Sick day...

Today I am sick, so I've been catching up on talks and I love it! Nothing can make you feel better than when you are able to read and be edified. So today, while I may feel physically miserable, I'm happy :)

Elder Hales, said in his talk, A Little Heaven on Earth: "As Latter-day Saints, however, we are to use our moral agency and utilize our opportunities for growth. Everyone has weaknesses. The adversary knows the Achilles’ heel of your loved ones, your friends, your roommates, your brothers and sisters, and your parents. Do you understand your Achilles’ heel? Do you know the situations you have to stay away from and what your weaknesses are? The secret of a happy marriage is to protect the Achilles’ heel and not take advantage of the weaknesses of those you know the best, love the most, and ultimately can hurt the most.

“Therefore, strengthen your brethren in all your conversation, in all your prayers, in all your exhortations, and in all your doings” (D&C 108:7). In other words, every day you are to help one another as you pray and speak in your exhortations and in your doings...

I ask you not to lean on your spouse as a crutch but to stand strong, strengthen each other, and ask for help as you pray together each night. I bear testimony that those moments in my life when I have been unhappy, depressed, or sad are when I have deviated, even to a minor degree, from the teachings of the Lord. That you might have true happiness and find the joy of a celestial marriage with a little heaven on earth is my prayer.

When you are choosing your companion, make sure that both of you have a desire for a celestial marriage relationship, a desire to have a companion for eternity, a desire to have a family for eternity, and a desire to live in the presence of our Heavenly Father.

Celestial marriage is like climbing a mountain. You tie yourself to an eternal companion, and you start up the mountain. As children come along, you tie into them as well and continue your journey.

The secret of a happy marriage is to protect the Achilles’ heel and not take advantage of the weaknesses of those you know the best, love the most, and ultimately can hurt the most."

How true those words are! Recently I have noticed how much fo a strength David is for me and how I need to be better for him. Wether it be with supporting him in his school work, or encouraging his hobbies, I want to be better. I'm so excited to become better for him and so that we can strengthen our marriage for the future!!  :)

Ohio part 2!!

During the week we had the opportunity to go visit my cousin Hayley, her husband Keith and their cute family!! David and I brought our camera and couldn't help but take some photos of the kids! They are the greatest kids ever!! I seriously want our future kids to be just as fun as they are!! 

Reid is seriously the juiciest little guy ever! He loved to play with the ball and run around and go up and down the slide! He was so thoughtful and picked me a flower as well! He loved playing and had the best laugh ever!! He is going to be a heartbreaker when he grows up for sure!! 

Little Lindy is the best baby ever! I mean really-just look at her hair! She is going to have some killer locks one day! She has the cutest little button nose and was so great the whole time we were there!

Mallory is the oldest and the best big sister around! She loved playing with Reid and would take care of Lindy as well!! She was so much fun to play with and always had a big smile for the camera!! 

Of course, since we we so engulfed with the kids, we lacked to get any other photos of everyone else! haha-next time for sure! We had such a blast with Hayley and Keith and played a rousing game of 5 crowns! I swear, we are SO OBSESSED with that game! But it's so much fun and a great game that allows conversation! Overall, we had a blast with them and we are so excited to see them again soon! 

Ohio part 1

Here are some of my favorite highlights/photos from our trip to Ohio! 

Here's the whole Laubaugh family!! My Uncle Clint and his family came from Jersey with my grandma for the reunion! we had a blast and went to Cedar point the following monday! 

David and I with Grandma Laubaugh!! 

One of my favorite pictures of Alex and Grandma-seriously priceless! 

While at Cedar point, my main goal was to go to this funnel cake stand...OH MY GOSH-it was heaven on earth eating that thing-calories didn't count when it came to my hot fudge and whipped cream covered funnel cake-oh so good!!! 

David and me waiting in line for one of the roller coasters! we had an absolute blast! Being married rocks because you ALWAYS have a riding buddy! Wahoo!!

This is max...david's new bff. I was replaced about 1/2 way through the day with this little guy-they bonded over the Iron dragon which Max rode like 6 times that day! 

At the family reunion we had a slip-n-slide...now one would assume that it would be for the children, but I don't think any of them even touched it-it was all teenagers and adults who ran and dove onto this beast of a slide...whether it was a solo person (like mitch above) soaring through the air, or 8 guys doing some type of race down the slide, it provided much entertainment for the rest of us. 

Brandon taking a dive off the slide! 

Also, while in ohio we went to downtown street market and took some pictures and got some fun things!! These were some of the bracelets that a girl was selling so she could go on a missions trip to Africa! 

Earlier on in the summer, Dad decided that they needed a 'pool' he then started calling it a yacuzzi because he would fill it up with warm water so that my mom would join in on the fun. while in Ohio dad and I took a few naps in the pool trying to soak up as much sun as possible. 

more to come!

one month later....

life has been wonderful these past few months! I couldn't be happier and I'm excited to see what else is in store! August was a CRAZY month for David and I-it started out with a (much needed) week in ohio! It was an absolute blast being with family and catching up with everyone! (more of that to come) then we've been able to both work full time and actually spend time with each other at night! I've been starting to craft and catch up on house projects that will soon be done! David and I have loved taking weekend trips to go on random adventures, trips to the lake, waterskiing with friends and just catching up on life itself!

David starts school again in a week and he is secretly excited, but I'm dreading it! It's the worst to come home and want to play and he has to do homework! What a bummer! So needless to say, we are playing as much as we can to make up for this upcoming semester!!

This past week was so much fun! On Monday we started our official training for 3 different 5k's this fall-I'm training for a 1/2 marathon in the spring and am still trying to rope david into doing that with me. So far a mile is pretty easy for us so we're going to see what we can to do push ourselves a little harder! Our goal is to run the first one for fun and get an idea of our times then the next 2 we will race for 'real!' I"m so excited because it's the first goal that we've been able to do together for a while-and it's also nice competition for us. David still thinks that he'll beat me, but we'll see.  haha :)

Tuesday we went waterskiing with David's coworker and her family-WHAT A PARTY!!! We went to the Ririe reservoir and it was so beautiful and there was hardly anyone on the lake! I was able to slalom ski and enjoy the PERFECT water!! David has also found a new love-wake skating! Next time he can he wants to try wake surfing-so that should be fun as well! Needless to say we had blast and are so grateful for our friends!!

Wednesday we just relaxed and continued training-and then on Thursday we went to Buffalo wild wings!! We have made it a tradition to go almost every tuesday-it's pretty sad that we have a close relationship to our waitress Kaity, and get concerned when she's not there on Tuesday nights...as always we had a blast with everyone!

Today was crazy for me since it was pay day, social security check day, and also the friday before a holiday weekend-the bank was CRAZY but I made it-David had the opportunity to photograph a wedding reception tonight and he had a ton of fun with that as well! We are LOVING doing different events and photo shoots and are excited to continue them!

This upcoming weekend should be interesting-and everything is still up in the air! I'll keep ya'll posted!! have a great night!!