Happy Father's Day!

I want to give a shout-out to my Dad and Father-in-law, for a late Father's Day post.

My Dad has always been there for me,
always cared for me,
always taught me,
and always loved me.

I love you more than words can express Dad! Happy be-lated Father's Day.

Also, my new Dad, my Father-in-law Thomas (the first). He has been such an amazing Father-in-law and has been so supportive and sweet to me ever since I first met him. In fact, before Tom (Jr.) and I were even engaged, Tom sent a picture of me to his parents and his Dad said 'he's going to marry her.'

Thank you both for all the love and support you've given, and continue to give, Tom and I. We love you both very much!

Last Semester

Right now, Thomas and I are in our very last semesters of school. We will both graduate July 22, 2011! I, for one, cannot wait! However, we're not quite sure what we're doing after said graduation...decision time. Anybody know of any good jobs?

Anyway, Tom has been making fun of me because I haven't blogged in a long, long time. Oddly, any time I do actually blog, he gets all sad that I'm not paying attention to him or cuddling him. Make up your mind, boy. Haha. So, here it is- a shiny, fresh new blog post.

Let's start with the bad news.

Our little dog Titan passed away Tuesday, May 31st. He lived at my parent's house, even though he is technically mine and Tom's dog. He was out jogging with my Dad and tried to sprint (disobediently) across the street towards another jogger when he was hit by a car. My parents took him to an emergency vet where they discovered he had really bad internal injuries. They had to put him to sleep. Fortunately, my Mom and Ashley were there to hold him while they did it. It's been a sad week, but I know he was very happy when he was alive. I will miss my cute, sweet, fuzzy little dog Titan.

On now to a happier subject. Tom and I are doing well and we are both so excited to graduate! Tom is busier than ever; he is taking a full course load, working 20+ hours a week, and playing on a basketball team. I, on the other hand, am just in school with a full course load. I am taking almost all cluster (two mini-minors instead of one minor) classes. The only class I'm taking this semester that is even in my major isn't required for my graduation at all. It's a photography/photoshop class called digital imaging. This class is by far my favorite class this semester, purely because it's something I'm interested in and have never really done before. I'm learning a lot about photography and editing images in photoshop. We also went on a field trip to Bannack, Montana, which is an old ghost town. The trip was fun, and I got some good pictures. Here are some pictures from my class; there pictures from my trip, around Rexburg and portraits of my sweet sister Ashley and my beautiful Mother. Enjoy!

Valentine's, My Birthday and Graduation

Apparently, I couldn't finish my Valentine's Day posts, but I'll post about our day anyway. Thomas and I went out to eat at a great restaurant here in Miami and then just spent the day together relaxing because we got the day off work.

My birthday was a lot of fun, too. I got a million Facebook messages from people and was able to talk to my parents, sister and grandma. My birthday was on Sunday, but we still went to one of my favorite restaurants in Miami and I got a delicious dessert and they sang "Happy Birthday" to me. That night, we went to our friend Seth and Jessica's house where they had thrown me a surprise get-together with some of our friends. It was so much fun and I'm really glad that Tom and everybody put it together for me.

Unfortunately, we didn't take any pictures of any of this, so you'll just have to enjoy my whimsical writing...not.

Now, Thomas and I are finishing up work at our internship. Working at WLRN in Miami has been so much fun. We've been able to work with some of the best people and really gain some experience working in their Communications department.

I've got some great news! I signed up for my very last semester at BYU-Idaho and I will graduate in July! Congratulations...to ME!

Day 10

I love:

-Pausing

-Relaxing

-Taking time to refocus and recenter myself

-Admiring something truly beautiful

-Spending time soaking up the day, and the people I love

-Waking up and feeling refreshed and ready

-Enjoying life, one day at a time

Day 9: Girl Power

I love girl nights, shopping, dressing up, chick flicks and chatting. I love being a girl.

A friend in my ward organized these girls' night outs and I am so glad that I have been included. I've only gone to two so far, but I have had so much fun at them. She organized them with most of the newly married women in the ward; only a few have children so we're all right around the same age.

