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!

Ihoppin' Time

Sometimes you really want food, and sometimes you cave in and you go to IHop at 10pm. The great thing about being married to this boy, is that he loves food more than anything so I always have a good chance of getting him to take me out to eat! At dinner we had the best waiter. He made us laugh so stinkin' hard! He was so blunt about not wanting to be at work, but everything he said was so funny. He also kept filling our hot cocoa for free, and I am pretty sure he would have given us more for free if we had asked! I can't even tell you how much I love French Toast from IHop! It has become an obsession. The rest of the night we watched Grey's Anatomy. I don't know how I convinced this boy to like this show with me, but I am sure glad that I did! I don't know what we are going to do once we finally get through the whole show. We are getting pretty darn close to the end too. 

Saturday Afternoon was a good day! I was having weird stomach pains starting Thursday evening and into Saturday, and I still have no idea how to explain it. It as like a constant heartburn but everywhere in my tummy and chest. Strange feeling. Thankfully it went way sometime Saturday afternoon. For most of the day we were really lazy. Bryan did homework, and I relaxed while hoping I would start to feel better. Finally later afternoon we got ready for the day, and went to Applebees for dinner! We got two gift cards to Applebees at Christmas, so we thought it was time to use at least one of them! We saw a really cute baby boy there while we were waiting to get seated. His older sister was rocking him like crazy and coughing in his face, but it made me a little bit crazy... I hate when people get judgy on Mom's but honestly the little girl was coughing big time in the little boys face! ah. He was such a new little thing. Anyways. I apologize for the side rant. Especially because I'm sure I will not always be the greatest mom. After we finished eating we hurried home to get ready for the game. Merrill met us at our place and we went on up to the game! 

I started to feel a bit funny again during the game, but I was still able to enjoy it! I always enjoy the nights that I get to see my cute Merrill face. Tommy T was at the game with us as well. I don't honestly remember too much about the game because Merrill and I ended up talking just about the whole time... but I know they won! I also know the other team was not very good at all. Merrill and Tommy came over after the game, so we decided to watch Indiana Jones! I wasn't too crazy thrilled about it, but it is one of Bryans favorite movies aside from Lord of the Rings and Star Wars. We watched for awhile, but sadly merrill and tommy left early. Bry really wanted to finish the movie but I really struggled to stay awake, so we ended up just going to bed. I think it ended up being a very good weekend! Thank goodness I ended up getting better, because the weekend had not start out well.  I'm grateful that Bryan aways takes care of me!  

Jazz Game Time

Before Christmas, I had gotten everything for Bryan that I had planned on getting him for Birthday and Christmas. Somehow I had gotten everything on an amazing sale and wasn't even close to hitting the budget we had set for gifts this year. A good budgeter would have said, "Sweet, I did well" and called it a day. Naturally, I have to get as close to spending my full budget weather I need to or not.

My instinct is to buy clothes. What more could you want? But, knowing Bryan I figured he would really appreciate it if I got him something a bit more exciting. Merrill suggested this Holiday Package that the Jazz had. So, for $49 I was able to get two jazz tickets an a $20 gift card to the Megaplex.  Sports and a movie… everything he loves in one package!

Well, this week we got to use those tickets! Another great thing about buying your husband a gift, is  that he gets to happily share it with you… so I got to go to the game with him! Sadly, I had a nasty headache behind my eyes for half of the game, but thankfully it went away and I was able to enjoy the last half a lot more! The Jazz lost to The Golden State Warriors. Good news is, Bryan didn't care because it was a good game and he would prefer that they lost so they can get a better pick in the next draft :)

As always, a wonderful night with my best friend!

Weekend Loving

As far as weekends go, I would have to say this last one was really good. Ever since Merrill bought a student sports pass with us, we have talked about going to a gymnastics meet. Well, the first one was this last weekend and we decided to make it a girls night! Brooke came and it was the best! If you ignore the fact that BYU lost to the U… Let's face it though.. the University of Utah Gymnastics program is kind of amazing! Growing up, mom would take Jordan and I to their meets. I just loved watching them do all of those amazing things. I especially loved watching the floor routines.

