I’m married!!! (I know, I know, I’m WAY behind)

Well, I’m married! I am now Erin Despain (officially, since I finally changed my name with the Social Security office).

J.J. and I have been married for a little over a month. And it’s been the best month of my life! :)

We were married in the Houston Temple on August 21. It was a perfect day. So many friends and family were there to support us (Beth and Jamie flew all the way to Houston!). It was just amazing. I felt so loved by everyone. The reception was awesome. Everyone did such a great job decorating. The food was great! Well, at the least the little bit of food I actually ate was! Haha. My aunt made our wedding cake. It was gorgeous! I can’t really describe it, but she did a perfect job making it exactly what I was imagining.

The next day, we left on our honeymoon- a cruise to Mexico! It was so much fun!! Neither of us had been on a cruise until our honeymoon. We are definitely fans! Our ports of call were Progresso and Cozumel. In Progresso, we toured Mayan ruins. The ones we saw were called Chichen Itza. They were breathtaking. Our tour guide was entertaining. We bought some pretty cool souvenirs and J.J. used his Spanish. We stopped in Cozumel and didn’t really do anything specific. We wandered around, bought souvenirs, and played in the beautiful, blue water.

A few hours after we got back from the cruise, we flew to Utah. The next day, we moved into our apartment. And the following Monday, we started new jobs and a new semester. Phew!! It was definitely a whirlwind of a few days.

Our apartment is small, but cozy and cute. It took forever, but we’ve finally finished organizing everything, and we’re mostly done with the decorating. I love our little home. It’s just so much fun to live in. I’ve really been enjoying decorating it the way I want to, and cooking, and doing all the little “homemaking” things.

As for our jobs… J.J. is working as a custodian in the Richards Building (an athletic building on campus). He’s really enjoying it. It’s something very easy without stress (which is a relief from last year’s job). I work in the Cougar Eat (BYU’s food court). In Tomassitos, to be exact. Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, I work breakfast, which includes, cooking and serving breakfast food, and preparing for lunch. On Tuesdays, I only work for two hours preparing for lunch. Thursdays, I prepare and serve lunch. It’s very tiring, but I enjoy it. I’m learning a lot and I like the people I work with. The 50% off card is pretty nice, too! :)

School is going well. Both J.J. and I just applied for our major programs (Communications, and Elementary Education, respectively). We should find out in the next couple of weeks whether or not we’re in the programs. Fingers crossed!!

Now as for pictures…I still haven’t gotten them from our photographer. I’m not sure when that’ll happen. Some friends have posted their own pictures on Facebook, but that’s all I’ve seen. I’m in the process of posting honeymoon pictures on Facebook. I’m not exactly sure when that’ll happen…I’ve been very busy. Oh and I’ll get around to taking pictures of our apartment, too.

J.J. and I decided that we wanted to make our own blog. We haven’t posted anything yet, but we probably will soon. The site is http://lafamiliadespain.blogspot.com. So I guess this’ll be my last post on this blog. Thanks for reading! (If anyone does read this...haha).

Oh and just so you know, I have the greatest husband ever! :)