Giving Thanks

Today I am thankful for:

• My mom. She is such an amazing woman, and truly one of my greatest friends. I dont know what I would do without her. Especially right now.
• The Gospel. I love love LOVE that it is conference weekend and we get to hear from the Prophet and Apostles! What a wonderful gift we are given every April and October. It is a time to soak up every bit of information and guidance that we receive. 
• The Ellingers. Stephanie and Jake, for calling me and asking me to come back. And for Elisabeth and Nathan, for giving me a WONDERFUL distraction every Monday-Thursday. Without you kiddos, I dont know how I would 1.Pass these long 8 weeks without Spence. and 2.Ever be ready for motherhood. Elisabeth, you have taught me everything I will ever need to know, plus more. Thank you.
• Tangled. bought it on Tuesday. I've watched it 7 times already.
• Thursday's Letters
• The US Postal Service
• Digital Cameras
• Hulu
• Cupcakes. 
• Hello Cupcake! This book has brought me out of Hermit-ville, and given me purpose this week. (I do plan on buying the next book, Whats new, Cupcake after I finish all cupcakes in the first book.)
• Special K Strawberry cereal
• Smoothies
• Warm sun
• Tanning lotion
• Skype
• Kari Ann Bitter. She does such a wonderful job of entertaining me! Love you Kar.
• Family
• Sun dresses
• This nail polish
• Target always has just what I need
• Emilie Orton
• Amy Freeman
• Karli Martineau
• This book. I love the comfort it gives me.
• And of course, last, but DEFINITELY nowhere near the least. I am thankful for my husband Spencer. He fills my life with love and laughter, and makes me feel like a daughter of a King. (ie. princess)  He is kind, sweet, sensitive, hilarious, smart, sooooo sexy, hard working, humble, and by far the greatest man I've ever known. I love him with all of my heart, and I am so so so thankful that I get to spend the rest of my life with such an amazing person. Thank you for everything Spence. I love you Forever.

Changing Plans...

Spencer called me yesterday and told me that he failed his second asthma test. :( He has one more chance to take it on April 12, and if he doesnt pass then he can either come home, and not be in the Navy anymore.. or they'll give him another job.. which means No more Rescue Swimming... No more Florida.
We're praying for him that he'll somehow be miraculously cured of his asthma, but if not, then hopefully they'll offer him a job that he can be just as excited about. So for now... We have NO CLUE as to where we will be going in the next month or so... Any guesses?? Lets take a poll and see what everyone thinks! Anyway, stay tuned for more info.. And everyone have a GREAT Conference weekend!

Got them on my mind. :)

HOW CUTE ARE THEY?!?!
I want them for my very own, just running around my kitchen gabbing like this.
So fun

His years are 24.

Happy Birthday to the love of my life!!!
Spencer is unfortunately celebrating being tortured for his birthday. :(
Now you may ask yourself  "why would anyone want to torture someone on their birthday!?!" I had the same thought, but aparently no one really cares at basic training, and some might even go out of their way to make sure you have a BAD day on that special day.. so. We sent no packages (he cant have food either. not even a candy bar.) no colorful cards that sing when you open them. Not even a colorful envelope. (actually, thats not true either. all my envelopes are pink. :) supporting breast cancer. hoorah) So today is a tribute to my one true love. I miss him more than I could ever say, and I cant wait for him to be back in my life.
I love you Spencer, Thanks for being my very best friend.

Week 2: Idaho

This weekend my wonderful Mother and I decided to go visit my sister and bro-in-law and my ADOOOOORABLE Niece, in St. Anthony, ID. Now, why ANYONE would want to live there, is totally beyond me. But we still love them, and therefore take the occasional road trip out to visit. We had a grand time, eating out at Costa Vida, having an all day movie marathon, and going to Church on sunday!
Well, lucky for us, my fabulous sister decided to drive down with us and stay for this week as well! So we are filling our canteens of babyness, laughs, giggles, poopy blow-outs, and cuddle time.

