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.