The deed is done! We are now husband and wife, for all eternity. Be still my heart! Life is great, and we hit the grind hard after our amazing honeymoon, which was full of great lessons on how to take what comes and love it.
We left Cedar City early Saturday the day after our wedding and fortunately beat the insanely massive storm that closed down the interstate on top of Jordan and Jaicees (sorry guys) So that was good. We were able to stop at the Timpanogas temple to see the sealing of a family I worked with and one of the Elders from my mission, which was sweet. The first minor kink in the plans came when we stopped at the Melting Pot in Salt Lake, which is apparently more popular than we thought cuz they were booked solid and we didn't think to make a reservation. However, I must say the Olive Garden was a most EXCELLENT substitute, and that I plan on ordering the chicken and shrimp carbonara from now on.
We finished the LONG drive past Rexburgh and into Montana. During the last exhausted leg of our journey we managed to get pulled over for speeding (emma was being VERY distracting =), run over a cat, and get lost in West Yellowstone before we pulled into our cabin very late. We lounged in our quaint lil' cabin all of Sunday and then tried to explore the park on Monday. Upon approaching the entrance, the signs clearly indicated "No Wheeled Vehicles Allowed Beyond This Point" even though there was a plainly paved and painted road emerging from the melting snow. We stopped in town to ask how to get in the park only to be told "You Don't. It's closed till April." Okay, so that's kind of a major kink in the plans. So we simply enjoyed the town's local dines, the bear and wolf reserve, some rented movies and books... but mostly we just enjoyed eachother's company. ;D
After the open house in Moab, it was back to reality. Our house currently looks like the aftermath of a tornado in the Home/Appliances section of Walmart. We've got one more month of school, name change, financial aid, taxes, SCHOOL...
It's just marital bliss!