Married Life

When we got back to Boise it was nice to be home, though it was kind of weird to now live in Mark's house after all the time that I had spent there. We worked on unpacking all of the boxes that we had left all over the house and getting settled in. The next weekend we went down to Utah for Mark's niece Kelsey's baptism. It was great to be able to share that with her and to remember when I had been baptized.

We spent the next week finishing preparations for the Open House that was the weekend after that. This mostly involved getting the down stairs presentable (no more boxes and hanging pictures up.) Mark's parents and my Mom and Maddie came up for the open house. It was a pretty informal thing. We had lots of desserts (and some cheese and crackers), we put out the "nemo vases" for fun, and just talked to everyone. It was good to meet new people and to see old friends. I also got to wear my dress again. That Sunday was also our first week in our new ward. It felt kind of like going to the first day of a new school.

 

     

Kirk came and visited us in the middle of November. The boys played computer games together and they also put up our new blinds. Now all of the windows are covered. Yay!

On November 22nd there was the 7th annual Hymns of Thanksgiving concert. This was Mark's sixth year in the choir. His good friend Peter was also in it with him.They would go to practices together every Sunday and Thursday evening (Starting in October.) The concert was great as it always is. Clark and Sharon were also able to come up and go to the concert.

The next day was my birthday. After work we went out to dinner at Jonny Carino's and then the Olsen's came and had cake with us and opened presents. Mark got me a Hymn book and Children's Song book that will stay open on the piano without having to be held open. He also got me a bluetooth headset for my phone. It is great for driving or multitasking around the house (the only problem is that I sometimes forget to take my phone with me and the reception starts to get bad.)

 

We spent Thanksgiving Day with the Salisbury's. There was a huge feast made largely by Sharon. We played the New Super Mario Bros. on the Wii with TJ, Kelsey and Kade and that evening we watched "Up" with everyone at Mary and Isaac's. On Friday I went and got one thing that was on sale (lamps for our room). I didn't go until almost 8 o'clock, but there were still tons of people. We spent the afternoon just relaxing and playing with Mark's family. Then we went and spent some time with my family. While we were there, we did some shopping, including a trip to Ikea where we bought an office chair and a train set. Mark and I also went to Temple Square to see the lights. We took lots of pictures. We even figured out how to get rid of the glare on the window in the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. After that, the only problem is that the windows were dirty.

                                                  

 

                                                 

 

The next weekend in Boise we ended up furniture shopping. We had been wanting bedroom furniture and we found some that we liked for a good deal. It was delivered just before we left for Christmas break.

 

Married life thus far has been great. There have been some adjustments to make, but all in all good. My favorite thing is that I always have someone there. No more saying good night and then having to leave. It is so nice to know that we are a family and that we can work on building our family.