Sun Devils!

We will be Sun Devils in...2 months! We're moving to Arizona on May 13th. Please pray for us that we can get everything ready!

a much needed break

Spring break came and went, really fast! It seems like time only flies when we're having fun, huh? Ben and I felt like we both really needed a get-a-way. Not that life at home is hard or bad, it's just really nice to have a small vacation where we can forget about everyday life stuff. My grandparents live in St. George. It is always so nice to go see them and feel like we are at home away from home. My grandpa usually takes Ben golfing, we swim, and eat a lot of delicious food that my grandma makes. We are literally spoiled down there. The morning before we took off for St. George Ben woke up with an extremely sore throat and bad case of cold sores all along the inside of his lip. Now, this is the first time he's ever had a cold sore. I can tell you from experience that they are so painful. But, now I must say that Ben has had it worse. He has finally experienced the wrath of cold sores. We rushed to the doctors to get him on some anti-viral medication before the trip. The doctor took a quick look into his throat, thinking for sure she'd see strep. Nope, no strep. That would have been a breeze to take care of! He had cold sores all along his upper palate, clear down into his tonsils. Poor guy! Maybe his wife has been stressing him out too much. :) With a heavy dose of Valtrex and pain killers, he was finally able to swallow. Eating is still an issue, but we're getting there. I felt so bad for him and was completely willing to forfeit the trip for his sake. He refused and we were on our way to St. George! I'm so glad that we were able to go and spend the weekend there with my grandparents. It was so nice to be able to have one on one time with Ben. We were finally able to have a conversation about our future plans and be able to talk about things other than school or work. It was wonderful!

I am terrible at taking pictures. Absolutely terrible! Our kids are going to wonder what in the world happened in our lives before they were born because I am not good at documenting it at all! Anyway, here are some pictures of us golfing. I lied, I can't say us. My grandparents and Ben. I drive the cart. Always have, and probably always will. I'm not good at golf.




The course is beautiful! We feel so fortunate to be able to play here. This is the hole that Ben got a birdie. He was one happy boy!

Decisions, decisions

Ben got accepted into Arizona State University AND BYU! We are so excited! His hard work is finally paying off. It's amazing to be able to say that my husband has been accepted into the two top graduate social work programs in the western United States. I couldn't be more proud of him! I won't babble on about our decision processes, but I will let you all know when we do decide where to take our little family! This summer is going to bring a lot of changes!

Fun with the girls

One of my very best friends got married this weekend. She is such a sweetheart and was so excited. We don't get the chance to get together with the girls very often anymore. Life just takes over and we all get so busy. We decided that there is not a better excuse than a mini bachelorette party to bring us together. Kellie flew down from Seattle to be here for the wedding so we threw a party together really fast on Wednesday. We got matching t-shirts, had yummy food at Iggy's, went bowling (Jan's favorite), then went home for some facials by the professional Whitney, ate some chips and salsa (old tradition), and then talked until way too late before we all fell asleep. It was so fun to catch up on everyone's lives. We are all in such different stages, but yet, our friendships have always been the same. We always have so much fun together. Happy marriage to Jan and Spencer and goodbye to the bachelorette! We're so happy for her. Excuse me for only having one picture of dinner. There were so many other pictures taken on other cameras.

Farewell to Wrestling

This cute little husband of mine is finally done with wrestling...until we have a little boy, or so he says. Last week he took his team to California to wrestle in the Regional Championship. His body is getting old and he didn't do as well as he usually does, but I'm still so proud of him. He didn't come home with any new injuries. He is having a difficult time accepting that he is done wrestling. He says that he will always be involved in the sport in some way, but for now he realizes that it is time for him to move on to more important things in life, like being a daddy and going to graduate school. I'm proud of him for the hard work that he put into coaching the Weber State team. He started it from scratch and made it become something that many people could enjoy. He did all of this as a complete service, with absolutely no reward. He's had to do all of this on top of all of his other responsibilities. It's amazing. This is one last picture that he got with this years team in California. They had a lot of fun.