Weekend Guest

Well we had our first official weekend guest. (Our first overnight was Joseph) It was a lot of fun though I must admit; since it was one of Nate's guy friends I felt like I had a 23 year old son. I made a cute map to keep track of our scripture reading and Rylan was very excited to put the sticker on when we read. Nate even let him pick any color of sticker he wanted. Rylan was very excited and picked a green smiley face. I cooked for them and played games took them to a movie and even cleaned up after them. It was fun. Though I'm excited to have a kid that isn't 23. It will be awhile before that happens. Just in case any of you thought this was my way of telling you I'm pregnant. Apparantly everyone thought we would have a honeymoon baby just like we feared. ;)

Dinner

Well last night I was very adventurous. I made a three course meal. It took me an hour and fifteen minutes. Not bad huh. Everything was ready and the dessert cooked while we ate. Though we both ended up being tired and not very hungry so we only ate one of the three courses. I made a Corn Chowder, Taco Salad, and Peach Cobbler. It was a lot of fun and I think I'm a pretty awesome cook. :D

Great Find

Last night we took a trip to Ikea. We needed some specific things and knew it would be a better deal there. So we went up ate at the yummy restaurant and started shopping. We found some great deals but we couldn't find anything to organize my crafts, finally we decided on those hanging closet organizers that have drawers and everything. As we left we checked the as is for a cheap bookcase and happened to find the cutest craft box ever. It is three levels with double doors on each level and just plain cute. So we bought it and I'm so excited to organize everything and put it away. I might actually spend time doing crafts once it's all put away and I know what I'm doing... Our next big purchase a sewing machine.

House

Alright well last night we decided to clean our house. Mind you it wasn't that bad but our house only has one AC unit, in our bedroom so it is so hot when you get home all you want to do is sit there so you don't start sweating. But clean we did and our basement looks great I finished our laundry and only have the last load to fold. I'm very excited about this now if we could just organize our office our little house would be complete. not bad for one month of marriage. We're moved in and organized and it's pretty much clean...now to fill our fridge and cupboards with something other than Condiments and Mac & Cheese. :D

Name Change

Okay so I went to officially change my name at the social security office and I was a little sad. Not that I don't want to be known by the same name as my husband but I have been Caroline Mortimer my whole life. To make the matter more difficult the guy at the social security desk wasn't to 'helpful', our conversation is as follows:
Me: I would like to change my name because I just got married.
SSG (Social Security Guy): It's only been a few weeks are you sure. :)
Me: I'm sure
SSG: (Looks at names) Mortimer that's a cool name, you should have your husband change his name to Mortimer because it's way cooler.
Me: I know I do like Mortimer, I even tried to convince him to change it back to Grodinski since it's only been Gross for a few generations.
SSG: Yeah...but Mortimer is still cooler. You should name one of your kids Mortimer, seriously it's such a cool name.
Me: Not a bad idea.
*Then he handed me the receipt and told me it was changed and I'd get the new card in a few weeks. *

I looked at my new name and I thought I am officially no longer Caroline Mortimer, I am Caroline Mortimer Gross. At that exact moment in time I believe I had the same experience my Mom had when my Dad's clothes touched hers for the first time. ;) No worries though; I'm excited to be a Gross it just took me a few seconds to realize I'd never be a Mortimer again (only in name).

Something Cute

Well lately I've been having some back pain and haven't liked bending over too much. But the other day Nate did the cutest thing. My back was hurting especially bad one night and the next morning when I got up to leave I walked down our stairs and my purse was hanging on the railing and my flip flops were on the railing as well. Nate didn't want me to have to bend over. I just thought that was the cutest most thoughtful thing ever and I'm so glad I married a man that will take care of me like that.