Life has been amazing still. In fact, I feel like it just keeps getting better. I can’t tell the world enough how happy I am! I’m sure it gets really annoying for a lot of the people that hear me say the same crap, but I can’t help it.
I got my wisdom teeth out this past weekend. Before you start feeling sorry for me, it was just my top two. I had an awful experience when I got out my bottom two a few years ago so I was a little nervous this time. Luckily this time I got put under, which I might say was pretty darn amazing! Mat was absolutely amazing and there for me for everything I needed. He took off work so he could take me to my appointment and drive me home, and he made me food and catered to anything I needed. Not only was he amazing, but so were my friends! Amanda brought me chicken broth before my appointment. How sweet is that?! Then multiple people called or texted all weekend to see how I was. The littlest things like that really mean a lot to me. Mat’s mom is the cutest ever too. She called to check up on me and when I thanked her for it, she said that’s what family does! It’s nice to know she already considers me family =)
Speaking of Mat’s family, they’re awesome. I’m really excited to go to Washington in a couple weeks to stay with them. We’re going up for almost a whole week. I’m excited to finally meet his famous grandpa and also his aunt and uncle. Grandpa already calls me Mat’s “better half” hehe He’s the one that paid for my plane ticket to go up there. Hasn’t even met me yet and already paid for a plane ticket for me! How nice is that?! Not only did he pay for this plane ticket, but he also just bought us tickets to come up there for Christmas! I’m so excited that we might have a white Christmas! It’ll be my first Christmas away from my family, but we’re coming home that night. The next day we’re going to have my family over to the house for a late Christmas, well whoever can make it.
So as always, we’re busy busy! We’ve made kind of a tradition of having Fridays be for just me and him at home. We’re always on the go or doing housework or what not, it’s nice to have a night where we can just hang just the two of us and relax.
I’ve gotten a lot of new clothes lately! Mat’s big on watching all the sales and everything so when stuff is on sale….I get new clothes! It’s really hard for me though. I’m not a big fan of letting people pay for me and I feel bad. Mat usually does most the shopping for me and I’m usually trying to leave. Haha At the end of the day though when I come home with a whole bunch of new stuff…I’m pretty excited :)
I’ve been doing a lot of cooking since Mat and got together too. He’s microwave king, so someone had to start making some quality meals. I’ve had a lot of fun with it though! I’ve gotten a lot of recipes online, but some I’ve just done on my own. Actually two of my favorite meals I’ve cooked (Mat loved them too!) were actually ones I did on my own. My chicken fajitas and bbq chicken came out really yummy. I think the real trick to my chicken fajitas though is that I cook them on nights that Mat coaches baseball so they marinate for 3 hours. The wine soaks into them and all the spices, bell peppers, and onions and it’s oh so yummy! I cooked some bbq chicken too that I marinated for about an hour in bbq sauce, wine and some other seasonings. I swear wine is the best thing to cook with! It adds that extra zest to almost anything. Anyways, long story short, I’m pleased with myself for what I’ve learned so far. I still get nervous cooking anything new, but I’m a work in progress. =)
Our huge family reunion is coming up in less than 2 weeks. My dad’s side of the family is absolutely ginormous. No joke, probably the biggest family you know of. On top of that, family is extremely important to every single one of us. Even though I have cousins upon cousins upon cousins, we are all extremely important to each other. We’ve all been wanting to have a “Family Reunion” where we can get every member of the family together in one place. It’s hard when there is so many of us though because no one has the property or parking for it. Nobody that is but my parents! So I brought up the idea to do it over labor day weekend and make it a pot luck so my parents wouldn’t be stuck with a huge expense. They agreed and the party planning began! We’ve gotten almost all the food accounted for and so far the count of for sure yes’s is at 84 people! Yes, you read that right. 84 people. The only ones included in that mix that aren’t family are Amy and Trevor and my cousin Allissa is bringing her 2 friends. Other than that, they are all family (Significant others are always considered family too)! It’s going to be so much fun. Mat is going to be so overwhelmed! Haha He has a lot of people that are anxious to meet him!
I will have so much to update on and so many pictures after the family reunion and our Washington trip. Until then… hope you enjoyed my huge, long, update!
