Due to Popular Demand (aka Lindsey)

Eric and I have been VERY busy with school these past few weeks. We're starting the semester off strong in preparation for the anticipated loss of momentum that will hit pretty soon. It's been crazy; I've actually enjoyed learning! AND what's even more surprising, Eric is kind of liking his Chemistry classes.

A couple weeks ago we went to an Owlz baseball game with Spencer and Sara. The Owlz didn't do so well...but we really liked playing bingo! Eric was so close to winning.

Eric and me. I accidentally wore the other team's colors. Whoops.

Sara and Spencer being their hot selves...

It's not a trip to UVU without imitating the statues now is it? I know you've all done it.

Eric's attempt was not so successful...but we still like him :)

Oh Spencer...that's all I can say.

Our next wonderful game experience was BYU's first home game of the season. Not because of their amazing performance, but because we were in the front row AND I won a computer.


Sad day for BYU.

But happy day for me! That's me in the middle on the big screen. Basically, a guy came to the front row and asked who needed a new laptop. Eric volunteered me so I went to the field. The guy told me to hold up the number one when the camera was on me and then the computer was mine. Easy huh? Two days later I picked up the computer. It's an HP mini. Not my ideal choice, but free is free!

A Little HGTV

Last week we finally found an apartment at a good price WITH a dishwasher. We weren't able to move in right away so Eric and I decided to shop for furnishings and whatnot. Who knew that the most plain bar stools you could possibly get cost $15 a piece!? We decided to look at garage sales for cheaper stools.

After going to many houses and almost giving up on the search, we came to our last house and found these stools. Eric and I have been watching a TON of HGTV lately, so we thought it would be fun to do a little project and fix up the stools. They were only $1 per stool!

BEFORE:

First we took the seat off.

I pulled off the seat covers so we could replace them with something that wasn't ripped and looked cuter.

Eric spray painted the bottom red to go with our red, black, and white theme.

He did an excellent paint job! It's not as easy as it looks to make the paint even.

We forgot to take picture of us reupholstering the stools...but wah lah! All done.

AFTER:

They look great in our apartment. We'll post pictures of the apartment later. Moving in is taking FOREVER because we have soooo much stuff.

Color Me Mine FUN!

All summer Eric has been wanting to go to Color Me Mine, so what do we do the day after we got back to Utah? You guessed it!

This time around we decided to work on a piece together (because Eric's always turns out better than mine and I get jealous). We chose a vase so we could use it as a decoration in our new apartment.

We brought a few cans of food to waive our studio fee AND there were free doughnuts. What could be better than that?

Our vase took a little longer than anticipated because it was all free-hand painting and we did 3 coats of each color, so we had to go back the next day to finish painting it.


Here is the finished product after MANY MANY hours of painting!!

Cleveland Chiropractic College

Two Sundays ago Eric and I left South Carolina to start our drive back to Utah. 15 hours later we arrived in Overland Park, Kansas, home to Cleveland Chiropractic College. It's about 10 minutes away from Kansas City for all of you who don't know your geography (me included).

On Sunday night we stayed in a hotel for free, compliments of CCC. Then Monday morning we toured the campus. I haven't been to too many college campuses, but I definitely was not expecting anything quite this small. This building is the whole college (plus another building with a daycare and gym). There are 500 people at the college, so that building is all that's really needed.

The students were on break so we weren't able to see any of them in the school environment, but we got to see the classrooms that Eric will be spending over 3 years of his life in. He got really excited seeing the adjustment tables and is ready to be graduated and on his way to become a chiropractor!

This is Eric's model pose. Note: the cheesy face.

Because we started Eric's application when we were there, the fee was waived. He's halfway done with the application process. Our plan after BYU is for Eric to start school at CCC either next fall or January 2011. The exact date depends on when he will graduate from BYU. We will keep you posted!