6 things i'd like to let you know

if i was to tell ry {my hubby} anything... these are the things i would say

1. Thank you for your tireless effort - you wake up so early every morning to work and then come home and work to make our house a home. you amaze me with your effort and dedication to taking care of our small fambam.

2. I appreciate the little things you do - Rubbing my back at night, fixing little things around the house, tucking me in when I'm tired, a kiss on the forehead, laughing at my lame jokes, knowing when all i need is a hug... ect. thank you for the many little things you do.

3. I'm proud of who you are - I could never tell you this enough. I'm proud to call you my husband. You are so hard working, considerate and faithful 

4. You are the best hubby- You are my best friend, my lover, and my home. i can't believe i am lucky enough to call you mine. 

5. I want to grow old with you - If anyone were to ask me what I want to be when I grow up, I can say with all certainty that I want to be the one holding your hand.

6. I love you - Today, tomorrow, forever... you are my home. 

love story part 8

Around the time of that fateful "I love you" Ry invited me to go to Washington DC with his family. He had served his LDS mission there and his family was going back to visit and tour around. 

He asked me to go and I was scared. Because I knew if I went, I was truly committing to him. now you might be saying... girl you already told this boy you loved him.. and i had. but going on a week long vacation on their family vacation seemed so intimate for me. i had not met all his family yet, i was nervous for the implications of going. but i went and it showed me how much i could truly love this boy.

we spent a week of march running around based on my {future} father-in-law's itinerary. he had a printed out copy of the week with times and what we were doing each day.. sat us down the first night and went over it.. had us up everyday by 630. he wasnt messing around. haha. and it was great because we were able to see everything. 

now i could go on and on about DC. it was so fun getting to know his family and spending so much time with ry.

 but the day that sticks out the most to me was the day we went to fords theater. ry did not stay with us the whole time because he was meeting a friend who he had served while on his mission so i went with his family by myself. the minute ry left the question came 

so what are your intentions with my son? 

they were half joking... half 100% serious. at that point, i knew i loved him. but i wasnt sure if i wanted them to know that. i am pretty sure i fumbled through the questions and the myriad of others that followed. it is hilarious to look back on it now. 

even then.. i knew what my intentions were. my intentions were to marry that boy and make him mine forever. 

me thinks...

things I love.

Things I love 

Falling asleep to the sound of rain.

His kisses on my forehead

getting irrevocably lost in a good book

warm fresh smelling clothes from the dryer. 

finding a quote or song that describes my current situation

having him still give me butterflies

catching my favorite movie on TV

getting letters in the mail

an ice cold cup of water when i am thirsty

sleeping in

accomplishing something i didnt think i could 

distracted much?

life with the fords have been a bit crazy lately. and i will admit, the blog took a backseat. i have been in a funk lately and it is hard to write how i am feeling. we are in a constant state of transition. between moving to my sister in laws basement, looking for a new house, feeling the end of school coming, switching to third grade next year and having a new puppy i am having a hard time finding solid ground. lucky, ry seems to be completely level headed so i have him as my rock. 

we have put offers in on 6 different houses in our house hunt. frustrating because we fall in love then get disappointed.

right now we have a house. 

as long as the appraisal and home inspection do not dig up anything funky the house will be ours. 

i am so excited!

 it is a great starter home for me and ry in a great neighborhood. 

but the owner of the house we are buying lives just down the street so we would go to the same church. which is completely fine but he wanted us to write a bio that he could read in church to introduce us

kind of weird but its all good, we will roll with it. 

ry started writing it, telling about our lives and then he wrote all his hobbies {flyfishing, surfing, golfing, laughing} just to name a few.

and then he said... 

"so al what are some of your hobbies?" 

i was as blank as he was. and that bugged me. i used to be the kind of person who had so many interests that my day was filled with sports, singing, reading, church, friends. now.. my days are filled with school. i love teaching but it has completely consumed my life. as i reflected on the past year, i realized all the things i gave up to be a teacher. now i dont want this to sound like a pity party. it just got me thinking about my priorities and how i need to make time for myself. i have lost myself a bit. what are my hobbies? what do i like to even do? i will find the answers... eventually.. maybe ;) 

in happy news.. countdown to hawaii...8 DAYS. 

him and her: weekend edition

him: fishing

her: shopping

him: in-n-out #1 

her: cheeseburger 

him: harley loving 

her: harley loving 

him: hockey game 

her: house hunters 

him: new fishing gear

her: new sweater

him: should be studying for finals... but didnt  

her: finished all her grading and lesson planning

him: living with his sister 

her: her sister is visiting 

him: got to sleep in 

her: up at 540 with the hyper puppy 

him: working hard at the bakery  

her: having fun at school. harley came to visit. 

him: in love  

her: in love 

from harley.

