Two weeks to school and a driving lesson!

So school starts in two weeks and Ike and I are really excited. We are both taking a full load of credits but I am excited because I am taking some classes that I have been wanting to take since my freshman year! I am super excited about floral design. It has always filled up or not worked with my schedule in the past. Ike gave me my first stick shift driving lesson today. I won't lie, it wasn't very pretty. I think I did better than I thought I would. I can reverse the car OK but having it move forward to begin with was a little harder. Clutches are hard. By the end of the lesson I wasn't stalling it every time which was good. Ike was very nice and didn't hassle me about ruining the gears( At one point I tried to shift to second but I forgot to push in the clutch and it wasn't pretty.) and I kept myself from becoming extremely frustrated and leaving the car. So overall it was a success. I think it will definitely be a while before I am road ready. Right now I feel more comfortable just dealing with flat parking lots. I will keep working at it though and hopefully I will get the hang of it at some point. I am excited that we have a car to begin with. Life for us has been pretty much work lately. This Thursday I am helping the Young Women sew school bags for the Church's humanitarian program and that should be fun. Ike is still ward clerk and doing a wonderful job. We miss you all!!! Love ya!

1 Year Anniversary just around the bend.

Well Ike and I have almost made it to our 1 year anniversary. We have less than 48 hours now and I am excited. On Sunday night the girls in our stake got their girls camp certificates and it made me think that they should give out certificates for marriage. I would be receiving my first year certificate. Instead of learning to tie a square knot or light a fire without matches I learned how to balance work, school, family, and marriage all at once. I learned how not to think so much about myself and more about how to think about us. I learned how to make sacrifices that I never realized I would make and I learned how to be thankful for blessing beyond belief. I think I have earned my first year's certificate. Ike and I made it through last week which was probably one of the busiest weeks of my summer. It was just a lot of errands and work mixed all together with hardly any sleep. On Friday night I went up to Girl's Camp for Bishop's night to see the girls and it was really fun. The Bishopric got us pizza and we had root beer floats. I had a really great time with the Young Women in the ward. They are all really awesome. I can't wait for school to start. I will be happy when Ike and I finally move from Provo. We both are really hoping to go somewhere in the east coast. I am really sad/excited that Jessica and Regan are leaving so soon. I have a hard time when I see pictures of my whole family together on facebook and they are all together without me. I wish we lived closer. I am really excited for Ben and Katie though. They told us today that they were selected by a birth mother and will be adopting a baby in October. I am so excited for them. Anyway this was a really all over there post. I hope everyone is enjoying their summers and I can't wait for the next time Ike and I get to visit you all.