Blessings just keep on coming!

 I recently moved in with Cody's family up in Highland for convenience as Trina (Cody's Mom) has been helping me plan for the wedding, and so I don't have to drive to Provo every night at midnight. Cody also moved up here because he sold his contract and had nowhere else to go. ((But don't worry. We're not going to do anything dumb. We're chaperoned at all times, and we're not about to mess up now that it's less than a month away)) Anyways, we were all just sitting in the front room, decorating the Christmas tree when all of a sudden, someone knocks on the door very loudly. The whole family except me goes to the door to see who was there (because I don't know anyone in Highland, so of course it wouldn't be for me), and instead of a person, there was a huge present that said "Don't open until Christmas" and then a little envelope on top of it that said "Open Now" and they were both for Cody and I. So I walk over to the door, not knowing what to expect, and just joking around I said.. "It better not be anything special, cause I already have a headache and crying would make it worse!" Well, Cody opened the envelope to find $300 in cash! Yeah, the tears started flowing! How amazing is that?! And who knows that we're both living here? We just moved in at the beginning of this week, and didn't really even tell anyone! And on the big present, there was this little note..

I'm speechless. I don't know why we deserved this, but I am soo grateful for all of the sweet people in this world.

And, to top this day off, Cody's old employer who owes him a ton of money, called him up today and said he had $300 to pay him. So we got a total of $600 in cash to help out with everything.

We are loved, and it feels so wonderful (:

Do what's right, and you'll be blessed (:

I mentioned Cody's new job a while ago, where he's getting paid $12.80 an hour. That was doing excavating and drilling.. Well the last job that he was put on right before Thanksgiving was expected to last from the beginning of November all the way through January. Which would have been AWFUL!! He was in Delta for the first week (2 hours away from Provo) and then in Milford (3 hours away from Provo) for the next week! And on top of it, he had to be there for a week straight, and in Milford, he didn't have cell phone service!!! So every night he called me from his co-worker's phone for about 10 minutes, if I was lucky. So by the time Thanksgiving week came around, we were SOOOO excited to be able to see each other every single day, without work interrupting at all! Well, as fun as that was, when we got back and Cody was expecting to go to work the next day, his employer called and said that they didn't have any more work for him because he worked too fast on the last project. So day after day, hour after hour, Cody filled out so many applications for jobs he wanted, jobs that looked interesting, and jobs that he knew he'd at least get paid for. Well after two weeks of doing this, his stress level was out the window, and was so worried about paying for our wedding and supporting me and our new life together. We were praying our little brains out, but still no job. I'm still working at Pizza Pie Cafe, but not getting very many hours, so I was supporting us for a while on my $400 every two weeks, with a mere $0.36 in Cody's bank account :/ Alas, after the craziest job application that required a million extra things to be done then all the others, Cody got a job interview!! It was with a company called Ludvik Electric and he was interviewing for one of the apprenticeship positions. At the end of the interview, they told him to go into another room while they discussed, and after just a short while, they offered Cody the job and told him that he was one of the highest scoring interviewee's in the applicant pool and they wanted to make sure they secured him before he got another job!!!! So he went in two days later for orientation, and he is now an employee for Ludvik Electric!! He works from around 7-3 Monday through Friday, it's a 4 year apprenticeship, and here's the best part.. He starts out making $15.40 an hour, and after the 4 years, he'll be a certified Journeyman and can get AT LEAST $25 an hour!!!

And if that wasn't good enough, let's count all of our other blessings that have been given to us in the last week.

-Cody sold his contract!! He moves out tonight!
-I successfully finished this semester, and somehow managed to pass all of my classes!
-Mine and Cody's parents are super helping with paying for wedding stuff
-Cody's family offered their Great Grandma's house for us to live in after we get married!!
                    -And we're actually making progress in cleaning it!
-My good friend's aunt offered to make my bouquet!!
-My dress is almost done being altered/ having a bolero made for it!!

Plus all the other things that I've mentioned that we're getting for free, we know that these are all blessings because we're doing the right things in our lives (:

TEMPLE!!!!

