WOW 

Has life changed in the past 3 months!! 

here are some updates on the Erickson duo! :)

Matthew is no longer a CNA. he decided he no longer wants to be a nurse- so he quit there. and in March he started working at Vivint!For those who haven't heard of vivint, it is a security and home automation company!

He started out in tech support-helping customers with their 'technical' problems when they call in to the call center.. but now he has transferred to field support! so now he helps the installers with setting up the accounts. its a much easier job than tech support. he is working 40 hour weeks most of the time- this week they needed people to pick up extra shifts so matt work like a 56 hour week this week! he's working so hard and i love him so much for it!

I also got a job at vivint! I quit the retail job at shade because i wasn't getting enough hours there. shortly after quitting I applied at vivint and got the job :) i am working in the technical support and customer service department. i am only working 24 hour weeks.

I am also working my nanny job that i started last august. boy do i love this kid. he brightens my day. this is andrew - i love being paid to play like a kid.

Andrew will start kindergarten in the fall so this summer will be my last time nannying him! It will be sad when i'm done! but for now i'm trying to enjoy every minute of it. even if it means waking up early 4 times a week!

This week i start summer classes at Utah Valley University! I'm way excited. For those who don't know-i took the fall and winter off of school to get in-state tuition at uvu.so i havent taken classes for a year! i'm ready to go back for sure. I'm only taking 2 classes so i'll be able to keep both my jobs :) I'll be one busy girl for the next 8 weeks! wish me luck :)

Also- Aly had her baby March 1st!!! SO happy she is here in provo with me! while she was on maternity leave i visited them all the time! :)he is THE cutest baby ever. today i visited them and he was talking to me in his baby jibber! it was the cutest thing. love this kid. 

Also, Mason came to utah for a few days for a college visit! it was so good to see him. can't wait for him to be at byu in june!!! Love him!

Elder Marstella's birthday was april 16th! look how happy he was to get his present! he is doing SO well in the Dominican Republic. can  you believe next month it will be a year since he left?! that means he is HALFWAY DONE! we get to see him in 1 year!!! can't believe how fast time has gone by!!!!! boy do i miss him <3

So we are loving our neighbors and our ward! Matt hasn't gotten a calling yet-but i got one! i'm the assistant girls camp director! so it looks like ill be going back to girls camp! im so excited! the young women are super sweet in our ward. i cant wait to get to know them more!

Also, i'm considering getting highlights again for the summer! what do you think?!

i'm leaning towards yes :)

So as you can see- life is pretty crazy! we don't get to spend too much time together-but when we do have time together, we cherish it. :) So happy i get to be with this man for eternity. 

:) He is perfect. absolutely perfect. always treating me like a queen! I'm the luckiest girl in the world!

thanks for reading the update on our perfectly wonderful life:)

two and a half months down, eternity to go!

yes, it's been 3 months since we last updated this shindig!!

Here are a few updates since last post!

 November 26

WE GOT MARRIED!!!!!!!!!!! most beautiful day of my life!! one day i'll make a post strictly about the wedding :)

December 25

Our first Christmas together! we spent it in Utah. Spending Christmas Eve with Matt's family, Christmas morning together, then Christmas dinner with my family in Layton. We are so blessed to have so much family near us!

December 28

I went to Georgia and was able to be a part of my best friend Morgan's wedding! so precious.

December 31/Jan 1 

The new year began! Matt and I were able to spend time with are dear friends Devrey and Chandler, and our best friend Jen was able to spend it with us as well before going off to BYUI! It was such a fun night.

January 26 

Matt and I had our 2 month anniversary. Gosh time has gone by soo quickly! We absolutely LOVE being married. It's the best! I highly recommend it :)

February 4

 I threw a baby shower for my beautiful sister! Her due date is February 26, but really he could come any time now!!!! and that means my mom will be here soon too! my mom AND a nephew! SOO excited!!

Matt and I made this silhouette of Aly for her as a gift! Isn't that neat?! it looks exactly like her!

Those are just a few of the wonderful things we have been doing! We are staying busy with work! I now have 3 jobs! 2 that are nanny-ing, and I am still working at Shade. We are loving life and each other! Matt is working as a CNA still, as a home health aid. He has about 28 visits a week! LOTS of driving for him! We are living in Orem, UT in a 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom apartment. We both plan on starting up school again in August! Surprisingly enough-I'm excited for school! :)

Next weekend I get to see my bestfriend JEN THOMAS! and the weekend after that the Tidwell Family is coming to Utah and we will get to meet our adorable nephew graham! AND my sister will be having her baby anytime now!! such an exciting month!!!!

Well, that is all for now! 

xoxo 

The Erickson's

"Happiness is being married to your best friend."

11 DAYS!

that's right, 11...11. that is how many days are left until i get to marry my bestest friend!!! ah! we seriously are SO excited to be sealed for ALL eternity. In one week we will road trip it from utah to dallas for this WONDERFUL event. we are sooo so so thankful for all that are planning on attending. we are blessed to have such amazing family and friends.

-one of our cake toppers!-

Matthew recently attended several interviews for different jobs. anddd we are proud to announce that he is now a working CNA! 3 months after taking the course he was able to find a job in the field. Today is is first day, but should just be doing paper work. He is very nervous to be working two jobs, 50+ hours a week (eek!) but we are very blessed to have the income! we are learning quickly that saving is important when starting a family together! please keep matthew (and me!)  in your prayers as he adapts to this new opportunity of his!

I am seriously SO blessed. Thank you Greg for setting us up:) i cannot cannot cannot imagine my life without this incredibly loving man in my life. He is the greatest example to me, and treats me like a QUEEN! i love it, and know he is the only one i could ever imagine spending the rest of my life with. I love him more than words can describe!

in 11 days, i will be the new haley jean marstella ERICKSON! :) soo excited. this may be the last post until we get back from dallas, things are getting pretty crazy with the wedding SO soon!! ah yay!

also, after my car died (sigh) we decided after we sold it, we would use the money we got for it on a new car. SO guess what! WE GOT A NEW CAR! the only input i had was that it was a white one. haha, i know it sounds silly, but for some reason i've always wanted a white car, and now i have one! :D  it is a white mazda 3 :) our new baby. we have named her mazda mae. :) and we love her VERY much! pretty, huh?!

well that is all! next post will be of the wedding!!! :D AHHH. 

xoxo

the ERICKSON's

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