SIX MONTHS

People say the first year of married life is the hardest, and promise it gets better. Many readers may wonder why I put quotations around my "Happy" Houghton Home. It's not because I mock our happiness. I do not. We are very happy. But I constantly hear the newly weds on the infamous, very married, BYU campus say, "married life is so fun", "married life is the best", "married life is perfect." They hide the realities of married life. What happened to the disagreements, sloppiness and stink? Maybe I'm too cynical but I put the quotations because I do not want to hide reality. I'm just keepin' it real. Jared and I taste that happiness many moments, but married life isn't all giggles and play. It takes work and communication.
Mormon mom blogs have become a hot spot in the blogging world. "Non-members"say it's their escape from reality to be able to read the perfect world of these perfect families. I am a mormon wife. But sadly a realist. This blog is our happy reality.

Jared left for the weekend to play a lacrosse tournament in California. I'm all by myself... me and my thoughts. I sit pondering the past 6 months. Yep, it's true! We've been married 6 months now! Crazy how the time flies. We've gotten through a busy internship in Salt Lake where we barely saw each other, a twin brother's wedding when we received a wonderful sister-in-law, many changed majors and questioning the future, a crazy christmas vacation with a crazy grandmother on a crazy uncomfortable air mattress, a new niece to adore and play with her uncle jared and many disagreements along the way. I cherish each argument and tearful discussion. We've grown closer and kinder and have come to know each other in a whole other level. This past month has been our most blissful yet. (knock on wood). I've heard you can never figure marriage out. Probably true. But talking and trusting and truthfully talking some more has made all the difference in our happy world. I can't wait to see my handsome hubby again.