Casey and Justine

One Nation Under God

2009-10-26T22:16:00.000-07:00

This is absolutely amazing and truly inspired for our day.

Please take the time to click on the link below, place your cursor on the center of the painting and enjoy a true masterpiece.

One Nation Under God

I especially enjoyed the symbolism and interview tabs, specifically all the detail that went into Jesus.

What do you think?

2009-09-19T10:59:00.000-07:00

Guess what?!

Casey and I are going to be in St. George today

At the Tuacahn Amphitheatre and Center for the Arts

Watching AIDA.

I'm am beyond excited.

I first saw Aida on Broadway so many years ago, I don't even remember the year, sometime between 1999-2001? (Help me out Ashley...Wow, that was so long ago. It was such an amazing trip, maybe this will be my Memory Monday this coming week.) Anyway, it was a fairly new musical and all anyone seemed to know about it was that the music was by Elton John and Tim Rice and it was set in ancient Egypt. Well, growing up I was always so intrigued by Egypt and even went as far as deciding I would become an Egyptologist. My mom hoped beyond anything that this fascination with ancient Egypt and me wanting to move out there so I could be an Egyptologist was just a phase. LOL. So, needless to say, I was really excited about going to this particular play.

I immediately fell in love and bought the soundtrack that same night. That was the first CD I ever purchased, crazy huh. Well, a few years later Aida came to the Capitol Theatre in SLC, of course I went! When Casey and I first started dating, favorite plays somehow came into the conversation and I told him about Aida. Being the sweetheart he is, on the radio to school one day he heard that Aida was going to be in SLC and bought tickets to surprise me.

Uh-Oh...

The Aida that he bought tickets to was the wrong Aida. This particular Aida was the original version-the Italian opera version vs. my Aida that was a rock musical based on the very same. Oh well. It was still super sweet of him.

And, now here we are years later, finally getting to go to Aida. Casey bought these tickets about a year ago as a birthday present to yours truly. (yay me!)

Unfortuantely for him, he has to sacrifice watching the BYU vs Florida State game to go to Aida.

I hope this doesn't make him sour towards Aida.

Sorry babe...you still love me, right?

Memory Monday

2009-09-07T10:46:00.000-07:00

I'm going to try something new.

This something new is officially called Memory Monday.

Last night as Casey and I were laying in bed, our little pup Daisy jumped up on our bed, burrowed her head under our covers, crawled to the bottom of our bed (still underneath the covers) walked around our feet and came up on Casey's side and curled up next to his stomach and started to fall asleep. I was on the other side of Casey, so needless to say, he was being squished between both of us.

Casey: "You both are squishing me."
Justine: "Kind of like a sandwich...a 'girl'led cheese sandwich!"

When I was younger I thought grilled cheese sandwiches were called girl-led cheese sandwiches and that only girls were allowed to eat them. If boys were allowed to eat them, they would have to have their own version, something like a boy cheese sandwich. I remember being at a restaurant with my younger brother, Matthew, and he ordered a grilled cheese sandwich, and I couldn't believe he would/could do that because he was a boy!

Hello people! it's called a GIRL-led cheese sandwich. YUM!

that's so awesome.

2009-07-22T15:20:00.000-07:00

...buying 4 new SUV tires....SUCKS....big time.

just thought you'd like to know...

Also, as requested click here for the direct link to the coffee filter flower instructions, template and video.

flower power

2009-07-21T08:42:00.000-07:00

Check out these little beauties! (picture isn't the best, but oh well...)

Would you believe it if I told you they were made out of coffee filters?!?

A sweet friend in Wymount, who might I ad is an amazing artist, introduced these flowers to me. I was over at her house one day and I couldn't help but admire these beautiful flowers. I was stunned when she told me what they were made of COFFEE FILTERS! who da thunk? They are super easy (seriously, super easy) to make and a lot of fun at the same time. :)
Check out these websites for more info:

Mommy Makes Roses (the original artist)
Also check out the Martha Stewart website and search "paper roses" (You'll be able to find the templates for the roses along with video how-to instructions)

Anywho, the flowers turn out absolutely gorgeous and are so so much fun to make. enjoy.

