A mind of her own!

This isn't a political statement from us!

4th of July

I love the 4th of July! This was our first year in Utah for the holiday in years so we had a lot of people to see. We went with my parents to Layton to see Hannah's great-granny and had a really good lunch. After that we drove from there all the way to Lynndyl because Jake had a lot of family in town. It was fun to see so much of our family this year for the 4th!
Starting the day in front of our house. Notice the house number!!!









Eating breakfast at Ihop in Springville.







Swinging at Hannah's great-
Grannies house in Layton






We drove back to Lynndyl after Hannah had a decent nap. Hannah went crazy for this really yummy watermelon.
Hannah LOVED the fireworks (Jake loved lighting them).
I think she thought the sparkler was cool but we only have pictures with her eyes closed so maybe she didn't even see it.

Say Goodbye to Classes....For A Couple Years

Today we (my class group) gave our final presentation for the capstone class for PR majors. It went pretty well. We had to create a PR campaign for the BYU Department of Communications itself. The reason for this is because though BYU's communications program has received high rankings and has won several national and international competitions (one of which happened recently, BYU advertising majors swept the international L'Oreal Brandstorm competition), very few people know about BYU's communications program and its success. Our job was to design a campaign that markets the departments success to other colleges, department alumni and students.

Throughout the presentation, I kept thinking about the time my father-in-law invited me to a presentation iSupply (a marketing agency for high-tech products) gave on how to market a new laser projector built by the company he worked for, E&S engineering. That was a great experience, I learned a ton. Now I have been on the giving end of three similar presentations, both at school and at work.

At my internship this summer, I've been getting a lot of marketing experience which has been really nice because I've really enjoyed learning about both mass marketing and PR. And though the two are not completely the same, there are a lot of similarities and both complement each other extremely well.

I've liked doing marketing so much that I'm pretty certain that will be the emphasis I go into when I go into an MBA program. So I guess business school is the next step, but before I start that, I'm going to thoroughly enjoy not having to do homework every night for a couple years!

Is It June Already?

Our backyard is really tiny but I LOVE having a it! I got this patio set for an early birthday present and we found a cheap BBQ so now we just need some good weather so we can use them.

I have also been attempting to garden this year. We have two plots like this. I am really proud of my spinach, snap peas and lettuce. We are also growing tomatoes, bell peppers, green beans and carrots. I hope it goes better than last year! And try to ignore the grass...maybe that will be next years project.

I Won!

Back in January I joined a Bunco group that meets once a month to play. It had been so fun and it's such a great night to relax and have a break. This month was my first time that I won the Bunco prize (that means I got the most Buncos and I got the biggest prize)! I meant to take pictures of us playing but I was too busy yelling, "Bunco!" My prize is an outdoor game called Bocce...I am really excited to play it.

Tagged

I was tagged a while ago...the rules are:
1. Link the person who tagged you.
2. Post these rules
3. Tell about six unspectacular quirks about yourself
4. Tag six fellow bloggers by link

1. I love clean sheets...it might even be an obsession.
2. I AM obsessed with doing the dishes. It started in Wymount without a dishwasher now its even worse.
3. I have to have our closet doors closed before I can sleep (and, no, I am not going to admit why).
4. I love grocery shopping (I guess I love all kinds of shopping).
5. I am so picky about chicken...I can only eat it if I have done the cooking (I never eat it from restaurants except for PF Changs).
6. I like vegetables a lot more than I like fruit.

I tag anyone who needs something to blog about.

I Can't Wait!

Twilight in HD
There must be something wrong with me. I have probably watched this trailer 25 times. I think its going to be so good! After I watched this I also re-started twilight. It's even better than I remember!