Once an Aggie....

...Always an Aggie.  Even though Scott and I are now students at the University of Utah, I can't help but still love and take pride in Utah State University.  The education I received while getting my Bachelor's Degree has helped me out immensely in my Master's program.  The camaraderie shared with friends and fellow classmates is something I will always hold dear.  Last week was homecoming week at Utah State.  Thankfully, Scott had Saturday off so we were able to go up to Logan and go to the homecoming game.  It was definitely a day that went by too fast.  We had a great time despite the fact that we lost the big game to Colorado State...

We slept at Scott's mom's house Friday night and stayed up too late chatting with her.  It was definitely worth it.  Then, the next morning, we started off by going to the parade in good old Logan.  It was a fun morning filled with more of the small-town vibe that I simply love and miss about the town we grew up in.  We then had a nice afternoon with my family.  We had lunch, hung out with my parents and Chelsea, and then watched my adorable nephew.  He is so much fun and I definitely miss being around him so much.

Then we went to the game.  It was so great to be back in the stadium where I have made so many memories.  My great parents even bought Scott and I Utah State game day shirts so  we could have something "Aggie" to wear to the game!  We sat by my parents and Cody and Chelsea, and we were also able to meet up with Scott's Dad and brother Kendall.  It was so great to be able to watch the game together!

After the game, we were able to meet up with our friends, Dustin and Katie, and Mallory and Paul.  We went and grabbed some italian ice from Zeppe's.  We hadn't seen them since before we got married so it was fun to catch up!  Our visit was definitely too short, but it was worth it.  We had a lot of fun!  

We live in Salt Lake, we go to the University of Utah, and we are now "Utes."  I am embracing that now, and trying to be excited about the schooling I am in now.  I just think that years spent getting your undergraduate degree are filled with activities, friends, social events, etc.  Graduate school is much different for me because I am much more focused than I ever was while I was getting my Bachelor's degree.  It is crazy how "grown up" I am getting :)  I guess what I am trying to say is that I am glad that I had such a wonderful time at Utah State, and I look forward to becoming excited about being a "UTE."  But, it will take time to bleed red instead of "blue." We'll see if it happens in the year that I am at school.  

We are definitely looking forward to this next weekend-- Not only is it general conference, but Scott's Dad and Stepmom Andrea are coming down and we are going to a couple football games!  Friday:  Utah State vs BYU.  Saturday: Utah's homecoming game where they will be playing Washington.  It will be fun to spend the weekend with them--I can't wait!

Now, for more important business.  We have a new addition to our family...  

 

We call him Sylvester--Don't ask me why, it was Scott's doing!  Sylvester is great--It is a 40 inch LCD HD tv and something else I can't really remember without Scott.  Although Sylvester is very fun to have, he is a very big distraction for us because when we get home from work and school, we just want to snuggle up on the couch and watch a movie instead of do our homework.   Hopefully the excitement will wear off soon, yikes!

Life in SLC

As an excuse for not doing my homework, I thought that updating the blog on our summer happenings would be appropriate :)  As hopefully all of you know, Scott and I moved down to Salt Lake so that I could finish up my degree in Social Work.  This is our small, yet humble abode....minus our bedroom and the bathroom :) 

We are working on the decorations...

Life here is definitely a change of pace, but I am adjusting more and more each day.  Scott seems to have no problem adjusting to the "bigger city" life.  It has definitely been harder for me to leave behind Logan and all of our friends and family and jobs that went with it.  Scott misses everyone, of course, but he is just so easygoing that it isn't as bad for him. 

We were able to do a lot of fun things over the summer.  I surprised Scott after work one day with Bee's Tickets, so we went to a Bee's game.

We also went up to Bear Lake a couple of times and had a blast hanging out with the family!

We also went to Park City with Scott's mom, Curtis, and his family.  Curtis' niece was able to get us free passes up at Olympic Park to ride the bobsled run, alpine slide, and the zip line.  They were all amazing!!

This is us right before our bobsled run!

This video of Scott riding the slide makes me laugh every time I watch it...he might get mad if he knew I put it up, but oh well :)

We were also able to spend a weekend up in Rexburg with Scott's dad and Andrea!  We went up for cousin Rachel's wedding and I was able to meet more of my new family, (who were all wonderful!) and spend some time at Andrea's mom's house.  It was so fun!

And of course, nothing beats chilling at home with the family.  My nephew, Boston just turned 1 and my Brother and Sister, Cody and Chelsesa, did such a great job planning his day!  It has been nice to be with family since who knows how often we will be able to in the future with our busy schedules!

Now that school started, we definitely do not see enough of each other.  I am doing homework a lot, but thankfully most of the time it is when Scott is at work.  He works 4 ten hour days at Verizon and is really liking it.  School for me is going well.  It is keeping me busy which is definitely what I need.  I am also doing my practicum at Starlight Program.  I am a Family Consultant for the foster children and proctor parents right now, and soon will move up to "therapist" status.  I am assigned kids to "track" and meet with at least once a week.  We talk about goals, problem behaviors, etc.  I am definitely learning a lot.

Anyways...that is all I can think of for now!  I'll write more when something else pops up :)  We miss you all!

Vegas!!!!!

For our honeymoon, Scott and I went to Vegas!  We heard the 4th of July fireworks show is awesome, and we got awesome deals on our flight and our sweet hotel!  We left for Vegas on the 3rd and got there in the evening.  We stayed in an AMAZING hotel room on the 25th floor of the Mirage and had a great view of the strip!

We ended up missing the fireworks show :(  Sadly....  Everyone told us that they were on the 4th, so we should watch them from our room.  So on the 4th, we went up to our room and were welcomed by a huge bottle of wine.  (Which we exchanged for sparkling cider, of course)

We waited for an hour, watching all the fireworks out in the distance before we gave up.  Scott found out they were the night we got there and happened while we were eating dinner :( BUMMER!  But that didn't really matter... we had so much fun anyways!

We hung out by the pool a lot....  it was amazing!  Sadly, we forgot to take pictures :(

We went out to dinner a lot....

We even got tickets to see Phantom of the Opera, which was AMAZING!

We also went to the IMAX showing of Transformers,

And MANY other things.  But my favorite part of our honeymoon, was being able to spend 24/7 with my hubby!  We had so much fun spending time together without ever having to worry about work, school, or leaving each other at the end of the night!  I love being married!!