Yesterday was 4 months from the day that Kirk and I got married. Now I know some people have been married much longer, but I waited 2 1/2 years to marry this man, so I'm taking it all in. It seems like time has been going by so fast! It was just June when we were preparing for the wedding, and now it's almost November! These last few months have been filled with up's and down's, but we know that all marriages are like that. I've been told by quite a few people that the first year is always the hardest, but I think because we were together for so long before we got married, we already worked a lot of those kinks out. A year ago I was really ticked off that we weren't married yet, but today I am so grateful for the time we had together to build a better friendship and relationship before we got married. In the last 4 months Kirk and I have changed wards, gotten new callings in the church (him as Executive Ward Secretary, and me as a Young Womens adviser), given talks..well, mine is this coming sunday, and I've gotten a new job. Even though this might be a time when we really would love to just spend all our time together and maybe not really be thinking about doing other things that would keep us away from our home and each other, it really has been such a blessing to have the chance to serve in our ward. I'm not sure what his thoughts are, but I love my Young Women. It helps that I'm now related to a few of them, but they really are wonderful girls. I have the opportunity to teach every other sunday, and for those of you who really know me, that is a very hard thing for me to do. As much as I love talking, I really do not love talking in public. For me to get up and give a lesson is just very nerve wracking for me. Thankfully, our Heavenly Father knows exactly what we need. I'm so grateful to know that whatever He has in store for me, I can accomplish with His help. One of the things that Kirk and I have been trying really hard to make sure we do, is to hold Family Home Evening every week. It usually works to have it on monday, but every now and then it ends up on a different day. As I was moving from my parents house into our house, I found this FHE board (pictured below). It was unfinished, and needed some love. I decided I didn't like the font that was already started and decided to start all over. I sanded down what was already on there, repainted the black, then traced and painted all the words. I decided that while the FHE board was good, it just wasn't complete. I went to Michael's Crafts and bought the letters for our last name. My engineer hsuband helped me space all the hooks out, so they were perfectly spaced. He even got out his calculator! After we got all of our wedding pictures back from our amazing photographer, Emily White, I decided that with the big empty space in the loft, I wanted to hang photos up. I went to Target and bought all the frames and Kirk just looked at me like I was crazy! I told him to just trust me, and it would turn out great! I am so happy with how they turned out. It helps that our photographer was AWESOME!!!! (Thanks Em!) Every time I walk up the stairs and see all those pictures of us at the temple, it just makes me so thankful to be married to such a wonderful man for time and all eternity.
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