three.

to my sweet mr. b,

three years ago today i woke up with butterflies. i woke up bright and early. not because i had to (love that we got married early in the afternoon) but because i was too excited to sleep. i remember that morning so clear. you made us a count down. i pulled the last loop off and cried as i read your sweet note. i was going to be your wife and i couldn't be happier. you came and picked me up. i loved our drive in to the temple together. we walked hand in hand into the temple. you were just my cute boyfriend at the time. we walked out a couple of hours later. hand in hand. this time you were my cute husband. we've walked hand in hand everyday since. for three incredible years you have held my hand. 

we have had the most amazing three years. that i am sure of. three years of you holding my hand. three years of pure laughter. three years of adventures. three years of learning to be a homemaker for my mr. three years of you supporting me and my dreams. three years of cuddling before we fall asleep. three years of "i love yous" and "i love you mores". three years of smiles so big i don't think they'll fit on my face. three years of you taking care of me and wiping away my tears. three years of date nights that fill my heart with the happiest of memories. three years of learning together. three years of working through life. three years of growing together has the b. family.  three years more wonderful than i could have imagined. three years that make me so excited for an infinite amount more. 

it is as if three years ago my life truly started. it may be cheesy but it's as if my life hadn't really begun before you came along. you make me feel alive and excited about everyday life. i couldn't imagine a more perfect match for me. i love seeing our love grow. each and everyday. 

thank you for asking me to be your wife. for holding my hand for now and forever. thank you for the most magical three years this mrs. could ever dream of. eternity is not enough. 

happy anniversary mr. barfuss!

love your wife

oh the summer wedding season

wedding season is here. as it turns out two of the mr's cousins got married while we were here. gotta love family weddings. we loved hanging out with the other cousins, favorite uncle larry (always good for a laugh) and the grandparents. i couldn't get over spencers cute grandpa and his bow tie. oh gosh! we are also trying to take advantage of time with our little nieces and nephew. we have just a short time to make them love us. as it turns out mom, allison and i decided to match. good thing we even matched the wedding colors (wannabe bridesmaids much???)

we'll see how we surviving wedding number two next week. i forgot how much work weddings are. i guess that's what 3 years will do. 

my best friends wedding....a few months late

so i realized today that i never blogged about my best friends wedding...well kinda but not really
lets be honest...meh and parks were meant to be
and their wedding was just great

i was a bridesmade and i love the dress meh picked out (good one best friend!)
we had a great time at the temple with them then continued the party that night
we ate...a lot of great food
we danced...to awesome music
we smiled...a lot because who doesn't smile at weddings

i stole these pictures from meh's photographer.
how stinkin cute are these two
so excited my best friends are now our great married friends

so random post  but i wanted to show off my gorgeous best friend on her wedding day!

the mr. and mrs. made it to 3

the mr. and i have officially been married 3 months today.
its only been three months but it feels like forever (in the good kind of way)
i can't imagine not being married to the love of my life.
people told me adjusting to marriage would be hard....and some parts are (like who makes the bed, and how often we clean...hee hee)
but what surprised me...

was how natural being married really was. 

being with spence all the time, being his wife, and being married...one of the most natural transitions of my life. i guess that means it is right!

so we may not be as wise as my parents who after 26 years of marriage are still completely in love and are each others best friends....but i think after 3 months i know a little more about life and love.

most importantly i know that i married the perfect man for me. he truly is my best friend and the love of my life. i look at him and go crazy inside with excitement that he is my mr. spence is the most kind and loving person i've met. i am so luck to be his wife for the rest of eternity.

how grateful i am for a temple marriage and all the blessings that it brings into our little home. 

so because it's been 3 months, here are 3 things about being married that is better than being single.

1. a year ago nowish we would sit outside on my doorstep, cuddled in blankets and coats. why? because we couldn't be in our apartments anymore but we didn't want to say goodbye. so we would sit outside in the freezing cold for hours just talking and laughing. i hated saying goodbye to that boy.
-now....i get to cuddle up next to my boy in the warm house under our covers and say goodnight, not goodbye, and then i get to wake up with him right next to me. and every morning we have our snuggle time, this is my most favorite time of the day. reason one why being married is better....we don't have to say goodbye.

2. reason two is simple....there is always someone on my side cheering me on. i guess spence did this before we were married but now it's even  better. he knows what i'm thinking and when i'm stressed and he knows just how to cheer me up. he gets excited when something good happens, sometime even more than i do. if you know my mr. you know how incredibly smart he is (he took a test an insanely hard test last week with only studying for 15 minutes....and he did great!) yep thats my mr. but me on the other hand....well lets just say i'm doing great in classes now (he could probably do better) but he gets so excited for me and tells me how smart i am. it may sound silly but his support means the world to me. always having the supporting and encouragement is  a great perk of being married.

3. reason 3. being married means i get to be a house wife. i've always been excited about this. being single i tried to be all house wifey (decorating my apartment, baking sometimes) but now that i have someone to bake for, cook for, craft for....its so much better. i get so excited to make something new for our house to show spence. and he's so cute and gets excited. sorry babe, my crafting habit is expensive...but it keeps me sane! but no matter what he loves it all, everything i make he loves, he even told me how great he has been eating (what a great thing to hear). so being married means i get to be a cute little wife for my cute husband.

i am so happy that my mr. married me. i'm happy he put up with me and all my second guessing (hey babe i'm not the only one who freaks out before they get married ;-)

but i know that i made the right choice and there is nothing i want more than to be with my mr. forever and ever. he is my everything. he makes me smile....all the time! 

so happy 3 months babe. it's been the best 3 months of my life! i can't wait to see what the future brings us. lets go celebrate tonight...okay deal! 

love you my mr.