Some of me.

   So this is my first blog. I've never done anything like this before so for the first one I thought I might just let anyone who cares to take the time to read this to get to know a little bit about me. My name is Autumn, I am currently 23 and have been married for a little over a year and a half. So far it has been the best year and a half of my life! I am so blessed to have finally met the one person I want to spend every moment of my life with. Even though sometimes it can be hard, and trust me it has it's moments, it's TOTALLY worth it! I have a (apparently) very old-fashioned point of view, when I said "till death do us part" I meant it with every bit of me so no matter how hard it gets, I'm in it for life. It's a constant work, pursuing each other, giving and taking, finding common ground, respect, lots of love and much, MUCH more but also remembering why you fell in love with each other in the first place! Having fun! He makes me better and I hope I do the same for him, haha! I've never been so happy. I get to spend everyday with my bestfriend. Well, I guess I don't get to see him as much as I would like. He works swing-shift at Michelin, 2 weeks on nights and 2 weeks on days. So it's kind of hard to make our schedules match up sometimes. But it's currently a part of God's big plan so I just need to be thankful that he has a job. 

   Contrary to popular belief, my friends are a very big part of my life. A comment was made once that was something like "Autumn, a girl who puts her husband before her friends" - this comment was meant in a negative way and the only thing I had to say to that was "a girl who puts her friends before her husband has no business being married in the first place." Like I said, I have a very old-fashioned point of view, lol, but I believe it's God first, then my husband and family and then friends. So needless to say I have trimmed the list in the last few years but I now have found the people I can depend on, true friends. And just let me tell you they are the coolest people on the planet!! I love them to death! I am so happy to have people around me that build me up and encourage me. I love having positivity in my life. I am someone who tries to keep my life as stress free as possible and I prefer to spend my time with care free, goofy, weird, people who just make me laugh. I swear sometimes we're laughing at the stupidest things, like to the point of not being able to breathe and crying but it is freaking awesome! One of my favorite things is when my husband, his brother and our best friend start quoting Dumb and Dumber - not just the script but actually acting it out. This is basically the movie that they live their lives by, haha. They will get to laughing so hard they can barely stand and you can not understand what they're saying. Of course during moments like this I have my phone out and I am recording it for things black-mail, haha, just kidding.

   I have two awesome girl-friends who are extremely unique, haha. And I mean that of course in the best possible way! They are the only two girls that I can stand to be around for long periods of time, haha. They are very supportive, positive and so much fun. But my favorite thing about these two is they are extremely honest. Which is hard to find in girls. Apparently we like to sugarcoat things and not hurt peoples feelings but with these two it's very honest. Of course not being ugly but sometimes the truth isn't always pretty. And I appreciate that they respect me and each other enough to tell the truth.
   We are a very close group of friends who pretty much do everything together. They are my family and I love them to death! Lately there have been some changes in my life. A few doors have opened to some relationships that I was not expecting. One in particular that I am super excited about! I've known her my whole life but recently we have connected and with her and her boyfriend and they are pretty great!

   So now that you've got the more personal side of me, we can move on, lol. I come from a big family who are all very different and sometimes dysfunctional, hahaha, but they are the best! My family is full of love and support, we're all very close. I have two brothers (Adam who is 27 and Gabriel who is 22) and two sisters (Dawn who is 34 and Shelby who is 33). I also consider my in-laws to be my siblings as well. I have 3 brother-in-laws (Dustin who is Dillon's brother, Ricardo who is Shelby's husband and Brandon who is married to Dawn) and one sister-in-law (Brooke who is married to Adam). I have 6 nephews with another on the way and one niece.
   As far a what I do for a job, I am a substitute teacher but I am currently doing a maternity-leave for a lady who is a companion aide in a self contained special ed room. I have worked a lot with special needs students since I've been doing teaching but this class is different from the rest of the classes I've done. Some people think it's fun and games all day and others think it's super hard and say they could never do something like that. Yeah, it's not always easy. It is very challenging but also super rewarding. I love these kids. They definitely have me hooked and it breaks my heart to think that they are just going to be in my life for only a little while. It's so sad but I LOVE my job! I mean seriously, who gets to say they love their job? I am also very lucky with the people I am working with. They are great and have been so nice to me, I really enjoy working with them!
   I love kids, probably because I'm too much of one myself, haha. I also love people, bonfires, lake days, movie nights, photography, writing, the mountains and the beach, nature, I like fashion (although you'd never be able to tell), I have an obsession with the idea of one day owning my own horse and spending every moment with it, lol. I love fast cars, old cars and working on cars but I'm not very good at it. Dillon likes to do that himself, haha. I LOVE riding our FZ1 through the mountains! One of these days I will have my own bike - I'm determined, haha.  I'm very relaxed, incredibly easily entertained and think that cotton-candy fixes everything. So that's me, lol. Or at least all that I feel like sharing about me, lol. Thanks for reading!