My Birthday!

Josh planned out such a fun day for my birthday. We went to breakfast at this place called the Hash House and it was amazing. I have never seen more food in my life! These pictures don't even do it justice. That plate was the size of a large pizza and the pancake was the size of a medium pizza. It was at least a foot in diameter! We had a mango, strawberry, and coconut pancake, and meatloaf hash. It was to die for! One of our favorite places in San Diego for sure! Way fun atmosphere too! We then went to farmers market which is a weekly occurrence for us. We love farmers market! Every Saturday we go get our fresh green beans, tomatoes and anything else that looks good for that week! I like to go just to have samples of everything. It's like Costco but way better! After that we went down to mission beach and rented beach cruisers. For those of you who don't know what that is its just a bike with no gears, and they are so fun! We spent about 3 hours just riding around down by the beach, shopping, and laying out. It was a beautiful day! Then that night we went to this fancy Italian restaurant downtown which we still regret to this day. It was a cute little place but it would have been a lot more fun if we had money to spend on weird food. We didn't even know what half of the things on the menu were but we ate there anyways, and then decided afterwards that we should have gone to Olive Garden ha ha. Maybe when we are done with law school we will be more adventurous in our choice of restaurants but not while we are poor. It was great food just a little too pricy and fancy for our taste. But we had such a great day! I have the best husband in the whole world! He is always spoiling me. I don't know what I would do without him!

The Big Move!

So it pretty much took us all day Monday to pack. We didn't get out of Utah until about 4:30 in the afternoon. We drove down to Vegas and then continued on to Cali the next day. Everything was going well and we were making great time. About an hour out of San Diego Josh made a mad dash off the freeway and I was right behind him. We were in the middle lane and luckily no one was next to him because our truck pulled him off the road. The wheel came completely detatched and we are lucky he didn't roll. It could have been a disaster. But we had to sit and wait for the tow truck for over two hours. We were so close and yet so far. We weren't able to get our truck back until Thursday afternoon and it turns out they gave it back still broken!! So we could have died yet again! The rod that holds the two front tires together was broken and they didn't fix it before we took it back to unpack our things. Needless to say we got 50% of our money back and they are lucky no one got hurt or they would have had a big law suit on their hands. Just fyi the tow truck guy told us that ours was the second Penske truck he had towed for that same reason. So if you are moving do not go through Penske. Pay a little extra money to make sure you get there safe!!

Other than that our trip was good. Between my interviews and Josh's orientation we were able to get all moved in, show my parents around San Diego, and take a segway tour of the city which was so much fun! My parents were so great to help us move in. It was a bigger job than I thought it was going to be. You would be surprised how much stuff fits in a one bedroom apartment. I was able to find a job that week and started work on Monday the same day Josh started school, and we were back to the grind all over again. It was a blessing though because we wouldn't survive if I didn't have a job. I work at a dermatology office up in Encinitas which is about 30 minutes north of where we live. It is a little bit of a commute but I'm getting used to it. We have to be there by 7:30 so I get up pretty early. But then I get off at 4:00 which is really nice. Most of the time I miss traffic which is also a plus because it is awful down here. Josh is busy studying away but we have managed to have fun in between all the craziness. We actually see each other more now than we did before. He was always working the night shifts to accommodate his school schedule and we didn't see each other until ten at night a lot of times. But he gets home about six and that has been so nice. So we are hangin in there. It's still weird that this is home. There are some days that I could like to just come home but it gets better and easier everyday. It will be nice when we can come back and visit.

Summer fun!

Well what can I say we have the greatest friends on the planet! Moving away from home was by far the hardest thing I have ever had to do. It's so hard to leave your life behind and start over brand new. Josh and I talk about all of you all the time. We miss you like crazy everyday. We have so many fun memories with so many amazing friends. From high school to college to Josh's mission to ward friends and work friends and everyone in between. We could not be more blessed! Thank you thank you thank you for everything you have done for us, and for being there for us when we needed you. We love you all!! Can't wait for you to come and visit! It truely is amazing down here. We live in a permanent vacation (minus work and school and endless studying and all those responsible things we still have to do down here). But it is such a fun city.

