John and Kaitlan

School pictures

2012-01-18T19:46:00.000-08:00

Don't you just love school pictures? lol

Looking back on 2011

2012-01-14T21:17:00.000-08:00

I was reading my friend Nicole's blog and she posted pictures about the past year and I thought that was a great idea too..thanks Nicole! 2011 was a great year for John and I. It was probable the most eventful one since we have been married.

January of 2011 marked my first week of teaching, which was very exciting. My mentor/friend Alicia helped me to get a job right after student teaching. I worked with her until the end of the school year, where I got bumped and had to go to another school. Needless to say I love my new school and love teaching Special Education Kindergarten.

In March John and I put an offer on a home that was a short sale. We were in in for 4 months and were getting frustrated. We found an another amazing home and put in an offer and moved in 2 weeks later! Now we call this place home..well I call this place home. John calls it home once or twice a month..lol

Getting a pool at the time was a great idea...but now I realize how much WORK and how expensive having a pool and spa really is. Not such a good idea anymore..lol

In August we hiked Havasupi with a group of close friends.

In October John started another season of fishing..he is going on his 5th year.

SHHHH John did not want me to post this picture so don't tell him! lol

In November I helped throw my sister a baby shower!!! I can't wait for baby Autumn to get here in less than 3 weeks!!!

December marked my first year of teaching...only 30 more years to go..lol

This Christmas we spent our 4th Christmas together (my first x-mas away from my parents).

John's highlight of this year is getting a new mountain bike.

Oh and I got addicted to Pinterest!!!

I am excited for 2012 and am eager to see what the future holds for us. There could be a lot of changes going on this year and it is scary, yet exciting! Bring it on 2012 I am ready for you...I hope!

Rohm's vs Stewart's

2011-12-19T12:16:00.000-08:00

Rohm's
8 children
six boys
two girls
16 grandchildren
12 girls
4 boys

Stewart's
8 children
six girls
two boys
15 grandchildren
11 boys (one on way
4 girls

Isn't it funny how some people in life are meant to be friends. This is the story of the Rohm's and the Stewart's. My parents lived in Ohio back in the 1975 and met Walt and Marcia Stewart. Walt and my dad were going to the same university at the time. My parent's moved to San Bernardino and shortly after the Stewart's followed and moved around the block from us. My dad and Walt Stewart have worked at Cal State, San Bernardino teaching the same exact subject and working along side of each other in the same department for over thirty years. Growing up we even had the same big blue van. I mean with such a big family we all needed a car that would fit all of us.

My parents had eight children six boys and two girls. The Stewart's had eight children six girls and two boys. Whenever my parents had a boy, the Stewart's had a girl. When my parents finally had girls the Stewart's finally had boys. This is the birth order of my siblings; Tapie, Trevor, Tucker, Terrell, Ty, Kirsti, Taylor, Kaitlan. This is the birth order of the Stewart's children; Elizabeth, Ann, Emily, Karin, Jill, Michael, Katie, Matt. Anytime my parents had a boy the Stewarts had a girl, when my parents had a girl, the Stewart's had a boy. Weird huh? Well that is not all.

My parents have 16 grandchildren (with 3 on the way) and the Stewart's have 15 grandchildren with one on the way. The Stewart's have 4 girl grandchildren and 11 boy grandchildren plus one baby boy on the way. We have 4 boy grandchildren and 12 girl grandchildren (Tucker just had a baby girl a few weeks ago). Whenever one of the Stewart children have babies they are always the opposite of what we have. My dad and Walt joke around saying, "Oh so and so is pregnant with a girl..which means you are having a boy next."

I just think it is so funny how much alike our two families are. There are so many similarities it is crazy. Katie and I have been best friends ever since we were born. I grew up at her house and she grew up at my house. Throughout middle school and high school people would always ask if we were sisters and we just started telling people we were cousins. I am so grateful and blessed to have such an amazing friend and such as amazing family (Stewart's) to have been raised with.

The Stewart Family

The Rohm Family

Katie and I...friends for 23+ years!

Love

2011-11-21T19:21:00.000-08:00

I just love this time of year! I do not have much to say except that I am so thankful to have such a wonderful man in my life.

