1 Year Anniversary!

I can't believe that Kory and I celebrated our one year anniversary this past weekend!  It just seems like the last year has gone by SO fast!  Nonetheless, I am so grateful that we have had such a wonderful year together!  We have been able to create so many memories: our wedding day/receptions,

moving in to our first "home,"

honeymoon in the Caribbean,

our first Christmas,

first New Years,

a trip to Canada,

a romantic first Valentine's Day, Kory meeting my brother, Stephen, for the first time when he came home from his mission,

Kory getting into the Golden Key Association and Marriott Business School,

my college graduation,

a road trip for my birthday,

first family reunions on both sides,

4th of July fireworks, a month in Washington working,

tons of game nights and hang outs with our new group of newlywed friends,

Kory getting accepted to the business strategy program, Kory's birthday,

my first career offer, a Halloween party,

and a fantastic Anniversary celebration!!  For our Anniversary we went to the Marriott in Park City and loved having a weekend away.  But it gets better, Kory got us tickets to go to the So You Think You Can Dance Live Tour!  He knows how much I love the show so it was so awesome!  We even had second row seats.  Our Anniversary was the most amazing weekend ever.  I love my husband so much! I am filled with joy looking back at this last year and seeing all of the wonderful memories we have made.  I am so excited to see what the next year brings.

The Best "How To" and "DIY-Do it Yourself" Ever.

How to have a wonderful, loving, helpful, and successful husband.
AND
DIY Creating a Man That Makes You Proud.

Yesterday in church, our lesson in Relief Society was about improving our relationships in life (between spouse, parents, children, etc.). When we got to the part in the lesson where we were talking about our relationship with our spouse, a couple of things stood out to me. The first was when one girl talked about how we need to remember that the way we think about our spouse is how they'll become. So she likes to think of her husband as so helpful, muscular/handsome, and talented. Everyone got a little laugh out of that.

I have learned a lot about how positive affirmations can play a huge role in your life, for the good. One of my favorite positive affirmation quotes is,"what you think about, you bring about." I don't know why I never really directly connected how important my thoughts about my husband are. Of course I think many wonderful things about my husband! But I am also human. I need to remember that the way I think about him is how he will become.

The second thing that stood out to me was a story that was shared. It made me laugh, and then made me ponder how much more I could/should be doing as a wife.

It was a story about a husband and wife who went to her hometown to visit family. While they were in town they stopped at the local convenient store, and ran into the owner who happened to be the wife's high school sweetheart. The husband, who was a successful CEO of a company, later asked the wife, "aren't you glad that you married a successful CEO instead of a convenient store owner?" To which the wife replied, "If I would have married him, he would have been a successful CEO too."

I think it is easy to believe that as wives it is our responsibility to help our husbands reach the potential we see in them. However, it's tricky to always remember that we help them reach it through positive encounters and not negative ones. Based on the feedback given while we were discussing this in church yesterday, I think everyone can improve in this area.

I Am a Housewife, haha

Yesterday morning Kory called me while he was at school and I was running errands. I couldn't take his call at that moment. But when I did get a chance to communicate with him he asked if we could have his two statistics friends over for dinner that night so they could help him study and do an assignment.

So last night after we got home from work Kory helped me start dinner then he went and worked on homework a little bit. While he did that I set the table, and got the rest of dinner made so everything was almost ready when his friends arrived. Then the four of us had dinner together, we talked and laughed. It was funny. It totally made me feel like a housewife making dinner and preparing to entertain my husband's "clients" or "prospective business associates." It was a cute little moment.

After dinner I did the dishes. THEN I found my wireless router!! Yay! Kory and I have been trying to find that for the last month. I had to reset the router and everything. It took me a while to set everything up. But that also made me feel like a housewife because my Mom also set up all of the computer technical things while my dad worked in his office. I wish I knew half of the technical things that my Mom does. She is so good with computers and technology. So fun, I love being married!