Hey blogging world,

Im back! Life has been pretty crazy these past two weeks.

Im adjusting to life with a new mommy and daddy.

They seem to love me quite a bit. They are always wanting to play.

I have been working on this whole not going to the bathroom in the house. Sometimes, I make a mistake and think that the shower or mommy and daddys bed is an acceptable place to go to the bathroom.  Im still learning!

Mommy took me to work with her one day so that I could meet all her students. It was quite the adventure. I have never got so much loving and I was sure pooped by the end.

Everyone keeps commenting how big my paws are. Something about me getting to be a big dog one day.

I had an accident a week and a half ago. Someone accidentally stepped on my foot. So it was a soft cast for me for a week but I am ok. My auntie sure did feel bad for stepping on me.

I like to bite things. It is getting to be a problem. But my nose gets flicked whenever I bite something I am not suppose to. I don’t like that very much.  I am quickly learning to just stick to my chew toys.

Although.. sometimes i really like to help my mommy with grading. 

I sure love life here  

this is me, making friends with another dog names nino. 

love story part 7

The day he said it.

December and January flew by. I honestly cant remember a lot from that time. I remember going home and missing his birthday, talking everyday during winter break and counting down the minutes until I got to see him again.

Now so that you know, it takes me a while to fully open up to people. I am very social and like to meet new people, but to truly open up and love… it takes me a while. So one night ry and I were talking and we got on the conversation about love and where we were going in our relationship.. the DTR talk. At one point ry said, “al, I am scared to tell you I love you. I am almost positive you wont say it back.” I looked at him shocked..  I mean, he was justified in saying that. I had only said I love you to one other guy and it took me 3 months to say it back to that guy. But the weird thing was, the reason I was shocked was because I was so sure I would say yes! I told him that he should tell me how he feels and we left it at that.

It wasn’t until the next night when he took me on a nice date. Then at my door as he kissed me goodnight, he took my face in his hands, looked me in the eyes and said, “I love you alex.” I looked back into the eyes of this boy and knew that I loved him back without a shadow of a doubt. I didn’t make him wait. I said it right back knowing this boy was special. 

tons of change

Lots of excitement.

The past two weeks have been a ton of chaos and fun. A lot has happened!

we have been looking for a house for 2 months now. Up until this weekend, we have put in three offers. All of which did not work out. It was frustrating and hard to stay optimistic. Then this weekend, we went and looked at two houses. One was gross and the other was perfect. 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a beautiful kitchen and a GREAT backyard… all in our price range. It was a perfect starter home for me and ry. So we put in an offer and I held my breath. That night, we got a call and WE ARE HOMEOWNERS. I am so excited. It is the perfect place for ry and I to start our family. I will post some pictures and talk more about it soon.

 Hannah came to visit! My sister is in town and it has been so fun. She came on Thursday and will be here through my graduation on the 26^th. She has already come to school with me, helped us pick out our house and went and saw safe haven with me. Its been a busy few days and I have loved having my sis here with me.

 We are living with our in-laws. Ry’s sister has a basement and she has so generously allowed us to live with her while we were house hunting. It has been quite the adventure moving in with her and her two boys. It has been fun but an adjustment. Ry and I are so used to just the two of us and now it is my sister-in-law, two nephews, her two dogs, our little cutie Harley and now my sister. She has been so nice to let us stay and I will be eternally grateful for her generosity.

  I  GOT A JOB!  This year, I have been doing an internship for my teaching license. It is a full time position in a classroom, where I am a teacher, teaching all day, going to all the school meetings and planning my own curriculum but…. Getting half a teachers salary until I officially graduate. This year has been amazing and I have grown so much as a teacher but it is nice to know that next year is set and that I am going to continue to teach and grow. I am lucky enough to be able to stay at my same school, something very rare for an intern and I will be moving from the 2^nd grade to the third grade. My students were so excited to know that I was following them up to the next grade. I will be teaching a different class but I will still be with them. I feel so blessed and am so excited for this opportunity.

Well that’s it.. crazy busy and loving every minute of it. These next few months will continue to be crazy but I wouldn’t have it any other way. I have my best friend by my side and with him, everyday is amazing.

Xoxo,

A

I have an excuse

Anyone missed me? I have been gone for like 2 weeks and i apologize for that. We recently moved and in that move, we lost one precious thing… internet. It has been weird because I thought I would miss it more than I do. It is just something that I use while at school to check emails. It has been nice. But that is why I have been absent. Plus school started back up, so I have been busy. I hope you haven’t missed me too much and I promise to try to be better about writing and scheduling posts =)

Xoxo

A