I guess I'm all grown up...

...because this is the result of my first Thanksgiving! The whole meal was a success! This is a picture of James scrapping the pie dish. We had pie for breakfast the next day.

The outdoor ice skating rink in downtown Pittsburgh.
I guess this picture is more of the rink then of us.

Yea, for besties from high school!

Adria and Joanne
Our holiday feast-attendees


We're so in love.

The cat.
For the few out there who care.
This is one of her many perches.

My first semester is almost over!
We can't wait to head back west to see all the family!
James is SUPER excited to go to the Potato Bowl, because you know who's Aggies made it to a freaking bowl!

Things to do!

It's a tradition in the Waite family to make cinnamon rolls for Conference Weekend. James took it upon himself to carry out the tradition. We used a box of Lionhouse Roll Mix that was a wedding gift to us (over 2 years old).

They looked wonderful but word to the wise, don't use the mix to make it.

Guess who came to visit and left with a ton of Pitt merchandise?

The view from the top of Mt. Washington
James was running back and forth this day between his job and hanging out with my parents and me. Thus the reason for his painting pants.


I think this says it all. You know (or should know) the house that Frank Lloyd Wright designed.

Walking to the house...

This is the only location that a person is allowed to take a picture of the house.



Look who's official! Jame's work partner gave this to him as a present. It has a notepad, card holders, etc...

On our way to the Trunk-or-Treat
Even the Joker needs to see when driving.

It snowed. I don't need to say how I feel about it.
My internship has started and I can say that I'm one of the few interns that hasn't cleaned up a client's mess (I would say what that entails, but it would be TMI)

Living the life of a....

Riding the bus to the Pitt football game

Dang, it was hot!

Another great view

From our original seats

When we gave up and found some shade. Toto, we aren't in Logan anymore. Bigger stadiums are a maze to me.

Speaking of Toto...
We loved it!

I love an excuse to get dressed up

Latest project(which hasn't been started)
It's meant to go with the desk.

For James' (last) class he has to read young adult literature. Guess what he opted to read. He actually was obsessed with the series despite his long day at work.

Who loves their Aggies! This is what we have been doing on all our Saturday evenings. We may not have cable but we have the Xbox with ESPN.

This is actually a cleaner look of James when he was demolishing an old house(gotta love coal dust). I make fun of him for how white trash he looks with his shorts and Aussie boots.

The colors are starting to change.

School is going well. My internship starts in two weeks.

James has started a business partnership with a guy from our ward, which has been great for James' self esteem(he hated working for our landlord). James has been keeping busy being a contractor(he loves saying that now).

Quadplex Style...

This property holds four apartments. Each floor is a different apartment with an extra one on top of the garage. The story of the house was that it was built by one of the Wrigley(gum) brothers who constructed it out of all concrete because his son died in the "Chicago Fire". He wanted to make sure that this house could never burn down. Each original wall to the house has six inches of concrete. It makes it very hard to hang things up on the wall but is wonderful for sound proofing between the apartments.

We have the main level which consists of the original parlor, dining room, and kitchen. The kitchen has a door to the back parking area which makes it great for unloading items. We also have a direct entrance to the basement which makes it great for laundry. The rest of the tenants have to enter from the front door and climb to their individual floors or enter an outside door to the basement.

This was the original parlor converted into a bedroom. Where the built-in bookcase is located is where they have sealed in the original sliding glass doors that would have walked into the main entry way. I love that there is stain glass at the top of the window.

The fireplace in the bedroom. Sadly, it is no longer in working condition.

The original dining room that was converted into a living room. We love the fireplace but it made it very difficult to position the room. However, it is in working condition.

More stain glass in the living room.

I normally wouldn't have posted pictures of our place but I have a father-in-law who wanted to take pictures when there were still boxes everywhere and parents who want to see where their little girl is living.

James likes to joke about how we started in a two bedroom townhouse with a garage, to a two bedroom apartment with a car-port, and now a one bedroom quadplex with at least off street parking.

We couldn't have asked for a better place to live in the location of Pittsburgh. My bus stop is right outside the house which takes me directly to any of my classes. So far the humidity hasn't been horrible. It definitely welcomed us the first week we were here, but has been very mild ever since. We are adjusting to it, the AC window mount, and eventually the radiators(which I keep calling the furnace).

James is doing well. He is currently working for our landlord. It's amazing to watch him come home exhausted from a day's work, but I just laugh about it since he now knows what its like to be on his feet for eight hours straight. I will have no sympathy until he has done it for as long as I have. Okay, maybe a little bit when the humidity is really bad.

School starts in less than two weeks!

Bittersweet...

Welcome to Utah, where the white steeples are a plenty.

Fall 2002 - 1st year of college and this picture documents my first snow fall. I called my mom screaming that it was snowing outside. I will forever remember the day: October 1, 2002. For some reason I thought school might be cancelled, but I'm a silly California girl who didn't even know what walking in the snow meant yet.

This was my view on the way to work everyday. I learned to really appreciate the countryside.

Taken on my last day of work - this was and hopefully is the last sunrise that I ever have to get paid to see

View of the valley

More "country"

Ever since the first time I drove out of Sardine Canyon I always look to find the "A" lit up.

I document this because there is a family connection with this building. When I was touring USU, my grandparents took me to the quad and explained the original layout of the buildings. This building was where my grandpa took his Math/Engineering classes and it is where James took his English classes. My grandparents met at USU and you can guess where James and I met.

I love the architecture of this building and it was where I had a my FCHD classes.

I will always be thankful for Oakridge. It's how James and I met.

I will not miss walking up three flights of stairs.

I always like to make fun of the things that I end up living next to. I've lived across from a sheep farm, beehives, horse pasture, and now a hay field.

This is my favorite house in Logan - It reminds me of houses in California.

Logan Temple - 2nd favorite temple

Why this picture? The last place I worked at made a great impact on me. I've never known what it's like to have an eating disorder, but I've sure seen the pain it's caused. This is one of my favorite memories of work. When we would go to the gym the girls would place post-its everywhere with different messages on them. It's a tradition I hope to continue.

It's done! And not a moment too soon.

Both James and I have had our tender moments of tears, but nothing will compare to the moment when we drive away.
Goodbye Logan. I was hesitant both times I moved to you and I can't say that I will miss the small town feel but I will cherish the things you gave me.