Well.. it has been a while since I have blogged. My husband insisted on getting back to the routine. Maybe it is because he likes reading about things that sometimes I do not verbalize? Or maybe the guy just likes me?:)

I don't even know where to start about the past few days I have left out here. Let's just say my title sums it up. It truly felt like when we were young. Remember those times in high school and college when staying up until 3 in the morning was a no brainer, eating like there was no tomorrow was not a concern, and making spontaneous plans because we can??? I almost forgot the taste of youthfulness until it creeped upon me this past weekend. Ya ya so maybe I am only 23, but sadly it feels like I'm 30 ( since I know what that feels like). Ever since Mike and I got married it just seems like we are so tired all the time. Adjusting to this full time, adult life is hard !

Don't underestimate the Staffels quite yet! This weekend we did many of those things we can only remember doing in the "younger days". Let's start with my bro graduating. Yay for him ! This started the weekend off with a kick. We went to Copelands for his dinner celebration and Mike and I were able to enjoy a wonderful seafood dinner ! Yummy ! Saturday was when the fun happened. I put together a surprise grad party for Jonathan at our apartment complex. We did an 80 pound craw fish boil!!! It was a great turn out. We ate, drank, played volleyball, and were pooped by the time the sun came down.

Here is where the spontaneous side came in. The girls decided we were going to take my brothers girlfriend to get her ears pierced. Right then and there. She had no out. We peer pressured her. It was a great start to an exciting summer to come! We then on the spot decided it was going to be a late night. We went to Main Event ..(highly recommend) and bowled, played lazer tag, and arcaded it up ! A few of our friends decided to do the ropes course... which I thought was only for kids, but with these guy's I know they will make it into something they can do any time!

So here are a few pictures from this past weekend so that you can capture what a fun weekend we had!

           

                 

Sweep!

So pumped that our Spurs have done it again! Mike and I went to Lion and Rose pub last night to watch the game and it was a blast. Funny that I used to hate that place, but it is actually very laid back and not as packed as all those other sports bars you go to. It is fun being able to be a part of a city with a winning team !

I am excited that is a rainy day today. Rainy days make me want to cuddle up in bed with my hubby and watch SVU all day! I remember back in the day on rainy days like this, people used to tell me that it is raining because God is crying. It made me sad that it would rain. Now when it rains I am just in awe of how fast God can change the weather and our atmosphere in a matter of seconds.

Tonight the plan is to workout (yay go me) and cook for my love. I think I will try baked chicken, basil, garlic, lemon, tomato, and mozzarella topped on top! My side along with it shall be asparagus with hollandaise sauce and just to keep going with the healthy streak.. I may be feeling gutsy and try a new cabbage side to go along with it! Hopefully it turns out to be a good meal!

Speaking of food, Mike and I started to realize how hard it is to maintain a healthy diet when you are married. We both have gained quite the weight since we have been married. I just call it love fat. On the contrary, we both refuse to keep getting huge. So our plan is to start sharing meals when we go out and eat more at home! It is so hard to eat at home when the Spurs keep winning and everyone wants to go out to watch the game! It has almost been 3 months of marriage and I know it will get better with our eating habits. I just started to count calories this week on my new app (my fitness pal) ! It is free on the iPhone and awesome! It helps a lot put in factor to what I really am taking in everyday. So if you see me start grabbing for that piece of dessert or extra fry.. I give you permission to slap my hand. :) ha just kidding. But really. just say no :) ! Well I am going to enjoy the rain at work now and think about more ideas for recipes. So that basically translates to.. let me get back to my pinterest pinning addiction on recipes!

Friends

Mike and I had a wonderful weekend!! Friday we were able to hang out with some close friends (shout out to blogger Ashley :) ) ! It has been a while since we have been able to hang out together, so it was refreshing ! It is sweet how the Lord meets your needs as well as other Christians seeking for the same thing.

