Peer Pressure...I gave in.

So I've finally given in to all of the peer pressure! Everyone keeps telling me that Russell and I should keep a blog so that we can remember our first years of marriage since ten years from now that will probably be hard to do. Also, as my teacher pointed out to our class, "You can print it [blog or journal]out and put it in a notebook and it could increase the chances of your kids thinking you're cool...then again, maybe not." Wow...inspirational. ;) So keeping those things in mind I have started a blog.

We have been married for about 2 1/2 months (yay!!) and I could not be happier. Russell and I were definitely made for one another; he's the only person that can calm me down when I'm really upset. He knows how to talk sense into me, which is a good thing because if he didn't I would be one reeeeally crazy person! I fell in love with his family the first time I met them and he...well he embarrassed himself the first time he met my family but quickly fell in love with them after they harassed him about his embarrassing actions.

It's safe to say that the "Honeymoon stage", as Brother Cluff calls it (counselor in the Bishopric), is over but we're still just as in love as we were the day we were married. About a month after we started dating we knew we were going to be together foreverrr. We were moving slow though, he had just gotten out of a relationship and was still trying to be friends with his ex and I am just very careful when it comes to relationships. Nevertheless we decided that forever was what we wanted, even if it didn't happen soon.

That didn't last long, we started dating at the end of October, were engaged the first week of March and married on July 23. Obviously the whole "move slow" thing didn't work out for us...but I'm glad it didn't. I can't imagine not being married to my best friend and for eternity? That's EVEN better!

I'm off to go cook dinner for a hungry husband but something to think about: "...becuause of Him, each of us can be in charge of his or her personal world, even as tragedies beset us."~Keith B. McMullan