One Year

Lately Jaron and I have been extremely busy.  Along with living in separate states we were both working.  We are finally back living together in our brand spanking new apartment. 

    Sine I last posted Jaron and I celebrated our one-year anniversary.  It is amazing how fast time goes by when you are with your best friend and the person you love so much.

     When our one-year came up I was living in Idaho and Jaron was working for the state of Utah. Jaron was in charge of planning our little get away.  He planned on me getting down late Friday night and then me having to leave Sunday afternoon.  Of course I was so excited to go down and see my man but I was not okay with seeing him for that short of time.  I was able to change my work schedule and I was going to surprise Jaron.

     When I arrived at his house I made a heart garland and strung it across the door and rang the doorbell.  Apparently Jaron was right by the door and opened it as I was running to hide.  He grabbed the garland and shut the door thinking I was some creeper.  I pushed the door open and he looked at me like I was a stranger.  Three weeks is way too long to be away from your spouse I guess.

    The next day we went off to celebrate.  I had no idea what we were doing.  Jaron drove up Sundance and I freaked out.  I was not dressed to go snowboarding and I was getting upset.  He then parked and said we were going to the Tree Room.  Just a little side note…I forgot my camera battery so these pictures were not taken by me.

   The restaurant was gorgeous and the food was to die for.  We ate: salad, scallops, steaks, duck, and some amazing sides.  When we were done with dinner we headed off to Midway.  Jaron convinced me we were going to hang out with his brother and his wife.  I was kind of confused and annoyed at the fact that we were celebrating our one-year with other people.   Turns out he surprised me again.  He took me to the Crater.  I first saw the crater on the Bachelor and I told Jaron I really wanted to go. 

  It was so much fun and it was a great way to end the night.  When we got back to the car Jaron turned the wrong way and into the parking of the Zermatt. 

We spent the evening relaxing and just spending time together.  Along with doing nothing but have a blast together we ate our second dinner at the Zermatt.  We had the best tomato basil pizza.  We then woke up and shared a blueberry muffin and ice cream for breakfast. 

I could not have planned a better weekend for the two of us.  I think I will put Jaron in charge every year.  I am lucky to have married the most amazing man I have ever met.  

Latest in our lives

For the past month Jaron and I have been living apart.  He has been working for the division in Utah and I have been working as a manager at the local Hollister.  It has been great.  We are both gaining life experience that will help us throughout the rest of our lives.  On Wednesday of this week I got a package in the mail. It was a piece of paper that will pretty much define the rest of my life. I got my Idaho Teaching Certificate.  The day after that I had a job interview.  I went in for the interview and two hours later I got a call from the principal offering me a job.  Obviously I accepted and was so excited.  I am extremely happy and so blessed with our our little life is starting to turn out how we want it too.  I never thought I would get a teaching job so quickly.  I was wrong....a little over three months after graduating I have a job in the fall.  Jaron and I are so excited for this journey in our lives and cant wait for it to get started.  Jaron had a change in in plans as well.  He was a Human Biology major and as of Friday he changed it to Exercise Physiology.  Apparently if he was Human Biology they estimated his graduation date to be in 2016. That is a little bit too far down the road.  This new major has all of the prerequisites for med school which will make him graduate much sooner.  All I have to say is that this week has been amazing for our little family.
That's all for now.  We will keep you posted on how everything goes.

The First 365 Days

365 days have passed since we got married. Everyday has been amazing and I have loved every minute of being married to my best friend and most amazing man I know.

365 days later Jaron is still able to make me laugh.   365 days later he still knows how to make me feel like I am the only other person on this planet. 365 days later I find myself falling in love with Jaron more than I ever thought was possible.

365 days have passed since we were sealed for time and all eternity.  365 days have passed and many more days to come.

Happy Anniversary Jaron. I love you so much and can't to see what the next year has in store for us.

And now the adventure begins of starting the next chapter. 

Muscle Man

      Jaron and I have been living at his parents house for a week looking for jobs.  We were planning on staying down here until April or so but I landed a job up in Idaho so we are heading back up in  few days.  While we have been down here we have basically been relaxing and helping his parents out around the house.  After relaxing all day it had snowed about four inches and we were asked to shovel the driveway.  Naturally I was really excited because I had only shoveled the driveway once before and that was a year ago.  After getting halfway done we decided to build a snowman with muscles.  We ran inside and put clothes on that were suitable for playing in the snow and rushed back out.  I learned how to roll the body of a snowman.  After living in Idaho for four winters I had never built a snowman.  I may have when I was a lot younger but I had no recollection of it.  We spent over an hour on our little fella.  Our snowman was going to be perfect, we chiseled away bulges with a knife, filled holes, and gave him eyes and a mouth with rocks. He became our muscle man...who knew making arms out of snow would be so difficult.   Finally, he was done and Jaron celebrated by tackling me in the snow.  After tackling me we attacked Craig (Jarons dad) with snowballs while he was feeding the horses.  We are not the best at sneaking up on us because he was able to hide in the shed before we got to him.

