Valley of Fire

Evan and I have laughed more than once about how making friends when you're married is pretty much the equivalent of dating when you're single. We try to find other couples who are somewhat compatible with us (in our case that means they're married without kids) and then we ask them to hang out with us and hope that they like us enough to keep hanging out with us! So basically... dating ;)

We met Jon and Ashlee in our ward, and they are a ton of fun. We decided to hang out on Memorial Day and Jon suggested that we go to the Valley of Fire. We had a picnic, climbed on rocks, and the boys chased lizards and saved an old man from dehydration! What an exciting day! I think we made some friends :)

Viva Las Vegas!

Evan found an internship, and guess where it is...

Yep that's right. We're heading to sin city and things have been changing pretty quickly around here.


Thursday: Evan got the offer to work for SouthWest Gas in Las Vegas, NV.


Friday: We accepted the internship and sold our apartment contract.


Saturday: We sold our furniture, cleaned out our apartment and hit the road!


Saturday-Sunday-Monday: We spent the weekend with my super cool family in Northern Utah.


Monday: We drove to St. George, UT where we spent the night with my sisters in-laws.


Tuesday: We drove to North Las Vegas and started shopping for apartments. 


Tuesday @ 3:00: We signed a lease and started moving in!




We are excited! Our complex has a super nice pool and fitness center! Observe:

Our apartment complex is new, and it's in a great location. South of us is EVERYTHING, and North of us is NOTHING. I prefer the nothingness to the everything-ness, but having the option is good. And it's a huge bonus that we're right by the highway that takes Evan straight to work in less than ten minutes!


In other news... 

Yesterday was our anniversary! One year of bliss! ;) We ate at Olive Garden on Saturday night to celebrate :)


Evan officially started work today. He works 7-3:30, Monday thru Friday. Which is pretty much the perfect schedule. I can't complain about that!

Wish us luck!

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.

Why I haven't kept up on Blogging

Graphic Design Major. Need I say more?

UT, NJ, MN

I left PA for a couple of weeks to go to my brother's temple wedding in Bountiful, UT. I had a great time with my family but I wasn't so sure about being apart from Evan. I guess I kinda like that guy. Hmm... 

THEN, the next weekend back Evan took me to the Jersey shore! We played on the boogie boards, laid on the beach, and searched for sea shells to add to my little brother's collection. I hadn't been to the ocean in 15 years so I was pretty excited about all of it.

Pretty soon we were packing up to drive back to Utah. 

We took a detour to Minnesota so I could meet some of Evan's relatives and see where he grew up. He has some pretty deep roots there, including Nickerson where you can find DeLong Lake and DeLong Road.

What a fun summer it has been!

One of my best, I think.

Just missed it.

So... I missed my flight.

Yeah.

I guess I am a failure. In my defense though, I have very little experience with travel and I didn't expect it to take 50 freakin' minutes just to get through the security line!

Anyway, I ended up spending five extra hours in airports and one extra hour on the plane. BUT I finally ended up in Utah AND I made a new friend, Danielle. She missed the same flight, so we ate breakfast together and ended up talking about the LDS Church for nearly four hours. SCORE! The church is true!!!

I do miss my hubby lots and lots. But I'm having way too much fun to dwell on that.

Philly-delphia

My cousin McKell and her baby Bridger came to visit. We decided to go to Philadelphia and see a few historical gems. Like...

The Liberty Bell

The National Constitution Center

The Senate and House of Representatives Meeting Rooms

George Washington

and Benjamin Franklin...

...Among other things.

We kept it short and sweet

Yay for America!