Our family at Steph's wedding
Auston
Audrey

Steve's Graduation

Hey Everybody! Sorry it's been so long since I last updated, but life's been a little crazy! First off, Steve graduated from BYU! Yay! We're so proud of him. A week later, Steve's sister, Steph, and her then fiance, Spencer, both graduated from the U, and then the next day, they got married at the Timpanogos Temple! Congrats guys! Then two weeks later, Steve's brother Dave and his fiance, Britten, got married last Saturday! Congrats to them too! So life has been pretty hectic. That's pretty much what's been going on these past couple of weeks. Also, this Sunday is Steve and I's anniversary, so we're going to Salt Lake to the Anniversary Inn, which I'm excited for! Anyway, there's a little update, and I'm going to post some pics of the wedding and such, so enjoy!

Hey everyone! Well, it certainly has been a while, sorry about that! I meant to update our blog earlier, but Steve has been holding the computer hostage, writing his many papers for school. But the good news is, he is done! He just had his last day of school last Monday, and now he's just getting ready for his finals this weekend, and then graduation is next Friday, the 25th! YAY! We are so excited! After that, it's off to law school! We have finally decided where we're going! About a week and a half ago, Steve and I went on a trip for 8 days, touring different law schools. We left the twins with my parents for the most part, but they did stay for a bit with Steve's parents as well, but it was so hard to be away from them! I was calling all the time, just to check in, so it probably drove everyone crazy. But Steve and I started our tour at the University of Illinois, in Champaign, and we loved it! We stayed with a couple who is graduating this year from law, and we were able to meet all of the other LDS couples who are going to law school, which was so fun! After a couple of days there, we flew to D.C. and then drove to Lexington, VA to look at Washington and Lee University, and we loved it there as well. It was absolutely beautiful and so full of history! For example, Robert E. Lee's house is on the campus, since he served as the school's president from the time after the "War of Northern Aggression" (as the locals called the Civil War :) ), to the time he died. It was pretty cool. After this, we drove to Williamsburg, VA to look at William and Mary, and the school was really neat. After a day there, we drove back to Washington D.C. and met up with Steve's parents, who were there for a conference, and his sister Minde and her husband Tyler and little boy Chase, who came down from New York City, and hung out with them for a few days. It was really fun. We were able to see all of the sites, and we timed it perfectly so we were there during the Cherry Blossom Festival, and was absolutely beautiful! In the middle of all this, Steve and I also ran over to George Mason University for their open house. Then on Sunday, we flew home. It was a crazy couple of days! But it also helped us to finally decide where we wanted to go, and we decided on the University of Illinois, and they also 'upped' Steve's scholarship, so we were really excited! Anyway, to the U of I is located about 1 1/2 hours away from Chicago, 3 hours from Nauvoo, 21/2 hours from Springfield (where Lincoln lived), and 45 mins from Amish country. It's really neat! Plus, Steve's really excited about being close to the Cubs and Bears, and being at a school with Big 10 sports, which, I guess, is cool too.:) But also, because the cost of living is so cheap there, we'll be able to buy a house, which I'm really excited about! Anyway, so overall, it's a perfect fit for us, despite the fact that's completely flat out there. After we got home, Steve's cousin Rob Whiting died at age 53, which was really hard. He was the closest man we knew to being perfect, and we really loved him, and will truly miss him.
So now we're hoping things will settle down for a little bit, until May 3, when Steve's sister, Stephanie, is marrying Spencer Randle, so we're really excited for that! Then after that, we'll celebrate our anniversary, start packing, go to Lake Powell with Steve's family, have family reunion with my family in Yellowstone, then go to Hawaii with Steve's family, and then we move! I'll upload pictures a little later, but I just wanted to let you all know what's been going on in our lives! Thank you again to everyone who has left comments! Sorry I haven't gotten back to you, but I will! Love Ya!

Audrey and Auston so cute, and matching!

Audrey and her cousin Hailey

Auston and his cousin Taylor

Auston, Audrey, and their friend Kaleigh

Well, Audrey found an arm rest!

Well, its been a long time since we've updated our blog, so I thought I'd finally sit down and do it. We have been having a lot of fun in the past couple of months, and a lot of firsts! We had the twins' blessings, we went to Arizona for Spring Training with the Cubs, which was the twins first trip, the twins first smiled and giggled, and they had their first play dates, Their first BYU game, as well as all of the fun things that go along with watching the twins grow! Our trip to Arizona was a lot of fun, we stayed with my Uncle Bill and Aunt Loretta out in the desert and saw some really fun wildlife, including jackrabbits, a coyote, and tons of different birds! We watched the Cubs play two games, and they won both (yay!), all while it was almost 80 degrees outside! We loved it! While down there, we also saw my Uncle Dick and Aunt Suzy, and my brother Derek and his kids Talyn and Tyvan. The twins did really well on the trip, and we didn't have any problems, except for a little accidental detour we took on our way home, due to my faulty directions :). Auston and Audrey's blessings went really well, and we just wanted to say thank you to everyone who helped out and came to it! Steve did a really great job, and afterwards we had a really nice lunch at Mark and Gainell's! The twins' first playdates were with our friends, Trevan and Megan, and there little girl Kaleigh who was born a month after them, and then my friend Charee came down with her little girl Chloe, who was born three days after them. It was so cute to see them all together! We'll put pictures on the next post. Also the twins went to their first BYU basketball game, so that was fun! They both really like to watch basketball, both in person and on tv, which has me a little worried! The twins are both smiling and giggling now, and it is just so dang cute! They are so much fun, it's amazing how every day you love them just a little bit more than before! It's going to be hard though, in two weeks, Steve and I will be going out to visit schools in Illinois, Virginia, and Washington D.C., and the twins are staying behind. Hopefully we survive, since after driving to Arizona, I went about 4 hours without holding them at a time and I was missing them! I know, its pathetic, but what can I say? But it'll be good for Steve and I, and we are really excited to finally see these places and start deciding where we want to go! Anyway, so that's all that's going on in our lives right now. And I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who has commented or emailed us! We love ya!

Babies' Blessing

Just a quick note to let everyone know about the twins' blessing this Sunday! It will be in our ward, the BYU 54th Ward, held in the church over by Costco in Orem. Our church is the east building, but the west chapel, and our ward meets at 12:30. Afterwards, we'll be going to Mark and Gainel's house in Lindon for lunch. We invite everyone to come if you're able!

The Fam!