This last item is mostly for the benefit of one VERY lonely husband-less woman. aka.me. I have been doing favors right and left to earn cuddle time with.... not my niece, but my sister! It turns out, one gets very sleep deprived when laying in a bed by them selves. So for the first time in 2 weeks, I got 8 hours of sleep last night!!! That is probably triple what I usually get. So I am very happy today!

On the husband front, I've written multiple letters (all written last week), but I have yet to recieve a phone call or a letter. Im assuming that he is very very busy, in which case, no news is good news.
So..... I will keep myself very busy and just hope that I hear from him soon!

Thanks for all the support and prayers! We love you all.

Week One: Vegas

Well, Spencer left on Monday morning.
I dropped him off at the Navy office and watched him drive away. :(
It has been one very LOOOOOOONNNNGGGGG week. My mom and I drove to Vegas Thursday night for a lovely weekend getaway. And then on Saturday, one of Spencer's best buddies got married. Ty Empey married Jessica Myers. They looked BEautiful!!! And it was very fun to see everyone. We drove back Sunday night, and here it is Monday again. Its been one week. Finally.
Im hoping and praying that these next 7 weeks go a tad bit quicker than week one did. Otherwise I'm going to be in big big trouble, because I'll probably go crazy.
Someone please call and entertain me.

Moving.

Anyone have any boxes we could use???
We kind of looked over that tiny detail when we were preparing to move all of our stuff.
Boxes.
Boxes.
Boxes.

We're leavin' on a jet plane!!

Welp, Spencie got moved up to March 7th for boot camp!!!!

Which means that he'll be gone for anywhere from
6-9 weeks!!!!
Meanwhile I'll be staying in freezing, miserable, ugly, Utah.
Fortunately, once he graduates boot camp, he'll go straight to ...
FLORIDA!!!! Where I will meet him with all of our belongings.We will be in Pensacola, Florida for just short of 2 years.
(22 months)
And then wherever the Navy decides to send us from there. I am SO excited to be in Florida, thats what I have to keep reminding myself of. Florida.
Beautiful
SunnyBeachesEverywhereWarm
All the time.
It will be fantastic!
And I welcome anyone who wants to come visit us!
We'll feed you, give you a place to stay for a week,
and DEFINITELY play on the beach with you all the time!

Update

So my camera was stollen about 9 months ago and I SILL have yet to buy another one. :(

its unfortunate because I cant take any pictures of newly married life!!

(ie. empty apartment, sunday dinner at my parents, new snow fall, christmas tree, etc.)

Its kind of depressing.

But just to let everyone know we're doing GREAT!

and LOOOOOVING married life!

I am so excited to spend our first married Christmas together!!!

Thanksgiving was a blast and Im sure Christmas will be even better!

Love you all!!

Happy Holidays

Ps. Steph, if you read this......

I MISS YOU GUYS!!!

Tell Ellie and Nathan I love them, and I think about them all the time!!! Im sorry we've been really busy lately but I REALLY want to stop by soon to see them!!!

Call me. :)

The Future Mrs. Eaquinto

Im getting MARRIED!!!!!
And I couldnt be more excited, or more in LOVE with my fabulous finace.
Spencer Anton Eaquinto
He is wonderfully hilarious, he makes me laugh every day
He can always pull me out of a bad mood
He makes me feel BeAuTiFuL without makeup
He treats me like a Queen!!!
I know he'll be a fabulous husband
And the best father to our future children.
We keep each other strong in the Gospel
We stand together as a team
He knows my every weakness and flaw, and loves me in spite of them
He loves my family
And I love his
We both think we're getting the better deal in this marriage. ;)
Little does he know I AM the lucky one.

I cant wait to wake up to his face every morning
And fall asleep in his arms every night
Im so excited to make him breakfast in bed,
take care of him when he's sick,
go on adventures together,
Laugh,
Cry,
Sing,
Dance,
(Spencer is convinced he is the #1 best dancer in Utah...)
Fall in love more and more every day,
I cant wait to start our family together!
I cant wait to be Nicole Michelle Eaquinto!!

I love you Spencer