Goodbye Lone Star State

Ok soooo...

Today is my last day here in Texas! It's bittersweet. Bitter because I have to leave my husband and I won't see him for a month... :( Sweet because I get to go home, see my family and friends, and get settled in an apartment!!! I'm super excited for that but I haven't been without Logan for more than like 3 days in a row so... Good luck to me.

Moving out here right after getting married was such a blessing, interestingly enough.Even though it was hard to leave everything I've ever known.... It was good to be on our own without anything familiar because with EVERYTHING we did we had to rely on each other! Now we can move forward into the school year knowing each other better than we could have had we not done this. Plus we're set with finances for quite a while... My husband is a s-t-u-d!.

Our biggest adventure here was our trip to Six Flags!!! I'd never been to an amusement park with such freakin intense rollercoaster rides.. Ah it was glorious.

But I will admit that I will not miss Texas that much.. Actually probably not at all... Haha. The weather has been at an all-time record HIGH this whole summer! It basically hasn't been below 100 degrees for about 3 weeks. Not to mention the humidity. And the drivers, OH the drivers here. They have no common sense... And I thought Utah drivers were bad, yikes.

And since I wasn't proactive with getting a job at the beginning of the summer I have spent all of it as a bum, not doing anything productive besides working on my tan and making sure we had enough food in the kitchen to feed our bellies. It was a nice break at first but it got extremely boring and for those of you who know me, I'm a busy body. I need to keep moving or I go crazy! A routine is something that I have been craving for the past little while.

AND OH HOW I MISS MY MOUNTAINS! 

I got used to it, but at first, I had no way of knowing which direction was North without the mountains to orient myself.

Well, anyway, I will be happy to get back to Utah.

And to Logan, I will miss you for the time that we're away! :( But at least it's not forever. 

Texas, so long!

The Simple Things Just.. Are.

This is it. There seriously is nothing better than the simple things in life.

• Random nerf gun fights
  Brownies...mmm
  Spontaneous dance parties in the living room
• The first sip of a cold Dr. Pepper after a hot afternoon
• The smell of freshly laundered clothing
• Kisses from loved ones
  Mom hugs (I swear they heal any illness)
• Laugh attacks- the kind that come suddenly and take forever to leave
• Otterpops
• Clean sheets
• Coming home
• Discovering money you didn't know you had
• Receiving letters/packages in the mail (REAL ONES- not junk)
• Making a yellow light
• Pull through parking spots
• The feeling after a good workout
• Holding hands with someone you like/love
• Making someone smile

I feel like the world now focuses WAY too much on money and fame and modern day conveniences. I know I'm typing on a computer, but that doesn't change the fact that there is a plethora of pleasures to appreciate that go beyond the internet and materialistic things.

Jim Brickman wrote a song that says it best...
The simple things just.. are. There is no way to explain the pleasure that is derived from them.

Please don't forget to stop and relish in them everyday.

Here's the song. Just click here...

Hey, time won't wait
Life goes by
Every day's a brand new sky
Every tear
Comes to dry
All that really matters in this crazy world
Is you and I together, baby
Just remember

The first leaves off the tree
The way you look at me
A thousand chiming church bells ring
The simple things are free
The sun, the moon, the stars
The beating of two hearts
How I love the simple things
The simple things just are

So here we go
Let's just dance
Teach my soul to take this chance
Put my heart
In your hands
Out of all the moments that we leave behind
Turn around and tell me baby
We'll remember

The thunder and the rain
The way you say my name
After all the clouds go by
The simple things remain
The sun, the moon, the stars
The beating of two hearts
How I love the simple things
The simple things just are

Oh, the ocean and the sky
The way we feel tonight
I know that it's the love that brings
The simple things to life
The sun, the moon, the stars
The beating of two hearts
I love the way the simple things
The simple things just are