Insta-awesome Utah.

After a long weekend, we finally arrived home yesterday evening, just in time for Father's Day. I'm kinda sorta exhausted, and due to that exhaustion I just can't bring myself to edit any pictures from my trip (since that takes so much energy out of me). So, I'm opting out by using Instagram pictures of our trip!

 

 

 

 

 

1 & 2. Ten hour car rides are no bueno, but after a couple hours, Mr. Clark turns to me and says, "will you read Harry Potter to me?" "Umm, will you make out with me right now? Of course I will read Harry Potter to you!" You may commence with the barfing of how nerdy and cheesy we are.

3 & 4. I got to visit the beautiful Salt Lake City Temple! It was probably my favorite part of being in Utah. I wish I could have gone in for the ceremony, but just being there was amazing and so uplifting.

5 & 6. Selah made some best friends over the weekend, or as she liked to call them, her "sisters." She doesn't have sisters at home so we just let her have fun with them, and we were happy someone could keep her entertained while we were there. I don't know how mom's do it 24/7.. This weekend was one big birth control pill for me.

7 & 8. We went to this place in Utah called The Wood Connection that apparently is only in Utah and is amazazing. Michelle bought us a few things to do a craft so we can have a big "C" in our house, since I've been wanting one but haven't found one yet. I can't wait to get it done!

9. This picture was literally Kendall's cousin's backyard. Seriously, Utah?! Why you so gorgeous?!

10. And finally, the long drive home with my handsome husband. Ain't he cute?


Please excuse me while I try to find a house to buy in Utah so I never have to leave it again.

Utah, Utah..

We are having such an amazing time here in Utah! I'm probably going to wait til we get home to post all our adventures, but I wanted to update and let everyone know we're alive. I thought about doing that whole "guest post" thing, but then my brain exploded a little because of all the things I already had to think about. I'll try to plan ahead next time. Emphasis on the try part.

Basically, I love Utah and I never want to leave. Here's to the start of my Utah adventures.

(ps, check out Selah's eyes behind Kendall's shoulder; she looks like those things from Pacman!)

Instascatterbrain.

I've been meaning to post this for the last few days, you know, to keep up on being a good blogger and whatnot. My husband seems to think being a good wife is a little more important though, so I spend most of the last few days watching movie and becoming obsessed with The Walking Dead.

Duuuuuuuuude! The Walking Dead is the next LOST. But more gory. And zombies are scarier than angry smoke. Why didn't I find out about this until this weekend? Seriously, if you haven't seen it, go on netflix and watch it, now.

Since this post is all over the place anyways, here are some random pictures!

 

 

 

 

1. Me and Selah have very similar, um, drinking contraptions, and Selah, the girl I work with everyday, likes to call them "Brittany's Sippy Cup" and "Selah's Sippy Cup."

2. I'm getting pretty good at doing baby hair, wink wink.

3. Probably my favorite part of our house. A set of candles and an old window my sister and law gave me for my bridal shower. I think me and Kendall like candles more than regular lighting.

4. Kendall has started liking dogs this week! Finally.

5. Lots and lots of swimming and swimming lessons this week! You would think I'd be tan by now..

6. Seriously, I can never eat those gross processed fast food fries again now that we perfected the homemade french fry. It's now my favorite side to all our meals. I find myself thinking of meals based on the assumption that we're going to have fries with it. Have I mentioned we're going to be fat very soon yet?

7.  If I ever find enough old wrenches, I'm making that glockenspiel.

8. My favorite chair, handmade Mexico blanket, and the amazing book I just finished.

To add to my scatterbrained-ness, we're packing up tonight and heading to Utah for Kendall's best friend's wedding! We're taking miss Selah with us, to give her mom a little bit of a break this weekend. I've never been to Utah before, so I'm SUPER excited. I don't feel like I can be a real Mormon until I've been to Utah.

A day in the life of a newly wed.

Can I just say that being a newly wed rocks? No seriously, it does. I don't mean to brag about being married all the time, but I'm going to brag again. I get to come home from work and hang out with my best friend every single day. The best part? Endless sleepovers. And that's basically the motto that we are living by right now, literally.

If anyone is wondering what a day in the life of a newly wed is like, that is it. It starts with a movie, like most sleepovers..

Then, there's the popcorn. It makes it even more fun when you pop it yourself with the popcorn popper you were given at your bridal shower.. Pop!

...and then you goof off a bit.

Yeah, we do this everyday. And yes, that's a Capri Sun in my lap. I have no shame. Also, we're planning on gaining at least 15 pounds this summer, no big deal. Anyone want to let us borrow P90X?

The internet's mine oyster.

Wooooooo!

After 3 days, 12 phone calls, and 278 pounds of stress, we finally have internet in our home! I was seriously dying here, guys. I missed all my stalking activities, from blogger to facebook, and now I can resume being an internet creeper. Aren't you all so happy?

Speaking of oysters, they have almost nothing to do with the rest of this post, since we didn't see them when we went snorkeling in Mexico. We saw a lot of other cool things though, and lucky for you we bought an overpriced underwater camera, found out the camera company had gone bankrupt, drove to 3 different stores to get them printed, just so we could make you a little jealous of our amazing trip in paradise.

Our favorite activity while in Akumal was probably snorkeling. We swam with our turtle friends, some stingrays, some squid, lots of fish, and almost got eaten by a huge barracuda. We liked it so much we did it twice. And we vowed to go back there just so we could snorkel again.

So, did we make you a little jealous? What did you do, or do you want to do, on your honeymoon?

Gratitude.

As I was catching up on my blog stalking, I kind of started to notice a sort of theme throughout recent blog posts, and it struck a chord in my heart. My life has felt like a theme park lately, filled with weddingland, honeymoonland, new apartmentland, and billland. And honestly, with all these new things in my life, it can be easy to complain about stress and being too poor to enjoy each of these parts of the park. But I can honestly say that I am grateful for every moment I've experienced in these last few months. I'm grateful for my new family who basically planned my entire wedding (thank you, and I'm sorry I'm such a bum!). I'm grateful to my family for supporting me. I'm grateful to my friends who did everything they could to make me feel like a princess. I'm grateful to my friend and photographer, Sarah, for always being positive and making us feel so good during our shoots. I'm grateful for the kind, wonderful people we met in Mexico. I'm grateful for the apartment that we live in and the amenities we are lucky to have. And mostly I'm grateful to my new husband, who puts up with me and shows me how much he loves me each day we spend together. I think I need to remember what I'm grateful for more often, just like how I'm grateful to all you bloggers who inspire me to be better and more grateful everyday. 

So, thanks.