Goodness March has come and gone in a blink of an eye. And I'm sure the next few months will be the same because when the sun is shining and our days are filled with stuff to do it just seems like they fly by. With the weather being oh so nice we have been trying to soak it up as much as possible. Because we never know when it will do a 360 and be snowing again. Utah has the most bipolar weather EVER.
As always I'll share some of my phone pictures from the month. I need to set a goal to pull my actual "camera" out. It has been sitting away in our shelf since December :o Sad, I know! But in some ways refreshing. Not HAVING to take pictures daily has really been nice. Now that I think about it I don't know how I made it a daily thing?
I had some friends ask why I did stop blogging anyways? It is very personal but let's just say I wasn't in a happy place in my life. To say the least I was struggling, and blogging daily became more a routine and something I just had to do. The fun was sucked out for me. And I think just like any other person that is unhappy there was a lot of comparing and thinking "why?" Why is my life not like that? or Why do I not look like that? Or why can't I dress like that? Vain, I know! It just wasn't healthy. So I decided to start the New Year different and change my daily routines. I eliminated blogging, even though it was hard because I did love interacting with such wonderful people everyday. I found help, and focused more on the important things like being around my husband, instead of neglecting him to the computer. Growing in my calling, and growing as a member of our church. Reading, something I was never very fond of but now have learned to love it. Being active. Being around my family. Being around friends that ONLY bring me up instead of constantly dragging me down. Getting crafty, something I have always loved. Decorating, doing yard work and all that jazz. Life is looking up. I have realized that it will never be perfect but as long as I am grateful for everything I am blessed with it will always be enough. I know My Heavenly Father doesn't give me trials that I can't handle. And the hardest ones to overcome are the ones we learn the most from. I can truly say I am grateful for everything I have gone through this short life of mine because it has truly made me who I am today. And even though I'm still working on that person, I am starting to kind of like her.
Anyways now that you heard that boring stuff I'll share some instagrams from our month.
Remember when I shared that husband was getting crafty and building me wooden crates out of some free pallets we got?
Well they turned darn awesome! After a few hours of hard work he perfected them. We stained them a dark color to contrast against our new white shelves and TA DA, a great storage solution. When we were at Ikea a while ago we looked at the storage crates but they were like $20 each. These turned out being $8 total. I'll take that instead!! :)
As always we grabbed a bite over the weekend, that's the only time we eat out. This day we went to the mall to a yummy Philly Cheese Steak joint. We sat there, ate our yumminess and people watched. We had forgotten how the mall is THE place to be if you are a 13 year old boy or girl haha It brought back old memories of when we used to do the same haha. Oh and that cone was ginormous it was dang good.
Can't miss girls night! This night me and my girlfriend had fun grabbing a bite to eat, scrapbooking and chit chatting of course. We had such a good time. I pulled out my scrapbooking stuff that I hadn't used for 3 years or so.
Since the weather was so nice this weekend we dedicated it to being outside and working on the yard. It was defiantly hard work but it paid off. It looks so springy and beautiful outside.
This same weekend we got free paint at Ace Hardware so we decided to give our front door a fresh coat of paint. And why not make it cheery by painting it RED.
This same weekend a big fancy new mall, The City Creek Center opened in Salt Lake City and we headed downtown to check it out. It was packed, I think all of Utah was there that day. But we loved it nonetheless, It's beautiful and full of wonderful stores. We've gone back twice ever since :)
Random picture time!
Bedazzled nails by my 10 year old little sister. Didn't she do a good job? They're those sticker thingys.
Her state project that we helped her create. Funny story she came over when I wasn't home and my husband pulled out my cricut and was going to town with all my crafty stuff. It was such a funny sight, I literally just laughed when I saw him and realized he figured out how to use the cricut and pulled out all my scrapbooking paper and all. That guy is too dang cute. He cracks me up.
Doing her hair on a typical sunday afternoon at my parents house. Why can't my hair grow to be that long?
Me and a classic good ol' bathroom shot. At church haha.
New little wall display that I'm LOVING. Thrifted mirror and pretty prints.
This last weekend I had the opportunity of meeting such an inspirational person. Stephanie Nielson (Nie Nie) If you read her blog you may know that she just released a book today. On friday I went to get mine signed by her. It was wonderful, to top it off she complimented me on my name, said it was beautiful (blush) and that my dress was darling (double blush). She is the sweetest and cutest. And her book so far is wonderful.
And while there I got to see one of my favorite singers perform. Mindy Gledhill. It was short and simple but so so sweet. I also got to meet her for the second time and get my cd autographed by her. So so fun!!
We went to City Creek again that same day and had fun shopping at our favorite store. H&M. Love that there is stuff for me and Him there. It was a blast. And was less crowded than the first time we went.
Saturday we worked on our yard again all day long and then husband headed to the priesthood session of conference with his friends. And I went shopping haha I got new bathroom stuff. Thank you kohls for having such cute things like chevron bathroom towels and a cute flowery shower curtain for only $6. Later at night we went on a double date with our cute friends, and ended the night with a movie. It was a wonderful day.
Sunday we enjoyed conference. The words were so inspiring. It really just made us all be better people everyday. It was wonderful.
March went by way too fast. I am hoping I can enjoy this next month and accomplish goals I have set. I'm looking forward to celebrating my husbands' and little sisters' birthday, Easter, and this nice spring weather.
Hope your month is also just peachy :)
XOXO
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