Mothers, Birthdays and Concerts...

Just a little of what has happened since my last post. It's interesting how busy life can get even while you are trying to start a career. After studenting teaching was completed Tyler went back to working at Weber State. It was nice to start getting a little money coming in again. I started working as a substitute teaching. I was loving it, but it's not always consistent. So this month I started working at Weber State with Tyler also. Days when I sub and work that night are crazy to say the least, but it does keep my mind distracted from thinking about constantly applying for jobs. Tyler and I have had a couple interviews this month but nothing set in stone yet. So working 10-12 hour days really helps sometimes, and then at night I sleep like a baby.

So Mothers Day came and went, I had all intentions of blogging about however work has been pretty busy the last 3 weeks. We decided to go down to Midvale and surprise my mom since she has a hard time with the move. Moving away from family, and friends, and especially 2 wonderful grandsons have been hard. We went over and watched the new Narnia movie with them. And of course we called up my favorite #2 mom Debbie (tyler's mom). I love sitting back and listening to Tyler have conversations with his family, expecially Debbie. I always ask him to put it on speaker phone. I can just tell that she loves all her children and in-laws to the moon and back. I am so lucky to be part of that kind of love! I hope to be half as wonderful of a mom as those two women!

My lovely mother

The Fam

During our visit Tyler and I helped my parents put up their shelves,

 it was interesting to say the least.

Mrs. Debbie

Then last week came Tyler's 25th birthday! It's crazy for me to think how fast time is going. His birthday was on the 21st...you know the end of the world! Well, I'm glad it wasn't I would like to make it to my 25th birthday too! We went out to lunch to The Old Grist Mill here in Ogden - a gold mine! Fabulous sandwiches, soups, and cookies! I go for the soup, Tyler for the cookies. Then we went and watched the new Pirates movie. Surprisingly a decent movie. Tyler received a new phone for his birthday...he really, really, really needed one. With his family's help we got a wii and fifa game. Tyler is now a soccer freak! :)

He's like a little kid in a candy store with his Old Grist Mill cookies.

Then the climax of it all...
Yesterday we went to U2!!! I am not the biggest U2 fan out there, I only know a few songs, but we decided to get graduation gifts for ourselves concert tickets. Tyler chose one, and I chose another. So we went to U2 first, sat 16 rows away from the stage. (It did hurt my heart a little to sit at the rice-eccles stadium with no BYU football players, however I did make sure I didn't wear any red so no one would speculate) It was a fabulous night!

The Stage

The Fray opened for U2

The Fray

We found some Portuguese friends!

Bono...

The Edge...

...the other U2 guy

The wave while waiting for U2

U2 entrance

U2 concert entrance

Beautiful Day

Graduation Pictures

As graduation gets closer and closer (tomorrow!) Tyler and I decided that we needed to get our pictures taken with our cap and gown and some more pictures of us two together. My sister is super talented and amazing! Hence, the reason I always turn to her for all my photo needs. Thank you Julliana!!! Enjoy!

Shake it up!

We have the cutest couple in our ward! The Crandalls are just the nicest and cutest people ever! They have lived the ward for 50+ years. Last year we would go over to the Crandalls a lot, just to visit and see how they were doing. They would share some of the coolest stories. One time that we went over there Brother Crandall was telling us about the awesome shakes that he makes that keep him healthy and still going at 88 years old. He told us we need to start having more homemade shakes so that we can stay healthy and live a long live. We told him we would try.

Well, a couple weeks later he called us and asked us if we had gotten a blender yet. We told him that live is busy and we actually forgot about getting a blender. The next Sunday he went up to Tyler in the hallway, gave him a 20 and told him to get a blender that week. We obeyed. Tyler started doing some shakes, but we saw how expensive it can be if you don't have your own garden, (fresh fruits and vegetables are expensive).

Just last weekend, Brother Crandall called again. This time he wanted to show us how he makes his shakes so we can learn how he does it. We went over Friday night and learned from the shake master. Now we have cut up all different fruits and vegetables (Brother Crandall told us where to get the deals) all frozen and in the freezer. Now we are ready to be shake masters! :)

Tyler helping with the shake

Sister Crandall, us, and our shakes!

