BYU Alumna

As many of you know I graduated this past December. You would think that graduating college would be a exciting event as you are able to move forward in life into a career that you love. However, for me, this is not the case. Don't get me wrong, graduating college is good thing. However, the major I chose (Art Education) is not the field I want to go into as this point in my life, so that leaves me where I currently stand—trying to find a job.

For the past month, I have been in search of a job. Due to the specific nature of my degree there are very limited jobs in which I am qualified for, which makes it hard to find a job that pays more than 8 dollars an hour.

However, not all is lost:

I work part-time right now at the company I used to work for as a graphic designer.

Pat found part-time work at a company called iTV doing advertising and design, which I can help with.

We have enough savings to get us through the hard times. I better just live it up with all the free time and zero responsibility I have right now.

We are happy and healthy and that is all the matters!

Douglas Brewster's Birthday Bash

This last Friday, January 23rd, was our good friend Doug's 26th birthday. We had a great time as we went out to dinner at (one of my favorite restaurants) Bangkok Thai and Grill. We then headed back home and surprised doug with a Cold Stone ice cream cake purchased by his loving wife, Mariah.

And what is a party with out the game "Pin the Tail on the Donkey"??!!!! Yes, to end the night with a good ol' game of Pin the Tail on the Donkey.

As you can see, Pat was no where near the target.

Chrissy pinned the tail on the fish tank.

With this skillful stance Mariah won the game, almost pinning it exactly on the right place.

Happy Birthday Doug. It was so fun to be a part of your big day.

Never Thought Orange Soda Could Be So Fun!

This past weekend Pat and I went shooting again! But this time we were testing out a gun that we will most likely purchase from our brother in-law, Jordan.
With an up coming dead line for Pat's Advertising Portfolio he was very stressed and overwhelmed with all he had to do. He planned on spending all Saturday working but he wanted to go pick up some ammo for his "new" gun. This little errand turned into a 5 hour excursion as we decided to go test out this new ammo with Pat's buddies by going shooting in the mountains.

Pats friends, Ben and Josh, demonstrating their thug-like skills.

We purchased five 6-packs of orange soda for a dollar a piece for our targets and went to town.

Center Street's Hidden Secrets

This past Saturday we stumbled upon one of Provo Center Street's hidden gems, B. Ashton's. We simply walked in not expecting to find much; however, to our astonishment we found more than we ever imagined.


What we stumbled upon was a rare Antique shop. We started talking to the store owner about all the unique antiques he had. Come to find out he owned a first edition Book of Mormon. Not many people ever have the opportunity to see one of these books in their life time; yet we got to not only see but hold and thumb through the pages.



It was amazing to think about the person that owned this book and the state of the Church at that time. Little did the world or that person know the impact this book would have on his life or the world at large.

Not only did this man own a first edition Book of Mormon but he also had an original page of the Gutenberg Bible printed in 1455. This is page looked perfect! I could not believe it I was looking at one of the first books ever printed.

The man himself, Brent Ashworth. This man had stories to tell! Pat and I stayed there for a good hour and were loving ever second. This day was a memorable day as we were able to hold history.

The 2nd Amendment Has Never Been This Fun

Gun Fun! Pat has been thinking a lot about getting a gun for home defense. We shot some guns to see which ones we liked, thanks to Jordan Rowell, our brother in-law and gun guru.

Christams 2008

This past Christmas we continued on in the Tradition of celebrating at the Rowell home (my oldest sister's family). It is so much fun to have kids there to enjoy the excitement that comes with this special Holiday.

The Rowells play tons of fun games on Christmas eve.

For this game you have a present that is wrapped over and over again. You throw two die and when you role doubles it is your turn to try to unwrap the gift. Sound easy enough? Well, to add to the difficulty of this task you have to put on winter gear (mittens, hat, and scarf).

Another funny game we played was a Christmas Beard Race. You simply put Vaseline on your face...

Then you put your face in a bowl of cotton ball and run back to your team. The team that gets the most cotton balls wins.