Maui and Girls Camp!!

So we have had a busy couple of weeks recently... and it has been SO much fun! First of all, we went to MAUI!! Thanks to my wonderful in-laws. They took to us along on a fabulous vacation. It was so nice to get away for a week. Tim and I had not been on a vacation in like 2 years. Our hotel was right on the beach. We spent a lot of time at the pool, walking along the beach and relaxing. We also did some cool hiking through a bamboo forest. I seriously can't thank my in-laws enough, it was amazing!

At the hotel pool

Beach right by the hotel

Iao Needle

Pool area at our hotel

Blow hole

Hiking the bamboo forest

Waterfall at the top of the hike

Black sand beach

Best Vacation Ever!!

Then, last week I went to girls camp. It was such a neat experience. I came home filthy, exhausted and missing my husband but it was a lot of fun. I am so glad that I got to go. When I was called as the assistant camp director a few months ago I was a little nervous but everything turned out great. I think it helped that I am already a young women adviser so I already know all of my girls and they are wonderful. They are all such good examples to me and I LOVE being a YW adviser. My testimony has been strengthened so much in the last year and a half and girls camp helped it to grow even more.
We also had a great speaker while we were there, Richard Paul Evans . He is the author of the Christmas Box and the founder of the Christmas Box House for abused and neglected children who are being placed in Foster Care. We found out a few months ago that each ward had to make a quilt but we were not told why. We were told on our last night at camp that they would be going to the children at the Christmas Box House and I am so glad that is where they are going. I have a special place in my heart for the Christmas Box House after being able to do a lot with them in high school and in college to help the kids.
Camp was a great experience and I hope I have the opportunity to go again someday!!

Graduation!!

The long awaited day has finally come. Tim graduated last Friday. He received his bachelors degree in Information Systems from the University of Utah. I am so proud of him! We are so excited to have finally gotten to this point, although I can't say we are in the clear just yet. Tim was just accepted into the IS Masters program at the U. He will most likely start that in the fall. It is only 3 semesters so he would be done at the end of next summer. Even though he is definitely ready to be done, and I am ready for him to be done, it will still be a great thing! He is also still looking for a job. It has been a little discouraging but I know that if we have faith everything will work out the way it is supposed to. Here are a few pictures from the big day.

Tim and I

Tim and his proud parents

Tim and his grandpa

Tim and I also celebrated our 3rd anniversary last month. 3 whole years. It has gone by SO fast. It seems like I was just posting about our 2 year anniversary! We celebrated by going to the temple and dinner. I feel so lucky to be sealed to Tim. 3 years down, an eternity to go!

Also, we still have our house for sale. The showings have slowed down a TON in the last couple of weeks since the tax credit ended. I am pretty sure we will be right where we are for a while longer!

FREE PHOTO SHOOT GIVEAWAY!!

To get my name out there I am giving away one free photo shoot. Check out my photo blog for details on how to enter. I will be choosing a winner on Saturday, March 6 so be sure to enter before then. Tell your friends and family!

It's about time for an update...

I have been a slacker again. Since it is coming up on almost 2 months since my last post I thought I would give it a shot. I don't ever feel like there is a whole lot going on with us but there is one thing that I am super excited about. Tim is in his LAST semester at the U!! I couldn't be more thrilled. He is still debating on whether or not he will be doing a masters program but either way we are excited to be getting to this point! He will be graduating in May with a bachelors in information systems. Hopefully a good job will follow!
We have also celebrated Christmas since the last post. It was great, as usual. We spent Christmas Eve at my Dad's house. That has become a great tradition the last few years. Christmas morning we had breakfast at my Mom's house and then headed to the movies to see The Princess and The Frog with Tim's side of the family. After that we ended up at Tim's Grandpa's for some dinner and games. We were super spoiled this year between Christmas and our birthday's with iPod touches, camera equipment, a wii and some games and some cash. We have the best families and I am so glad we live to close and can spend holidays with everyone.


