The ABC's

This is for you Katie Tingey:

A: ATTACHED OR SINGLE?
Attached.

B: BEST FRIENDS
Mike of course. My sisters, mom and Kentla. And of course Lancer. Oh yeah, and Terry too.

C: CAKE OR PIE?
I never thought I liked pie, but I went to a pie party in the fall and fell in love with pie! Pumpkin, chocolate, apple, apple cranberry, oreo, oh man I’m getting hungry.

D: DAY OF CHOICE
Saturday or Thursday.

E: ESSENTIAL ITEMS
Chapstick and gum.

F: FAVORITE COLORS
Orange- it’s so bright and warm.

G: GUMMY BEARS OR WORMS?
Gummy worms for sure!

H: HOMETOWN
Salt Lake City, UT

I: FAVORITE INDULGENCE
Buying new running clothes or getting a pedicure.

J: JANUARY OR JULY?
JULY! It’s warm and sunny. Plus I love the 4th of July. I loathe January.

K: KIDS?
No thank you. I’m teaching them 5 days a week plus Mike and I are nursery workers, so I have my fill of children for right now.

L: LIFE ISN'T COMPLETE WITHOUT...
Mike, and our families.

M: MARRIAGE DATE?
June 24, 2005. A lovely day.

N: NUMBER OF BROTHERS AND SISTERS
3 sisters. Lots of inlaws who I love dearly.

O: ORANGES OR APPLES?
Apples in the fall but right now I’m enjoying oranges.

P: PHOBIA OR FEARS
I get scared someone is going to break into my house or that our place will burn down. I know I’m paranoid.

Q: QUOTE
I don’t know any quote off the top of my head and I’m just too lazy to get up and find one.

R: REASONS TO SMILE
I’m on Spring Break
We are moving to Utah
I have the cutest nieces and nephews.

S:SUPERMAN OR WONDER WOMAN?
Wonder woman of course

T: TAG 5 PEOPLE
Katherine, Lacey, Stacy, Allison, Megan A

U: UNKNOWN FACT ABOUT ME
I hate scary movies. I can’t watch them because I will without fail have nightmares.

V: VEGETABLE
Cauliflower or sweet potatoes. Oh I love them.

W: WORST HABIT
I twirl my hair and worry a lot.

X: X-RAY OR ULTRASOUND?
I don’t want either at this point of my life.

Y: YOUR FAVORITE FOOD
Everything that I should not eat: hamburgers, pizza, shakes.

Z: ZODIAC SIGN
VIRGO

Did you love it?

WE DID! Mike and I thought this was the best performance of the night!

So, we're going to Utah

Match day was one of the most nerve racking days Mike and I have experienced. The day started off with breakfast and nervous conversation among friends.

Mike hanging out with his good friends from school.
Rich and Yanna with Mike and I. These are some of the coolest people we've met!

We were stuck in the cafeteria until 11:00am. Everyone was buzzing with excitement and nerves. The minutes were crawling by until we were able to find out. At 5 minutes to 11:00 everyone was herded like cows into the school foyer. Four school administrators stood in each corner of the foyer holding a handful of envelopes which contained the Match results. At 11:00am the administrators started calling out names and you were to go pick up your envelope.

Both of our hearts were pounding as we waited to receive the letter with the results. Once Mike's name was called he grabbed the envelope, tore it open, and read the results. We were thrilled to read Mike matched at the University of Utah Internal Medicine program.

We are so happy to be going to Utah. We have loved our experience in Chicago and know that we were supposed to be here for the past 4 years(3years for me). We will miss the friends we've made at school and work, working in the temple, going downtown, how green everything gets in the fall and spring and our townhouse. But we know Salt Lake City is where we are supposed to begin the next chapter of our lives beginning June 16th!

We've Matched!

Today was Match Day.....

Drum Roll Please....

We're going to Utah! 

Pictures and details to come. 

Go Green

Chicago takes the phrase GO GREEN literally. St. Patrick's Day is a huge deal here in Chicago. With this possibly being our last year here we had to take advantage of the festivities! First was the annual dyeing of the Chicago river.

We were among thousands of people waiting for the dyeing process to take place! Can you see all the people lined up on the bridge and on the stairs? I've never seen so many people at one place at one time, who knew dyeing a river could be so exciting?
Before shot. The river actually had a nasty green hue to it naturally. I wasn't sure what the finished product would produce. (ps check out across the river, can you see all the people lined watching?)

TA DA!

Then it was off to the St. Patrick's Day parade. This was Mike's first experience going to a parade! Here are just a few pictures of this joyous event.

Love the kilts.

Cheap way of doing a float.

The little Irish dancers. These girls were amazing!

It was fun to go spend the day in the city with all the crazy Chicagoans. I can't tell you how many fake Irish accents we heard through out the day. We are really going to miss this place.

Reasons to be happy

Today is a good day and this is why:

1. American Idol is on.

2. I wore shorts to go running, which means it's above 40 degrees and the sun was shining!

3. Match Day is now in the 10 day forecast on weather.com.

Roller Skating

The PE teacher where I work did a roller skating unit with all of the kids. The kids had their own pair of skates and during PE time skated around the gym.  The teachers got talking one day about how fun it would be to go roller skating through the school, so we made it happen. A couple of Saturdays ago we met up at school and went roller skating through the halls and in the gym.  Other teachers brought their families, we ordered pizza, had music playing, what can I say it was like the good old days at Classic.  Mike and I had such a good time.  I wasn't so hot at skating (I can roller blade, but not roller skate) Mike was a pro. I work with the coolest people. I'm really going to miss all of them if we move! 

Who would have thought going to school on the weekend could be so much fun? Check out those skates. Super hot, I know.