God Wink ;)

Hey! Read my story about a God Wink ;) I had last week. God exists and knows us personally. He also loves us very much. Sometimes, when we are struggling, he'll send down a God Wink ;) to show us that he is aware of us. Read about my God Wink HERE!

(It's on my I'm A Mormon page)

Winter is here!

So, today I went to get in my car to go to work...and found I couldn't. My car was stuck. Winter is here. I spent the next 50 minutes getting my car unstuck. Poor Honda wasn't too happy.

Thanksgiving!

Hi everybody! I know I'm a little late in getting my Thanksgiving posted. I had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I learned so much and it was truly one of gratitude

Click here to read my post of it! (It's kind of long, but I hope you enjoy!)

Happy Holidays!

-SamiMae

Thanksgiving Mashed Potatoes!

For Thanksgiving this year, we weren't able to travel to Idaho. Instead, we had the opportunity to have Thanksgiving with Trevor's mother, aunt, and her children. They asked me to make homemade mashed potatoes.

Trevor and I enjoy spending time together in the kitchen. He is always a super great help! :) We chopped up some golden potatoes, boiled them, and then drained them. Afterwards, I had Trevor mash them. We added buttermilk, cream cheese, chives, garlic and fresh rosemary. YUM! I love to cook. I enjoy improvising and never measuring. :) I must say, we made some pretty spectacular mashed potatoes.

We took selfies. Hahaha. Enjoy the Pics!

Be Spontaneous!

Trevor and I are what our parents call "Old Farts". We are usually in bed by 10:30 every night. This early bed time has carried over into out weekends. We often talk about going out and doing things, yet still just chill in our apartment.

So last night, we again said "We're old farts, it's 8 pm and I'm ready for bed. I almost feel guilty. It's Saturday night. We should go do something" I said.

Trevor drops the sponge, (we were working on dishes, that are still not done. :) "Let's go!" He grabbed the car keys.

"What?" I said.

"Ya! Why not! Let's go be spontaneous!" He had a big grin on his face. "Where do you want to go?"

I thought for half a second. "Is Temple Square too far?"

"Let's go!" I changed out of my pjs and we both put shoes on and were out the door. It was 8 pm and we were on our way to Temple Square. As we were driving I realized that it had been quite a few weeks since I had gotten out of Utah Valley. It was an awesome night to go and spend a few hours on Temple Square. The lights are up and it's so pretty this time of year.

I also realized, that I hadn't been back to Temple Square since we got married in August. It was awesome to visit again and admire the Temple and all the history that is there. We enjoyed walking through the visitors centers and seeing all the nativities and lights every where. Such a good feeling on Temple Square. Super fun!

We are young, in love, and have no kids. We realized that we needed to take these weekend opportunities to be SPONTANEOUS! For one night, we didn't care about the money, or were we were going, we just enjoyed the journey. :)

Here are some pictures! Enjoy!

Pumpkin Carving!

Tonight Trev and I carved pumpkins and had dinner in a pumpkin! Head over to Our Happenings page to view our post or click here!  We also had dinner in a pumpkin! The recipe is on our Healthy Eating page. Here are some fun pictures from our night!

Our dinner in a pumpkin!

Ten Reasons Why I Love My Husband

My turn to do a top 10 list. I have the best husband in the world. This list is harder for me to compile, because he is just so awesome. :) It's even harder to put these in a list of importance.


He knows Spanish. Trevor served an honorable mission to Arequipa, Peru and learned Spanish. If serving a mission wasn't awesome enough, he was privileged to learn Spanish. He will occasionally whisper something in my ear, in Spanish. :) Recently, he's been teaching me to speak Spanish. We have been reading the Book of Mormon in Spanish. We can do about 5 versus in 30 minutes, but i'm picking up on it fast. :)


He's a genius. So, Trevor is super smart. It's insane, blows my mind. He's shown me some of his homework. He will get a math equation that is three lines long, with two equal signs and all sorts of symbols that look Greek to me. And BAM! He can figure it out. I'd roll over and play dead if it were me. School, for the most part, has come so easy to him. (Lucky... :)

He's teachable. It's what every woman wants in a guy, right? Just kidding. But really, I've been so surprised at how I can teach him something and he will do it. His mother wasn't always an active figure in his life, so simple things like making the bed, to cooking, even cleaning. He's let me teach him things. (It's nice to teach him something back, because I feel he is always teaching me:)

Trevor is always active and willing to help. He is always happy to jump in and help me fold laundry, make the bed, clean the bathroom, do the dishes (my favorite) or help cook. After I cook a nice dinner for him, I can usually persuade him to do the dishes for me. I never hear him complain about anything.

Trevor is so calm. So we've almost known each other a whole year, and not once have I heard him yell, or get upset, or even raise his voice. This has been super good for me, because it has kept me calmer. I hardly raise my voice or get up set. Most of all, our relationship is such, that if I ever did that, especially to him, I would feel awful. He's just too kind. :)

Trevor has patience with me.  This has been helpful in so many occasions. I'm so far from perfect. He has been patient with me when one of my weaknesses gets the better of me. He is always willing to listen to me, and help me improve myself.  He can smile, give me a hug, and some how, it's all better.
:)

Trevor has drive, ambition, and dreams. I've never met someone who has as big of a heart as he does. He wants to make a difference in the world. He wants to go places in life, make something of himself and go far. He can push himself to do hard things. He has big dreams. This is so important. It helps both of us push ourselves to become better.

