Because we want you all to come....

We'll give you a sneak peek of our apt. We love it. We feel so blessed. It's four rooms including a full kitchen, dining room, living room and bedroom. It's in a beautiful neighborhood and we have great neighbors. We also love the people that we are renting from who have taken us to Costco, Market Basket (the local grocery store), Mount Auburn cementary (which is one of the coolest places in Cambridge), Walden Pond, and Concord. The quirky but charming things about our house are that it was built over 100 years ago and so it smells like a Nauvoo house (we got an apple spice candle to help), the oven is heated with gas so there's a pilot light in the oven, EVERYTHING makes noise, and our bed is smaller than what we thought so our comforter is too big, whoops, we also have a china cabinet and there are NO cupboards in the kitchen. It's wonderful though because we feel like we are actually living in a house. We have a front porch, a tiny lawn, the garbage man comes every Tuesday, we actually have space to host people, and both of us can actually cook in the kitchen because there's so much space. There is a standing invitation for anyone who wants to visit because frankly, it's better in person :)

Road Trip!

We made it! Four and a half days of driving later..... Here's some snippetts from our travels

 First was packing which was so hard! Trying to decide what to take and what to fit was hard. We have basically been living in a suitcase for two days. Thanks to Jason's amazing packing abilities we fit everything we wanted in our car and there was no space left!

 Then came the driving. This was after a day or two when Jason started driving like a Grandpa....

Then came the church history tour. We travelled across the country with Jonathan and Beth and they were so fun to be around. We got to go the Nauvoo Temple and do a session as well as baptisms for the dead, thanks to the temple workers it was so wonderful.

Here is our quintessential cross country road trip road

Then we got to stop in Kirtland and see the temple for an hour which we weren't planning on but it was wonderful.

And finally to Massachusetts! 

We finally got to our apartment today and I think we're really going to like it. The neighborhood is wonderful and the apartment is cute. We really like the people that we are renting from and they showed us around the town. We haven't made it in to Boston yet but that will be more adventures for this weekend. I'm missing everyone from Utah very much but I can't sit too long to think about it or it makes me sad. As you can probably tell by my post we are tired and just happy to be here. I promise more interesting posts will come :)

LIfe as of late

Well, this week has been fairly stressful to say the least. Although both of us are happy the summer days are here, our anticipation of Harvard and the unknown way are lives are going to be changing is taking it's toll. It was our week to teach Sunday School this week and I didn't have the strength enough to do it so graciously Jason filled in for me. Some days I just feel so far from being the person that I want to be and having the home that I want that it is overwhelming. I want to be the wife that can come home from work and be happy for her husband and unselfishly serve and have enough energy to put the house together and most of all be happy and confident with herself. Some days are much harder than others. Here are some reminders (for me) of how good life can and has been over the past week or so. Oh and did I mention that we might have found an apt in Harvard? I'll let you know more soon :) 

Our trip to temple square to meet Jason's Aunt and Mom. Can you believe that after all these years I've never been on top of the Church administration building? It was so pretty! (Also I discovered Instagram and love it!)

 Our 9 month anniversary! I can't believe it's come up so fast and yes we are one of those crazy couples but why not be happy and celebrate when you have something to be happy about?

And last but not least was our day at the Strawberry days Rodeo with our Cambridge crew! I've never been to a rodeo so it was quite the experience! They had strawberries and cream which were delicious and reminded me slightly of Cambridge although we were far from there...yum :) Also I just want you to notice that in this picture the married couples are separated yet the ones dating (Rachael in the back) are sitting together, it makes me laugh.

Finally.....a VACATION!!

After working with only a few random days off here and there since September, I actually had about a week of vacation time and Jason finished school resulting in the most time Jason and I have had together since we've been married. Needless to say this vacation was much needed. Here's what we did

First was Stephen's graduation. Congratulations Stephen, I'm so proud of you.

 Also aren't my brother's so handsome?

            

And then we celebrated Jason's birthday doing all of his favorite things, namely golfing, eating at Spicy Korea, dancing at our friend's wedding reception and best of all partying with our Cambridge friends :)

Stopping at Jason's house to enjoy the family and farm and then on our way to Jackson Hole!

Thanks to my work we got to stay at the Amangani which was amazing! They have excellent service and gorgeous view of the valley. They had this box of chocolates when we arrived, cleaned our car, and gave us a parting gift of a wood carving. We definitely were spoiled.

Then we enjoyed a show at the Bar J Wranglers and the beautiful scenery of the Grand Tetons and a hike up to hidden falls. It was wonderful.

 

In honor of Mother's Day

Today my mother-in-law sent me this book, I Want to Be a Mommy. While Jason and I got a great laugh opening this up wondering what this was implying (really it is a wonderful Mother's Day gift that was given to all her daughter's to read to their children - I just haven't reached that yet) I read through it and I can say that it's true; I want to be a mom. Since being out of school I have been searching for who I want to become and what it is that will bring me the most personal satisfaction out of life. While I have searched different career paths,  it seems that I will never be satisfied until I am a mom. While there are many things that I enjoy doing now, I look forward to that day that I can take on the most noble career as I believe C.S. Lewis put it. Why you might ask? Well as this book so aptly puts it, I want to be a mom "because mommies can do everything! They can climb mountains, kiss owies, know everything, juggle, save the day, and make wishes come true. And a mommy is a princess who can play in the dirt too."

Harvard, here we come!

It's official, we're going to Boston! I know, it's been forever since I've written anything (like 6 months ago before we got married...oops) but this is so exciting we couldn't keep it to ourselves. About a month ago Jason found out he was accepted to Harvard. He text me at work saying "I GOT ACCEPTED TO HARVARD" immediately followed by another text saying "this is not a joke" to which I let out a silent scream while I was transferring someone to another dept. on the phone. I came home to my husband floating above the ground with his head slightly bigger than when I had last seen him :) We were both ecstatic. I know you are wondering why it took so long to accept the offer but being the careful (indecisive) people that we are, yes it did take us a month to figure it out. When it came down to it, how can you pass down a chance to go to Harvard? Jason visited the campus last weekend and loved it. It's the perfect mix of learning but learning to DO something which is exactly what Jason's been looking for. Despite the fact that we will be living in a tiny apartment and eating a lot of rice (it's cheap) we both feel very blessed. This is an opportunity of a life time.

Besides, I just might be able to live in my dream little apartment that I found in D.C.....just maybe :)