Back To School

I always loved going back to school. It meant new clothes, new supplies, and seeing a friends you hadn't seen all summer! 

Well once you grow up and get married it's not so fun to go back to school. It just means paying a large amount to big universities, trying to balance work and keeping up on housework. 

With that being said, I am loving my classes so far! I'm taking 18 credits at USU (seriously thankful my dad is an alumni there or else we wouldn't be able to afford it!). I recently changed my mind and decided to go into elementary education. Best decision of my life! I started a bunch of elementary ed classes this semester, It has been so fun to learn about so far. I really feel like I'm where I need to be. It has been frustrating putting so much time, money, and effort into nursing; but I'm glad to be on the right path. 

With school comes FALL! Who doesn't love fall? Actually I met a lady the other day who told me she hated fall.. Crazy! I love fall. The temperatures are perfect for a light jacket, the clothes in the fall are always to die for (plus the colors in fall look best with my complexion). Not to mention it's football season! The best thing is that the farm slowly starts to slow down after corn season, which means more husband time! Don't get me wrong I love the farm, but I love my husband more!! 

It's nice to get a routine back in my life with school. I feel like during the summer it's always last minute plans and never knowing what's going to happen during that week. 

Today we went to First Dam and fed the ducks for my mother-in-law's birthday. 

Perfect weather! 

Enjoy these few last hot days! 

---Andrea 

Year One

We have been married for a whole year. Where does time go? I keep thinking that if this is how fast one year goes by, our lives are going to go by so fast! 

One year of marriage. What words can I use to describe our first year as the Roberts? 

The year was filled with countless laughs, a kiss goodbye every morning, a hug every day after work, many date nights, Top Ten countdowns in the kitchen, Tickle fights, long drives, Razor rides, camping trips, date nights,  and many many more memories. 

Reminiscing on the last year makes me smile. Experiencing many "firsts" together, trying to figure out a way to combine both of our lives into one has been nothing short of an adventure.

Knowing that Collin is my eternal companion gives me comfort. I know that he was made for me, and that I too, was made for him. He is truly the greatest person I know. He makes me a better person. As I think back to when I was 16 years old four years ago and I met him, I would have never guessed our love could grow this strong.

Everyone warned us that the first year would be the hardest, but if that's what you consider hard then we got it made! 

Lots of people make the comment to me that we are still in our honeymoon phase and to enjoy it while it lasts, and I hope it always lasts. I get really tired of hearing that. I think you get out of your marriage what the two of you put into it. We will be honeymooners forever!

Looking back at our wedding day I thought I would give a few details that many people have asked me over the last year. 

We had a luncheon instead of a reception, best thing we could have done! We were actually able to enjoy our wedding night together instead of feeling rushed and exhausted. We had it at Castle Manor in Hyde Park, UT. I still decorated it somewhat, it was perfect for us. We were then able to have our honeymoon paid for with money we would have used for the reception! 

Decorations. Our center pieces were made from recycled glass. We went up on campus and took them out of the recycled glass spot. I'm pretty sure that's legal? There were no signs saying it wasn't. :)  it kind of sucked having to clean them out and peel off all the labels, but it was free! And we put them to good use so it was worth it. 

The flowers in the case were from my grandmas yard! 

Flowers were done by Lee's Marketplace. I was skeptical about them doing it at first, but they did awesome! I loved them. 

The Bluebird catered our lunch! Yummy!

Our cake was made by Grace Harvell. She was so good to work with and did the cake just as I had imagined it would be.

My photographer was Rachel Eve Photography. I love Rachel! She did an amazing job. 

My Videographer was Chris McClain. He seriously did sooo good. This was the best way I spent my money for my wedding. I have loved getting to go back and watch the video over and over again. It will be awesome to have it to show our kids someday how young we looked! Really I highly recommend Chris! If you are interested at all you have to book early just a heads up! He is so busy all the time. Because he is so good! 

You can watch it here. 

http://vimeo.com/m/72221768

My dress was from Petals and Promises. We looked all over Salt Lake and couldn't find any dresses that I liked only to come back to Logan at our last stop and find it there. They had so many that I loved it was so hard to decide.

Our honeymoon was in Cancun, Mexico. Sooo fun! I want to go back really bad. The water was perfectly blue, the weather was great the whole time we were there. We stayed at an all inclusive resort so all our meals were already paid for. We had no idea It was the newest resort at that time to be built in Cancun (at least that's what our tour bus driver told us) it was beautiful. 

Our wedding day was great and even just typing this it's fun to think of that day. A couple of Oopsies happened that I can laugh about now. Like the fact that I forgot to wear jewelry after I came out of the temple! I had it all with me, but I was so excited to come out i just spaced it and didn't wear any jewelry on my wedding day. Oops! Or how I forgot to pack my birth control for our honeymoon and we ended up stopping in Ogden on our way from our luncheon to our hotel in salt lake and waiting for a good hour while I got my doctor to call in an order so they could fill it. I know I'm a ditz!

I can remember the day so clearly. Waking up early and walking out of my room to find a dozen roses and a love note from Collin sitting outside my door. I remember crying as I read and being so full of joy and nerves that this was the day! 

One year later I can still tell you it was the best decision I have ever made. Here's to a lifetime of sleepovers, and an eternity together. 

A heart so full it could burst

As I'm currently laying on our mattress that we have laid out in the front room to watch breaking bad all night long, I can't help but feel overwhelmingly blessed. 

I have such a loving, patient, and funny husband who keeps me laughing. Really though how did I get him? Most days I still can't believe that we are actually married and that someday we are going to have our own little family. It's so reassuring to me to know that he is my eternal companion! I just feel like the luckiest girl. 

Our lives have already been so fulfilling and full of excitement. As well as stressful and far from perfect. I'm going back to school this fall for a completely different major than I have been planning for for the last 3 years. I'm so excited and know that I made the right decision. Collin has been so supportive of this and my rock through it all. 

We have healthy families! Really though this is so hard to come by I feel like we are sooo blessed in this way. Not to mention our families are the best! Obviously I love my family and think they are the greatest, but to have a second family and in laws that are phenomenal too, is yet another hard thing to come by. 

Where we live. I have realized I'm so not fit for the city. We went to Salt Lake Friday night and I couldn't wait to get home.  I love our little town and feel like we are in the best place in the world! It's so homey and safe.  Most people spend their time growing up here wanting to get out, but I don't think I could ever leave and be happy. Sure I hate the gossip, rumors, and people thinking they know everything about you and your family, but somehow I can't imagine life not here. 

We love our ward and our calling! Weston 1st Ward you have seriously won us over. I have never had a ward feel so much like home. This alone makes me want to stay in Weston forever! Nursery has been so fun too! I love watching them learn and grow from week to week. It's been so good for us!

I could go on and on forever, but I think I got my point across. I feel blessed and loved. Like I was discussing with some friends the other day, life comes in waves. One second you feel like the world is perfect, life is great you are so lucky and everything is going as planned. (For me it's usually when I'm driving with my windows down and music blasting and I get the thought, "life is good") Tomorrow could be completely different. Instead of loving the window down I could be driving and hating it down because it's messing up my hair. I could be down in the dumps tomorrow and that's okay. It's life. It's okay to feel like this one day and something else another. It doesn't necessarily make you any less grateful, it just means you are living. I want to soak in this so called living "high" while I feel it. And maybe remind you all to get a perspective on life. What's important and what's not. It's so easy to get wrapped up in worldly things. 

I'm too busy working on my own grass to notice if yours is greener. Love this so much! Quit comparing your life to other peoples "life" that you see on social media. Soak in your life. Realize that you too have so many things to be thankful for!