On another exciting note, we have put our townhouse up for sale. We are pretty sure that when Tim graduates he will most likely find a job somewhere between SLC and Utah county, since that is where all the IT jobs are. It has been for sale for about a month now and we really haven't had anyone interested. Maybe in the spring it will pick up a bit? We are not really sure where we will end up but we are excited to be moving forward. So if anyone is looking to buy a townhouse let me know!!

Happy 24!

So I know I am really late on this because Tim's birthday was December 1st but I couldn't not post about it! I was able to take the day off work so we could spend the whole day together. Tim still had to go to school but it was only one class so it didn't take too long. After that we went to PF Changs for some delicious lunch and then headed to the Gateway for a little while. We mostly relaxed at home and then had Tim's parents come over for some cake. Tim is not really into celebrating his birthday so we mostly just took it easy. It was so nice to just hang out with each other. We have both been so busy lately that we haven't had a lot of opportunities to do that. I feel so lucky to be married to Tim! He is such a good husband. He is always so supportive and loving. I am so grateful that I get to be with him forever. I couldn't ask for anything better. I love you honey! <3

Tim with his new RSL shirt. Too bad it didn't fit :(

Blowing out the candles... I know it looks like a sad cake,
instead of 24 candles we did 2 and then 4.

Long weekend,,,

I probably don't need to say that I am not very good at blogging. I don't feel like we do very much that is really that exciting to share with everyone. I have decided that I would like to start doing better. I am just going to blog about the things I want to remember, even if it's not very exciting! We didn't do a whole lot this weekend but we had so much fun together. Unfortunately, I didn't take any pictures to post.

Since Tim was on fall break from the U all last week I decided to take Friday off work so we could spend some quality time together. With Tim's school and soccer schedule we haven't had much of that. We thought it would be the perfect day to go to the temple. We went with Tim's parents to the Salt Lake Temple and did a session. We were married in Salt Lake but this is the first time we have done a session there. It was so neat. I love the temple more than I can say. I love the peace I feel while I am there. Tim and I have not gone as much as we should so I am making a goal to go more often. Afterwards, we spent the evening at home relaxing and just being with each other. It was a great day.

Saturday we went to Tim's soccer game. He is just about done for the season with only 2 weeks or so left. We spent most of the day relaxing. We also celebrated Tim's brothers birthday with some home made ice cream in the evening.

I love Sundays. I love my calling as a young women leader. I also love that I don't have to worry about anything but spending time with my husband and our families. We are getting ready now to go to my Mom's for some delicious dinner! What a fabulous weekend!

Catch up time

Obviously I am not the best blogger. It has been almost 2 months since I posted last. I would like to say that it is because we have too many fun things going on to take the time to blog. Sadly, that is not the reason. Even though we seem to always be busy we don't have very many exciting things to blog about. We have just been chugging along with normal life. Tim has started his last year at the U for his bachelors degree. He will be graduating in the spring and I cannot even begin to say how excited I am. It feels so close now! He is still deciding what to do after that. A masters program will happen most likely right away so I guess there is a little while left but it just feels like such a huge milestone. I am so proud of him! He is also still playing soccer for the U and has about a month and a half left for the season. I have just been working and trying to get the whole photography thing started. I am also still the beehive advisor in the young women program and I absolutely love it. It is such a fun calling!

We have been up to a few fun things though so I have to post some pictures! Labor Day we went to Willard Bay for some wakeboarding. Ashley and Devan were able to come with us so that was a lot of fun. We haven't had many chances to go this summer but I'm glad we were able to go a couple of times. I am certainly not the best wakeboarder but I am having fun learning!

Tim

Me

Devan

Ash and me

Last night we went to Orem to go to dinner for Tim's cousins birthday. It was just the cousins getting together so it was a lot of fun. We couldn't pass up the chance to go to PF Changs!

Me and Tim

Tara the birthday girl

Aaron, Amy, Ryan, Me, Tim and Jonathan