Hey everyone,
I thought I should get this post out before things get too hectic. The new semester has begun! We are excited to keep school going but I can't say I won't be looking forward to springtime. It has been FREEZING here!!! I hear people back in Washington complain about 30 degree whether and right now, that would be downright balmy here in Utah. It has lately been having highs in the teens and has been getting to negatives for the lows. Doesn't make it very fun to walk to campus from the Marriot center parking lot. I am looking forward to having blue skies and not wearing five layers. But that will come later.
Anyways, school will definitely be just as stressful as last semester. I am taking TMA 201 (the second half of theatre history because I took the first half fall semester), Personality, Psychology of Gender, Intro to Social Work, and a beginning piano class. TMA is still not exactly my favorite class but at least it is the same teacher and class structure as last semester so that should make it better. Personality will be...enlightening? I'm not sure of word for it (or maybe just a positive one). It is basically an intense theory course (with bits of philosophy thrown in there). The readings are long and difficult and the whole time I wonder how someone could think so much about something. We'll have to see how that one goes. Psychology of gender has so far been quite interesting and fun. The professor is quite entertaining having grown up in Japan and giving her thoughts on American gender stereotypes. I will have to do (yet again) a group research project for that class. I'm getting pretty sick of those. As for Intro to Social Work, I am excited for because it will help prepare me for the field and getting my Master's in Social Work. For this class, I will be needing to volunteer again. I am thinking of continuing to work in the Children's Unit at the Utah State Hospital since I enjoyed it so much. Hopefully this time I can work a little more with the social workers there. And lastly, my piano class has been pretty easy since they are learning how to read music which I already know how to do. I'm sure it will get more difficult but I look forward to eventually being able to play some hymns :) I will be continuing to work in both the Lab and as a secretary. All in all, a very busy semester.
Adam will also be very busy this semester. He is taking the online D&C course that I took last semester which is giving him a great scripture study guide. He is also taking two history courses, England since 1689 and US history 1890-1945. Both are challenging but he loves history so it makes it good. He is also continuing Spanish which he absolutely hates but on the bright side, he only has one more class after this one! His last class is a capstone class about European Gothicism which I am excited about because he gets to read Northanger Abbey! He is still working as a TA for the online course of Humanities 202 and he actually gets to work in the lab as well which he is very happy about. He will probably give more of his thoughts on this semester in further posts.
Well that's all for now!
<3 Ashley
P.S. We are still working in the temple for this semester :)
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Monday, January 7, 2013
One Year
Last post was about the first half of our Christmas break. This post is about the main event of the second half, our anniversary celebration. On the twenty-seventh, Ashley, my family and I all went down to the Denver Temple to do a session. It happened to be the one year anniversary of when Ashley went through the temple for her own endowments. It was a wonderful experience and it brought back a lot of memories. It also happened to be the first time that Ashley had been in the Denver Temple.
Ashley and I outside the Denver Temple
The rest of our festivities took place on the 28th and the 29th. We booked a hotel in downtown Denver for the night of the 28th since we had decided that staying over into Sunday morning would be challenging to get to church. Because of that, we decided to do more of our celebrations on Friday, even though it was not the actual day of our anniversary.
We went into downtown Denver in the early afternoon and immediately visited the Molly Brown House. We had already taken the tour, but Ashley really likes visiting the house and I wanted to go again in preparation for a paper I am planning to write (more on the paper in a later blog post, probably in a few months). It was another wonderful experience and I learned a lot more than I did the first time.
Us at the Molly Brown House
Ashley in front of the Molly Brown House
Afterwards, we decided to drop off our stuff at the hotel before going exploring the 16th Street Mall, a outdoor mall (that spans the length of the street). We had selected a hotel that was right on 16th Street and in an older building that had been turned into the hotel.
