St. George...

So many things have been going on this summer it has been crazy. I know you are shocked that I have not been able to keep up on the blog front but I have been trying! We just returned from the annual Godderidge St. George golfing vacation. Since Travis was little his family and extended family have been going to St. George over the 24th of July. The weather is hot but the golf is cheap. We took advantage of both. Travis golfed 7 days in a row and I jumped in for 3 different rounds. The days were perfect, up early 18 holes before the heat settled in, get back to the condo for some lunch then head straight for the pool. The pool was my favorite part because well, let's face it I don't deal with the heat very well. We played non-stop with our nephews dunking, racing, diving, and wrestling. After the pool we headed to someplace great to eat every night. Between rounds of golf we slipped in some shopping, running, ice cream runs, and some fiesta fun. As usual, we were great at taking pictures (sarcasm) so there are not many to demonstrate our fun week. We had so much fun and it is crazy to realize we are almost leaving Utah! Thank you to all the Godderidge clan for a great week!

My view from my runs in the morning

Look How Cool We Are...

Everyone always claims that they have the best friends but I really do! I was talking with my mom the other day about how unique my group of friends are. With the exception of a new roommate that hit it off, I have officially not made a new girlfriend since 9th grade. A group of 9 of us have been friends since High School, we stay extremely close even while living in other cities, states, and even continents. We have now been graduated from high school for 4 years and continue to be very close friends. I love that we can not talk for a few weeks and pick up the phone like nothing has happened. You can always count on that whatever the circumstances we make it to the wedding/shower/baby shower. We have forced our husbands/boyfriends/fiances to become friends or at least tolerate each other because no matter what we are staying friends. My friends are completely drama free, if we have a fight or someone is being rude we just don't talk for a few days and we are over it. Nothing ever escalated or caused a lot of work. Our friendships are easy. We have to work to keep in contact but the relationships take no effort. Random texts, facebook comments, surprise lunches, phone calls just because, laughing and mocking to keep from crying, and lots of food are the keystones to our unique web of friendships. I hope we keep up this beautiful friendships through the rest of the weddings, babies, divorces, deaths, graduations, job changes, moves, and anything else life throws at us. I love you all so much, So Sarah, Kaylee, Danielle, Morgan, Heather, Cami, Kamrie, and Kenna thank you for being the best friends ever!!

xoxo

Mic

Summer Life...

It has been about a month since USU Graduation so I figure I'm doing well with blogging. We have been having a blast this summer. Travis is still working in Salt Lake at IHC, he does not love the commute but he does love the job. For my job...well I'm pretty much just labor. I watch my sisters kids once a week and then do pretty much whatever needs to be done on the farm/yard. Now that the weather has finally warmed up and the snow has melted in some places I have started riding our mules/horses to get them in shape. We just got back from a week long vacation with my family up to our barn in Bondurant, Wy. We scheduled this about 6 months ago and declared it a kids free week. If you don't know my family then our type of vacation may confuse you... Over the week we whitewater 8 miles down the river, rode bikes 50 miles, ran up a mountain 3 times covering 16 miles and 2,000 feet in elevation, had a feats of strength on a homemade teeter totter testing our abs ability, and golfed 36 holes of golf. Between these events of physical endurance we attended Bar J wranglers, drove through Yellowstone in a 16 passenger van (you know for more family togetherness), stopped at old faithful to see many bubbling mud holes, shopped and gallery hopped, and ate a lot of great food. We enjoy every action packed minute of our vacations and this one was no different! I'm sad I don't have any pictures of our Indian runs up the mountains because we saw some beautiful country. Thanks to my mom and dad for such a perfect week. We look forward to a whole week with Travis's family in St. George for lots of golf and lots of pool time!

Travis and Brian and I'm pretty sure Hunter crammed in the front of the 16 passenger.

Waiting for Old Faithful

Check out my mom's face...she LOVED it!

One of the bike rides through buffalo

Our amazing teeter totter.