Once the meet ended, we decided it wouldn't a proper girls night without food. We ended up at Taco bell, and spending a good hour talking. Always good times with my beautiful friends.

Saturday was wonderful because we were lazy for almost ALL. day. I got to sleep in and be lazy. Honey got to work on school work, calling stuff, watch some ESPN 30 for 30 episodes and he even did p90x. So when I say it was a lazy day, it was mostly lazy for me! I did finish reading The Help. Oh my goodness. One of the best books I have ever read! The book is hilarious, emotional and exciting. I had the hardest time putting it down when I needed to. 

We spent some quality time together and then got ready to go to the Temple. We decided to get out of the norm and go to the Draper Temple. I haven't been there for anything but Baptisms for the dead, so I was excited. We decided to do initaitories instead of Endowments that day, so I didn't get to see a whole lot of the temple. I do have to say that their iniatory rooms are gorgeous. I would say they are my favorite of any of the temples I have been to so far. We took a trip to DI before we got dinner. I found a few things that I thought I might want but in the end  I decided they might not be exactly what I am looking for for my projects! Bryan picked up Cafe Rio and we did the usual of splitting a salad and a burrito together. Mmmmmm yummy. I was a happy girl. 

Birthday Partying

 

So, don't mind my cute husbands asian eyes… those are pretty normal for him :)

Well, for my birthday Bryan took spent all of the day before with me. Since my birthday fell on a Sunday this year, we slept in, then he took me to IHop to enjoy my birthday Breakfast! Naturally I got French Toast because why would you get anything else?! After that we decided to head down to Traverse Mountain Outlets. We looked around for a long time, and I found a few things that I liked.

When we finished hanging out around the mall, we decided to go back home for a little while until we needed to leave for Mark Bulloughs reception. We went to his reception and it was good to see him so happy. We also got to see Nicole Newbold and Nicole Merrill. We didn't stay long because Bryan had made reservations for Tepanyaki.. mmmmmm… yummy! 


We both could not wait! Bryan had never been there before, so it was even a present to himself in a way! You can't tell from my picture, but the food was amazing! Their salmon is to DIE for. Obsessed. When we got home we had a nice lazy night with some of my favorite ice cream! Pistachio. Don't be afraid of the green color, because it is pure happiness. ALSO, this boy gave me a beautiful display of red roses! I seriously couldn't believe how big of a bouquet it was! They were gorgeous. 



Sunday morning Bryan made me Breakfast. We went to church, and left a bit early because I was starting to feel sick :/ Yes, sickly on my birthday, but what can you do? Thankfully it wasn't too bad that day! When it was finally time to leave, we drove to South Jordan to eat dinner with The Frandsens! Mamma Frandsen made me beef in a black bean sauce, which is so yummy. I really need to learn how  to make that meal someday! Later that night we had Chocolate Cake with Raspberry filling, and presents! Janet and Rick got me a really nice 0 degree sleeping bag, some winter boots, and a rack to hold my scarves! All very nice and needed gifts! Erika and Sammy got me nail polish and candy! 


Finally, Bryan gave me my beautiful beautiful Greg Olsen painting that I was dying to have! The one we ended up picking is called "Take My Hand". Seriously, it is gorgeous. The last gift he got me was a necklace, and yes - I picked it out :) Thank goodness this boy knows how to get me gifts ;) 

Besides getting sick, it was a wonderful day! I'm grateful for a sweet husband who puts up with my crap, and a fantastic family that I was lucky enough to marry into. 

That night Jordan came to spend the night as well! I'm glad that I got to have some sister time with her on my birthday. We watched a movie and hung out all night. She also spent most of the day with me the day after since I was sicky and didn't really want to be home alone all day! 




