MOVING

Steve and I got the keys to our new apartment today! We are so excited to be moving into a bigger space. We are going to miss our neighbors and are ward so much, but are looking forward to the new adventures ahead.

The 4th of July was alot of fun spending time with our friends 

and family. We have also had more time lately to spend together.

           our matching shirts we made together

                                                                         At Pineview swimming

One Year Later

       Steve and I can now officially say that we have been married a whole year! So much has happened. When I look back at how things were a year ago it amazes me at how much can change. Our relationship has grown so much and as the weeks go by I learn so much more! 

This reminds me of New Years. I feel like im almost making resolutions for what I want to accomplish by our 2 year. So funny. We are still hoping to move to Kaysville here in the next little while. If everything ends up working out we should be in there soon. Hopefully it will be whats best for us because we are wanting to move closer to work and school. 

We love our first home. I will remember it forever! All of the little things we complain about everyday have just made us more humble. I know we will look back and miss it.

waking up

I think my favorite part of the day is waking up in the morning. I love opening my eyes and being able to see steve laying next to me. I feel like my day just starts off better when we wake up together.

          Summer is finally here and we are getting some extra hours at work. Which is great, more money! But hard when we cant see each other. Fathers day is tomorrow and we are excited to celebrate out fathers with our families. I am so grateful for my dad. He has been there for me my entire life and I dont know what I would do without him.
           My first memories of my dad are when he pretended to be Mufasa from lion king. He would growl at us while we screamed our heads off cause he would tickle us to death. He would always pretend to be some bear or monster at our house at night. Whenever any of us would hear a noise we would hide under our blankets and listen so carefully until he would rip the blanket off and scare us! My brothers and I loved it so much.
          Im grateful for my father in law because he raised such a wonderful man. My husband. I love seeing him wrestle with his grandchildren because it reminds me of how my dad did that growing up. He reminds me of so many people in my family and its been fun getting to know him.
       Mine and Steves one year is almost a week away and I cant believe it! I went through the temple on the 18th of june last year for the first time with steve, then a week later to be married. I loved my wedding day. It was the best day of my life, other than the day I met steve.

Approaching

Its weird when i start to feel the same feelings I had last year. This exact time was when i was getting ready to be married in a month. All the crazy parts of planning were in play, and all the new stresses in life were starting to reveal themselves. I cant believe how fast this first year we have been together has gone. I remember looking in the mirror and saying out loud to myself, "your getting married today". I remember all the feelings I had at that moment, and everything I was so excited for us to experience in our life together. I loved dating Steve, and I love being married to him even more.

When he first asked me to marry him I remember going inside and wanting to tell my parents but my mom wasnt home! I called her and called her and she would not answer the phone. I ran in and showed my dad and finally got ahold of my mom. She was like "send me a picture of the ring right now!!". Funny how cell phones are such a big part in life right now. What would we do without them? I was running around my front yard like a maniac calling everyone I knew. "IM MARRYING STEVE WINWARD".

And im proud to say that I love being Mrs. Natalie Winward.







Our Big Purchases we have made together this year:


1.) deposit on our apartment
2.) our bed!!!!!
3.) our first car
4.) our t.v
5.) a new computer
6.) our second car




We have come so far together and have learned so much. Life is so much harder than you think it is growing up. I always thought money grew on trees and always hated having to sacrifice never having nice things. I am so thankful for having to learn that growing up. Im able to understand it more now, and learning more everyday.
Steve is so amazing how he handles the money. He figures out what we need to save, and what we can spend. I dont know what I would do without him. He is so smart.

New Car

Our Nissan Versa!!!!

Steve and I decided it was time to get a new car. Its been too hard just having one. We have been so blessed along our journey into finding the perfect car for us. The deal we got was amazing! Now we have a great car to take on trips and not have to worry about how many miles we are putting on it.

Thousands of dollars later...it is now officially ours!

Better Late than Never!

Its amazing how fast time goes by. Its been about 3 months since our last post! Not too much has happened. But a couple of fun things! Steve and I enjoyed our Valentines day a whole bunch! We each got each other little gifts and then went out an bought new phones! It sure will be a valentines day we both remember :) Work has gotten better for us. I finally got another raise at work which will  help out a ton! And Steve should be getting his next week! He has worked so hard. Right now we are basically focused on getting a new car. Its just so hard with one, and that poor thing is getting too many miles put on it! So we are excited to start hunting again. We've considered moving these past few weeks and have decided to stay where we are so the next couple months and try to move out before winter comes again. Lets just hope the spiders dont get to us by then! My birthday is coming up next weekend and its crazy to be celebrating another birthday. Soon Steve and i will be celebrating our one year very soon. We are both very excited for summer and being able to have fun in this warm weather we have been having. I will try to keep up with this and not have another 3 month later post!

On our way to Sonic to get some hotdogs and eat our ice cream outside.

Heading to City Creek with our Friends

Movie night

I am starting to realize I cant leave food unattended! I cant leave anything in the oven without messing it up. Last time I cooked biscuits they were under cooked. This time they were over cooked!

Christmas, New years, and now january!

Steve and I have been so busy with the holidays I havent had any time to write!! Christmas was amazing. It was so fun being able to have our first Christmas as a married couple. Last year was great too, still dating and everything. We had the oppurtunity to go to St George and Las Vegas for new years this past weekend. We had a great time. I had never been to Las Vegas before so it was awesome being able to see everything.

  

Steve and I also got another addition to our little family :)

     We've been having so much fun being able to win stuffed animals from the claw machine :)