Birthday & a Baby Shower

This last weekend Tyler's sister, Dawna, had to work the graveyard shift. Her husband regularly works graveyard, which meant that they needed someone to watch their cute little girl. Luckily, we were available so we got to have a sleepover! Reese didn't get to our house 'til late Friday night, but we were still able to make some yummy cupcakes before bedtime. We asked her where she wanted to sleep (unfortunately we couldn't find the plug for our air mattress after the move :() so her options were limited. She chose to sleep with us which concerned me at first. Last time she slept with us, I quickly found out that she is a Kung Foo master in her sleep. I thought about her flailing arms and decided that she could sleep on the end instead of between me and Ty. And it was great. No arms to the face this time! It makes me happy that we still have our california king bed because all 3 of could fit our pillows no problem. It was a good thing that we all slept well because the next morning she had a basketball game. Tyler was nice enough to make us some french toast and then we hurried out the door to her Jr. Jazz game and to meet her parents. Oh my, it was hilarious. Watching 6-year-olds run around the court trying to dribble the ball and make baskets is wonderful.

 

After that we hurried home so that I could finish making the cupcakes that we needed for the night. Luckily Reese had helped me start them but I still had another batch to make! We were headed to Malad for my Grandpa Jensen's 80th Birthday party and my sisters baby shower. So I also threw together this cute little diaper cycle. I followed the tutorial that I found on Pinterest from this blog here. 

 

Yes, we had a little photo shoot. It just turned out sooo much better than I thought! The tutorial was awesome and saved me a lot of time too! We finally got to Malad and my grandpa was very surprised by the little party we threw him. We just had it at a restaurant in Malad called The Dude Ranch. It was pretty tasty--minus the fries, they were so so. But they were able to feed all of the family that showed up! 

Then we headed to my Aunt's house for the baby shower. Unfortunately my camera ran out of room on the card so I only got one picture :( And of course it's a blurry one. haha

 She got lots of cute stuff though! This was a quilt that my Aunt Kellianne made, it is amazing. Super super cute. I can't wait to meet my new cute little niece! While we were shopping for the motorcycle supplies at Wal Mart Tyler mentioned 2 things. First off, that it was the first time he had ever been in the baby section of wally world and that it made him nervous for days to come because everything is soo expensive. Secondly he said that he thought we would be making more visits to Lehi once little Corra comes along...he's right ;)

Saturday is a Special Day

This last Saturday both of us had the day off. I hadn't ever been to the Salt Lake City Temple so we thought we would make a day of it and make a random trip down to SLC. We slept in, got all ready in our Sunday best and finally rolled out of Logan around 11. It was a nice drive down...and then we got to salt lake. First, we passed the exit. No surprise there cause we were just talking and talking-not a big deal. Then we couldn't find parking. Not really a surprise there either, I'm not a big fan of driving or parking in Salt Lake because we don't do it enough to know the in's and out's of it.  Then came the worst surprise of them all----the temple was CLOSED! Ahhhh. It was quite the disappointment, I was really looking forward to going through this temple. Everyone talks about how cool it is and we always say we'll go one day when we're headed down to Lehi, but of course that never happens. But we figured City Creek was right there by us so we decided to shop around a bit...and I might have bought some new cute clothes (oops!). Tyler was lucky enough to also forget his normal shoes so he was lookin stylin in his nice shiney church shoes!

Shopping at City Creek!

We decided that it wouldn't be a bad idea to splurge a bit on dinner either (we were planning on fast food :)). So we walked on over to the Blue Iguana. I had been there once before a few years ago and we were lucky enough to find it because the entrance is literally squished between buildings! The stairs were a bit frightening cause they're steep and the slush and ice made them super slick. It was worth the descent though cause the food was delicious and it came super quick. Tyler also found out that I had never had fried ice cream so we even had dessert. It was worth it.

At dinner. Sorry, just a little blurry!

