finally finished finals

Wahoo! James has finished his finals for this quarter! He took his last final exam on Friday and boy were we happy! He did very well this semester if I do say so myself. So proud of my man! Here's what we did on Friday...

1) We bought a car.

2) We decided to move to a 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom apartment in our complex.

3) We went out for dinner & made dessert with our friends Jake & Hailee Oman.

Great day, right? 

We have been looking at buying a new (used) car so that we have a second car for when James begins his rotations (in July). It is a 2012 Ford Focus that we found in Utah! So guess where James is now? On an airplane flying to Utah...I know, I know, I JUST got him back and now he's gone again. But no worries, he will be back on Tuesday with our new car!

 It's crazy and a little scary to make grown up decisions sometimes. Same goes with transferring to a bigger apartment. The prices are down right now, so we'd only be paying $60-$80 more a month to live in a 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom apartment. Right now we are living in the smallest model Sagestone has, so we are excited to be getting a little bit more space. We probably won't move until the middle/end of March. Again, another grown up decision, and it's bittersweet because we will be moving on from our first home together! 

It was SO nice to have a date night with the Omans! We have been wanting to get together with them since we both moved into the ward at the same time because James & Jake are in the D.O. program together, and Hailee & I just clicked. We've had such busy schedules that we never got together just the four of us (we've all hung out together in a big group). We went to Chili's for dinner, then came back to the Oman's apartment (they live in Sagestone too, in the 2 bedroom model we are looking at), and made pizookies! If you don't know what a pizookie is, you are missing out on one of the most delicious desserts ever. A warm chocolate chip cookie baked in a little skillet in the oven covered with ice cream and hot fudge! They were so rich and scrumptious! They introduced us to the tv show The Big Bang Theory & we were laughing like crazy. It was so good to see the boys relax and have a good time. Thanks Jake & Hailee for an awesome night!

Saturday, after I got off work, James and I went to Last Chance to buy some Ecco shoes for his dad. I bought some dark lavender tights there for only 97 cents and wore them to church today! We also browsed around at Marshalls and Bed, Bath, & Beyond because we were feeling inspired by our new soon-to-be apartment. We came home to eat Korean food & watch Taken 2. Friday we had gone to the Korean market and bought Mandu (Korean potstickers), Nongshim Onion Rings (like Funions), Aloe Vera juice, Pepero Almond (Korean version of Japanese Pocky cookie sticks), and Korean Ramen. We ate the Mandu, Aloe Vera juice, and Pepero (the onion ring chips were eaten and gone on Friday they were so good haha). We enjoyed watching Taken 2! I think I liked the first one better, just because you weren't expecting what would happen. That was our relaxing night!

James will be back on Tuesday with the new car, I will be busy with work and school and cub scouts, and then Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday we will be gone on vacation! Stay posted for an update next week!

P.S. James just got called to be on the Scout Committee. I am now a Cub Scout Den Leader over Bears, and James is on the Scout Committee and being an assistant coach to the ward basketball team! Oh and we are still the ward librarians until they release us...yay for ward callings!