Can't sleep

Lately, I can't sleep through the night. And I wake up in the morning exhausted because of it. Josh hasn't been sleeping real well either and last night apparently just wasn't our night. It was very frustrating, but, like always, my man makes things so much better. So at 4am he told me that I've been awake too long, he brought the TV into our room, put on the movie Planet Earth and brought us some ice cream in bed. And we stayed up for about an hour in a half until we decided that maybe we could fall asleep again, and went back to bed. Oh it is the little random moments like this that I always hope to remember.

First Date Night in NE

I love date nights. Even when they are random and low key. We decided to go out and do something Saturday night because Josh got home earlier than I thought he would! Our first stop: Walmart to get a few supplies like milk and movies. We love movies and we don't have any TV channels so movies are essential right now. After that we decided we were really hungry so we wanted something to eat and pretty quick. We put Little Ceasar's into the GPS (we still don't know where most things are) and it was three miles away. So we set out. It was stormy and rainy though so we thought curling up and snuggling to a movie sounded pretty nice. On the way to LC I saw a Texas Roadhouse and I got REALLY excited. I love that place so much! So Josh decided that is what we should have :) We got there, ate a lot of rolls, ordered our meal and then took the rest home so we could relax! It was a wonderful night! I love this man and our fun, random dates.

O-mah-ha

Well, for those of you who didn't know, me and Josh moved to Omaha Nebraska two days after arriving back in CO after our honeymoon. We packed all of our belongings in my little old car and we headed out to a place that we are very unfamiliar with on our way to new adventures! It was a very straight car ride with not much scenery other than my very handsome husband, which made for easy driving.

See the part that says "You are nowhere"... That sums it up haha

 I'm sure my car was thankful for that. We have been here for about four full days now and I think it is just starting to hit me that I am married... and I am absolutely loving it!

Oh I guess I should explain WHY we are living in Nebraska. Well, Josh got a job working for Pinnacle selling security systems for the summer. It is something that he has never done before but it has some potential for some money, which being newly weds means that we really need it. Today was his first full day selling by himself with just a couple days of training, but yesterday he was able to make his first sale! I know that he will do amazing because he has such a people person personality, he is very friendly but also convincing and the fact that he is a very dedicated and hard worker and when he puts his mind to something he can do anything! He is already working very hard and I am so proud and lucky to call him all mine!

Our apartment that we are living in is more than we will probably have for a while now! It is pretty spacious with two large room, two full bathrooms, kitchen, a den, dining room area and the washer and dryer. We love it (except for the fact that there was a dog living there before us and we don't have a vacuum!)

We know a couple of people living close by to us. And when I say we, I mean Josh. He has an Aunt and Uncle and their kids who live about a mile away from us! We didn't know that we would be that close to them and we think that it is pretty awesome! We were able to go over to their house the day that we arrived and have dinner with them and get to know their family a little better. I also had the wonderful opportunity of babysitting 3 of their kids the other day all day which was awesome as well! (I wish I could get a nanny job out here but I love nannying and I already miss my babies back home in CO).

While Josh is at work, I sit at home relaxing and enjoying life. Haha just kidding. I am enjoying life but I have kept pretty busy these past few days. I've been unpacking and putting together our house! It makes me a little sad because I wish we could take this apartment back with us to Utah, but that isn't going to happen. And we didn't bring all of our stuff that we go from the wedding out here either because we didn't have much room so the house isn't as complete as it could be. I have had to make several trips to the store as we try and get all the essentials to living. I've been cooking meals (this is a bit of an accomplishment to me) and I love being able to do that for Josh so that when he comes in at night that I can give him a good(ish) meal and he doesn't have to worry about cooking after a long day at work! I am beginning to feel like a wifey and I am loving it. But I am also low on recipes so any recipes that you all like please please please share!!

I am on the hunt for a job as well as having to work on an online class and teach myself more Spanish over the summer, so no matter what I think I will be pretty busy this summer! I think we are  going to have a great time here, starting our new life with just me and him, doing new things in a new place. It is going to be great and I am very optimistic for our future.

Honeymoon!

For our honeymoon we went on a cruise that went to Catalina Island and Ensenada, Mexico! Josh nor I had ever been on a cruise before and it sounded like the perfect honeymoon get away because we could be as busy or relaxed as we wanted, we didn't have to worry about where or what to eat because it was all on the ship and there was plenty of entertainment on the boat so we didn't have to go looking for it. We had a great experience there even though there were some things that didn't go according to plan. On of those things was that it was overcast and a bit chilly most of the time that we were on the Cruise and in California. And the other thing was that I got sick (sore throat and really bad cough that made me sound very manly) about two days into the cruise and am STILL trying to get better (although I think it is looking up now!). So poor Josh had to deal with sick me on day three of marriage and still does. Like my wise sister said, he is there for the good, the bad and the ugly! I was just hoping that the "ugly" part would come later than our first weeks of marriage but that is okay! :)

It really was a great vacation that included being able to visit family that we hardly ever get to see while in California. Again, there is so much I could say but since I did my best with trying to take copious amounts of pictures (more inspiration from my sis), I will let the pictures do most of the talking and I will describe what was going on.

As I waited for Josh to park the car in the rain, I took pictures of my shoes. Of course :)

When we walked into the room of the hotel there were flower pedals everywhere! At first we were confused, wondering if this was some honeymoon suit special that the hotel did. Until we found a note...

 Thank you Bryndee and Kyle for the fun surprise in our room! We thought it was so awesome and we thoroughly enjoyed the treats that you left us :) You're awesome!

On way to the airport Sunday morning!

To pass the time

Our first flight together! We were one of the last people on the plane and almost didn't get to sit next to each other. Josh played the honeymooners card to get someone to move for us.

Josh said all of our pictures were going to look the same so I tried to be more creative.

Waiting...

The Taco Bell in Cali! Talk about high security!

Tandem bike ride on Huntington Beach.

Monday, getting on the Cruise!!

Our boat

Our lovely room number!

There was a lot of entertainment!

This woman on the left in charge of the show was HILARIOUS!

The woman from above put this guy in time out for blurting out the answer to one of the trivia questions from the crowd.

 Catalina Island

Leaving the boat, on a boat, to a tiny island!

We thought this was pretty strange, yet funny.

The Island is so small that there are hardly any cars. Most just golf carts to get around. This one was a hot rod golf cart.

It was beautiful!

Seals!

I think he really did bump his head on this. Then I made him go back and take a picture.

 

We got back from church that Sunday and Josh goes to get undressed and  realized that he had put his button up shirt on over his BYU t-shirt, and he had no idea!! It was pretty darn funny :) Silly boy.

 La Bufadora (the Blowhole)

On stage! Josh got on stage for a game that was basically minute to win it. He almost won, but came in strong second! I think he was bummed he didn't win, but he won the love of the crowd and he loved the attention :)

Oh the beginning of many adventures :)