What. A. Week.

What a busy, busy week...

Sunday:

Went to one of my high school best friends farewell. Jess Boy (as we call her) is heading off to St. Petersburg, Russia to serve the Lord for 18 months!! I am so excited for her! She's going to be an amazing missionary!

Monday:

Took two of three finals with free lunch in between at work. Monday night was consumed by hours upon hours of studying for my stats examine the next day.

Tuesday:

Work and last final - Psychological statistics, which I aced :) Fall Semester officially over!! (only one more to go!!). Hung out with my high school girls one last time before Jess leaves. Texas Roadhouse for dinner... which unfortunately resulted in me spending at least an hour kneeling at the toilet base... haven't been that close to puking in years!

(I stole this from Melissa, but we are missing Julane here...)

Wednesday:

First official day of freedom! Slept in, car shopped a little, and applied for my first credit card!

Thursday:

Went to work for an hour, then off to the dentist to fill the last of my cavities.... I know dentists are great and all, but I sure do hate going. Rest of the day was spent writing wedding thank you cards, and watching psych with a numb/sore face.

Friday:

Back to the dentist... this time to get my last two wisdom teeth out. Luckily they practically fell out of my mouth! It was a lot less traumatic experience then getting cavities filled ha. And now here I am. However the fun doesn't stop there... tonight we're heading down to Woods Cross to help my mom baby sit my two nieces this weekend! Then tomorrow night we're going to the Mormon Tabernacle Choir thing with Jeff's sister and husband, and then Sunday we've got our family Christmas party!

It's been so nice to not have school and homework! It's weird though to go from being super busy to bored. I sure am excited to have this three week long break though! And a bonus that it's Christmas time :)

Also, more good news... I am not for certain, but I'm feeling a 4.0 coming on!!! Ah yeah! My first of my college career :) Well, let's hope.

The End is Near... Oh So Near.

Last. Week. Of. This. Semester....!!! YAY! I can hardly control my excitement! Nearly one semester down, only ONE more to go! I can't believe that I am near the end of my school career... I have always been in school.... it is going to be very, very weird to not have it anymore.

The more it begins to sink in, the more excited I get, but also the more I realize how much I'm going to miss school... and my campus job, and the people I work with :( This Fall semester has been my busiest for sure, however it hasn't been crazy because I've been so on top of everything lately. I've kicked procrastination out the window, which I accredit to being married :)

It's weird though because literally my life has been go to school in the morning (go to classes and work in between), come home around 4/4:30, eat a snack, do homework for hours, make dinner, clean up after dinner, maybe some more homework, then bed. So this week has been weird since my semester is winding down, I haven't really had hours of homework to do (hence the reason I am blogging right now :).... which has resulted in boredom and a lot of wasted time ha ha. It's funny how that works - I am very productive when I have tons to do, but when I have nothing to do productivity is gone.

Thanksgiving Break!

It was a Wegner Thanksgiving this year so we flew out to Colorado Springs to Jeff's sister's house, and then his mom, dad, and sister met us out there. It was such a nice break from school and life, and my sis-in-law's adorable little Brielle kept us highly entertained.

Ya know, one thing I love about being married is that now I not only have one awesome family, but TWO! And since it was the time of Thanksgiving I was (and have been) feeling very grateful for both families.

Anyway, our little vacation was mostly relaxing, and very much full of TONS of delicious food. Other than some good old Black Friday shopping and Turkey dinner, we went to the Garden of the Gods.

Had some cool rock formations

We flew in Saturday early evening and finished off our break at my parents house. We were lucky enough to see all of my family as well when we went down to Mapleton to see Mike and Maridee's new baby Luke!

Taya just cracks me up... and she is the cutest big sister out there. "Baby Lukey" or "Baby Brudder" is what she calls him.

It was fun to watch her interact with him. Whenever he would cry, she would say "Baby Lukey needs me."

Mmmm... someday :)

I Believe.

What a great start to the season!

