Relocating

...688.58 miles south to Prescott, Arizona

This past weekend we drove down to Prescott to tour Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. After being on campus for a couple of minutes Brian was in love and had made up his mind that this was the school for him. During the campus tour all of the labs, classrooms, and projects that we saw just confirmed his decision. We met with an admissions counselor and he helped us understand the admissions process and what we would need to do in order to get accepted.
We walked away from the campus and Brian was literally skipping with excitement.
Then we went and looked at some apartments close to campus and found one that we fell in love with, it lets you have dogs and has a dishwasher! We filled out an application and a couple days later found out that we were approved and have a tentative move in date of May 1st.
This will be quite the adventure for us but we are both excited and scared. Who knows what experiences Prescott will bring us-but I am ready to face them.

We also took the opportunity to go visit one of Brian's mission friends and his wife that live in Peoria. We went to dinner and took the time to catch up-they are pretty excited about us moving down. At least I will know 2 people in Arizona! Then we went down to Phoenix to meet up with Brian's family for one of Natalee's soccer tournaments, we only got to see one game but her team played well. On the way home we stopped in Salt Lake and spent Presidents Day with my family. We went to lunch and then to a movie. It was a great and very productive weekend.

Pet friendly apartments

While looking for a pet friendly apartment I found out that it's rare that they allow you to have a dog-but if they do let you have a dog it's a 20-25 pound weight limit. That doesn't work for us, since we want to get a husky which are like 35-50 pounds...not exactly small. So this is our new plan, get a smaller dog now while renting apartments and a husky when we have a house with no weight limits... We're thinking on getting a Beagle. Aren't these cute? Beagles remind us of the dog Copper from the movie the Fox and the Hound.
"I'm Todd I'm a fox!"-Todd
"My name's Copper I'm a hound dawg, bowowowowowo"-Copper
"What'da make that sound for?"-Todd
"I don't know, that's what I'm supposed to do when I found sum-um."-Copper

...I am crossing my fingers that I will get a puppy for my birthday...

Math test widow

Everyday this week this is what I came home to. Brian had his first Linear Alegbra and Differential Equations (try saying that 5 times) math test on Friday and he studied really hard for it everyday. I spent my nights trying not to distract him and tell him good job everytime he solved a problem and would say "I'm a freaking genius!" We'll get the results back sometime next week-until then, we are just keeping our fingers crossed.

She's Home!

One of my best friends in the whole world came home this weekend. I can't even describe how happy I am to have her home. The second I got to her house she hugged me so tight and I felt so relieved to finally be with her again. She is the most amazing girl, I feel so lucky and blessed to be her friend. She instantly makes anyone feel loved and needed. She is the most loving and caring person I have ever met. Another special thing about Heather is that she was the one that set Brian and me up on our first date and was constantly telling me how great he was and how much I should like him. Obviously she was right. I love her so much.

We took this picture on the day of her farewell

And this is us on her homecoming, we've all grown up so much

New Hair

I got a new look tonight. I decided to dye my hair black and put some accenting reddish/purple highlights in it. My long time neighbor, stylist, and friend did it. I love it!
This is the best before picture I could find...

And this is after! I am so happy to have my hair dark again. I love it!

Happy Birthday! (yesterday)

Yesterday was Brian's 24 birthday. We had fun spending time with both of our families. He got a funny card from his parents quoting Micheal Scott about reverse psychology.

His mom made his favorite dinner (Chicken and Brocolli Casserole) and carrot cake

After dinner we went my parent's house to watch the season premier of 24. It was a good birthday for him.

Happy birthday my love! I am so lucky to be married to you. You're my best friend and make me feel so special.

3 days later and I am still smiling

I watched this years Sugarl Bowl game at my parent's house. My mom grew up in Alabama so she is a Crimson Tide fan so it was fun to watch it with some what of a rival.
Anxiously waiting for the game to start

The first quarter was so suprising. I couldn't stop smiling.

I took a picture with my mom during half time so we still didn't know who won so neither one of us would look cocky in the picture.

The final score! Wow, this game was incredible. 8 sacks and 2 interceptions, always being in the lead, I still can't believe we won. 13-0, the only undefeated team in the nation! GO UTES!