Half a year :)

On Friday, Dylan and I celebrated our 6 month Anniversary!!! Ok, well we didn't really celebrate, we both went to work and spent the majority of the night driving to American Fork, Utah to see our new nephew. (Provo peeps, don't hate. I will be back next Friday. This week was a family thing, but don't think I didn't want to be South of Campus going to dance parties).
It is crazy to think it was merely half a year ago that I was married to the love of my life, I know everyone calls their spouse that, but it is a rightful saying because if it isn't the love of your life you probably made a mistake :) But it has been a blissful 6 months. Everyone says marriage is hard, has it's ups and down, yada yada yada. But really, the biggest fight Dylan and I have had is whether or not we should drink bottled water or water from the Brita pitcher we have. ( I personally think the Brita is the choice to go with). Really though, life is wonderful. It's been fun and challenging , but the joys of marriage are the sweetest thing ever. We are just as in love as we were on our wedding day, maybe 10 lbs fatter, but still in love :)I can't wait for the rest of our lives together, and the forever and ever that we get to spend as The Carlisles. Crazy to think it's been 6 months since this:
When we got to do THIS:

The top photo is courtesy of the oh-so-talented Annie Gerber, our amazing photographer. Check her blog out at Anniegergerphotography.blogspot.com

Growing up is Hard to do....

I never thought I would be a grown up, let alone be married to one. It is weird growing up and making decisions that are actually sensible and responsible. BUT, it's been a good change, and fun to have my best friend by my side as we've realized some things that our parents always told us but we never thought was true. The list includes the following:

1. The best time of day is in the morning. I always thought is was crazy that my parents woke up at 5 am, and though I do not wake up that early, I cherish the morning time I have. It's amazing how much I can accomplish by 9 AM. YES, I said 9 AM. I wake up and get stuff done by 9 AM, including all my errands for the day sometimes. I have realized it's OK to go to bed at 10:30, and contrary to previous thoughts of mine, it's not nerdy.

2. The more money you save the Better. As much as I love clothes, and love my money hanging in my closet, it is much better and sensible to have it sit in the bank.... in, eh hem, SAVINGS. I spent every penny I made at the good ol' chocolate factory when I worked in college, it was wonderful. But now, I am sensible, or at least I try to be. Going out to eat is great, but we have realized the more we save, the more BIG things we can buy and the more trips we can go on. It's crazy, but it's worth it.

3. Family is the most important thing in your life. Dylan and I are so lucky to have such great families. They have supported us in everything we have done separately and as a couple. It's so great to go home and be with them, all of them. We keep thinking we want to go on all these fun beach trips, but every time we have saved enough money and gotten work off, we just want to go home and be with our families. It's great.

These are just a few words of wisdom for the day, probably useless to most people, but they are the things in our life that have been our lessons learned over this short time we've been US.

Happt Birthday America

This past weekend, for the Fourth of July, Dylan and I took a little trip to our favorite place... Albuquerque, New Mexico, aka Home. It was so great to be home for the long weekend (Friday was a paid Holiday at my work, holla. It is great having a real job). We had frequent flyer miles from all the many many times my parents flew me home during college, and being poor newlyweds it was the perfect time to cash in on the favor. I flew home on Wednesday afternoon because I was off work the next few days. Dylan couldn't come home until Thursday night, late late Thursday night, because he had to work. (He is currently working at a place called AllConnect in which he sets up cable, internet, gas, and electric for people. It's neat and he is happy. We are so blessed:)
I spent Thursday shopping with my mom, the best thing in the world. She is so nice to me and buys me lots of things that I can't afford. Then on Friday Dylan was there!!! It was the longest time we hav spent apart since being married, and it was very lonely without my best friend. We went to an amazing Mexican restaurant called Los Cuates. Amazing, hot, hit the spot. I miss good Mexican food. If you haven't eaten Mexican food in New Mexico, you just won't get it. It is not the same (or as good) anywhere else in the world. Try it, then talk to me if you don't agree:)
We saw Transformers on Friday night, and played games with Dylan's family. Then on Saturday went to a little Fourth of July breakfast, and then in the afternoon played volleyball at Dylan's house with his family and my family. Fireworks were fun with all the little kiddos. We don't get to see them enough, and we miss our family A LOT! Sunday we went to church, went to lunch with my grandparents ( they don't do the whole keep the sabbath day holy thing, don't judge), and then flew home. It was a perfect trip, too short, but perfect. We love going home, and can't wait to move back to the 505 one day......hopefully one day soon:)
Parker. He isn't looking at the camera, but I promise he is cute.


All the Carlisle Kiddos. The most well-behaved kids ever, and sooo cute too.
We love them!
Happy little Abbers!

