Live and Learn right?

Well today has been one to remember.

For about 2 weeks we have had this weird smell, it was like a cat pee smell, in our apartment. 

We could not, for the life of us figure out what it was, or get rid of it. 

We started seeing a lot of fruit flies, and Chad says "they only show up when there is a sanitation issue."

 I didn't believe him, because I clean a lot so its not like our apartment was dirty.

 Until today after church when chad opened the pantry door and pulled out our treat basket

 (yes we have a basket full of candy)

 and low and behold there were 2 bags of potatoes that we had bought the first week we got here. 

That was about 4 months ago, and we only used them once. They were green and goopy.

 IT SMELLED SOO BAD! 

We could not even handle it. Chad was gagging and I grabbed some towels we could wrap around our faces to clean up the mess.  I got the Clorox wipes, and paper towels and Chad grabbed the toilet bowl cleaner.

 After not being able to breath for about 15 mins we got it all cleaned up. Pheww.

 Defnintely not going to let that happen again.

Once that was taken care of we went to pick up Eugene (one of our friends) and went to the Air and Space Museum in Herndon, VA. It was so much fun!

I had no idea there were so many different kinds of planes.

 And I had no idea Chad knew everything there ever was to know about planes. I knew he wanted to be a pilot, BUT he is color blind so he can't. Wah wah.

Anyways. We had a lot of fun!

We asked Eugene to get a picture of us

And so he took a picture of himself

And this one

He is a goofball, but he did finally get one of us

and I got some modeling pics of them

Okay and I don't know what they were trying to do in this one.

But as you can see today was a hoot, and a total success.

Adventurous Together

I'm sitting here trying to figure out what to do this blog post on and I can't narrow it down to one thing. 

 I'm thinking about how excited I am for our future and what it holds for us.

I am so excited for kids. I shouldn't be baby hungry and I said I wouldn't be but I think there is just a baby switch that turns on in your brain once you get married, that triggers the baby hungriness.

BUT, before we have kids we have made it a goal to try and do as much traveling as possible. 

Yesterday I told Chad that I want to move to Australia and live on the beach.

 He said "Yeah lets do it I have an old mission companion that lives there and works as a fisherman. I'll message him and we can start saving."

I know we are poor but we can make it happen if we really want to. 

Both of us have decided we would rather spend our money on experiences and memories rather than nice things. 

So why not right?

So today I am just thankful for adventure, and my best friend that is right there with me (:

Allll of the fun we've had

Recently I had the opportunity to fly back to Utah, sadly it wasn't the happiest reason why.

 My "Gram" passed away.

 It had been a really long 2 year battle of cancer and she put up one heck of a fight. 

Even up to her very last days she still had her sense of humor and made us laugh. She always new how to make the best out of every situation. She also reminded us this wasn't a goobye,

 it was just a "see you later."

 I am so lucky to have had a "Gram" like her because of her determined, stubborn, and positive attitude. Also she had one of the strongest testimonies, which we all looked up to.

 It was a really hard goodbye. But luckily I have the most amazing family.

(My siblings)

(My Beautiful sisters and neice)

(My good looking brother should be in a boy band)

 We helped each other get through that weekend, and kept making jokes about what Gram would have said about the funeral. I love my family and I am so grateful that I got to see them! It has been tough being so far away. I also got the chance to go visit Chad's wonder family too. 

They are such a hoot, and unfortunately Chad couldn't be there with me, because flights back to Utah are pricey and well we are newly weds. It was weird not sleeping next to him for 5 whole days. But it was the best reunion at the airport when he picked me up!

 He is the cutest (:

Okay new subject. Chad and I are almost done with the Summer out here! We have about 5 more weeks. It going to be a sad goodbye but I am excited to be closer to family. I absolutely love everyone I work with. They are so much fun! Last week was Blake Moses birthday,

 so naturally we had to surprise him with pizza and cake. 

He absolutely loved it. He had a big cheesy grin on his face.

(the birthday hat makes me look bald)

Lets see what else has been keeping us busy.

 Oh, the other night one of the other wives, Katriel, and I had a spontaneous idea to make desserts for our husbands before they came home from work. And you would think we would have learned the first time when we followed a pinterest recipe. But we did it anyways. We went to the store and when we were hauling all the groceries up to my apartment I ran into the mirror of my car

 and smashed one of the eggs in the carton :( .

(poor egg didn't have a chance)

The desserts came out okay, they weren't amazing but luckily the boys will eat them anyways. 

We have some good husbands!

Saturday night we hung out with a bunch of the sales reps.

 While we were watching a movie their dog wanted to be keeping a real close watch on us.

Chad and I have been sucked into netflix this summer. We have made it through 2 tv shows.

 New Girl and Modern Family. We just recently started a new one,

 Breaking bad. HOLY COW! It is the worst/best show ever.

 On Sunday it consumed us from right when we got home from church til about 1 in the morning. 

It's SO good! Although it is about drug lords and cooking meth, and probably isn't the greatest wholesome show but its packed full of action and keeps us guessing. 

The Summer is winding down and we will be home before we know it. I have been so grateful for the opportunities we have had out here, and so so so grateful for the success Chad has had out here. These probably are the ideal jobs but they work. I am so grateful for Chad's goofy personality to get me through those long days, and thankful he puts up with my grumpy moods when I'm tired. 

I am so in love and thankful for my husband and family! I have a really good life and I would never have pictured it being this great! Heavenly Father has definitely spoiled me!