Runaway Frogs

So we got some water frogs for my classroom. I would occasionally take them home over the weekend, and Andrew and I noticed these poor frogs trying to dig holes to escape out of their tank. Ha! They will be very let down if they ever dig a hole to the bottom. They must so bored in that little tank. Maybe someday, we'll liberate them.

Graduation, End of School, and Moving On!!

I am a super lazy blogger. I have no excuse! Andrew is graduated, and I am officially done with teaching 3rd grade. We finally know where we are going to go...kind of. We know we are moving. Andrew got into the Master of Public Health program and the University of Iowa--closer to my family. It's our back up plan. We are hoping that Andrew will get into either the medical school in Iowa or Wisconsin later this summer, so we are waiting in Minnesota with my family until we hear. We are SO glad that we can finally make plans to move. Our contract sold unbelievably fast. We feel so blessed! We are also very excited to live with my family for a while--We haven't been there for over a year!!

Cousins John and Andrew with their parents. Woohoo!!
Andrew's family, minus Jacob.
Andrew and his cousin John Peterson (far left), and his brother Matt and sister Lydia after graduation.
Andrew and I before graduation.

Spring Vaca!

Andrew and I experienced something this year that we haven't for a long time: SPRING BREAK! Wow, it is such a great thing! BYU should really think about having one. Andrew missed a little bit of school on during my school's spring break. We had so much fun! It was much needed. We decided, with the help of a friend, to go to Monterey, California. It was perfect, relaxing, and really helped us put things back into perspective.

Here's a picture of us walking around in Carmel. This was a super ritzy place full of cute little shops.

Awesome jelly fish!! The Monterey Aquarium was amazing. Who knew there are so many jellyfish! These reminded me of Finding Nemo.A sunset at a beach in Pacific Grove. It was beautiful and freezing cold.
Here we are riding a surrey on a bike path along the coast. It was so fun to just relax with Andrew and site see.
Such a pretty place! This was at Lover's Point. Oh yeah.
Us at Lover's Point.
We are so lucky to be able to go to California and have quality time together!

Waiting...

We're calling this stage in our lives "waiting." Way too much waiting. We're waiting to here from medical schools for next year--we're on the waiting list for University of Maryland, St. Louis University, and Iowa--Carver. WE'RE DYING. Whenever I think about next year, there are so many different things that we could be doing. It's an exciting time, so we're trying to love right now. It gets hard sometimes though. We're just grateful to be in a good place right now. Come what may!

Maryland Christmas!

The Boys. From the left, it's Andrew's brother Matt, Andrew's Dad, John, brother Jacob, Papa Lowe, and then the lovely Andrew.


One the bottom is Andrew's sister Lydia, Andrew's Mom, Debbie, and then me!

We had a lot of fun. We spent some time downtown D.C.--even ice skating outside downtown! What a cool city. We also went to a really fun wedding reception, and fun just hanging around. Thanks Lowe's!!

One Year of Success!

We've been married a WHOLE YEAR!! Woohoo! It seems like we've been married longer that that, but at the same time, the time has flown by. Marriage is such a wonderful thing. I'm so grateful to be married to a wonderful man. :) Some exciting things that have happened this year are...

• We got married! December 27, 2008 in St. Paul, MN. I know...we're crazy.
  
• I finished school and conquered the Teacher Work Sample. That was probably one of my greatest moments of weakness--I'm a sane person now that it's done.
  
• Andrew took the MCAT...twice! And he's applied to medical schools and had a few interviews. Now word yet on where! We're just waiting.
  
• We went to California--Sacramento and San Francisco. We had a blast and even got to see Wicked there. We visited with Andrew's Aunt Kristina and Uncle Josh, and we also got to hang out with my Aunt Becky and Uncle Wade. My family was able to come out too! Very fun.
  
• I got a job teaching!! WOOHOO!! Teaching is much more enjoyable now than it was at the beginning of the year. They kids say funny things. One kid in my class said that he and his parents were going to watch Harry Potter for his parent's wedding anniversary. He then explained that Harry Potter #1 "came out when my parents were about teenagers, so it means a lot to them." I wonder if he had some say in what movie they watched... And I wonder how old he thinks I am, because I'm pretty sure that movie came out when I was a teenager, and I'm definitely not old enough to be his mom.
  
• We went to Maryland...twice! Once for fall break and then for Christmas break! It's so fun out there. Andrew's family is there, and we've had fun spending time with them.
• We've read the whole Percy Jackson series. If you haven't read it, YOU MUST! They are great.
  
• My sister Natalie got married to Alex Madsen over Thanksgiving break! They are a great couple, and we couldn't be happier for them. :)
• Andrew's brother Matt got home from his mission in Italy. I met him for the first time in the airport! Both of Andrew's brothers are here at BYU and I have 2 siblings out here too! It's been fun having so many siblings here.
• We conquered the swine flu!

We love each other even more! It's been a great year! We're grateful for all of the experiences we've had, and all of the adventures we have yet to come.

Long time, no see!

Well, I'm home sick today, so I figured I had NO excuse not to post on our forsaken blog. Life has been pretty crazy lately with Andrew applying to med. schools and flying out for interviews, and me teaching school. We are happy being busy though! Recently though we've both caught the flu, which has forced us to slow down. We are ready to get back to normal.

Last week, Andrew and I were able to go out to Maryland for one of Andrew's med school interviews during my school's Fall Break! It was perfect timing! We left Wednesday right after school and got back Monday night. We'll find out in about a month if Andrew got in! We got to spend more time with Andrew's family and had a great time. It was pretty rainy and cold though, so we are lacking in the picture area. Here are a few though:

Us on the Metro! We were on our way up to D.C. to the National Archives. We saw the Declaration of Independence, Magna Carta, and all those cool things.

We could NOT believe they have an OBAMA shop! How bizarre is that?! Never in a million years would you see a "Bush Shop." Wow. That's all we had to say. Of course we needed a picture. You can't see it, but behind me is a cardboard cut-out of President Obama.

We are grateful that everything worked out perfectly for this trip! Maryland/D.C./Virginia is such a cool place!