We got into the hotel and checked in and got our keys. When we entered our room, we were surprised at how nice it looked. Later on, we were looking at the website, when we realized that the hotel had upgraded us to their Presidential Suite (the best room in the hotel) for free! We were so excited. It was spacious, on the top floor, and had a balcony where we were able to enjoy the mountains, the skyline, and the buildings lit up for Christmas.
We had a great night. It was quite cold out that day, so we didn't explore as much as we originally had planned, but we still had fun wandering down 16th Street, eating at the Hard Rock Cafe, getting hot chocolate together. It was a wonderful night!
The next morning, we went out again to have breakfast at a bakery, which was really delicious, then packed up and left our hotel. Instead of heading home, though, we went back to the Denver Temple to do sealings as a way to commemorate our own sealing exactly one year before. It was a wonderful experience.
We are so grateful for our marriage. I know that for myself, it has been the best year in my life. I have grown so much and had so much joy in my life.
Ashley's notes: Incredible weekend!! This anniversary celebration was more amazing than I could have imagined. The hotel was so cool and Denver was so beautiful. The best part was being in the temple (albeit different temple) and remembering looking at Adam and promising forever (I know this sounds cheesy but I'm just being honest). This past year, and almost two years has been amazing because of Adam. He is seriously a better husband than I could've imagined existed outside of romantic comedies. I am looking forward to many more years :)
Love,
Us
Saturday, December 29, 2012
A Colorado Christmas Again
It's a Colorado Christmas again,
Going to share it with my family and friends...
Anyways, as you guessed Ashley and I spent our Christmas in Colorado with my parents and brother. I was delighted to be back in Colorado for Christmas but, for Ashley, this was her first Christmas away from home. It was a bit bittersweet for her that way, but we have really enjoyed our time.
As cliche as it may seem, our favorite thing about Christmas is giving gifts and this year was extra special. Ever since October, Ashley has spearheaded a project for a gift for my parents. My parents are notoriously hard to get anything for. More things equals more stuff to find a place for in their house and food gifts often imply something unhealthy which they are not exactly looking for either. So this year, Ashley found on Pinterest an idea for a gift. (Ashley's insert: the original idea came from this blog http://mymixofsix.blogspot.com/2010/01/thompson-sign.html) The concept is to spell out the family name using different children and their families. She then realized that my family has five children and five letters in my last name. It was a perfect fit, made much better by the fact that my family has not been all together for a picture often and it has been years since we have had a picture together without a wedding involved. So we got them a picture frame with a picture of each of my siblings and their respective families holding one of the letters. It was a wonderful surprise that made my mother cry, she was so touched. :-)
For another surprise gift, I have been working on a project since October. I was doing dishes one day while listening to music from a mix cd that Ashley gave me early in our courtship. I then thought of the idea of putting pictures of us and places we know to some of the music. It was a long and challenging project, especially with all of the demands of school and two jobs, and a grant proposal. I originally was hoping to make videos for all 20 tracks but that was impossible. I then aimed for 5 tracks, but I was running out of time the week before we left for Colorado and had to cut it down to 3 tracks. I had it set up in time for Christmas and when Ashley opened the gift, she saw a jump drive in the package. I told her to connect it to the computer and open up the folder. She then watched three videos to three of the songs she gave me. By the end of them all she was in tears of delight. So I guess this will be the first Christmas where I can say I was happy to make two girls cry.
The holiday time has been great for us, even though it has been rather low-key. Outside of running to different stores for last minute shopping, we have mostly spent our time inside, playing games with my family.
Christmas, however, was a great treat. As much as I enjoyed giving, we also received some wonderful presents. Among the top gifts given to us include a Kodak all-in-one type printer that can print photos, scan materials, and copy papers on top of normal printing, and the related photo paper and ink from my parents. We also got some movies and television shows that we were hoping for. Ashley got me a few gifts, but some of my favorites included a music book that contains songs from older movies, such as Singing in the Rain and Make 'Em Laugh, and a card game called Five Crowns. We had first played the game at Ashley's aunt's house and I really enjoyed it. We have since played it a couple of times with my brother and one memorable game with my parents as well as my brother where I came in a distant last place. I was doing so bad it was laughable.
