Our New Apartment!

We moved into this apartment in the beginning of October. It is on the third floor, which made it quite interesting to get all our stuff out of the moving truck and into the apartment, but we were sucessful! Our apartment is two bedroom and two bath. To me having a second bath sounded odd to have but I have come to love it! =>

This is a picture of some of our second bathroom => I could not get all of it in one shot, but this is the jist of the bathroom (shower curtain, rug, and toilet =>)
Our master bathroom does not have as much room as the spare (spare has a lot of just space) but it has all the necessities => And I LOVE having a bathroom in our bedroom!It is so nice, especially since I am getting so aquatinted with the bathroom at nigth. haha
This is our dining room. I know its not the best picture but thats what happens when its sunny outside I guess. The color splash in this room is red. And I twisted a red window scarf with a cream one, but I dont think I like it too much, so it will be changing soon. =>
When we were packing our stuff from Idaho Jared and I decided to buy tubs rather than boxes because we could easily reuse them. Well it turns out, we didnt think about having to store the tubs when we moved into a new place. Luckily there are two little storage places that come with this apartment, so we packed those as best we could, then we put stuff under Jared's shirts in his closet, and we still had a couple tubs left. So I covered them with a table cloth and put them in the spare room. => I think it is pretty cute haha. And our sound system broke in the move, but the speakers still work, so we are storing those next to the tubs, and it makes a cute little display. haha
Jared was going to go to Idaho this weekend to hunt. He left to go and 45 mins later he walks back in the door, and with ice cream in hand! It was a great suprise!! So we got to play last night and this morning but he went to work this afternoon. So while he was at work I went down to Provo and played with Kalyn! We had a day of shopping! We went to the mall (she got a way cute dress and I got a cute shirt/turtle neck that can work now and when I am big prego!) Then Bed Bath and Beyond (I still had gift cards for there from my wedding) and then we went to Quilted Bear! I had never been to that store but my Grandma loved it, so we figured we would give it a shot! And it was so fun! We had a blast in that store! I got these shelf/frame things that Jared was able to put up! He is such a great handy man!!Kalyn and I got matching nativity sets. They are so cute! You get the blocks and have to sand and paint them then stick the natvity picture things on then do a top coat! We started on the sanding and got through that, then it was getting close to Kalyns movie party so we are saving the rest for later. I am excited to finish them! I love craft projects!!
And this is what the shelf things look like! I am so excited for them! We have decorations up in our apartment! Yay!! I love decorating the house too (if things are working the way I think they should hehe) It was a fun day! I am glad I could play with my sister and my husband! I love them! And I cant wait to see how else I can decorate and what else I can do for crafts!!

My Handy Man!

I LOVE JARED! As I am sure you all know! => And if he is not amazing enough, he is an incredible handy man! He plumber the Twin Falls temple and is currently plumbing for BYU Idaho in their new building. And his handy talents do not go un used around the house => A couple months after we moved into this apartment, the pipes under the sink broke. I dont really know what happened except that I was rinsing dishes and all of a sudden my feet were soaked => Needless to say he fixed it in a heartbeat when he got home from work => (i had a picture of it somewhere but I cant find it)
Jared and I have a washer, but no dryer. So I would wash our stuff at home, then take it all to a laundry mat to dry it. Two weeks ago Jared went and got a dryer and suprised me with it! He is so cute! But there was something wrong with the cord (3 prongs instead of 4) And Jared didnt fret, he just took apart the back of the dryer and replaced it =>
And, as a third tale of his super handy man capabilities, Jared and I went to Twin Falls yesterday for his dentist appointment, but his Mom's sink was leaking very badly. So super Jared went to the store, bought a new faucet and stuff, and instaled it! => I am so proud of him!! =>
Ok, I am almost done gushing about how great Jared is. But as I was getting these pictures to put on this blog I found one of Jared cooking! He is an inceredible cook! And I just love it when he cooks! He doesnt do it often, but when he does, it is my favorite treat! => This picture is of a Saturday, when we both had a really long week, so we slept in rather late, and he made breakfast/lunch! It was so good! =>

My husband is amazing! And I am eternally grateful for him and all the things he does!!! I love him!!!!

Bad Habit Turned Romantic!

I have been married almost 6 months, and have known Jared a couple months over a year, and although that is not a very long time, I have discovered something! => Jared is perfect! He is more than I ever could have wished for, and he never ceases to astound me! And I can only tell you one bad habit he has. And tho this habit does bother me sometimes (especially when I get physically injured by it) => I have to be grateful for it. Because if Jared did not have this less than pleasing habit, he would be twinkled => But, as much as I may not appretiate this habit fully, I cant help but laugh and love my husband even more for doing it yesterday! => I know, you are all probably sitting on the edge of your seat wondering what this habit is. Well wait no further.... it is.......... leaving cupboard doors OPEN! =>I know, that is so horrible! => lol Well yesterday Jared went to work early in the morning as usual, and this morning I did not get up and make him breakfast like I sometimes do (I know I am so horrible) => So I wake up after he has left and I go out into the kitchen and what do I see, every single cupboard door opened!!! So I begin my routine of walking through the kitchen and closing the doors, and to my suprise, Jared had left little love notes on every one of the doors! And they all said various things, ultimately meaning "I Love You" He had used his habit for romance!!! Needless to say that made my whole day!! And I just had to share that cute story with you all! => I have the best husband in the world!! I love him!!!

