Married Life

Well gosh…I guess it’s been longer than I thought since my last blog. I guess the end of summer ended up being busy.

We finally got our pictures so I was able to print some and get some on Facebook. I’ve really enjoyed sharing these with everyone. We also got a book from shutterfly with some of our pictures and I love it! Brides or brides to be, you’ll get a few things for free photo books from shutterfly.com – use them! You pay maybe $8 for shipping and you get a really pretty book to put on your coffee table. I also FINALLY got our thank you cards printed, written and sent. I really like them! I also love the feedback we’ve been getting from everyone about them. I got the idea from Pintrest, but we had our photographer take this picture:

And then I went on the Walgreen’s website and had the picture made into cards – it even came with envelopes. Brides to be, we’ve got a lot of great comments about how great the idea is and we feel like we were really able to make it personal this way (they weren’t really expensive either). We just told our photographer about the idea and then my best friend Rachel made the sign for me (she’s a lot more crafter than I am and MUCH better at it). For the record, we did write personal notes for each thank you we sent out. We didn't just send a picture and call it good.

So I went back to work on Thursday (although I was in the building on and off throughout the last couple of weeks). I’ve seen a few students already, but officially students will start on Tuesday with freshman coming Monday. It’s been fun having people ask how the wedding was and what my new name is. The students I have seen are having a hard time with remembering my maiden name. I figure it’ll take about 4 years until I’m one name. I can see where they have some difficulty with it too. They have known me for 2 years as Ms. Campbell. Now I’m MRS. Hixon. It’s different. Eventually I won’t even think about it – I’m already used to signing my new name (especially now that EVERY card and things I need to sign is under Hixon), but for right now I’m really having to think about my name. I thought about my mom for some reason. I only know her as a Campbell, but obviously she had to make this transition and Dan’s mom did as well. I’m very proud to sport my husband’s name, but it’ll take me some time to totally be used to it. You don’t go 24 years with a name and then be used to it being changed overnight I guess.

The one question I’ve been getting a lot recently that I’m never sure exactly how to answer is: “How’s married life?” I really want to say, “Normal” or “Is it supposed to be different?” Danial is the love of my life and I LOVE being married to him. It’s wonderful to say I’m his wife (although it still sounds a little weird), but it feels normal. Obviously some things were a bit of a transition, but otherwise it’s normal. In fact it’s what Dan and I have been planning for well over a year. I generally have been saying that married life is wonderful or making a joke along the lines of “Well, I haven’t killed him yet…”

We are still learning about each other though. My birthday (#25…eeek) is the 23^rd. Dan gets excited about his gifts (we have this in common) so I generally always have gift ahead of the gifting event. This birthday was no exception. He got me a Coach Phone cover and a purse. “It’s kinda like a Coach purse” he said. Oh boy…I LOVE the cover. It’s a black cover with multi-colored “C’s” all around – super cute. The purse though…he tried. He knows I love shoes and purses and after having my third knee surgery some of my shoe love has had to be tamed down.  I love Coach Purses, but they can be expensive – even when I buy them from the outlet store. So he was trying to find something I love and can use while we can still watch our spending, but it just reminded me of a mom purse. I tried it, and I felt so bad I didn’t want to say that I didn’t like it (especially because he was also trying to cheer me up), but it just wasn’t me. So we took it back today and he said I can do whatever with the money. I love him for trying and he didn’t do horrible, but it wasn’t exactly what I wanted. So we are still learning and I wouldn’t be opposed to him buying me a purse again.

Now it’s back to “real” life. My days are going to get busy quickly, but I think Dan and I both are very excited about me getting back to work. As he said, it’s nice for him to come home to me, but it’s really nice for him to come home to me and have more to talk to me about other than his day at work. We’re also excited about seeing the kids during school and school events. We try to get to a lot of school events and games normally, but this year I am co-sponsoring student council so we’re REALLY going to at events this year! I think we’re both excited about it, but like I said earlier BUSY!! Luckily I have a husband who is a HUGE support and loves being a part of the school. Me going back to work also means it’s almost FOOTBALL season!! We’re huge Broncos fans so we’re pumped! We’re also excited to watch college and the high school football. I’m really focused on the cool fall nights! SO ready for that!

Here are a few wedding pictures to share that we love! We SO love our photographer.I might share more later....