the last 6 months...the condensed version

Here's a basic recap of the last 6 months:

April: wow, lots here. I'm going to kind of gloss over some parts..I'm sure you'll understand. It started with Devon's birthday, and his party. Dan helped throw it and we all had a blast. By this point Dev was calling Dan "Dad" which made him sooo happy. Next day was Easter. Dev hunted eggs, went to church and hung out with Gram (Dan's mom) and his best buddy Em-ma. The divorce was finalized on the ninth and it was a joyous occasion!!Then on the 18th, Dev and Em were called home. Dan and I decided not to put off our wedding or even to wait until June as we had planned. I got home from the reservation on the 27th, went to the Adams family reunion on the 28th and when I got home that night (Saturday) I went to see Dan and we set a date for our wedding. Sunday we talked to the Bishop after church, and we invited my Dad over to my place so Dan could talk to him, and on Monday we were making frantic phone calls to invite people to the wedding that night! Amid the chaos, the well wishers and one decidedly not-so-well-wisher, we were married April 30th.

May: 2 nights after we were married we left with Dan's mom, two sisters, brother-in-law and nephew for women's conference in Salt Lake City.I had never been to salt lake and Dan showed me around Temple square. it is SOOOOOOO beautiful!

June/July/August: Not a lot new going on. Just trying to keep everything together and enjoying being married. And the Anderson family reunion in July. It was mostly fun and marked my third trip to Utah.

September: We finally got to move out of the apartment and into a condo. It was a good move. My apartment complex wouldn't let me out of my lease, even with the circumstances being what they were, and it would have cost more to break it than to just stay. Also I got to go to Time Out For Women with my aunt, cousin, cousin-in-law (is that a word?) and her baby daughter. that was phenomenal and I am so glad that someone Jami knows got married that day and she needed someone to take her ticket off her hands!

October: I've gotten really into crafty and more specifically cross-stitchy things lately. Not to sound nerdy, but It's soo much fun! Also, we visited my in-laws for Dad's 50th birthday. It was my first post 9-11 plane ride and Dan's first post-mission flight. That was exciting, we ended up not having a ride to the airport, but made it on the bus..but on our way home, we had a planned ride, but we got there a little late and were seconds away from missing our flight. (which further cements in my mind that God DOES answer prayers because they had already said the doors were closing like 10 min before we ran up to the gate) So I guess the moral of the story is don't plan ahead, things work out best when you wing it...just kidding, that's usually the exact opposite of what happens.

November: well, it's just begun but it looks to be a fun filled and exciting month! Spencer turns 15 (he was on the football team and had an undefeated season until they went to city) and Suzanne will be 18!! I can't believe that my baby sister is going to be a legal adult! Also, we're looking forward to going to Grandma's for Thanksgiving. Dan and I are taking Suzanne, and Dad and Spencer are going hunting right afterwards.

I know this was long, but it's my first blog and I really didn't know where to start and who knows, I may reference some of these experiences, and now they are all neatly complied by date...sounds good anyway