Easter Weekend!

In the six years that I've lived in Rexburg, I've never visited Yellowstone National Park... until now! On Saturday, the four of us went to Yellowstone since it was free. We saw lots and lots of Buffalo. We were lucky to also see some wolves, but I didn't get that great of shots because they were too far away.

In front of Old Faithful Geyser.

Sweet bench made out of skis.

Sunday was Easter! We celebrated with carrot cupcakes, egg dying, and an Easter dinner. Yum! We had apricot-glazed ham, green beans with bacon, and au gratin potatoes. It was delish.

Spring and a haircut

Since Spring is slowly coming, we decided to make a Spring mobile! Jared, Crystal, Tomás and I all made origami flowers, chicks, dragonflies, and other spring related things. Then, we strung it up into a mobile! I love making mobiles.

Since we're leaving winter, I decided to change up my hair too. I cut and dyed it for the summer! Woohoo! Jared's looking for a job, and Tomás just started his Spring semester of school. I'm still just working as usual. But, life's treating us well.

Emily & Jackson

I took some engagements this weekend for my good friends Emily and Jackson. Their wedding is a 50s Diner theme. It's going to be super cute. Here are a few!

   

Conference Weekend

General Conference weekend means treats and yummy breakfasts. On saturday, in between sessions I made some delicious chocolate cupcakes from scratch. Let's just say, I was craving a sweet treat.

Jared and his girlfriend Crystal came on Sunday to watch the morning session with us, and we made crepes! My favorite.

Since my graduation, I've been on new adventures with my sewing machine. I have a turquoise dress, which I love, that I need to alter. I also want to make a cloth bag for the summer.

With Jared moving in with us soon, I'm off to do some deep cleaning and re-organizing! Woooe.

Future Plans...

The semester is almost over, and man am I excited for SUMMER! I want to bust out the sandals, BBQ burgers, frisbee, swimming, sunbathing, snowcones, and shorts! If it'll stop snowing...eventually... boo. Right now I'm working for a company called Qualicare, doing in home care providing and I LOVE IT. Tomás has senioritis BIG TIME. Only two more weeks and he'll be home free. Next semester, he's taking a bunch of fun classes, like Soccer and Guitar. I'm just excited to lay out in the sun.

Jared, Tomás' younger brother, is going to stay with us this summer, so it's going to be a par-tay. We have two bedrooms, one of which is a study currently. We're gonna shuffle around a few pieces of furniture, and he'll have a bedroom! Tomás is excited to jam out with Jared every day. Since the recent electric guitar purchase, we've got almost everything a small band owns: drumset, acoustic guitar, microphone, amp, and a tambourine. I play the tambourine, of course, and Tomás and I both sing. Jared's pretty good at the drumset, so it'll be an adventure. I've got my heart set on a new digital SLR camera. Ah, one day!

Lately, we've been looking online at places to live in Nampa, Idaho (for the Fall). We've found a few nice places, which are reasonably priced too. This one of Tomás' favorites right now. It comes with your own one car garage, and a basement. It's like a little house, all for the two of us! He wants to turn the basement into a music studio. The checkerboard kitchen floor and arched doorways are what get me! Here, check it out.

Good news...

Today, Tomás found out that he passed his Spanish Praxis exam! Hooray! Now he's officially certified to teach Spanish in the Secondary Education spectrum. Over the weekend, he took the ESL Praxis in Pocatello, but he won't find out for about a month if he passed or not. He said he felt better about this second one. Soon enough, he'll be a real teacher! In August, we'll be heading to Nampa/Boise, Idaho for Tomás' student teaching, and then he's all done! The future is bright.

Today, I'm excited to do a dance photo shoot with my friend Sarah Schrader. Don't worry, I'll definitely post pictures. I really don't have very many flattering action shots dance-wise, so I'm excited to get something legit. You know, something like this...

New Things...

Tomás has been eyeing this new electric guitar for some time now.

It's a Fender Telecaster. (a.k.a Expensive)

Well, for his birthday, Sara (his sister) and  I teamed up and we purchased it for him!

It's his new baby.

He even turns the heat on in the room its in, just so the guitar will stay preserved.

Now, he just can't get enough of playing this new thing.

The day before Tomás' birthday, an unexpected thing happened. It was the day of the Career Expo on campus. Tomás usually has one class and tutoring appointments all day. One by one, his tutoring appointments started canceling on him, so he decided to hit up the expo. It was all set up around a big raffle. Each event you participated in, you received a ticket into the big raffle. Tomás spent all day going to as many events as possible, so he could have a better chance to win a prize. They raffled off an iPod touch, a Wii, and the grand prize was an iPad. Guess who won the iPad? Tomás.

Let's just say, Tomás' is a liiiiiittle spoiled right now! :)