Pictures!

So I got the vinyl from my wonderful mother today, and hurredly put them up on the wall. Here are some pictures:




This is in our living room on the same wall as our TV. The bottom picture is the Salt Lake Temple.

This is the opposite wall in the living room. On the sides of the couches are our two new bookshelves

This is in our kitchen. The pictures that are hiding behind the light are taken by Karlie. They are pictures of flowers from my parents yard, and are absolutely beautiful!

This is in our entryway. I couldn't get our new table and the quote in one shot, so there is two! I like the pink!

This is up in our office/guest bedroom/Chile room. The spoon and fork were given to Mike when we went and visited Chile from one of his converts. They had been in the family for a while, so it was a big sacrifice for the family!

Hold Up on the Pictures

I know a lot of you want to see pictures...but I'm not going to put them up quite yet, because things are still improving over here:) My mother has kindly agreed to cut me some vinyl sayings to put on the walls, so I am going to wait until those are up, so you can get the full affect.
SORRY!!
Hopefully by then my class will be ready as well, and I can post pictures of my classroom!

WAY Too Long

I know...I'm awful at this posting thing. Oh Well :)
So not much has happened since I last posted, except that my parents came to town! We had an awesome time! They arrived last Monday. Mike took us on a tour of his school, so they could see where he is all day!
While they were here, we were able to go to Kirtland. It was really cool to be in places where the Savior has come to visit. It was neat to see the Temple, even though the spirit wasn't felt as strong there.
I think I probably gained 10 pounds because of all the meat we ate while my parents were here. We went to Smokey Bones BBQ for my birthday, had pulled pork sandwiches for lunch the next day, and had texas roadhouse that night! It was heaven!! We also took my parents to Whippy Dip. My mom got the craziest ice cream thing ever! It had snickers, bananas, and something else in it. I think there were more mix-ins than ice cream. It tasted very good though!!
We decorated my apartment finally! We put up lots of pictures, and got an entryway table and two small bookshelves. My apartment has started to feel like a real home! I love it!

So Mike has had his eyes opened this past week with medical school. He thought he was going to fail a big quiz, and had a minor freak out. However, because he is such a great student and only needs a little more confidence in himself, he got a B! The average for the quiz was an F, so he did awesome!! I am so proud of him! I don't see him much anymore, but we workout almost everyday together, so that is nice. He also took me out to a movie in celebration of my birthday on Saturday. We saw The Time Travelers Wife.

Well, right now I am preparing for school to start. It starts in 2 weeks! and I've barely started preparing, so this week is crunch time because next week is full of meetings!

I will post pictures of the changes to the apartment today!

Ravine Flyer II

So Mike and I finally went on the RollerCoaster that I talked about previously. It actually turned out to be 4.50 per person, but it was amazing! It was the best wooden rollercoaster I have ever been on! If you ever come out to visit, I'll definitely take you there!!

Mike's Story

I just got home from running, and checked my email. Mike had left a little earlier to go study. This is what it said (it was from Mike):

You are not going to believe what just happened to me. I rode the motorcycle to school like any other day (except some pebble sized object struck me in the chest while I was on Zuck) and it was a beautiful morning. I parked the bike, walked in and chatted with the security guard for a minute. Then while I was on my way to the library, I heard this really strange sound. It sounded like a gnat flapping its tiny wings, except a little bit louder. And I could only hear it out of my left ear. I stopped and listened to the sound for a few moments, and it stopped. So I started walking again, and I heard the sound again. It was so loud that I thought that I might have a bug in my ear trying to escape. So I reached my pinky in my ear and tried to feel around for anything, but nothing was there. After a few moments the sound stopped again. This pattern continued for a while (I would take a few steps, hear the sound, then when I stopped the sound would cease). Finally I noticed that whenever I brought my watch near my left ear I could hear the sound very loudly. So I started to take off my watch to investigate, when I felt a very sharp pain near my armpit. Then I felt it again and again and again. Without thinking I whipped off my shirt and flung it on the ground and stomped on it a couple of times. I peeled apart the two layers of shirts and there was the BIGGEST bumble bee you've ever seen. It was at least the size of my thumb, and black and hairy. And it stung me at least 4-5 times. Holy Cow!

Can you imagine Mike throwing off his shirts and jumping on them! I wish I could have seen the expressions of the people around him! HaHa