Our First Anniversary

Wow.  What a fun anniversary!!! Yesterday we celebrated our first year of marriage together!  We had originally planned on just going to dinner but Trey had a few surprises up his sleeve!  He had to work though, and we got a late start due to some complications he had getting off work. First, we went to Benihana's for dinner.  I had never been there before so it was fun!                                                                                            We had an 8:00 reservation but didn't sit down until around 8:30! It was pretty busy so I'm glad we got a reservation!  The food was really good!  I ordered Colossal Shrimp and Trey got the Teriyaki Chicken and we shared.  The meal came with steamed rice, salad, soup, and a shrimp appetizer.  I also ordered a side of chicken fried rice, which was amazing.  It was really hot in there though, especially being 8 months pregnant haha!  It was a really really nice dinner.  

                         

                         
                                         

After dinner we went back to the car and Trey blind folded me!  He had let me know he had planned a surprise and that we would be going "river rafting!"  We got to our destination and he helped me out of the car and told me to carry a few things, then guided me up some stairs and into a building, then down some stairs and he unlocked a door.  Then he turned on our wedding song :) and told me to take off my blindfold.  When I opened my eyes we were in a river themed room!!! He got the Mississippi Serenade room at the Anniversary Inn in Salt Lake.  It was beautiful! I was so surprised.  On the bed was a poster he made me compiled of 365 pictures representing our first year of marriage. He wrote me such a sweet letter to go along with it.  It was so heartfelt and beautiful.  He put so much thought into it :)  It was so sweet.  He also got me a box of cupcakes  from The Sweet Tooth Fairy! My favorite cupcakes in the world. It was funny because when he went to check in and drop everything off at the room he dropped the cupcakes! They were a little smashed but still soooo good! Then he opened my surprise for him.  I made him a little scrapbook of the top 10 reason why I love him.  I made it so he can have pictures to look at while I am in California, and so he can read all the reasons why he means the world to me.  I also made an anniversary box for him :)  I filled it with sparkling cider, gushers (he loves gushers), chocolate covered strawberries, and a few other little treats.  I was embarrassed because the chocolate covered strawberries were so ugly!!!!  The chocolate would NOT stick to the strawberries.  They were a mess.  But Trey still liked them :)  It was funny.  Trey had to work today, so he ordered breakfast to be delivered at 7 this morning.  It was nice to have breakfast in bed together and it was a yummy yummy breakfast!

We had such a nice evening together.  It really was so perfect.  I am so in love with my husband!  He is everything I ever dreamed about and more!  I love that everyday is even better than the first.  I feel like we just fall even more in love everyday.  Of course we have difficult times, but we always work through them and we are always there for each other.  This past year has been the best of my life.  People always told us the first year is the hardest, and if that is the case I am not worried about the future at all!!!  We had such a great first year.  We experience newly wed life in our apartment in St. George, we went on an adventure to Kansas where Trey worked his guts out and we found out we were expecting our baby boy!  We moved to Salt Lake and Trey has been blessed with great work and now we are on to our next adventure of having a baby and Trey working a great new job.  The next month is going to be hard being away from Trey, but hopefully it will go by fast!  AND THEN Kohen will be here! And then we will move into our own apartment and start the new chapter of our life together :)  I'm so looking forward to many many many more anniversaries to come. I am so thankful God put Trey in my life :) I'm so thankful I will be with him and Kohen forever!  I couldn't imagine it any other way :)

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First baby shower and other happy things!

Wow it's been awhile :/ A LOT has happened in the past month!! Shall we play catch up?? I think yes.

