It's October?!

Utah Sunrise

I ashamed to say been a little negligent with my blog. Funny how things change; it seems only yesterday I was in Europe writing daily about my travels, experiences, joys, and trials. I think writing was one of the best ways to keep a little bit of normality on the trip. Now since things have gotten a tad more "normal" I get lazy. Though things may not be as adventurous they definitely are still exciting and fun. Let's start with August:

We made the best of our time in Tulsa in our last two weekends there by visiting the Hard Rock Casino, an oil baren and Oklahoma! the musical. It was great to leave on a high note.

there were 4 bands playing around the Hard Rock casino. All very talented. I would love a hook up like that!

With my 'Hat fan' at Oklahoma! the musical.

Oklahoma! was great and had a cast full of young students. The only downside was that they sang the song "Oklahoma!" probably five times more than the movie. I think they were just a little proud...

The oil barren mansion was gorgeous as you can see below. It was donated to the state and turned into an gallery with some beautiful works. But in the upstairs corner there was a random contemporary area with multimedia projects. That was probably my favorite and Trent's least favorite part :P

regardless, this area of the gallery was certainly the most memorable. haha.

Our last week of work, both our companies we worked for over the summer gave us a going away cake. It almost made things bitter sweet to leave Tulsa...but it still wasn't. :)

We got back to Utah on the 19th by pulling an all nighter driving. We always just get so anxious! Plus there are no areas to stop between Kansas and Colorado which would be our half way. We spend the following week prepping for school and driving to and from Park City.

My sister Kristen and her family came into town and we went to the Utah State Fair with them. It was so fun to go on some fair rides with her. We're so intense we even went on the zipper!

Holla!

Kambria was FREAKING out because she couldn't handle watching people on the Ferris Wheel without being on it. You don'teven wanna know what she looked like after we had to take her off!

hot air ballooning with the kiddos

did I mention it's kind of a creepy fair? And not too popular either.

LOVE the leashes. Parent's best friend.

Cute Chic!

Well school started and we've been super busy. This has definitely been one of the busiest school years for both of us. Trents working on his thesis and I'm in two performing groups on top of 16 credits. But it's great because when we area together, we really take advantage of it. For instance, a couple Monday's ago, Trent took me to and on campus animal museum call the Bee's Museum! It's home to the famous Liger!

There's a few things I've not included like the gig my band (The Lucky Crickets) had in Park City house. It was so fun and awesome to use the house for a concert. I definitely think it'll not be the last time. My band has had tons of opportunities to perform lately and we're making a lot of songs, paraphernalia, and hype around the Provo area.

At the same time, I've had a fair few gigs with my Folk Ensemble at BYU, mountain strings. This week we actually sang for a painting unveiling at BYU from Brian Kershisnik. Here's a video of the night. Big thanks to Trent for recording it! Sorry I spelled his name wrong in the title... :(

Trent and I have also had a lot of nights with our friends Bridgette, Christian, Sarah, and Jordan watching movies, playing games, eating pizza, and enjoying our last year in this area!

Also, I've had the great pleasure to teach dance not only at BYU but also at my previous Young Women's teacher's, Ronna, new studio called Elements Dance. It has been so so fun and such a great opportunity to work with young students.

Lastly....

.... may I introduce to you....

Zeus (or Zeusy) the II.

Yes its true. We FINALLY bought a cat. We knew we were going to get one eventually (considering but weren't sure when it'd be quite right. In August the stars aligned as we found a fantastically good deal on KSL for an F6 Savannah cat. You can read up about them here. He's so fun and can jump SO HIGH! He's actually sleeping next to me as I write. I had no idea how happy this little (big) kitten has been for us. We both love him so much!

that's all for now!