Easter

Easter is kind of a strange holiday for young married couples. Do you get each other baskets? Do you hide them from each other? Do you make a fancy dinner? Or do you just think of the Savior and go to church and wait to start traditions until you have your own kids?

Ethan and I talked about what we wanted to do, and we decided that we would do Easter baskets. Anytime we would see an Easter section in the months leading up to Easter, we looked for baskets, but could not find anything cute. We ended up finding these cute matching totes in the dollar section at Target (holla! I'm obsessed.) And the Easter planning began.

For several weeks, we secretly decided what to put in each other's baskets. With stockings, baskets, and pretty much every holiday in general, we try to set a budget/limit so we are giving and receiving similar things. On Easter morning, I set out our baskets and when Ethan woke up, I told him we had to see if the Easter bunny had come yet!!

He did.

Honeymooners (Part IV)

Okay, okay. You're probably wondering when the honeymoon posts are going to end... probably never because we love each other lots! But our actual honeymoon ended at one of the best places ever, Disneyland!!

Since we were only 20 minutes from Disneyland after our cruise ended, we called my friend from high school who worked at Disneyland and asked if she was working that day to get us into the park. She said yes, but it wouldn't be until 4pm. At first we hesitated, but Ethan hadn't been to Disneyland since he was 8, and I'm genuinely obsessed... so we couldn't resist the offer!!

We got breakfast and hung around Downtown Disney while waiting, but the moment she got to the park, we were so anxious to get in. 

It's Fall, Ya'll!

I'm not like your typical basic white girl who loves the fall. I don't like wearing boots and scarves, and I'm not pumpkin's biggest fan. However, it wasn't until I moved to Rexburg a couple years ago that I saw the leaves change for the first time, and that is beautiful. 

I don't love fall because it means that Rexburg is going to get really cold, but I do love that it means the holiday season is coming quickly, and holidays mean family and the pure love of Christ. I love that, so I don't hate fall all that much.

To celebrate the month of October, we decorated our home with some Halloween decorations, but nothing too fancy since I finally decorated our house to begin with. Ethan and I decided that we needed to bring some Halloween traditions into our lives starting with attending the pumpkin patch and carving pumpkins! 

My family went to the pumpkin patch every year growing up with all of our extended family, but Ethan hasn't been for like 15 years. We decided it would be best celebrated with some of our favorite people, the Nystroms!

California Surprise!

My sister, Katie, got married October 3rd and my parents were trying really hard to get me from Idaho to California for her wedding. Unfortunately, with school, work, and plane tickets being close to $500 for a weekend trip, it seemed like getting there wouldn't be possible. So we concluded that we just wouldn't be able to make it home this trip.

Honeymooners (Part III)

Every morning on the cruise, Ethan and I ordered breakfast in bed, free of charge! That's the biggest perk to a cruise: everything you need is paid for!