This is the tree in front of my house and I LOVE all of the colors of the leaves.

We have these beautiful wood doors and John did an amazing job staining them, so I had to post a picture..lol

I love my fireplace and our cute stockings

This picture makes me happy..I love my mom and sister!

My favorite people!

Busy Busy

2011-09-11T10:54:00.000-07:00

I know that it has been forever since I have posted, I have been so busy! We are trying to settle into our home. Pretty much every room in the house is empty..haha but it is going to be that way for a long time. Having a pool is the best thing ever!!! It took a long time to get into a home, but it is so nice to call it OUR home. I am trying to get used to having lots and lots of bills to pay for and that is not fun at all. I taught summer school this year, so I really only got a month off for my summer break. John and I have done a lot of hiking and just spending time together. I love him so much and am so blessed to have him in my life. We hike Havasupai (the Grand Canyon) with a group of friends and that was so fun! I had huge blisters and couldnt wear shoes for like two weeks, but it was worth it. I started working two weeks ago and it is a lot of work. I am teaching a Kindergarten class with special needs children. I only have 3 students right now, which is great, but a LOT of work. I am really enjoying having my own class and being the one in charge. Nothing else is really new except being home owners and work. Just thought I would post something since it has been a while.

Home Owners!

2011-06-20T19:03:00.000-07:00

I have been wanting to post this for so long!!!!! So John and I have been looking for homes here in Vegas for the past year or so. We actually had an offer on a short sale for the past four months. We have not heard ANYTHING and were getting very very frustrated. Well on Saturday I looked online and saw a beautiful home and called John (who has been in California for the past week or so) and told him that he has to go online at look. We fell in love and we called our Realtor and said we have to see this home now! We went later that day and I fell in love. This house came out on Saturday and got three offers on Saturday!! Which meant we were going against three other people! I was stressed..maybe shed a few tears lol. Our first offer on it was so close to the other offers that they wanted a higher price. So we talked it over and put an offer over the asking price. I watch House Hunters and saw that one lady wrote a letter to the sellers telling them why they wanted the home...so I decided to write a letter. Well we got a call a few hours ago and our Realtor said that all three offers were very close, but because of my letter they picked us!!!! WOOOO!! I am so excited!! We canceled our short sale and as of July 8 we will be home owners!! I am a little nervous because John has not even seen the home in person, it was all here say and pictures..he is a great husband to trust me on this one!! He won't even see it until we pretty much move in. I hope he likes it lol. Here in Vegas no homes have backyards or any land...well this one sits on over 10,000 sq feet of property! AHHHH!! People do not realize that there are two parts of Vegas, there is the strip and everything else. I love Vegas and I always told myself I would NEVER live here..haha...I will put some pictures up later!!!

Time flies!

2011-04-11T19:54:00.000-07:00

I can't believe it has been two years since I was sealed to this man for time and all eternity! Words can't describe how much I love and care for John. It has been rough living apart for over half our marriage, but that has made me love and cherish every moment we have together. I married my best friend on April 11, 2009 and my life has changed for the better. John is so amazing to me and makes me feel so special. I look forward to spending eternity with my wonderful husband and can't wait for what the future has in store for us. I love you John Stephen Norris and am so blessed to have you as my husband!!!!

P.S. I died my hair blonde and cut off 6 inches!!!! It was time for a change!

Scary

2011-02-18T15:41:00.000-08:00

This picture was taken about 20 miles from where my husband fishes...... Scary? Um.....YES!!!!!! Cant wait until he is done fishing...for good!!!

RIP Buddy

2011-01-20T19:23:00.000-08:00

Yesterday I found out that a good friend from my past committed suicide. I have not talked to him for a very long time due to unlikely circumstances with his sister. Growing up he was like my brother, my best friend. His family was pretty much my family. I think back on all of the great memories we had together. He was a great brother, son, and father. I am so angry right now. He had so many loved ones around him, he has a precious little daughter that he left behind. What drives someone to commit suicide??? I wish I knew, I wish I could have been there for him. I wish more than anything that we hadn't lost touch. If you have fallen out of touch with old friends rekindle that friendship, you never know when the last time you will ever talk to or see them again. Life is so precious, don't take any friendships for granted...I wish i hadn't. My heart goes out to the Hrabal family. My prayers and heart go out to you.

