Joy in the Journey

Today, although I don't have much time at all I wanted to just stop and write down everything that I am thinking!

Lately I have caught myself saying things like  "I cant wait until August"... or ... well actually that is pretty much all I have been saying!
Let me tell you why I cant wait until August! First of all it means that my sweet baby boy will be here with us! :) and I will no longer have swollen ankles! But it also means that the semester will be over along with all the stresses that go with that, I will have a break from work (and when I say break I mean, no more Walmart! woo!), we'll be  moved into our new apartment, we get to take a fun trip to California for a wedding, We'll be celebrating both our birthdays and our first anniversary! and our schedule's will finally be calm enough that I can actually make dinner more than once a week (something I didn't know that I would miss so much!) 

Things have been so crazy lately trying to balance work, school and church that it seems like I cant even catch my breath, and so it is easy for me to just wishfully think about that magical month of August when I can rest from my worries and just have some fun! I catch myself saying, "If I can just make it to august..." 

Until this morning it didn't seem like such a big deal to be wishing for August! but then I remembered that this is my sisters last day of high school, and I started remembering what I was feeling just two years ago when I was in her boat. I remember thinking How fast everything had gone by. I remember feeling like I shouldn't have taken for granted all that my parents did for me, and I also remember feeling like nothing was ever going to be the same. I had wished that Graduation could just come sooner, or that I could just be done with high school... but then when that day finally came, I started to realize all of the friends and memories I had made during that journey of high school would be missed. And that I would love another week just to relive some of it. 

Anyways, as I remembered these feelings this morning I realized how much I already miss days like this: 

When I was wishing that it would just hurry up and be our Wedding already!

And then all of the sudden it was! 

I remembered how I wished that we could just finish fall semester... or just find a job... or that I could just start looking pregnant instead of chunky! 

and then those days came and I found another thing to start wishing for in the future. 

Then a Talk that President Monson gave in 2008 came to my mind (and I didn't realize it was that long ago! shows again, how fast time flies!) and His talk was called Finding Joy in the Journey. and so this morning I decided to read it. and I found soooo many thing that gave me more perspective! 

One of my favorite quotes from this talk says, "I believe that among the greatest lessons we are to learn in this short sojourn upon the earth are lessons that help us distinguish between what is important and what is not. I plead with you not to let those most important things pass you by as you plan for that illusive and nonexistent future when you will have time to do all that you want to do. Instead,

find joy in the journey—now."

This hit me hard today, because I spend a lot of my time planning for that "day in the future" when everything will be perfect! When I need to be focusing on today! 

Another quote that I loved he was actually quoting an ancient roman philosopher and he said, "Whatever hour God has blessed you with, take it with grateful hand, nor postpone your joys from year to year, so that in whatever place you have been, you may say that you have lived happily."

 I want to be able to say that in every different time in my life, I have lived happily :) 

I LOVE my life right now how it is! even though stress levels are high and we managed to get a flat tire this week along with an aray of tests and big assignments! I know how much I am going to miss THIS... when August rolls around. Because the truth of it is our life is going to change BIG time in a few months, and it will never be JUST me and my Spencer, we'll have a family instead. (which is totally a good thing, just different)

I don't want to be wishing away all these wonderful days! I want to be enjoying the little things in my life TODAY that make me so happy :) 

May :)

I just realized that May last year was a BIG deal! :)

Not only did I paint my finger nails for like the first time in years...

 But I drew all over the kitchen counter ...

 I had a Cinco de Mayo lunch!...

AND!!!....
I got Engaged to my Best friend in the whole wide world! :)

YEP! I'd say it was a good May!

and I'm having the feeling this year's will be just as great :)
I mean, how can it not be, when this is the first picture you take:

Happy May Little Boy! :) We cant wait to meet you!! :)

We're Still Alive :)

I feel like its been a while since I have had the time to update our little blog! But I promise that we're still alive! Just EXTREMELY busy! And honestly I don't have much time today to post this anyway, so it's gonna be pretty short and rather boring ... ha!

