Time is Quickly Passing

Only 2 months until I walk at graduation. YIPPEE!!!! Actually my classes this term end in May. I have only two weeks of class in July. Then, I am all done. Can you tell that I am getting excited? What will I do afterwards? Read, read, and read some more. I already have a list started. Does anyone have any suggestions of good books? E-mail me and let me know.

Food Handler's Permit

This week I decided to get my food handler's permit. Why, you ask? Am I suddenly desirous of working part time at Mickey D's? No, I want to be able to cook food for school to use in experiments and activities and be legal. I thought that I would leave class with a few great stories. All I saw was a girl with orange hair wearing pajama bottoms. The best part was the gross pictures we saw on a Diane Sawyer documentary. Needless to say, I passed the test! (It was an oral test where the whole class discussed each question.) Why I was worried I don't know!

Stay Away From Our House

For the last week both Jim and I have been sick. He has even missed three days of work. Today we found out that he has a sinus infection and an upper respiration infection. We both spend our evenings coughing and hacking. Hopefully, since Jim got some prescriptions he will soon get better. I'm feeling better except for the coughing all day long. We are trying to spend a quiet weekend. I have parent-teacher conferences this week so I need to get better. Needless to say, stay away until further notice.

One Year Anniversary

First day

A few months ago in Vermont

This Thursday will be Brad's one year anniversary. We have missed him very much, but the time hasn't been as bad as we had thought. (I guess that the master's has helped.) So to celebrate here are a few pictures of our missionary.

Sorry

Yes, I know3 months since I've blogged. Once school and my night classes started life became quite crazy. I am on the downhill slope towards April. I am starting to work on my "Capstone" project. This is in lieu of a master's thesis. So, if I'm slightly crazy between now and April, just know that this too soon will pass.

A Quiet 24th

Jim and I decided to have a quiet 24th of July. We fixed a chicken pasta salad the day before. (It has to be the day before so that the red onions can begin to work.) Then that morning we took a hike to Donut Falls. Now I know that many would think, "What a woosy hike!" Not for me. I was grateful for the bottles of water and my dried bananas. Anyway, it was wonderful to be outside. There were still some wildflowers around. Jim was remembering Fathers and Sons campouts where Brad and his friends would make the hike from the Spruces 2-3 or more times in a day. Brad's comment on the memory was, "Wish I had the energy that I did when we were doing that!" Jim and I took our camera, but forgot to take any pictures so here is one from the internet.

Isaac, the Baseball Player

This week Jim and I traveled with Eric up to Malad to watch Isaac's baseball game. It was machine pitch. Isaac is over a head taller than all of the other players. When he got up to bat the coaches yelled to their team, "Move back, move back". Isaac wore long pants so he could slide into home for us.