There's a Light at the End of the Tunnel

School. We're almost done!!! We can feel the end drawing near and see that tiny little light at the end of the tunnel. The past two semesters have been chaotic. With both Tayler and I taking crazy credit loads, we're ready to be done.

Winter semester was my suppose to be my off-track. But since getting accepted into the FastGrad program I didn't get my precious break. Tayler, too, took classes during the winter in order to complete his internship in the Spring. He will be interning for a company in Idaho Falls starting next week.

Due to my extreme motivation to graduate, I took on a deadly load of 18 credits with my practicum last semester. I usually take 16-17 credits, but go over that and it's almost considered suicide. But I am a survivor:) I did my practicum on campus in the child labs. I was lucky enough to get in to the Toddler Lab which was OH SO FUN! I grew so much and had a blast (minus the insane work load) doing it. I know working with children is what I'm meant to do in this life and I love every second I get to spend with these sweet sweet spirits.

This spring will be our last in Rexburg. I will be walking with Tayler at graduation in July, and hopefully take my final classes online with an internship. No news on internships for me yet, but details will come later. Maybe somewhere in Kennewick? :)

We celebrated our 2nd anniversary last month. Wahoo! I know, we're ancient. Just kidding;)

I still love to sew (nothing new there). Got 5 cavities filled last month (extremely fun). And..... yeah... we can't think of anything else. Our lives are pretty much consumed by work and school. BUT, this has been a summary of the major events that have happened in our lives since last Fall.

Please enjoy this massive overload of pictures:

First time making pizza dough...  Not that great at it.

Homemade Oreo Pizza

Homemade noodles!

Spaghetti Garlic Braid. Oh yeah. Spaghetti stuffed in garlic bread.

My favorite chocolate of all time.

 Our birthday celebrations. Tayler turned 24 and I turned 21 this fall

Hair cut!

Counting down the New Year with my guy

Homemade Caramel for Christmas vacation!

Matchy matchy with my favorite lady :)

Buckeye Brownies. Yes, they are just as amazing as they sound.

Homemade Pizza at its finest

Chocolate Zucchini Bread

 My new sewing machine!!

My first project on the new machine... Dani's b-day apron

The first day of cavity fillings....

 Took a baking class last semester and got all fancy with my cake decorating skills!

My most proud creations----

Our Anniversary Breakfast. Yes we had Sparkling Cider for breakfast.

Courtesy of the amazing Saraiah Smith.

Until next time! Thanks for reading!!

Our Summer Sum Up!

Okay, I have been TERRIBLE at keeping up on our blog this summer. So so sorry...! There's so much to say, I'm not quite sure I can cover everything. So brace yourself for picture overload. Most of the major stuff I posted on Facebook, but not everything.

Let me go all the way back to April, when we started our Spring semester... We killed ourselves taking 17 and 18 credits each, I continued managing the ice cream parlor, Tayler worked on campus, Rexburg was very hot, we overloaded on snowcones, and.... yeah.... That pretty much sums it up. However, we did survive the semester with passing grades. And now we embark on the Fall semester next week. I will be taking the same load of credits unfortunately, but I am not managing the ice cream store any longer. Poor lil shop went out of business. :( Booooo.

Anyways, as I begin my search for a new job, Tayler begins his Senior year and I begin my Junior year. I will now be on FastGrad, which means starting this semester I will going to school year round until I graduate next December (2014). I'll be cranking out the huge credit loads til then. Can you tell we want to get outta here?! ;)

We had a nice 7 week break for our "summer" in August. Tayler and I were able to work full-time (and even over-time at one point). I've been blessed to have a summer job cleaning apartments off campus and doing maintenance. We visited both our families for two weeks, and drove around 3,000 miles. Tayler's family went to this beautiful cabin in southern Oregon, and my Mom took Tayler and I to Disneyland for a week! What a treat! It was so fun to spend time with all our loved ones and have some vacation time. Boy, did we party! :)

WARNING: now begins the picture madness~ I promise I'll do better next month!

Oregon Coast

Making Breakfast for the fam bam

Dancing in the pouring rain with my love

Workin'

Love these boys! Also got to meet my newest baby nephew, Lincoln. Such a sweetheart!

Haircut

Matchy matchy with my seeester:)

Our lovely friend Saraiah takes amazing photos, so we woke up early for the sunrise and did a photoshoot!

Fresh garden goods 

My biggest Pinterest Fail ever.

Biggest Pinterest WIN. Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Brownie Bombs. YA-UM

New fav: Chicken Pillows

I re-did our dining room table and an antique chair for decoration:)