RIP Buddy, I will never ever forget you and the memories that we shared.

Goodbye 2010

2010-12-28T13:03:00.000-08:00

2010 has had its up and downs. Here are our pros and cons of 2010:

Pros:
-I graduated college.
-Right after student teaching I was blesssed with a job teaching special education in Vegas.
-John finished his paramedic program and is now a certified EMT and Paramedic.
-John and I celebrated our 1 year anniverarsy.
- I moved to Vegas.
- John is working on his nursing degree.
-John and I have both been blessed with having jobs.
- Eventhough John and I live apart, our marriage is strong as can be.

Cons:
-John and I have only lived together 2 out of the 12 months this year :(
-I moved to Vegas without John.
-John lives in California and I live in Vegas.
-I still have 3 more months until John and I FINALLY live together.

John and I look forward to the many adeventures that 2011 has to bring. Here is a sneak peak of what he have in store for the next year:
-Buying a house in Vegas.
-LIVING together!!!
-My first year of teaching.
-John finding a job as a nurse or paramedic.
-Living in sin city.
-Celebrating our 2 year anniverarsy.

It's official!

2010-12-10T15:07:00.000-08:00

I start working as a full time teacher on Wednesday the 15th!!! I am freaking out a bit, but that means I will get paid, have insurance, and all sorts of benefits! I am truly blessed, wish me luck on my first day of work!! Wednesday will mark the first day of the rest of my life..ah!

I'm done!

2010-11-26T20:01:00.001-08:00

I am offically done with student teaching, which means I am offically done with college!!! It is the best feeling in the world to know that I am a college graduate..I never thought that day would come.

I was able to come home to California for Thanksgiving and spend time with my wonderful husband. Spending time with John makes my life complete. This past year we have not really been together and have not been able to take any recent pictures. So I made sure that I would at least get a few. John was not too happy about it and only let me get a few pictures. So here are a few pictures of me and the love of my life!

One day John and I will live together..I just wish that day would come NOW!

Its been a while!

2010-10-26T18:49:00.000-07:00

I know I know, I am horrible at blogging!!! Something is wrong with my blog and it wont let me change my background or edit anything, so I have given up because my blog is ugly. However, I had some free time so I decided to play some catch up. I am living in Vegas student teaching right now. I am more than half way through student teaching and couldnt be happier!!! I spent the first 7 weeks in a Resource Room and now my last 7 weeks are spent in a 1st grade class. I love all of the kids and it is really fun. Apparently I did such a great job in the Resource Room that they want to hire me!!!! It is not official, but we have so many students that they have to hire a 2nd teacher to help out. My cooperating teacher and the principal are actually the ones who told me about the job and they have been doing everything they can to get me hired! My teacher is the one who helped me fill out my applications, awesome right? It seems surreal that I will have a grown up job soon, kinda freaking me out.

Here is the plan; I get done student teaching November 23 and right after that they are going to hire me on as a substitute because I dont technically graduate until December. I will sub in that position until I get my degree and they will hire me on! I have been going through the whole application process to become a substitute and teacher so it is double the work!! On Monday I have my interview for the teaching position..wish me luck!! Life is falling into place and it is great to have my principal and teacher helping me out!!!

The sad news.....I finally thought I would get to live with John in December.....NOPE not going to happen. But, I cannot complain if I get this job because jobs are hard to come by and I am very grateful for the opportunity. John and I will be apart until the end of March 2011! I never thought I would live apart from my husband this long. It is very hard, but this is what we have to do to start our life together.

Sorry there are no pictures, my life has been boring and I have not done anything fun!!!

I did it!

