Catch up Summer 2012

     It's been awhile since I've really blogged. So I'm playing catch up with a lot of picture collages. Basically our summer consisted of me working and Race doing an internship at Energy Solutions out on the west desert in the chemistry lab. We did manage to have some fun though. We took a weekend trip to California and spent the day at Knott's Berry Farm and spent time with friends Race made when he trained in 29palms. Sadly I did not get any pictures of this trip. :( Ting and Yuxin were both baptized this summer. It was a very awesome experience and they are amazing girls and a huge addition to the church. I love my Chinese siblings! We celebrated our 2nd anniversary. Race surprised me and took me to the Foster the People concert. It was so much fun! We didn't any pictures of our anniversary. Race was at training on our actual anniversary but we still celebrated. And for our present we got a window AC for our room cause it was so hot this summer and our place doesn't have AC, I know it's such a romantic gift ;) Other then that I'll tell our summer through these pictures...

I GRADUATED! I spent all my down time this summer finishing up my Bachelor's degree. I spent 100+ hours on my Capstone project, I made an information booklet and a brochure on Oral health through the college years. The brochure is being handed out at Dixie College Health fairs and the booklet is in the dental hygiene clinic for people to read. It took a lot of work but with the help of my dad and Race it got done. I'm pretty proud of it! So after an extra year of classes and my capstone project I have a Bachelor of Science in Dental Hygiene! I took the teaching track so now I can teach dental hygiene if I want. I really just wanted a Bachelor's degree and now I do! I also graduated with a 3. 63. I always had a goal to graduate college with at least a 3.5 and I did it! Okay I'm done bragging on myself, I feel weird doing it but it was earned ;) 

Christine and Levi welcomed Tanner Carl Roberts into there family, so we celebrated with a baby shower for them. It was alot of fun! Christine, Ezra and Tanner moved in with my parents for a little while before they moved to St. George with Levi. It was so much fun to have them around and see them all the time. I miss them! I wish all of our family was close to us.

My mom made the cute fruit baby stroller and I made the motorcycle diaper cake.
Thanks to  pinterest for the ideas!

Nephews!
We had a fun summer chillin with Ezra, Tanner and Max! Wish all the nieces and nephews were close to us!  

The majority of the fun things we did took place right in Salt Lake. We loved going to the Twilight concert series at pioneer park. Going on runs, and taking the dogs on walks around the city and memory grove, going out to eat and do doing things with our friends, and playing around at the State fair. We also got to go to the Brigham City Temple open house which was gorgeous!

Another sprint triathlon! My dad and I completed the Varsity Scouts Triathlon at Desert Peak for the second year. It was a lot of fun! I like doing tri's! 

I completed 50 miles on my bike in the Little Red Riding Hood bike ride in Logan. It was so pretty and a lot of fun! My mom did 100 miles! She's awesome! 

My lifetime best friend Carly had an adorable baby girl Brinlee! I made her the diaper cake, I've enjoyed spending time with them and watching Carly become an incredible mommy! 

Sad news... Due to circumstances out of our control we had to say goodbye to Dozer... We loved him so much and have so many awesome and funny memories with him in the short time we had him. He was a great first dog for us and we miss him so much! :(

So that sums up our summer!  I love summer time, but the heat this year was so hard to deal with! We would go on runs at 10 pm and it would still be hot! I'm excited for the fall weather and all the beauty it brings! Race is excited for snow... Now Race is back in school and studying ALL the time and I'm working and trying to find hobbies to keep myself busy. I love life and am grateful for everything we have!

His and Hers

So we are now a two dog family. We got Dashel about two weeks ago. He actually came from the same family we got Dozer from so they already knew each other.

I love Dozer but he really isn't the best cuddle dog... He tries to cuddle but leaves a blanket of fur on you when he does. So when this opportunity to get Dashel came up it was an easy choice. Race was okay with a little dog because we already had a big dog. It's funny when we take them walking it looks like His and Hers dogs. But seriously having the two different dogs is fun!

Dozer is big, Dashel is little...

