This Has Gotta Be the Good Life

 

Well ladies and gents, we did it. They call us Mr. and Mrs. We sealed the deal and now we're married. After much partying and a lot a lot of traveling, we are finally getting nestled into our cozy apartment back in Rexburg. Life goes on as normal, though we are constantly reminded of how good this life is. Too make our marriage that much more real, we started a blog. How Mormon of us right?

Since both of us really aren't great at blogging individually (Michael being much worse) we are hoping that together we can blog more regularly and keep everyone up with the on goings of the newlywed.

Highlights of the past two weeks of married life:

• Being sealed in the Jordan River Temple for time and all eternity
• Driving 2,300 miles for our Honeymoon and Open House in California
• Dancing the night away at both shin digs. Even Grandpa Blomquist was high kicking it. 
• Opening gifts and realizing how much love people have for us. (not to sound cocky, but it's nice to know that so many people care about you)
• Moving into our apartment and buying our first pieces of furniture together. (much more to come...)
• Simply finding joy in every minute of married life. It is nice to come home at the end of a long work day and have someone else there waiting to see you.

For our Honeymoon we decided to drive to San Francisco, stopping in Lake Tahoe for two days along the way. It was great. We did tons of stuff including, biking the Golden Gate Bridge, visiting Alcatraz and taking the audio tour, riding the cable cars, visiting the aquarium, and having sourdough bread bowls. Jenny had her first experience with room service which she decided she could take a liking to and she swears there is more homeless people in San Fran than any city she has ever been to. Though Michael has had room service before at hotels, he still got quite a kick out of it, and could get used to it as well (if it wasn't so expensive!)

We then took a quick drive down to Clovis, and stayed and Michael's mom's house for a couple days. There we had a great open house filled with tons of family and friends, lots and lots of ice cream, and just about as much candy. It was a great time and everyone had fun.

We felt that our honeymoon hadn't quite been long enough so we stopped on our way back to Utah for one night in Vegas. That was tons of fun. We walked the strip and did many different things. By far the most memorable was tasting different Cokes from around the world. Some were good, and well... some weren't. The one from Italy especially... As one friend put it, "It tasted like liquid skunk."

After leaving Vegas, we spent a couple nights at Jenny's house, then headed back to Rexburg. We're adjusting life just great. Were so grateful for the many blessings that we have, for the love we have for each other, and the love that we feel from others. As we look back, it's been a great journey so far, and we look forward to the road ahead.

Goals for the upcoming week:

1. Teach Jenny to drive stick and take her out on real roads with stop lights.

It should prove to be fun :)