Everyone calls you AMAZING...Yeah, I just call you MINE!

(Turn up the volume)
I heard this song and it totally reminded me of Spencer! Spencer is amazing and anyone who knows him, knows I am right! He is such a hard worker and is friends with everyone! I love Spencer so much! I can honestly say we are more than husband and wife, we are best friends! We've gone through so much together and I can't imagine going through it with anyone else. He definitely is my world!

First day of yard work!

We don't believe in having our lights on...don't ya know it cost money? Atleast that's what I was ALWAYS told growing up, haha!

Here is my man telling me how much he loves me... or telling me to go inside while he does this part of the yard.

Coming in to get a plastic bag and he said I could come back outside :)

Spencer had today off of work due to Pioneer Day! How did we celebrate? We did yard work! It was quite fun (for me, the photographer :) Our backyard is full of weeds. Someday we will plant grass and definitely put in a fence for the dogs. The 3 walks a day can be brutal in the heat (Yes, my dogs are extremely spoiled)! The yard looks a lot bigger without the weeds. We are excited for our future backyard! Oh and there is one picture taken from my kitchen, so you can see some of our decor! I'm not completely finished with decorating. I just need a few little things and then pics will be posted. I know, the anticipation is killing me too, lol!

Our house...we love it!

Here's a better picture of the outside of our house. We absolutely love it and feel so blessed to have this as our first home. Now since we are all moved in, well maybe a little further into the future, I plan to give this yard some TLC! We plan on planting flowers, putting a railing around the porch, and of course my favorite~ putting a flower planter on the front window! More pics to come...

Moving Adventures

We are now in our new house! We had to wait another week to close which worked out perfectly because it was the day after I found out I passed my test! Thursday night Spencer and I moved most of the boxes. Then Friday my awesome sister, Patti, came over and helped me paint the walls. It was fun and if I must say so myself, they look pretty sharp! Then at about 1:30am Saturday morning, we finally had all our stuff (big, heavy stuff) moved in. This morning Patti came over again to help me decorate. It was so much fun even though I was so exhausted (studying for and taking the Nclex and then moving has really taken a toll on me). Anyway, thanks Pat for helping me decorate. I totally love it and it feels so much like home! Don't worry, pics are definitely on the way...I just need to find our camera in one of the boxes we still have left to unpack. Can I just say I am not a fan of moving?! I am sure glad I could live in this house forever if we wanted. Anyone in for a party?!

The light has finally come...Jessica Halford RN!!!

I am in huge shock right now! I just found out I passed the NCLEX-RN! I took it yesterday and they told me it would take 4 weeks to get the results, seriously? I about died! I then found out that DOPL would post it soon, so when I looked tonight, there was my name as a Registered Nurse~best feeling ever! It has been one of the hardest two days waiting, wondering, and picturing those darn questions in my head over, over, and over again! It was a brutal test to say the least. I was one of the "lucky" ones who got a lot of SELECT ALL THAT APPLY questions. You have to select the correct amount to have it marked correctly, there is no partial credit. It was not fun! The morning of my test, I was a complete zombie. I woke up, watched Spencer workout and then sat on the couch until I had to workout before I took my test. Thank goodness for working out...I definitely meant the words in my last post! Just before I took my test, I told Spencer waiting for this test (and even after) was the worst feeling ever! I am not kidding. Anyone who has done something like this in their lives will definitely relate. These last two years have been sooo tough for Spencer and I! I am so thankful for the Gospel in our lives. I definitely could not have done this without Spencer and the Lord on my side. My testimony has grown even stronger! Spencer was so sweet and left a sweet, sweet letter in my drawer for me to find right before my test. It literally brought tears to my eyes! I love you, Spencer! Thanks for being my rock! WE DID IT!!!!

I swear by it :)

Yes, I am talking about working out! It all began when I was in Junior High, High School where I started to see what working out did to my mom, so I joined and of course to get in shape for basketball...good ol' basketball, sigh! It has been apart of my life ever since. It helped so much during nursing school and helped me think 100 x better when it came to taking tests. This last week I have really seen how it helps me in every aspect! I come from an anxiety infested family? Don't believe me? Have you met my family, haha j/k...or am I?! I think that is why we all workout. It totally helps. As I have been studying for the biggest test of my life, I have studied a lot of anti anxiety drugs, antidepressants, etc...It is so crazy to think how those little pills come along with tons of side effects and I thought to myself, wow, working out does the same thing, if not 10x better, without crazy side effects, but GREAT ones! I will definitely be a nurse who encourages exercise instead of or maybe as an adjunct to pills. I'm not putting down people who take them (I've even thought about it on my craziest days), I'm just saying give exercise a try. I'm a spaz (ask Spencer) and working out HELPS, I swear by it :).

Our new house!!!

This is our new house! We thought it was funny to put that other house in our last post as a decoy! Yeah, we make ourselves laugh...a lot! We move into this house next week and we are so excited. This house is so perfect for us! It is definitely an answer to our prayers. We found this house the EXACT day it was listed with my step mom's help! She definitely knows what she is doing (she's a realtor :) Thanks Raelynne for finding this for us! Don't mind the clutter on the front porch. It is NOT ours and will NOT look like this when we move in! I am not a fan of clutter...I repeat...I am NOT a fan of clutter! Okay, so there is only two chairs and flowers on there, but still :)

Livin the American Dream...

That's right, we are buying a house and we are soooo excited! I definitely was not joking when I said in a few posts back that we wanted to move! Our new house is so perfect for us right now. AND did I mention we are so excited? Apartment~goodbye...forever (haha gotta love Friends)!