BYU I Miss You

Today classes started at BYU without me. There is something about being on the beautiful campus, sitting in a lecture, being with friends in the library till 2:00 in the morning studying and football games that I just miss. BYU was such a great school. It taught me a lot about who I am. Learning has always been part of me. Being a student gave me confidence. I always knew that I could do anything a professor threw at me. Now that I am in the “real” world, with a “real” job I don’t quite feel the same. I found myself sad/happy to think about my little brother who gets to go to school there starting today. I hope he loves it, because I love and miss it.

BYU I miss you!

Freshman Year

Utah

About 2 months ago Josh and I moved to El Paso Texas. It is great here, and Josh’s school is phenomenal; however, I am missing {Utah}.

Things I miss about {Utah}

MY Family!!

Café Rio!!

Mountains

Grass

Green Trees J

My Family!

Café Rio!

Pizza Factory

Great Friends

Being able to go to Family events

My Family!

Things I like about {Texas}

Pei Wei

Great Friends (Emily, April, Lauren, Emme, Karina, Sheridan)

Staying busy at work

Warm Weather

Our Ward

Family coming to visit J

A New Hobby

Since Josh is busy all the time I decided I needed a hobby. I love taking pictures, so I thought photography would be a good fit. Here are some pics of my friends little girl. She is a doll! Don't laugh at my lack of skills :)

Jerzie

I just had to get on this week and post these adorable pictures of my niece, Jerzie. She is 8 months old and just had some gorgeous pics taken. I miss her a ton and cant wait to see her soon. Miss you Jerzie!

Baby Pictures

This past week Ceri and Derek had pictures taken of little girl Madelynn. Her pictures turned out amazing. I cant wait to meet this cute little girl! :) Way to go Karen Gallup. They are adorable.

She is excited, because she cant wait to meet Aunt Lexy in this picture :)

Treasure

This summer I was introduced to a real treasure. My aunt/boss/great friend had, what was, my great grandmother’s desk. I love looking at pictures, and seeing things that once belonged to my ancestors. In some ways it makes me feel like I am getting to know who they were. One day I was visiting Natalie when she told me about this desk. This old desk that was just screaming my name. It looked awful. The poor desk was stained all different colors, it was missing pieces, and the back had come off. Well I knew there was something I could do. I took it home where Josh and I went to town. We took off the varnish, re-stained it, added a board to the back and gave it some good old TLC! I It was so fun to work on this project with Josh. Thank you to Sky, Mom and Dad for helping us with it. We could not have done it without you. It now sits in my living room as a constant reminder of where I have come from ☺

Johs’s White Coat Ceremony

Josh was accepted to the Texas Tech Paul L. Foster School of Medicine this fall. I am so excited to start this chapter in our lives. Part of going to medical school is having a white coat ceremony to mark the student's transition from the study of preclinical to clinical health sciences. Dave and Janet were able to come down for the ceremony. We had a great time celebrating this big milestone!