Cross country moving

Maryland!

After we got back from our lovely honeymoon, we had to prepare for the move. I got strep throat(something I've never had before) ad a fever but that didn't stop us! We packed up with all our belongings and we prepared for our move to Germantown Maryland. Right when we left the U-haul office, the adventure started. I was following Ben in my car and so I was the last one to leave the parking lot. or attempt to leave....my car started acting way weird and would not go more than about 20 miles per hour on the interstate. I don't really know why that happened but it did so we decided to take Ben's Pontiac Vibe. Did I mention I didn't know how to drive stick? yeah This is when the panic settled. I wasn't freaking out about living in a new place, I was just freaking out about having to drive a manual car. I kept all the thoughts to myself and we journeyed on after saying very quick goodbyes to our families.

I think Ben and I did pretty well considering it was our first road trip together. There were times when we got a little tired and short with each other but for the most part it was very pleasant and lonnnnng.I even got to drive the Uhaul which was something very new for me but we survived the trip. The night we arrived in Maryland we immediately went to view a condo and met our trusty realtor named Edward Towey.(Super kind man)The bishop and his family offered to let us stay at their house until we could find one of our own we took him up on that kind offer. The next day we spend looking at more condos the Edward had lined up for us and after all of them we decided to go with the very first one we saw coming here. We knew we wanted to make sure we were going to be in Bishops ward after all that he did for us! The condo ended up being a wonderful choice and it allows both of us to get to work very quick and i can walk home easily from work! We just love our first home together :)

Leading up to the BIG day

We got Married!

I never knew the steps leading to marriage would be so full of adventure. This is everything that lead to our marriage in the Provo temple in December

1. I finished the highly stressful baking class and all cooking classes for good
2. Oneze my birth Mother came to visit for the wedding
3. I went up to Idaho with Ben's family for his graduation which made me really want to attend my own.
4. Had a bridal shower the same day I came back, it was a blast
5. My little brother Jackson passed away suddenly, and we had a beautiful funeral service.
6. We got a huge snow storm that lasted until our wedding day.
7. We got sealed for time and all eternity on January 5th at 10 am.

The night before I think I was so frazzled that I tried to think of every possible thing to do besides going to bed. When I have a lot on my mind I try to keep myself busy so that I don't get stressed,which usually stresses me out even more. ha. One of my dearest friends(of 10 years) Kelsey had me settle down and reminded me that one of Satan's biggest tools is distraction and that instead I should try to focus on the beautiful sealing instead.I got to sleep soon after that because all I could think about was seeing my beautiful Fiance that morning and boy...was he handsome (He's still very handsome)

I love the feeling of peace and love that I felt as Ben and I walked into the Sealing room that morning and every single seat was filled perfectly. Everyone who was supposed to be there was there supporting us and washing us the very best. I love the blessings that were promised to us as we life this adventure of living with your best friend. The rest of the day was perfect and the snow was just the way I was praying for it look like. Everything around us was white and perfect.Unblemished snow is one of my favorite things about winter.

After All that happened in December, We got married and that's the most important thing we could have done moving forward and I feel so blessed because of it!