Well, tomorrow I am off to the DMV to take my Nevada drivers license written exam so I can officially get a Nevada drivers license! I kind of feel like I am going to Driver's Ed tomorrow. Wish me luck.

Eeewwww....

2009-06-21T22:14:00.000-07:00

Let me introduce you to our new neighbors.

Mr. Marvin Roach

His wife, Myrtle Roach.

and their twins, Melba and Merlin Roach

They will be vacationing on our porch for the remainder of summer using such amenities as our washer and dryer. Yeah.

Can you imagine seeing these gross, dirty bugs every time you go to do laundry? Seriously. EEWWW!!! Every time I open the lid to the washer, there is at least one hanging out at the bottom. I eventually coax the little bugger out, do the laundry, only to find when the laundry is finished, there is another cockroach, only dead at the bottom. EEWWW! Lets not even mention the dryer... Let me just say, our lint trap holds more than just lint. It makes me shiver just thinking about it. Again... EEEEEEWWWWW!

Ta DA

2009-06-11T19:27:00.000-07:00

life as we knew it for the last few months.

In January my parents were able to come to Vegas for my dad's business banquet which was held at the Winn hotel...so nice. Check out the bling the company gave my mom!

While my parent's were busy partying the night away in a disco themed dance hall, complete with go-go dancers and impersonators, Casey and I spent some time in the shops at Caesar's palace, mainly FAO Schwartz...

There I put on the sorting hat from Harry Potter and found out that I was indeed a muggle with no magical powers and that there was no way I could go to Hogwarts. bummer. I would have made an awesome Griffindor. or maybe Ravenclaw or even Hufflepuff. Not Slytherin, that would just suck.

Casey visited ancient Egypt and found out that he was related to King Tut and he was of royal Egyptian heritage. Doesn't that mean he should be able to inherit King Tut's actual crown and not just this cheap ripoff. Maybe we could pass this crown off as the real one and then it could pay for the remainder of law school. wishful thinking.

In February, we celebrated Casey's birthday! We also celebrated lovers day-look at these gorgeous flowers. They smelled wonderful and lasted a really long time!

The kid brother, Matthew, returned from his mission in Russia in April. It is so crazy how time flies. Seriously, I can not get over the fact that he was gone for two whole years, and that he lived in another country and knows how to speak Russian, and is getting ready to start college and the rest of his life! WOWZA.

Here's our sweet pup. Whenever she is trying to get our attention she will roll onto her back as close to us as possible and let out little growls.

She can be so cute at times and she can be really annoying at others...like when she has to bark.

Casey survived his first year of law school-yay! and is now externing with the Nevada System of Higher Education as a law clerk. I celebrated my birthday in May and Casey got me one of these little beauties... and of course it would have to be in hot pink! I LOVE the color PINK :)

That same weekend we celebrated Joel's (Casey's Dad) birthday by going camping up Bennion Creek. I never really went camping growing up, but this trip was so much fun. We were able to practice our shooting of both bows and .22's, played tons of games, ate sooo much yummy food and perfected my skills of amateur 4-wheeling! It is really hard to take a picture of two people wearing those thick helmets! Ha Ha!

And last, but not least, Casey and I celebrated our 4th wedding anniversary two days ago, on June 8. Wow, four years has already passed, seriously. Life really does have the tendency to sneak by so fast. It is just like that Kenny Chesney song, Don't Blink. At the end of the song he says Don't Blink-life goes faster than you think. It sure does... Every year we always take a picture, here is this years! (it's a bit blurry, but that is the best we had)

1,460 days

2009-06-08T21:55:00.000-07:00

On this day 4 years ago, this happened...

Happy Anniversary Sweetheart.

2009-04-07T13:53:00.000-07:00

Or Not to Blog...

Sometimes one does not feel like updating their blog, so one does not. This has been the case for the last couple months. This someone will update the blog in a few weeks. PROMISE

Christmas Greetings

2008-12-20T11:38:00.000-08:00

We're Sending Lots of Love your Way...

for this Special Holiday.

Merry Christmas!

Love,
Casey, Justine and Daisy

Santa Claus isn't .....SAY WHAT?!?

