Spring in February

Friday morning Bryan texted me to tell me that we were going to Cafe Riot that night with our free meal card! He also made the decision that we would try getting our OWN salads this time. We usually split a salad and a burrito because we tend to not be able to decide which one we actually want.  Recently we have both been wanting our own salad because we like the salad more now. The problem is that we haven't wanted to break our little tradition! I was secretly so excited when he texted me because eating my own salad sounded SO good.

That same day I got a text from Nicole Newbold announcing that she had received her mission call. She was planning to open it that evening in South Jordan and we were invited to come. Part of me didn't want to go, just because I really didn't want to drive to South Jordan… When Bryan got home from work that evening, I decided we should really go be there for her when she opens her call. We decided to eat up at the South Jordan Cafe Rio, and then go to her Church to see her open her call. Dinner was great, we had a lot of fun. Someone came up from behind me and scared the crap out of me. It was Ryan Peterson from Madrigals in high school. He was with his wife and she was crazy ready to pop preggers! That was a shock! I still can't believe that we are all old enough to have our own babies. However, we are still going to be waiting. I am not ready for a baby, and neither is Bryan. We both feel like we want to wait until he has graduated from BYU. I would personally really like to wait until he has one year of optometry school completed as well. That would put us at about 4 years married. I used to think I would want kids right away, but I've realized that it is super important to have a strong relationship before you add another human into the mix. I love my mom and dad, but I feel like my neither of them were on the same page with how they wanted to parent, and I don't think their relationship was as stable as it could have been before they began having kids. I want to have my own interests, and make sure I know who I am first. My mom is amazing, but she lost herself in us over the years. I want to really know who Chelsea is, so that my kids know. And I want to have enjoyed these first few years of marriage with Bryan. I want our kids to see how much we love each other. Bryans parents are an amazing example of this. I hope that we can be kind of like them someday.

Anyway, back to Newbold. A lot of people showed up to watch her open her call. After she opened it, and began reading - we found out that she would be speaking spanish and serving in Bolivia! The best part was right after, she pulled a slip of paper out of her pocket. It read - Alabama or Bolivia. She totally guessed her own mission! She is leaving sometime in May! Congrats to this pretty girl!


Saturday morning I woke up to go to the gym with Brooke. We decided to go to the Insanity class. Man, that was not easy at all. I've heard it was hard, but holy crap. I was so tired when we finished. I was also on my monthly, so that made working out even more hard. After we finished, I came home and asked Bryan if we could go on a hike. It's like the beginning of February and somehow it is sunny and 68 degrees… I thought we should take advantage of that. We got ready to go, and chose to go to Bridal Veil Falls. The hike is a really short one, and I had never actually done it before. The hike was very pretty! For the most part it was pretty comfortable weather. Especially when we were in the sun! The trail is on the south side of the canyon though, so there was quite a bit of shade. The hike was really relaxing! We got to just talk, walk and hold hands up the trail. When we got to the falls, it was a lot more windy, so I am glad that Bryan told me to bring a jacket because I ended up wanting it while we were up there. Sadly, on the way back down I started to feel cramps and icky. It wasn't too awful so I still planned on meeting Merrill at the mall to help her shop for more professional clothing for her new job.

Happy Spring in Winter!

At the mall we had a pretty good time. We found Merrill some dress pants from Forever 21. One of the pairs was incredibly on sale, so she only ended up spending like $30 on two pairs of dress pants. I would say that is a steal! We also went to Mikarose for her to try on a few skirts. Around this point I started to feel like I was going to die. The only thing was, I really didn't want Merrill to know how sick I felt. She is ALWAYS there for me when I need a shopping buddy. I tend to take forever too, so I wanted to be there to help her when she needed someone. I ended up sitting on the floor of the changing room while she changed into her different possible skirts. She didn't end up finding one she loved, so that was a bummer. After that she got Chick-fil-A for dinner. We sat and talked until she was done.

Sad face begging Bry to come home 

When I finally got into my car to go home, I called Bryan and almost started crying because I was hurting so badly. We ended up deciding that he would go to Stake Conference by himself. I felt bad about that because I had such a fun filled day, but now I was skipping out on a church obligation. I do think it was a good thing that I didn't go because I really didn't feel well, and I needed the hot-pad for most of the evening. After Bryan was done with Stake Conference, he came home to take care of me. The rest of the night was really lazy since I was not up for much by this point! Thank goodness for a kind husband who is always willing to take care of me!