Beating BYU 69 - 62 :)

Just got home from the game - my ears are ringing, my hands are hurting, and my throat is sore.

Great game!

I LOVE my Aggies!!!

11/11/11

Happy Birthday to the BEST Mom in the world!!

I am so grateful for my mom and her constant example of amazing faith, selfless love, willingness to serve, honesty, support, and optimism! She is incredible. I don't know how she does it and I hope that someday I can live up to be just as good of a mom to my children. Thank you Mom for all that you have done for me and continue to do.

Love you MOM!

Also happy Veteran's Day! I am grateful for all those who risk their lives for the safety and freedom of this wonderful country, especially my relatives and friends who have served and continue to serve!

Who Knew?

Things I've discovered since being married...

1) The reality of my sleeping habits. Turns out I'm the problem. Apparently I kick Jeff out of bed quite frequently... and I always thought I was a perfect sleeper!

2) That I'm actually not that great of a cook and that NOTHING tastes nearly as good as when my Mom cooks it.

3) That the concept of "Early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise" is actually a truthful saying (well not so sure about the "wealthy" part yet). It's amazing what actually getting enough sleep every night will do for you! So far it's done wonders for me :)

4) That getting married would solve my procrastination and time management problems. I am such a better student being married! Having to balance between school, homework, work, and being a wife has forced me to manage my time better. Therefore, goodbye procrastination!

*Who knew marriage would kick a lot of my bad habits?! Man if someone would've told me that before I would've gotten married long ago! Ha ha ;)

NEW YORK!!

A couple weeks ago we we flew out to New York for Jeff's cousin's wedding! I had never been to New York City so I was VERY excited!

We had the bright idea to take a Red-Eye flight Thursday night so we wouldn't have to pay for a hotel.... yes it saved us money, but I'm not so sure if it was worth just an hour and a half of sleep.

We arrived at 5:30 am New York time... (3:30 our time), and then took the subway into the city. First time riding the Subway! And it was hot and smelly.

First Impression of New York City: "This place is madness. I've got to get out of here!" Talk about being overwhelmed! Yes, so I didn't enjoy my first hour or so in the city, which was mostly due to being sleep deprived, but also because the first place we went was the World Trade Center, which is pretty darn close to Wall Street... and as most of you know, Wall Street is kind of chaotic right now.

One of the new World Trade Center buildings!

Time Square!

(by this time we had met up with Jeff's family and I was beginning to actually enjoy and love the city)

Craig, Hannah, and Jana

More Time Square

Mmm, Someday....

Hello Donald Trump

Central Park!! One of my favorite parts!

Jeff and his hero Balto :)

The Wegners!

Supporting the home team: St. Louis Cardinals! (who in fact just won the world series)

Beatles

The World Trade Center Memorial

It's a really beautiful memorial. Very touching.

All day Saturday was spent at the wedding. It was so fun to meet Jeff's cousins and aunts and uncles (luckily he doesn't have nearly as many as I do, so I think I got names down pretty good). It was fun to reminisce about our own wedding not too long ago, especially since we got to dance to our song once again! I was so excited when it started playing ha ha. We had a great time, and ate way too much food, but we're so happy for Heather and Jamie and wish the best to them in their new life together!

Crazy Coincidence

I was having a serious craving for Olive Garden yesterday, so I convinced Jeff that we needed to go.

Coincidence #1: We were seated at the exact same table that we sat at on our very, very first date (we're talking pre-dating days, so this was not our second first date, aka the truck rolling one ha). It brought back a flood of wonderful memories from that night and from our dating days.

As we continued reminiscing we realized that that very first date to Olive Garden was TWO years ago! It's so crazy to me that it was that long ago.

Coincidence #2: We then realized that it was probably Exactly two years ago! I tried so hard to remember the actual day we went... but we're pretty sure it was in the beginning of October!