2008-12-16T12:20:00.000-08:00

CAUTION-SPOILER ALERT ABOUT SANTA CLAUS

I was thinking the other day of the time I realized that Santa Claus wasn't real. Hate to break it to you mom, but whenever you were out of the house and it was just us kids, we would snoop and look inside of the closet in your bedroom, after all we knew that was were the goods would be found. :) We also perfected the technique of opening already wrapped presents and then wrapping them up again! We only did this on a few items, not every year either, but nonetheless we are guilty of the aforementioned crimes.

Anyway, the year I found out that Santa wasn't real was the year that Santa left us these cute little rollerblading dolls, you know the ones that really skate by themselves. After all, these dolls were in my mom's closet and then on Christmas morning they were in the living room all set up without any boxes with bows on them and notes from Santa...

These were the dolls that sealed the deal for me. What about you? When did you guys discover this secret? Please tell!

Thanksgiving and December Happenings

2008-12-10T12:59:00.000-08:00

Boy, it's about time to update I think...

For Thanksgiving we went up to Utah to visit and luckily we'll be doing the same for Christmas too. It was great we played a ton of games, helped decorate the houses for Christmas and just overall enjoyed everyone's company. On Thanksgiving, we spent the day over at my totally awesome grandparents house with the whole Madsen clan. We finally got to meet baby Jack and he is just as chubby and cute as ever.

Randomness, lately I have been thinking a lot about my grandparents and how they are pretty much the coolest people ever. I really love them lots. and I miss them too, I wish I had taken advantage of visiting them more often when we lived in Provo. I love giving them hugs. I love going over to their house, there is a great feeling of love and memories when you enter through the back door. I love all the memories that are in that house. I loved the sleepovers and wearing my grandpa's t-shirts because we never brought our own pj's. I loved the cool piano that plays by itself, I love the sewing projects that my grandma takes on, especially the Christmas village that she made to put under her tree, I love that they tease me about the time I ate horehound candy, I loved eating the frozed twinkies and how they always have treats around, I loved their little spoon collection and eating pudding with them. Definetely some random memories, but nonetheless, very awesome ones... anyways, I just love them lots :)

On the Friday after Thanksgiving, my parents and I went up to the Body Worlds exhibit in SLC. This is the exhibit were they preserve human bodies through plastination and then show of the insides of the body and their remains. It was amazing to think that each of the pieces were once real people. The human body is amazing! I would definitely recommend this exhibit to anyone interested in how the human body functions. Casey didn't come with us, he decided that hunting would be way better and not as morbid as the exhibit. They also had these portable restrooms, they are called Royal Restrooms, they were sooo nice, they even had flowers inside. I have never been in such a nice portable restroom. These were two of my favorite exhibits. It was amazing to see the muscles and the bones and just everything

Saturday I went shopping with Casey's mom, Debbie. It was a ton of fun we were able to go to the stores that I don't have down in Vegas. I really miss Kirkland's and Downeast Outfitters. Then later that night we went to Barry's drive-in. MAN! I miss those yummy fries. Early Sunday morning we drove back to Nevada.

I have decorated for Christmas finally and I just love the way Christmas decorations have of making your home feel even cozier. One of our family traditions is to buy an ornament that somehow says or portrays the last year. I am way disappointed in Hallmarks ornaments this year, they just aren't as creative and cute as they usually are. So, we went with another place fore this years ornament. Since we got a little puppy we bought a bone with her name on it. All the other ornaments are from past years. Our 1st Christmas ornament is the globe ornament with our picture on it from 2005, our 2nd year ornament is the two monkeys because all we did that year was goof and monkey around, our 3rd year ornament is the two figurines, one being all dressed up and the other playing with toys...yep! and then of course this years, number 4 (WOW) is the bone for Daisy. And of course our 3 1/2 foot Christmas tree!

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE

NETFLIX BABY!

2008-11-16T12:53:00.000-08:00

So, Casey and I... well, really I discovered NETFLIX about a month or two ago. It is pretty much the most amazing thing ever. You create a queue of movies that you would like to watch sometime in the future, they automatically send them out, so when you go to your mailbox and you see that little red envelope just sitting there, waiting for you to open it up and pop in the dvd machine, you are just asking for way too much fun.