2010-08-09T19:13:00.000-07:00

I did it!! Four years of hard work and I am done...well almost!! I still have student teaching which starts on August 30th. I am a little nervous, but cant wait to get it over with. Graduating was one of the best feelings/accomplishments in the world. It was even more amazing because I was able to walk side by side with my brother Taylor. Everything that day seemed serial, like it was not really happening. My favorite part of graduation was right before we walked into commencement ALL of the professors were lined up in two lines and as we walked between them they clapped and cheered us on. It was honestly the best feeling int he world, as I walked past some of my professors they gave me a hug. It was just nice to have your professors be there to support you. I was talking to my mom the day of graduation and she said, "Well you came away with the two things that you came here for. A B.S. and a Mrs." Haha, oh I just love my mom!

I'm going to miss having my brother live a mile away :(

Walking across the stage

None of this could have been possible without the love and support from my parents. I love them so much and they are my best friends/heroes.

As I drove away from Rexburg, maybe I did get a little teary eyed. For the past four years Rexburg has been my home and knowing that I will not be going kinda scares me. John and I are not in Colorado, he works nights doing his internship and well I hang out doing nothing. It is actually quite nice, yet I get extremely bored having nothing to do!! In two weeks I am moving to Vegas to student teach and John will stay in Colorado to finish up his internship. I love living with him again, even though he sleeps all day, so I barely get to see him. But, I will not complain because seeing him for a little bit is better than nothing.

My better half :)

Class of 2010!

2010-07-18T18:51:00.001-07:00

So life is changing so fast and it is really starting to scare me. Am I ready to graduate and move on? I am a little scared to get out of this bubble we call Rexburg. This will be the first time I leave here knowing that I am never coming back. I am ready for this next chapter in my life and I am ready to live with my wonderful, amazing husband..for at least a few weeks! My parents are coming up this week to watch my brother and I graduate. Graduation seems so much more meaningful knowing that I will be walking side by side with my brother!

This is a picture of John from a few years ago..it is kinda weird, but I think he is SOOOOO handsome!!!

Our plans after we live Idaho are to head to Colorado for John's internship, then I am heading to Vegas for student teaching. After his internship John will head back to California to fish again. Once I am done with student teaching, I will head to California and live with John once and for all!!! We will never have to be a part again (cross your fingers). We have been a part for 6 months so far and by the end of this year in a 12 month period John and I will have lived together for about 3 months. It has been a long hard journey and it is not over yet. Being apart really makes our relationship stronger and only brings us closer. We really appreciate each other more and honestly have the best marriage (besides living apart for this long) I look forward to the day when we do not have to be apart anymore. I am anxious for the next chapter in our lives!

Not sure

2010-06-27T19:28:00.000-07:00

I am just on a roll with posting tonight. So John's wedding ring is really big on him so last time I was in Boise I told him I would take it home and get it sized for him. So he has been without a ring for a little over a week. Well in that week he has been hit on by four different girls! I am not sure if I should be flattered or mad! I just wish I was there to be like he is my man! I cant wait to go see him this weekend and put that ring back on his finger. It is not like it really helps because girls these days do not care if men are married or not. It makes me so angry!!! I guess that is what I get for marrying a handsome, great, amazing, perfect guy!

My handsome husband <3

Less than a month

2010-06-27T19:03:00.000-07:00

Oh life is crazy right now. I have less than one month of school and I am freaking out. There is not enough time for everything that I have to do. For my major in order to graduate and student teach you have to pass through a portfolio committee. I have to present for 15 minutes explaining my journey and why I am ready to student teach and then for 10 minutes the committee can ask me any question they want. I am so nervous and once this is done, my life will be so much better!!! I have this on July 12...it is coming up way too fast!!

It is crazy to think that I will graduate college in 3 1/2 weeks, words can not explain how I feel. I am looking forward to wherever the future takes us. John and I are planning to go to Denver for his internship, then ether Vegas or Boise for my student teaching, then probably back to California so that John can fish again. John and I will once again be apart for most of the year. When I am student teaching John will be back in California. All I want is to be with my husband and once December comes around we will finally be reunited!!!

I get to spend this weekend with John and I am so excited. I do not think people understand how lucky they are to get to spend time with, let alone live with their husband.

I tried to find some pictures to post, but I do not have any recent pictures, sorry!

No time!

2010-06-02T20:19:00.000-07:00

I am so in love with this man!!! This is what he wears when is works in the hospitals! He is so handsome!

