The Place...

Is Starting to Feel Like a Home!

Things are going well for the Low's in Draper. The commute isn't bad for me and it's SO much better for Steve. He's not stuck in traffic 3 hours out of his day anymore. Woo-Hoo! The cable guy came today and we officially have cable and Internet at our place. We didn't have either at our old place and I'm not quite sure what we're going to do with all of these outside sources available to us 24/7!!! I still refuse to have a TV in the bedroom and it isn't going to be turned on while we eat dinner. My favorite part of the day is when we both get home from our days of work or errands or whatever is going on and just sit and talk about all that went on. I'm not ever going to give that up. We have yet to use the pool that is at our place. Please clouds, go away for a while.

So Long, Farewell Dearest Provo

Yes, you read that right. We are officially moving to Draper and are actually already in the process of doing so. We'll be out of our place in Provo this weekend! It's bitter sweet. We're excited to be in a new area but Provo has been kind to us.

Some things I have learned while packing and moving this week:

-Married moving is a lot harder than moving apartments when you're just YOU

-We have SO MUCH STUFF! Especially in the kitchen. I know that one day I'll be so happy that I have every kitchen gadget possible, but I don't know how to use probably 60% of them at this time.

-Good friends and family who are there to help in any way are such a blessing!

-Never paint your nails the day before you start packing... Total waste of time. I'll need a good manicure when all is said and done.

Things that we're looking forward to:

-Having a shower that we can actually STAND UP in. Yea!

-Getting our own couch...

-Being closer to Steve's work. It's about a twenty minute commute for both of us now. We just go in opposite directions in the morning.

-Having a bed on actual legs, not just a mattress on the floor.

We'll miss Provo, but we'll be around. We're not very far away. Again, thank you to all of you who have helped. You've made our life A LOT easier!

Okay, I told you that you'd get updates on what has been going on in the past couple of months. It seems like after Spring Break, things just moved so quickly and we both were so busy but we found time, of course, to still enjoy life. A few things we've been up to:
Spending time with good friends is something that we both enjoy doing. While we were in St. George, we got to hand out with Alecia and Sam and I was giddy like a little girl. Alecia and I lived together for a long time and have been good friends since. I'm so happy that she and Sam found each other and just as happy that she moved back to Utah this past weekend!

Steve GRADUATED!!! Isn't he so cute? Oh yeah, and I chopped 14 inches of hair off. It was time, that's all I have to say about it. Steve is now working two jobs. One is SLC and one here in Orem and I am just so grateful that we are given new opportunities each and every day to experience individually and together. I'm so proud of him! Did you know that he got a 4.0 these last two semesters?! Holy Moly, I married well!

We've been enjoying the incredible weather and living it up. We're climbing, mountain biking, running, and just playing outside every spare moment that we get. We're working on the running thing. I've never been a big runner, but slowly I'm getting better. It is swimsuit season now...

We finally took down the wallpaper in my parents room. This may or may not have been my mothers b-day present from us last AUGUST, but we finally got it done and actually had a good time working together.

Our last adventure was last week and a bunch of us went up to the cabin in Logan. It was so much fun. There was sunshine and rain and we played volleyball in it all! Thanks to all of you who came. We'll go again soon!



So... That's what's been going on with us in a nutshell. We're currently looking for a new place to live seeing as how Steve is driving to SLC every morning. We're going to look for a half-way place. That's something we're looking forward to. Wish us luck with packing. Oh yeah... Thanks to all of you who left recepies for me... They were great! Keep them coming!

Blogging for JUNE

Yes! We are alive... Life has been a little crazy and blogging has pretty much been the last thing on my mind, but I promise to do better (at least for a little while). I am promising that I will make at least three posts a week for the month of June. I don't know if any of you care what's been going on in our little life, but it's time to document it. We are happy and healthy and life is treating us well. We're just enjoying the ride. Starting today, you will have the chance (if you so desire) to be up-to-date with the LOW life. Hope everyone is enjoying the weather and stay tuned for updates.

Blogging for Recipes

So Steve and I have decided that we "go grab a bite" too much. I'm making a shopping list and I need some new fun, easy recipes. This is about as long as this post is going to be because I'm in the student library computer lab and there's a guy whispering into this woman's ear very creepy-like and I'm very distracted. Side note: it's not cute and she looks very annoyed. Please sir, stop distracting us both! Oh yeah, SPRING BREAK IS ALMOST A WEEK AWAY!

An update and a shout out to Jilly-bean

One of Steve and I's favorite things to do together is to go rock climbing. Of course not outside right now, but definitely in the summer. We both have passes to "The Quarry" in Provo. Steve's my monkey man. He's so good and pushes me to do better everytime we go. It's just something that we can actively do together because we both refused to get "married fat" and it's something that we can do together and progress at our own speed. Whenever I talk to my friend Jill, it seems like it comes up. I'm either heading to meet Steve there, or we've already gone. She always says how cute she thinks it is, so much that she's trying to talk her fiance into trying it out with her... Anyway, we had Aubrey and Kurtis come with us this past weekend and it was fun because we climbed up side by side and had our own little photo shoot. So Jill, here you go...

BTW: Aubrey and Kurtis did great for their first time. I told you that you wouldn't die Kurtis :) Other updates, we've been busy with school. We're excited for our Spring break in a couple of weeks and be in the warm St. George weather and visit Alecia and Sam in Vegas! Woot woot. It was Tatum's 2nd birthday. He's our friends' little boy and Steve and I thought that it'd be a good idea to dress each other for the special occasion. It turned out pretty special! This is what we do to stay entertained.

Getting Domesticated

I don't even know if domesticated is a word. I'm guessing so since it didn't come up on my spell check, but besides school, that's one thing that I've been up to. After my many bridal showers I started to become overwhelmed with all of the kitchen supplies, tools and recipes I was given. I thought "I'm not even a wife yet, and apparently I've already failed." You see, anyone who knows me, knows that I'm not known for my cooking or baking. My list of sweet skills has never included anything to do with the kitchen. I am learning. I am no longer mooching off of Aubrey's great cooking (thanks for not making me starve at SUU.) She used to call my mom crying about how I only come over to eat whatever she's made for dinner and then immediately leave. In my defense, I was mostly going to dance rehearsal. But not always, so I'm apologizing now... I was 18 and hopefully I'm not as rude as I once was. Also, I broke my mom's mixer making cookies. Really, making cookies. Don't ask how, I'm just proving that the skills were absent in the kitchen. Well, I'm learning. I'm turning a new page in the life of Meg and I pulled my "canary yellow" KitchenAid mixer out of the box (after only 6 months of recieving it) and baked cookies, BY MYSELF WITHOUT ANY HELP AND DIDN'T RUIN A SINGLE BATCH! My mixer is still in great shape and I got an A+ report from everyone who ended up eating them. I know, you're either thinking "Meg? Seriously? You made something not out of a box?" or "Wow, you are one pathetic loser!" Well, I seriously did! And I'd like to think of myself as special instead of a loser. Loser is a negative word and I'm working on being more positive and optimistic (thanks for the push Madi). On the cooking end, I am becoming quite the pro of putting things in the Crock-pot and making rice or mashed potatoes to go with the finished Crock-pot product. LOVE THE CROCK-POT! I can't emphasize that enough! Wow, this was longer than I had planned. Sorry for the long read...