Friday, September 21, 2012

Walking in... where?

That's right!! It's decided! Next August, Clint and I will be moving to MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE!!!!! Pretty much I plan on singing this at least 5 times a day once we get there. Probably blast it every afternoon when Clint comes home from grad school... see how long he goes with that.. :)

But ya, we'll be living in the big city (or right outside it preferably) for 4ish years while Clint goes to Southern College of Optometry (SCO) for Optometry school! He'll train to be the best eye checker there ever was and hopefully I'll be staying home with some cute kidlets - no, not an announcement, but I like to dream :)

It's been quite the process to get to this point. When we were first looking into schools Clint was set on Ohio State and I REALLY liked the idea of living about 10 minutes away from where I grew up so I liked SCCO in Fullerton, California. Clint got his first interview at Tennessee however, and it all changed. I was attending Education Week at BYU while he was gone and he called soo excited about Tennessee. He loved everything about it and his interview had gone really well. He ruled out Ohio, but went to the interview he got at SCCO for me. I called him while he was in California and the excitement just wasn't in his voice. Then, we got a little phone call yesterday informing us that SCO (the school in Memphis) is awarding Clint their highest scholarship and...well... since grad school basically costs your arm, your leg, plus your first born child... we decided that would be really helpful and the decision was practically made for us.

Clint sent me this video when he went for his interview. Ya, we're aware its upside down... don't know how to switch that haha

It's going to be a crazy change for us, but we are so excited to learn and grow and try new things (like good southern BBQ and going to Nashville for the country music awards... or just to stalk a few country stars... ) Also, should you feel inclined to try these new things too - since I doubt Clint will really want to stalk the country stars with me...- please come visit while we're there! I promise we'll show you a good time :)

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Happy moment

Every day on my way to work, I drive down this street and the sun is seriously shining right at me. let me tell you, best way to start a day.


Monday, September 3, 2012

Our Rhythm

Right now life is getting into a rhythm around here. 

Clint is going to school.
Last year at BYU yay!!!
 yes. this is an old picture...but I failed to take a first day of school picture of Clint...

I am teaching my cute second graders.
which reminds me... I have funny stories already. I will definitely be posting about that soon.


Clint is flying to Optometry interviews.
We're down to two options. Clint got accepted to this school in Tennessee, and he'll be interviewing at a school in Southern California on the 15th of this month.
 We'll be really happy for either of these schools so we're very excited! 

And suddenly we don't have a vacation lined up in the next few weeks. laaame!

From our vacation this summer to the Pitt family reunion
From our stay in Idaho with the Prestwich clan
and our trip to Yellowstone

It has been a really fun summer, we enjoyed it thoroughly, but it is nice to have a little bit more structure to our life. 
<3