Tick!

Marshall always checks Karmen's skin but he never checks her beard so he decided to last night. All of a sudden I hear Marshall yelling my name tell me to come into the room!

She had a tick in her beard it was sooo gross!

Marshall wouldn't touch it and was freaking out so I tried every wise tell to get that nasty thing out.

First we tried using a match to make it back out when that didn't work Marshall went to the store to get rubbing alcohol.

When those didn't work I decided to just pull the tick out with tweezers! It was so engorged with blood it was almost the size of a Q-tip!

Walking in Albany

Fall Cake Pops

Fall Cake

The Apartment

Halloween!

I LOVE Fall/Halloween! Marshall finally allowed me to decorate for the Holiday on the 1st. Here's what I've been up to with ALL my spare time while Marshall is studying.

Someone left this chair behind so I nabbed it! I painted it black with a gloss finish and reupholstered the seat with my favorite print damask.

I used ghost pumpkins and covered them in lace from the fabric store!

I made tonz of these little spiders out of black jewelry beads.

September in NY

Well Marshall and I are finally into our apartment after a month of living with other people! I really like our apartment and I love our porch where we have BBQ's with our friends. New York is awesome and I love all the new people that I've meet! We went to Washington Park to play soccer with the Adler's a few weeks ago. Yannick wasn't impressed with our soccer skills but it was still fun.

Marshall is on his third week of school and he is doing really well! I swear he is always studying unless there is a football game on. The leaves are starting to change and its getting a little nippy at night.

I got a job! I'm going to be a Receptionist at the St. Peters Dental Clinic. I'm so happy to have a job so don't feel guilty when I spend money. I think its going to be a really good job and everyone seems really nice!

We had a girls night last Saturday with all the girls from my branch and this is what I made for the treat. We played games and it was really fun to get to know everyone better.

I'll post some pictures of our apartment later when its completely decorated!

Swearing in Ceremony

On Friday the Spouses and Parents were invited to a mock class held by the Dean. It was interesting but pretty boring because the case was from the 1800's. I'm glad its not me going to Law school! After the swearing in ceremony Carolin and I met up with the guys for the Dean's Toast and refreshments on the front lawn of the school.

Yannick and Carolin our new friends from Germany.

Marshall and I

Marshall, Yannick, and Matt

So It begins!

We have started getting comfortable living in NY now. The thing I like the most is there are parks everywhere! They aren't just like the ones you see back home they are huge and they have statues everywhere. There isn't just some soccer fields and playgrounds they have beautiful landscaping, flowers and trees everywhere! This is Washington Park that is right next to our apartment. Karmen is going to love the park when she flies here in September! I'm so excited for the Fall here everyone says the leaves are so much more vivid here.

Marshall started Orientation today yay! Last week we went on a tour of the school. It was way fun to see a the classrooms. they look like miniature court rooms it was awesome!

This is the main building that has most of Marshall's classes.

Well we celebrated our one year anniversary on the 14Th its crazy to think that we've been married a year already!

Albany, New York

So we finally made it to New York after 4 days of driving! I drove the whole way because our car was so full Marshall couldn't fit behind the wheel. Well what can I say New York is so different from Utah. When we first drove in we didn't know where to go so we ended up in downtown which is a scary part of town. We finally got ahold of the Branch President and he offered to let us stay with him until we found a place to stay. He and his family have been so nice to us its made the transition so much easier. Albany is so pretty and green! We found a place to live but we can't move in until Sept. 1st. So we are still in limbo for the time being!

These are pictures of random things in the city mainly churches and old buildings

Graduation!

Marshall graduated with his Batchelors degree in Psychology this May! He couldn't walk with his class because he was coaching his track team so we finally got a pic. I'm so proud of him and I'm excited for our future together!

Our Journey

Last night Marshall and I started planning our move to New York! The first day we decided that we will drive to North Platte, NE which is about 10 hours. From there we will drive 9 hours to Davenport, IA. Next stop will be Cleveland, OH for another 8 hour drive. Then to our final destination to Albany, New York. Its going to be a long 2,329 miles and more than 35 hours to get there. Its going to be a new and exciting experience for us and I'm glad for this new adventure!

4th of July!

I LOVE the 4Th of July! I made a copy of these cupcakes but before I could take a picture they disappeared!

I'm running in the Centerville Freedom Run 5K then off to the parade. Marshall's parents got a condo in Park City for Sunday and Monday so i'm excited for this weekend!

Father's day!

This is really old but for Father's day I made my dad cupcakes! I love my dad so much and he's always done so much for me! I'd have to say I have the BEST dad ever! He love to play pool and ever time I randomly come to his house during the day he is playing pool. His excuse is you have to work hard to play hard lol. Well here are the cupcakes.

Eclipse cake!

Here it is! Its a chocolate cake with chocolate ganache filling. I'm so excited to go the the showing tonight with Matt, Skye and Marsh yay!!!!

Guess What!

Start spreading the news,
I’m leaving today

I want to be a part of it -

new york, new york

This is the song I've been singing for the past 12 hours. Marshall got into Albany Law School and I've been so happy the past few hours. I'm so glad we aren't going to North Dakota anymore! We are still waiting on Kansas for their decision. They decided on 25Th and then tell us a few days after that. Even though they are a better school than Albany I hope they say no! I really want to go to New York.

Twilight Saga

So I'm a total dork about the twilight books and movies, yes I know their writen for teenagers... So Eclipse comes on June 30th so I decided I would show my support by making a cake! Here is the progress so far on some of the decorations. I'm taking the pictures from all four books and incoperating them into a grand finaly cake! Yes I know I'm a nerd.

The flower from New Moon's book cover

Jamie's Baby Shower

This cake was so much fun to make for my friend Jamie. She is having a little boy in the next few weeks and we threw her a work baby shower. Instead of using fondant to cover the cake I tried just using butter cream. It tastes better than fondant but doesn't look as neat. I made the cutest baby shoes for her and they turned out really good for my first attempt.