USU Graduation

Graduation Day!!!! Finally after 8 finals weeks, 139 credits, millions of study hours, thousands of diet cokes, 3 apartments, one boyfriend, one fiance, one wedding, one husband, 38 A's, 7 B's, one dreadful C and 4 very long years I have graduated from Utah State University. I may have seen more of the inside of the library and spent more time with my study group than I saw of my house or spent time with my husband but it is now worth it. It seems like that first semester was so long ago but at the same time it feels surreal that I am a college graduate. I'll put my official degree in writing so that my mom can stop asking me what my degree is again... I graduated from Utah State with a Bachelor of Science in Animal, Dairy, Veterinary Science with an emphasis in Bio-veterinary Science. I also received a minor in Biology and a minor in Chemistry. I know it sounds very intense but in short it is Pre-Vet. USU and Logan have been a great experience and Travis and I had a blast living there and made some really great friends. Graduation was an exciting event with Travis, my parents, both grandparents, and in-laws in attendance. Travis opted out of walking in commencement so we made a deal that he must at least take a picture of both of us in our cap & gowns. Travis and I both could not have accomplished this without the support of our families. There are two people in this world that have wanted me to graduate college and go on to vet school more than me; my dad and then my grandpa. Both have supported me and encouraged me through everything. I am so grateful for my family and my husband for the support. I openly admit that I am a complete wreck during finals and Travis was there with diet cokes and charleston chews. I may only be at half-time in terms of my education but I am going to fully enjoy it. Here is to a party summer and serious family time. Thank you all who helped us get through the last four years!

Receiving my diploma

My parents

We were good models with the rock

Our friends Lyle and Brittany, good thing they are going to WSU too!

Grandma and Grandpa Tolbert

Grandpa and Grandma Bolingbroke

Me and Grandpa Stan

Travis's parents and us

Life...

I continue to get crap from my family for my lack of blogging and I can't even use the excuse of I am too busy with school...because well I'm not. I just stink at blogging. I am in my final semester of undergrad at Utah State and you can tell. Being accepted to Vet school makes it impossible to be motivated for school. It is quite a phenomenon that I no longer study for tests weeks in advance, not even days in advance, I now begin studying the night before or day of. This used to make me panic but now I just don't care. It is sad that I am getting the same grades if not better with this new studying philosophy, I hope it's because my classes are easier and not that I have wasted hundreds of hours overstudying. You would think I would enjoy this beautiful thing of spare time and spend some quality time with my husband but nope we are having a "trial separation". It sucks. Travis got a job in downtown Salt Lake, it was too good of an opportunity to pass up so he currently lives with his parents in Farmington while I live in Logan. He does drive up usually one day a week and then we meet up on the weekends. It is no fun at all but it is only for 4 more weeks!!! I will be graduating the first week in May and then we will be moving to Heber for the summer! So forgive me for the lack of blogging it is obviously not for the lack of time, my life is just not that exciting. I go to the gym, attend class for about an hour a day, clean my already clean house, watch FNL and Gilmore Girls, put of writing my papers (again just don't care), talk to Travis on the phone then get bitter because he interacts with people, and now I have begun to pack. There you have it, a detailed description of my life. Travis on the other hand is crazy busy, he works for IHC in the corporate treasury full time and also he has picked up side jobs doing tiling and finish work so he can have some spare money for new golf clubs. Not to mention living with his 16 year old brother, I choose to not ask what those two get into. We are both excited to be living together again and "yes" Dad we still love each other! I will try to be better at updating or be better at being interesting one of the two!

And the verdict is in....

Drumroll please....in the middle of August Travis and I will be moving to Pullman, Washington and attending Washington State University! We are so excited to have finally made a decision. WSU finally feels right, and we are ready to go! We will be moving to Heber for the summer to save some money, then we will be heading to Washington in August. Now the goal is to try and stay focused on the last half of my semester. Which is turning out to be harder than the previous 3.5 years! Graduation is only 7 weeks away!!! Travis found a job finally, sadly it is in downtown Salt Lake which means he stays a couple nights a week in Farmington with his family and a couple nights up here with me! It sucks royally spending that much time apart but it is only for 6 more weeks. We are becoming champs at phone conversations... which is a big improvement for me. We are both looking forward to the end of the semester! Summer is coming fast and I can't wait.

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!