Trying to be domestic...

Since Austin started medical school I have had a lot of time on my hands. With no job and basically no husband you have to find things to preoccupy your time or you will go crazy! For me I decided I wanted to become more domestic. I stalk these blogs and read about these women who do can do it all so I figured, I have all the time in the world, why can't I be one of those women too? Come to find... it is a lot harder than it looks.

For instance, after searching many different blogs for some new recipes to add to the mix I found a recipe for homemade cinnamon rolls. I knew how much Austin loves cinnamon rolls and wanted to try something different so Friday night I set out to make cinnamon rolls from scratch. Let me just tell you, it was a lot harder and messier than I anticipated. I have never made my own bread or my own rolls so having to do things like kneed dough, let it rise, and buy a rolling pin just to roll out the dough were new to me. I was so scared that I would spend my entire night trying to make these things only to find they turned out like crap. Luckily they actually turned out pretty good but to be honest, I will probably never make homemade cinnamon rolls again (ok maybe I will but not in the near future...)  haha But hey, at least I tired!

That was just one of the many things I have on my list of things to try. Here are a few others...

I want to try making my own pillows which means I need a sewing machine first...

This girl made these rose balls/wreaths out of streamers! Who wouldn't want to try this? 

 Instead of a "To-Do" board I want try making a menu board

And don't even get me started on crafty things to do for the holidays coming up...

I just don't know where these people come up with these things but I am obsessed! One of these days I will try them all and become a truly domestic and crafty woman! :D

It's Official!!

I am a BYU graduate!!! I got my official diploma today :D Woo hoo! Three years of hard work for a piece of paper haha but it's the best piece of paper ever! It still seems surreal that I am done with school. Forever. It just doesn't seem right... that has been my life for the past 16 years but now it's over!

So now I am even with Austin... but not for long... in a few years he will have one up on me :) But still yay for us being BYU graduates!! We did it :D

Scrubs!

Ok so I just had to post a picture of Austin in his scrubs. 

You aren't an official doctor until you wear scrubs and he looks so legit with the scrub bottom and Midwestern top. I know I'm the cheese-ball wife who annoys my husband with tons of pictures but I just had to document the exciting event! And while I am on the topic of Austin, I just wanted to brag about my husband and the fact that he aced his biochem test yesterday! That's right, he got a perfect 100 on his test! No bonus questions, no nothing. He is rocking medical school and I am just the proud wife :D So anyway just had to share my excitement!

1 month (plus a few days) update!

Man I've fallen behind on my blogging! I don't know why.. it's not like I have a job or a kid to keep me busy haha

So Austin and I are still loving Arizona! Now that Austin has been in school for a month and I've made some good friends it feels more like a home. It has started to cool down believe it or not (cool down as in high 90's low 100's) but in all honesty you really can tell a difference! Austin is absolutely destroying medical school. I feel like I tell him every day how proud I am but it's because I really am! He is working hard, rocking his tests and still making time for me (which I really really appreciate). It has been a change for us not spending all day, every day together but we just continue to remind ourselves that is a sacrifice we needed to make. I am still looking for a job... and since I don't have one yet I have to find ways to preoccupy my time. My newest endeavor is digital scrapbooking! Some of my friends down here do it and the more I looked into it the more I liked the idea. It's a lot cheaper and less messy than real scrapbooking so I am starting from my freshman year at BYU and hopefully one of these days I will get all caught up.

Here are just a couple of the pages I started this week. They are nowhere near as detailed and elaborate as others but it's kind of expensive to start from scratch so for now I am making due with what I have :D

That's it for now! Just living life one day at a time :) I will try to update more about us and less about my crafts and projects haha but sometimes you just have to show off your hard work!

Short Hair!

I did it! I cut off all my hair! After I got married I swore I wouldn't be one of those girls who cut off all their hair cause I felt like everyone did that. Plus I had worked so hard to get my hair all grown out but thanks to the Arizona heat I just couldn't take it anymore. My hair was so thick and long I was dying.

So this is the look I was going for...

And this is what I got. It felt soooo short and I was kind of freaked out at first but the more I looked at it in the mirror the more I fell in love! I am so happy with my new hair cut and it is much much cooler :D