Christmas

Christmas was really fun here. Robert gets really excited for Christmas. On Christmas Eve, I told Robert that we couldn't get up till 6 at the earliest because he usually gets up at like 4 and wakes me up. I'm not good at that early in the morning. So we didn't even get home till 11 and I still had to wrap presents so we didn't go to bed till way late ans then Robert woke up again at 6:20. He said that waiting those extra couple mins were the longest ten mins of his life! I'm sure he was exagerating a little bit but we had fun. Santa brought us some pretty good loot too! We got Rock Band and a new camera and a few other fun things but those were our fun things. So al morning we were rocking out! It was lots of fun. Then we went to my parents and got some more loot and the best thing from that was Wii Fit. That is a fun little toy! I've been doing it for the last few days and I can already feel my sides burning. It's lots of fun. I'm still getting the hang of my new camera so I'll definately be posting some pictures in the next few days. But everything here has been great. I got my real Christmas wish - SNOW! And lots of it! Well I really just wanted a bunch at my house so that I can make a snowman again, not necessarily that it dump all across the U.S. and cause lots of problems but hey the more we get in the mountains the better the skiing and snowmobiling!

It's over!!

Well, it's official. I am now an alumni of Utah State University! It was pretty cool. I can't believe that I'm done. It hasn't really hit me yet that it's all over. However I am really glad that I don't have to drive through the canyon and the snow and all that fun stuff.
The drive up to Logan was kinda scary. It began snowing really early in the morning and didn't stop until after the ceremony was all over. It was really cool because it wasn't a very long graduation since it was a fall/winter graduation. So it was only an hour and a half rather than like 4 hours so that was good. But it was really fun because Robert, my parents, my in-laws and my niece Tieler and the foreign exchange student (Myla) that is staying with my in-laws all braved the storm and came up to watch me graduate. It really really cool. However the sad part is that my mother-in-law accidently deleted all the pictures on her camera, including my graduation pictures. She was the only one that managed to remember to bring a camera. But luckily we had to buy the cap and gown and all the fun stuff so I can re-create almost everything. So once I do that I'll post some pictures.
And, now that I'm all done with school I'll have much more time to take pictures of my house, my horses and all the other fun stuff that I've been talking about.

Merry Christmas everyone!!!

Almost over!!!

Graduation is on Friday!!!! Yay!!
I can't even begin to describe how excited/relieved I am to not have to do any more homework or finals! And no, I am not going to get a masters. I don't think that the plants will know the differnce. ;) Anway, I'll try and remember to get some pictures of the exciting day!

Ten days and counting

On Saturday the 13th of December, I will walk the carpet that marks the point in my life where I have completed all the learning that I can possibly handle. I graduate from Utah State University. I am getting really excited/stressed for the big day. I am stressed because I have a big paper that's due friday that I haven't started on, Monday I have two finals, and I have to finish taking the quizzes and final for my online class all before graduation. But that also donesn't include all the time spent on Christmas festivities with family, friends and Posse celebrations that Robert and I are in charge of. But it will all be worth it to be able to walk across the stage and get a little paper signifying that I have fulfilled all the requirements that were needed to pass the classes that the college demands that I take, whether they are imperative to my degree or not. I guess it helps to make us more well rounded students right? I thought that was what all the other classes I took through high school were for. Anyway, I am really excited to get on with working for the rest of my life! Isn't that exciting! To be able to say that I am done with school? I think it is. And no, I am not going to get a masters degree. Good for you to all who did/are doing that. School just isn't the most thrilling thing to do for me. Anyway, I will be recieveing a Bachelor's in Horticulture with a Minor in Business.

That's really all that's new from us for now. Robert is working enough to keep him busy for pretty much all day. And I am going to school, doing homework, doing Mary Kay stuff and trying to work in between all of that.

Empty Nesters

Well, it's official. Tom's (But to all of his friends it's Thomas. Weird huh?) now a married man. It was a happy/sad day. I think that my dad and I were to only ones that were crying. But then again for my dad it's his only son and it's also his last child. Which means that mom and dad are now definately empty nesters. But for me it was sad beause Tom is my little brother. This means that he is all grown up now and that means that I am too. It's the beginning of a new life for them. It's really exciting and I'm really happy for him. the ceremony was very beautiful. Carter and Adam, my sister's boys, were the ring bearer's and they were adorable! I'll have to get some pictures of them. But everything went well and they had many people come to wish them well. Ashley asked me to do her makeup for the day. That was interesting. I've just started to do my Mary Kay business so I was a little nervous. But it turned out beautiful. Anyway, good times ahead right? Now we're all married I guess we are all grown ups.

Two days and counting...

So it's been a while, so much as been going on. There is only a month left till I graduate from college. I am getting SO excited!! I can't even describe it! Then on top of all this Tom is getting married in only TWO DAYS!!! It's weird to think that my little brother is going to be married. But I guess that means that we're all growing up.
Since Tom wedding is coming up that also means that there are lots of relatives in town. The one that I was most excited for was my sister Susan and her family. It's been really fun to get phone calls from my nephews asking about when they get to come and ride horses and and hang out with Cowboy Robert.

Well, I guess i'll definately have to write and post some pictures of the newlyweds.

Cold days make you think...

Ya know you never really realize how important friends are to you until they aren't around anymore. It's kinda a sad realization that has been sneaking up on me recently. All this cold weather makes me think about things a lot more. And I realized that most of the friends that I did things with like 3 or 4 months ago haven't really been around since then. And it seems like when we do things together that time period has been getting much, much bigger. It's really kinda depressing what a cold, blustry day will make you think of. But then I have to remember, Friends may come and go, but your family is always there. And ya know, that saying is so true! Thinking back to years ago in high school, the only thing that mattered to me was my boyfriend and my friends. I could have cared less what my family was doing. Then I got to college, where friends are a good thing to have if your living away from home. But you start to realize that family is a pretty good thing. Because eventually your friends from college get married and then they join the married club and then you don't see them anymore. But then when you get married and find fun married friends then everything is back to normal. Family in this time of life is also like your friends. You begin to start thinking "Hmm, I wonder what my parents are doing tonight?" But now, I guess I'm in that stage where all of my friends have kids and are now in the 'young family' circle so I really don't see them anymore. It's really sad to see this day come and hopefully sometime I will be in the same circle as they in the future and we will be able to get together again. However, I am truly happy that I have been able to hang out with my parents, my sister and her family, my little brother and his fiance, and my greatest friend of all - my hubby. It's always a good day when I get to stay home and play the wii with him and kick his but in sports! ;)