My family has a tradition of taking pictures with all of the gifts we got on Christmas (My mom also writes down who came from which person). I really like it because I look back over the years and remember the fun presents I have received.
Me with my presents
Ashley with her gifts
Ashley also had some really good gifts given to her, but since I am writing this, I get to mention the ones I feel were the best (aka mine). Ashley got a Harry Potter Film Wizardry book from me which is all about the making of the Harry Potter films. She has already found it very interesting and has liked it very much. I also got her a recipe box so that we can put in some of our family recipes in one convenient location. Staying with the cupcake theme our kitchen has, it is decorated on the outside with cupcakes. She also got some gloves from my mother that are touch-screen friendly (if that is the right term). She really likes the fact she can keep her fingers warm and still use her iPod.
It has been a wonderful holiday filled with fun, games, and rest. We hope each of you had a very wonderful Christmas holiday!
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Fall semester and Thanksgiving break
Hey everyone!
Sorry its been soooo long since we did a blog but this semester has been incredibly busy. Adam has enjoyed his job working as a TA for independent study which he will be doing next semester as well. I've continued working as a secretary and a lab assistant in the testing lab, which I will also be doing next semester. We just got past finals week and it is glorious!! Its so nice to be done and have a 3 week break (although we'll have about a week that we'll be here and just working).
I've thoroughly enjoyed my classes this semester and I actually did better than I've ever done at BYU! It was tough but I got through it. I did really well in my Writing within Psychology class and I might submit my literature review to the undergrad psychology journal. I volunteered in the Children's Unit at the state mental hospital and it was been so great to get that experience. I will be needing to volunteer for one of my classes next semester so I am thinking of continuing at USH (Utah State Hospital). The kids are great and I got to be involved in their Christmas program :) I got to teach a group of kids to sing Last Christmas which they did great at :) the kids did songs and dances and at the end all of the psych techs did an awesome dance. After this experience, I am thinking of trying to get an internship or a job at USH. This will give me good experience for applying to grad school. I am now considering the possibility of me waiting a year after undergrad to get experience for a Master's in Social Work program. We'll see :)
Adam's also done very well in his classes (as always) :) He applied for an ORCA grant and is now waiting to hear back, which will happen probably in February. He officially has only two semesters left of college, although he is thinking of doing spring term to finish off his Spanish classes. It has been a hard semester but he has held up great. Not to mention his professors love him :)
We've also LOVED working at the temple this semester :) We've got to know so many great people and its been a great experience :) Its wonderful to have a space of time each week to be in such a spiritual place :) we are so glad we decided to become temple workers.
Also, we got to spend Thanksgiving with my family which was great! We decided to fly there which was so nice because we got more time with my family and I hate long car rides. We had fun spending time with my parents, and with my aunt and uncle who we stayed with part of the time. Then my sister Stephanie, her husband, and baby came on Thanksgiving day which was AWESOME :) My nephew is getting so big! Almost 6 months old now :)
He's such a smiley chubby cute baby :) my sister and her husband are planning on moving down to Utah next year so I'm SUPER excited :) Anyways, we had a great Thanksgiving and Adam enjoyed seeing my family's traditions for the first time including my dad barbecuing the turkey and my mom's gravy and stuffing :) My sister's and I even got time together to see the new Twilight movie and get some photobooth pictures done :)
So fun :) Also when Adam and I got home we got to put up our first tree as a married couple :)
Merry Christmas to you all!!
<3 Ashley
Sorry its been soooo long since we did a blog but this semester has been incredibly busy. Adam has enjoyed his job working as a TA for independent study which he will be doing next semester as well. I've continued working as a secretary and a lab assistant in the testing lab, which I will also be doing next semester. We just got past finals week and it is glorious!! Its so nice to be done and have a 3 week break (although we'll have about a week that we'll be here and just working).
