My Husband...AKA "Mr. Clean"

Hallelujah! My dear husband has been working his tail end off all day to get things organized and put away! So after all that was done, I was able to vacuum, and now our apartment looks AMAZING! Therefore, I must take back what I said in my last post (about us not getting our act together until it was time to move again) because, boy was I wrong! Trevor is unstoppable! The great thing is, now that it's all clean and organized, it doesn't feel nearly as small anymore. We're truly blessed to have such a nice place to live. :)

Callings and Other Things

Well, not much to report from the Koch family. We're just loving life and loving, well, being in love! Trevor and I have both received callings in our new ward. Trevor is the Priest's quorum advisor in the Young Men's, and I'm the second counselor in the Young Women's presidency (aka Beehives teacher). Its great that we both get to work with the youth, and this ward really does have some amazing kids.

Trevor has been riding his bike to work and back everyday for the past two and half weeks, which I still think is amazing (it's 6 miles each way). Because he's riding his bike, I have the car available during the day if I need it. Oh yeah! I finally have my driver's license! I got it about a month ago, and now I can't see why I was so freaked out. I mean, I never underestimate how potentially dangerous a car can be, but I also understand that if you just abide by the laws and use common sense, it's not that difficult. It's been great though, because I've been able to go have lunch with Trevor a few times while he's at work.

We're still working on getting things organized in our home. The problem is, we have more stuff than space, so we just have to get creative. Lately Trevor has been pulling everything out of the second room and trying to put it back in in an organized manner, but right now it looks like a bit of a disaster zone in our living room. But that's just one of the many joys of moving! I'm sure we'll get it all in place just in time to move again. :)

In other news, Trevor's brother, Landon, gets home from his mission in a few weeks, which will be so exciting since I've never met him before. Also, Trevor's sister, Lisa, and her husband and son are going to be coming back to Utah for the summer, so we'll have all the Kochs together! It's going to be great!

Married life!

Well, I guess it's time to update this blog, seeing as Trevor and I are now married! The wedding day was amazing. I'm so grateful for all the hard work that everyone put into making it such a special day, and grateful as well for all of my friends and family that traveled up from Arizona and California to be there for me. I can't imagine a better day...though to be honest, it's a bit of a blur! Mostly I was just floating on a cloud all day with the man of my dreams. (The photographer never had to tell me to smile for the pictures...though she did have to tell us to stop kissing from time to time.)

As great as the wedding day was, however, the honeymoon was probably even better. It was great being able to spend all of that time alone with Trevor, especially since all of the wedding planning stress was gone. For our honeymoon we went on a cruise to Ensenada, Mexico, with another stop in Catalina Island. Neither of us had been on a cruise before, so we were way excited, and now that we've been, we're hooked. Cruises rock! It was great being able to just do whatever we wanted and eat as much and as often as we liked (though we stuffed ourselves a few times). At Catalina we went para-sailing, which was also a first for both of us. We thought it was going to be a rush being that high up in the air, but it was actually really calm. We even managed to lean over and kiss while we were up there, which means we can now say that we've kissed at 600 ft in the air! In Ensenada we went horseback riding through the mountains along the coast, and it was beautiful. Then we got some authentic fish tacos and Trevor encountered a hot sauce that was even hot to him!

But now that we're back from the cruise, things are only getting better. We've been working hard getting our home organized, and doing way more shopping than I've been used to, but it's been fun, too. I love having my own house, and I love making it into a comfortable home for Trevor and I. We also have a great church ward here. The people are really open and friendly, and we've already got plans to have a dinner/game night with two other young couples in our apartment complex. Hopefully we'll all have a good time and we can make it a monthly thing.

Married life is great! We love each other and we love life!

The final stretch...

Well, there are only 10 days and 13 hours left until the wedding. Things are being checked off lists and new things are still getting added, but I'm pretty sure that will be happening right up until the event. However, we now have our flowers taken care of and we've done our bridal pictures. Trevor looks soooo handsome in his tuxedo! Aside from the fact that I'm just deliriously happy to be marrying him next week, I'm also excited to see all of my friends and family from Arizona. The whole thing is going to be a whirlwind party, but it's going to be great!

Trevor and I have our fourth bridal shower this weekend (two of them have been couple's showers and two have been just for me, but seeing as we share the gifts, they're really all for both of us). We've gotten a vacuum, our bedding, lots of kitchen supplies, towels, and at this last shower they're going in together to get us a 40" flat screen TV! People are awesome. Plus, Trevor and I bought a nice bed and couch, so we're all set to start moving into our apartment this week.

My paper chain is very short now! People keep asking me if I'm getting nervous, and I keep saying, "Heck no! I can't wait!" :D

Busy, busy, busy!

With only 37 days left until the wedding, Trevor and I are as busy as ever! Thankfully we already have a Stake center reserved for the reception, a temple time, an apartment on hold, a lady who will be decorating for the reception, a place picked to cater the luncheon, a photographer, a videographer, invitations in the process of being printed, two partially complete gift registries, a cruise booked and paid for for the honeymoon, and thanks to my awesome friend, Courtney, I have a lovely wedding dress. And that's not all! Trevor and I attended a Bridal Showcase in Salt Lake this past Friday and won a free night in the Honeymoon Suite of the historic Peery Hotel!

However, we still have a bit of work left to do. Once we get the invitations printed we have the daunting task of getting them all addressed and sent out. Along with that, we also have to find a tuxedo rental place that we like, finish registering for gifts, and pick a place to get our flowers. But thankfully, after that it's just a lot of little stuff.

But even though we have a lot of work left ahead of us, Trevor and I are both just anxious for February 18th to get here as fast as possible. I made a paper chain leading up to the day of the wedding last month, and while it's cool to see it gradually shrinking, it just doesn't seem to get small quick enough!

In other news, we bought a Wii for Christmas and are enjoying playing Mario together. We also go on a lot of double dates with some of our married/dating friends here in Utah, and I'm really hoping that Angela and Kyle move up here next fall so that we can double with them more often! Overall, things are looking great, but that's probably because I found the best man in the world and he makes every day wonderful. :)