We have been renting the series , which I absolutely love, even when it gets a little on the odd side. So as Marshall would say,the show is SUPER SWANK and pretty much way awesome. Oh, and Netflix is pretty cool for letting me relive my ALIAS days.

any questions?

2008-11-10T23:26:00.000-08:00

It will be interesting to see what type of change is headed our way... but in the interim the conservative movement needs a new leader... a new Reagan if you will. And rest assured- come 2012 America is going to need a leader that can articulate and govern according to true conservative ideals.

Check out a candidate that was unfortunately overlooked this go-around that may be called upon in 4 years... (oh, and its NOT "Dr." Ron Paul!)

http://blog.case.edu/conservativemovement/mt-tb.cgi/16905

Daylight Savings Anyone?

2008-11-01T22:09:00.000-07:00

Enjoy this clip from a newspaper's section where readers can write in their thoughts and views on various subjects. I hope you can see why this particular clip has received the Stamp of Shame... FAIL. For more funnies check out the website

Halloween 2008

2008-10-28T14:16:00.000-07:00

We celebrated HaLLoWeeN early this year by going to a Murder Mystery Party. Casey played the role of the "honorable" Senator Justice, who happens to spend a lot of time in Vegas and is known to have ties to ex-convicts and I was his wife, Jacquelyn Justice, who will do anything, ANYTHING to save the senator's career. The setting took place at the Paramount Hotel and Casino where Ronald Trump and his daughter Precious Trump were throwing a party to celebrate the hotel's first year. The guests expected to be there ranged from Jack Black the blackjack dealer and the ex-convict Ace High to Lucy Legs and Colleen Candy who are call/show girls. It was crazy fun until someone was murdered.
(pause for dramatic effect)
The rest of the evening included playing games, blackmailing each other and sleuthing until someone figured out who the murderer was. It was hilariously fun, and I can't wait until our next murder mystery. I would highly recommend it! It was so fun to meet some of Casey's classmates and to make some new amazing friends. I will post pictures as soon as I get them, that way you can see some of the crazy characters. My favorite costumes were Lucy Legs and Elvis the Impersonator. These two are married in real life and expecting a baby girl the end of next month, so if you can picture a native Korean dressed up as Elvis and his pregnant wife as a show girl.... It was the best!! They were voted in best dress for the party. You can totally guess why. :)

Instead of dressing up this year, we decided to dress up Daisy... HAHA!
Poor Girl, the things we do to you. We saw this at the store in September. We just loved it, especially since we call her "bug" sometimes.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! AND HAPPY HAUNTING!

My Cute Little Puppy...

2008-09-29T22:48:00.000-07:00

Isn't she sweet!!! This first video is of when we first got her. We were folding a blanket and she discovered what she could do with it...It's about 30 seconds, enjoy, it will make you giggle...

Secondly, we have been working on (not perfecting) tricks and commands. Look what she can do... (35 seconds-SOOO worth it) And look how big she has gotten!

Wow. Look how
big
she
has gotten!

*SIGH*

Don't you wish she
was your puppy???

Have a super fantastic totally awesome day!!

What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas

2008-09-28T16:19:00.000-07:00

As the old saying goes, what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas...this is my excuse for not blogging, I just can't go against this quote and let you know what is going on here in the really hot, busy, deserty state of Nevada.

Okay, whatever. It is true. I have just been lazy about the whole blogging deal.

Our first thoughts as we were driving down here were, "can it get any hotter?" to answer that question, yes, very much so. It was 115 degrees as we were unpacking my dad's trailer and our jeep. A huge thanks to everyone who helped us get unpacked and settled.

We have settled in, Casey is ever so busy with homework and we never seem to be at home at the same time, so needless to say, we don't see each other as often as we are used to. Our apartment is surprisingly wonderful, especially considering that we leased it blindly. Let me give you a tour and show you around...

This is what you would see-our living room. Turn to your right and this is our hallway.

Continuing, to your right again is our dining room and to the left our kitchen. I love the kitchen. there is so much counter space and storage. This next picture is one of my favorites-a dishwasher! I can't believe we lived without one for three years! love it.

Next, if you continue down the hallway our bathroom is on your right. The bathroom is pretty run down, but it works. Then if you go straight ahead that is where our bedroom is.

