Let the craziness begin!

This summer went by way too fast! And now school has started again. But this year is different because.... it is our last year! Yay!! I'm done in December with classes and then do my student teaching January-April. Tyson will be done and April and then we will both be walking. I am so excited to be almost done and we are both looking forward to what the future holds for us!
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As you all know I had my huge capstone class this past summer term. I finished my paper (27 pages later) and I got an A in the class! I am so happy that all my hard work paid off! I put hours and hours into that paper and it feels nice to see it show. I'm really proud of myself for that accomplishment.

Right before turning in all the books I checked out for my paper. All those sticky notes were notes I had in the books I read. Crazy!!

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I've been wanting to donate my hair again for awhile. I finally found a spot free in my schedule to visit my awesome hair dresser, Carie. We had a good time catching up since my wedding (she did my hair for that) and cutting off my hair was exciting. I went in only expecting to cut off 8 inches, but my hair was much longer than I thought! We cut off 11 inches and I am super happy with my new hair.

I have also been into hats lately. Kinda weird. But I've been wanting to get a cute fedora for awhile. I finally found one at target and had to get it! I love wearing it and I always get lots of compliments. I guess it was a good purchase! :)
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As mentioned in my previous post we were car shopping and we finally bought one! We got a 2008 Nissan Altima with a little over 30,000 miles on it. We love it so far and it is in great condition! Tyson is in love with this car :) I think his favorite part is the push start button (it's keyless!). We are super happy with our purchase. Some of you may know--but within 24 hours after buying this car we hit a baby deer. I know! Bad luck. But it didn't do as much damage as it could have done. We are very blessed that it was not much worse. I am thankful every day for those who are watching over us! Needless to say I was traumatized, and I cried because our brand new car was now dented, but mostly because I killed a baby deer that was just trying to follow it's family across the road. Sigh. Oh life. Well, besides that little mishap we are doing fine and the car is great besides a minor dent in the hood.
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My parents gave us some eggs from their chickens. I thought it was cool because 2 of their chickens lay green/blue eggs! Crazy!
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Sometimes I get so wrapped up in how crazy life is, that I forget to look at the beauty that surrounds me. Utah is seriously beautiful. I love all the mountains and the colors. I took this picture walking home from work one day and I really am just amazed at the beauty of where I live.
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This is the Brigham City Tabernacle

Tyson and I had the opportunity to go to the Brigham City Temple open house this weekend with our great friends, Jesse and Bekah. The temple was gorgeous! I loved all the peach flowers that was incorporated all through out the temple. We had such a great time visiting. If you have the opportunity to go, you should! I am so grateful for the temple and the blessings and promises that come because of it. I know that families are forever and that Tyson and I can be together forever because of the temple. What a great blessing! One of my favorite parts of this experience was watching the video beforehand and listening to the thoughts of Elder Holland---Heaven would not be Heaven without our families and the temple helps us with that. What a great blessing!

After our stop at the temple we looked at the Brigham City tabernacle and then we stopped at Maddox for lunch. Tyson and Jesse tried the bison/buffalo burger. They are much braver than me! I just got a regular cheese burger. But we did have some yummy fresh peach shakes! Thanks for coming with us Jesse and Bekah!
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To make our Saturday even better I was able to stop at the London Market and Salt Lake City. I got to stock up on my yummy British chocolate :) Now I just need to make sure I do not eat all of these in one sitting! Haha.
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Our family came to visit last weekend. We went home to Idaho right before school started. All of Tyson's side of the family was there. We got to spend time with all of the siblings and nieces and nephew. We both had so much fun getting to spend time with everyone. I'm sad that I didn't take pictures! I don't know what I was thinking. I'll have to steal some from Seleta or Nicolette. It was so nice getting to know everyone a little bit more. I really enjoyed my time with them and I know that Tyson loved seeing everyone again. Hopefully it will not be too long before we see everyone again.
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School will be good this semester, but super busy! I'm taking a bunch of my English teaching classes and Tyson is only taking two classes so he can continue to work full time. Life is good for us and we are really enjoying the journey. One of my goals for this semester is to keep on blogging. So I'll try the best that I can!