Life as we know it..

So new on my life goes as follows:

• I am done working at the "Ranch" it was a long time coming and it feels great. I am now done giving all these meds to kids that are probably over medicated and because of that never learn how to deal with problems for real. 
• Grant and I have hit the one year mark.. we didn't really celebrate yet, however, I don't think that one year is a huge deal. 
• I moved my career to Cedar City at the Hair Boutique where I am six days a week from 9-5. 
• I took the semester off of college to get my clientele here.
• Grant is going full time and is going to get a 4.0 (hopefully!) 

Ok I am done with the bullet points and on to more interesting things. So on the second bullet point I said that Grant and I hit our one year... I also stated that I didn't think it was that big of a deal. I feel like this not because my life was a year of bliss and happiness because it wasn't but because I think in most cases with marriage you should at least try it out for a year or two.. I mean it is a commitment and in my case it is a huge commitment to God, myself and the hubby. So this year has been  eventful.. full of laughing, crying, some yelling, one swear word (from Grant), making tons of money, spending tons of money, being broke, getting a dog, and so much more. I think it has been life as we know it. I remember talking to one of my best friends one day (single friend) and she asked how was married life. I explained that I love being married and how I couldn't believe that I was so scared of it before I knew what it was like. I then said of course it is one of the hardest things I have done. I had to learn what bugged the husband, how he acted when he was mad (which is not talking or pretending he isn't mad) this makes it very hard to work it out!! I had to learn that I needed to be more patient, more loving, and I needed to make sure that Heavenly Father was in our lives. The husband ( I dont know if I want to refer to him as Grant or husband or hubby or mr. barlow so I will test them all out) is a great example to me of how to have the gospel in his life. He, as most who read this or will read this know that Mr. Barlow has gone through so much. He is originally from CC not cedar city but yes Colorado City. I won't get into much detail on this blog because I haven't asked him if I can make his story public or anything of that sort but soon I will post about it.. promise! Anyways you would be shocked, like I was to hear some of the amazing, terrifying, crazy things he has been through. I realize that a lot of people have been through a lot but I never have been so close to someone who has. What I am getting at is that the gospel saved his life and actually made my dreams come true. He was converted to the LDS church when he was 17 or 18 and then served a mission in Italy. Not even one year after his return we met. After two weeks of knowing him I knew and he knew that we would spend the rest of eternity with each other. Well the point of this blog was to one, get me excited about blogging because now that I don't work two full time jobs and go to school full time  I will have time to tell everyone about my life and mostly keep a journal. oh and ps my husband is a babe, here are some pics to prove it!!

 Oh and I almost forgot, my family had pictures taken without the spouses due to one being out of the country and my bro still isn't married!