Stressful but worth it in the end...

Well, Ben is doing amazing through his school as always but the poor boy is dealing with a lot of hard classes that seem to be getting increasingly difficult as the year comes to an end. Thank goodness the end is getting closer and closer, Ben graduates in just 6 short weeks! Then it will be both of us working and feeling like we can move past this limbo of education and questions and turn to the development of our future... whatever that may hold.

Aside from this, I must say I'm so excited that spring break is next week! This week has been terrible for Ben, he's basically been putting in over 10 hours/day at school every day. It's seriously nuts and I can see how it's wearing on him even though he tries not to show it. He still takes time out of his crazy schedule to show me that he loves me and to help me with my few chores around the house. Needless to say it'll be so nice to just leave tomorrow to Wisconsin where we can spend a week with his sister, her husband and their new baby!!! We'll finally have the time to unwind, relax and just have a good time as a family! I can't wait. Not to mention we're already planning to go to the weekly fish fry out there and have a great celebration for St. Patrick's day with corned beef and cabbage of course!!! (for those who don't know, that is basically one of my very favorite meals when it's done right and Ben and I definitely have it figured out!!!)

Hosting Nevi

So I randomly decided to enter a small essay contest on the Friends of Hu-Friedy website. Yes, that is a website for dental hygiene instruments... I'm a nerd, you all knew that already I hope, if not... well, Surprise! This essay contest was to convince them that you and your town would be a fun place for "Nevi" the stuffed scaler to come visit while on his tour of all 50 states. Well guess what... they picked me. When the package actually came, this is what I saw come out of the odd triangular-shaped box:


And apparently my assignment was to take this rather interesting stuffed scaler around Ogden with me and take as many cool pictures of/with it as I could in a week. So of course I tried, in the limited (due to family events) time that I had, to show the Hu-Friedy folk and those who happen to be following the tour on Facebook all of "Ogden's Finest". Now what would that entail when your audience is a large group of dentally minded people across the country? Well, I did my best.
I showed them my yard and how amazing the mountains are... who doesn't love mountains?!

I brought him to my dental office... duh!
I of course had to throw a bit of brand recognition in there with the set up of hu-friedy instruments.
I enlisted the assistance of my wonderfully cooperative husband.
I took him to the WSU clinic and campus... what else is little old Ogden well known for in the dental world? ...exceptionally white teeth?
The professors and staff helped out as always.

Gotta love second year students and their stressed out confidence that only comes from being about a week away from the BOARD EXAMS! Dunh Dunh Dunh!
Showed him the football stadium...

You better believe I'd throw a cheesy snowboarding picture in there with the help of our buddy Brandon.
And then, while on the outdoor adventure kick... why not throw in a fake kayaking picture that is obviously not intense nor on a river. ...especially since I myself have never actually taken this kind of kayak on any kind of moving body of water.
And there we have it, weird, but true. Yes, I did go around town with this kind of creepy looking doll under my arm a few different places. Those who know what a Nevi actually is, however, understand completely! Ta!