I know I know, I am horrible at blogging! Not much has happened lately. We went to New York which was a blast!! I fell in love with China town!! John is in Boise and I am here..alone. I hate it, but once again school runs my life and all I do is lesson plans! I guess that is what you get for wanting to be a teacher. Both John and I will be done with school July 23!!!! I can not believe that I am graduating!! Oh goodness I am so ready for it, I want to get out of this place and live with my husband.

I love him and cant wait to finally live together!!

On a side note in July I am selling pretty much everything we own. We will be moving so much that it is not worth moving everything. We have a washer and dryer, couch, bed,love sac, table, pretty much anything. So if anyone in Idaho would like to buy anything let me know!! Our furniture is really nice and is barely a year old! Here are a few pictures:

My brother started a business for his class and he is selling fresh water pearls straight from China. Im talking REAL pearls lol. I own so many and I absolutely love them!!!! There are super cheap $10-$25!!!! Here are a few pictures let me know if you want to buy some!

Time sure does fly by

2010-04-10T08:36:00.000-07:00

So a lot has happened lately. John and I celebrated both of our birthdays, our birthdays are a day apart. We went out to dinner and spend time with friends, nothing too exciting. School is done for the semester and I only have one more semester until I graduate and get out of this place!! It has been snowing almost everyday..it is ridiculous!!!! I need warm weather!

364 days ago I married the man of my dreams!!! Tomorrow is our ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY!! Woo! I am so excited time has flown by..maybe it is because we have been apart for a lot of it lol. Everyone says that your first year is the hardest, but for us it really was not that hard. We just appreciated every second that we had together because we never got to see each other.

Two days tell we get to be here!!! On Monday we fly out to New York City! I am so excited, we get to spend time with John's sister and her family. I do not know them very well so I am really excited. We will be there for a whole week and we are both very excited. We can not wait to get out of freezing Rexburg!! We get to spend the week with this cute little boy:

Can't wait for the adventures that are coming!!

TOMORROW!!!

2010-03-20T21:16:00.000-07:00

So I know I have not posted anything in a long time. I have been super busy with school. TOMORROW John comes home to me!! Words cannot describe how I am feeling. I cannot wait and I just want him here already!!!! Being apart for over 2 1/2 almost 3 months was insane and it was a roller coaster. Distance definitely makes the heart grow fonder and makes you appreciate each other so much more. Ah less than 24 hours tell I am in his arms again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I cannot wait to have my husband back!!!

One month down

2010-02-01T20:33:00.000-08:00

School runs my life, I do not have time to blog. Let me fill you in on my life in the past month or so...

This is my 2nd to last semester..therefore my classes are KILLING me!!! I literally dont have a life..I dont have time to hang out or anything. When Im not in school I am doing homework. It has been one month since I have seen my husband. LIFE SUCKS!! I come home to an empty house and I hate it. I cherish every minute that I get to talk to him because it makes me feel that much closer to him. Only 1 1/2 more months to go tell I see the love of my life. On a better note next weekend is a little family reunion! I am so excited and cant wait, I really really hope John can come up for it. All and I mean ALL 8 kids will be together! This never happens!! We will have a snow boarding trip down in Utah, I am so excited to spend time with my family. Well I need to get back to homework and hopefully I will start having time to write more!!

50 days tell I get to live with my husband again! Come on time please fly by!

My baby

2009-12-13T19:09:00.000-08:00

The inside of our car

What a beauty!

Ever since I started college my dad promised me that when I graduate he will buy me a car. Well..I graduate in July and an opportunity arose for a great deal on the car of my dreams. John's bosses wife had this car and I always told John to tell Jim that when he sells his car that we want to buy it. So John has joked with him about it for a few months and his boss was all I am thinking about selling the car but it will be in the next 3 weeks! John told me about it and I was so excited, but with Christmas and all it was not the best time frame for us. So we talked about it, but then John told me that his boss did not want to do it anymore. It was no big deal to me so I forgot about it. John had everything planned out and I thought he went to work (when he was really getting me the car) he came home all eager to leave and we walked outside and there was my pretty car!! I was in shock and still am in shock!! It is an early Christmas, birthday, and graduation present from the two men in my life..my dad and John :) I am so grateful to have such wonderful people in my life!