Also, if you go out the sliding doors in the living room you will enter onto our patio. We especially love the patio because it is enclosed, there is even more storage space and the best appliance of them all-a washer and a dryer. I can never go back the the laundromat scene. If you look over the balcony, the pool, gym and mail room our to your left. We love the greenery and that there is grass instead of the awful desert landscaping.

For being down here for almost two months, we haven't done a whole lot of fun activities. Two weeks ago we spent a Saturday down on the strip. We parked at the New York New York hotel and contemplated riding the roller coaster. We decided we would wait on that and took our chances at the buffet at the Monte Carlo. yummy. After that we thought we would give into our gambling obsessions and win big. nope. We lost our money-a whole dollar on the machines. what a waste. After that we went walking over to the M&M factory. Interesting. The factory is just touring around all their merchandise. Who would buy a pound of M&M's for $11.00??? ridiculous.

This is us at the MM's factory posing with their props. Casey is being the yellow mm and I'm trying to push the door open. Really, it tells you to push.

Last weekend we had our good friends/cousins, Zac and Jessica, came to visit. We had a lot of fun touring around, hanging out and trying out the restaurants. Unfortunately we didn't take any pictures, but hopefully we can do something again soon. We love you guys!

And finally, this weekend Casey's parents are visiting, we are way excited to see them and hopefully we can do something super fun.

Well, that is a quick update on our life. Join us again for another one soon...

Oh, and by the way, the photo of the girl in my last post (the one with the curlers) is not me... :)

Whoa, wait! How many days left??

2008-08-04T08:30:00.000-07:00

Have you ever felt this way?

Wow, so we leave for Henderson this Friday. Casey is super excited for law school to start and I am excited to move into our little hole in the wall for the next 9 months. :) I can't believe how fast this summer has gone by and I can't believe how unprepared we are to go. ahhhhh.

WISH US LUCK! :)

Happy Teeth

2008-07-17T20:41:00.000-07:00

So, I went to the dentist today. I hate going to the dentist. There is just something about lying in the chair with my mouth uncomfortably open as wide as I can get it, the hygienists talking above as if you are not there, and the suction and scrapping sound of their tools. I don't know about you, but I can never relax my body and am so tense through the entire process.

But I am happy to report that I'm happy and my teeth are happy. No cavities for me! :)

Crazy blogger who never seems to update. ugh.

2008-07-06T18:39:00.001-07:00

First of all,
HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY! MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS AMERICA AND WATCH OVER OUR TROOPS.

Where to begin...
Happy 3rd Anniversary on June 8! This post is a little late, as Casey would so dutifully point out he is always Waitin' on a woman. And I would point out "Always late, but worth the wait" We have had an amazing year together with so many new adventures. We both graduated from BYU, sent out applications for law schools nationwide, were accepted or wait listed from every school, got into the whole blogging world, decided we would move to Nevada in the fall, I learned how to play Halo3, school and work took up all our free time, we added a member to the family (I'll talk about that in a bit), we always did our laundry late, late at night, we met many amazing friends at Wymount, Casey "christened" his new Hoyt bow, I as well learned how to use a bow, we did a lot of fly fishing (float tubes are especially fun), we served as Activities Committee Co-Chairs, with so many more memories. I am the luckiest gal to have such a great catch (truly, yes) Happy Anniversary Babe! Love you. So, kind of funny, but for every anniversary we take a picture.. Here you go...

As for our newest family member I would like to introduce...Daisy.
most often called Crazy Daisy, Bug, or UH UH, all
of which she will sometimes answer to. Isn't she sweet!