This... IS A HUGE DEAL!! I just found out this past Sunday that I'll be able to go THROUGH the temple on the day after Thanksgiving while I'm in Washington with my family!!! This is seriously such an important thing, and I'm so excited to be able to receive all of the blessings that come with this experience! I was super lucky to be able to go through so far in advance of my wedding, but since my family won't be able to come out to Utah until 2 days before our wedding, and I'm only going to see them for a week during Thanksgiving, I really needed them to be there for this very special day! And my Bishop was very understanding and didn't have a single problem with it! I have an interview with him on the 13th of this month, and then I'll just have to meet with the Stake President as well, and then the following week, IT'LL FINALLY BE THE DAY!!!!!!! It is a bit overwhelming, and when I say a bit, I mean a freaking ton. But, I know it's the right decision, and I'll be forever blessed for doing it (: Also, I just finished the little book that I was given called "Preparing To Enter The Holy Temple" and it was AWESOME!! I'll probably read it one or two more times before the 25th just to get as much out of it as possible!

I sold my contract!!

This really is happening! I just sold my contract to one of Carly's highschool friends, Courtney! She just got home from her mission two weeks ago and wanted to move in, and I want to move out and save money for wedding things!! How perfect, right? I signed my portion of the deal today and sat there while Courtney filled out her things. Plus, the awesomest(it's not even showing that this word is spelt wrong! Is awesomest really a word?!?!?!) part was that I only had to pay half of this month's rent, seeing as Courtney will be moving in on the 15th of this month!! SWEET! She just needs to pay her moneys toward this, and it will be officially official, but I know that she's going to do that soon, so I have no worries!!

Invites? Check! (Almost)

Guess who finished designing their wedding invitations?!?!? I don't really think you need to guess, because who else would I be talking about on MINE AND CODY'S blog, other than Cody and I? Haha, well nevertheless, the task is complete! I'm ordering them from Vistaprint.com because I knew exactly what I wanted, which was just two simple pictures-one on the front, and one on the back- with our names and date on the front, and all the detail on the back. And I was able to put it all together on that site and they're only going to cost me about $0.70 a piece!

The only thing I'm waiting on is the address to the church that we're having the reception in, because we haven't picked a church yet. And I have to decide if we want to register at Bed, Bath and Beyond in addition to Target, or just Target.

We're getting there!!!

To everyone that thought I couldn't cook:

YOU'RE WRONG, SUCKA!!!! Seeing as I have a fiance now, who doesn't eat unless I feed him, I've been learning how to cook! Well, I guess learning isn't the right word.. cause all I do is read/follow the recipe that I have in front of me. But I do it WELL! I've already made pot roast (with the help and direction of Kaylee's sticky notes), tuna casserole, poppyseed chicken, chicken parmesan, chicken with dakota buckaroo marinade sauce on it with mashed taters and green beans, and most recently, chicken ceasar pasta salad(that tastes like we got it from The Olive Garden)!!!!!!

(..And it seems as though I just really like chicken!)

And it wasn't too hard at all! I just cut up some romaine lettuce, one tomato, chicken, got some parmesan cheese and ceaser dressing. Then I cooked the chicken with some butter and salt and pepper, cooked some noodles, and mixed it all together! And viola! 'Twas very yummy (: And Cody likes the food that I make, so that makes two happy people turn into two very FULL happy people! Which is always a good thing (:

One more thing off the checklist complete!

I just ordered my guest sign in book!! Because I bought my dress at David's Bridal, they gave me a coupon book for all sorts of things, and one of those things was a free 12x12 photobook with 20 pages which would normally cost $54.99, but I got it FOR FREE!! Well, I added 3 more pages, and had to pay for shipping and handling so it came to around $16, but HECK YEAH!! $16 versus over $70? I'm okay with that!! And our engagement pictures ARE AMAZING!!!!!! Cody's awesome sister Jenae took all of our pictures and I can't believe how good of a job she did!! We might just need her to do our wedding pictures too! And with a price tag of FREE, it really can't get any better than this (: