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ON THE BLOG- INTRODUCING THE BAIRS

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What to write about this time? That’s basically the question I ask myself for hours before I even type one word. (Cause let me tell you this, professional bloggers that have something to write about every week are impressive. I think this blogging thing is super hard! ) There are literally so many things I could write about this time though. As I jogged through titles to put out there some of them were ·        Engaged and afraid. (Kinda like Naked and afraid, but the LDS engagement version ) ·        On Dealing with Uncertainty ( Which I might still do later, because I have a lot to say) ·        The Ups and Downs of Sex ( mostly because you ate up the other article about how I thought it ruined love for me, and I am going t partner with another blogger talking about pornography sometime soon) ·        New Years Resolutions- How to be real with yourself. ( Let’s be honest, I’m awful at keeping resolutions, and I wanted you all to feel better about also being awful at
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ON THE BLOG -- I THOUGHT SEX RUINED LOVE FOR ME.

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OKAY BLOG FAMILY. This time we are talking about SEX. I know that’s going to immediately make several of you uncomfortable, honestly, I have battled with this topic and blog post for a while. I felt though that it was time that I talked about it. I want to be clear when I start this. I know several people married and unmarried that are sexually active. And that is totally your business. I also know many people who have been sexually active inside the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints without being married, and that is totally youre business. I hope for those of you that fall into any or all of those categories, that you will relate and learn from my experiences. I will unshamefully say that I had sex with someone before I was married. I am a faithful member of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day saints. I am active in all of my responsibilities inside and outside the church and having had sex before marriage didn’t change that. I know what some of you are th
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ON THE BLOG -- HOW I KNEW MARRIAGE WAS STILL RIGHT FOR ME.

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OKAY, this blog post might sound like it’s a little irrational. And for all means, it realistically might be. But I know plenty of people out there that after a lot of failed relationships they tend to give up on the whole concept. And I would be lying if I said for a short while I didn't consider myself "Not marriage material".  Shortly after my last relationship with Tim I hopped from unfulfilling NCMOs to unrealistic relationships. I hopped between people I would never see again that gave me physical gratification, and people I never wanted to see again, that just took advantage of the opportunity. ( I'm going to be real with you- like I always am- and tell you that sometimes being a prude is okay.) I would be lying if I said that some days, I really loved being "that girl everyone has been with". But slowly the appeal left, and all I wanted to be was "that girl he's been with for what seems like forever." I wanted to be someones c
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ON THE BLOG -- INADEQUATE.

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 I know that normally I have some sort of clever little phrase as my title, but honestly nothing felt quite right. So, later the title might be completely different, but for now this is the only title that felt right. This may be blog post that never really gets the amount of clicks or reads that I hope for, and honestly the process of blogging is only slightly about the clicks. But it mostly is here for everyone to realize they aren't alone.  If you've been reading the blog since the beginning you've maybe found lots of little Easter eggs about new and upcoming events in my life. But this post will really be more about what has already happened. When I created this blog, it wasn't something to make money. ( heck I'm still not making money off of it -- although if someday I did, that would be very cool.)   I actually wasn't sure if this was going to be something that stuck and took off at all. And seeing that I had 500 readers for the first two month
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ON THE BLOG --Monthly Wrap

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October has been a crazy month! As you can see since I was the most awful blogger! ( I never promised to be good at this.) But, it was a big month for the blog! We reached over 1000 active readers! And you guys loved the article about marrying the wrong man! I will for sure include more about those kinds of experiences. But, October was filled with lots of time in the car! First it started with the drive to and from General Conference ( of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day saints) in Salt Lake City, Utah. We had so much fun going to conference and spending time in the Boise area for a few days seeing Matthew and his family. I’ll put a few pictures below... But, there is plenty more on Instagram!   Second! Both of the Brianna’s cut all their hair off! ( Well not ALL of it, but you get the picture.) They both decided not to donate the hair as it was too damaged and brittle to donate.  Third! We made it to the pumpkin patch so many times! We have been living in the moment and m
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WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS-- AUTUMN LEAVES AND PUMPKINS, PLEASE.?

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ON THE BLOG -- DONT WORRY, BE HAPPY.

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 I know that the phrase "don't worry, be happy." can make many of us feel the complete opposite. In honor of National Mental Health month I thought I might address some of these things. I would never lie and tell people that I don't struggle with being happy. I am a person that knows the feeling of content very well. And for a long time I thought that not being sad equated to being happy. And somehow, to an extent that's not wrong. But, its also not right. The dictionary describes "Happy" as, feeling or showing pleasure or contentment, having a sense of confidence in or satisfaction with, satisfied with the quality or standard of, willing to do something, fortunate or convenient.  And while to many that would seem like the classic definition of happiness, that actually just sounds like settling for something almost alright. I want that happiness you see in mothers that just pushed out a baby, the happiness you see on a brides face as she walks dow
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