Ever since we first got married I have always wanted to have a little dog-the kind that are small enough to carry around and can sit on your lap. Casey calls these kinds of dogs ankle bitters and little rat dogs. Well, for every birthday, Casey has given me a little stuffed TY beanie baby to represent the "little dog" that I couldn't get because of apartment rules. Well, this year, for my birthday he got me the cutest little TY beanie baby with the promise of once we were settled in Vegas hopefully we could get my little Daisy Mae. Well, later that week I went over to Animal Ark in Orem, by the Target store to look at the little puppies. No harm in just looking, right? Well, I fell in LOVE with this cute little fox-nosed, parti-mix Pomeranian. I came back home and told Casey about her and he said we could go look at her, only. He wasn't completely sold on the idea of a little dog, let alone a Pomeranian. Once he got to hold her he was sold too. He talked me into looking around a little more on the internet to make sure she was the one we wanted to get. A week passed and I couldn't stop thinking about the little dog at Animal Ark. I told him that she was the one I wanted. Casey agreed and said he would go and pick her up after he got off of work that day. Being the little sneak that he is, he text me and said that someone else had already bought her and that he was sorry we had waited to get here. I was so sad :(
I came home that night from school and I heard him outside in the backyard, I went back there and my sweetheart was playing with my Daisy. Absolute delight.What a great surprise and birthday/anniversary present :)
(Oh and the coolest thing ever is that she potty-trained! It is so awesome.)

Which Disney Princess are You?

2008-05-16T22:13:00.000-07:00

So, I just got home from work and Casey and his brother Kyle are watching the Jazz vs Lakers game (I'm not huge on basketball, but the last minute or so was pretty exciting) So, I thought I would kill some time...

As it turns out, I am Jasmine

Which Disney Princess Are You?

Jasmine

Click Here to This Quiz
As Casey was watching
the game I asked him the
questions, he is Belle. This
totally makes me giggle :)

Which Disney Princess Are You?

Belle

Happy Spring

2008-05-12T13:13:00.000-07:00

It is amazing to me how much free time you have once school is finished!!

I love the beginning of spring! I love all the flowers, bright colors, and fresh air. I absolutely am loving every moment. One of my favorite times is to be on BYU campus in the spring, the trees are starting to get some color and the flowers are all starting to bloom, it really is a wonderful time of year...

On campus, there are some "pink" trees that can be found all over, it reminded me of the blooming of the cherry blossoms in Washington D.C. No, I have never been, but it is on my list of lifetime goals to go to a cherry blossom festival. It will be so cool!!

I also love that there is still snow on the mountains and it is near the middle of May. I have always thought that it would be cool if it snowed on my
birthday (only a week and a half away), who knows it could be very possible this year... I can't help but love the snow...

Well, those are just a few of the things I love most about this year and some things that I am so grateful for--what a beautiful world!

We have some big, life changing news... :)

2008-05-08T20:18:00.000-07:00

no, it isn't what you are thinking... :)

We have finally decided on our future destination for the next 3-5 years for law school

WE ARE GOING TO VEGAS

After a lot of comparing and contrasting, we have finally decided to go to University of Nevada Las Vegas for law school. We are very excited, we think it will be a good fit for us. I have a few family members there and we know a few people who will be able to help us get settled into a good neighborhood. We are also very excited because we will have the chance to have a lot of fun, unique, and different weekend dates with all the neat attractions to check out... :) If you ever want to go on a vacation be sure to come and visit, you are always welcome to stay with us!

BYU Graduation

2008-05-08T19:51:00.000-07:00

We made it. Here are some pictures to highlight the occasion

BYU School of Social Work 2008. Social Workers Rock...

My hubby is such a sweetie. We decided that since we were both graduating in April, we would just go to one convocation and walk together. We walked in the social work convocation, mostly because it started at 2:00 instead of 8:00 in the morning. Well, once we got there, he wasn't sure if he made the right choice, he thought he would stick out like a sore thumb with his white tassel. Once the graduation got going, we were sure glad we only had to experience one set of talks and that we had the chance to graduate together. (the talks were great though) It was a lot of fun to have both our families there and to have the chance to graduate from such an awesome university. Yeah!

I can't help but think of Harry Potter...

Lots of fun experiences, but we are very excited to have new ones (that don't include tons of homework)

more pictures to come...stay tuned.

SO CLOSE...

2008-04-19T13:26:00.000-07:00

We are so excited that school is almost finished. YEAH!!

only three more days...

need I say more :)

Crunch Time

2008-04-12T23:10:00.001-07:00

Wow, so finals are almost here, but for me I have always found the week before finals to be the worst. Aargh. I am so excited to be almost finished. YEAH. I have had a crazy week, a week where I haven't really had a chance to think about anyone but me. But, then you have a day like I had today and you remember the importance of forgetting yourself and remebering others.
At work, a family excitedly brought their brand new baby boy to get pictures. We were able to get some amazing, one of a kind pictures. When they were personalizing them, they shared a quote with me and I would like to share it with you.

