when God closes a door, he opens a window

It's me again :) Matt's not too much of a blogger :P

I am feeling SO blessed right now. and this is why: 

 (the following are in no certain order. just the order they came into my head:) )

I have an amazing fiance.

I just got a promotion, and LOVE it.

I was able to sell my apartment contract. Matt is now staying at his grandma's (right down the road from our new place) and I am living in our new apartment. which means, ONLY ONE RENT to pay! instead of the two we were doing. wayyy lucky! again, i am BLESSED!

Our new place is PERFECT. I cannot wait to share this home with Matthew.

I have an AMAZING mother. seriously. A.M.A.Z.I.N.G. she is the best example in the WORLD to me. She is seriously a wonder-woman. MY wonder-woman. maybe one day she will tell me her secret. I'm so glad i get to be with her for eternity. Thanks mom for always being there for me, i hope one day i can be as great as a mother as you!

 The family that I am marrying into is... INCREDIBLE. They are SO loving, and make me feel so loved. Ah, I love you guys!

 (and of course i am going to have the best mother in law EVER!! Love you Mama Cindy!)

 I get to live less than 10 minutes away from my sister! Who is expecting  a BOY in FEBRUARY!!! i am going to be an AUNT! :)

LOVE!

 I have an amazing brother who is serving a mission in the Dominican Republic right now! I'm very sad he won't be able to be at my wedding, but I know he is doing wonderful things for the people there! ah, i love him and miss him dearly!

 My family in general. I am so blessed to have such amazing family members. Seriously. I couldn't do anything without them. So glad i get to spend eternity with you all <3

As you all can tell, I'm one LUCKY girl. I really have a perfectly wonderful life. 

When times get hard, like when my car decides to need $2,000 worth of repairs last week, I have to remember everything happens for a reason. and God won't give me anything i cannot handle. 

1 Corinthians 10:13 

                  There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is    faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape that ye may be able to bear it.

SO, after my car betrays me, matt and i decide it's time for me to learn how to drive manual so i can share matt's car. So far, so good! it's hard, but so is life. and i totally dominate at life sometimes :) so i'm going to dominate this stick shift.... one day haha. I'm so thankful to have a willing fiance, who drives me everywhere now, and who is letting me learn to drive his car. Love him oh so much.

Anyways, long post today. Lots to be thankful for. :) 

thoughts? ideas? critics? 

open to all. thanks.xoxo.

oh andddd 36 days!!!!!!

ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

OUR NEW HOME!

So, Matt and I have found our first place we will live in together!!! and we couldn't be happier. Our new place is an apartment in a fourplex in Orem, Utah. We looked at about 5 other places before we came to this one, as soon as we met the landlords and they walked us through, we knew this is what we wanted! so we signed the application and signed the contract! We are SO excited! Here are some pictures, it's a 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom :) we LOVE it. Here is our NEW home, 311 east 1600 south orem, utah 84058!

 

44 days til we are married for time and all eternity in the Dallas, Temple! 

xoxo

best.night.EVER!

so, for my birthday, my wonderfully amazing mother was able to get me 2 tickets to the one and only TAYLOR SWIFT concert in salt lake.Matthew and i went! matthew had never been to a concert before! :O and now he can saw he has been to one, taylor's! what guy wouldn't want to say that!? baha. i love him. he was almost as excited as i was actually! we both are fans, well i am a fan... which automatically makes him one, right? :) we both wore our cowboy boots which was a lot of fun. just overall a wonderful night! here are some pics:

she was amazing! and we had a blast. definitely going to her concert again in the future. love her. and i couldn't have chosen a better person to share this night with! :)

xoxo haley