Smalls impersonating Alex

Alex and I are part of a coed Softball team called Ballaz. (We don't know what it means either.) Alex usually plays left field and caught her first pop fly! We ended up winning that game. It was our second win of the season. She got the final out of the game . The whole team was very proud of her! Her catch was a lot like Smalls's catch on the movie Sandlot.

You only need to watch the first 30 seconds to get the effect.



On another note, we also had a team poster that hung in our dugout that inspired us to win. I have added it to the blog. It is courtesy of Nate Geslison. (I hope I don't get shot for violation of copyright.)


Thank you Nate and despair.com

My new haircut!

I don't know if this represents my haircut well, but I wanted to do something different. So I went to the BYU Barbershop and got myself some new styles!

Before:

After:

I got some bangs and cut off about 4 inches. I know it's not too different, but I'm not that daring! I wanted something new, so Jessica helped me know what would be best. After about 1 hour at the barbershop the girl cutting my hair and I decided we had decided well and I was finished. Funny how hard it is to cut a few inches off! (ok, I just realized these after pictures look awful, I'm going to have to take some better ones when my new cut looks better!)

This is Mike and I because we are so cute! :)

One last view...

Here is one last view of our tiny apartment. We just had to show this to really let you see how spacious it was! It looks a lot bigger now that it's empty!

This is our hall and the last door was our bathroom! The doors on right and left are two other apartments. Ours is just behind us on the left.



This is our half bathroom. The box on the right is the water heater, takes up about 2/3 of the room. We felt a little like we were always traveling... with our airplane sized sink!




This was our room. There is about 3 more feet behind the camera, and this is what we had for our bedroom, livingroom, dining room, and any other room you can think of besides the kitchen and bathroom!

Last Memories of Oregon

Many of you may have heard by now that we have turned down the offer to work in Oregon after we finish school this year. That was really hard for us, but that was what felt right and (to Mom's rejoicing!) we are now looking for jobs here in Utah.
But here is one last look at our Oregon experience. :)

This is Alex and her kids at the park! We had a drummer teacher come to let the kids try many percussion instruments and have fun with rhythm. Aren't they so cute! :)

Alex and our good friend Ashley. Ashely's husband, Todd, was an Intern at Moss Adams with Mike. We had a lot of fun with Todd and Ashley. They were also in our ward!

Mike made me a special dinner with all the foods I like but he doesn't :) Way to take one for the team!



Where is all of this stuff going to fit?!? In the car! And if it doesn't fit there we'll do like the rest of Eugene...



...put it outside for free! It's gone by the next day! Bye bye microwave!

These are the beautiful flowers that Mike had waiting for me in the hotel room in Portland when I got back from Utah. The heart is a big sugar cookie that I made into a fruit pizza for Mike when he got back from the audit in Portland!

Good bye Oregon! :) :(