walk over to temple square. Its always so beautiful all year round but especially at Christmas time. 

The next day we got up and decided to hit a few stores. first stop IKEA! who doesn't love this place?  We found a few great things, as always. Kevin and I got a new side table for our front room and a coffee table too.  We really needed the side table because the lamp we have is so huge that it took up almost the whole original side table. Then we went to vf outlet in draper and found Kevin a cute pair of jeans. Then we stopped in Salt lake and saw Karen's parents. it's always so fun to see them and catch up. After that we stopped at Nordstrom Rack and were again spoiled! It was a great trip and we had a lot of fun.   

Here's my cute little handy man putting together our table!

And our new side table which I already love.

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Christmas time!

Setting up our first Christmas tree! thanks Karen and Rob!

Decorating sugar cookies!

This was just before we went to see pickleville playhouse put on their Christmas show. It was so fun and cute.

Kevin in his cute shirt. Thanks oma!

And his other cute sweater, thanks mom and dad!

Maybe a month or so ago i went out to visit my oma and opa. Oma and I had a good shopping day and she had told me that she had been searching for the perfect red purse forever and hadn't found it yet. I told her how much I would love to have a red purse and she remembered! It was a great surprise to open! Another great gift was that we got a new TV! When we got married we got a little 19 inch tv with our bed so we were practically squinting when we watched movies so for Christmas Karen and Rob were so kind to upgrade us and we have thoroughly enjoyed it a few times already. It was a great first Christmas together and I'm looking forward to what the new year brings us!

Finally an update

So here's a little bit of what we've been up to this last month! First off for our three month anniversary we decided to have a sleep-over in the front room so we pulled the mattress out and watched a movie it was a fun little date night for us. so that's the picture above
One day i came home from work and it had been snowing/raining all day long and i pulled up and Kevin got out of his car and looked like this apparently on his way to his car he slipped on his way down the hill and slid all the way down, broke his backpack and got soaking wet. oops!

A little after that we were off to Denver for Thanksgiving time. It was so much fun to see my family, it had been since my wedding since i had seen them all together so it was fun to be there with everyone!

We did lots of cooking, lots of eating, and lots of shopping it was so much fun.  Here's part of my family at the Cherry Creek Mall they have the "real" Santa Clause there and do this huge display every year. This year they did Narnia and had this huge snow globe thing that was actually snowing inside. so much fun!

Here's a picture of my sister and i in front of the narnia castle...

When we came home it was time to get ready for Christmas and decorate the house, i feel like Christmas is so much more fun when you have your own place to decorate! I don't have any pictures but maybe I'll get some of the two of us with our Christmas tree and then I'll have to post them. 

I can't believe that Christmas is less than a week away!  I feel like December just flew by! I have a few last minute things to get ready and then we're all ready for Christmas.  Maybe someday I'll be better and blogging and not wait a month and a half between every post. 

Here's a picture of us at our ward Christmas party in our matching green sweaters.

3 Months!

Today marks the day of our three month anniversary! I can't believe how much has changed in a short three months, how much better we know each other as individuals and as a couple, how much fun we have together in our little apartment.  Some days I look at it and think that we have been married for so much longer because there is no way I could know one person as well as I do in so little time. Other times I look at it and think I can't believe we've been married for three months already I feel like we just came out of the temple yesterday! 

What a great three months it has been and I look forward to the months and years ahead, love you kev!

Tender Mercies

Lately, Kevin and I have been talking about all the tender mercies we have received since we have been married, we truly are so blessed! This past week in particular I have been witnessing some great tender mercies and it has strengthened my testimony as I have realized even more this week that someone really is watching out for us no matter what our situation is.  He knows our needs and the desires of our hearts.  He knows the struggles we face daily and the joy we also experience daily. 

Maybe I am recognizing this just because it is November and this month makes me focus on the blessings in my life but maybe it's because I have been so blessed these past few months with so many different things that I am overcome with awe almost everyday.  A comforting feeling that everything will work out alright with plans in the future, a little bit of overtime at work, a perfect stranger lending money to someone in need, a family brought closer together through love and support, a caring husband whose shoulder i can cry on and laugh with, the Internet at our apartment, food on the table, a warm house, working cars, the list goes on and on.  I look at my life and think that so many things shouldn't work, so many things should be going wrong right now.  But at the end of the day everything is okay, I know that He cares for me, my family, and every other individual person out there.

CRAZY!

Last week was probably one of the craziest weeks ever! Kevin had two dental school interviews so on tuesday he flew to Wisconsin had his interview Wednesday and flew back into Salt Lake that night, so because I'd spent the first night alone in our apartment since we'd been married and figured out I didn't like it so much I drove out to see him. Then the next morning he flew to Phoenix and came back late that night. It was a little lonely coming home to an empty house every night so it was good to have him back.  Then it was homecoming week for USU so work was crazy trying to get ready for the big game. 

Ryan, Tara, and Will came to visit from California.  It was fun to have them here, we miss having them so close.  Tim and Melissa and their cute boys also came to visit from Pocatello so it was fun to have everyone together at least for a few minutes. 
Here are some new pics!

 The Open House in Denver the week after we got marred. It looked so cute!

 We Figure we'd deserved a break from standing...

 Since i'm now a Jessop i get to claim Kevin's nephews as mine too! This is Easton, He is so cute and wanted a picutre with me at the reception.

 Dylan and Easton being funny out at Grandma and Granpa Jessops

 Us with the Dylan, Easton, and Gavin.

 Me and Kev