USU Memories

With Cassie starting to plan to come to Utah State, it reminds me of all the crazy experiences I had while I was a student. Seriously the best few years of my life until I got married. I would never go back to being in high school, but I could go back to being in college.

Aaron and I dated for a little while. Dating was one of the fun adventures in college. And watching all your roommates go out on dates

Going to football games

The Howl... Seriously any reason to dress up

Matching roomie shirts

Random jam sessions with the neighbor guys

Roommate date night

Weekend visitors who scare everyone at church

Late night dance parties

Gymnastics in the kitchen

Hair color in the kitchen... I don't think I really did much cooking in our kitchens

Photo sessions on campus

Photo sessions at random parks with neighbor guys

Fires up the canyon

Day trips to Bear Lake

More football games and more matching shirts

Yellowcard concert!

Carving pumpkins

Eating cake for dinner

Playing Nintendo and watching Friends and Heroes

Hanging out with random people in the TSC at school events

Surprise birthday party by my awesome roommates

Not sure what we were doing, but I'm sure it was fun

College was so much fun. I can't wait for Cassie to make some crazy memories of her own at Utah State! I can't believe how young Matt looks in all these pictures. Seems like it was just yesterday.

January

The first month of 2015 has been pretty lame. I haven't even taken any pictures because we were so boring. Here is a little of what we've been up to:

• Matt was called to be the Teacher's Quorum advisor at church. He has had fun going to weekly activities and basketball games/practices. He is also enjoying getting to know the other advisors. One weekend, he went ice fishing with our neighbor. They stayed in the ranger's cabin and fished for two days. He was so happy to go fishing because he didn't get to go at all last winter while we were building the house.
• While Matt was fishing, I went down to visit my mom. It was nice to just sit around and talk. On Saturday, I got a pedicure while my mom got her nails done. Then we went shopping. Tori shopping. We went to one store and then got lunch at Red Robin. I made my mom go look at baby stuff at Babies-R-Us and Target. She was surprised at how fancy baby stuff has gotten. We hit IKEA too. That was as much shopping as I could handle! We spent the rest of the night watching "Hart of Dixie" on Netflix. Cassie kept asking when we were going to go do something. Doing nothing is so fun! I left the next morning. I realized how happy I am to have a garage when my car didn't start. It was the first night my car had been outside this winter. I was very happy to get back home to Matt. I miss him when we are apart.
• Kenzy and I got to do a CPR/First Aid training for afterschool clubs. It was more fun than I expected. I learned a lot. It made me feel more confident for when the baby comes. It also made us realize how much there is to do to help our kids in clubs. We really do have to be prepared for anything. I'm glad to have it all done so I'm more prepared in case of an emergency.
• I got to visit my friend Emily and her new baby James. It was so fun to see her little one and listen to her experience. We became friends when we lived in the Cottonwood Heights apartment. I miss having such fun neighbors. I wish our babies could grow up and play together!
• We had our friends from college over for dinner on a Saturday afternoon. We picked up some take-and-bake pizzas and had a salad bar. Natalie and Zach weren't able to make it, and neither was Jenni's husband, Jared, but everyone else came. It is crazy how much we have all grown up. Jeana and Marc are building a house and have two little boys, Aric and Dee. Jenni and Jared also have two little boys and live in Logan. Tom, Lindsay and Livi are in a new house in Syracuse. We have been working hard to get everyone to move to Logan, but it isn't working! We miss these guys! 

• We also got to babysit Lyndsee and Carter for the night. They played with the other kids and watched movies all night. After everyone else had left, we made a fort in the living room, popped some popcorn and watched a movie. Carter was asleep before it was over. Lyndsee was wide awake, so we watched another movie. She ate like 5 sugar cookies and was totally wired. She was still wide awake when Nate and Jenni came by after 10:00 PM.
• We got to go out to Tim and Kamie's a few times this month to visit their new puppies! Matt is going to take one home as soon as they are old enough. He is trying to decide which one he wants. We also went over for Blakelee's first birthday party! She is so cute. We love being an aunt and uncle to all these cute kids. Lunch was delicious and it was so fun to watch her delicately pick at her cake. She wasn't too interested in eating it. I wish I had taken my camera, I'm such a slacker!
• Cassie came up to visit, finally! She hasn't seen the house since we were building, and she was up in Logan interviewing for a job at the Old Navy here, and looking at apartments. She is moving up here in May (transferring from the Old Navy in American Fork), and will start at USU in the fall. I am so excited for her! I'm also excited to have another awesome babysitter!
• We met with Heather Miller about babysitting for us when I go back to work. She asked Jenny if I was looking for someone to watch the baby, which was amazing because we hadn't worked it out yet. We were looking at day care options, and not loving what we were seeing. Heather is going to be amazing. Four of her five boys will be in school next year and she was looking for something to fill her time. There are so many reasons why this is the best thing that could have happened for us, I just can't say how happy I am. I definitely believe that everything happens for a reason, and I think Heather was prompted to ask Jenny about babysitting. We are so excited to have this all figured out!
• We got to go to Caden's baby blessing the first Sunday in January. We love the Shields and were so happy to support them on their special day. I am always reminded of how many amazing people we have in our lives. I think of how many people I want to be there when we bless our baby, and I'm not sure the church, or the priesthood circle, can hold that many people!

So we are not totally lame, I am just terrible at taking pictures. Hopefully I will be better this month. Matt promised me that he would buy me a new camera when the baby came, so I'll have to definitely get back in the habit before then!