Monday, January 13, 2014

Health Insurance...

As last semester ended, we realized we needed to take care of health insurance.  The good news with health insurance is that you can stay on your parents until you are 26.  If your parents will let you stay on their health insurance with the new Obama Care happening, do it!  You can save some cash every month!  However, as I'm (the wife) is turning 26 in just a few weeks, we needed to make the change.

We asked my parents the best way to do this and they suggested to get an insurance broker.  We contacted him and he did most of the work.  He asked me if I would be planning on getting any surgeries this next year or having any children…these affect which plan you get and which deductible you will want.

He then went over all the terms we should know…and he put them in understandable terms.  For instance, we had no idea what a deductible was.  BUT we know what it is now!  He also links up the insurance company with you for payment each month.  He called us on the phone with the insurance company on the other line and helped out with the process.  I honestly thought that I would have to find the plan myself, know all this information beforehand, and lets just say, I was stressing out.

The lesson to be learned here as newly weds, is get an insurance broker/agent.  They don't cost anything and do everything for you!  They answer all your questions and take the stress away.  To celebrate our grown up accomplishment, we took a trip to Portland, Oregon where we served LDS missions and also met.  It was lovely and I felt safe on the way there as my health was insured.







Thursday, January 9, 2014

Our First Christmas...

With being newlywed, the holidays can get tricky.  Parents aren't quite to used to the fact that their child is sharing their life with their spouse now.  At times parents seem to expect the newlyweds to drop everything and be the "daddys little girl" or "mommas boy" that they used to be.  However, when it comes to the Holidays, this parental thinking can hinder what newlyweds think about the Holiday season.

This is why we decided to alternate years on which family we will spend Christmas with.  This last year we spent it with the wifes family.  Next year we will spend it with the husbands family.  We are sure that eventually we will just want to spend Christmas as a family, but we don't have any children yet, so we feel it neccessary to comply to our parents wishfulness at this moment in time.

Despite all this chaos, it was nice to rekindle our first date love by going to Temple Square, seeing the lights, and attending the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Concert.  Enjoy the pictures of our life!






We are also in the market for a high quality camera.
What is the best kind to get?