Going Green...

So last weekend, Stephen and I spent the morning doing this......

And this...
And a little of this...

Yep! You guessed it! We now have some grass in our little back yard and we are way excited about the fact. After many hours of raking tons and tons of rocks and trying to level and grade the dirt, it so nice to look out our back window and seen some green. We were glad we actually had a nice warm day to lay it in. It got up to almost 70 degrees that day. Although it would be hard to believe after all the snow we got this week. But we got up early and the two of us laid the sod in about 3 hours. I have to say those rolls of sod are heavy. So needless to say, we were sore for a few days...but it was definitely worth it. I'm excited to plant a small vegetable garden and some flowers this summer. Now the work really begins!

Mac vs PC

This has been a very debated topic among our household the past few weeks. When I changed jobs and started working for Alpine District, they are very "Mac Savey" Everything is mac in that district. They even issued me a personal MacBook Laptop. At first I hated using it and felt like I couldn't get around and do what I needed to. But after a little exploring and time I found some pretty cool stuff with my apple and really started loving using it. I've always been a PC person, but I'd have to say I'm finding my apple to be a lot better computer. So now that Stephen's been admitted and accepted to BYU's MBA they require that all the students have a laptop. So Stephen's been researching and comparing Macs. He's literally spent hours reading about both. (When it comes to buying something Stephen always does his research whether it's a big or small purchase.) We've even been to the Simply Mac store a few time talking to people and looking at stuff. It's looking like we're making the jump into macs!

Call Me Crazy!

So I don't know quite what to call it...insane, crazy, deranged, or mad? Whatever it was it sure exhausted me. At school, I was talked into volunteering to go on an overnight field trip with 85 sixth graders. We had a great time, but I felt like I've been recouping the entire weekend. Our school took the entire 6th grade up to a camp that the district owns called Clear Creek. It's a huge piece of property down by Scofield Reservoir with a bunch of cabins, ropes courses, and hiking trails. It kind of reminded me of my EFY days except I was dealing with 11-12 year olds and I'm not quite used to staying up to 2 am. I not as young as I used to be. Actually it was really a lot of fun. After the 2 hour cramped bus ride we finally got there and the fun began. We did a lot of fun activities teaching the kids about Native Americans. My favorite was our constellations activity. Our school has this really amazing star dome. It's basically and inflatable dome room where we all crawled into and the stars where projected onto the ceiling. We looked at all the different constellations, how to locate them and all the stories from the Greek Mythology about them. Then we went outside and looked at the real stars in the sky! It was way cool and I learned so much.

Are You Guilty?

Let's be honest if you're an avid blogger, or even if your not, you most likely have done this. Yup...I'm talking about blog stocking. I can definitely say that I'm guilty! Why is it so intriguing to read about other people? And sometimes even people you don't know....I'm not quite sure. But I can easily spend hours just reading blogs and catching up. Although I don't always have the time, I find it very addicting. Does anyone else have this problem?

Anyways...I must say I now consider blogging to be one of my relaxing hobbies. It's been a great way to journal, write down thoughts and things that we've done. I used to be so awful at journaling, but ever since I started a blog, it's become much easier

So I must share one thing I found as I was blog stocking... I came across this quote that really made me think. I just had to laugh at how true this statement is.

"Blogging- Never before have so many people with so little to say, say so much to so few people"

It's Official...

Stephen's decided to go back to school for a MBA! This is a decision we've been contemplating for almost a year now. It's been stressful the past few months as he's been applying to different programs and looking at different career paths. He'll be attending BYU's daytime program starting Fall 2009. So that means, he'll finish up with his job at Principal this summer and dive into the life of a student full time. I thought I was long past the days of college, with papers, projects, and late night studying...but I guess not. I'll live vicariously through Stephen. We feel good about this decision, but it's definitely a scary jump to make...especially with the economy the way it is right now. We are hoping that after two years of school it will be turning around and Stephen will be able to find a job. We're glad that we won't have to sell our house and may possibly have some of Stephen's siblings come live with us to help us with the mortgage payment. I guess we'll have to see! We'll be living as poor students the next few years!