Hurricane Sandy

I have been incredibly blessed and have never been involved in a terrible disaster yet in my life. I am amazed at all the service that comes out of a terrible disaster. I don't know why but I was very involved in hurricane Sandy. I felt so bad for all the families that lost so much in the storm. I found this video on one of my favorite blogs and it truly touched me. All the things people do to help out is so incredible to me.

http://vimeo.com/joshuabrown/hurricanesandy

Update

So what I have learned is i should never promise that I will write more. I seem to do far worse when I say I will commit to something. I have been working and training new people...I know what? I just started two and a half weeks ago but apparently I am a pro or something. Other than that it has been a pretty chill job. Totally different than my Old Navy roots which I miss terribly. I couldn't even begin to promote Kmart clothing they all look atrocious. Thankfully that is not in my job title here;) I have also had many amusing instances with little children. Besides work I have been doing the normal wife things you could say. I tried my hand at making bread and it wasn't too shabby minus the fact I forgot to let it raise...oops;)
Andrew is staying busy with school my little nerdy man tries to teach me confusing Ochem but I just stare at him blankly most of the time. I can't believe we are going on our 3 month mark. Time has flown by but it has been such an amazing 3 months where I have learned so much about myself. Have a wonderful wednesday!

5k Zombie Run

I have always loved 5k runs and hadnt done one for months so I decided to sign up for one. The only thing was I didn't want to do it by myself because that is never fun to train and everything by yourself. So I went on a mission to find someone that would do it with me. I had started becoming friends with this girl in my ward she was super sweet and had the most darling laugh....not why we are friends (might have helped though...kidding) she also was in the same institute class as I was so our friendship was bound to happen. I randomly asked her if she was a runner where she replied that she pretended to be which was perfect because that was exactly me. She agreed to doing her first 5k and we set out to start training just a week before (we slack a little on sign up.) It was so much fun! The race was set up where you could either be a survivor  or a zombie. We of course signed up as survivors mainly because we didn't want to dress up in zombie attire hahaha. The survivors had a minute head start from the zombies...and honestly I have no clue what happened if a zombie caught up to you I never saw one. We also had a plan to stick together but I ruined that and ended up ahead of her (oops) It was still a lot of fun and we are looking for another one..I'm not sure if I want to do one in the snow is the only thing;)

after race photo!

Changes in the Berglund household

As I am typing it just happens to be snowing outside. Which is in my opinion the worst thing ever especially in October of all months. We have been truly blessed this month! We got called to be Sunday School teachers as a couple which will be fun and we teach this Sunday. And *drumroll* I got a job! This was the biggest blessing of them all. I had given up on finding a job I was still semi looking but nothing was really coming up and I had been applying but hearing nothing back. I had interviewed with Kmart a couple of weeks ago and hadn't heard back so I wasn't expecting anything back. But yesterday I got a phone call asking if I was still interested in the job! It will be nice to have money coming in again and also a schedule. It will be a change now I will have to actually get ready possibly earlier than 9 in the moring;) Andrew was super excited when I told him the news he sang me a song and everything he's such a goof;) I will work on updating this more often its really pathetic since I have no excuse.

Bailey Jayne

My Niece is so darling. She has the cutest little personality too! Andrew adores her and its the cutest thing to see how much he loves her. He is hoping that our little girl is half as cute as she is (poor unborn child already has a lot to live up to) 

How our Friday nights are spent...

some nights while my husbandman is being all studious and working hard i join him in the lounge where all the couples swarm the internet. its a glorious experience.....ok what really happens while my lover man does work is I catch up on the latest pinterest excitement followed by a pretend shopping spree on ASOS and then followed by a crafgawker glimpse........ or maybe 5. which is semi exhausting and i pretend like i worked my brain muscles to the max and smoothly hint to a well 'deserved' back scratch.....because being a wife to a very studious person is hard work folks (lets just pretend ok)
*side note i want one of these guys.....2 years need to hurry up;)

many have been asking me how is to be married.  and the first thing i want to say is it's awesome all the time...which is really a lie. Not saying that its not awesome isn't the lie part but all the time is. there are moments when my lover man drives me crazy with his millions of textbooks and papers about chemistry thrown all over our living room floor. and like wise im sure i drive him crazy with my "hey i know what would be fun...if you cleaned up your stuff in the living room" but really other than the fact that i am OCD about a clean apartment things are going so well. There is nothing better than the half asleep i love yous as we head to bed or the excited good morning sleepy head as he walks in from a morning jog. He's also the best person to cook for I love cooking for this man. It might be the satisfaction of being someone that can make something appetizing or that no one gets as happy and excited for dinner as my lover man. truly all the "bad" things get outweighed by the good by leaps and bounds. being married isn't easy its a huge transition especially when you are super independent like myself but i wouldn't trade being married to my lover man in a heart beat. so to the many that have been asking married life is so amazing just not all the time;)

Things I learned about husbands....

