Maybe a little bit of both....

All week I have been meaning to update my blog. I have just asked myself, "Am I busy or just plain boring??" I think it is a little bit of both. We have had a crazy past couple of weeks. Brig and I applied for a trade school in Irving, Texas... Say what?? We are hoping to get into the Aviation Institute of Maintenance, so Brig can hurry up and start doing what he has always wanted to do. This is big... I may have to actually leave my mom. :( But if that means that I can ave babies sooner and not have to work, then I am all for it! I am so happy for Brig! We have been going crazy feeling out all the paper work. Everytime he gets an e-mail we hurry and complete whatever it says and send it right back! Hopefully we will hear from them soon. Hmmm.. what else is a reason to why I have not written?? SCHOOL. Now that is really kicking my booty. When Brig and I were dating, I was always super good about my school work (all grades were over a 97%), but being married makes it harder for some reason. So many nights I am a boring wife because I am trying to catch up on homework or sleep. My poor husband. A part of me would love to quit, but a part of me wants to finish just for myself. I thought that going online while being married would be easier, but it is not. I feel like college classes are a joke when it come to homework, but once you start online they love to send you homework every week that is like 6 assignments and a quiz. Ain't nobody got time for that. I try so hard to put my school work second on my important list, but it just doesn't happen.

I normally make dinner every night... butttt this week was a total 1 day. 1 day... pathetic, I know. I have been exhausted. Due to a few things going on with my job, I have been running around like a crazy goat. I have been coming home every night this past week and either babysitting my neices or just laying on the couch with a tub of ice cream. I can eat that down like no one else, it is actually nasty. Wednesday, Brig gets home from work and sees me laying on the couch watching Nashville with my tub of ice cream. He just laughs and walks in to join me. He joked about how this was better than last nights dinner (cereal). I did feel a little bad, but this ice cream is so dannnnng good. Thursday comes around and I actually made some chicken and potatoes AND rented a movie. Dinner was alright and I fell asleep 10 minutes into the movie. OOOOPPPSSSIES. It is the thought that counts. I was a little upset with myself that I have not done anything that whole week. I realized that Brig did the laundry for me, while I was at work, and kept the house pretty much clean so I did not see like I had a lot to do. I just love him.

Today I managed to get dinner prepared, kitchen mopped, carpets vacuumed, fridge cleaned out, and my bed made. It makes me giggle a little that I had my two neices with my while I got all of this done. Do I just need a baby, in order to be productive? Ehh.. probably not the solution to this, but I am feeling pretty proud! A perfect ending to a busy week and a perfect start to a new week!

Coming Home to a Surprise....

Recently Brig and I decided to move into another bedroom because the one we had was just too big and it was located at the end of the house, so it never got any heat back there. Monday night we painted the new room a light grey (I have this obsession with grey). I don't understand how some people hate painting... I love it!! We taped all around the edges, laid out some plastic, played some General Conference talks, and painted away! THE perfect FHE activity. I always struggle to make family home evening happen because it is just two of us and all we really want to do when we get home from work is go to bed. I normally just grab a tub of ice cream (for me) and watch some tv, then when Brig joins, I decide that this counts as FHE. Does it though?? I just keep telling myself it is the though that counts! Well we both picked a talk that we thought we kind of needed to be lectured on. I was a little offended when Brig decided to choose a topic about being happy, but I just told myself that he chose it for himself, not for me. :) An hour and a half goes by and we finally finished up that room! We ran to Wal-Mart to look at a curtain rod and some blinds. I think by this time I was falling asleep just leaning on the shopping cart. I am telling you, I love my sleep! The next day Brig had the day off in between school, so he went to work on that bedroom! Gosh I love him! I came home after a very long day at work, to find out bedroom COMPLETELY done. Curtains were hung, bed was moved in and set perfectly centered in the room (he measured it), bed was all set up, nightstands were all even, floor was picked up, the kitchen was perfect, and the list could go on. Ahhhh I was so happy! I got to come home and take a little nap in our bed and then just eat ice cream and watch some Hulu with my husband. I do not mind having to come home and clean up or do anything, but I do love to come home to a nice clean house. I secretly wish Brig snapped a picture of my reaction.. I think I may have shed a tear or two! I love my husband. I know I say this alllll the time, but days like these are just the best!

Good Ol' Virden!

Saturday's are busy days for Brig and I; I get things done at the house and Brigham normally works all day. I was super surprised when I saw that he finally had a Saturday off! YAY! Pretty sure he has only had a Saturday off mayyyybe 6 times in the 7 months I have known him... we take advantage of these free Saturdays! Well this day started off a little late, due to my brain and terrible scheduling, so we were an hour behind schedule. I HAD to get my eyelashes done so I had Brig run and grab stuff we had to take to his mom's for the party, while I went to get pretty. I finally get home, only having 30 minutes to do my hair and get dressed, I am yelling from the next room for Brig to turn off the TV and help me out. Everything I asked him to do he replied with a "I already took care of that." I was shocked.. what happened to my husband? He even told me that he picked up 3 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies for us to take for the drive and then continued saying how he gave one away to a homeless man. I was speechless. I really wanted to know who this man was that was standing in front of me. Not that he never does any good to this world, but Brig does better when he has a list of things to do. I was just so happy. It was 10:30 and my husband already conquered the world, while I was still in my pj's (with beautiful eyelashes). So we quickly got in the car and drove the 45 minutes to Virden. We arrived with many other family members to celebrate Grandma Tedford's birthday! It was fun to meet cousins and uncles and aunts that I have not met yet. But most importantly it was just nice to be with his family. Our schedule is normally full of work, so we do not get to go down there too often. We ate, listened to some entertainment, rode four wheelers, and just walk around the place. Virden is small and is basically only dirt. BUT it is the perfect place for kids to play and for family to get together. We left around 3 and headed back to Thatcher. We made a quick stop the the gas station and grabbed a few bottles of Coke for our way home... yummmmm! I love road trips no matter how quick they are! It was just so fun to sit in a car with my husband and talk about our future!

As brig finished his Coke, he started pulling over onto the side of the road. I figured he just had to pee, but next thing I know he is pulling our his rifle. We placed out bottles a ways away from the road, onto a fence. Brig got up and shot his bottle on the first shot. He then hands me the gun and expects me to miss.... does he not know who my dad is? I am the queen of shooting things! I get up and shot the tip of the bottle in the first shot, then shot the middle part right after, and then quickly shot the last tiny piece. Brig was shocked and possible a little scared! I felt pretty cool, I won't lie. We got back on the road and continued on our ride home. We got back into town and decided we wanted to take a little more advantage of this free Saturday so we went and bought paint for our bathroom. Painted that whole thing! We love it! Stayed up till 2 A.M. watching Nashville and then finally decided to go to sleep! I love days like these. Getting my eyelashes done by my amazing sister-in-law is like a therapy session. It is just nice to be able to talk about anything, I always walk out appreciating my husband more! This day was just such a nice day to sit back and realize how many amazing people I have in my life. I love my life. I love my family. I love his family. I love my husband. I love being a wife. The list could go on! Being a wife is not always rewarding.. but days like theses makes it so rewarding. The life of a wife could not get any better!