School

Well I am sitting here at school right now thinking about this semester and what is going on in the life of everyone...So I was thinking...Things are kind of crazy right now, but what would my life be if there was no crazy and insane moments to cover throughout the day? I think that it would be just a very mundane kind of life with nothing really to look forward to...Anyways, so I have this class taught by a Harvard Business School professor. He is really cool and I love the class that I am taking. (Except the whole fact that i have to read a 20-30 page case study before every class and analyze it) but other then that...the class is wonderful and I am learning a ton! I guess its really cool to take a class taught at Harvard and really start to understand what Grad School is going to be all about. I am quite excited....anyways....I thought that I would write something to make Dawnelle happy...but I have to go to accounting now and learn all about oppotunity cost, revenues, cash flow charts and everything else silly accountants do!

Busy busy week

These past two weeks have gone by in such a blur!! The time has gone by too quickly and now school is starting on Monday and the summer is over. But at least last weekend we had a good end of summer weekend! We spent all last week... it was a 4 day weekend... up at a friend's families ranch. It was a blast! It was like we were teenagers all over again, we stayed up all night laughing our heads off and playing games and watching movies and talking. It was great. We played golf, watched movies, ate tons of good food, and had a wonderful time! One of the days we were up there we went up to these beautiful waterfalls and took a ton of pictures... check it out...


This is Jonathan surfing down this sweet water slide at the ranch we were staying out...


The gorgeous falls!!!



Jonathan and I with the beautiful beautiful falls behind us!


Climbing down the cliff to get to the falls...


and here we are! aren't we so cute?




Jonathan catching a HUGE fish!!! (just kidding...)


We had a blast last weekend! Relaxing... playing... and just enjoying the last of our summer with our friends!

This past week I have been terribly terribly busy at work because all the faculty are coming back and trying to get their classes set up. I donated plasma for the first time last Thursday too... it was... okay. My veins weren't used to the needle and so it didn't really work that great. They said the vein kept collapsing or clotting or something like that. But they ended up having to stick both arms so that they could put the blood back in me. I had the biggest bruises on both my arms until yesterday too. They got real colorful and everything. But yesterday I went again and everything went well so I was very grateful for that cause I can make pretty good money donating! Between Jonathan and I... It will be good.

Jonathan's doing well... excited for school he says, but sad for the cold weather that is coming soon because fall is coming soon. The weather has already started cooling down, I'm not very happy about it. I am dreading the snow!!! Jonathan wants it so he can snowboard... I can wait though and hopefully we'll be able to!

We'll keep you all posted on how schools goes... we're excited!

Okay, Forgive us...

Please please forgive us for not posting in FOREVER! We'll be better... promise! So let me fill you in on our lives these days...

We just recently spent three weeks in New Jersey with our families! It was a wonderful wonderful trip and we are so grateful to have been able to go! We spent a week in Jersey, then went with our parents down to Hilton Head, South Carolina and stayed in an amazing room on the beach for a week... then back to Jersey for another week. It was three weeks that went by way to fast and were filled with so many fun things! We went to cowtown, shopping in Philadelphia, hit up a Phillies game, spent a day down at the Jersey shore swimming and walking the board walk, and then spent two days in NYC with my mom and my brother Christian (thanks Dad!!!). We were spoiled... I won't lie. Check out the view we had from our room in NYC... like I said... its only cause my Dad is amazing and travels so much!

Yes... this is Times Square!!!

Anyway, New York was amazing! We went to this random resturaunt for breakfast the second morning and it turned out to be this super amazing place! It was called Max Brenner's something but it was like this sophisticated chocolate factory and the food was wonderful! Check out my breakfast...




That flask sitting on my plate... its full of chocolate... melted and warm and it was to pour all over the waffels. Those white crumbled stuff on top of the strawberries and blueberries, its crumbled white chocolate. It seriously was the richest, most amazing, different breakfast I think I have had in the longest time. I totally recommend the resturaunt if you happen to be in Union Square in NYC. I will go back there when I am home again at Christmas time!