when i say husbands i guess what i really mean is my incredible andrew. i had started a job that i was unsure about but i just wanted to get money. this turned into such a terrible thing. i have never hated a job and hate was an understatement. it was a job that was just slightly and when i say slightly i mean the tiniest bit better than telemarketing. i felt terrible dialing the next persons number i started to hope for only answering machines. not only did i feel terrible i was exhausted. after i finally got off i wanted nothing more than to leave the place and never come back. i just couldn't do it though i wasn't a person to quit i never had been. when i walked in the door andrew gave me a giant hug that was much needed and looked at me and said you don't have to work there brianne. that was all i needed to hear which was weird but having him support me even if it was quitting was all i needed. i can't get over how truly lucky i am to have such a supportive wonderful husband who understands me. he is even a pro at reading me and knows when i'm not truly ok. i love that man so much and couldn't be more happier to spend my eternity with him.

Honeymoon Part 2

On Wednesday we hit the mountains in a razor. It was so pretty with all the trees changing. Andrew was in heaven and kept getting distracted with all the views. In the beginning we were hoping for an afternoon appointment but they were all full so we ended up with a morning which turned out to be the best since it was cool and there weren’t many people so it made it seem like it was just us up there. Andrew enjoyed going through the water in fact we had to go through a water part twice and he would have gone another time if I hadn’t been a party pooper and complained. It was a lot of fun and we ended up covered in dust from head to toe.

I couldn't get over how pretty it was!

we got a picture together! thanks to a nice sign post. thanks sign post;)

he's such a sweet husband man i got so lucky!

the view that was to die for!

this photo still makes me laugh. we were covered in dirt and Andrew refused to clean his face so I went in public with this boy to Arby's hahah it was so funny to see people stare.

things I learned about husbands

Sometimes Andrew gets in these eating moods and he can’t stop it seems. We got a free package of smores fixings for filling out this survey thing at the resort...and he ate all of them in about 5 mins ok it was only 4 but my goodness it was crazy to see him pound it hahah. 

He also has been living with boys far to long.....You will always know if he's been a room because he leaves behind evidence;) I walked out of the bathroom to this.

He's a wonderful man even with all these little quirks that he has. Everyday is a learning day but I wouldn't do it with anyone else. 

Park City Honeymoon Part 1

Park City is so beautiful right now. Because of the drought the trees have been sent into early fall which is my favorite season We went on a hike it was gorgeous and so amazing to just be up in the hills with my lover man. 

Andrew can never seem to take a picture...we have many years to work on it;)

the views were GORGEOUS!

only down side is extremely dirty feet but i'll take it!!!

Reception

Our reception was exactly what I want it to be. It was such a perfect location it turned out gorgeous with all the lights and little details around. I loved everything about it and just to see everyone enjoying themselves was  perfect.  It was darling to see my niece dancing away. She loved her little skirt my mom made for her and thought she was a little ballerina when she was wearing it was darling.

the sign I painted the day before---Crazy!

I loved how this turned out

someones got to do the table arrangements;)

the delicious food

My cute Niece

the meeting and greeting it lasted till the very end. we were so blessed with how much of our friends and family came it was such a beautiful day.

Wedding!

The wedding week was such a blur! A very stressful blur that is. I saw Andrew a total of 2 times that week before our wedding it was crazy. We had a lot of projects and little things that we wanted to get done…a lot of things were never finished but it turned out so perfect none the less. here are a few of our Bridals that we got done. I love them and I can't wait to see the rest!!!!!

its true....

We are alive and survived the wedding and honeymoon! It has been a blur a glorious blur of learning new things about each other such as Andrew hates bananas like i do but will get them because he thinks i like bananas and he'll even eat them like a champ so they dont go to waste (he's truly the best.) We are currently hanging out in utahland while we wait for our apartment to be ready. And i would write blog posts like none other IF my grandparents weren't living in the stone ages of dial up yep im on dial up folks I never thought I would be in my lifetime again. So look forward to more posts of wedding, reception, and the honeymoon! 

I get married in 4 days to a wonderfully patient man...ahhh the stresses of wedding planning can just make one go bonkers. I hate all the questions that get asked the ones that start out with "would YOU rather..." and honestly all I want to say is all I want to do is marry Andrew. But of course I have to make a decision and usually I end up caring too much about something in the end.  I had one of those moments where it hit me that I would no longer just be going to my home when we visit for holidays. In the beginning I thought having both sets of parents in the same town was the best thing ever....until I realized I couldnt just stay at my house the whole time and be selfish. because of course I adore my family and want to spend hours with my mom talking but now I have two moms and two dads. It will definitely be a learning and adjusting time for both of us but it will be good:)

Friday we went to some rope swings! it was a lot of fun to hang out with my lover...yes I have an attractive one!

thoughts of lately

I put in my two weeks for work today-- I can't believe summer is already over

I like to think that my life will be more interesting once I get married. Seriously you poor readers I apologize for my lame posts. Literally all I do is work and tan I know what the heck is the world coming to? But in my defense I dont want to be the same shade as my wedding dress hahaha. 