Here's a few things we've learned about Dashel so far

• He's a Yorkshire Terrier better known as a yorkie
• He's about 10 years old, yes he is an old man but doesn't act like it at all, he has lots of energy!
• He thinks he's the boss of Dozer, he'll growl at him and of course Dozer is much bigger so he just tramples over him.
• He is blind in his left eye, hence the funny look of it in the pic above. When the other family had both of the dogs they came home one day to find Dashel's eye hanging from his head... so gross! Most likely Dozer did it.
• He's pretty funny, we are always laughing at him
• He is not obedient, but he is little so we just pick him up and make him do what we want, It's nice to have Dozer who is obedient most of the time.    

Dogs are so much fun! Sometimes they are pain but it's worth it. Their personalities entertain us and make life exciting. And it's nice to have extra company around. 

Wonder Woman's airplane

Notice anything different???

Take a closer look...

Yup that's right I am now a brace face... But seriously how sweet are these? Everyone I have been around so far hasn't even noticed them without me pointing them out. It is so crazy! My awesome dentist that I work for is now doing these braces they are called Simpliclear, or as Dr. Hans Smith calls them "wonder woman's airplane"... I would recommend them to anyone. I just want perfect teeth without looking like I'm 13 in the process, and this is the prefect solution. I still feel like I have braces and it feels completely weird and sometimes drives me crazy, but it will all be worth it! 

Counting Our Blessings!

     Over the past couple of months we have been extremely blessed, I just wanted to document a few of the biggest ones. First of all I finally got a job that is more then one day a week and that I love. I had been working one day a week and temping other places but nothing was permanent. I had been praying for something to come up that was more permanent and at least three days a week because I'm supporting us while Race goes through school. I had been through interview after interview and come close to getting some other jobs but nothing was really happening. Well through my temping I had temped at an office in Tooele. I knew some of the staff and had shown the doctor that I am a good hygienist. One morning I got a call from him asking if I could temp that day, I couldn't because I had an interview in Draper... He then continued to say that he may be able to offer me three days a week but wasn't positive so I should still go to the other interview. A little bit later I got a text from the doctor asking me a few question. Yes I had an interview through texting... what has technology brought us to?!?! At the end of the questions I got a text saying You're hired start Monday? Having a texting interview was awesome! Well now I work at Hans Smith office in Tooele Monday Wednesday and Thursday. I absolutely love it and am so happy there. Yes I commute from salt lake but it is like 35-40 minutes, it really isn't bad and totally worth it, and I get to see our families more. Prayers have been answered after much pleading with the Lord and I couldn't be more thankful! Also I should be adding another day of work soon which will be perfect.

After a day at the office...

    Getting this job was also perfect timing because my green car decided to die... My 1996 Nissan Sentra is dead to us, yes we probably could have dumped a ton of money into but decided it wasn't worth it at this point. So we headed out car shopping and found an awesome place to work with called Millennium Auto. They are a no pressure place and not your typical sales people. We ended up getting this sweet 2008 Honda Accord with 49000 miles for a rockin deal. I LOVE it! No buyer's remorse here. Every time I get in it it makes me so happy!

Love it!

Goodbye forever green car aka the slimer or loretta. 

   We are officially Honda people now with the civic and accord. The last blessing is the selling of the green car. We put it up on KSL and it was gone within a few hours. We just wanted it gone and didn't have alot of time to deal with it so it worked out perfectly. There are many other things we are grateful for but this is all I'm going to write about. I'm so grateful for a loving Heavenly Father who is watching over us and answering prayers! Life is awesome!

Ringing in 2012

     This year we realized we have a tradition for new year's eve. The last couple of years we have gotten together with our high school/life long friends Carly and Erin and their husbands. This year we got to hang out at Carly and Doug's beautiful new home. We spent the night eating homemade pizza and treats, catching up, playing move for the playstation (it's like a wii), playing a fun game called compatibility, and of course we watched the ball drop. Even though we all think it is ridiculously lame each year right before midnight we turn it on and count down... then we continue to watch the performances and make fun of how none of them have talent and it's all about the 'wow' factor and who can dress the weirdest or do the weirdest dance... Lame I know but it's just something we do.  We always have a blast together and this year was no different! Carly and I realized we never take pictures when we get together so this year we actually did. I wish I could get my video to upload... There is a hilarious one of Race and Shelton playing this fighting gladiator game thing on the move playstation and they were so into it... it was hilarious! Too bad I can't share but I'm sure the boys are okay with that.

Us girls, Me, Erin and Carly

First picture of the new year