More deaths in the family...

So now my grandpa is dead too. He died on Tuesday the 22nd of December while watching the BYU game in his bedroom. His funeral will be on Monday. That makes for two deaths in one month for my family. This really is not an easy trial and I can't imagine how much more difficult it would be if I didn't believe in life after death. I am just hoping and praying that nobody else will die for a while. I really need some time to recover from losing these two loved ones!

On a happier note, Aaron and I cooked our first turkey this last week and it was BEAUTIMOUS!!! We made it for the family party that we were in charge of, which also went great, apart from the fact that I got the phonecall about my grandpa while I was there, but the holidays were great for us! We made gingerbread houses, delivered treats to special friends and loved ones, and spent Christmas Day with our family! We were bummed that the phonecall to my brother serving a mission in South Africa didn't go through but we're sure that Heavenly Father is taking care of him!

As for New Year's Eve, we don't have any plans yet but I am sure we'll end up having a great time!

Happy Holidays Everyone!!! We love you!

Our CrAzY Life

So last Sunday my mom called me. She asked what we were doing and it seemed like a normal phone call. That was until she told me the news. I didn't want to believe it and I still have a hard time making it reality in my mind.

I couldn't believe that my grandma had died.

I sobbed for hours. The next night I had to work. I quietly cried some more while sitting in a dark corner waiting for my babies to wake up. I thought I would never stop crying. It was terrible. I didn't wear makeup for days because I knew I would just cry, making my face the victim of a nasty paint war.

Anyways, we ended up going to California for the funeral and I got to see family that I see once a year, if that. The day before the funeral my family got to go to the mortuary to see my grandma. She didn't look anything like she has my whole life. She weighed about half of what she weighed before, looked and felt tiny in my arms, but she looked peaceful and beautiful. The most comforting thing is knowing that she isn't hurting anymore.

The funeral was very nice. It was closed-casket and short-and-sweet. It still just doesn't seem real that she's gone. I hate that I can't just call and talk to her. Needless to say our trip to California was definitely not a vacation. The day after her funeral we looked through her things. I learned a lot about my grandma that I didn't know before. Overall it was a good trip.

Aaron is in his final week of his Bachelor's degree (again) and we are so excited to have school over! He has one final project left and he is done. It won't be real until he has the diploma in his hands. He is now a yellow belt in Tae-Kwan-Do and can kick your butt if you mess with him so WATCH OUT!!! Hahaha!!! Yeah right! My sweetheart would never hurt anyone. He has a heart full of gold! I promise! Just last night he drove me to work at 12:30 AM and picked me up at 4 AM. That's right! I got the big winner for a husband! So once he is done with school he will hopefully get hired somewhere and we can be making the big bucks!

I have been working a lot lately. Just this week I am on my second EXTRA shift. Yeah. I still have to work Thursday, Friday, and Saturday! It will be a gorgeous paycheck though! Can't wait to have it in the bank! There isn't much else going on in our lives at the moment. We are just living life one day at a time and enjoying our time together!

Aaron + Nitasha = LOVE!!!

So this is the 12th week of the 15-week semester at WSU and I think it's safe to say that I am just as excited as Aaron is. He only has 3 more weeks of school!!! YEA!!! Things have been pretty busy for us. Last weekend he surprised me and took me to Logan for the Holiday Gift Show. We stayed the night at a hotel and went shopping and hung out together. It's amazing that even though our dog is the only other living creature in our house we still need time away once in a while. It was awesome just having the two of us and nothing else to worry about. No homework. No work. No school. No sports. Just me and my sweetheart!

Our 3.5 year anniversary is coming up on November 19th. That will be 4 years from our first date. I can't believe how fast time flies! I also am amazed by how much more I love and appreciate my husband every day! I definitely must have done something great in my life to deserve to be sealed to such an amazing man! He always surprises me by doing the sweetest things! In the past 24 hours he has put on our flannel bedding because I said I was cold while driving home at 4:30 AM, then taken off the sheets to wash them because they smelled funny from being in storage, then brought me dinner at work, which might not seem like anything huge but it really is because I work about 20 minutes away from home, and he snuggled with me for the two hours that I had with him today and watched my teenage drama shows with me all because he loves me! He never ceases to amaze me! I am so happy to have shared the past 4 years with him!

Small Update

So I suck at this whole blogging thing pretty bad! Oh well! So an update on us...Aaron is going to WSU taking 20 credit hours and stays pretty busy with that and I am working full-time as a registered nurse at ORMC in pediatrics and NICU. We hardly ever see each other, or so it seems, but things are good! We have just passed the 1.5 year mark of being in our beautiful house in Ogden and we still love it just as much! We love our life together and will hopefully start having kids soon. Those of you who know us well know that we are dying from baby hunger. That's pretty much it for us. Maybe I will get better at this some day! Maybe not!

Our First Blog!

I am just learning how to do this. It took me forever just to figure out where you type a blog! HAHA!!! Anyway, today was fun! I worked last night while Aaron got to watch the fireworks and I didn't get off work until about 4:20 this morning. Aaron got some sleep before I got off work but we didn't get in bed until after 6 AM. Unfortunately for someone who works the hours that I do, our church is at 9 AM. So basically I got less than 3 hours of sleep before going to church. Talk about being super tired! Once we got home we laid down in the living room and went right to sleep. I slept for over 3 hours! I was so tired! Then we had Sara and Trevor over for dinner and a movie. It was a lot of fun! I forgot how good 50 First Dates is. Now we're watching Richie Rich. It's pretty good! I've never seen it before but I like it and I love spending time with my hunny bunny!