I've thoroughly enjoyed my classes this semester and I actually did better than I've ever done at BYU! It was tough but I got through it. I did really well in my Writing within Psychology class and I might submit my literature review to the undergrad psychology journal. I volunteered in the Children's Unit at the state mental hospital and it was been so great to get that experience. I will be needing to volunteer for one of my classes next semester so I am thinking of continuing at USH (Utah State Hospital). The kids are great and I got to be involved in their Christmas program :) I got to teach a group of kids to sing Last Christmas which they did great at :) the kids did songs and dances and at the end all of the psych techs did an awesome dance. After this experience, I am thinking of trying to get an internship or a job at USH. This will give me good experience for applying to grad school. I am now considering the possibility of me waiting a year after undergrad to get experience for a Master's in Social Work program. We'll see :)
Adam's also done very well in his classes (as always) :) He applied for an ORCA grant and is now waiting to hear back, which will happen probably in February. He officially has only two semesters left of college, although he is thinking of doing spring term to finish off his Spanish classes. It has been a hard semester but he has held up great. Not to mention his professors love him :)
We've also LOVED working at the temple this semester :) We've got to know so many great people and its been a great experience :) Its wonderful to have a space of time each week to be in such a spiritual place :) we are so glad we decided to become temple workers.
Also, we got to spend Thanksgiving with my family which was great! We decided to fly there which was so nice because we got more time with my family and I hate long car rides. We had fun spending time with my parents, and with my aunt and uncle who we stayed with part of the time. Then my sister Stephanie, her husband, and baby came on Thanksgiving day which was AWESOME :) My nephew is getting so big! Almost 6 months old now :)
Merry Christmas to you all!!
<3 Ashley
Sunday, September 16, 2012
My birthday, one year, Utah State Hospital, mocktails, the temple, and football!
It has been a very busy week!! So I guess I should start at the beginning..
Monday was great because we got to know a few of our neighbors! We hung out with a couple in the fourplex we live in and played games while a couple of the other people that live dropped by as well. It was so nice to really get to know the people that surround us. Hopefully we'll do more stuff with them in the future :)
Tuesday was my 21st birthday!! We planned to do a party later in the week but my actual birthday was very fun :) Adam got me a super fun game called Forbidden Island! It is a cooperative game (meaning that its all of the players working together to beat the game rather than each other) which I love because I don't like when games get too competitive. He also got me Tangled!! :)
This is the Forbidden Island game when we played today after church :)
So anyways, he made me a yummy breakfast in the morning too! The rest of the day I just worked a lot which turned out to be great! I work as a secretary in the Office of Digital Humanities at BYU. When I came in on Tuesday, everyone in the office knew it was my birthday which I think was due to my great boss, Bonnie :) I also had to file something in our conference room when Mel and the student computer support reps that he's in charge of were about to start their weekly meeting. haha they promptly sang me happy birthday and gave me snickerdoodle the size of my hand! Imagine 6-7 college age IT guys singing happy birthday haha it was great :) Later, Adam and I went to Red Robin for dinner to claim my free burger which of course was delicious :) Then Adam made cupcakes and Kayla and Steven came over to play my new game :) It was a very good day!
Wednesday marked one year from the time that Adam proposed :) In honor of that, we sort of recreated what we did that night. We went to the park that we fed the ducks at and where he hid the ring (and couldn't find the ring for the longest time haha). It was after dark when we went the first time so it was great going in the daylight because that park is BEAUTIFUL!! We fed the ducks which was fun because of how excited they got and they crowded around us. There was a bunch of different colored ones too :)
We walked around looking at all the benches we sat at (referring to Adam not finding the ring for a while). Someone was having a picnic at the one where he actually proposed at but it was still fun :) Then we went to Farr's for frozen yogurt which is always yummy :)
Thursday, I went to my orientation for the volunteer work I have to do at the Utah State Hospital for my Abnormal Psychology class. I am going to be working in the children's unit which I think will be very rewarding. I got to meet some of the kids even and they were so happy to see us volunteers. I think I will learn a lot from this.