This is how I saw the kitchen when I work up! => Talk about a potential hazzard! =>
And these are all my handsome's love notes!! Isn't he just a dream?!?!?! I LOVE HIM!!!!!

My Home-making Craft!

I have been inspired by my aunt to start craft projects to better my home. => I spend quite a bit of time at home doing nothing of significance, so the other day I decided to start a craft project => I bravely entered into the craft store (in the middle of the day again with the experienced ladies) and set out to find a home improving project! I saw these red bamboo-ish rods that I liked but I didnt know what to do with them, and then I remembered the cute letters my aunt Corianne made for her little girl to play with. I went to go get some letters and on my way I saw some things hanging from a garland with raffia (it helped that some of those things were the connected word signs) and I got an idea! This began the budding of a home making project! Yay my first one!! => I set out to make my wall sign!! And I could not have done it without the helpful pointers from Corianne and Gram!!! I really appretiate the time you took to talk to me and teach me little craft pointers! Well, this is my final product! Let me know what you think of it!

I painted the letters, sanded the edges to get that rustic look, gathered the bamboo, and tied it all together!Yay! Proof of me being a little home maker!!! =>

Consentrating so hard =>
The finished product!!! And I spelled our name right!! Wooo!!! =>

A closer look at the fake bamboo and raffia.
My parents gave us the picture of the Newport Beach temple on the left! It is one of those olden day looks, it is gorgeous! Thank you again Mom and Dad! We love it!!
The colors of the sign match my house (maybe, I am still deciding if I like it =>) I have red accents all over, so it was just fitting that the accent should be red. There is a tan table runner on our table and one of the colors on our couch is tan, so that should bring in the raffia, and the picture of the temple is black and rustic, and other things in our house are black or dark wood so I figured black lettering would be perfect.
I still am not too sure about it, it seems like something is missing or something is a little off. If you guys can think of anything I would appretiate your suggestions, and if I add anything new, I will be sure to post it! =>

First Married Christmas Tree!

Its the Christmas season!! This is my favorite time of the year!=> After a wonderful weekend with family, Jared and I began putting up decorations! My parents were nice enough to let Jared and I have the old Christmas tree (my mom bought one with lights already in it), so we were blessed to not have to buy that! Our first ever decoration to put up was the elf clothes from Denmark, then two nativity scenes. We put those decorations up on Sat, and set up the tree on Sunday, but we didnt have any decorations for the tree (other than the lights my parents gave us). So today I went to the craft store in the middle of the day to get some decorations. I felt like such a grown-up.=> They had a bunch of sample trees up, but my budget wasnt big enough to just copy their design (like I normally do =>) so I had to be creative! It was so exciting! And I am very pleased with the outcome. And I even cheated. When I was little and I would help my mom decorate the tree she would always make sure we decorated equally all around the tree because "santa inspects the decorations on the christmas trees". But I only decorated the front half of the tree lol => And I kept relatively in my budget => I was so excited! =>

Hunting Equals Curtains

Last week on Friday night Jared went deer hunting and I went with my friend Bri to get things to decorate the apartment! Jared didnt get a deer because the something on his gun fell off (I think it was the cap) so the explosion couldnt happen. Bummer.=> But I still love him!! Bri and I went to Porters and got a string of these stars for only $9!! I was so excited! and I love them!! Then we went to Down East and got two square-ish vases for only $3!! and the stuff to put in them were only $4 at WalMart! Oh we were so excited at the deals and the cute things we were getting!! I dont think I have ever had so much fun shopping for decorative things than I did with Bri! And the best part of it all.... I got curtains!!! I can not even tell you how excited I was that I got them!! (and the fact that I just said that makes me feel like an old lady) => So here are some pictures of my not-so-white apartment! Its not completed yet, but a lot better than the white boring apartment it was before, now it feels a little more home-y =>

The First Apartment

Well, we did it! We moved up to Rexburg and started our new home!! I still cant believe that we are married!! and for a month!!! Wow does time fly by when your having fun!! => Here are some pictures of our apartment so far (we got our couch a couple weeks ago and barely put up the limited decorations you see =>)





This is our couch!! Woo!! It is one of those sectionals and the best part is.... it has 15 pillows!! =>
Our lovely little table and "Established 2008" sign (our first ever decoration to hang up!) A funny story; I had bought a table before we were married, a nice big 8 sitter for only $30 at the JC Penny outlet store, but when we got to our apartment we realized that it couldnt fit up the stairs leading into our apartment, so we bought this cute tall table => that teaches me to try to get ahead in the game hehehe
The cute little red kitchen!! (even our dish soap is red =>)

My three littlest brothers made Jared and I these adorable pictures, and we just had to hang them!! => They are over the door in the spare bedroom!

We are so excited about our new adventure!! We want you all to know that we miss you and love you dearly!! Have a wonderful, fun filled day!!