Updates

Sooo since the last time we updated our blog was March, I thought now would be a good time to catch everyone up. It's been so long since I signed into our blogger account that I even forgot the username and password! Anyway, here's a list of all we've been doing since March:

• We both graduated BYU in April. Ashley in Exercise Science and Lane in Biology
• We drove to down to Tucson to spend time with Ashley's family right after we graduated
• We went on a cruise around Mexico with them (Lane's first, and he has never eaten so much)
• We drove up to Disneyland (and we went for free with the Disney volunteer program!)
• We stopped in Davis CA to see our extended family
• We made it to Oregon!
• We moved into our apartment
• We got offered an apartment management position (on the day we moved into our first apartment) so we moved into a different apartment
• Lane started dental school
• It got cold

That's about it for now. And we took zero pictures of all of this, so next post I'll make sure to take pictures of whatever we do. And hopefully that next post won't be in 7 months.

Christmas Break

Here are some pictures from Christmas break...

After we took our floral design class, we decided to make an arrangement as a centerpiece for Christmas dinner. It turned out really well!


The only problem is that we didn't take a picture of it. We let Lane's sister's kids use the remnants to make their own arrangements, and this is Avery's. It looks good huh?



Lane wearing the infamous Blazer robe that I made for him 2 years ago for Christmas. He's excited to open presents!

We had our own Christmas at our apartment before we left for Oregon, so we decorated a tree and even left Santa a poptart (which he ate!)

I See a Theme....

Lately, only one thing has been on Lane's mind. I'll let you guess what it is.







Below is the steelhead he caught while he was up in Oregon interviewing at OHSU for dental school. He's pretty proud-it's his first one and weighed 7 pounds I think (I usually just zone out when he talks about fishing but I caught that part).







This is what I caught him doing last night. He took out all of his lures and lined them up on the table, then took pictures of them. I see a little similarity between him and Confessions of a Shopaholic


I found this one day when I opened the silverware drawer-our neighbors made brownies at our apartment because they were already cooking something, and Lane wanted some of them. Apparently they were coming over right then, so he cut some and threw them in the silverware drawer. Haha. Never a dull moment with Lane.


My family came up last week to go skiing. It was really fun to spend time with them, and to ski of course. This was the first time I've gone this winter (sad, I know). On our last day of skiing, my dad broke his ribs. Ouch! The next morning David (my brother) and Lane were playing soccer with some friends and David broke his tibia. So, maybe Utah's not the best place for my family to visit. My mom was stuck with 2 invalids on the flight home. When she called up the airlines to request 2 wheelchairs, the booking agent laughed at her.


Oh yeah, and one more thing-Lane's going to dental school!!!! After 3 interviews (Tufts, USC, and OHSU) and being gone a week and half, we're about 95% sure we're going to be living in Oregon for the next four years!

Textbooks

Everyone know that textbooks are way expensive. Throughout my years at BYU, I've found little tricks to get around the exorbitant costs, like buying used or international editions. However, my favorite part of the school year is the beginning when I can sell all of my old textbooks to students and make my money back! I know I'm technically not making any money since I already spent it, but it totally feels like I am, and I'm also cleaning out my bookshelf in the process. This combines 2 of my favorite things-making money and organizing.
Anyway, that was just a random thought. Lane and I spent Christmas in Oregon with his family, and we had a great time! Pictures coming soon (right after we take down our Christmas decorations ;))