As for the rest of our trip, it was wonderful! We had a good time at home but I think we're getting anxious for school to start again and get on with life. We got back to Rexburg Friday night, long story... we totally missed our plane Friday morning but thankfully we were able to get our flights switched and only got home like 4 hours after we were supposed. Thanks again Dad for flying so much!!! Saturday, yesterday, we went to the river and went bridge jumping with some friends of ours. It was pretty sweet! I won't lie. The water was SOOOO cold... like take your breath away, remember to breath cold. But wow it was fun. You could jump in the water up river... float down under a couple bridges and then climb up the lava rocks to get out and it leaves you right at this bridge over a 40ft deep part of the river so you can jump off the bridge back into the river. It was a great place and I'm kind of sad that it took us all summer to get out to this place.

The boys!!

The girls...

I only jumped from the bottom part... where Jonathan is hanging. All the guys jumped from the top, usually doing flips and stuff. It was way cool to watch!

Isn't the weather and view absolutely gorgeous!

Rexburg isn't really that bad I suppose when you get to do stuff like bridge jumping and stuff. I miss Jersey though... its where my family is! Life is good though and Jonathan and I are happy where we are with our lives right now! Life is definetly wonderful! and I promise we're going to keep this up to date...

MY PROJECT IS DONE!!

The biggest project I have ever done is finally done! I have spent the last month of my life completely immersed in this project and its finally done and I don't even have any time to breath! I have another project to do before the semester ends for this same class plus about 4-5 others that have to be done by like April 4th... thats only two weeks away! This is insane! haha but I have discovered that I absolutely love designing kitchens. I think it is the best part about residential design and there is so much detail in it, its great! The kitchen I designed was for a older couple who just retired to a beach house on the shores of North Carolina. I wanted to reflect the old southern elegance, charm, and casual attitudes found in the south while using natural materials that reflect the ocean and shore colors and textures.

So... here are pictures of my concept board... the board I needed all the samples for and the rendered elevation that I did for the kichen...

You can click on the pictures to see a bigger version of them...

and this is my design concept...

"A custom kitchen surrounded in modern elegance will be bathed in the casual attitudes of the surrounding coastal areas. Natural beauty and durability will be the underlying feel in the space created through the use of line, color, and texture. Curvilinear lines inspired by the unpredictable organic shapes found along the Atlantic shores will be repeated throughout the space. Layered lighting will increase the harmonious feel of this airy entertaining atmosphere while emphasizing the tremendous view of the ocean. The use of contrasting colors and textures will be used in the cabinetry, backsplashes, and counters to create a rhythmic space to accommodate an active, retired couple planning for the future."

Anyway, Jonathan is in Minnesota again this week... he comes home on Friday... which is also his birthday!!! so thats pretty exciting! But let me know what you think of my project!!

Update...

So things have been pretty normal around here. I've been working quite a bit and I try to keep up on most of the things I do except for writing on this blog thing. So some new things that are going on in the life of Jonathan and Dawnelle...? Well we have decided that we are going to Mexico this summer and we are back packing from the North to the South of Mexico....I think its going ot be a really cool trip getting to see all the many sights in Mexico.... So, we bought a book at Barnes and Noble all about mexico and the crazy stuff to go and see...We have a trip planned out now and we kinda have a jist on what we are going to do....So thats the plan we have for the 7 week beak we have in the summer time...We are planning on staying in Mexico for about 3-4 weeks...
Next thing that we have on the list...We are going to the World Cup in 2010 in South Africa!!! It will cost prolly around 4-5 thousand but it will be something that will be really cool to go and see...soo we have my friend ron and his soon to be wife going with us also...which means it will happen because we're two sets of people that when we say we are going to do something...we do it....anyways...we think it will be really cool to go over there and see all the really cool things that go on in africa and maybe go on a safari and then head to the north to Cairo....I really want to go there...anways...sooo thats what we have going on right now and im getting kinda tired of typing......but Ill try to write some later....bye.....

Minnesota....

