The Latest

I have been horrible about posting on my blog. For a while I didn't have anything but boring school to write about. And now that I have stuff to blog about, I have been too busy to do so.

First off, our biggest news is that I am pregnant. I am 11 weeks this week and am due November 18. We are so tickled and excited to add a little one to our family. Our summer project will be to remodel one of our bedrooms and make it into a nursery.

Our other news lies in school. Caleb has finished his spring semester and I just have this week of classes and next week final exams. However, I have to finish my big senior design project and another term project this week. It is going to make for a really crazy next few days. I have a to-do list at least 20 things long just for these two projects. Not to mention keeping the rest of my life afloat.

But, on the bright side, Caleb and I will both graduate with our Bachelor's Degrees in December after fall semester. We will both have light class loads and are so excited to finish our "college" chapter in our life. In addition, I will be graduating from LDS Institute this Saturday, May 1.

So, life is going great. We are having a lot of fun hanging with friends and family when we get a chance. We started our garden this last week and have been doing a little landscaping in our yard. I am looking forward to getting more into these hobbies this summer since I won't have to worry about classes after work. Oh, and I am working an internship as a civil engineering technician for the Forest Service in Salt Lake this summer. Caleb and I will both be working in Salt Lake and commuting from Brigham City everyday. But we get to do it together, so it beats last summer. :)

Question of the day...

If the fire alarm goes off in class... is class canceled? Even if we were only 15 minutes into class?

Well, that happened to me today. I was sitting in Creative Arts in the enormous Kent Concert Hall at USU. 15 minutes into class, in the middle of a movie, all the lights come on and a calm woman's voice says, "There has been an emergency reported in this building. Please don't run, and exit the building in an orderly manner." Then the alarm goes off. So the whole 500 of us students exit the building into the cold winter. It looked like most students were going to stick around to see if class would reconvene, but I figured it wasn't worth standing in the cold so I left to start work a little early.

Christmas 2009

This year for Christmas, we spent almost the whole week at my parents' place. It worked out really well- I didn't have to cook and clean, and Caleb was only 20-30 minutes away from work. We celebrated Christmas with Caleb's family two Saturday's before and that worked out great, too!
On the Tuesday before Christmas, we had a party with some of my friends from high school. The following are only a glimpse of the joyous time we had there:

The men intensely playing old-school Mario

Mario Kart Battle

My two wonderful friends got a hold of my camera and let me many pictures of their beautiful faces! :)

Half the crew

The other half of the crew

Christmas morning came early with lots of anticipation. We opened gifts at my parents' then went to my grandma's to visit with my dad's side of the family. It was a fun morning!

Perhaps too early... (also note the blanket- my mom and sister made a quilt of all my participation t-shirts from high school. They are so awesome!)

And finally, Christmas evening was at my uncle's house for dinner and games. We played Mario Brothers on the Wii, Ticket to Ride, and Golf- the card game. The food and company were great!

Aunt, Uncle, Dad, Mom playing Golf

My three sisters and Caleb playing Mario Bros.

Going Public

I don't know how many people follow my blog. I have been horrible about keeping up on it. And I've started to realize lately that it is probably a pain to follow because I have set as private.

Well starting on my next post, I am going to make my blog public. I have some pictures to post from the holidays, so look for those coming soon. Also, I am going to try to be better at keeping the blog up to date with all of our adventures.

I passed!!!

I passed the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam! It's a 8-hr exam which covers all things engineering and we have too pass it to graduate. (At least we do for now, I think they are changing the requirements a bit). Any who, I took it in October and finally received the results via email!

Now I just need to finish two more semesters worth of classes and complete my senior project, then I graduate next December! Too bad USU is no longer holding December graduation ceremonies after this year.

Irony

Yesterday Caleb calls me up to tell me he had just got rear-ended and the car wouldn't start and he was stuck on the freeway. And on top of that, the car that hit him had taken off before he could even get the license plate number. Then the cops showed up so I had to hang up. He called me back a while later and turns out it was a five car domino effect rear-ending. Anyway, our car had an automatic shut off on the fuel (in case of collision), so he found the reset button and got the car running again. So Caleb and the car were off and running just fine.

But here's the ironic part...
When the cops showed up, they were out looking at the damage when one cops said, "Hey look! It's a license plate!" The dummy who left the scene left his license plate on Caleb's tailpipe!! Haha! I was laughing about that all day yesterday! So much for getting away clean. :) Now he's in even more trouble!

Happy Surprise

Caleb is home!!!! He is no longer working in Wyoming! He was offered a permanent position in Salt Lake with Layton Construction. However, I was expecting him to finish the summer in Wyoming with the same company.
I hadn't seen Caleb since the weekend of the Fourth of July. He had Army drills this weekend in Boise and he said he was going to fly from Denver to Boise, so I wasn't expecting to see him this weekend. But this is where it gets good...
This last Thursday I was at a friend's homecoming party. (She just barely returned from Basic Training for the Army.) Kristin knows her too, and decided to come to the party a little after I arrived there. So Kristin shows up, and right behind her is Caleb!!!! I was so happy and surprised!!
Then a little while later, Caleb expressed his gratitude at being done with Wyoming. Wait... What?! I thought he was just passing through on his way to Boise, but it turned out he had everything in his truck and was moving back home!! Yay!!! I get to share the rest of the summer with him!
I will be working in Provo with the Forest Service until August 19. Caleb will start in Salt Lake on August 10 and work through the school year and beyond. The last part of this week we will be going on a camping trip with my family to Trial Lake. Looks like this summer will end beautifully. :D