"When the first baby laughed for the first time, its laugh broke into a thousand pieces, and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies." James M. Barrie (author of Peter Pan)

At first, I thought is was kind of weird, but for some reason I have continued to think about it. To me, I think of this as a reminder to remember the little joys in life and be so thankful for them. Remember the laughs and giggles, the times of stress (like right now in finals) and the delightful moments that make you smile. I really like this quote and am grateful for that chance I have to work in a place that creates memories.

Friday was my last day at my internship at an elementary school. There is a little second grader that has been dealt a hard hand in life. He and I have grown to be really good friends and I will miss him so much. He is such an angry little boy, but he has one of the sweetest spirits I think I have ever met. Perhaps one of my favorite quotes from him is when I told him when my last day was and he looked at me and said, "That is an unfortunate situation" --and this from a second grader. I absolutely love it. Well, we had been preparing for my last day for a month or so and when it finally came. wow. He kept asking me when I would be able to see him again and if I was coming back next year. I had to remind him that I wouldn't be at his school next year and that there were other kids that needed me. Well, to make the story short, he asked me when he would see me again. I paused because I wasn't sure what to say, but then he told me that he would see me on the other side of the veil and that's when we could be neighbors. This was such a testament to me of the truthfulness of the gospel and the sweet spirit of children and their ability to teach us. I have had a great year and am so thankful for it. (But I can say that I won't miss the stress of it :)

Yeah, we are updating!

2008-03-30T21:42:00.000-07:00

On Thursday we practiced shooting our bows! It was pretty cool, and if I must say so myself, we are getting pretty good. I have to brag a bit, the picture of me posed by the clay pigeons (below) is when I hit my first clay pigeon with an arrow. pretty sweet. In total I was able to destroy 2.5 clay pigeons. If you see me on the street sporting my bow gear, watch out, it will only take me on average 15-20 tries before I am able to hit exactly where I aim. This picture of Casey in sepia was taken by his brother Tyler when he had to make a bow for a class assignment.
So, as for school, Casey and I have started the countdown to the end of school. There are only 14 days left of class and then about 24 days until graduation. YEAH. Casey is pulling an all nighter tonight finishing up his last assignment ever for BYU and I am procrastinating finishing a paper that is due tomorrow. Well, that's all for now, have a fabulous week.

Oh yeah, our future plans for the next 3-4 years are... We still haven't decided on where we would like to go, but our top choices are Nebraska, mostly because of the scholarship and since we already sent our deposit to reserve our seat and the University of Florida, because tuition is $10,000 a year as a resident (not bad) and they give you residency after a year, whereas Nebraska doesn't. geez. so, that is our update for now.

Where should we go?

2008-03-06T20:20:00.000-08:00

Hey yall... I forgot that we even have this, so sorry to leave everybody on the edge of their seats. We're half-way through the semester so far. Justine is the busiest balancing work, her internship, and school and I'm just finishing up a couple of classes and trying to make a little money working. We're 4 for 4 on being accepted to law schools so far. We've been accepted to Florida State, Kansas, University of Denver, and Nebraska... and still waiting to hear back from BYU, Utah, UNLV, University of Colorado and Baylor (Waco, TX). If we go to Nebraska- it will be basically free with Justine qualifying me for in-state tuition and a scholorship they offered me. But price isn't everything. We are trying to consider reputations, job opportunities, atmosphere, etc. So, we thought that we would get everybody's opinions! Please vote on where we should go! (And maybe post a comment or two on why...)

Totally Awesome Slideshow

2007-12-06T19:44:00.001-08:00

Thought we'd jump on the ole bandwagon...

2007-12-06T11:01:00.001-08:00

Hello folks! We thought we'd jump on the blogging band wagon, though we sometimes wonder why people might be interested in our very routine lives... No cute kids to post pictures of, no fancy smancy events- the highlights (if you can call it that) of our week usually are a trip to Wal-Mart or anything that breaks the routine of school. So we'll see where this goes, but we make no promises! Stay tuned...