Then there was Friday :D we had a birthday mocktail party for me (50s style)! We got a bunch of stuff for fake cocktails and everyone dressed up. My friend Kayla did my hair as well :) We listened to big band music, had cocktail snacks and lots of virgin drinks! It was great being with those people some I hadn't seen in a while like Carissa and KJ :) Also Adam made me a homemade chocolate cake (all by himself I might add)!! Here's some pictures from the party :)
As you can see, everyone looked so gosh darn cute!! :) A thoroughly epic birthday party :)
Then on Saturday, we worked at the temple as we always do :) It was my first time working now that I'm not in training anymore!! I felt very legit :) It is such a glorious blessing we have to be able to work in the temple while we are in Provo. What a great way to spend our Saturday afternoons :) then that evening we went over to our friends' Andre and Michelle to watch the BYU vs. U of U game which was of course very exciting :)
All around a very busy but amazing week :D
Love,
Ashley
Monday was great because we got to know a few of our neighbors! We hung out with a couple in the fourplex we live in and played games while a couple of the other people that live dropped by as well. It was so nice to really get to know the people that surround us. Hopefully we'll do more stuff with them in the future :)
Tuesday was my 21st birthday!! We planned to do a party later in the week but my actual birthday was very fun :) Adam got me a super fun game called Forbidden Island! It is a cooperative game (meaning that its all of the players working together to beat the game rather than each other) which I love because I don't like when games get too competitive. He also got me Tangled!! :)
So anyways, he made me a yummy breakfast in the morning too! The rest of the day I just worked a lot which turned out to be great! I work as a secretary in the Office of Digital Humanities at BYU. When I came in on Tuesday, everyone in the office knew it was my birthday which I think was due to my great boss, Bonnie :) I also had to file something in our conference room when Mel and the student computer support reps that he's in charge of were about to start their weekly meeting. haha they promptly sang me happy birthday and gave me snickerdoodle the size of my hand! Imagine 6-7 college age IT guys singing happy birthday haha it was great :) Later, Adam and I went to Red Robin for dinner to claim my free burger which of course was delicious :) Then Adam made cupcakes and Kayla and Steven came over to play my new game :) It was a very good day!
Wednesday marked one year from the time that Adam proposed :) In honor of that, we sort of recreated what we did that night. We went to the park that we fed the ducks at and where he hid the ring (and couldn't find the ring for the longest time haha). It was after dark when we went the first time so it was great going in the daylight because that park is BEAUTIFUL!! We fed the ducks which was fun because of how excited they got and they crowded around us. There was a bunch of different colored ones too :)
We walked around looking at all the benches we sat at (referring to Adam not finding the ring for a while). Someone was having a picnic at the one where he actually proposed at but it was still fun :) Then we went to Farr's for frozen yogurt which is always yummy :)
Thursday, I went to my orientation for the volunteer work I have to do at the Utah State Hospital for my Abnormal Psychology class. I am going to be working in the children's unit which I think will be very rewarding. I got to meet some of the kids even and they were so happy to see us volunteers. I think I will learn a lot from this.
