I want the sun to stay for awhile

Daryl and I went to St. George this past weekend. It was REALLY great. We got some sun and got a nice little break before the stress of finals and papers started.

I am currently writing a terrible paper right now. I am struggling to concentrate and even get the minimum requirement done. It is going to be a rough paper. I just hope it turns out alright. I am doing very well in the class though. So hopefully it won't bring my grade down if I don't do well.

But going to St. George was super GREAT! We tried to find these falls that didn't exist. So basically we walked around in the desert for hours wearing flip flops. It was a nice little hike though. I got these intense blisters from my flip flop which kind of made walking miserable after that. But they are almost healed now! Thank goodness.

We also went down to Zion's canyon. We road horses there and it was just a lot of fun. I am kind of obsessed with southern Utah and the red rocks and stuff. I think I kind of love the desert weather. I think that it just because I grew up most of my life in green states. That I kind of like the color change. But those rocks are so amazing. They just spring up and are breath taking to look at. We got to ride horses up in Zion. It was so wonderful. Daryl rode a horse named Fancy And mine was sweet. It was speckled like a cow but it was brown instead of black and it had blue eyes. Mine's name was Charlie. We enjoyed the ride but my butt hurt like crazy when we got done. I wouldn't have been a good cow girl.

Then we went out to eat and laid by the pool and listened to conference. It was wonderful. I enjoyed getting some sun and hanging out with a sweet weekend with Daryl. He is my favorite person to vacation with :)

I wish we could have stayed longer. I have just been busy with tests, quizzes, papers and what not. I am going to be finished with a lot this week. So finals week will be a breeze for me. I am excited for that.

I went to a job interview this week and Heritage. Just waiting to hear back from them. Hope I got the job. That would be sweet! But not getting my hopes up just yet. It is kind of my last chance to get a job in my field for some experience so finger crossed!

Daryl's sister came down early for the weekend to hangout with us. It was a lot of fun. I got to hang out with her a lot. We got to talk and what not before she headed back to Indiana for a couple weeks. I am excited for her to move down to provo this summer! It will be nice to have family down here!

We also bought a Gopro camera! I am way excited to try it out in Hawaii and what not. It will be a lot of fun! We just picked it up this morning. Adventures to come with that sweet thing!

Well that is about all that has happened this week!

Things be Windin' and Gridin'

This marriage thing is really benefiting me in many ways. I feel like I am increasingly getting smarter. I feel like its forcing me to do things that I have never done before. It is really good for me! 

So update: We sold our apartment thank goodness! We are signing a contract for an apartment tonight! I am excited to get all this done and figured out. Still don't know when we will be moving in. But hopefully it can be when my family is here so they can help us move. ;)

I am waiting to hear back about a job that has potential. It kinda sounds like I would be on call until I could actually pick up a shift. We will see. The guy I called said he would push my name along and hopefully in the next few days I will get a call. I will see what is all going on when I get an interview. Because I am not sure that the hours are going to work out for me. 

Me and Daryl went snowboarding on Saturday. It was a lot of fun. Naturally though I forgot to bring my jacket! I am so dumb. So we bought one. It ended up being like a youth XL and only costing like 34 bucks! Better than the other ones that were there. But it was kinda funny cause I was telling Daryl on the way up how I always forget to bring something. And there it was the jacket. ha. It was really cold and windy and we got real sore. But it was nice to get back into it. 

We have just been looking at apartments. We had this fail happen. We were the first to show interest in this apartment and this lady said she would call us by Tuesday and let us know after they showed it to a few more people. So we call Tuesday and she says we still are deciding. Then she txts me Wednesday and says a couple came by last night and signed a 2 year contract. THAT was the whole point in us calling you last night! You could have told us LAST NIGHT when we asked! Dumb. Whatever. Wasn't meant to be. It was just our first choice and we were waiting on it. But I think it was a blessing in disguise because this other apartment opened up that was cheaper that we really liked. So that is the one we are signing the contract for tonight!

We went to Daryl's Christmas party last night. It was great! We got to eat some delicious food! So that means that I didn't have to cook! ;) Then Daryl rode the bull to try to win 500 dollars. It didn't go that well. But he was sure a champ. Got some bruises on his hand to show for it. There was also a cool dance crew that broke dance and stuff there. It was a lot of fun to see. Then there was a sweet dance competition that made me giggle. There was lots of competitions and we walked around and watched them. It was a pretty good night!

I feel like that is pretty much it that has been going on here. I have been having some wicked heartburn lately though. Thank goodness for TUMS they work like champs on the heart! 

Well our plans for this weekend are to go to the ward Christmas party on Saturday morning and then go snowboarding at night. Tonight I have no idea what is in store. But we always end up doing something crazy! 

Thank goodness Finals are over!! We are both done and hopefully getting A's all around. Scholarships!? I leave Monday to go home and spend sometime with the parents alone since I have been married. I am excited and for the holidays! Merry Christmas!

-P.S. Everyday I am reminded what a great hardworking husband I have! I am soooo grateful. He does so much for me! Love him like crazy!