BYU v. Arizona

I've been slacking in my blogging duties lately.... here's a post, and stay tuned for some more in the coming days!

Heath and I went to the BYU v. Arizona basketball game at the Energy Solutions Arena (where the Jazz play) earlier this month!

It was a "white out", hence us both in white.

 

BYU played great! Cosmo showed up super festive and led a few cheers....

He even let Heath and I take a picture with him!

We had a lot of fun! Plus, added bonus, BYU won, handedly! After the game we went to the Gateway Mall and finished up some Christmas shopping. I love that mall! They had an enormous tree, with pretty sweet lights! So obviously we needed to take a picture in front of it. Unfortunately, the lighting isn't the greatest, but it works, and you get the general idea!

Heath and I hope everyone had a fantastic Christmas--we're a little late! More posts to come soon! Now to start thinking about New Year's Resolutions....Maybe check off a few things on my bucket list?

Law School Visits

So Heath starts law school this fall. To decide where to go we made a few visits to out of state schools to make a more educated decision.

We started with California in February--we were accepted to UCLA and USC--UCLA was our favorite choice. It was a gorgeous campus! Full of gothic architecture:

Next came the University of Texas-Austin. Not gonna lie, we liked the idea of being closer to my parents in good ole Oklahoma. Plus Austin is an awesome town! Full of music, green space and wonderful people. The school was great too!

Last but not least, we headed to Charlottesville, Virginia to check out the University of Virginia. What a beautiful area! the Shenandoah Valley is GORGEOUS!! No lie. And so was the campus.

It was fun to get to travel around the country. So many wonderful places and opportunities! We finally made our decision and as it turns out, we're going to be staying here in good ole Provo, UT for the next three years! We're really excited about the opportunities BYU has to offer us + my current job + a scholarship = we're feeling great about things!

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And since we're going to be here for 3 more years at least, we're going to be moving at the end of May to a larger apartment....I'll take pictures when we move in!

Update. August-type.

So here's a quick update.

In June I had a little get-together for Tiffany coming back to Provo! It was good to see a bunch of my dear friends!

The Spread....

All the girls!

We also were able to go to a plane show at the Provo Airport. Heath's grandpa flew a plane like one of the plane's there in WW2, so we went to take a look....

Heath in a cockpit!

Inside one of the planes

Outside the type of plane his grandpa flew!

We spent the 4th of July with Heath's family in SLC. It was really fun, and as usual we watched the family fireworks show--which is not that bad, but nothing to write home about. But hey, its fun.




July 15th was Heath and my 1 year anniversary! We went out for dinner at P.F. Chang's and that weekend we spent a few days at the hotel we stayed at on our wedding night--the Grand America. I love that hotel. It is so beautiful. We went swimming, we went and roamed around the Gateway mall, including the Clark Planetarium and saw the movie "Black Holes"--cool & interesting.

Heath and I at P.F. Chang's

Heath and I pool side at the Grand America

Getting some Ben and Jerry's at the Gateway!

Clark Planetarium! We're "on the moon" :)


Heath the Weather Man

On the 14th of July I took the NCLEX (Nursing Boards)--WHAT AN EXPERIENCE! I felt horrible leaving the test, only 75 questions--I thought for sure I had failed, but on the 16th I found out that I PASSED! I am officially a Registered Nurse! I took a picture of all my studying materials:

Yikes. I'm glad to be done with this stuff, FOREVER!!

On August 3rd I started the RN Residency program at UVRMC. So far I have been loving it! It is so great to be acting as a real nurse! I have been working for the past two weeks on the medical surgical floor, and next week is the medical/renal progressive care unit. I am really excited to finally have a job and am looking forward to having a unit/floor to call my own!

Heath finished his summer classes with flying colors! He's enjoying a few weeks off before school starts. But most of all, we are really excited for BYU football to start. We've bought our reserved seats and are anxiously awaiting the first home game (and BYU v. OU). Although, Heath is definitely more ready than me! He's a true fan!

Other than that, nothing too exciting on the horizon! Although we did get the chance to get a little geocaching in the other day...after a few misses we were able to find one!