New Year!

Everyone has been bugging us to post a new blog. Both Shawn and I (Laura) have been very busy lately with school, and our lives are kinda boring, so we haven't posted anything for a while. I decided since this is a three-day weekend, I had a little bit of time to try my hand at putting together a post. Shawn was more than willing to let me do one, since he has done all of them up to now. Sorry I don't have pictures, but I haven't mastered the skill of carrying my camera everywhere I go. It just seems that funny things happen, and I think to myself, "I should have taken a picture of that," but I don't have my camera!

Okay, since our last post:

1. We went up to Bountiful for two weeks over Christmas and New Years. We had a lot of fun with everyone, and enjoyed playing with our little nephews, Kolby, Christian, and William. It was great to hang out with Jacob and Jennifer. Most of all, it was wonderful just to be able to relax for awhile. After the two weeks were over, and we had to come back to Cedar City to start school, it was really weird walking into our very quiet, calm apartment! (Not to mention...it was nice to sleep in our own bed!)


2. We started the new semester with new classes and high expectations. I am taking Histology, Biochemistry II, Cell/Molecular Biology, Chemical Literature, and Analysis Lab. Shawn is taking Communication Theory, Mass Media Theory, Organizational Communications, Non-verbal Communications, Ad Lab of Centurium Consulting Group, and doing an internship with CTV12. This semester, both Shawn and I needed a couple upper-division credits in order to graduate, so we actually get to take a few 1-credit classes together. These are Black History Month and Native American Week. As you can see, we have very busy schedules, and rarely find free minutes where we don't have homework that needs to get done!


3. We got everything in line so that we can both graduate. In May, I will be graduating with a degree in Chemistry from the College of Science, and Shawn will be graduating at the end of the summer with a degree in Communications with an emphasis in Advertising from the College of Humanities. He will be able to walk in May also, but it just so happens that our commencements are at the same time. We got special permission for Shawn to walk with the college of Science with me, so that we can be at each other's graduations!


4. I found out on January 7 that I was accepted to The Ohio State University College of Dentistry. This was my first choice when I went to their interview. We are very excited to be moving to Ohio at the end of the summer. The white coat ceremony will be on my 22nd birthday (September 21) and school starts on September 23!


5. We went to the Miss SUU pageant to support the school that we will be graduating from. Many of Shawn's friends from the Multicultural Center performed during the pauses when the contestants were changing and such. It was fun to see them dance and present some of their culture to us! The girl who was voted to be Miss SUU is my old landlord's daughter (if any of you remember me talking about Dutch, you know how I felt about this!)


6. Shawn is still working with SUU Aquatics as an assistant swim coach for the Junior Swim Team. He loves this job because he gets to teach little kids how to swim, and he gets to yell at them to go faster. All the kids love him, and look forward to coming to swimming every day!


7. I mentor with the Youth and Families with Promise, and have fun while I'm at it. The girl that I mentor just turned 14, and was sad to hear that I got accepted to dental school because she doesn't want me to leave! I love hanging out with her every week, and see how much she improves with everything. It makes me miss my little siblings every time I see her!


8. Shawn has really picked things up with Horace Mann Insurance Company, and wants to do quotes on everybody! He gets really excited every time he learns that he can save another person a lot of money on auto and property insurance.


9. Shawn has been recruited this past month to do many flyers and advertising for the plethora of events put on by the Multicultural Center. He is very creative and loves to show off his PhotoShop prowess!


10. We celebrated our sixth month anniversary on February 9. It is so weird to think that it has already been six months since we got married. It is funny how "time flies when you're having fun!" We love being married, and are so excited to spend the rest of eternity together.