PDS - Potentially Dangerous Situation

         Hello from Dallas! We have been here in Texas for a week now and it's definitely been an adventure. The day we left, we dropped Scooter off at my inlaws (emotional day for me!) and began our drive to Dallas. We drove through Eastern Utah and many Indian Reservations  before spending the night in Albuquerque. It was a bad night in New Mexico and we decided that we are going to drive straight home in August instead of staying there again. The next day we drove to Dallas. On our way, we drove through a swarm of bees (?!). Don't ask me why they were in the middle of the road. Their bodies exploded upon impact and left our car covered in honey! It was really weird. We are now here living in Frisco, Texas with Trent's brother and his family of five. Full house!
         Trenton's internship is going really well! He enjoys working with designers and meeting clients. His manager must like him as well because on Trent's second day, his manager asked him if he would be willing to move here for a job.
         I've been scanning the job market in search of something to keep me from dying of boredom. I'm only staying out here until mid-July so I have slim pickings.
         The humidity out here is so... heavy! I feel like I weigh 2000 pounds! Also, the weather has been crazy! One minute it's sunny and 90 and the next, it's raining like mad and 66. Last night we had a Tornado watch/warning. The meteorologists are really on the ball here and they can tell you to the minute what time a storm will hit your area. The meteorologist issued a PDS warning for our area and said that only 7% of storms are PDS so it was a serious warning. Well last night at 8:20, we went outside to watch the storm clouds and lightening approach. At 8:24, we went inside because of the rain. About two minutes after that, we went outside to watch again and heard the tornado sirens going off not far from us and so we went inside to the tornado closet. We didn't have to hang out there for long and then it just lightening and thundered the rest of the night. Such a cool experience!
       So far Dallas has been fun! I've been sad at times missing home and missing Scooter, but today it's sunny and I'm hoping to spend time at the pool. Hope all is well with ya'll!
 
       

Hello Again

         It's been a very long time! This last semester of school was crazy to say the least. I am officially done for Spring and I am ready to enjoy the summer before I go back in the Fall. Trent still has one more week before he is free (boo!). Trent and I are FINALLY seniors! You're probably thinking, "Haven't they been going to school forever?" and yes, we have. One more year and then we are finished! Possibly a master's program for Trent???
              School was crazy for me this winter because I began to actually treat patients. It was nerveracking but exciting all at the same time! I'm proud to say that I really do enjoy cleaning teeth and I am very excited to be a hygienist! We had to make a video for the orientation for the class of 2013 and we did an 80's theme dance video!

                  During my spring break, I was able to go to San Diego for a week-long girls trip with my mom, aunt, cousin, sisters, and sister-in-law. Although seven women in one two-bedroom condo can be a bit much, the majority of the trip was really fun! While we were there, it happened to be my great-uncle's 95th birthday. It was so fun to celebrate with him! And of course, we had to go to Disneyland!

 Trent has been super busy this semester working on projects and applying for a summer internship. After all of his hard work, he has been offered a summer position with a nationally recognized design firm and we will be living in Dallas for the summer! Trent is really excited and I'm really proud of him for working so hard!

                  Lastly, Scooter has been as cute as ever. We discovered that he likes to watch Trent play the piano and he loves to be wrapped up in blankets.

          Well, that's the update! I'll try to blog more during the summer. I hope all is well with everyone and that you are all looking forward to summer weather!
      
       

Christmas Once Again

I can't believe it's already Christmas again! It seems like the older I get, the faster time flies. I love this time of the year! This year however, I have let this special time fly by too fast without me. Lately I've been feeling down and angry and I was not sure why until I realized that I have been so selfish. My friend let me borrow a book from her, The Continuous Atonement, by Brad Wilcox and it has opened my eyes. I am so grateful for our Savior, Jesus Christ. This week we are able to celebrate His birth. Without Him, we would be hopeless and lost. I am so grateful for His sacrifice for us because I am nowhere near perfect. I love this time of year when we can count our blessings and remember what truly is important. This last week my grandpa had a heart attack and was in the ICU for a few nights. Had my entire extended family not been at his house that night, he would have died. Thank goodness for our blessings. Trent and I are also so grateful for all of you who read our blog and keep in touch. We are so lucky to have you all in our life! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone!