These were the last couple days before we left. I think every night the week before we left we were with different friends hanging out and saying our goodbyes. We didn't stop until we got in the moving truck and drove away. It was probably the craziest week ever! I think I'm still recovering from the lack of sleep, crazy emotions, and moving in general. But we had some great times this summer. It was way fun.

Hurray for Dustee and Andy's wedding! I dreaded and looked forward to this day all summer. I couldn't wait for them to get married, but that meant that we moved a week later which was not such a fun thought. But it was a great day and we couldn't be happier for them!!

We went to a Peter Breinholt concert with Hayley. It was super fun. We love Peter B. that took us back to high school days before Josh left on his mission.

Good old 4th of July! Such a fun Holiday. We look forward to it every year. Our nephews are so dang cute I love them.

Ok so ya I'm super bad at updating my blog and these pictures were from a while ago but I still wanted to post them. This was right after Josh's graduation. We went down to Vegas for a couple days and then kept on going to Anaheim to spend some time with Josh's family at Disneyland. It was a fun little trip. And these kids are our little pals. We miss them like crazy now that we aren't around to see them every week.

Crazy couple of months!

I haven't made a post for quite awhile because my life has been so completely crazy. I don't even know where to start. In March we moved out of our wonderful Herriman home to save money and pay off debt before law school. It was so hard to leave such a fun neighborhood and so many wonderful friends. We have been out in Herriman for 3 years now so it was quite the change. At the beginning of February we put the house up for rent and by mid March we were moving out. As much as I hate so say it, it was a huge blessing for all of us. We needed to get out as soon as possible. Jer and Tal needed to find renters so they weren't losing money after we left, and the people that ended up renting needed to move in quickly. So it all worked out for the best even though I never wanted to leave. We were so spoiled to live in such a beautiful home. It all happened so fast it was just insane. We moved out the second week in March, the weekend after that we went to Omaha Nebraska to check out a law school there, and the weekend after that we were in San Diego to check out another law school. So basically the whole month of March was just a blur for us.

Since that time we have received rejection letters from Utah and BYU, which was kind of hard to swallow even though we both feel it was supposed to happen that way. San Diego is officially going to be our new home for the next four years. We had our hearts set on a school called California Western. It is a little private law school in downtown San Diego. However, a few weeks ago the University of San Diego sent him an acceptance letter. This is the best school he got into so it was really exciting. We will not be getting any scholarships there so that was kind of hard to swallow but after many discussions and research we decided that was the better option. So it is offical. We are going down in another couple of weeks to finalize housing, and I am not coming home until I have a place to live. It is such an exciting but scary time right now. Four years of school in a different state is hard to wrap your head around. I know it is what we are supposed to be doing for whatever reason but that doesn't make it any easier to leave my home and everyone we know and love. So we are down to about 7 weeks until the big move. I can't believe how fast time has gone by. I try not to have too many panic attacks throughout the week. I am just ready to get settled so I can stop thinking and worrying about it.

Aside from law school Josh has graduated from UVU with his bachelor's degree. We took a Vegas vacation to celebrate the last four years of accomplishments. I am growing my photography business which has been exciting, except for the fact that I am moving and will have to start all over again in a new city. But life is good and completely crazy. Sorry my blog is so boring. The only blog I have time to update is my photography blog. I feel like I have two full time jobs right now. But that is our life in a nut shell hope you enjoyed it!

Here is our cute Herriman home that we miss so much! That was such a fun place to live. Also Josh's graduation pictures. Too bad that wasn't his law school graduation ha ha.

Valentines Day flowers

These are the beautiful flowers Josh gave me for Valentines Day. He is the best! Believe it or not these flowers came in a box. They were so beautiful!

For Josh's birthday we went out to Wendover for a night and it was such a blast! I think we were in the same casino for about 4 hours at least. The drive home was a little scary due to the fog and the lack of sleep but we had so much fun. We didn't win much but our money lasted us a long time which is all we care about because we just like to play. The festivities continued through the weekend with family dinners and get togethers. Hope you had a fun birthday Joshua!