It was perfect. I think I was inspired. Actually I was. When I was watching a show on Hulu, commercials for Olive Garden kept coming on ha ha. Pretty sure it was meant to be :)

The funny thing about that first date was that I actually shot Jeff down after dinner that night... he was having a good time so he asked if I wanted to do anything else and i'm pretty sure I pulled the "I think I was going to do something with my roommates" excuse ha ha. He gave up on me that night :) Pretty sure I am never going to live that down.

Peach Days & Derbys!

Brigham City had their yearly Peach Days celebration this last weekend. We love Peach Days and I've gone every year since I've lived in Logan. My old roommate's family has a peach cobbler stand that we get cobbler from and it's SO yummy!

There were some pretty sweet old cars at the car show!

The typical fruit stand thing... (it's supposed to be a truck)

We were torn between going to the USU game and the All Truck Demolition Derby Saturday night.... the Derby won!

During the second heat one of the trucks got pinned up parallel to the dirt wall and another truck came at full speed and rammed them, resulting in the pinned truck flipping over the wall and landing on the roof. Every one was excited at first until we realized that the driver was stuck upside down.... after the "jaws of life" and like 45 minutes later the driver was freed and taken to the hospital in the ambulance. I was worried that he was seriously injured, but he was waving his arm on his way out so I think that meant he was ok ha ha. Exciting but scary!

Pretty much make the number one on my top demolition derby list. Following the previous excitement, we had a couple exploding cars as well...

and the top the night off (and end it abruptly)... rain started to pour and the lights shut off! Ha ha! What an exciting night!

We sat in the rain for a bit hoping that the lights would come back on, but we eventually gave up and left. Super fun night though!

*Speaking of Trucks.... ours has been quite expensive lately.... just days before registration expired we got a rock chip that spread over 6 inches within an hour or so. We didn't even have a chance to fix it, thus resulting in us having to fork out the money for a new windshield. Now only weeks after that incident, I got a text from Jeff yesterday saying that the truck won't turn right... hmm, yeah sounds like a problem.

Anyway long story short, our front right shock broke, bending some steering rod or something. We sucked it up and forked out the money, but phew! We sure hope that's it for awhile.

Such is the Life of a Pilot's Wife

So I've been without my other half these past two days. He's been up in Yellowstone working a little second job. He's explained it to me a few times, but I still don't know exactly what they do and what for... all I know is that they fly around an area and take thermal pictures of the ground. What I do know though is that it is a great source of some extra bonus money which is always nice :)

So he's been up in Yellowstone the past couple days and should be coming home soon, and I have missed him terribly. It's our first time being away from each other since being married. Despite it being not so fun, it is good practice for the many years to come. As a pilot's wife, having my husband gone for days at a time will be the norm. Of course every career has its up and downs, but on the flip-side... He will also be home for days at a time! What's great though is that you can be thousand of miles away from someone and still see them and talk to them via facetime and skype! Sure does make it easier.

Hurry up 5 o'clock! I miss my Man!

PS... YAY for Fridays!!!

Labour Day Weekend

On Friday night we flew down to Provo with a flight student and his wife! He was in need of hours and long-distance trips and they wanted to visit family, so I hopped along for the ride! We spent a couple hours hanging out with my bro Chris. After yummy burgers and pie shakes, and some brief moments at a free concert, it was time to head back to the airport.

It was a fun little Friday night adventure. I love to go flying with Jeff, especially during this time of year everything is so pretty from up above, Cache Valley in particular!

Provo airport

On Saturday we did our usually exploring/off-roading favorite activity in the afternoon, and found a new trail that we loved! It was quite pretty.

Monday morning we woke up and decided... "hmm... let's go climb a mountain!"

Soooo we did!! :)

You wouldn't believe how many wildflowers there still are up there!

They were beautiful!

Finally reached the peak of Mt. Naomi! (in Logan Canyon)

Surrounded by a beautiful view, snow, and surprisingly... cows! ha ha

View of Cache Valley

See all the little wildflowers?! They were even at full bloom at the very top of the mountain! So colorful.