Celebrate Good Times

School will be done in the next two weeks and I wanted to update the blog. We are not non-existent even though it seems like we are. Trent and I don't get to see each other very often. I guess it comes with the demand of two full-time programs. School has been so GREAT! I have loved every minute of the hygiene program so far and I can't wait to start seeing real patients next semester (let me know if you need a cleaning and you don't have insurance :) )! I really enjoy the other 29 girls that I go to school with. Surprisingly, everyone still gets along. I've made some really good friends so far and I look forward to making more in the future. School for Trent is going really well. He's gearing up to start applying for internships in the summer. He's also seriously considering a master's degree in Architecture from the U, but we'll take things one step at a time. We'd like to start a family someday ;). 

I uploaded some pictures from school and from our vacation with Trenton's family to Dallas at the end of September for his cousin's wedding. More photos soon to come in December. 

Oh yeah,this happened. This luxurious green suit was just waiting for me at the DI. I was a Leprechaun for our class Halloween party. I won funniest costume! Those are the girls I carpool with from Brigham City. They won best overall costumes!

This was while we were on our way from the wedding to the reception. Trent and his brother-in-law were having a little too much fun.

3 Years

Happy Three-Year Anniversary to Trent and me! (It was actually yesterday) School is busy, weekends are fun, and life is good!

Hygiene School Adventures

Well, I started Dental Hygiene School yesterday! All the anticipation had built up for so long! I was gone at school yesterday from 7:30 AM to 5:00 PM! What a long but fun day! Today I was only at school until three, but I am TIRED already! Bad news, since it's only the second day, but oh well! I am so happy to be in this awesome program at school and to be going to school with 29 other fun ladies!

*Major Update*

I found my camera cord :)! Alright so here goes probably my longest blog ever! Trenton and I saved as much as we could so that we could go back to San Diego this summer before our lives get too crazy. Lucky for us, my parents ended up coming with us as well as my brother, his wife, and my two CUTE CUTE CUTE nephews! We had a blast!

My nephew Jackson was obsessed with pulling or pushing everything including the stroller, luggage, etc. so my dad bought him his very own roller bag. This night he was chasing Trent around the living room saying "Gonna get you" and "See ya later". He loves his uncle Trent!

At Sea World, Trenton experienced his first encounter with a sting ray!

We were at Sea World first thing when it opened and Trent, my mom and I ran over to the rapids ride. While on the ride, my mom was the only one to get wet so I said, let's ride it again! Little did we know that my mom had bad luck that day because once again, only she got wet. It was hilarious! Her pants were dripping!

There was a random flamingo parade!

This is my brother and his cute family! I love them all!

We took this picture in front of the Hotel Del Coronado! I wish we had a kid as cute as Jackson.

We went to eat at our favorite place on Coronado Island, the Moo Time Creamery! Trenton was not able to finish his huge dessert. Jackson ate so much ice cream! I'm sure he had a tummy ache that night.

We weren't planning on it, but we all ended up going to Disneyland! It is my favorite place to go! The best part is that after dark, there was all of this cool new stuff to do at California Adventure! There was a block party called Glow Fest that was so much fun! They were playing techno music, it was pretty much like clubbing! We went to the new show called World of Color that was so amazing! We ended up in the wet zone which was awesome because no one was in front of us, but we got soaked!

Lastly, we visited my great uncle, Uncle Dick Preston! He is an amazing man with an amazing life story. You would never be able to tell, but he's 94! Our vacation to San Diego was so fun, and very worth it! We got home on a Saturday, and the following Saturday we moved to Brigham City. It was really hard to move from our beautiful apartment in Logan to where we are now. I'm so grateful for the place that we are at now, but needless to say that neighbors that live above and below us have been hard to deal with.

One night we went up to my family cabin in Park City and Scooter cuddled up with Jackson. So cute!

I gave Scooter a bone when we were moving into our new place so that he would be preoccuppied, but I found him trying to hide it in our laundry. I love him!

Lastly, I had to leave my awesome job in Logan. All of the people that I worked with have become great friends and I will miss laughing with them everyday! I start hygiene school next week and I am so excited to blog about it! I got all of my instruments yesterday and some of them will surprise you to see. Anywho, our summer was great!