I dont think I will take it to Idaho for the winter..I do not trust myself or other people in the snow! I will miss her lol.

Thanksgiving

2009-11-25T17:59:00.001-08:00

I love Thanksgiving!! I love to eat and spend time with loved ones. This year I am spending it with John's family, so it is my first holiday ever away from home. It is bitter sweet. John's mom and I baked pies today so that was a lot of fun. Since it is Thanksgiving I wanted to list some things that we are thankful for.

Things we are thankful for:

* Family and friends
*Living rent free with the in laws (THANK YOU!!)
*Having jobs to support each other
*When the price of lobster is $13.00 a pound!
*When lobsters crawl into the traps so that John can make the money
*Health
*Food in our refrigerator
*Cars that work
*Beautiful California weather
*Our lives
*Our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ
*Being married for time and all eternity
*Most of all we are thankful for each other
*I am thankful that this wonderful man came into my life <3
I hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving!

Eat a lot! :)

A year ago

2009-11-08T11:38:00.000-08:00

A year ago today the man of my dreams got down on one knee and asked me to become his wife for time and all eternity!

I fall more and more in love with him with each day that passes

Got to love him

2009-10-30T18:11:00.001-07:00

I had to share these pictures. John came home from a fishing trip carrying these ugly little creatures. The buyer would not buy them because they were "dead." Oh but were they wrong..they were alive! John is ripping the lobster in half and they are squealing and juices are going everywhere..disgusting! After they were ripped into two they sat there still MOVING there claws...so gross. I still love my fisherman, but not when he brings his work home with him!!!

John ripping the lobster into two

There it goes..if you look closely you can see the juices falling out..yuck!

Poor thing

The finish product..they were still moving

In the mean time I have been in two weddings in the past month and I have one more to go next week. I am wedding poor now. My best friend Bethany got married in Salt Lake and I was able to fly up there and share that special day with her. Two weeks later, our good friends Sarah and Greg were married in Arizona. Weddings are so much better when you know both the bride and the groom and everyone at the wedding are your really good friends. So that was a blast seeing everyone. Here are some pictures:

Bethany's wedding:

My best friend!!!

Sarah and Greg's wedding:

Ten bridesmaids

Roommates <3>
Bridal party

John and I have both been working our butts off. He finally got three days off and I was so spoiled! Any time I get to spend with him is amazing. He is the love of my life and I love having him home with me. He took me out on a date which we have not done in forever! We went to the beach, on bike rides, cuddling time, and even drove up to my parents to cook them dinner. We were on a roll. Now he is working and I am lonely again. I started a new job position which is very exciting!! I work full time at two different Elementary Schools one and one who two autistic children. Today was my first real day and with it being Halloween it was a little bit crazy. I came home and took a nap and had a dream that I was chasing one of the little boys..lol oh goodness.. haha. I cant wait to see John tomorrow :) Here are a few pictures from our date..not very cute but the only pictures we have had that are recent.

So typical of John lol

My fisherman

2009-10-07T16:03:00.000-07:00

Someone once told me "If you want to be lonely for the rest of your life than get married." This is sad but true. I never see my husband :( If he is not working, he is working on his car, if he is not doing that he is sleeping. I am just being selfish and want him all to myself. lol. I am so proud of John though, they went on a fishing trip and look at what he caught:

John caught a fish that was ever BIGGER than this fish! crazy huh?

My little fisherman :)

It is crazy to think that there are fish this big out in the ocean!

Love

2009-09-19T20:53:00.000-07:00

This is beautiful Carpinteria..where I live. Isn't it just beautiful? I really wish I got to go to the beach more. It is funny I was telling John how I have always wanted to live at the beach and now that I finally do, I never go. All I do is work work work and all I want to do is play play play. I got a side job which is actually really exciting. They called me for it! I work only two days a week with a boy who runs cross country. All I do is go to practice with him and run with him. Great huh!? I love it, it is like working out and getting paid for it. John and I are trying to spend as much time as we can before he starts fishing in October (i.e. I will never see him). Last night we went on a double date and went and watched a movie that the city puts on right next to the beach. As we watched Shrek, we heard the ocean..it was great. Today we went to Solvang and that was really fun. It is a small little Danish town that is about an hour from here. (Nicole's hometown) Last weekend my best friend Shandra came up to visit us, here are some of the pictures.

