Two More Weeks!

Two more weeks of school and we'll be done for the summer! We'll pack up and head to Declo where we will be living until fall semester starts. We are so ready for summer and so ready to be rid of homework. It'll be so nice to be out in the country and under the sun. I sure hope these two weeks fly by. Of course, we still nee to sell our contract for the apartment so we don't end up paying for two more months. We've been posting the apartment since the end of February but everyone that's been interested has fallen through. I guess we just keep praying!

Also we get to speak this Sunday. They managed to nab us before we leave ha! Hopefully it goes well. I don't know about Dallin but I'm pretty nervous. Lately on Sundays we've been going on afternoon drives on the outside of town. We take a lot of back roads by the farms and it feels good to see some countryside. Last time it was warm enough to go for a walk and that was definitely good.

For now, that's all we got. We're happy, we're well, and still very very in love.

Busy Bees

Life has been so busy lately! That's being a full time college student I suppose.

We were able to go to our little nephew's baby blessing, which I really enjoyed. I love that baby; he's the cutest! The weekend of his blessing, Dallin's family came to Idaho Falls and we all got together to hang out. Me and Dallin left Rexburg and did a little shopping before heading to the hotel and going swimming! So it was fun to get out of Rexburg and stay in a hotel.

This last week has been all about homework. There have been so many late nights doing homework, its ridiculous. We cant wait to be done but we still have about a month.

But hey, we discovered a cool cheap date! For my humanities class, I had to attend a classical movie and write a report on it. An old version of the music man was playing at an old theatre called the Romance Theatre and so I dragged Dallin along with me. It was super super cheap (50 cents a ticket) and the popcorn was a dollar each. I think we really broke the bank ha! The old theatre was kinda fun and the movie wasn't bad except it was SO LONG. We thought we were in for the usual hour and a half show. Nope. It was two and half hours... Awful. I could not wait to get out of there. However, we might go back sometimes because later they'll play movies we actually like and it's so inexpensive!!

So besides all the homework we've had lately, life has been good to us and we've had a good time. We are just ready for summer and something new.

Married at Eighteen

Okay, lets talk about this real quick. There is a lot of negative judgment that goes on regarding marrying young. "You're throwing your life away!" "You haven't even matured yet." "There are so many other people you could meet!"  I don't need to justify that I married young because I know for a fact that God is pretty chill about the whole thing. And his opinion is the only one I care about.

To be honest, I wasn't so sure at first. I had just graduated high school that year. I had never lived on my own. I didn't even feel ready to be in a relationship at all. It was a little bit of a scary thought. Dallin told me one day that he had prayed and knew he was supposed to marry me. Like whaaaa? The thought hadn't even crossed my mind yet. Okay, well maybe it had, but not very seriously. It seemed so easy for him.

Well, I didn't really want to pray about it, so I didn't for a really long time. What if I asked god if Dallin was the one and He said no? After avoiding the question for weeks, I finally got down on my knees and asked about Dallin. We (God and I) chatted for a long while, but I felt like I was getting nowhere. I didn't receive my answer until I read my scriptures later that day. I opened them up, randomly flipping through the pages until suddenly one of my favorite scriptures stood out to me. It answered my question perfectly and I knew God was answering me. After that experience, after that confirmation from my Heavenly Father, I knew. I knew that I was supposed to marry Dallin.

I'd like to say that not one single doubt came to me after that, but that's not the truth. How could it be with Satan trying to tear apart everyones happy endings? He definitely planted a few doubts in my head, but none that I wasn't able to push through with the answer God gave me. Gods truth is always stronger than Satans lies. And so, I will always be able to go back to that day I got my answer and find strength in it.

People try to hide their shock when they realize I'm a married 18 year old, but they never succeed. Their eyes go wide and they try to figure out what to say. Usually its a surprised "wow..." But these reactions don't phase me. I'm never ashamed or embarrassed.

Marriage means I get to live with my best friend, I never have to be alone and I have someone who loves me today, tomorrow and forever. I don't know about you but that sounds like a pretty good deal to me. I'm lucky to have found my forever so early.