Catching Up

Evan and I both graduated with our Bachelor's degrees from BYU Idaho! I can still hardly believe it's true. I have practically been a student my whole life, and I have loved it! Now I have to figure out what to do with myself in the real world.
Evan graduated in construction management with a minor in business, and I graduated in art with a minor in communications. Also, somehow I managed to graduate in the top 5% of our class!
The week of finals was one of the hardest of my life. Despite getting the flu shot at my last OB appointment, I  didn't manage to escape the bug. For over a week, I am pretty sure I exceeded the maximum amount of Tylenol, just trying to find enough relief to function. But I survived! And I was able to finish all of my work (miracles happen).
Besides the flu and finals, that last week was made even more chaotic by our recent decision to move to Boise. The Wednesday before graduation,we made the 5 hour drive to Boise to look for an apartment. We found one and we love it! But I'll post more about that later...
Thursday we drove back to the burg, and Friday we spent the day packing up everything we own before attending graduation that night. My parents came up to support us, and on Saturday they helped us finish packing and cleaning our apartment (they SAVED us!) By noon we were on our way back to Boise! Monday we drove to Utah to catch our flight to Pennsylvania for the holidays. (20 hours driving in less than a week).
I didn't document our time in Pennsylvania very well, but it'll suffice to say that we enjoyed 10 days of much needed R&R. We had an endless supply of delicious foods and we got out and did some fun things! Probably my favorite was going to see the Longwood Gardens [photo dump]

We had a VERY merry Christmas, and hope you did too!

Been a while...

I know it's been a while, but believe me, our life has not been very noteworthy as of late. I'll try and cover a few main points to get you back up to speed.

September 6 through December 15 (Fall Semester) was, without rival, the hardest thing I've ever had to endure. But despite my frequent mental/emotional breakdowns, I knew that there was a light at the end of the tunnel.... 

DECEMBER 16!!! *Cue angelic chorus*


Not only was December 16 the last day of the semester from Hades, it was also the day that my best friend/sister Jenny Webre returned from serving an LDS mission in the Philippines.

^ This was the last piece of an originally 6-month long paper chain.Needless to say, I was one ecstatic girl.

We spent Christmas break at my parents home in Brigham City, UT. Everyone came home and we had a BLAST! We also had some family photos taken.

Winter semester was 10X more bearable than the Fall, though I signed up for 6 extra hours of class. It flew by without a care or worry and NO all-nighters. That's right --NONE! I found that the trick was dropping out of graphic design. Who knew life could be so good? We ACTUALLY had time for friends and fun.

In February, Evan went to Florida to compete in the National Association of Home Builders competition, as part of the team representing BYU-Idaho. He worked so hard and did a great job :) They didn't place this year, but we're looking forward to kicking butt and taking names next year.

In March, I joined my Mom, Grandma and Aunt Julie on a trip to St. George to visit Jenny (who was staying in the Mariott hotel while training for a nursing job). It was a lovely girls retreat.

More recently, we spent the weekend in Pocatello with our friends, Matt and April. 

We stayed the night in a hotel room and next morning headed to Lava Hot Springs where we found a natural hot spring in the freezing cold river!

What else can you do (for free) in Lava? Well....

So NOW, we're out of school for the next five months, and searching for another internship for Evan. I don't know what the future will bring, but I have a suspicion that it will bring something WONDERFUL :) Stay tuned.