The Start of the MBA

Scott started an MBA program! It's a night class at the University of Arizona, so he'll get the whole class setting every Wednesday from 4pm - 10pm (don't worry, dinner is included). Good luck Scott and good job on getting accepted and taking this opportunity!

It's 2 classes each time period (which I'm not sure how long each one is, but the whole thing is about 20 months) and he gets to start out with the fun classes of Stats and Econ...

Here's his first day of school:) I did this jokingly b/c my mom always took our picture the first day of school each year and I wasn't too big of a fan, but it was always nice to have later.

We Had A Very Merry CHRISTMAS!

We enjoyed our White Elephant party with the Clarks:

My dad can't wait to use this at the corn maze:)



And who knew our Justin Bieber doll would be such a hit?! All the little girls wanted it.

Christmas Day! It was a little different than most: we saw our present from Santa and then went to church.

We came home and talked to Kadie! It was really late Christmas night for her in Ukraine. Then we opened presents about 2pm.

Emm loved her date basket! I know she'll put it to good use (in fact, she pry needed it a few months ago).

Then we talked to TayLOR. It was the day after Christmas in Japan, but I think he was still happy to hear from us.

Emm got an ABBA dance for the Wii. This is me celebrating cuz I totally beat her! Okay, just once or twice, which is why I had to live it up.

And one of my favorite things, ice-skating!

We started timing ourselves and racing. Dad and I raced. We got to the 3rd corner and he biffed it b/c so many people were around. I couldn't stop fast enough, so I fell too, instead of slicing him with my skates. I got a big 'ol bruise on my knee (that still hurts) b/c I fell on it and then slid on my stomach--sort of like sliding into home base. It was pretty funny. Here's our loser picture:)





Scott did so good! Especially for not really liking to be on skates.

Then back down to St. George:
Hikin' the Anasazi Trail in the STG!




And we really enjoyed our turkey dinner for New Year's.


Thanks family for giving us such a great Christmas! We definitely enjoyed ourselves.

Nate's Wedding! 11/19

We drove to LA for the wedding of our good friend, Nate.


Awwwwww!

While we were waiting for the reception, we tried out our picture-taking skills of the very tall buildings:




KPMG was once a job consideration....


That day, the young men and women put up the lights around the temple grounds for our enjoyment.


That's me in the middle of the cactus, that the lights make to look like a flower.



We actually stayed at the temple apartments for a lot cheaper than close-by hotels. Each night we stayed, we were supposed to do service in the temple. It was nice being right across the street.

The only catch: there was no TV or internet. There was a shelf with a Book of Mormon on it though. When we were done checking out the town Friday night, Scott asked, "Well, do you want to go back to our apartment and read?" ;)

Movember

So a coworker of mine sent out an email about Movember ("During November each year, Movember is responsible for the sprouting of moustaches on thousands of men’s faces, in the US and around the world. With their Mo’s, these men raise vital funds and awareness for men’s health, specifically prostate cancer and other cancers that affect men").

I thought it was funny, so sent it to Scott. Little did I know that he would try to celebrate Movember himself!

Luckily it didn't last the whole month:)

Arizona vs. Utah Football!!

Arizona played the Utes, so we went with our Ute-fan friend and had fun cheering extra loud for AZ ;)



So Arizona didn't play extremely well, but we enjoyed ourselves.