Do you really want to know?

News to most of you, WE ARE ALIVE! I know, I have been horrible at blogging lately, but it is hard to keep everyone updated on our important lives when they are really just our lives. We are happy, and we are in love, and marriage is wonderful. But, every night is a date, and it's hard to not look crazy out in public taking pictures at every restaurant or at the movie theater or mini-golf (esp when you live in St. George and you will more than likely see someone you know while in these public places). We have mainly just been living life, hanging out, watching lots of movies, cuddling, and doing newlywed stuff. We find our life together FASCINATING, so I promise to make a goal to take more pictures of our everyday dates (the grocery store, movies, out to dinner). Done and done.

Shrimp on the Barbie (Q)

Ok, so it wasn't shrimp, it was chicken. But whichever livestock or ocean animal we have chosen to cook, it has come out ever so delectable on our new bbq. My sweet grandpa in his old age has taken it upon himself to give away every material thing imaginable. This goes from fishing poles, tools, furniture, a bbq, and I think he even offered to give us my grandma. He was so nice to give us our cute new RED coleman bbq that goes with everything else RED in our kitchen. We love to burn the fat off of our food while enjoying the outdoors as we cook.

Happy Birthday to my Best Friend

This crazy "a" is Rachel. She is my best friend. Today is her birthday. Happy 23rd Birthday Rachel. You are my dearest, best friend. You were my maid of honor, my favorite roomate, and the best companion (before Dylan) I have ever had in life. I love you Rach, from the bottom of my heart.

Brian Regan

We love car pictures for some reason. These are the most common newly wed pics, the close up self shots. Love it.



Meet Drew and Sarah. Our new fave married couple friends. Crappy pic of Dyl and I, but I wanted to introduce you all to them.

Funny. Dylan and I went to see Brian Regan in concert last Thursday night with another one of our married couple friends. (Yes, we have made friends:) And they are really great too). So we went to dinner, and then to Tuachan, the outdoor ampitheatre here in the lovely Cliffs of Snow Canyon in St. George. We had never been to a stand up comedian before, and it was really great. Lots of laughs, especially from the obnoxious obese man behind us who had to repeat everything Brian Regan said. Gotta love that.

Not for the "Faint" of Heart

Update to the blogging world, I got a new job. I am now a medical assistant for a doctor here in St. George. It is pretty great. I know what you are all thinking, I have no medical experience. Well it turns out, taking anatomy 2 times (yes 2 times) has really paid off. My doctor was willing to take a chance on a poor BYU grad who hated her current job (administrative assistant for a property management company, aka fancy work for secretary). So, I started at my new job 2 weeks ago, and it has been great. LOTS to learn, but really fun. Plus the pay is great, I get vacation days, benefits including dental, paid lunches, and holidays. Plus, it's great.
Except for the other day. I am ok with blood and everything, but there was a certain procedure being done on a female's certain parts that was a little too much for me. I was assisting the doctor, when all of a sudden I looked up and heard "Jessy, Jessy, wake up." Yes, I fainted at work. There was no blood involved. Just a procedure that hit a little too intense (it is not common, it was something I had never heard or seen before). I can't go into details because of all these people getting in trouble at work for disclosing info on the internet, but it was crazy. So here I am, the new medical assistant fainting in the examination rooms. The doctor is probably thrilled he hired such a baby.

M-I-C See ya real soon!

And this is why I love him. Tounge out, conentrating on the target, and so determined. He is so great.
Toystory Ride... SO FUN!
I'm not that good at blogging yet so bear with me until I learn to rotate things.
At the Beginning of the best trip yet... we have only been married 3 months so it didn't have much to live up to since it was our first.

Typical "Honeymoon" picture. Gotta love the Mickey Groom and Minnie Bride Ears.
On our way to Disneyland...I love taking pics in the car.

California Screamin....loved it.
Self taken pictures are the thing for newlyweds.

Hate Tower of Terror. Literally my legs were shaking for like an hour aftewards. We are too cheap to buy the pictures so we just take our own.

I FOUND MY CAMERA!!!

Finally, after a MONTH of looking... I found my camera!!! I am kind of an idiot, it was just in my backpack from when we went to Disneyland. (I will post pictures on that later!!) In celebration of finding the camera, we went a little crazy with pictures tonight. Well, not so crazy, more just excited to take pictures of ANYTHING. Alas, here is pictures of out dinner....

Our wonderful dinner that we crated together. Asparagus with lemon, baked potatoes with gorgonzola cheese (you can't see it, but it's in there), and tomato/basil/garlic chicken. I must say I am getting pretty good at cooking:)

Here is my cutie husband eating.... he is always so attractive.