{ catching up }

Wow, it has been forever since I've written a new post! Since my last post A LOT has happened in the Young household. Here's a brief list of happenings to get you caught up with our family:

- Devin wrapped up another volleyball season. We're sad that BYU didn't come out on top, but they had a great season.

- I was hired as an advertising assistant at BYU Independent Study at the end of April. I've been working part-time and I love it!

- Devin was hired as a camp planner with BYU Sport's Camps. He is in charge of planning the lacrosse, rugby, volleyball, and swimming camps this summer. He's working full-time and might even have some overtime hours when the summer picks up.

- I started spring term classes. I'm enrolled in entrepreneurial marketing and strategic management and they have definitely been keeping me busy! I'll be taking summer classes too so I can graduate in December. Woo hoo!

- Devin got his mission bike out of storage and put it together. It is the tallest bike I have ever seen in my life, but fits him perfectly. Luckily he works on campus and can ride his bike to work so I can have the car.

- We moved! We found an apartment a few blocks down the street from our old apartment that was much cheaper and still had the layout we wanted. We also got to stay in the same ward! It's a little pink house that is split into two apartments. The people who live in the other half of the house are our good friends from the ward, which made the move an even easier decision :)

- We took a trip down to Las Vegas to meet up with some of Devin's family for Memorial Day weekend. We drove down with Kristin and stayed at Ryan and Sara's house with their cute family. Jared and Christy drove up from San Diego too. It was so much fun to spend time with some of his siblings and enjoy the warm Las Vegas weather. We really missed Nathan though! :( Sara and Ryan were so nice to let us sleep on their air mattresses and cook us meals. It was a great trip!

- Devin has become a chef extraordinaire! Since I don't get off work til 6, Devin has been making dinner most of the time. I have been amazed at how good they have been! The other night, he made us avocado chicken that was delicious! One of the many reasons why I love my husband :)

Even though Devin and I are busier than ever and have an apartment full of moving boxes, we are happier than ever! Hopefully, I will be better at writing blog posts.

{ jane meets tanner }

My good friend Megan is doing an on-campus internship for a blog called "Jane Meets Tanner", which is all about women in the business school. The other day she featured me on the blog, so if you'd like to check it out to hear what I have to say about marketing click here.

{called to serve}

Tiffany Knab opened her mission call last night and has been called to serve in...

the SCOTLAND IRELAND mission!!!

I am so excited for her! She reports to the MTC in England in August. I hope the people in Scotland and Ireland are ready for a POWER HOUSE missionary! 

She gets to live here for a year and a half...

Hawaii

the view from his hotel window (taken from their website)

No, I'm not in Hawaii...or even going to go there soon. But Devin is! He left with his volleyball team yesterday on a direct flight to Honolulu, Hawaii. They're playing University of Hawaii Friday and Saturday nights and then they'll fly home Sunday night. Sounds like a fun trip to me! I've been spoiled to have him in town for the last three weeks so it was kind of hard saying good bye this time. It's always strange not having him around the apartment, but he always does a really good job at texting/calling me whenever he can (even with the time difference). I'm really glad he gets this opportunity to see beautiful places like Hawaii since I doubt we'll be vacationing to distant tropical lands any time soon. A little over our budget! I just hope the team has a chance to take some hula lessons. I would love to watch a group of 6'6+ guys doing the hula!

his hotel!

new hair

I've been wanting to cut my hair for a while and yesterday I finally did it! It feels so good to have healthy ends and fresh highlights. I'm ready for summer!

before. . .

 

after . . .

{ this water }

I am loving the bright, cheerful packaging of This Water! I wish I knew where I could buy some! 

 

{ c r a f t y }

Devin has been in San Diego with the volleyball team since Wednesday so I've had a little bit of time to think of ways to make our apartment look better. I saw this tutorial from Make It and Love It and thought I'd give it a try. Thanks to a gift card to Hobby Lobby this project ended up being super cheap! I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out. It felt so good to do something creative! With school and adjusting to married life, I haven't really had time to stuff like this. Hopefully I won't have to wait until Devin goes out of town to do another project :)

 

SO FUN!!

{ wedding memories: the reception }

The reception was beautiful! I really didn't get to walk around and see everything, so it was so fun to look at pictures of the food, the decorations, the amazing cake, and some of the funny things that happened.  There were so many people who helped out with different parts of the reception. People were there to greet the guests and take the gifts, there were servers who helped clear the tables, ladies were at the food tables serving mashed potatoes and hot chocolate, many people helped clean up after it was over and do the dishes, and so much more. Thank you to everyone who helped out! Here are some of my favorite pictures from the reception:

{ wedding memories }

            Devin and I got married a month ago this Friday! We just got our wedding pictures back this last week so I think it's time I posted some of my favorites. That day was simply perfect. It started off with a wedding luncheon at the Lion House. The food was wonderful and it was so great to see so many family members and friends. I felt so much love and support as I looked around the room at so many people who had had an impact on my life. After the luncheon, we headed over to the temple to prepare for the ceremony. Even though I felt stressed because of all the wedding details I had on my mind, the temple was really a place of peace for me. As I went with my mom into the bride's room to get ready, I was reminded over and over that I was making the right decision and that this was what the Lord wanted me to do. I felt so strongly the love that Heavenly Father had for Devin and I. The ceremony was very special and very sacred. 

             As we prepared to leave the temple, we could see that something wasn't right outside. One of the photographers told us that the videographer wasn't there yet so we were going to stall for a little while. It's funny how things that would have stressed me out completely the day before the wedding, really didn't have the same effect right after the temple sealing. I don't think anything could have made me mad at that moment! I had just married the man of my dreams!  :) We ended up just going on without the videographer and everything worked out just fine. Luckily, we had an AMAZING photographer. Kiera did an amazing job! It was so neat to walk out of the temple and see your family and friends cheering and smiling at you. It was an amazing feeling! I also felt so blessed to have my mother's parents there looking on from the waiting room. My grandma was just diagnosed with breast cancer a little while ago and has been recovering from surgeries and radiation. I love her so much for making the effort to be with me on such a special day. I will always be grateful for the way she made me feel so loved and special. 

            We lucked out with great weather! There was no snow and it stayed light just long enough so that we could take pictures. Because our sealing time was at 3:00 p.m., we were able to catch the beginning of the christmas lights in some of our pictures. It was beautiful! I was FREEZING by the end, but my mom had brought a fur blanket to wrap around me between pictures which helped a lot.

             Here are some of my favorite pictures from the temple: