Well, after 8 months of inactivity, I am back! I'm going to try to keep up a weekly blog post from now on, especially because there are going to be some pretty exciting travels and adventures coming up!
I'm going to give you a quick list of highs and lows that happened the last eight months.
November: I went to see my family for Thanksgiving in Utah. I got four cavities and I had to get a shot in my left jaw with a freaking big needle (cause it was a big cavity, I guess) and was in extreme pain for a couple days. Makes me never want to get a cavity again. And stay away from dentists altogether.
Adam also got his "baby", a 1972 Chevy Chevelle named Melli, painted. Finally.
December: On the 6th, it was Adam's 25th birthday! Then, on the 15th, we got married! The wedding day was great, the weather, however, wasn't so cooperative. We ended up having to take most of our pictures inside the church building. But, I don't really care. Pictures are pictures and I'm glad to have some! The reception afterwards was amazing and absolutely magical. I just want to put in a quick thank you to all those who showed up to the Tennessee and Utah receptions and for all the great gifts that helped support Adam and I!
A few days after we got married, I got really sick with an infection and was in a lot of pain. This is where I was introduced to the magic of herbs. Adam and I don't have medical insurance, so we weren't going to be going to the doctor unless it was like a life and death thing. It wasn't life or death yet, but it was certainly painful. I was actually begging to go to the doctors, but Adam asked me to try herbs first. I was a huge skeptic and really believed it wasn't going to work. But, I painstakingly drank parsley tea and took some herbal pills and then fell asleep after a long couple days. I woke up the next morning completely pain free and all better! So, that made me a believer in herbs.
December 25th was Christmas day, obviously. We had a great time with Adam's family. That night, Adam and I kind of spur-of-the-moment decided to start driving to Colorado and Utah. So we threw our stuff in the car and left. Kind of a bad idea. We got stuck in a blizzard and I let Adam drive. We passed so many cars that had spun out or got stuck. Good thing Adam has two years of experience driving in blizzards, considering he served a mission in Alaska, so we were fine. However, when we got to Arkansas, we ended up coming to a stop on a one way bridge in between two semis and nowhere to go. We were stuck in standstill traffic for 5 hours. It was really cold and miserable. So yeah, we were really excited when the semi in front of us started moving forward!
Driving to Durango, Colorado was crazy. The highway was literally, a graveyard for abandoned cars and overturned or jack-knifed semis. It was that way until we hit Texas. We drove through New Mexico, and then finally, arrived at Hesperus, where a lot of Adam's family lives. We stayed with his grandparents for about 5 days then went to Utah. On the way to Cottonwood Heights, we made a stop at Arches National Park and did a little bit of hiking. After that, it was straight to my parent's house. We surprised them with our appearance. They weren't expecting us for a couple more days, so that was fun.
While we were in Cottonwood Heights, we just hung out with my family, went night snowboarding and skiing, and then we had our reception at a neighbor's house. The following day, we had to leave back to Tennessee. I was pretty sad to leave my family, because I wasn't sure when I was going to see them again.
January: We had spent the whole first week in Utah with my family, and made an uneventful drive back to Tennessee. I got a job as a part time nanny for a two year old boy and a four month old girl.
February: The big highlight of this month is that we went on a caving trip somewhere past Nashville. I can't remember the name of the cave now, darn it. But it was fun. It was some serious caving, especially when it was just my second time. We climbed, jumped, crawled through tubes with an inch off of our backs to spare, and saw bats and some really cool crystals. Then, we had a dinner in the cave and a show. It was great fun!
March: Nothing eventful. Just work.
April: It was my 22nd birthday! Adam's family threw me a party and made my favorite dinner ever... SLOPPY JOES! Just the way my mom makes it too. I got some sweet gifts. Then that weekend, we went to dinner at Red Robin and went to see Iron Man 3 in theaters. A few days later, I finally got my ultimate gift... A blondie at Applebee's! Those are to die for.
May: My niece Teyla turned 1. At the end of the month, I had to quit my job as a nanny since Adam and I were planning on going to Utah for an extended period of time.
June: Not much interesting... just worked to get some money to go to Utah.
July: Fourth of July happened. Of course, we had a BBQ and fireworks. Then, July 14th, we headed out to Utah. It was a 32 hour drive... fortunately, it was uneventful, but unfortunately, very boring and exhausting. I was really excited to go home and see my family. When we got to Salt Lake City, we left to St. George with my family, drove back, and the very next day went gold mining three hours away from Orem. The day after that, we drove to Durango, Colorado, and drove back to Salt Lake City. I was SO SICK of being in the car!!!!
The rest of July was just being with family and friends. We started working with doTERRA as independent contractors. Our job is to teach others about the amazing benefits of essential oils. We teach many different topics on essential oils, such as cleaning, emergency preparedness, emotions, medicine cabinet makeover, and so much more. We were planning on staying until mid-September, but there has been a change of plans and we decided that we should go back to Tennessee. But, we will be back for Christmas!
Now it's August! It hasn't been quite eventful, just the usual spending time with my family and so on. I'm enjoying it while it lasts!
That's the catch up on the last eight months. Time has really flown! In four months, it will be Adam and my one year anniversary. Pretty hard to believe. And it's so hard to believe it'll be cold in just a couple months! Whew...
Well, I promise I'll do better on blogging now. My goal is one post a week... so we'll see if that even happens. And I'll make more of an effort that they'll be a little more interesting than this one. If you made it reading this far... thank you! I really appreciate your support.
Til next time!
Laura
June: Not much interesting... just worked to get some money to go to Utah.
July: Fourth of July happened. Of course, we had a BBQ and fireworks. Then, July 14th, we headed out to Utah. It was a 32 hour drive... fortunately, it was uneventful, but unfortunately, very boring and exhausting. I was really excited to go home and see my family. When we got to Salt Lake City, we left to St. George with my family, drove back, and the very next day went gold mining three hours away from Orem. The day after that, we drove to Durango, Colorado, and drove back to Salt Lake City. I was SO SICK of being in the car!!!!
The rest of July was just being with family and friends. We started working with doTERRA as independent contractors. Our job is to teach others about the amazing benefits of essential oils. We teach many different topics on essential oils, such as cleaning, emergency preparedness, emotions, medicine cabinet makeover, and so much more. We were planning on staying until mid-September, but there has been a change of plans and we decided that we should go back to Tennessee. But, we will be back for Christmas!
Now it's August! It hasn't been quite eventful, just the usual spending time with my family and so on. I'm enjoying it while it lasts!
That's the catch up on the last eight months. Time has really flown! In four months, it will be Adam and my one year anniversary. Pretty hard to believe. And it's so hard to believe it'll be cold in just a couple months! Whew...
Well, I promise I'll do better on blogging now. My goal is one post a week... so we'll see if that even happens. And I'll make more of an effort that they'll be a little more interesting than this one. If you made it reading this far... thank you! I really appreciate your support.
Til next time!
Laura