Well yea what can I say tonight? I'm currently rooming with another kid From BYU here in Minnesota and he snores sooooo loud each night and keeps me up half of the night. So last night I threw a pillow at him and he didn't wake up...So next I ripped the covers off of him and yelled untill he woke up....I told him to roll over or sleep in the bathroom....It was pretty funny..then i tried relentlessly to fall asleep....needless to say it took about an hour...So this past week I had a really crazy week I must say....Mauricio and I were out covering a route for a driver....so we pulled up to a drive way and there was a lot of snow and so we decided to call the lady to ask if the drive was safe to drive down being that we were in the boonies and the drifts were about five feet high.....sooo anyways Mauricio was driving and we headed into the driveway and then all of a sudden the truck sank and we got buried by the snow....so we dug around the tires for about an hour....I got the truck out once and then it got buried again....we then gave up and called the tow truck to come pull us out...he got there and lets just say this guy didn't know what he was doing....he hooked the wench up to the truck and ripped the whole back end off the truck....yea.....causing about three thousand dollars in damage.....soooo i was like what!!!!But the depot is now going after the tow company to pay for the damage....yea it was pretty crazy.....what else is going on right now...? Im joining SIFE......Students In Free Enterprize..... basically Its for people that enjoy economics,business, and money!!!yea.....Im really excited because I know it will be a lot of fun to go all over the country to represent BYU.....anyways...this week im in Marshall, Minnesota....it was about -20 when we got home today to the hotel...it is sooo cold outside......but on to what Im doing here...We are currently training on how to hire right...its going pretty good....what esle....well im tired....I think im going to go to bed and I will post some pics later...love all!!!! Jonathan

Snowboarding... our new favorite sport!!

Jonathan gave me the best Valentine's present ever I think! I got a new snowboard and a full night's lesson tonight on how to snowboard. It was absolutely wonderful!! It was a lot of fun. I think I picked it up pretty quickly, however, my bum is now extremely sore! To be honest, my entire body is very very sore. Jonathan is a wonderful teacher though and was very patient with me despite me being scared and slow. It was a great night!! Jonathan leaves tomorrow for Minnesota again which is not very excited or happy but I think the week will go quickly cause I know I will be busy. Pres. and Sis Corbitt are coming this week and Carina is coming to spend the evening with me tomorrow night with her roommates. Jonathan is excited to go to Minnesota this week. He's learning about the hiring process that Schwan's goes through this week and was telling me all about it. He didnt have to work on Thursday (Valentine's Day) which was absolutely wonderful cause we were able to spend the whole afternoon and evening together.

I found out on Thursday that I'm getting a new position at work and I'm super excited about it! I work in a lab where we work with faculty members or teachers with different problems. Right now there is a section of the lab that just works on projects for the teachers, then there's my part of the lab where we work directly with the faculty members and the things that they need done. There is as of the middle of March going to be another section of the lab that will be specifically for a thing we use called Blackboard or Ilearn. Its a program avaliable for faculty members to use that allows them to post all their class materials including tests and assignments and grades onto the internet for students to access them. This new lab will be my new position. I was asked to be the lead student in this lab and will be spending the next month developing a plan for how to market the idea of it and how the lab will be run. I'm actually really really excited about. I think its a wonderful opportunity and has the potential to become a full time job this summer. I truly feel the Lord blessing me in this opportunity and I know that a lot will be able to come from it and will be a good thing for me now and in the future!

As for Jonathan... he had an interesting week this week with working for Schwans... He'll have to tell you about that though. He's asleep on the couch so you'll have to read about it later! Sorry!

Anyway, we love you all and hope all is well!

My new snowboard...

Boarding!

Yea.....

So Dawnelle and I decided to start this blog instead of just having one and having her do all the typing, I can also do some typing I guess.... But anyways, right now things are good here in good ole Rexburg. Well the weather has been quite crazy if you ask me. Last week we had about 3 feet of snow in like 4 or five days. I guess you can say that I was pretty lucky being that I was in Seattle all week. Yea, you can just call me corporate! haha...Dawnelle I think is getting pretty tired of hearing that!! But it is true! So what has been going on in our random little world? Well to start out...Dawnelle is always pretty busy in school and Im always on the road....but I have to do something to get ahead in life to make the big bucks some day...Lets just say one of my goals is to be on Forbes list of big dogs in this world....And with my lil Designer were going straight to the top! She is amazing and the best interior designer here in Idaho! So...I wen't to Seattle this past week and sat in about 1300 meetings and listened to a bunch of people talk to us about making lots of money and such...It was kinda cool.... Well dawnelle is Building shapes right now out of foam core and I have no idea why? But I dont dare ask her why because she'll think im nagging on her. So we are currently thinking of places we can live...Its fun to think about... So we went snowboarding last night and it was a lot of fun. The snow was just right, the air was cool, and the moon was shinning. Every Saturday night BYU sells lift tickets for $12. So we took advantage of that and had a great time! Well anyways im getting kinda tired of typing so Im going to sign off for tonight....love ya everyone....