Okay so everyone already knows that I stink at updating the blog.. but I do have some reasoning I have not had the internet, except for when I go to my parents.. but good news everyone, we finally have advanced in this world and we did get the internet FINALLY!:) I did have good intentions and I think you will be able to tell, because I took lots of pics of different things I wanted to post! So here is goes.. Happy novel reading to all of you that are about to read this!!
The first part of March I was still driving back and forth, holding cheer practices and hanging out with my mom and sister alot! I was at my new home mostly on the weekends, and maybe a little during the week.. I would not suggest living away from your spouse for a long period of time, it was not alot of fun!.. But on one of the weekends we went exploring and we went to the Bear River Bird Refuge. It was educational and fun! Especially while Mark and I were trying to make the best bird noises we could, to try and attract the birds! There were alot of pretty swans and other birds. Mark really liked looking at all the birds. We being the smart people that we are forgot our binacs when we set out for this journey! It was still fun.. They have a building where you can go in and read all about the birds.. Here is how i measure up to a eagle i think.. or some other kind of bird, I don't remember! 
This is how Mark measures up he wouldn't get on his knees! 
This next pic is really funny because we are driving along and all of the sudden there is this enourmous crane right up next to the road .. I totally thought it was a decoy or something cause it would not move until the very last second then all of the sudden it moved. It scared me a little I will be honest! 
We also went out to the Hardware Ranch and that was pretty cool! It is located up the canyon from Hyrum, which is about 10 miles south of Logan. For those of you who do not know what that is.. it is a wildlife managment area. We saw alot of Elk and there were some pretty good ones. They take you out on a sleigh, pulled by those Clydesdale horses and they pull you like inches away from the elk and the elk just sit there and let you look at them.. it was really cool. Mark said there were some pretty big ones, so I thought it was exciting to see.
We were trying to get out and explore are new area! I think that we have pretty much covered most of the area! jk I am sure there will be many more drives. Oh we have also been on many aimless drives, and on this particular drive we were driving North, hoping we would eventually hit Idaho. Well to say the least we never made it and we almost ran out of gas.. Well Mark and I both did not have our wallets, but fortuantally Mark had alot of change in the truck. I had to pay for the gas in all change.. Like pennies and all it was really embarrising.. and it was like $8.00 or something all in change.. it was great!
Also during this time period, my brother Josh lost his job. He was working at Sportsmans Warehouse at the coorperate office, but due to their recent bankrupty, he was let go.. He held many positions there and actually started as a salesman at the Midvale store. He worked his way up and worked in marketing and his ending position was in purchasing. He is currently looking for a job and if any of you know of anything let me know! He graduated from the U in Communications and he also is fluent in Spanish! He is super nice and is an awesome person and excellent worker!:) Oh also I am currently looking for a job up in this area so if you know anyone up here let me know about that too hahah!!
The next thing that happened in March was my birthday! and let me tell you it was so much fun! Mark did a really good job!.. He bought me some big sunglasses-which I really wanted some, a shirt for when it is cold outside, he then took me to dinner at Wingers-which is my favorite and then took me to a bed and breakfast and even took the day off- or at least half the day! It was so much fun, and plus bed and breakfast's are my favorite thing because the breakfast is the best breakfast in the whole entire world.. and I do not even like breakfast food. I really like bed and breakfast and if you are ever in need of one the one we went to was considerably cheap and it was really nice, it was called Providence Inn, the people were also really really nice. It is like 5 miles south of Logan. Here is a pic of us relaxing in the room it was GREAT!! Mark loves making old man faces in pictures!
March ended with a BIG bang! I traveled to California with my cheerleaders, we had alot of fun, we went to Universal, Disneyland, and had a few group dinners and between it all, we took 1st place, so they are 2 time National Champions. It was AWESOME, as soon as they announced the 2nd place team the other coaches and I started yelling and jumping up and down. Some of my girls fell to the floor they were in SHOCK! We were not expecting it at all. We even had one of the judges of the competition tell us that our skill level just was not there.. So in your face I guess it was there! If you wanna see the routine that they performed go to this link http://www.varsity.com/event.aspx?event=1142 and then search Pleasant Grove. The drill team will also come up so make sure you look at my girls! They were also featured on the news but I couldn't find it! Here is a pic of Kirsten (my assistant) and Me at Universal on the studio tour it was a blast! 
