It's October!

Okay, if you know anything about me, it's probably that I love fall. Why? Because it has hot cocoa, which is only God's gift to mankind. And I get to use mugs more regularly!!! I collect mugs, and that little fact about me is pretty much my favorite unimportant thing about myself. I pretty much use my mugs an unhealthy amount, as I am OBSESSED with hot cocoa and peppermint tea. Thank the heavens

that Costco sells massive quantities of Starbucks hot cocoa mix. YUM!! Also, my husband is adorable and makes me tea every morning. He is pretty much the best of all of the keepers.

On a more serious note, Ian and I had another goodbye to make this last week. Ian's brother Sean reported to the Provo MTC for his mission. He will be serving in West Salt Lake City! Sean, Kelly, and Dan flew down to drop Sean off, which was super nice. I really missed them! We had a great time walking around Temple Square, and going out to dinner. The next day we went to the Provo temple to walk around, and then dropped him off at the MTC. It was an interesting experience, as I have never had a brother to drop off. I'm super excited for him though! I know he will be so loved by everyone he will meet.

Kelly, Sean, Ian, and Dan at Salt Lake City Temple 

SLC temple at the end of our night- GORGEOUS!!!

         Sean, just minutes before we said goodbye :/

Anyway, this week has been CRAZY!!! I worked from 8:30 am to 8:30 pm on Thursday, as my employer opened a ton of new accounts this last week. Ian was super busy, as he had some intense tests for Spanish and Statistics. And of course, Ian rocked them! If you don't know my husband, well 1) you should because he is awesome, and 2) he is the most self-disciplined person you will ever meet. I promise I am not exaggerating, and this is not me being biased, he truly excels at anything he puts his mind to because of his determination.  Luckily for us, our weekend is a lot slower as it is General Conference weekend.

What is General Conference, you might ask?? It is only the best thing that happens every 6 months! The leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints get together and speak to everyone for one weekend in April, and another weekend in October, inspiring them to be better people. I hope I'm not sounding too preach-y, but it is a very uplifting event, as it reminds me to prioritize the important things in my life and to come closer to God. These men and women who speak are incredibly intelligent and kind, you can tell that they are truly people of God. Let me know if you have any questions, however crazy you think they are! I love being LDS, as being a member brings me closer to God and to my family. It is such a blessing in my life! Here are some of my favorite quotes that were said in today's meetings:

We have two more sessions of General Conference tomorrow, that will take the place of our regular church meetings. I'm implementing a new tradition in my new family of two, that we make cinnamon rolls for GC weekend. I'm super excited! 

So that's about it for now, life is carrying on as it normally does. But check back next week, I plan on blogging about my love story with Ian, as next week will be our anniversary of our first date!

Sincerely,

Mrs. McG

We made it!

Okay, today is a somewhat insignificant, yet fun checkpoint: we made it three months into marriage! That beat Kim Kardashian, right??  Anyway, we have three great months under our belt, and are excited for the many to come.

A quick update: I got a job! It has a good commute, super nice people, and fits well with our schedule. I now work for Stox Post and Publishing, which basically processes the legal paperwork for foreclosures. I know it sounds uber depressing and boring, but I promise it's not. I don't talk to any of the people with the properties, so I don't feel like I'm crushing dreams here. But the people I work with are great! My office mate actually is someone I went to high school with- small world! She's awesome, and it's nice having a familiar face around. My boss buys us treats every Friday, and treats us with lunch whenever there are birthdays... which happens frequently. On an entirely separate note, I might be gaining weight...

And my Ian is doing SOOOOO well. He has been in school for a few weeks now, taking accounting, statistics, flexibility (for track), Spanish, and religious classes, and I can tell he is loving it.  He has a lot of his classes with friends, so that's really fun for him. He also started track this last week, and is KILLING it. Ian has never seemed so excited, he is really excelling in his fitness pursuits right now. Just the other day (or week, I'm not sure) the track team had to RUN "the Y".

The Y is also called Y Mountain, where there is a massive Y on the side of the mountain. We went hiking it the other weekend, and with the altitude change from the move (sea level to 4,500 ft, with the top of the Y being 6,221 ft.) I about died. When Ian ran with his team, he was among the first few there! This is pretty much how every track practice since then has been, and I'm so excited for him! It's going to be a great season.


Last weekend we went back to Idaho for Courtney's farewell. She spoke so well, it is so hard to believe she is all grown up and going to Peru for 18 months. It was sad to say goodbye!

This upcoming week will hold another heavy goodbye, as Ian's brother Sean reports to the Provo MTC for his mission. He will serve in SLC West for 2 years, and we are so excited for him! We know he will be a huge blessing to the people he will meet.


So things are great. Things are changing a lot, but I have this weird sense of feeling settled and as if everything is falling into place. We are loving life right now, and are excited to see what the next three months bring! Until next time, here is a cute picture of us on a crocodile.

Much love,

Mrs. McG

Hello!

Dear Mr. McG,

So I decided to write a blog about us, where I'm going to tell people about the crazy things we are going to do in our new (and very temporary) home of Provo, Utah, and sharing embarrassing pictures of our mishaps and adventures. It will be fun!

To those of you playing catchup, I'm the new Mrs. McGetrick of almost 2 months- I was married and sealed to my very best friend in the Portland, Oregon temple on June 20, 2014. And since then, time has flown!

We went on our honeymoon to Disneyland, California Adventure, and Huntington Beach. And we loved it! I would say riding bikes along the coast was easily my favorite part- it was GORGEOUS.

And then we had to come back to reality- the work life. Fortunately we worked together, so our schedules were fairly similar. Our spare time was spent hanging out with friends and Ian's brothers, usually playing (and me losing) to pickleball. It was great!

Then the first week of August came, and we went on a mini vacation with Ian's family to Eagle Crest, OR (by Sisters) which was super fun. We played more pickleball, tennis, went swimming, and totally lost at mini golf- by a lot. 

From there, Kelly, Ian and I drove to Provo to move all of our stuff for school, only for Ian and I to drive back to Boise for a Marshall family reunion. It was great! I had some good sister-sister time, especially since it will be our last time for almost 2 years having all of us together before Courtney's mission (for those who don't know, she has been called to serve in the Peru Arequipa mission- so exciting!)

Aaaaand now, we are in our adorable apartment in Provo! Kelly (my awesome mother-in-law) helped a ton with unpacking and decorating. It turned our much cuter than I anticipated; I was honestly terrified of what it was going to be like. Ian picked it out his last semester here, and my faith in his apartment taste was, well, wavering. But he did very well! We're loving it. I promise to post pics (eventually)... 

But for now, that's it! We're pretty much settled, waiting for school and work to start. Married life is proving to be an adventure in itself, of panic-causing leaky faucets, making dinner for two, and getting lost driving around. We wouldn't trade it for anything!

Until next time,

Mrs. McG