OKLAHOMA OKLAHOMA OKLAHOMA!!!!!!

So we finally found the time to get out to Oklahoma to check out the town...It was such short notice, like I mentioned before, that we drove to Denver and then flew out from there (surprisingly cheaper). We had a whole TON of issues with United Airlines in Denver and had to spend the whole day on Friday in the freaking airport...It was such a mess! So we had one less day in Okie than we thought. The trip, and the town, were off to a rough start. But on Saturday the law school had an orientation that we were able to attend and that was really nice. We met a few people and even better; they gave us tickets to a local baseball game! Before the game we drove around to look at some houses that we found on Craiglist. The first one we went to was in a scary part of town. We talked to someone that was out in front of the house next to where we would live; he said it wasn't a bad place to live...and I quote..."I'm not going to lie to you; we here gun shots every once in a while come from about two streets over..." Uh...NO WAY do I want to live there!!!! I would never want to be left alone in the house! But we went to another area and it was FABULOUS!!!We went to the baseball game which was in an area called Bricktown. It use to be their old rundown factory part of town, but they have revitalized it and seriously it was awesome!!! I tried to take pictures of it, but it really did it no justice. I am looking forward to spending a lot of time there once we move!

We flew home on Sunday which was Holty's Birthday!!!! I felt bad that we had to chill in the airport all day but he got to play with his new birthday present...An Ipod Touch which he has been raving about ever since he bought it....I think I know what I am getting for my birthday... Once we were back in Denver we stayed at my best friend Bonnie's new house and I am officially so freaking jealous of her!!! I have missed her a ton so it was great to see her and her cute family again!

The drive home from Denver seemed longer than normal...Maybe because we made a few pit stops. One of which is this Lincoln Memorial in the middle of this wooden canyon type area (I would say canyon cause there weren't really mountains but just roll with it please). So we had to document it. Pretty cool that someone could carve something like that....

By the end of the trip we all just wanted to be home. Being crammed in my two door civic was no fun for anyone. But it was fun to bring Rona out so she could spend time with her sister...And it was fun for me to get to know her a little bit more. I married into a great family!!!

So overall the trip was good, because we have a better idea of what we are getting ourselves into. We met a lot of people while we were there that are helping us out in trying to find a good place to live and we will have some friends out there!!! It's countdown time!!! Crazy!

It's About Time...

So this picture is illustrating the fact that in the past years I have somewhat let myself go...physically. I have unfortunately not learned the technique of curbing my appetite and my short stature body has been suffering for it. but NO MORE!!! I have joined the ranks of many and finally started Weight Watchers. I have the support of my mother and sisters and hopefully I will not be the little chipmunk you see before you in this holiday horror of a picture (mind you I am heavier than this now...) But I am really excited and determined to not look like a chubby lumpkins when I move out to Oklahoma. So keep your fingers crossed that I can show some dedication!

Speaking of which (Oklahoma; that is!) we are actually heading out there in two days!!! The situation presented itself and I was able to get the work off so we are driving out to Denver and then flying into Oklahoma!! Hopefully after seeing what it is like out there I will be more excited! And even better I get to see my best friend whom I haven't seen for close to a year!!! I am so excited!!! (if you could tell by all the exclamation points!!!) Hopefully we'll be able to find a nice little town to live in, in a nice little house and I am hoping to find a place to work as well while we are out there. It is going to be a busy weekend. Also it is Holt's birthday..his first to be spent in Oklahoma, oh how exciting. Life is coming right along...crazy how that happens. As Chris Farley states..."It's so Exciting!"

Nothing too Exciting....

I thought I would do a sort of update blog considering there isn't too exciting going on right now. We are set for Oklahoma. We were hoping to get out there before we actually moved there to check it out and get an idea of what we're heading in to...but there isn't any time. My job is so hard to get any time off from and Holt is doing temp work so we never know what our schedules are going to be like from week to week. So we are just going off of faith that we will be able to find a place in a nice area and that it will work out.
I'm still working at good old Bryner and hating it more and more every day, but that's helpful because it is getting me excited to move so I'll have an excuse not to be there anymore. Holt has been working up at the University of Utah at the Museum of Natural History this last two weeks and that has been fun for us to commute together and to spend oh so much more time as a couple. I think that he is excited to start school again, he talks about it all of the time how great it is going to be to have homework and class everyday and night!!!
We're hoping to do a few more fun adventures this summer here in Utah and with the families before we head out. So if anyone has ideas and would like to spend some time with us please call because we need to be with our friends and family as much as possible before we're gone.


And I really don't know why I put this picture on here...probably just because I like pictures on every blog, and I really like this photo of Holt with Thomas and Grace...