Then there was Friday :D we had a birthday mocktail party for me (50s style)! We got a bunch of stuff for fake cocktails and everyone dressed up. My friend Kayla did my hair as well :) We listened to big band music, had cocktail snacks and lots of virgin drinks! It was great being with those people some I hadn't seen in a while like Carissa and KJ :) Also Adam made me a homemade chocolate cake (all by himself I might add)!! Here's some pictures from the party :)
Then on Saturday, we worked at the temple as we always do :) It was my first time working now that I'm not in training anymore!! I felt very legit :) It is such a glorious blessing we have to be able to work in the temple while we are in Provo. What a great way to spend our Saturday afternoons :) then that evening we went over to our friends' Andre and Michelle to watch the BYU vs. U of U game which was of course very exciting :)
All around a very busy but amazing week :D
Love,
Ashley
Thursday, September 6, 2012
the meaning behind the name of our blog :)
Hey you all :)
I thought I should explain briefly the meaning behind the name of our blog and the quote at the top of the page. It is from the song that was played during our first dance at our wedding reception :) It is called Mario Cart Love Song haha
Here is the original video:
Well there you go :) Enjoy!
<3 Ashley
Sunday, September 2, 2012
"Fall is here, ring the bell, back to school..."
Greetings everyone!
Well, Ashley and I are now ready to embark upon another school year. Ashley had about a four month break from school and I had a two-month break. With that in mind, we were both ready to get back into school. For Ashley, that had been the longest she had gone with no school since she started school! That last week of Summer was quite busy as we prepared for school, especially for me.
I don't know if I have mentioned this before, but I am a part of a pilot program that BYU is attempting. BYU has created 12 online courses. These courses are for enrolled students at BYU and will be counted as part of their tuition. Anyways, I was hired to be the TA for one of these courses. Since they are all online, the TAs have a lot of responsibility and I spent much of the week before school learning the technological side of things, preparing the set-up, conversing with the professor and etc.
Now that a week has gone by, things have been quite a bit different. Continuing the thread of the previous paragraph, my TA job has been going well. We held our orientation meeting, the only in-person meeting of the entire semester, on Tuesday and it went very well. I have since met with a few students one-on-one as the program requires and the meetings have gone well. It is still a bit of adjusting, (including having my own cubicle to work in! Well, I share it with one other person, but still...) but it has been quite interesting. I think it will be a very nice resume builder.
School has been another matter. As much as Ashley and I were really bored without school, we were not prepared for the sudden decrease of time we got to spend together. For the first few days, even when I was home with Ashley, I was required to do homework or reading for my classes. That has made life a little challenging but we will get adjusted as the semester wears on.
Now for classes: I am taking a lot of interesting courses. I am taking two Humanities seminar classes. One is studying Hans Christian Andersen which has been very interesting and the other is addressing current issues in the Humanities. For the latter course, we are focusing on the reactions to 9-11. This is a very challenging class. On Friday, we watched some footage from the day. At the end of the class (there are only three students so it is pretty open) the professor remarked about how this class was going to be tough emotionally in some ways. I responded that it was important for me since I was a child when 9-11 actually occurred to actually come to terms with this tragic event as an adult. So I am very interested in that class, no matter how challenging the subject matter is.
I am also taking a US History course from 1945-the present. So far, I am LOVING the class. I knew I chose the right emphasis when I decided to read my history textbook for fun before class even started. Right now, we are discussing the foundations of the Cold War, which has been very interesting. I am learning a lot. My other two courses are a computers in the humanities course where I will be learning about internet publishing, aka learning the basics of html, css, and java script. I have had some background in java script but I am excited to learn other scripting languages. My last course is Spanish 205 and easily the most demanding course of them all. I am way out of my element when it comes to learning a language but it will be for the best.
Ashley is also taking a full class load. She is taking one of the pilot courses that I was mentioning earlier in the post. Her class is Doctrine and Covenants so it is not too hard, but she is excited to try it out. She is also taking Abnormal Psychology, Psychology Testing, Writing within psychology, and Theatre and Media arts for a GE. Her Abnormal Psychology will be having her favorite coursework because of her interest in psychopathology but it also requires 22 hours of volunteering during the semester at the Utah State Hospital working with the mentally ill. It'll be a challenge to work it into the schedule but the experience should be very rewarding. In Psychology Testing, it will require a group project which are always demanding. She had experience last semester with a very inadequate group in her Research methods class. She is really excited to be into her major classes but is going to be burdened with a lot of work.
