January...

I am a little late with January due to busy life and my lack of enthusiasm for blogging! The new semester started and I have serious senioritis. I have a very laid back school schedule and am taking full advantage of it. My study sessions have dwindled to nothing and it is great! Travis had a few weeks off before starting a new job so we were able to spend a lot more time together and make time for friends. We had my annual friend party which was a blast as always. With our numbers slowly doubling we decided to invite the boys this year. It was great to make our husbands/fiances/boyfriends get to know each other. They may never be as close as we are all but they are becoming friends! With a day off of school we threw together a getaway with 2 other couples to my parents place outside of Jackson Hole. A four day weekend was just what we all needed. The boys built an EPIC snow fort! Seriously, it was unreal. Along with snow cave building, we snow shoed, watched movies, went shopping in Jackson, and of course ate a lot. It was so much fun to get of Logan and get away to do nothing! January was a month for friends... so here is to February and whatever that brings!

BIG NEWS...

Alright, so as most people know I have been working toward becoming a Veterinarian my entire life. This summer I started the application process which is a giant pain. But the applications were in October 1st and the waiting began.I applied to 10 different schools all across the country. The leads being the schools in the west, Washing, Oregon, and Colorado but we were not going to be picky. The beginning of December I received an invitation to interview at Ohio State University! I flew out there just before Christmas and interviewed with the board of admissions. Two days before Christmas I received an acceptance letter!!!!! I could not have been more THRILLED! It was such a huge pressure relieved, I GOT in. Two weeks after Christmas I received even better news. I was awarded WICHE funding! WICHE is a government funding program for professional schools. They provide funding to cover my out-of-state tuition costs for three schools out west, Washington, Oregon, and Colorado.. This funding is awarded to four students out of the pool of 30-35 applicants across Utah. With this I received admission to all three schools!! We couldn't be more excited!! Travis and I have some BIG decisions to make on which school we will be heading to! So Please feel free to place your vote, all will be taken into consideration!

December...

The holidays are the best part of the year! With Travis graduating and between jobs and I being between semesters we had plenty of time to spend with family and friends. We had such a great time with everyone. The Saturday before Christmas is our Tolbert Family christmas party which is my highlight of the year! It is always so much fun getting together with the family. We spent Christmas this year with TJ's family. We had "Gregmas" at hour house on Christmas eve's eve. The annual Godderidge party is on Christmas eve every year up here in Logan, so the night before TJ's brother and wife with their two boys come and stay at our house the day before. We eat lots of food, play games and don't get a lot of sleep. The Christmas eve party is always a hit! Fun games, great food, good company, and family, the party is a blast. Christmas this year we stayed with Travis' brother. It was great to open christmas presents early in the morning with little kids. The excitement is just amplified with little kids! The week following Christmas we headed up to Heber and Skied. My brothers and Dad and I got to go cat skiing the Monday after and it was UNBELIEVABLE. We had so much fun skiing great snow and in great company. For New Years we headed to my parents Barn in Bondurant, WY where we did nothing and loved every minute! It was -45 degrees making going outside a little unbearable but we still loved every minute. Hanging with the family is always so much fun and being able to do so all break was great. Slightly after the new year, I was able to get my friends together and hang out! We were terrible with the pictures when everyone was there but we got some with a few of us!! I am now back to school and TJ is on the job hunt. We are ready to be done with school but excited for my last semester! Hope the Holidays were great for all!

Our nephew Drew with Santa

Travis, Me, Greg & Mindi

Kyle and I won the GAME!!

Cat Skiing with the boys

My Dad's new PUPPY!! I want him.

Travis and I at the Barn

Some of the girls!! Lover them!

Graduation!!

Travis is officially a grown up today! He graduated from Utah State with a degree in Finance as well as a degree in economics. It seems to be very anticlimactic due to the fact that Utah State has done away with December commencement. I feel like his huge accomplishment has been overlooked. So with that in mind, I wanted to let him know how proud I am of him and what a BIG deal it is to graduate college. He has worked hard in school while working full time which has made for little time for the two of us to hang out but it was worth it because now he is DONE!!! I am very proud of you Travis and I love you much! (sorry for lack of pictures...my camera is being held hostage)

November...

