but most of all, we love eachother

i have learned alot about myself out here in north carolina. first, i've learned that i love and miss my family (alot!). i really have tried to put on a brave face cause im a big girl now.. married and all. but i finally broke down, i really really really miss them! but in the missing, jord and i have learned to depend on eachother, cause 'eachother' is all we have. its been hard to not have a familiar face anywhere, especially when jord is gone from 11:30-10:30 on an average day. but that small time that we get with eachother, i cherish. i didn't know that i would appreciate living out here this summer... probably cause i had a bad attitude :)... but i've definitely realized why we are here, and i know its because jord and i have come to know and love eachother in a way that i dont think would have been possible living in utah with both of our families twenty minutes away. i've spent too much time thinking about what im missing out on in utah (weddings, birthdays, family get-togethers) and not enough time on the blessings i've experienced since being here in charlotte. it really is amazing when you take a sec to count your blessings...

well, besides my testimony, we had a crazy, fun weekend celebrating our

two month anniversary!

(we take every excuse we can to go out and eat!)

OUTBACK comes highly recommended from us now.

and then we spent the day on sunday taking pictures of how much we have

grown up since we got married... ha ha!

but since today is our real two month anniversary..
i came home from a REALLY difficult day at work, and found this on our table. i couldn't be happier that i am married to the best husband anyone could ask for. i love you jordan spencer, im the luckiest girl in the world!

and if that wasn't enough, he came home with gerber daisies (my favorite)!  gosh, i love him..

our blog of FIRSTS....

jord and i are thoroughly enjoying every minute of our newlywed life!

thus experiencing alot of 'firsts' that we thought were blog worthy-

the biggest one, that made the biggest dent

our FIRST grocery receipt....

our FIRST backyard pool!

(this becomes very convenient for someone who has nothing

to do all daywhen her husband is gone!)

our FIRST pet...

to make a long story short;

one of jords friends out here bought this dog on an impulse-

when he realized that he wasn't around enough to take care of him,

he came over (i didn't have a job yet) and asked if i could..of course i said yes, he's so cute!

so it was just the rottweiler and i all day...

and thats all he lasted.

*this dog was a nightmare, and he was given back the next morning :)

our FIRST couple friends.....

we love em!

colby + ginny, me + jord, joe + christa

our FIRST dishwasher...

believe me,

when you dont have one for 3 years, you REALLY appreciate one!

our FIRST bug..

short story,

i dont know how many people know this about jord

and he will probably get soo mad when he finds out i publicized this,

but he's TERRIFIED of bugs, spiders

(anything the crawls on our walls)

this was a MASSIVE bug...

and jordan was dryheaving, heavy-breathing, (etc)

let's just say he wasn't the one who 'manned' up and killed it.

but i do admit that out here in the very humid weather the bugs are big and EVERYWHERE

my FIRST self-diagnosis of arthritis...

i've never filled out so many applications in my life!

my FIRST real job....

its not the tellemarketer place i worked at for 2.5 years, or

its not the computer lab at utah state that i worked for 2 years,

(where i sat on facebook at a computer for my whole shift)..

this was my first REAL job.

four weeks later...

they've scheduled me for one shift.

not so 'real' anymore, is it?