Graduate School

I don't know why I haven't already posted about this... because it is a MAJOR event in our lives. Here goes:

David will graduate with his Bachelors Degree in Accounting and Economics this December. This means that he is (we are) off to the big, exciting new world of Graduate school! We have been trying to decide where the best place is for David to do his Masters Program. There were hundreds of factors that went into our decision. David and I would start talking about our options and an hour later we would realize that within the last hour we had gone through 80 different options/things to take into consideration without being ANY closer to a decision. (This would usually result in both of us starting to laugh, sometimes uncontrollably.)

We finally narrowed down our choices to Utah State, University of Oklahoma and Oregon State (right love? I always get the "University" and "State" part confused. There were a lot of things to consider and Pro's and Con's to all three of the choices... but we finally made our decision!

David will be attending Graduate School at the one and only:

UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY
We love it here so much, and we are so happy to be spending another year here. David will start his Masters Program in January and he will graduate with his Masters or Accounting next December (it is only a one year program... which is great). There are a lot of factors that played into this decision, and we are really excited about it. Because we will be staying here in Logan, that means that I will be doing my student teaching at South Cache Middle School!
Whoo hoo! I am so excited. My beloved Adviser/Teacher here at Utah State , Julie Wheeler, said that my cooperating teacher is one of the best around! (Technically I haven't been placed yet, but this is where Julie told me she is trying to place me.)

Good things are happening for David and I. We are excited to be spending the next year close to all of you whom we know and love. If David decides to pursue his PHD, who knows where we will end up!

Birthday Boy

Sunday, October 11, was my darling David's Twenty-Fifth Birthday! I wanted to do a post on his birthday about how wonderful he is, but we were at his home in West Jordan and with all the family around there wasn't much time for blogging. So here is the belated birthday post:



Here are a few fun facts about David:

• He served his mission in Nashville, Tennessee; Spanish Speaking.
• He is graduating this December in Accounting AND Economics.
  
• He is the smartest person I know. Getting a 95% on a test is SO not good enough for him. Really... he is brilliant. And not only is he school-smart... he is life-smart.
  
• His favorite chips are Nacho Cheese Doritos
• He loves fruit flavored candy more so than chocolate candy
• He would rather stay up until the wee hours of the morning than get up early.
  
• The majority of his clothes in his closet are Navy Blue. There are very few shirts that are not a shade of blue or have blue on them. (In fact... right now I can only think of two. Haha.)
  
• His eyes are blue, but change shades according to what shade of blue he is wearing. Love it!
• He sings me songs all the time, and when I am really lucky he sings me songs in Spanish.
  
• He loves Utah State, and especially Aggie Basketball. He is known for being at the Spectrum at 7:00 am on game days in order to sit on the front row center court.
  
• He loves sports of any kinds, and he quite frequently will spout off on names and numbers and statistics and years... which leaves me quite shocked at just HOW much information in that big brain of his is completely devoted to sports.
• When we were engaged, he loved going to Bridal Fairs just as much as I did. (How can you not, free food, lots of candy, fun ideas.)
• He has gotten into his swimming suit, gone outside in the middle of a Logan Winter and done Snow Angels.
  
• He has been known to play a game with his friends where they would walk into random apartments and pretend like they lived there. (For example: sitting down on the couch and reading the newspaper, getting a drink of water etc...)
  
• He is incredibly supportive of anything that I choose to do, whether it is trying out a new recipe for dinner, trying out all of the flavors of Aggie Ice Cream, starting my own business or wanting to be a stay at home mom.
  
• He loves to play "Attack."
• His favorite dinner is anything that is made with Potatoes. Potato Supreme being the very favorite, but anything with potatoes following directly after.
• He can make grilled cheese sandwiches that are approximately 306 times better than the grilled cheese sandwiches I make.
  
• He hates pickles and olives (two of my favorite things) and tomatoes (a hate that we share)
  
• We met in an institute class where David waited until the last day of class to ask me out. He then persisted through me saying no to him 4 times, before I finally agreed to go out with him. He also was persistent even though I took off to Virginia/Washington DC for four months. How grateful I am for the persistence of this boy. (He insists that he is persistent not stubborn, which is a statement that his grandmother also frequently employs.)

This is a short list of the things about David that make him unique. These are the things that endear me to him more than anything else in the whole world! David is kind and thoughtful and wonderful. I am so grateful to be married to someone who makes me fall more and more in love with him every day. Happy 25th Birthday Love!

And now for a whole bunch of photos of the wonderful boy:

ps. Do you like the new Halloween Background? I love Halloween!

Halloween

I love Halloween. I can't even tell you how much I love Halloween. It is my absolute favorite holiday. I realize that this may shock some of you... I can almost hear the gasp and then the question, "What about Christmas?" Don't worry dear friends, of course I love Christmas because of family and the birth of our Savior. But there is just something about Halloween that has secured it a spot as my favorite holiday.


There are many reasons that Halloween is my favorite holiday:

• You get to dress up
  
• The decorations are so fun, creative and unique.
  
• I love the whole "Spookiness" factor
• It is the only Holiday that is commercialized to be exactly what it is! There is nothing but dressing up in fun/creepy costumes and eating candy!
  
• Everyone can participate (None of this "You can only participate if you are currently dating someone/married" crap you see around Valentines Day. Yuck!)
• Pumpkin Carving! Need I say more?
  
• Pumpkin Carving with my family and the Olivers! (I decided I do need to say more, this counts for two points!!!)
• Fun Halloween parties
• Did I mention that you get to make/wear fantastic costumes? (For all of you who don't know, I made a Victorian Style Ballgown a couple years ago. 10 yards of fabric and 100+ hours and I had a magnificent dress to wear for Halloween that year, and the year after, and most likely this year too!)
• Cute Halloween Treats that you can make to look like ghosts, or witches, or pumpkins or spiders etc...

I could go on forever... really. But I will stop there. However. I must show you this incredible candelabra. I love it. I want it. I am going to make one just like it. Mark my words, before Halloween arrives I will have one of these beauties in my wonderful apartment.

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