Back in the Burg

The past two weeks have been absolutely crazy, extremely busy, and completely wonderful all at the same time.

Bri and I jumped right back into school and work two weeks ago after the honeymoon, and were also under the impression that we'd get everything on our "to do list" done our very first week back in Rexburg... a big HA-HA to that one :)

Brian's working at the admissions office on campus Monday-Friday, taking an online class, and also studying for the Dental Admissions Test that he is taking this June. I am working in the dementia care facility at The Homestead Tuesdays & Thursdays and every other weekend and have school Monday Wednesday and Friday. We're both really enjoying our jobs and our studies, it's just crazy how fast the day runs out before everything gets done!

It was so much fun being able to spend time with Brad, Katelyn, and Aubrey before they left for Bakersfield to start Brad's awesome career. We got to babysit Aubrey while Brad and Katelyn went on a date and it was so much fun! Aubrey is just the sweetest and we're going to miss her like crazy!

We can't get enough of her!

Last Saturday after I got off work we went with Brad, Katelyn, and Aubrey to Pizza Pie Cafe for an early birthday dinner for Brian. Brian and Brad each put away about 20 pieces of pizza, it was pretty impressive.

When we got back, only because it was after midnight, I pulled our Brian's surprise present. A Nutribullet! The talk about getting a Nutribullet started even before we registered for gifts, and then of course, when we registered, he registered for 5 of them at Bed, Bath, & Beyond. It was so much fun pulling it off as a surprise and seeing how excited he was about it. I think he's read both the instruction & usage manuals twice each. He calls himself a "blaster." :)

I turned around for one second after I took the picture of him blowing out the candle, and he had the whole cupcake in his mouth already. I love the 23 year old goofball!

 

 

 

 

 

On Tuesday we had Brad, Katelyn, and Aubrey over for the last time before they left. We had spaghetti, salad, watermelon, and oreo shakes all on our storage bin dinner tables :) It's been so much fun to spend time with them. They made me feel like part of the family the very first time I met them and Bri and I look up to them so much. We already miss them, but we really are so excited for them and all that is coming their way. We're already planning our trip to go see them next spring break!

Brian and I have had so much fun tackling everything on our to-do list the past couple of weeks, it's definitely been crazy busy, but that's just life we're finding :)

 

 We decided we were due for an upgrade with his shattered phone, my shattered iPod, and my "dumb" phone,

 

 So when we set up our phone plan we got iphone 5c's and we love them!

 We finally got a table and had some help from Derek to set it up!

 

We're loving the Spring weather here in Rexburg, wind and all :)

We're also slowly but surely using all of the giftcards we've received and still feel more grateful every day for all of the support from our family and friends! It's so much fun to use different appliances and see different things in our apartment and think of our family and friends who gave them to us. We are SO blessed!

We're doing so well and absolutely loving married life. We're newly-weds so I couldn't write this post and not brag about Bri a little bit. ;) Brian makes us lunches every day I have classes so we can eat together during my break in classes. Even with all the craziness the past couple of weeks I've still come home from work and school to the dishes done, house clean, or dinner started. Everything is an adventure and my cheeks hurt from smiling and laughing so much at the end of each day. I just couldn't be more grateful or happy. Life is every kind of wonderful!