On top of school, Ashley and I will still be working at the temple and working about 18-20 hours each week. Therefore, we shall be quite busy. We are super excited though to be able to learn at this wonderful school. Life has been very kind to us. For all of you, whomever chooses to read this, we wish you the best of luck in work/school/family life/whatever else you may be doing! :-)
Well, Ashley and I are now ready to embark upon another school year. Ashley had about a four month break from school and I had a two-month break. With that in mind, we were both ready to get back into school. For Ashley, that had been the longest she had gone with no school since she started school! That last week of Summer was quite busy as we prepared for school, especially for me.
I don't know if I have mentioned this before, but I am a part of a pilot program that BYU is attempting. BYU has created 12 online courses. These courses are for enrolled students at BYU and will be counted as part of their tuition. Anyways, I was hired to be the TA for one of these courses. Since they are all online, the TAs have a lot of responsibility and I spent much of the week before school learning the technological side of things, preparing the set-up, conversing with the professor and etc.
Now that a week has gone by, things have been quite a bit different. Continuing the thread of the previous paragraph, my TA job has been going well. We held our orientation meeting, the only in-person meeting of the entire semester, on Tuesday and it went very well. I have since met with a few students one-on-one as the program requires and the meetings have gone well. It is still a bit of adjusting, (including having my own cubicle to work in! Well, I share it with one other person, but still...) but it has been quite interesting. I think it will be a very nice resume builder.
School has been another matter. As much as Ashley and I were really bored without school, we were not prepared for the sudden decrease of time we got to spend together. For the first few days, even when I was home with Ashley, I was required to do homework or reading for my classes. That has made life a little challenging but we will get adjusted as the semester wears on.
Now for classes: I am taking a lot of interesting courses. I am taking two Humanities seminar classes. One is studying Hans Christian Andersen which has been very interesting and the other is addressing current issues in the Humanities. For the latter course, we are focusing on the reactions to 9-11. This is a very challenging class. On Friday, we watched some footage from the day. At the end of the class (there are only three students so it is pretty open) the professor remarked about how this class was going to be tough emotionally in some ways. I responded that it was important for me since I was a child when 9-11 actually occurred to actually come to terms with this tragic event as an adult. So I am very interested in that class, no matter how challenging the subject matter is.
I am also taking a US History course from 1945-the present. So far, I am LOVING the class. I knew I chose the right emphasis when I decided to read my history textbook for fun before class even started. Right now, we are discussing the foundations of the Cold War, which has been very interesting. I am learning a lot. My other two courses are a computers in the humanities course where I will be learning about internet publishing, aka learning the basics of html, css, and java script. I have had some background in java script but I am excited to learn other scripting languages. My last course is Spanish 205 and easily the most demanding course of them all. I am way out of my element when it comes to learning a language but it will be for the best.
Ashley is also taking a full class load. She is taking one of the pilot courses that I was mentioning earlier in the post. Her class is Doctrine and Covenants so it is not too hard, but she is excited to try it out. She is also taking Abnormal Psychology, Psychology Testing, Writing within psychology, and Theatre and Media arts for a GE. Her Abnormal Psychology will be having her favorite coursework because of her interest in psychopathology but it also requires 22 hours of volunteering during the semester at the Utah State Hospital working with the mentally ill. It'll be a challenge to work it into the schedule but the experience should be very rewarding. In Psychology Testing, it will require a group project which are always demanding. She had experience last semester with a very inadequate group in her Research methods class. She is really excited to be into her major classes but is going to be burdened with a lot of work.
On top of school, Ashley and I will still be working at the temple and working about 18-20 hours each week. Therefore, we shall be quite busy. We are super excited though to be able to learn at this wonderful school. Life has been very kind to us. For all of you, whomever chooses to read this, we wish you the best of luck in work/school/family life/whatever else you may be doing! :-)
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