Day 2: Wedded Bliss

Day 2:  Today marks our 2 year anniversary!  Can you believe it?  It's been 2 years!  

 And it's been 6 years (almost) since we met and became friends in Logan!  I am so glad I chose to attend USU and had the opportunity to meet my wonderful husband Jeff! I love you!

Adventures on Greenwich: Day 1

Day 1:  I am going to try (key word being try) to blog everyday while here in  

Greenwich Connecticut.  This is going to be an adventure in our lives and I want to remember every moment of it!  We got here late last night (after my 4 hour red eye flight, and 3 hours in the car) and it is just as small as Jeff said it was.  Here are a few pictures to help you understand what we mean when we say "studio apartment".

View from the front door to the left.  There is not much storage, that is why it looks messy.  That is going to drive me nuts.  Oh, and the TV is there just for looks.  It is not connected to anything!  Oh and the bed is in the corner.  It's a full, which is pretty small for Jeff and I.  But we survived our first night there!

 View from the front door straight ahead (kitchen and bathroom).  As you can see, there is no oven.  The white door under the stove/sink is our fridge!  It's tiny! Hopefully that will aide in our weight-loss goals :) 

 Front door... yep, it's that small, but at least it is cute!

View from the front door (at least it is gorgeous out the windows!)

The apartment is attached to the facility managers house, and they asked us over for dinner tonight, so that should be fun.  For those of you who don't know, Jeff is doing an internship here as a facility manager at Greenwich Academy, an all girls private school.  A few things to put into perspective how rich this neighborhood is: the preschool tuition for the school is about $30,000 a year, and Kathy Lee Gifford's daughters go to school here.  As soon as we go on our first bike ride around the neighborhood, I will post pictures of the homes.  They are huge and gorgeous!   

We have no car, and a tiny fridge, it's going to be an adventure!

YAY

Even though I am sure everyone on here reads my Facebook.... I GOT AN INTERNSHIP!  I will be teaching at Cherry Creek Elementary next year.  I don't know the grade yet but I am so excited!

Now where to eat out for the celebration?

Teacher

Hey people... sorry I stink at this!  I am updating again because I am apply for an internship and my interview is this Friday.  I need all of your prayers and advice!  :) I have never had a job interview for a "real job" before and I am super nervous!  Wish my luck, I will update how it goes!
Love,
Ashley
ps- I cut my hair.. it looks kinda like this... only a little shorter!  Yay... I now have a "teacher haircut" (at least that is what Jeff says).

December 30, 2009

 This is right after he asked me!  You can't really see my ring, but you can see the big smiles on our faces!

I didn't get a picture of the actual carriage we were on, but this one is very similar!


Two years ago today, Jeff asked me to MARRY him in the most romantic way possible.  I was visiting him in New Jersey (and meeting his family) and on my second day there we decided to go into the city, aka New York City.  His parents and the two of us went into the city in the early afternoon.  Jeff was very adamant that the first thing we do there is go see Central Park.  That was fine with me because the last time I was in NYC we didn't really get to see the park.  We parked and went straight to Central Park.  As we got there Jeff suggested we go on a carriage ride.  That sounded nice to me, romantic and an ideal NYC thing to do.  We got on a carriage and he was acting kinda weird.  He started video taping the ride... not something he normally does.  He handed me the camera, reached in his pocket and pulled out a box.  Then he asked me to marry him.  It was a perfect moment:  lightly snowing, horse carriage ride in Central Park.  I of course said yes!  And here we are! 

24 before 24

24 things I want to do before I turn 24.... 

(I meant to start this in August, just after my birthday, but it's a few months late.  Oh well, better late than never, right?)

1. Organize and clean our 2nd bedroom... aka the "storage" room
2. Learn to sew  (i know this is a life-long pursuit, but I now have a sewing machine and have successful made some cute stuff!)
3. Make new curtains
4. Read one book a month (that's a little ambitious with school, but I can do it!)
5. Learn to cook a roast
6. Exercise 3 days a week
7. Read the Book of Mormon again
8. Begin making things for my classroom (especially my ABC's project)
9. Make a dress with the green silk fabric I have from my wedding
10. Finish our wedding album
11. Lose 10 pounds
12. Create file folder games 
13. Learn to crochet the flowers from Pinterest
14. Hike the Y
15. Attend a session at the Salt Lake Temple
16. Buy a new pair of heels (and wear them)
17. Learn to make candles
18. Wear more jewelery
19. Create a menu for one month, with something different to eat each night
20. Take another cake decorating class (maybe the fondant one!)
21. See a play (that will take a lot of convincing to get my husband to go with me)
22. Paint our dresser and desk (although I don't know what color)
23. Knit a blanket
24. Write in my journal everyday for a month (I used to be really good at this, but I stopped when we got married, so I am going to start again.)

My favorite season!

I have been a slacker, but I have a lot of pictures and updates.  Here it goes :) 

 For a date one weekend, Jeff and I went in the canyon to check out the leaves.  We wanted to go on the ski lift in Sundance, but it was closed by the time we got there.  Oh well, it was beautiful.  

 At my cousins wedding!  The picture above, with my siblings, was not posed!  We just ended up sitting together.  Haha... also, when we noticed it I said we were the "originals"... opps.  I'm going to eat my words someday when Kyra realizes  what I said. 

 Halloween!  Jeff and I were eggs, I was a deviled egg and he was a hard-boiled egg.  Cute!

  I threw Jeff a surprise birthday party!  It was Vegas themed, because I thought it was a cute theme.  He was totally surprised, had no idea!  Also, he said it was the first surprise party he has ever had!  I felt accomplished!   

We are doing well, just busy with school and work!  I have been making a lot of crafts, but I will have to dedicate a whole blog to that... someday soon!