My best friend Shandra came up to visit me...us on the beach

The beautiful sunset

Life

2009-09-08T18:50:00.000-07:00

It has been a while since I have posted anything. Let me fill you in on our lives the past month or so. We have moved home to California and are living at John's parents house here in Carpinteria (right next to Santa Barbara). It is a big change from living on your own to living with parents. lol. We live right next to the beach so I guess that makes up for it. I was very fortunate to get a job with the school district here and work as a special ed. aide at the middle and elementary school. I literally feel like I am in middle school again. People are always confusing me as one of the students...I'm like NO I work here! lol..I did not think I looked that young, but apparently I do. I work from 8:30-3 so I stay very busy and come home very tired. John has been in Texas for the past two weeks getting his EMT. He is driving home right now, which is a 24 hour drive. I am very excited to see him and am very proud of my little EMT. John starts working as soon as he gets back so he will be gone everyday :( I wish I got to see my husband more. In three days John and I will have been married for 5 months!! I can not believe we have been married that long..I am very happy and love my husband very very very much.

John and I went sailing with our friends Morgan and Nicole

Me and Nicole having a blast on the sail boat

The seals hanging out on the buoy.

:) Love

Break time..finally!

2009-07-25T12:11:00.000-07:00

School is finally out and I could not be any happier! It was a very hard semester for me and it is only going to get harder. I think I will come out with straight A's which will make all of my hard work pay off. Everyone has left Rexburg and now it is like a ghost town. I ran some errands today and I thought places were closed because there were no cars in sight, but they were in fact open. It is actually nice have everyone gone, our internet works unbelievably fast now, its great!!We went to dinner with our friends for the last time. In our group of friends people are graduating or moving home, so it was pretty sad to say goodbye to everyone. I will be the last person of our friends to graduate, but seeing how I am the youngest its no big deal to me. We do not have cable and so we watch tv on netflix. John and I have been addicted to this show called Harpor's Island, it is amazing! We watched the whole series this week and are sad that it is over, I recommend watching it. We are now addicted to this show called Weeds. John is still busy with his classes so I am bored. I got into doing crafts and my favorite store is Porters. I made some cute decorations for our house and I posted pictures below. John is mountain biking right now and I am bored out of my mind waiting for him to come home. Maybe being out of school until Janurary is not such a good idea because I will go crazy with boredom.

John and I after our last dinner with our friends.

Our really good friends Nicole and Morgan..we miss them :(

One of the crafts I made..sorry you can see the reflection of the apartments in it

My favorite craft that I made

Catch up time

2009-07-19T21:17:00.000-07:00

So I was hanging out with my bestie Leslie and she was showing me how to use this whole blog thing, so now I am on here when I should be studying for my finals. Let me feel you in on our whole life since we have been married. It has been a little over three months and we are loving life. I have been extremely busy with school and have only 4 days left!! I have 3 finals and 1 oral exam left, so wish me luck. John is busy as well trying to finish up his EMT course online. He goes out to Texas at the end of August to do all of the training, so I will be lonesome for a few weeks. Married life is amazing! We are loving every second of it, still trying to get used to living with a boy, but he is amazing and takes very good care of me. When I have time I will post some wedding pictures so that everyone can see. John and I are moving home to California in a few weeks and John will be fishing for 6 months and I will hopefully be working as a special education aide, but who knows with the whole economy. I promised Leslie I would keep this updated and since school is almost over I will have plenty of time. Off to go and study for finals..blah!

We went camping in Montana and John being the fishermen he is was catching crawdads (?) mini lobster ...isn't he adorebul!

Our friend Kate took pictures of us..this is my favorite!

Leslie and I on a mini bullet bike

John and I at the park..I shaved his head the other day..I miss his hair :(

2009-05-15T16:13:00.000-07:00

So everyone keeps telling me that now that I am married I have to get a blog...well I got one and have no clue how to use it. So....until I figure it out I will not be on. haha.