Tyler and the Shake Master!

It's Official!

We are graduating!!! Our names were posted in Weber State's school newspaper, no turning back now! Take a look! In 9 days we will be college graduates and ready for the real world!

Then and Now

One of my greatest friends had her baby blessed today...little Joshua Allen Streeter. Super cute little man! While I was sitting in the sacrament meeting, it got me thinking about the great friendship I have had with my three closest friends (Naomi, Tawny and Brianna) it made me think of all the things we have been through together!

We all met in junior high...North Layton to be exact...you know those awkward times that you try to forget. Well, ever since we became a band of sisters in the 8th grade, we have been inseparable!

My 15th birthday party

We made it through high school with minimal drama. 

Then real life began. Two of us headed to Weber State, and one to the DATC. 

Later on, three of us served mission. (all in Europe!)

Irma De Macedo and Sorella Rosenvall

Hermana Bell

Now Tawny and I are married... 

August 1, 2009

September 25, 2009

...and then little Joshua Allen Streeter has graced us with his presence.

I am about to graduate college, and Brianna and Naomi are having fun with college, Naomi at BYU and Bri at Weber. 

It has been so fun to see all we have been able to do together and apart these last 10 years. We have grown up so much and have grown as friends. I cherish the friendships I have with them and hope to never lose that! I remember the plans we made in high school to all be neighbors and have our children be best friends too. Now that Tawny has started us off with the next generation of little ones, I am excited to see what is ahead for us. 

Today at the blessing

*The quality of some pictures are a little low...I had to take pictures of pictures. Clip on the pictures to see them a little larger*

Goodbyes are always hard!

On Wednesday Tyler and I went to the Ogden temple to do a session. This was the last week that the Ogden Temple would be up and running for another 2-3 years. While I was there it made me think about how other members are not as blessed as we are. On Sunday our Bishop announced that we wouldn't have a set ward or stake temple night for the next few years while the temple was under construction. He also announced that the temple that we should start to attend is the Bountiful temple. How blessed we are to have a temple close for a couple years and only have to travel an extra 30-40 minutes to the next temple?! While in the temple my thoughts turned to the wonderful people of Portugal that would have 2 temple visits a year. They would travel for a week at a time and make their way to the Madrid, Spain temple that was a 8 hour drive. Last Conference, President Monson announced a new temple for Lisbon, Portugal! Once that temple is up and running, the furthest drive for members will be around 4 hours. Yet, now, members live humbly and righteously and never complain about a temple 8 hours away. Why complain? They would say...It could be worse, we used to have to travel to England or Switzerland. So in the temple I thought, why complain? It could be worse.

Yesterday was our last day student teaching. Tyler was super excited, for me it was a bittersweet moment. My first placement was 5th grade...somewhere where I felt comfortable and loved to teach. Then my second placement, was with second grade. The first couple weeks kicked my butt! I didn't know if I could make it out alive at the end of the 6 weeks. However, this last week was hard for me to say goodbye! I started a quote book of all the super cute things the little kiddos said. Now I look forward to the light at the end of the tunnel that is getting closer! 3 weeks until graduation!!!

9th grade English

8th grade US History

7th grade Utah History

How can you say goodbye to those faces?!

The real second grade class!

The class surprised me with a quilt...

...and school supplies!

Happy Green Day!

Now that we are teaching St. Patrick's Day is a blown out festival! In my 2nd grade class we ate green eggs and ham, and green toast. Then we had to look for shamrocks around the room...that was a school wide activity.

On my way home Tyler called me to ask me to pick up some rolls at the store so we could have BBQ pork sandwiches, when I got to the store I saw the row of all these green rolls, I HAD TO GET THEM! Then I ventured off to get green punch or something close. Powerade came through for me. So we ended up having a green dinner, which I was excited that my mother-in-law does the same thing every year! She is my festive icon!