Christmas Break

While I'm waiting for the Blazer game to finish so we can go to a movie, I thought I'd give an update of what we did this break (with some pictures!). We spent the vacation in Tucson warming up! The weather was great until 3 days before we left. Then it got so cold and rainy I thought I was back in Portland. It was great to go down and see friends and family and not pay for heat for 2 weeks! So here's what we did...

We watched the lunar eclipse (and Tucson has some of the best skies for astronomy). Too bad the pictures didn't turn out...

And here's more proof that I'm a terrible photographer!
We went up to Phoenix for a few days and went to the mining museum (we're in a huge bucket thing for mining). We got to see some friends from college while we were up there too. It was awesome! It made me miss BYU.
We went bowling with some of my best friends from high school.
We walked around Winterhaven which had TONS of lights
We went on a tour around Sabino Canyon. We had to be careful on the bridges...
And the beautiful Tucson landscape! Yes, we were wearing short sleeves in December!
We had such a fun vacation and can't wait to go back down and defrost!

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 ;))

Find Your Missing Money!

In my personal finance class, I learned about 2 websites that help you find missing money. If a company can't find your address, your rebate (or whatever it is), will be sent to the state government, where it will be held forever. All you have to do is go on the state's website and type in your name. If you have any money there, your name comes up and you send in a paper, and then you get your money! I looked up some people that I know, and Lane has 2 unclaimed things, my grandpa has 1, and Lane's mom has 5! How cool is it to get free money?!!! The websites are unclaimed.org and missingmoney.com. Good luck, and let me know if you find any!

Floral Design!!!!!

Lane and I are taking a floral design class this semester and have made lots of pretty arrangements. Here are some of them...





Should we open our own floral shop???