Friends, Friends, Friends

I am ready for summer. I am ready for the warm weather. And I am ready to be graduated! I am so excited for so many new things, but am also so sad at the idea of leaving our life here. We have lived in Provo for four years now and it is definitely feeling like home. Some of our best friends are here and although we are excited for new adventures, we will miss so many things and people. BUT we still have a while before we pack up and leave, so I'll just show some pictures of us recently to reminisce on the end of winter and beginning of spring so far:

This is my friend Carly. She is so fun and has the cutest little baby girl, Cambree. This picture was taken at David's tackle football league (her husband plays on the team too!). We missed you, Jess!

Here's little bundled up Cambree:

 Here we are at a BYU basketball game. Yeah, that earlier post about it being our last game ever in the Marriott center...I was wrong. Apparently they made it to some other tournament, so we came to support:

Here we are at another game with Jessica, Carly and me (and Cambree of course). The lighting was a little strange on this picture, so just ignore:

David also plays on an indoor soccer team with our brother-in-law, Phe and some other friends. They have a great time and it is so fun to watch. Especially because my fun sister-in-laws are there to watch with me. Here is the team, and yes that score was 8-2!

So this picture is truly awful of me since I just got done working out before, but I had to put it up! This is Michele, one of my mom's best friends! I ran into her at David's intramural football game, where she came to support her son who was playing on the other team. It was quite a surprise because she just flew out from Florida to see her son and his wife's new baby. It was so fun to see her and catch up with the family!

Since the weather has been so nice, we all wanted to go to the park and have a Barbecue. Jessica and her husband, Ryan, made us carne asada tacos that were seriously amazing! We had a great time and then had to hurry home when the sun went away because we forgot that its only March and it is cold at night still. I'd say this is a great start to summer and cannot wait for many more of these:

 I am trying to be better at documenting our lives, so hopefully more pictures of us and more friends to come :)

Easter Sunday

Hello and Happy Easter! We had a great day which consisted of going to church, spending time with family, and eating a ton! David and I have church at 8 am. I know, super early. So we (I) stumbled out of bed last minute (7:50), threw on clothes and makeup and rushed to church. Thankfully, I realize this inability to get out of bed early, and we planned to do my family's traditional Easter breakfast after church. When we got home I made "Goldenrod Eggs", which David's family calls "Creamed Eggs on Toast". Regardless of what it's called, it's delicious and it is my favorite thing every Easter! I made David an Easter basket full of junk food and he got me some beautiful tulips and candy as well. Then after hours of candy coma, we drove up with Jen, Phe, Jessie, and Scott to David's cousin's house in Bountiful. It was so nice of them to have us over for dinner and we had a great time eating, celebrating and catching up with everyone.

We hope you all had a fabulous Easter! Here is a beautiful remembrance of Christ's life and suffering he went through for each of us. How grateful I am for his atonement in my life so that I can return to live with him someday. He is risen!

Couldn't Be More Proud

I am so proud of my husband! Sorry to be one of those bragging wives, but it'll be quick and he deserves it. David was one of 15 in the U.S. to receive an Air Force scholarship for dental school! He is super smart and has worked so hard in school. Basically, the Air Force pays for all four years of his dental school and then he will work as a military dentist for four years to pay back. Plus, we get all the other perks of being in the military :) It has been a huge financial relief and we are so excited to be a part of the Air Force! 

Thanks for always working so hard, David. You will never know how proud I am to be your wife!

Yakisoba!

David served a two-year mission for our church to Kobe, Japan. This country and the people will always have a special place in David's heart and it just makes me so excited to visit someday. Because I hardly know anything about this country, David attempts to culture me. We have watched Memoirs of a Geisha, which was filmed in his mission (although he doesn't really like that movie), eaten out at a couple of Japanese Restaurants, and finally he made me a homemade Japanese meal!

It is called Yakisoba and is a Japanese noodle dish that was really delicious. We didn't plan on making it until we passed the real 'authentic' noodles that they have in Japan while grocery shopping at Smith's.  It was a surprise for David because he never knew they had the noodles there. The rest of the shopping trip was based around what we needed for the yakisoba. 

We cooked up a ton of vegetables (my favorite):

And then added the noodles and the cooked meat (we had cow)

 Here is my cute husband cooking away!

It was so delicious and almost has a nutmegy, Christmas flavor going on. It's hard to explain, but you should try it! Thanks David :)

The Final Countdown

Well, we are almost adults! I mean, graduated adults. In 7 weeks and 1 day from now, David and I will be graduating from BYU! I cannot believe how fast college seemed to fly by, and I am proud to say we will both have graduated in four years (besides David's two-year mission for our church to Japan). We can hardly wait to start the next chapter of our lives. Until then, I keep thinking of the last time I get to do certain things. For example, we went to the last home BYU basketball game of our college careers:

 We even got to the Marriott Center an hour and a half early! The game was against Gonzaga (#2 in the nation at the time) and we almost beat them, which made for a great game. I am going to miss this place:

It will be surreal when it is all over, but are so excited to move up to Salt Lake! BTW, if anyone has any housing suggestions or recommendations for living in SLC please let us know.