New Name, New Life

The most frequent question that has been asked of me in the past two plus months is, "So, how is married life?" Almost 3 months after our marriage, I still hear this question a few times a week. And I'm still never sure about how to respond to it.

Am I honest that it's not that much different than before? Do I tell about how much more cleaning I do now? Maybe I should tell about how nice it is to wake up next to Evan? Or, do the people who ask really even care? Is this question some awkward hurdle we must jump before we get into normal conversation?

To quell all the asking of aforementioned questions... I'll give you a quick update. Marriage life is great! Sure, there have been a few times where I've freaked out about the amount of "toys" Evan has brought into our house (a toy helicopter plus tools, mountain bike, his 2 surfboards - haven't brought mine to our apartment yet -, three to four bags of his climbing gear, a drill into the wall rock climbing and pull up practice tool, etc.), but I've come to realize that I am not without my own quirks too. All in all, here are a few things we've been up to the past few BUSY months:

*Evan started school to do his nursing pre-requisites. He hopes to get into the program next year.
*Evan lost his job because of starting school.
*I became the 1st counselor in our Relief Society presidency a month or so ago.
*Evan became the 2nd counselor in the Elder's quorum presidency.
*I've been working with the missionaries 1-2 times a week to teach investigators in our ward.
*We have kept our goal to make weekly temple visits until we have children and that goal may no longer be viable.
*We got night stands! (I had been wanting them for quite some time and FINALLY got them last week. Hallelujah! My bedroom looks so much better.)
*We're taking a family history class and have continued the genealogy work our families have done.
*As usual... We've had adventures rock climbing, mountain biking, and spending time with family and friends.

I'm working on being better at blogging again. I feel like I've been SO swamped every night that keeping up with a blog drops down to the LAST thing on my list. We hope you all our well!