Back and Forth all day

Juan has begun school and is a busy boy. We text back and forth all day and send each other crazy pictures in response to some texts. He hasn't had a stress attack yet, but yesterday, which was his first real day of school, he did homework from 11 to 5, went and helped Pricewaterhouse Coopers (the company with which he interned) with some recruiting event for 4 hours, and then came home and was up until 2 am doing homework. Nothing gets busier than that. I am proud of him though. They really try to intimidate the accounting students and prep them for how hard it's going to be, and Juan hasn't been spooked yet, he just trucks along.

As for me, work has been busier, but still slow. I love the flexibility of my job and always find ways to keep busy.

On Sunday the Bishop taught combined 3rd hour meeting. He posed the question, how do you help your spouse when he/she is stressed out. Everyone raised their hand and said, I make him cookies, or I cook her dinner and bring it to her on campus. Then Juan raises his hand, "My wife doesn't stress too much, but when she does it's because of me, so I leave her alone." Everyone laughed. And at first I thought, oh good, they all think I hate my husband. But then my Bishop's wife leaned over and said, they all laughed because they feel the same way! Juan doesn't necessarily stress me out, I just like to have my share of time alone and I'm not afraid to tell him that. Which after our summer, I had plenty of time alone, and with this upcoming school year of Juan's looks like I'll have even more time alone.

I guess that saying is true, be careful what you wish for.

Rained Out

The other night Juan and I ventured over to Rock Canyon Park to catch a movie in the park. Yes the sky was covered in clouds, but what's the worst that could happen, we get all the way over there just to have to come back home movie-less? Well yes, the worst happened. But it was fun!

Here was our awesome view, so pretty. Pictures were taken with my phone, sorry.

As it started to rain, we scandalously (in front of all the Provo daters, not marrieds) snuggled under the blanket to try to weather the storm. No luck, the announcement came, The Shaggy Dog would not be shown due to the rain.

Musicals We So Love

This weekend we went to Sandy Amphitheater and saw Seussical the Musical. It was so much fun!!! It is a beautiful outside theater with normal stadium seats below (more pricey) and a big grassy area behind where we can set up our own chairs. I would love to go see every play they put on at this venue, I will definitely be watching their website.

This is a picture of us looking warm and cozy, but when the sun went down it got extremely cold, like 48 degrees I swear! But the musical was so cute and fun to watch, we didn't mind.

Back: Cami, Juan, Sami, Heather

Front: Adrian, Hailey, Ginger, Griff

A few weeks ago we went and saw Joseph with my parents. To Juan's lament, he missed out on this one, but we sure loved it!

Afterwards Heather and I went a little crazy in the park outside the rec center. Here we are having an hilarious time on the teeter totter! I just love these pictures.

And he's finally back

I tried to stay cryptic here on the blog for my safety, but let's back up a few months.

Back in April, we found out that Juan scored an awesome accounting internship with Pricewaterhouse Coopers. He is ridiculously amazing and I am so proud of him. The internship was to be in Denver June-August, 8 weeks.

I work full time at BYU, in which our family insurance is included, not to mention it is not realistic to quit such a great job in this economy. We were not in the position where I could go with him to Denver.

For the past 8 weeks we have been living in 2 different states! We are blessed enough to have been able to see each other every weekend but one that we were apart. We had our adventures in Denver, and Juan visited here for the 4th of July, and also SURPRISED me on my family vacation up in the mountains. As in he showed up at the pool while I was there babysitting my nephew on a Friday night, and I didn't even notice him until he was 12 inches away from me. I was so shocked! It also helped that Juan loved the internship and all his co-workers and supervisors were so welcoming and kind, and he loved the atmosphere of the Denver office.

Fast forward to today- we made it. Back together again. I love our normal life. I love sitting around doing nothing with Juan. I am not the fantastic traveler, zooming off every weekend. I'd take the living room of our one-bedroom apartment any night of the week over the glamour and glitz of going out on the town.

Welcome home Juan!

For all those who are just as crazy...

Yesterday at church, I spotted Candace with this beauty:

I of course, being the crazy I am, tracked her down and asked her where she got it (the color is better in real life). She said Target, of course. So me and another girl joked and said we will be at Target bright and early the next morning in the purse section.

Except I wasn't joking.

And neither was she.

9 am today I am browsing the purse section at Target, and what do you know, there's Ashley too!

Yes we are crazies. And yes, I am now the proud owner of this:

Blogger's Block

I am so not into Blogging right now, but yet here I am.

I do want to review my most recent read, Hunger Games.

Loved it.

It is young adult fiction which I love because they are easy reads, and always relatively clean so I don't get a surprise (like I did in a recent Jodi Picoult book, which I won't be reading her anymore. She gets vulgar for no necessary reason, ick.)

It is about a future society where The Capitol always wants to make sure the surrounding towns know they are in The Capitol's control, so they hold the Hunger Games yearly. They hat-pick a boy and a girl from each town, between 12-18 years old and these 24 kids go and fight in an arena to the death. Yes they fight until they are the only ones living. It does sound violent I agree, but it was such a good book and I could not put it down. The story is very unique and I'm not a writer, so I don't know about writing techniques or anything, just that I was pulled in and enthralled. That's good writing to me.

Harry Potter Marathon

I am not as huge a fan of Harry Potter as some people, but I have read all the books once over the course of years and years. And I enjoy the movies. Juan borrowed the movies from our friends a little while ago and got all caught up during his semester breaks. Turns out he really loves the series! Too bad he's not a reader.

Sunday we had a big Harry Potter marathon and watched 2-5. We skipped the first movie because of time and because it's pretty basic and easy to remember. Then Monday night we went out to dinner and to the new movie Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. We both loved it! It was confusing at parts though. I think the movie took too much liberty in assuming we've all read the books. I read the book a while ago so my memory didn't hold up. But I just love how well the movies are made and how entertaining, regardless of the confusing parts.

Here we are at the theater. I just love how excited we are, like we're ready to go on a roller coaster or something!