Just thinking about these ladies today, love them so much! I would not be what I am today with out them. They are the greatest examples and are there through thick and thin. Love you guys! xoxoxo

Fire Academy Graduation

In December Matt graduated from the UVU's RCA (recruit candidate academy)- aka: fire academy.
Not going to lie, I was one proud wife! He worked his butt off this semester and definitely learned a lot. Class consisted of Monday, Wednesday, and Friday nights from 5-10 and all day Saturday's ALL semester long. Talk about lots of lonely nights for me..and of course busy nights for him. At graduation he received the Physical Fitness Award with a few of the other guys along with his RCA certificate.

Earlier in the semester they did a "Family Day" at the academy. Family of the students went down to the campus BBQ'd and then watched the guys in action. It was awesome to see them do what Matt came home talking about each day after class. It was great to see him doing something that he enjoyed so much.

Building they practice on.

In action

My Firefighter :)

Everyone who came to support Matt

Matt is now on to new adventures and is working towards getting into the Paramedic Program. I'm so proud of him and all of his accomplishments! Plus, who wouldn't want a firefighter for a husband?!? :)

Love you Matt!

Quick Update

Well hi again! I know it has been forever since I have updated the blog and it is not because of a lack of fun things in life, we just have been so busy and now that school is back in full swing that is not going to get any better I am afraid.

I know I know, all I seem to post about is school, but it controls our life right now (or so it seems). However, I am in my very last semester of nursing school! Matt and I were talking about it the other day and in ways it had drug on and on but at the same time it really has flown by. Weird, right? To be completely honest I don't feel ready to be done, but hopefully that will change with this semester. As a 4th semester student 135 hours as a "preceptor" is required. We have to work along side an assigned nurse for all of their shifts; think free labor for the hospital we are at. :) I am excited that I get to do mine in Labor & Delivery at Timpanogos Regional in Orem. It should be a lot of fun and I know I will learn a lot!

Matt graduated from the UVU Fire Academy in December (post to come, promise!) and is now taking the Advanced EMT class along with some others too. He is going to start doing all of his IV's and such, so we may need a few volunteers, as much as I love him I can only let him practice so much on me. :) When he finished the academy it seemed like we had all this time on our hands that we didn't know what to do with, unfortunately that didn't last long, we are back to busy busy busy. 

We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season and got to spend lots of time family and friends! We had a very good Christmas and Matt spoiled me rotten. He surprised me with a fancy Cannon Rebel T3i camera; it is all a little over my head, but I love it! It is going to be so much fun to learn and to have around. Here it is:

We also got to spend a lot of time with both of our families. We took a trip to the Heber Valley Camp with Matt's whole family and stayed the weekend. Very cold but fun! This time of year is our absolute favorite because of all of the things we do with family and friends!

I will work on posting more than once every three months.. Promise! 

P.S Our cruise leaves in just 107 days; but who's counting. :)

All Of Our Hard Work Will Pay Off.... Someday!

School is still the story of our lives (or so it seems). We cannot wait for the end of the semester, December cannot come quick enough! (Plus, that means Christmas. YAY! I cannot wait to decorate our house!) 

Matt is working extra hard at the Fire Academy but is really enjoying it! This semester is extra busy for me, but once it is over I'm on the down hill side. (I can see the light at the end of the tunnel!) Since I graduate in April I have been telling Matt we need to plan a vacation for shortly after the spring semester. 

We went back and forth with a few ideas till we FINALLY decided on what we wanted to do......

April 28th, 2013 we will be here:

Grand Cayman Island

On this:

Carnival Magic

We are going on the Western Caribbean Cruise! The ports include Jamaica, Grand Cayman Islands, and Cozumel, Mexico. It will be such a nice vacation after such a crazy year. We can't wait! 

P.S Anyone is welcome to join us, you know you want to!

P.P.S Only 207 days, just in case anyone was wondering.. :-)

High 5's

I love Ollie's newest trick, he gives high 5's, so of course I had to share. :)

Here's the video:

And So It Begins.

School is officially here and we can't quite decide how we feel about it.

 Matt started the fire academy yesterday which I think got him excited for the rest of the semester. Its going to definitely keep him beyond busy and a little worn out, but it's only a few months, right?? I am super excited for him and also very proud of him!

I am in my 3rd semester (of 4) of the nursing program at Weber. I am excited that I am on the down hill side but this semester is going to be CRAZY! Oh well I guess, if one of us is going to be busy we both might as well be! 

According To My Mom...

According to my mom I suck at blogging. Yes, I know, I am horrible at keeping our blog up to date. BUT it is not for lack of trying, I just feel like I should have something interesting to blog about when I do. I am not saying we have boring lives; it's just that nothing over the top exciting has happened the last few weeks. I promise to TRY to be better, try is the key word there.

My little (bigger than me) brother turned 18 this last week! Can't believe he's already 18; I didn't manage to get a picture of him, BUT I got a cute one of us! :-)

Only a few more weeks till school starts (and then I will be even worse at blogging, I'm sure!) and we are trying to enjoy them as best we can. We have spent a lot of time with family this summer and also with friends. Hope these last few weeks are just as good!

We hope everyone has had a great summer as well!

Here's a few random pictures of our cute Ollie- he's still a lot of fun!



Someone was EXHAUSTED!