FHE: Be Creative

Tonight for Family Home Evening we decided to practice our creativity. My family knows that when it comes to art I lack creativity like nobody else and you also know that I married an artist...Oh well, it had to be done.

For my social studies class I taught a lesson about Navajo Sand Painting. I had some left over supplies so we did some sand art tonight. :) Here is how creative we are...
David's is "the oasis in a desert scene with a glimpse of life" (that's a quote from the artist himself)
Mine is obviously the one that says my name. Because that's as creative as I get. :)

Wednesdays

**Warning: Whining may ensue***

This semester David and I both have crazy Wednesday's. Ever Sunday night when I'm going to bed I say to myself "just get through Wednesday and you've made it". My schedule goes like this:
7:45am Take David to class
8-9am do homework and get ready
9:00-1:00 Classes on campus
1:15-4:15 Work on campus
4:30-6:30pm class on campus
7-9pm work at Opinionology
9-my eyes fall out: homework
So I'm on campus from 9am-6:30pm. When people say that school is your full time job...it's real. But then I work an extra 25 hours of real jobs. BLAH!

So I've made it through this week! And here is my countdown to freedom:
Only 2 weeks until I get to see my whole family.
3 weeks until we get to see Bill Cosby live!
3.5 weeks until we go back to Boise for Brooke's farewell talk!
4.5 weeks until Daniel and Carrie come to visit!
6.5 weeks until the 4th of July!
8 weeks until Kent and Anna's reception in Utah!
9 weeks until the SEMESTER ENDS!!!!
I'm so glad I have something to look forward to almost every week to help me get through it all.
Anyway...venting=done.

By the way, the weather here is so awesome lately. I love weather in Rexburg (once it finally gets here). We are excited for the Rexburg Farmer's Market to come back because of the Mexican Corn...
We're excited for the Foote Family Reunion to celebrate Granny and Papa's 60th Anniversary! AND to see these two little cuties...
And of course Reagan, Taylor and Zach too.

We are alive! We are excited for the rest of the semester...and for it to end! :)

Happy Mother's Day!

To the best mom a girl could ask for. :)

And to a mother-in-law whom I've never met, but love dearly.

Six Months of Wedded Bliss

Six months ago (yesterday) I married the man of my dreams. My how time flies! Here are some things we've done since we got married....

-Honeymooned in Mexico
-Had our first Christmas together
-finished working our jobs in Boise
-moved to Rexburg
-completed a semester of school (32 credits between the two of us)
-David decided what he wants to be when he grows up
-made new friends
-celebrated our first Valentine's day together (ever actually)
-hosted Carrie "the Michelle", Kanon Bub and Princess Brooke on our awesome pull-out bed :)
-tried new recipes
-received callings in our new ward
-watched lots of movies
-made three batches of snow ice cream
-completed 2 seasons of The Walking Dead (Season 3 in October!)
-Watched 2 seasons of Lost (just started the 3rd this week!)
-visited Utah for a mission reunion and General Conference
-experienced the most mild winter Rexburg has ever seen (awesome)
-hung out with our little sisters (Holla Budge and Cyndi)
-went to two concerts on campus (SO COOL!)
-Had many-a-jam session with Cyndi and the roommates
-visited Boise for a week
-celebrated my (Lauren) 23rd Birthday
-started a new semester (again 32 credits between us)
-I started working a second job (TA on campus=awesome)
-David started his core classes for Health Science (killer)

And of course, we've loved being with each other for all of these new adventures! :) We love being married!