     We ended the night by jumping on the trampoline.  Apparently it was a childhood memory of Jarons.  I am so grateful for the little moments in our life that create life long memories.  It has almost been one year since we were sealed in the temple and I have never been happier.

Our First Christmas

It has been forever since I last wrote about what has been going on in our lives! I will do my best to write about everything that has happened.

            My last day of college was right before the Thanksgiving break.  It was kind of bitter sweet but it was really neat.  The school had their first quarter AR reading assembly and there was a camel.  I don’t have any pictures of me with it.  I was supposed to kiss the camel because of how many books my kids read but…I kind of pulled away because it was going to eat my face and it wasn’t the best smelling animal I had ever been around, None the less it was a once in a lifetime opportunity and I am so happy I was able to touch the lives of my students.  I miss them but I cant wait to have a classroom of my own!

            I wish I had something to write about the Thanksgiving break but Jaron and I were both sick the entire time.  We did have the opportunity to spend time with Jarons relatives who came down from Alaska.  While in Utah over the break we were able to go to the Leonardo museum in Salt Lake.  It was no Ronald Regan Library or California Science Center but I was open to something new.  The museum is based on inventions and other cool thins.  We were able to see how prosthetic limbs work, green screens, energy reactions, and a bunch of other neat things.  The best part of this museum was the fact that it was all hands on and we were able to participate in all of the displays.  Thank goodness for hand sanitizer.

            Once the break was over we headed back up to Idaho for Jaron to finish fall semester.  The last few weeks of the semester included a TON of reading.  I have a feeling will have many more books to read for his schooling.  Along with Jaron finishing the semester strong we were able to throw our ward Christmas party.  This year the Sunday school was in charge.  I wish I could post pictures but because we were in charge we had to wait on everyone.  I decided at the moment I would HATE being a waitress.  Once the semester ended with an amazing GPA for Jaron we packed our stuff and headed down to Utah for two weeks.  The strangest part about leaving Idaho was that it was December 22 and there was still no snow on the ground.  Normally there is a ton of snow by October.

            We spent our first few days in Utah just relaxing and spending time with family. We went and saw Mission Impossible 4 with the family and spent time playing games.  Along with relaxing we were running around doing last minute shopping and preparing for Christmas Eve Dinner.  Christmas Eve finally came and that’s when chaos entered into the Clyde house.  Jarons parents invited all of their children to sleep at their house and have a huge Christmas.  This wouldn’t seem that crazy but they have four children plus their spouses.  Two of them have children adding six more to the mix.  Once the kids were all down to bed last minute wrapping, stocking stuffing, assembling toys, and placing of presents took over. After doing that for a few hours 1:45 came really quick and Jaron and I headed to bed. A few short hours later at 5:50 our alarms went off.  Yes, we had to set alarms because we don’t have kids and the rest of the kids wake up around 6. If we were going to do Christmas as a family we needed something to force us out of bed. 

            The grandkids and the two of us all lined up on the stairs.  All of the Clyde children were supposed to be in the pictures but they were taking pictures of their own kids.  There was also some bread in the mix.  Apparently when the Clyde children were younger they were forced to eat a piece of bread before they were allowed to go out into the living room.  I guess they needed food in their stomachs before eating their body weight in candy.

            Once the children were off the stairs it was chaos.  Wrapping paper was being thrown everywhere.  There was screaming and laughing and “are you sure this had the right name on it?”  I learned that Christmas with children is way different than what I am used to with my family.  After everything was all done and said there was assembling everywhere. 

            Overall Christmas was a success.  It ended in everyone taking naps after church but nonetheless it was amazing.

            The week after Christmas was spent relaxing and babysitting..  I got to spend four days with the cutest kids ever.  Colby and Emma had a blast playing with their toys and coloring the house Grandma got them.  We also went to see Alvin and the Chipmunks and we went to the Dinosaur Museum. 

            After babysitting for a week it was time to celebrate the New Year.  I can honestly say spending New Years as a married couple is a lot different then I remembered New Years as a single lady.  We played games for hours, played Just Dance 3, then watched the ball drop and started out the New Year with an amazing kiss from my adorable husband.  After the sparks were done flying we then went on the porch and watched the neighbors light fireworks.  We then played Wii tennis for an hour and we were off to bed.

            The last big event of our trip was the boys traditional bunny shooting.  They call it Rabbit shooting because they claim the rabbits they shoot are ugly and have nasty red eyes.  However, I will always call it bunny hunting.  The boys left really early in the morning and came home after not seeing any rabbits.  I guess it wasn’t a successful hunting trip but they still had fun together.

            Jaron and I are finally back in our small little Rexburg apartment and loving every minute we spend together.