July 12

Here I am again! Back in the world of blogging! I started (kind of) a blog after my freshman year of college, but I never stuck with it. Sooo here is a brand new blog! Now that my husband and I are going to be across the country from our families for the next few years, I think we will (hopefully) be motivated to keep up with blogging this time. Crossing my fingers!

This blog is going to be about me and my handsome hubby. We got married on August 17th, 2013. We are coming up on our anniversary here pretty soon, and let me just say this (almost) year with him has been the best time of my life! Seriously, if you are in the position to get married and are thinking about it, you totally should. Constantly having someone who endlessly loves and supports you no matter what is such a wonderful blessing. :)

     Just a few shots of us on our wedding day :)


During our first year of marriage, a TON of stuff has happened. Trevor finished his senior year at Utah State University and received his Bachelor of Music degree. He plays jazz saxophone and is quite excellent, if I do say so myself :) I was also attending USU, but due to changes in my desired career path, I only have my Associate of Science degree. I am very happy about all the work I was able to get done at USU, and I am excited to finish my education in Virginia in the next year or so.

                                             
           Graduation Day! May 3rd, 2014

Promptly after graduation, Trevor and I moved to Baltimore Maryland to work for Alterra, a pest control company. Trevor works selling door to door, and I work in the office, filing and entering in paperwork. We have LOVED coming out and working together so far this summer. Though summer sales is a tough gig, we find the happy things about the job, like getting to live really close to D.C., and having a summer filled with friends and good times :) This will be Trevor's second and final year selling. Last summer, before we got married, he was out here with a bunch of single guys selling and working hard for the both of us. I was an EFY counselor, and I miss it every day... (more about that later).

We have been blessed to meet and get along with all of the guys and wives here, especially Braden and Jamie DiCristofano. Braden and Trevor worked together last year, and after we got married, Braden met Jamie and they got married in March! I swear Heavenly Father knew we would need each other this summer. We have had SO much fun hanging out with them and having our own little adventures in the Baltimore and D.C. areas. We have documented a few of these fun times, so I'll add then really quickly (a downside to having to sum everything up in one post!)

      Trevor and Braden, being goofs (as usual!)

       
      The Capitol Building! So cool!
           

 Baltimore Harbor, where we ate delicious food!

 My husband. So silly. His crab thought he was pretty tasty!

                    These two are inseparable!
                       

Yummiest seafood EVER! Especially the coconut shrimp! Yum.

      First picture with Jamie! Love that girl :)
                               

         These two cuties on the Harbor :)

  Yeah, we bought the same shirt. We're awesome.
                                                         

Annnnnddddd as you can see, Jamie and I are inseparable as well hahaha






We took a long weekend and a plane ride over to Utah to be a part of 2 special weddings:

                               
  A very long and eventful weekend :) We enjoyed every second of it!

 This is not my dog, though sometimes I wish she was! Charley is the CUTEST. Love her :)

                   We went to Six Flags :)

                                     
  .....and bought a 'new' car! Introducing Draagon Shadowfax!



And last weekend, we celebrated the 4th of July in a BIG way. We watched the fireworks in front of the Washington Monument, which is right across the way from the Lincoln Memorial. It was soooo much fun and the fireworks were fantastic!

                                 
 It seemed like all of America was on that field, no joke...

This is the original group that saved a huge spot on the grass for the whole Alterra office. If any of you are reading this, you're welcome :)

Such a great girl's day out! One of the best weekends I have had all summer by far :)




OKAY, now that I have posted some of the pictures from this summer, I think I am as caught up as I will ever be haha. Sorry for the huge first post, but I have to make up for lost time!

More to come later!

*Ari n' Trev*