I was worried that I was sick with Strep Throat because that is definitely how it felt. When I was growing up, I used to get it ALL of the time. I decided I had better go to the doctor because if it is strep, you need antibiotics to treat it, or you can be sick for awhile. I really wanted to be getting back  to work quickly especially since I am FINALLY done with school, I got my raise and I want to be proving that I can be a good manager. I can't really do that if I am sitting at home in bed, sick. I went, and the quick strep test was negative. My doctor gave me a prescription to be safe. If I got better, I could chuck it. And if I didn't, I could go fill the prescription. He is pretty awesome. He tried to make everything as easy as possible for his patients. 

Tuesday, I went back to work. Angela was really surprised that I showed up. She really didn't' want me passing my sickness around, but I felt like I had started getting sick the Friday evening before, so I kind of figured by this point I wasn't contagious anymore. I realized I had a mask from the doctors office, so to be funny I put it on. Ron thought it was pretty awesome. I took it off at one point because it was making me hot, but then Ron told me I needed to put it back on ha. He didn't want me passing my sickness around either. I'm sure I wouldn't have even if I didn't wear the dang thing. Please enjoy my cuteness in this mask. Gosh, I'm cute. 

Birthday #2

So, because we didn't spend my birthday with my family, we still needed to see them! My mom was worried that she wouldn't have enough time to prepare for my birthday on my actual birthday because things had been a bit busy for her at work. We decided that we would go to her house to celebrate the sunday after!

That Sunday, we showed up and Mom had made dinner for us! Dinner was really good! She mad Calzones. The funny thing was that Lauren and Lizzy would not eat them, so one of the girls had pizza bites and the other had pizza pockets… Kind of ironic.  Grandma and Grandpa Colby even came! After dinner mom had a cake for me and ice cream! Josh was a little bum and switched the numbers to say that I was "32". The girls also had me wear a princess birthday crown all night. I was told that I was not to take it off the wholeeeee night! Once we were done eating all the goodies, we went downstairs to play Apples to Apples. You better believe that I won! :) I don't know if other families do this, but at the end we read the cards that we won, and they are supposed to describe you. As you can see I am natural and wordily…. Virtuous and Shallow, and lastly Perfect! Not sure what the cards are trying to tell me exactly!

We had a great night together! Jordan got me a very cute button up shirt which I had wanted. Mom picked out a lace slip, necklace and shirt. Lauren and Lizzy picked out a necklace! I'm glad that things are feeling normal again with my family. There seems to be less contention and sadness. It's sad that our parents marriage is ending, but I'm grateful that everyone is doing okay and that we all still love each other more than ever. It's definitely going to take time to heal, but I am grateful for them!

Back to Blogging

The last 4 months of our life have been the busiest, most fulfilling and yet I don't have anything written down. With only few weeks left of student teaching, I was telling Bryan a story about one of my cute students and  he turns to me and says "Now, you're writing all of this down right?".  My stomach dropped. I had not kept a journal about ANY of my experiences. I was always too busy or tired to take the time to reflect on what I had been experiencing. During that time I complained about never having any time for myself, and now I'm sitting here at 6:30pm on a weeknight with absolutely nothing to do….  The grass is always greener right?

I have decided to make a few goals for my self this year. I know, I know. New year resolutions that no one ever completes. But really, I am going to do this. I don't have any excuses anymore. I'm done with school, I need to still lead a productive life outside of work. I'm not going to be a Netflix junky!

Personal Goals
1. Write in my Journal/Blog twice a week
2. Go to the gym at least 3 times a week
3. Find a hobby and purse it
4. Read at least 3 books a month. One should be somewhat educational.
5. Ready my scriptures everyday
6. Say a meaningful prayer everyday

Couple Goals
1. Read scriptures every night together
2. Pray together every night
3. Pray in the mornings together at least on the days we get up around the same time.
4. Go to the temple every other week
5. Save 10% of every paycheck, more if possible.

I'm not going to play catch up and try to fill in all that I missed these last few months, because that will never honestly happen. However, I am going to try and put down the important moments and lessons that I learned. My future kids should know that their momma wasn't always perfect ;)

Here's to making and attaining my goals!