Weekend Adventures

Hello everyone!

So Jeff and I have been getting settled in here in beautiful St. George, Utah. The weather has been absolutely wonderful-warm temperatures, sunny skies, I couldn't ask for better weather! After spending years in the frozen north, this Alaska girl is happy to be spending time in a warm place for the unforeseeable future!

Jeff has been attending Dixie State, where he is pursuing a pre-dental degree. His favorite class is Interpersonal Communication's...I'm his test dummy for everything haha but it's been a good learning process for both of us as we have started our marriage. It's really made me personally stop and think about things before I say or do them.

I was lucky enough to find a job as a Medical Assistant with Desert Pain Specialists. As usual, I seemed to luck into the job and have been trying to pick everything up every since. There has been so much to learn, but I have been loving every second of it. Because I have found such a wonderful job, at this time Jeff and I have discussed it and decided that I will not be going back to Alaska this next summer to work, it breaks my heart to think of not returning but sometimes you do what you have to do. Jeff will be going back up to work because let's be honest, he can just make a lot more money in Alaska than he could in Utah!

So last weekend we went to a water-park in Las Vegas with Jeff's cousin Emily and her boyfriend Mike. I had never been to one before and it was a BLAST!!! We were able to soak up some awesome sunshine, and the best part was we were able to use a Groupon and got a KILLER DEAL!!!! I love Groupon! Hahaha! There was a huge lazy river with inter-tubes, a wave pool with inter-tubes, and a whole bunch of slides. Some of them you could only go on individually, others you could go on in pairs. We had fun racing with Emily and Michael and then soaking up some sunshine afterwards!

This weekend we went up to Provo, Layton, and Salt Lake for Jeff's mission reunion and then for general conference. I was able to meet Jeff's mission companions and hear their stories, attend conference at the conference center, and then to top it off, we were able to stay with Cherise and her awesome family! I haven't seen Cherise in about a year and a half, and I haven't seen Davis or Abby for two years. It was so wonderful to spend some time with them, and for Jeff to meet them. We were able to catch up on what's happened in our lives since we last saw each other, share some laughs. It was awesome! We'll be heading back up that way in a few weeks again as one of Jeff's mission buddies will be getting married.

It was so cool getting to experiencing attending conference with Jeff, he had never been to the conference center, haha I don't think he realized just how big it really was until we were inside! Afterwards we met up with Kaitlyn (she came from Arizona with some of her friends) and my cousin Zach! Again we were able to catch up with each other and what we have been doing since the wedding a couple of months ago.

It's absolutely CRAZY to think we have been married for a little over two months now. Some days it's surreal because it doesn't seem like it's been that long and other days it's surprising because it feels like it should be a lot longer. Just within the past month we have packed up our lives, driven all the way from Fairbanks, Alaska down to St. George, Utah; I have gotten a job; we've taken a couple of small road trips, and moved into our own little home. It's truly incredible to see how blessed we truly have been. I have loved every second of it and am so grateful to have found the love of my life!

This month is going to be a pretty busy one for us, we have a couple more "road trips" planned so we will keep you posted on here of what is going on in our lives.

Lots of love,

Ashlyn and Jeff