Mother's Day!!

So, we had quite the exciting Mother's Day! On Thursday night, Scott's brother Michael came over and suggested that we drive home to Oregon that weekend to surprise Scott's mom. Friday morning we decided that we were actually going to do it, and we left Friday afternoon after school at about 2:30. We drove until about midnight and stayed with some friends in Eastern Oregon, and then finished up the trip in the morning.

When we got to Scott's house his mom answered the door. It took her a little while to recognize Scott and Michael. At first she thought they were the missionaries, as she had just fed them the night before. :) Then she just started screaming. It was the best thing ever. I totally wish I would have gotten a picture of her face. Then Scott's dad came from the back, wondering if someone was attacking his wife, or what. He was pretty much in shock as well. Needless to say, that made the whole quick trip worth it. We had such a fun time just hanging out on Saturday and Sunday. Scott's dad spoke in church, and Scott's mom made a delicious dinner, which aunts, uncles, and cousins came to as well.

We did have to leave on Sunday, so it really was a quick trip. Thankfully we split up the ride home as well, and stayed with Scott's cousin in Boise. That made it nicer for the 8 month pregnant woman who had to keep stopping for bathroom brakes anyhow. :)

Since it was Mother's Day, I also got to get conferenced in on the missionary phone calls to my mom. I talked to Geoffrey, who is serving in Albania, at 5:30am and Steph later that afternoon. It was really good to hear from them, and they both sound like they're doing great. Steph only has a couple months left! And of course I got to talk to my mom as well, which was wonderful, as NJ is a little bit too far for a 3 day road-trip.

So, basically, it was the best day ever. Hope all you mom's had a wonderful Mother's Day as well!

Women's Conference

Here are some pics of when my mom came out to Provo for Women's Conference. And for those of you begging for pregnant shots (Linds), here's one of that as well! :) It was so fun to see everyone, and I scored big time on the baby stuff as my aunts have brought me all of theirs. Oh, and we also got a new couch! And by new, I mean used and from Craigslist, but we love it!

Graduation

Well, we've had a pretty exciting couple of weeks here, with the most exciting news of all being that Scott is finally a graduate! After starting kindergarten 20 years ago, he finally has something to show for all this education. However, this isn't quite enough, so we are excited to start grad school in the fall! No, we really are glad to be staying here and excited for grad school and the opportunity to keep learning. Scott's not taking classes this summer though, and it is really nice to have a little break from homework. He decided to go out with a bang and saved his highest GPA for a semester for his final semester. 4.0- very impressive.


Scott's parents were also able to come down for graduation, and we had a blast with them here. We were able to eat lots of good food and play some games together as well. We loved the commencement ceremonies where we got to hear advice and counsel from two of the Lord's prophets. We are so grateful for the opportunity that we've both had to study at this wonderful university, and look forward to the continued education (and football seasons) ahead.

Finals: 10 down; 10 to go

Well, if you think in binary.

But now it's Sunday, so no school today. Happy Sabbath!

Happy Spring Break!

No lie. This is what it looked like out my window on my first day of spring break.







And this morning there was probably at least 5 inches on my car.

Happy Spring!

Easter Fun!

We just wanted to put up some pics of our wonderful Easter Sunday. Scott's been busy with projects/school as the end of the semester is fast approaching, but we had a nice break on Sunday. Our day began when we got up before church to dye Easter eggs. Then we had a wonderful time at church with some beautiful musical numbers. I think the nursery kids even understood some of the lesson we taught them on the resurrection! When we went into singing time one of the kids told a leader that Jesus wasn't there when they moved the rock. :) It was pretty funny.

Then we had Michael, Dean, and Mandy over for some Easter dinner. We even cooked a ham. Pretty sure that's a first since we've been married. Everything turned out quite delicious as well. We had made some egg-shaped sugar cookies to decorate, but ran out of time before dinner. So we had a little "activity" in which we decorated them afterwords. Scott had given me some markers for my birthday that can write on cakes/cookies. We gave them a try, and everyone seemed to quite enjoy it. Scott says that next time we'll just invite people over for another "activity" called cook the ham. Somehow I don't think that would go over quite as well.

Overall it was a wonderful Sunday, and we are very grateful for friends, family, and the sacrifice of our Savior that makes everything possible.

Like Mother, Like Daughter

So you learn a lot of things growing up the oldest in the family, and witnessing your mom's later pregnancies. For some reason, the bit of information that has always stuck with me is that the glucose test is the worst thing imaginable. I've been dreading it since I was like 12- no lie. I don't know if my mom stressed this a ton, or if her description just made a more vivid impression than most things. But anyway, I was dreading it.

Then I took the one hour screening test- fully expecting to die on the spot. Much to my surprise, it wasn't that bad! Gosh, I thought, this is a piece of cake... or a little sweeter. Totally, not bad. Then, it came back too high, so I had to take the three hour test. Worst experience of my life! I could barely get the stuff down, and keep it down after that. So after 5 hours at the hospital on Saturday, I finally had that one over. I thought, even if I have gestational diabetes, eating healthy for a couple months won't be near as bad as that test!

But the good news is that it came back negative. :) Should have listened to my mom on that one too. She always had to go back for the 3 hour, and never had gestational diabetes. I kinda wish we could skip that step, but oh well. We celebrated by eating bowls of sugar for dinner. haha, not really - we had a real nutritious meal. I'm still gonna try to watch the sugar intake, but it is kind of nice to not have to worry about it quite as much.