A New Chapter Begins

Hello friends.

I have slacked off in a MAJOR way lately when it comes to blogging. To be honest, I just haven't felt like writing and haven't felt like we have had much to write about. I love reading my friends' blog posts and do so on a daily basis, but never put thought into posts of my own. It is time that I start contributing to the blogosphere again so here it goes...

A lot has happened for us in the past 6 months.

I became a BYU graduate in December with a degree in Statistics. Although I received my diploma, I will be walking in April with Jordan so we can "graduate" together because BYU doesn't do a December commencement. It was a long and emotional road but a wonderful 4 1/2 years.

Jordan will be graduating with his Master's in April and working for Larson and Rosenberger, where he did his internship and has been working for the past year. He loves his job so much and is excited to focus solely on work and not have school to worry about anymore (however, he will be studying for and taking the CPA exams this summer).

I am working at North Davis Junior High in Clearfield as their Flex Period Coordinator and as a math tutor in the evenings. Flex Period is a "free period" during the day where students who are failing any of their classes receive help from their teacher and students that aren't failing any of their classes get to participate in enrichment activities (movies, basketball, etc.). I am in charge of getting the students their grade print outs each day and solving any problems that come up as well as keeping track of the data we collect (allowing me to use some of my statistical knowledge).

We moved to Farmington the day after Christmas (never doing that again) to a cute apartment in a great neighborhood. We are really enjoying our ward and getting to know the people in it. Jordan is teaching Elder's Quorum and I am on the Relief Society Board. We love living up here in Davis County and close to our families again; however, we are looking forward to April 20 (graduation) being here so Jordan will no longer have to make the commute to Provo for classes.

Things are going great for us right now. We are excited to be done with school and moving on to the next chapter in our lives!

My Thoughts on Moving

I now know why my parents say that their next move is going to be up the street to the cemetery...

moving is not exactly the most fun thing.

As I mentioned before, Jordan and I are moving to Orem tomorrow and have been spending this week (well mostly yesterday and today) cleaning and packing. I have to say that after my mom, sister, and I's 3 hour cleaning fiesta yesterday, the new apartment is beautiful and I am so excited to move in. I don't know what I would have done without them. As most people know, I don't exactly have the strongest stomach in the world, and the look and touch of hair and crumbs totally grosses me out. Thankfully my mom and sister were willing to help with the less than desirable cleaning and we were able to get it done.
I don't know if I mentioned it, but this new apartment has a washer and dryer! Well, it has hook ups and we bought a washer and dryer. I feel so grown up being able to do laundry at my own house. Our parents have been so sweet to let us do laundry just about every week at their house, and I can't say that we will never do laundry up there again, but we officially can now do it at home.

I hope that I'm not the only person who realizes how much junk they have when they are moving. Our family room is filled with boxes, baskets, pictures, and furniture and as I look at it, I wonder how everything fit into our tiny apartment. I feel like a pack rat and am happy to have a little bit more room to store all my stuff.

On another note, today is a day of wedding receptions and LION KING. My parents got us all tickets to see Lion King at Capitol Theatre for Christmas last year and tonight is finally the night. I have only seen the show once, last time I went to New York, but it was incredible and I am excited to see it once again.

One more thing...this video is beautiful and will make you cry.

We're Moving

So I've decided that I want to get better at this whole blogging thing so we have a blog that is actually interesting to read. How do you get better at something?... you practice! So that is what I am doing, practicing. This week Jordan and I am getting ready for our big move to Orem (okay, so it isn't really a big move, but any move is big for me). We are moving to a four-plex that has two rooms and is about the same price as our old apartment. I think the thing I am most excited for is the fact that this new apartment has a linen closet! You never know how much you appreciate that hall closet until it's gone and you are left putting towels in your dresser and rubbermaid containers in your bedroom. This also means we no longer have to hide toilet paper under our bed! We are really excited to move, however, a little sad because we have loved our first apartment. It has been nice and cozy and we live in a fantastic neighborhood and attend a really great ward. Change is hard but when it's right, it's worth it (especially when you get a linen closet!).