First of all, we had been discussing for a while if Trey should get a second job to keep him busy when I move out to California and just to save some extra money.  So we decided that he should apply at Jimmy John's (for those of you who have never heard of Jimmy John's its a sandwich shop with the best sandwiches in the world. Not even exaggerating.) since he has worked there before and has management experience from working in the one in St. George.  So he went in and applied and the general manager there noticed that Trey managed the one in Stg and asked him to come back the next day for an interview.  So Trey went and had a great interview and then he was asked to come back the next day for another interview with the owner! We were a little confused because usually they don't have you meet with the owner so we kind of suspected something was up. So he went the next day and basically they told him they have a couple new stores opening and want Trey to be a general manager!!!  We couldn't have been more shocked haha because we were just hoping for a part time job.  The only stipulation they had was if Trey would quick working at FedEx.  We were a little worried about that because FedEx offers really good benefits, but not as good pay.  So they made an agreement.  Trey would work for a week at Jimmy John's and they would see how they think he would do as a GM and then let him know if it was a for sure thing or not.  Trey worked 3 days and they told him they had seen enough and to go ahead and put in his two weeks at FedEx so they could start training him up and get him ready to manage a store around the end of May!!! For the past two weeks trey has been working both jobs full time (finishing up his last two weeks at FedEx) and it has come out to him working about 17 hours a day!! So he has been exhausted. Today is his last day working both jobs, and tomorrow is his last day at FedEx.  Thank goodness! He is such a hard worker and an even better sport about it.  I'm so thankful for all he does for me.  I honestly could not ask for a better husband!!! I love him lots and lots :)  He has to go out to Illinois for training for two weeks at the end of this month, which is great because he will be kept busy and not have time to miss me while I'm in California.  Well I hope he misses me a little ;) So we are SO excited about this new job! He will have time to go to school and still be able to see his new little man once he's here! And the pay is wonderful :) This is truly a HUGE blessing for us and a wonderful stress relief!  We are so thankful that the Lord has given us this opportunity and we would be so ungrateful if we didn't say we KNOW He blessed us with it.  He has a plan for us and my testimony has been strengthened to know that if we put our faith in Him, He will bless us and guide us to where we are supposed to be! Everything seems to be falling into place and we couldn't be happier.  Well, one thing would make me happier... and that's when my little boy gets here :)

Another exciting happening was my first baby shower!!! My mom's best friend from all the way back in seventh grade, the beautiful Rosalee Ewell and her girls threw me such a cute shower!  It was so fun! They made chicken salad sandwiches, a yummy salad, a fruit platter, homemade oreos which were to die for, and mini green cupcakes!!! We played some cute games and opened presents and visited a lot.  It was really nice.  They decorated the house with blue and green balloons and lots of blue and green polka dots to match the invites I made :) I really couldn't have been a happier girl that day! And of course what made it even better was the company! And I'm going to name everyone because I don't ever want to forget it! haha My Aunt Tracy and cousins Jessica, Morgan, and Kassidy came and Jessica brought her adorable daughter Ashlyn who of course entertained us with her dancing and cool gymnastics moves! It was really good to see them! My cute little California girls came, Sarah and Alyx. They are going to school here in Utah so I was so happy they were able to make it! I rode down with my friend Libby, who works with Trey at FedEx!  Trey's mission buddy's wife, Shannon, who I consider a pretty good friend now, came with her beautiful new daughter Tenlee :) My friend Chelsea Curtis came too, as well as Trey's stepmom and step sis, Linda and Coy. Rosalee's daughter, Ashton was a huge help and she is also expecting her first baby! And of course Rosalee and her other two daughters, Madeline and Victoria. They are so stinking cute! We all had fun catching up and visiting and talking a lot about babies! It was very very nice :)

  

We have a busy couple months ahead of us! I am leaving next week for St George for my second baby shower, and then the next day I will be California bound! MY LAST TRIP WITHOUT A BABY!!!!! My mom is also throwing a baby shower for all ya'll Calaveras peeps! That should be fun too. Man, Kohen is going to be one spoiled child!  Just like his mommy ;) Trey has that training to go to and then he has to find an apartment, get our stuff packed up, and get us moved in all before me and Kohen get home!  Poor guy has a lot on his plate, but luckily we have a lot of support around us and I think he will be fine. Im sure going to miss him though. A whole month away :( That isn't fun.  But we gotta do what we gotta do! I'm so excited for what is ahead of us, even though parts will be hard. And I know the Lord is watching over us.  Its all coming up so quick! I'm getting a little nervous, but I am more excited.  Kohen is getting big!  His kicking and nudges are VERY noticeable now and he is getting me ready for the long nights ahead by making sure I'm good and uncomfortable :) I can't wait to meet him and see what he looks like and to learn all about him. Only 43 days left!!!