Trevor is a true gentleman. I noticed this early on. He treats every one with kindness and tries very hard to see the best in everyone. I knew he would be a good husband to me, but it became crystallized when I saw how he treats his mother. At the time I saw this, he was living with his mother and going to BYU for the winter semester. I came down to visit and meet his mother. He was always asking things like "What can I do to help you, Mom?", "Let me help you with the dishes." And so forth. He was so super sweet towards her. Trevor has a deep respect for women and mothers.

Trevor does the little things. I always struggled praying every morning, and reading my scriptures every night. But I've been amazing at how he does the little things. It is a team effort, granted. But since being married, we read the scriptures together, we pray together, morning and evening, and say our personal prayers together. We attend church every week. I've never included God this much in my life before. We also try to go to the temple on a weekly basis. It's been amazing to see just how much God wants to be apart of our lives and is willing to as long as we do the little things. They make such a big difference.

Trevor is a worthy priesthood holder. I always knew I wanted to marry in the temple, to a worthy man. I have always known that it's important. One Sunday, while Trevor and I were dating, he was asked to bless the sacrament. I sat and watched as he exercised his priesthood. In that moment, I started to cry. Only after pondering, I learned that I cried, because the importance of the priesthood hit me even more. I realized a little bit more, why it's important and how much I wanted it in my own home. It still chokes me up when he participates in family baby blessings, or priesthood ordinations. He has dedicated our apartment. A few weeks ago, he gave me a priesthood blessing. Besides getting sealed in the temple, that was one of the most sacred moments we've shared. I felt a wave of love and gratitude. There is true power in the priesthood and I'm so grateful that he has lived a life that makes him worthy to hold it. There is peace and safety that is priceless. He has the authority to act in God's name. To do as Christ would do if he were here. It has blessed my life, and our marriage.

I love Trevor. I know, from previous experiences, that we were a match truly made in heaven. It has been a great 3 months so far, and we look forward to a whole lifetime and all of eternity together and with our families.

-SamiMae

Ten Reasons Why I Love My Wife!

Sam mentioned that this would be OUR blog, right? Well, that means that I get MY say in here, too!

May I present, for your viewing pleasure, the

Top Ten Reasons I Love My Wife!

10) She cooks me great food all the time.

This woman knows how to cook. She hasn't cooked anything yet that I haven't liked. My favorite so far? Tacos.

9) She always knows how to calm me down when I'm upset.

I can't count the number of times that I've come home stressed or worried about things (mostly school), and she's talked me down, reassured me, told me she still loves me, and generally helped me put my head on straight. I love her for that.

8) Green Onions ;)

This is a fun little inside joke between the two of us. If you're curious, ask one of us in person about the green onions and we'll tell you.

7) She's helped me grow closer to my own family.

Believe it or not, my family has had some problems during my childhood and adolescence. We may have drifted farther apart than is necessarily a very good thing. But Sam always makes it a priority to ask me about how my folks are doing, and to make sure we take time out of our lives to visit them and to make sure they're a part of our lives.

6) She's so good looking!

She's already posted the wedding pictures, right? You can easily tell which of the two of us is better looking. (Hint: It isn't me!)

5) Cute text messages throughout the day.

It just makes the day better when she sends me a quick update on how her day has been going, and letting me know that she loves me.

4) She's helped me understand myself better.

We're only a few months in, but we've had a lot of conversations about who I am, what I'm like, and why she loves me so much. That's huge, because it helps me better understand my own strengths and weaknesses, and so it gives me that much more confidence to pursue my dreams.

3) We grow closer every day.

With conversations like those, how could we do anything but grow closer? We've had some of the deepest, most meaningful conversations that I've had in my life, and it only gets better. When we love and respect each other to boot, it's impossible not to grow closer to each other.

2) We grow closer to God every day, together.

This one is huge for me. Sam always tells me that I've helped her grow more spiritual, but it boggles my mind, because I feel exactly the same way about her; she's helped ME grow that much closer to God. Either way, there's a great spirit that we can feel in the apartment home we have.

1) We'll be together forever.
:) It's only going to get better with time. We do have our share of disagreements, yes. But we never make the disagreement more important than the relationship, and we'll both gladly back down well before things hit a boiling point. (Usually. I mean, no one's perfect.) Things will only get better, and not even death will end our relationship.

-TAJ

The Reception

Here are some pictures from our reception. My family did an amazing job to put it all together. Trevor and I literally just showed up, that was all we had to do. :) Enjoy!

The four generations. :) 

Our Wedding!

Trevor and I were married in the Salt Lake Temple on August 6th, 2013. So far it's been the best 2 months of my life. I can say it was a match made in heaven. It was an amazing experience, definitely something I will never forget. We had our wedding breakfast at the Lion House right after we were married. This is special to Trevor and I, because this is where we had our first real conversation, months previous. It was awesome to be surrounded by family and friends. We then went on our honeymoon to Park City for about 4 days. Afterwards we drove up to Idaho to have our reception at Grandma and Grandpa Hunsaker's house. It was so beautiful and I wore the biggest dress. Here are some pictures from our wedding (Reception picts to come.) I'll write more about everything in future posts. Keep watching! 

Our photographer was Alyona Oborn Photography. She did an AMAZING job! I love all our pictures!