Wyoming

Well Jake and I have officially unpacked all of our clothes. We are living here in Green River, WY for the summer. Day one has been interesting. I applied for jobs (why am I such a scaredy cat?) I did some exploring around Green River and discovered the CUTEST shop....SO glad there is somewhere I can go to look at cute things. :) I also got myself a Sweetwater County Library card!!! Whoo-hoo! I have a feeling I am going to be a regular there. Unfortunately, they were not hiring. Jake has been at work all day, I can't wait for him to come home.

I am slightly depressed that all of my shows are coming to an end. Survivor ended last night (Go Sandra!) and The Apprentice has one more show left. Lost's season finale show will be on Sunday....Kind of bitter sweet. What am I going to watch this summer???

I already miss Utah.......

2 Year Anniversary!

Yesterday, May 9, was our two year anniversary! I can't believe that two years has gone by! We celebrated Saturday night by going out to Red Lobster (we spent too much there) and then shopping around at the mall. Jake bought me some lotion and exfoliating cream and Jake got some jeans. It was a quiet celebration but that's how we like it. Maybe someday we will go somewhere for our anniversary. :)

LOVE YOU, JAKE!!!

Home

I love spending days at home up in Lehi. Thanks mom for everything you do for Jake and I. You do a lot. Thanks Dad for making us laugh with your jokes. Thanks Scott for catching us up and filling us in on LOST secrets. Thanks Caroline for always keeping us laughing. (I especially am grateful that I have someone to talk "girl talk" with.) Thanks Margaret for being so sweet and allowing us to come and pick you up from school!

LOVE YOU!!!

Hiking the "Y"

Can I just say that I love not having any school or work responsibilities!!! Oh my gosh it is so much fun!! During these days off I have been focused on decorating and organizing our apartment. I have been dragging Jake around to dollar stores and other such places and he has not once complained. So when Jake proposed the idea of hiking the "Y" I decided it was his turn to do something fun. So yesterday morning we got up and drove to the trailhead of the "Y" mountain.
This is us at the trailhead. I was completely naive as to how hard the hike would be. I had looked up how long it was and saw that it was about a mile up and a mile down and the people who had written the article I was reading said it was an easy hike. Well it wasn't and those authors had probably climbed Mt. Everest after climbing the "Y" and could therefore say it was "easy". The hike consisted of STEEP switchbacks for over a mile up. I am such a whimp and had to stop at each turn and take a five minute breather. I seriously thought I was going to die!

There were some positive things things that came out of the hike, though. We saw some deer! They were down by the trailhead but Jake got so excited!!!

The view, when we finally got to the top, was amazing!!! We could see all of Provo and even found our Wymount apartment!

I have always wanted to climb the "Y" and then lay down backwards on it (Jake is doing this in the picture above). The view from that angle is awesome! It looks like the world is turned upside down and the mountains are floated in the sky! (*Warning: If you try this little maneuver just be aware that it is quite terrifying trying to lay down backwards on this very steep hill with nothing to hold on to.)

And just because every adventure needs a picture that represents our triumph!!! SO happy that I made it to the top! And SO happy that we are done with that hike! :)

Happy Birthday Mom!!!

Happy Birthday Mom! Sure love you lots and am so grateful that you are my mom!

I Blame the Practicum!

I have not posted anything since February!!! I totally blame the practicum for that! During the entire month of March I had the opportunity to actually teach in 2nd grade classroom. It was an amazing experience. I mostly taught literacy (guided reading, writing, etc.) but I also taught a little math. Below are some picture of me in the classroom. The first one is a tad bit scary, I apologize for the crazed look I have. :)

In other news, Jake and I finally were able to attend Senior Celebration Night! I have worked at this event for three straight years and have always been SO jealous of the people who actually got to go. Jake is graduating in December, so we went. We got free food and even got to hold a python!! Yes, I am holding a real python. I don't know what came over me. :) Other than that the event was pretty boring and we decided to go home early. We watched "The Blind Side" afterwards and we LOVED it! As I watched it I wanted to be just like Mrs. Tuehy. I wanted to go drive around until we found someone who needed to be adopted and buy them new clothes and feed them. As you can imagine we didn't do it. But I am resolved to always be on the look out for people who are in need of anything at all!

Life is good!

Where did January go?

Where on earth did January go? For the past 22 years I have dreaded January and its long, drawn out days. For some reason this year it went by so fast! We are already one month into our Winter semester and only have 2 1/2 months to go. Wow! I am just so surprised. Yesterday was an absolutely beautiful day! I think temperatures reached 48 degrees here in Provo.

Around 1:45pm yesterday I went to pick Jake up from class. The sun was shining and we decided to go out for lunch. We chose In-n-Out because we really hadn't eaten there before. (Last year's Christmas vacation was spent in California and the Raines family stopped to for their first time at an authentic In-n-Out restaurant. For some reason Jake and I ate Del Taco that day.) But this is a picture of what we ordered yesterday.

We (meaning I) decided to rank our first In-n-Out meal. Jake decided to give it a 4 out of 5 fingers. You know his rating is accurate because he is still chewing on the food while giving it. :)

I, on the other hand, wasn't as impressed. I decided upon a 3 out of 5 fingers. It was a good burger but I am not dying to have another one any time soon. The Dr. Pepper was really good, though.

P.S. If you ever want to go to In-n-Out and avoid the hour long line....go at 2:00 in the afternoon. We drove right up to the window.