So lots of new things from the past few weeks! Biggest is that school started, hence the reason we have no time! Spencer is taking a full class schedule and working on campus, and I am officially taking 14 credits and working 30 hours a week! I think that I must be crazy! and I think this must be the reason my ankles are getting so huge... or maybe this has something to do with the fact that I've got a baby coming soon.. Who knows! :)

In other news! Our little baby boy is growing healthy and HUGE! the doctor said that right now he could be anywhere between 2-3 pounds!! and about 14 inches long! That's so big! I'm starting to think this belly of mine will burst any day now! and to think we've still got 3 months of growing left to do.....

His favorite thing to do as of late is kick my belly button! and let me tell you, it is a silly feeling to watch my tummy moving around like there's popcorn popping inside me, and it is a VERY VERY silly feeling to get kicked in the belly button!

I am so very excited because yesterday I made (yes made) my very own maternity pants! Wooo! not only am I excited because of my creativity! but I am excited to finally be done with my old, way to small, use to leave the zipper undone pants! It really amazes me how much change my body has gone through, its such a miracle that it can make room for a little person to grow :) I really cant wait to meet this little man who I already love so much! 

Anyways! We're doing wonderful! Enjoying life and this beautiful weather! Hope your Wednesday is going as great as ours is! (even though I managed to shatter a glass plate, and Spencer managed to shatter a chemistry test tube all before noon... :)

Easter Sunday :)

I must say that this Easter was a great one!
It started the night before when we decided to die our Easter eggs! The only problem was that for some reason neither of us had ever learned how to make hard boiled eggs! So that was an adventure its self just trying to figure that out! we might have exploded a few....

But in the end they all turned out beautiful!

 Of course we had to throw in a few creeper pictures!

And I thought it was so sweet! Spencer made this one and he said the B was for Baby :)

So then in the the morning Spencer got his Surprise Easter basket! :) and we ate a few hard boiled eggs for breakfast and headed to church! It was a really great Sunday! There were two baby blessings! and some really great talks and lessons about our Savior Jesus Christ, everything seemed to flow together so nicely! it was such a great reminder that what Easter is really all about is the Resurrection of Christ and that He Lives :)

That night we made our Easter feast consisting of fish, couscous, and asparagus! it was oh so yummy!! 

 Our Beautiful Easter Flowers!

I can't seem to take a good picture lately!!

And to end the night right we made ourselves a yummy fruit pizza!
Happy Easter everybody!!

End of Semester! YAY! :)

Friday April 6th marked the end of winter semester for Spencer! and we are so excited for this little break before the next one starts! :) and so before I had to head off to work we spent the morning celebrating this (and his ridiculously good grades!) 

Our festivities started off with selling back our huge stacks of text books! and once we were done with that we ended up with $45 cash in our pockets! Woo! so we decided to go look around Walmart for a little bit... didn't find anything too exciting there... and then all of the sudden we were at Cold Stones! Eating delicious ice cream!  

by the time we finished our lovely dessert, we decided that we wanted to actually eat some lunch! so we ordered Chinese take out and headed back to our little home :) 
and it was a perfect day :) 

SHHHHHH!!!

So!! I'm a LITTLE bit excited about the surprise Easter basket that I got for Spencer this year!! I love surprises!! I've had it all ready for the past week... hidden in the back seat of the car! 

It's complete with some dark chocolate and healthy snacks for my sweet love...I'm up early this morning finishing it up, and I sure hope that he loves it! :)

Hunger Games

So I thought that I would just post really quickly about the book that consumed my day yesterday!

I finally got my hands on the last book in the Hunger Games Series! and of course just like the other two I couldn't put it down! I officially love these books and highly recommend the new movie as well! :)

anyways... that's what I did on my day off while Spencer was studying for all of his many finals! :)

And I am quite pleased with myself because I attempted to make fish for the first time in my life (Spencer's request because I'm not much of a fish person myself) and it was actually extremely easy and delicious! parmesan tilapia is definitely my new favorite! :)