College Graduate

I did it. I am officially a college graduate! Danny and I walked together, but he won't officially be done until June. We are almost past this school phase of our lives! It's crazy to think how far I have come and how much I have grown since graduating high school. I originally didn't get accepted into BYU, but in April of my senior year they decided that they would let me come if I was willing to start during the summer. I still remember my friend Meaghan nudging me during class to accept the offer. So, a couple weeks after graduating from high school, I packed up my bags and moved across the country. Although it seemed scary at the time, I'm so glad I made that decision! BYU might get a lot of hate, but it's a great school with great people, great professors, and I'm so glad I was able to come here for school.

Now that I've graduated, people are constantly asking me about what our plans are. This picture is a perfect description of how I now feel about these questions (thanks Jessica). As of right now, we are just on the hunt for jobs anywhere we can find them! Maybe I'll go back to school. Maybe I won't. Maybe I'll find a job because of my degree, maybe I won't. Either way, whether or not I do something practical with my degree, I'm so glad I got it. I got a lot more out of college than just a resume booster. The experience alone is worth it. I learned to live on my own, I made some amazing friends, and I met my husband. It's true, some classes that I took will be useless, but I took so many classes that taught me so much! Not just teaching me information, but also teaching me life-long skills and principles. I can't wait to know what's next for us!

St. George and Pickleball

We went down to St. George the first weekend of April to see our friends Jake and Mandy and their cute little baby Cannon. We left right as it started to snow in Provo so the warm weather felt extra nice. While we were down there, we went to the art festival, ate at a delicious breakfast place called Bear Paw, played tons of Monopoly Deal, made a delicious asphalt pie, and most importantly, played pickleball!

Yes, this is a picture of me in front of a moose...

Isn't he cute?

This is pickleball. It's hard to tell how fun it is just from this video, but trust me-it's fun. Kind of feels like your a tiny person playing ping pong on a giant ping pong table. Anyone can play and you actually get a pretty good work out in when you play singles! Now let's just hope that it quickly spreads to more areas!

Weekend of Events

Last weekend, some of Danny's cousins from New Zealand were in town. We went with them to the Jazz v. Kings game Friday night where Danny's dad (police officer) let us onto the court to watch the teams warm up. Long story short, Danny's cousins were given a ball by one of the owners of the Jazz, a ball boy rudely took it back from them, but not before they got it signed by several of the Kings' players. Danny fought to get the ball back from them as far as he could, but no luck. So, be on the lookout for a Jazz game ball signed by half the Kings team!

Annnnd, up to our regular affordable seats...

  We had the chance to go to the Saturday morning session of conference as well. We figured we might as well take advantage of living an hour away from Salt Lake since it might be our last Conference weekend living so close. The choir was beautiful and the speakers were amazing. Aren't they always though?

Of the three sessions that I got to watch, here are my two favorite quotes:

-"Offering help really isn't much help at all--just help! ... Would you ask someone who was drowning 'let me know if I can help you' or would you jump in and save them?"-Ronald A. Rasband

-"When it comes to our own prejudices and grievances, we too often justify our anger as righteous, and our judgement as reliable and only appropriate."-President Dieter F. Uchtdorf

I just love conference. The things they say always make so much sense.