I don't remember November. Seriously where did it go? This month has flown!! I spent the first three weeks of November in the library... I know shocking. This semester is almost over so I will get to relax and see my husband again. Travis was asked by the Business school to attend a conference in Chicago the beginning of November. It was an all expenses paid conference with two other kids that are also presidents of Business groups. I don't know exactly what the conference was about because all I heard about was how much fun they had in Chicago seeing the sites.

Thanksgiving was a blast! We had a great dinner with Travis's family the sunday before Thanksgiving with all of his siblings. Then after the last set of midterm tests, we headed to Bondurant, Wy to spend the weekend with my family. We went into Jackson for a day and played in the snow and did what we all do best on thanksgiving, eat, eat and EAT! Food was great and the company was better! Travis and I both are looking forward to the end of the semester and the Christmas season!

October...

Whew... it has been a crazy few months only to lead into even busier months! With school in full swing, Travis and I hardly see each other, and when I say hardly... I mean Never! I have a crazy schedule this semester that has caused me to study literally everyday all day long. Travis has saved my life! He has really stepped it up on the home front. He hates to admit this, but he has really become good at being domestic. I have been so grateful for him. Hopefully, my schedule will ease up after this semester and he can gladly step back from house duties! Over the last few months we have found some time to get together and have some fun! September and October obviously bring in the deer hunt, we spent two weekends up in Bondurant, Wy hunting for TJ's tag...sadly we were unsuccessful! TJ hiked his butt off but to no avail, oh well next year. We were able to hunt a few days with my dad for his tag in Utah. The joys of having a Utah tag is we were able to hunt right from home! Both my brothers, Travis and I were all able to go up with my dad. It was so much fun to all be there, I must be a good luck charm because he got one! See pictures below! For Halloween we invited some friends up to come shooting with us and over for some chili and a get together. It was a blast, it started to rain which cut short the shooting outing but the rest fun. Even with the crazy schedules we try to find time for some fun! Hopefully the next few months will allow some more fun!

Travis and me hiking in Wyoming

My dad's deer

All of us with the deer

Our carved pumpkins

Girls turn shooting!

Boys turn to shoot

Keeping warm

On our way to chili at our house

Hanging out back at our house

Summer 2010

I will now just blog about entire seasons rather than events, since obviously that is what happens anyway! This summer we moved to Heber. I had a internship at a large animal vet clinic in Heber and Travis had an internship at IHC financial branch in salt lake. I also was taking some classes at UVU. We most definitely just partied all summer long! Since my internship was unpaid, I worked for my dad this summer on the Mountain Top Mules ranch. I rode our horses and mules all summer. I couldn't have had a better job. I was also deemed head mexican, while Hunter was my subordinate. We had some ups and downs trying to be the boss and sister, but by the end of the summer we made it work. In addition to my great job of riding in the mountains everyday, we also took huge advantage of the membership to Promontory Country Club. My dad, TJ and I played A TON of golf! Seriously it was probably not healthy but we sure had fun. TJ was finally able to come on the annual Pack Trip. It was fun to show TJ our favorite vacation ever. Immediately after returning from the Pack Trip, TJ, Hunter and I competed in the Spudman Triathlon in Burley, ID. For not training the three weeks prior, we all did pretty good! TJ did beat me... unfortunately but it was close. So after a summer of horses, golf, training, golf, work, golf, laying by the pool,vgolf, school, golf, pack trip, golf, and triathlons we had a blast of a summer!

I became very good at driving our truck and trailer.

This would be doc, the horse and ace, the mule.

My dad and I on the pack trip.

Travis and Hunter on the Pack Trip

Pack Trip day ride

Yes, lots of Golf!

We sat by the pool many days!

Spudman Triathalon