Saturdays are very sacred to me. I'm often working or have plans made months in advance for church, trips or usually overdo haircuts/errands etc.

But due to a bad stroke of luck, our weekend plans were cancelled due to my lovely bout of strep throat and leaving us completely open- a true rarity. 

We went to bed last night and didn't set alarms, knowing we would wake up naturally (Jason, of course, before me).But wouldn't you know it? It rained all night and into the morning and stayed dark-letting us both sleep in until 10am! If you know Jason, this happens 1-2 times a year. And even myself, committed to my weekly Zumba at 8:30am- it doesn't roll around that often anymore. 

So we slept. And we awoke with no plans. No obligations. And a quiet house. 

I have to say one thing I love about our own house is the peace and quiet. No neighbors above or below making noise. No cars constantly pulling in and out of your driveway. It's literally one of my favorites things about this home. Is that at anytime, I can sit and soak up the quiet. Sometimes I have us turn off the TV or music just to enjoy it. And I love my mornings to get ready and the evenings where I tidy up, all in my own peace and quiet. 

So this morning, we savored it. We slowly woke up. Slowly opened the curtains and soaked in the day ahead. And there was no stress and no fleeting here or there. And I loved it. I'm savoring these last few weeks of just Jason and I. We have been so spoiled to be just us for the past 5.5 years! We are completely selfish and still madly in love and we love our time alone together. 

But it's changing. We love this baby already. I never knew what people meant. How can you love someone you have never met? How can you already sacrifice so much for a tiny human that is still growing? How can we love to hang out in the nursery for no reason just to picture our baby girl?
I guess that's parenthood slowly making it's way into our lives. 

And I loved this Saturday. Loved it and will remember it for all the tiny moments we had together - the laughs, the kisses and the quiet. 

But you know what? I'm eagerly anticipating those hectic Saturdays with a baby-jetting from one thing to the next. Those hectic Saturdays with toddlers-trying to keep to a schedule to have fun before naptimes and breakdowns. I'm excited for Saturday morning cartoons to be heard downstairs as Jason and the kids eat cereal while I sleep just a little longer. 

It will be different. It will be hard. But it will be wonderful. 

I know I will miss this lazy Saturday and this quiet house. But I know we are about to experience so much more. 

And I can't wait.

Passion In All Things...or at least trying

You may or may not have noticed yesterday that I changed our banner and added a new tagline as well.

Awhile ago, I renamed our blog, "Passion in All Things." I wanted to show how wonderful life is but also that no matter what you are doing you should have passion for it and that doing things in life half-way just aren't worth it.

I still stand by this mantra. More than ever actually. Since then I have only developed my love of food and baking more and my food blog is the best its ever been [even if it has a long way to go.]

On that same note, I am still married to the most wonderful man. We love each other more and more each day-which 3 years ago, I would never have predicted. Aren't you supposed to be the most in love when you are dating, engaged or newlyweds? They never tell you how your love only grows and gets deeper and more complex over time. I love it.

On a different note though, our lives are nowhere near perfect. Don't get me wrong-life is great. I know that Texas is where we are supposed to be. I am SO grateful for all the amazing friends we have here, they have definitely made the transition so much easier and so much more fun. We love the weather, the food, our ward and our apartment. We are very blessed.

But Jason is working a lot and he is at times feeling overwhelmed with the stress, expectations and pressure of a new job.

Not to mention that I have way too much time on my hands since I am still gainfully unemployed and home all day.

Did  I mention Jason's sister is pregnant with twins and who knows when we will meet those cuties? Or that both of our adorable nieces are getting bigger and cuter and we are missing them like crazy??

I have been called at church to work with the youth-specifically the young girls from age 12 to 18. It has definitely been a learning experience working with them-they are not only sponges about everything but they are in such teenage angst about everything. Drama drama. Not to mention they think their parents are dictators and want them to have NO fun. Little do they know how wonderful their parents are or how much they will miss them one day.

Anyways, I don't know if you are getting the gist of this post or not.

Life here isn't perfect by any means, but we are doing our best. We grow and learn each and every day. Jason may fall asleep at 9:30 since he is so exhausted from work but I don't love him any less for it. I may be home all day and not get one thing done and he doesn't love me any less either.

Life is beautiful. Life is crazy. I think it's all about perspective. Cherish what you have. Try your best to be passionate but don't fret on those days when all you want to do is cry, scream or sleep away your worries.

We are still figuring out this thing called life but we are enjoying the ride.

At a recent Dell happy hour