Wow...

So I am now at work and Richard is on campus waiting for 4:00 to roll around so he can go to the airport and go to China. I knew saying bye would be hard, but I didn't anticipate breaking down in tears mere seconds after dropping him off. I called him less than a minute after saying goodbye to tell him that I miss him through my tears. It was intense. The weekend will be rough since I have nothing to do, but hopefully on Monday when I head out for my own adventure it won't be quite as hard. I am looking forward to my own adventure and to him having his own adventure, but I can't wait for June 10th to come so we can be together again and share all of our fun adventures.

Slacker

So I know I have been horrible and not been posting anything. The problem is that life is ridiculously busy as I am sure you all know. And when life isn't busy blogging is not the way I want to spend my time. But I promise that when I get back from Guatemala I will be good and post about all of my adventures and the pictures I have. And I will also make Richard blog about his China trip...I promise! But until then I am sorry for being a slacker!

HELP

Some of you may be wondering why my blog still has a Christmas themed background...the problem is I CAN'T CHANGE IT! I have changed it before and I have been following the directions on thecutestblogontheblock.com to a tee but it won't change...I click save and nothing...still green, snowflaked background! Help it is spring and I want a new background! :(

MWC Tourney

It has been about three weeks since we got back in town and I have been meaning to blog about our little trip ever since we got back but I kept forgetting (aka being ridiculously busy!). The second weekend in March Richard and I went to Las Vegas with my dad and Jordan. It was really fun. We left on Thursday (bright and early at 5 am!) so that we could get to Las Vegas in time for BYU's first game of the tournament.


We made it with a couple hours to spare so we drove to subway so that we could get 5 dollar footlongs to last us the whole day and they definitely did. BYU played Air Force in the first game and we won by about 10 (hurray!) then we watched UNLV and San Diego State battle it out. Before the game started we thought for sure that UNLV would win because it was on their home court but SDSU demolished them and we were pretty excited about not having to play UNLV on their home court (because they beat us every time and we had already beat SDSU twice earlier in the season).



After those games we went outside and relaxed until it was time for session number two. First Utah played TCU and beat them at the last second. :( Then Wyoming and New Mexico played, again this is a game where we thought for sure New Mexico would win easily but that was not the case, Wyoming won by a significant amount (I can't remember the score because it was too long ago but you get the idea). The first day of the tournament was very entertaining, all of the games were much more intense and enjoyable than we had anticipated. Which was a very good thing becuase needless to say we were VERY tired and it had been a VERY long day since it started at 5 AM!

The second day started out with a couple of girls games which we decided not to go to since we were still recovering from the long day on Thursday. So at about 11 we finally dragged ourselves out of bed and vegged for a couple more hours. Then at about 1 or 2 we went to In n Out Burger for lunch...DELICIOUS! Then we headed over to the Thomas and Mack Center for the men's games. We were first against SDSU. It was not a great experience. It was a tight game for most of the way, but unfortunately we just couldn't quite finish and we lost. :( However, the most entertaining part of the game was the guy sitting in front of us...there was some guy sitting in front of us who was not a fan of either team but it quickly became obvious that he was VERY anti-BYU. He had been quiet for most of the game so we didn't know just how anti-BYU he was until the game was over...at which point he jumped up, turned around and with the most psycho look on his face I have seen he just screamed over and over again..."YES! YES! I have been listening to you guys all night long! YES! YES!" All of this in our faces and then as he ran down the stairs he continued to demonstrate his psycho excitement...he kinda looked like this...

The last day we watched the men's and women's championship games both were between SDSU and Utah and Utah won both of them. For lunch that day we went to our favorite Mexican restaurant in Vegas and then for dinner we went and got 2 for 1 at a casino buffet.

We drove home on Sunday. All in all it was a great weekend, the only thing that could have made it better was us winning the whole thing! :)

Scope, scope, scope

Here are some pictures from when I had my scope about a month ago...I don't know why but the thing I kept asking Richard when I woke up was "did you take a picture?" They are ugly, but if it was that important at the time I figure I should at least post a couple...

Birthday #21!

It has been a weekend of birthday celebrating, it actually started on Wednesday. My family took us to Spaghetti Factory for my birthday dinner, it was delicious!

Friday was my birthday and it was GREAT! I went to school and work (not so great, but still good). Then I came home and my friend, Diane came over to visit for awhile. Then when Richard came home he made me dinner. It was so great, chicken and mashed potatoes (MY FAVORITE!).

Then it was time to open presents. I opened a gift from my grandparents and also Richard's gift. From my grandparents I got all of my grandma's personal history stuff that she has been working on, it was so GREAT! Richard got me a zune (MP3 player)! I was so excited! I absolutely love it! He is the best!

On Saturday Richard's Grandma took us to breakfast for my birthday then I went shopping for clothes with my mom. Today (Sunday) we went to my house for a dinner of Tigerani with Strawberry Shortcake for dessert! It has been a GREAT birthday weekend!

Life

I was talking to Lorie yesterday and she informed me that it is time for me to put an update on my blog...I don't really know what to talk about, life isn't very exciting...but here goes nothing...literally...
Life is just as busy as ever. Richard and I are both working and going to school. I work about 15 hours and Richard works about 10. Richard is taking a swimming class twice a week and he loves it. He sleeps a lot better when he gets his energy out with some type of exercise, so it is really great for him! This summer we will be world travelers. Richard is going to China for a Civil Engineering study abroad for two weeks and during that same time I will be going to Mexico for three weeks to participate in a Development study abroad program, we are both very excited for our trips. Richard received a research grant from BYU for $1500, so he will be going to China for a mere $500, we are pretty excited about that! He gets to do all sorts of fun stuff: acrobat show, Great Wall, session in the Hong Kong temple, and he even gets to order a tailor made suit (that is the thing he is most excited about. haha). So while Richard is staying in 4 star hotels I will be camping in Mexico...go figure.
That is all I can think of to write. Have a great day!