37 days guys and then I get to marry my dreamy man:D

Life has returned to normalish.....My mom came to the rescue and helped me find a photographer and we forgot about the silly paper flowers and decided to get reals ones instead. I am no longer a bridezilla but it was fun while it lasted. I can't believe how quickly the time has flown by. I will soon be married to man I love so much. Speaking of that lover man he is currently engulfed in finals week studies and i don't hear from him much...but that means I get a lot of wedding stuff done which is a nice trade:)
39 days guys its getting here:)

awkward times 10

Guys I did it---I braved the dreaded appointment that is necessary if you dont want little peanuts right away. And I will admit I was a nervous wreck before but it wasn't that bad. I made it out to be so much worse mainly because I had heard so many different things about how it would be. Lets just say i dont want to do that again for sometime and now we wont have any little peanuts until we want them!

It happened folks...like a wave crashing over me I suddenly became stressed to the max. I couldn't get over all the stuff I have to get done yikes its overwhelming. I semi wanted to cry and still do peeps it still hasn't happened. But I did have a bridzilla moment that steph had to endure she put up with me telling her a I hated everything she had just done (I know giant B-word) It could be from the silly pills I am two days into taking but lets face it its not I just want to blame it on something. Once I get my envelopes taken care of and possibly find a paper flower I love then things will be back to smooth sailing. Got to love wedding stuff right? I just need to keep telling myself that.

announcements!

I'm in love

My life has been crazy lately I spend most of my time at work....being a worker bee according to Andrew. And good thing I've been working lots this whole "last time long distancing" is killing me I miss Andrew so much more this time around. I am very anxious to see him in two weeks yay for impromptu trips:) It is true that when you find your one true love things are different and you want nothing more than to spend every second with them. Andrew is the love of my life and I can't get over how much I love that boy:)

I miss this boys kisses <3

The proposal

who doesn't love a good proposal? I sure do and i am completely biased  about mine i feel but goodness i love how Andrew proposed to me. May 3, 2012 will always be near and dear to my heart I can't believe I get to marry such a great guy. He truly is the one person that can make me happy no matter my mood he is my best friend:) So back to the proposal..... I had just moved down to Utah and I wanted to visit my man that was now closer to me! We had planned for me to come visit Friday but I couldn't wait any longer so I headed up Thursday to surprise him. On my way there he was texting me and I was rarely texting which made him think I was mad at him or that something was wrong so I had to stop and a pull over to respond to his text informing him that everything was ok and that I wasn't mad at him I almost informed him I was driving BUT I wanted it to be a surprise. When I got there I headed over to my friends house to drop off all my things and then headed over to Andrews. When I got there his roommate answered the door and informed me that he wasn't there so I headed back to my car where I played fruit ninja until he returned my call. After 10 mins he called me back and informed me he was in a meeting and that he was heading home so while we were still on the phone I walked my way over to his place. I rang the doorbell and the same roommate answered and went and got Andrew and his reply to having someone for him at the door was "Ah really hang on Brianne someone lame is here to see me."  I give him crap about it now but it was really fun to surprise him and his reaction was just how I wanted it to be. He then started acting all weird and opening the door and running out to see how the weather was and then running back into his room so while this was happening I was just chit chatting with his roommates. Then he hurriedly rushed me out of his apartment with a blanket and a backpack in tow. He informed me he had a place he wanted to show me so we headed out to the country. And ended up at some grain silos which are my favorite! We parked and he ran over to a ladder and informed me that I had to climb to the top with him. I was hesitant since its so illegal but I did it anyways because he was already heading up. We made it to the top finally after I hit my knees millions of times (I had multiple bruises for days) And there he gave me a little flip book that told our whole story including the day he asked me out, got my ring, and asked my dad for permission  to marry me.The fourth card said to call his phone but I had left my phone in his car so he had to call his own and I don't know the exact words but it said something along the lines that he loved me and that he had a present for me that he wanted to give me and that he hoped that I liked it. Now this whole time I thought he was just being sweet I had no clue he was proposing to me since I had surprised him now after it happened I felt like an idiot for not catching on sooner. Now the present wasn't my ring it was brand new scriptures that have Brianne Berglund on them:) After I got them he handed me the flip book again and the second to last one said "you said YES!!!;)" And this is where he had me stand up and he got down on one knee and said the sweetest things ever that I don't remember exact words to and showed me the ring (he wouldn't let me have it until we got down.) It was a perfect proposal filled with lots of laughter and tears:)   

~69 more days until I get to marry my best friend:D

A new chapter

I think its time for a new start in the blog business...it seems fitting seeing as I am opening a new chapter in my life. The one that is the most exciting (marriage) I am anxious to let you know what my soon to be husband and I are up to hopefully fun things and not lame work and school all the time stuff. I will be better with this one and im not get on me for slacking! be back soon for more:)