It was so fun to get to know Kirsten better and realize that we were alot alike. I will miss working with her, she is so much fun. We went on the Pirates of Carribean ride at Disney and we were so funny before we got on the boat we noticed that there was a big old pile of water in the boat on our seat so we sat in, I kid you not like a cubic centimeter, the both of us. I am pretty sure that people prob thought we were lesbos! hahah... Well and that could have been because of my man wallet also.. but that is whole other story.. that I should tell you, and I will but later.. When we got off the ride Kirst had a perfect circle of wetness on her butt it was so funny. We laughed hard for a long while. About this man wallet... Have you ever traveled without your husband, or your dad.. cause I haven't and where do you put your money, if your paranoia like me! So I asked my dad and he gave me a wallet to use it was a MAN WALLET hahahahah.. it was so funny. Anytime I bought something I was like oh yeah my man wallet is in my pocket let me pull it out.. it was great!
Oh also at one of our group dinners we went to the Hard Rock Cafe where we saw the coolest performance because it was by Kevin Bacon.. yes the Kevin Bacon and yes he did sing.. who knew that Kevin Bacon was a singer. All of my girls were going crazy.. they were down on the floor dancing and asking to ring his tamborine! One of them got to! He is a pretty good looking older guy if I do say so myself! He even sang in his song.. about the crazy cheerleaders from Utah! It was awesome! Oh how I do love Footloose! 
So after all the hustle and bustle was over from Nationals. Life was back to normal.. I am done with cheer, or well.. I will be tonight, I have my last official cheer thing to do.. I have the year end banquet. I have not been doing the classes though. I have been done with practice and classes since Nationals. I have been with my Hubby and it has been really really GREAT! We headed down to Ephraim for Conference weekend and it was really nice, even though I will admit that I did not listen all that much to Conference, I had not been to Ephraim since the New Year, so there was alot of catch up and talking. But it was nice to feel of the Conference spirit and I will need to re-read the talks in the Ensign! Easter weekend was also a blast! We went down to my parents and hung out. On Friday we died Easter Eggs at Roni and Brians house, which was super fun! My eggs were the best of course.. My mom had a Saturday morning feast and then on Saturday night we went to a surprise birthday party for our good friend Hannah, and went on a blindate with Justin and Kyle and Ashlie! We hit a bucket of balls and let's just say I am pretty much a professional golfer now.. Not really I am poopy at it! My mom had a delicious Sunday meal and then the kids had a Easter Egg hunt. It was fun to watch them run around the yard and find the eggs and give the eggs to each other. How I do love the grandkids and miss them so much, now that I don't get to see them every weekend!
The last couple of things I have done that I would like to share with all of you happened last weekend. I found a new love.. and that is making jewlery (thanks Ash!) I do have to give a shout out and thanks to Ashlie she helped me get my girls a year end banquet present and we made my girls all these really really cute necklaces (that i love) with stars and some blue beads and I am giving them a quote that says " Most men will look up and just admire the stars, but a champion will climb a mountain and grab one" Author Unknown. When you wear this necklace, remember you are part of a team that worked hard, gave alot, climbed high, and won Big! 
So like I said I found this new love of making jewlery! I have been to Hobby Lobby, Joannes, and Micheals, like 5 times since this weekend, to find new beads and more necklaces. It is alot of fun and they turn out really really cute! Again Thanks Ash your the BEST!! My other new love happened with my Mother in law.. She took me to see WICKED and it was AWESOME!! I have been singing the songs, well at least the 2 songs I have on CD.. Speaking of which Hannah I need the whole CD! haha just a friendly reminder! I have Popular and Defying Gravity and let me tell you I think my lungs have grown a whole 10 sizes from singing so loudly in my car by myself! hahaha. But thanks to my Mother in law Judith and the fun Saturday she gave me! We went to the Lion House for Lunch and then to Wicked and it was AWESOME!!-like I said before and I recommend that everyone see's it! 
It has been an AWESOME couple of months.. and I hope that the coming months are just as much fun! Mark is loving his job and is liking living in the country again, as am I.. The only thing that could make it better is if we had all of you up here with us. I miss living close to family, but I am very grateful that Mark has a job! Thanks for reading! Oh I almost forgot that I finally found out what degree I will be recieving from Utah State. After transferring to Utah State I found out that pretty much the Psychology programs at UVU and USU are nothing alike and I thought the earliest i would be able to Graduate was going to be after Fall 2010-because they have very different opinoins about what needs to be taken to obtain a degree, but my lovely husband found this great degree.. it is called an interdisiplinary degree. Basically it is combinding 2 different degrees and having a minor in both. I will be doing it in Family Consumer Science Human development and Psychology. This way i will be done at the end of Spring 2010. This cut off 2 semesters. I would have had to take 2 extra semesters to get a degree from USU nutz huh! Well I love you all!! Hope you can see straight after reading this.. if you even made it to the END!!!
