Before moving to Utah I had so many emotions running through my veins. Complete Joy and Happiness with marrying Seth (who, by the way, goes above and beyond in our marriage daily-I could not have gotten a better man to spend my days with---but WAIT I believe he would HAVE to tell that he has gotten a pretty good pick himself.)
Fear of moving 2100 miles away from my family that I was soo dependent on.
Sorrow to see how hurt and worried my parents were to have their favorite daughter move so far out of their reach.
Worried about finding a job-our finances-losing my friends that I grew up with-finding new friends-feeding Seth as good as his mother did-starting a brand new life-etc. (I prob could go on forever with worrying-I get that honest!).
Thrilled to have the ability start our marriage on a new turf and figure out things completely on our own (even though we do still call home for advice from our WISE parents!).
Overwhelmed with the generosity of our friends and families who supported us through our wedding-renting our Penske truck for us-financial assistance for food/hotels-physical and emotional support through traveling with us and getting us safe and sound to Utah.
Breathtaken by the all the beauty that Seth and I have been able to experience while in Utah-and while traveling out West :).
So, through all these emotions--we had so many family and friends promising to come visit us before we came. Sorry to say this guys-but Seth and I NEVER EVER EVER expected anyone to really come. We thought after we waved goodbye to his parents at Bear Lake that would be the last family we'd see our way-we both just knew we would only see family and friends when we came home for visits. Only because it is an expensive trek that would be difficult to do for some folks-and we were trying to think realistically. WRONG-we have the BEST family and friends (who knew?-kidding). We are happy to say the Cook household has been booking visitors weekly and are so excited for our visitors to come and see our day to day lives in this beautiful place.
Olivia and Brian (less than 3 weeks)
Emily and Trevor (almost a month)
Will-Jay-friends?? (idk March maybe)
Mommy :)!!!!!! & Aunt Macka!! (first week in April!!!)
Visit with Seth's parents/siblings sometime in June :)
Sineath/Sinclair/Greer/Anderson/Baird/Cook :)-Beach Trip in July!
Our brothers-Eason & Zach hopefully are already planning trips without our knowledge:).
Possible Laurie and Joseph Dyches!!
I have just been overwhelmed with excitement that we are going to have people who willingly spend a chunk of there money to come visit us-so I had to get that off my chest :). Don't worry folks I am trying to not start a countdown for any of these events-but don't hold me to that.
I think I've mentioned before that Seth doesn't encourage monthly anniversary celebrations-but I do-well at least a statement of maybe 'Happy 5th month of marrital bliss' which is exactly what I said this past Saturday morning-January 15th! I jumped up and down-did my happy dance-told Seth happy anniversary-popped a very sweet morning kiss on him and waited patiently for a reply.....................????????????? So after a few minutes I asked if he wanted to say anything-express joy of any kind-and I got a 'no'. So I demanded that he tell me Happy 5th month of wonderful married fun-reluctantly I finally received something of a whisper that sounded like a happy anniversary statement. Maybe it even could have been 'I love you so much Erika and so thankful that you married me-blah blah blah--I'm the luckiest man on earth---blah blah blah---Happy 5 Month Anniversary' :)-What do you think-yeah yeah I know all of you who know Seth knows that is a slight fib-but I did get a Happy Anniversary and a morning kiss.
My Brother who Needs to come Visit us :). Miss him very much.
My adorable flowergirls.
Bro and Maid of Honor Olivia-She was the BESSST!
My family.
So-This is my face when they tell me my groom isn't there (right before I was going to walk down the aisle).
Mr. & Mrs. Seth Cook :).
Cook family :).
Bridesmaids :).
Wedding pictures-Only because I looked through them that day and they were so good and such a happy time in my life-and wanted to share.
This blog post went completely opposite of what I was going for but you know that's how I roll and I'm okay with it. So I'm ready to end and it will be with these statements.
Our weekly menu-because I like to tell everyone about our food lives
-Chicken Noodle Soup (we are going to try making our own noodles so wish us luck)-Tacos because Seth has been craving these and also because we have to have something with flour tortillas in our diet weekly-Pork chops because it should be warm enough that we can grill-Hamburger steak also known as poor man steak by Seth and that is exactly why we eat it :) oh-and because its delicious-Chipped beef gravy and biscuits yea. Now I have to go and cook because I'm getting hungry.
Weekend/Future plans
-Idaho lava hotsprings-suppose to be a pretty cool place similar to a hot tub-will be sporting a bathing suit.
-Outdoor Ice Skating Rink
-Utah State basketball game: Whoop
-Church-we have two services to choose from-the joy of choices :)
-Preparations for our GUEST! :).
The Cook's :)
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