Arica

Happy early birthday my sister. I miss you, so I decided to spend some time with you through video and created this new version of it...it's straight and our laughing is gone and now there's new music that you've probably never watched in combination with it before. Enjoy!

All hail the Galaxy!

We love soccer! Generous dad bought tickets for the Galaxy vs. Red Bulls game on Saturday. When Abby got asked to prom at the last minute Zack and Emily came along and took the extra tickets. It was a really great game even though Galaxy lost and the referee was handing out ridiculous yellows left and right. Good times.

May grays

The first week of being in California was promising. Was it the 25 degree difference from our last location? The sun actually coming through as opposed to gloomy cloudy days? The lack of snow perhaps? All of the above. The first week and a trip to Mexico tricked us...


Then the May grays set in (why are there two ways to spell gray/grey...so annoying). The clouds came out and the temperature dropped, but despite these events we still did not have to endure snow. I could still go out in flip flops and not have my feet be any colder than they usually are (ice cold to begin with). It was sad to lose the sun so quickly, but still much better than random flurries of snow. But the sun is back out today! And while this gives Jeremy a farmer's tan while he's out cutting concrete all day, it also makes us smile. Thank you California.

Moving on...

"Well, what can I say? I graduated.

It's over. I did it.
I know most of you are sayin'
'Hey, any idiot could do that.'
Well it was tough for me, so back off!"

-Billy Madison

Well it's true everyone. And sorry once again for going so long between posts. I blame finals, graduating, moving home, and going to Mexico. Being done with school feels wonderful. Not having a job yet is a bit scary, but everything seems to be working out for us day by day. Jeremy is already working hard at his new concrete cutting job and earning the big bucks. The travel home was fun...our two cars caravaning with one pulling a trailer full of all our belongings (which surprisingly added little time to our journey).

On our way home we were able to stop and talk to my great-grandma Dorothy who has lived in Hurricane, UT my whole life but who I haven't been able to visit in all my trips back and forth from school. Jeremy was a little less than excited to visit some old lady he thought would be sick and on her death bed, but we were all surprised at how well she was doing. She shared lots of stories about my mom when she was younger and proved to have an incredible memory. I thought she was confused at which great grandchildren were there because she called me 'heart girl', and Alex was the one born with heart problems. But as it turns out, she always called me 'heart girl' because she remembered that I was born right next to Valentine's Day, crazy! It was really great to visit her.

It's really nice to be at home for good (five years later). Of course I miss Arica who still has a little while before her and Andrew get to come home forever too, but it will all be wonderful and gives us that much more to look forward to!