On our way home we made 2 more magnificent stops. The first was to the Bountiful temple. If you haven't been let me tell you, it is BEAUTIFUL! No surprise there either, but it's so fun to see the different designs but still feel the wonderful feelings and be in awe of their beauty. Our second stop also reaffirmed my belief that there really is a heaven...Krispy Kreme :) My o my how I LOVE those donuts. I've always had a soft spot for donuts. It's my biggest weakness. MMMM. My mouth is watering just thinking about them. We were a bit worried that they would be closed because it was after 11, but we made a miraculous  discovery...THE DRIVE THRU IS OPEN 24/7!! O dear. Bad news for my waistline, but everywhere else was happy about that news! A dozen donuts here we come. Well now they're gone, and yes I was kind enough to share a couple with Tyler. But oooh were they delicious! If you're thinking, wow, she's using a ton of exclamation marks, yes I am. Because Krispy Kreme just deserves that many exclamation marks (and caps ;)!! And yes, I did have fried ice cream and donuts all in one night...gotta work on that...

Overall it ended up being a very good trip despite the minor set back at the beginning. But have no fear, I will make it there eventually, mark my words!

The New Year

The new year has begun and we have started it off with some fun things. First off, we moved!! We are loving our new place. It's a cute townhome that's closer to the center of Logan. That means Tyler has a longer drive to work, but on the flip-side, I'm a whole lot closer :) (Only 3.5 minutes my friends!) School is also just a short distance away so that makes it even better. We miss being so close to our 2 favorite nephews, but since it's only 10 minutes away I guess we can't complain too much! The move went amazingly well. It's crazy how only moving 10 minutes still requires a ton of planning and stress (we have wayyyyy to much stuff!). But we had most of it boxed up before the 31st so that on moving day we, along with Tyler's parents and our good friends Danny and Amanda, were able to load up the trailer in no time and unload only a few minutes later. A little bit after that Tyler called a buddy from work to help move the big stuff (the piano, our washer/dryer, armoire, etc.). He ended up bringing along a couple of his brothers and they were able to get it all done amazingly fast, just in time for New Year's Eve. We owe them all SOOO much. They're the best.

School also started up again...and I'm almost done! I'm doing my practicum with Bear River Head Start and I love it there. My class has the cutest little children in it and I'm excited to spend my semester with them. My favorite thing about this semester?? I'm only taking 15 credits, which is a lot, but not near as crazy as last semester. In the fall I took 18, and one of my 3 credit classes was from 12-4 every single day. Throw 15 credits on top of that plus working just about killed me! Thank heavens Tyler was around to cook some delicious dinners and keep the house going because I always left before 8 AM and got home at 9:30 PM on a good night, plus I worked 8 hours about every other Saturday. This semester proceeded my summer of working 2 part-time jobs (~50hrs/week) and taking 9 credits (one of them was stats! scary). So, in conclusion, my measly 15 credits where I get a break from 1 to 5 nearly every single day is heaven! My burnout has subsided and I'm looking forward to the wonderful ceremony of May 4th when I get to walk across the stage and receive my bachelor's degree..ahhhh. I'm in heaven just thinking about it.

Meanwhile, Tyler is just getting into the thick of his college career. This semester he is finishing up his generals so that he can get started on the mechanical engineering program next fall. Because seriously, their "4 year program" starts you out where a sophomore usually is and still has you taking nearly 18 credits every single semester to graduate. He's already done 2 part-time years, and is now finishing up his first full-time student year. After this semester he will hopefully be able to graduate in 4 years and only have to take 12-15 credits/semester. Good luck my love! It will finally be my turn to cook and clean again. Oh and he actually has 2 math teachers that actually speak English (Whhhaaaaa? I know, a miracle huh). It's a ton of schooling, especially for a Bachelor degree, but it will be worth it. Utah State's program is top in the state and one of the best in the nation, so yeah, it will be worth it in a few years when he's sittin where I am now, but knowing he'll make at least 3X as much as an entry-level engineer then I will after I graduate.

Along with the move came a new ward and it seems to be a really cool ward. We live in a place that is surrounded by lot's of townhomes and duplexes so they have a pretty high turnover rate. But they have a class once a month for newcomers so that they can get to know the ward leaders and some of the members. We also have 2 retirement homes in our neighborhood which makes it fun. In sacrament meeting there are probably as many grey haired ladies as there are little toddlers running around. I think it's going to be really fun!

As for our New Year resolutions, they are mostly financial ones that we have been working towards for a while. There's me graduating, and then paying off both of our vehicles this year (which is super fast!) and then saving up money as we prepare for a hopefully one day expanding family. But that's all for now. We're just really happy to have our new little place, continuing our education and working.