When Mike and I decided to stay in San Antonio as a married couple, I am not going to lie, I was a little bummed. However, it was just the place we needed to be and no other place was sincerely calling our name. I was a little worried about a few things. First was finding a solid church that BOTH Mike and I were happy at. That journey I would say was a roller coaster. Maybe one of these days I will spill about the highs and lows of the wonderful adventure of church searching. Mike and I stayed at one church where we knew a few people there and his cousins, aunt and uncle attended. After a while Mike and I knew it wasn't right for us. We then decided to try a new church we both have never been to and knew a friend who was a member. This church was an answer to our prayers. I mean don't get me wrong, this was no heaven on earth, but definitely what Mike and I needed as a couple. As we began to love Crossbridge we met some pretty cool people and would say now some very dear friends of ours that we hope to have long life friendships with :) ! Back to what I was saying earlier about a couple of worries staying in San Antonio... These friends that have  become great friends were another huge answer to prayer. What made it so cool was that they had the same concern moving back to San Antonio. It is hard to find a couple that both you and your husband get along with.. and all I have to say is wow.. we already found them !! wohoo! haha..

Finding another married couple to hang out with feels like dating all over again. You ask those questions like, what's you favorite this and what's your favorite that. The dating never ends!! I guess the good thing about that is there are no breakups? Or at least I have never had to deal with that.

So even though there were a few fears of staying in San Antonio, we met knew friends, have a new church, and are looking forward to where Christ is leading us in our relationship. This past weekend we celebrated a friend's birthday who was in our wedding. Unfortunately that did not go as planned. We planned to go to see Luminaria downtown. That was uneventful. We were downtown for about 30 minutes before we even found a place to park that was not blocked off! By the time Luminaria was "supposed" to start .. we were starting to wonder why nothing had happened. Later to find out they were going to wait another hour to do it. We bailed.... Way to tired to stay another hour . I guess we just get that old.. We can't stay up till 1 int he morning anymore. Sad day. Well.... at least we got a picture out of it ! :)

Be still and know

So I knew that when you were in college, your days were faster and your years even faster. But, no one told me about when you get married. I feel like time has flown and I sometimes wish I could stop time. Yesterday Mike and I made some delicious mini nachos from our left over chalupa ingredients. We also had some left over margs that we were able to enjoy. However, I have definitely been seeing God's testing of patience on me as sometimes I may over react. As I am setting up this lovely nacho/margs dinner on the dinner trays by the tv, I so happen to hit the margarita glass over and spill all over our couch! Now at this point I was eager to just sit down and relax, but instead I freaked out and got angry! Of course the wonderful husband that I have calms me down by not reacting out of anger , but gently says "babe, it's okay." Then he begins to start cleaning MY mess ! Talk about a servant husband.. geeze. It really caught my attention to how I am NOT ready to have any children at the time being. I openly told Mike that I felt that way and you know what his response was??? "I am sure this is just the Lord teaching you to become better in those situations so that you can learn and prepare for when we have children."

My response in my head was.. excuse me whaatttt... how did I get such a wise husband ?? Why am I such a lucky girl?? My response that was verbalized was... "Ya, maybe you're right."

All in all, I was able to in the end enjoy my nachos and cuddle on the couch with my hubby. It ended up being a wonderful night.

So today I started to think again while I was at work having a rough morning how time is just flying by. I started to stress out and sadly took it out on my husband. Why am I so anxious? Why is it that I am worried about things that should not be feared?? I will leave this post to this...

                                    He says, “Be still, and know that I am God; 
                                       I will be exalted among the nations,
                                     I will be exalted in the earth.”

                        Psalms 46:10

Winning

MY recap of last night with husband and friends: Ate Mexi food, drank margaritas, and Spurs win...can't beat that. Oh wait.. it can. Afterwards, Mike did the dishes. What a man !! Our apartment didn't even look like we had people over. I will say that for a woman, that is a huge joy to not have to pick up after everyone!

I made thee rookie mistake of blogging. I did not take any pictures of what we did. So.. from now on I am going to try to take as many pictures that I can so I can really make this a memorabilia kind of thing.

I am sure there will be many more posts for the day considering it is still early in the morning.

The first of many

My FIRST post ever in blogging. This is epic. I have always wanted to start a blog, but had my doubts of commitment. I guess what changed my mind was the time I have on my hands now. I plan to use this blog as a keep sake for the many memories I will endure with my husband Mike. I am beyond thrilled for the new and exciting things to come! So here it is everyone. My first blog post. Cheers to a new hobby :) !