When I moved away for college, I forgot how to meet and become friends with girls. At school, I made good friends with my neighbor Sarah and the next semester we were roommates. Of course, her best friend NaTaya also became my roommate and we three had a blast. After Sarah left us to get married, Taya and I stayed roommates and it was so easy not to meet any other girls for real. At school when I was single, I would meet boys to date and be friends with, and then I had my roommate girlfriends.

Upon getting married, however, I realized that no longer living with girls also meant I no longer had a plethora of girlfriends who I saw all the time. I still have girlfriends on campus, and we hangout with some couple friends, but it's just a different dynamic now.

That's why girl nights are great. I have been able to hangout with girls my own age who live in the same city and who are doing something similar to what I am doing right now. I already have a couple girlfriends here in Miami who I know through Tom's best guy friends, but now we've been able to hangout without the boys. Being a girl is awesome; getting together with girls is even better.

Days 5-8

I'm as lazy as it gets now. I can't do all 14 days, so I've decided to do a lump day.

I love my family.

I'll divide this into three days with three categories: my in-laws, my family, my husband and our future family.

I love my in-laws, my Chambers side. I love my mother-in-law Juanita because she's a sassy lady who loves fashion even more than me. I love that she's stron

g and independent and raised a wonderful son. I love my father-in-law Thomas, Sr. because he's so kind and athletic and can talk to anyone for days.

I love my family; my parents, siblings, sister-in-law and nephew.

My Mom is the best mom in the world. She's the funniest woman ever and has taught me so much, mostly by example. She's cooler than me by far and is always the life of the party. She has such a strong spirit and has helped me out of many tough situations.

My Dad is one part serious, one part hilarious. He has taught me about hard work and has always expected me to try my best. We share a love of cheesy jokes and athletics. He is the coolest Dad because he does it all; he golfs, skis, runs marathons, snowboards, surfs, and even occasionally rides a skateboard.

My older brother Tyler is way cool. When we were young, I showed him up a couple times with my braveness and toughery, but he has showed me up ever since then. I don't know anyone else who would break their knee, not tell their mom, not see a doctor and continue to skateboard on it. He's now an incredible father and has always been a great example to me, except when he teased and harassed me.

My sissy Ashley is hands-down my very best friend ever. We've always done everything together. I have always loved playing with her, talking to her until obscene hours of the night and sharing everything about my life with her. I love her voice, her personality and the fact that she has always looked up to me as I have looked up to her.

My little brother Dallin (also known as Dooks) is an incredible little man. He has the best sense of humor ever. I don't know where he got it; maybe he picked up on all those times we told him repeating his jokes wasn't funny (he was a toddler when he did that) and he became a comedian from our tips. Whatever it was, he's hilarious now.

My sister-in-law Ashli-Jane is so much fun. She's a great workout partner and has a knack at nailing down exactly what other people are like. She is the most diva-like in my family, but that just means she has great style and has blond hair. She has a fantastic personality and is probably the best card player I've ever met.

My nephew Krew is the cutest person I've ever seen. He was premature when he was born and we were all really nervous about his health for a while. Fortunately, he is now a healthy toddler. He is the star of our family because he entertains us whenever he is around.

My own little family currently consists of my sweet husband Thomas and myself. He is the most wonderful man I have ever met. We have almost been married a year now. When we started dating, it was obvious to me that I wanted to marry him. Best. Decision. Ever. His personality complements mine so well. We literally spend all day together. We have the same major at school, currently work together at the same internship, and even have the same calling at church. We spend so much time together and I still never get sick of him.

Simply, I love him. And I'm forever grateful he chose me.

Day 4

Okay, I'm really bad at this every day thing. Forgive me while I catch up to day 8...

I love music. Good music soothes my soul, helps me find strength and pumps me up.

There is nothing quite like running with my iPod in my ears, feeling continually more pumped as I go.

There's nothing like falling asleep to my favorite chill playlist.

And there's hands down nothing like singing along to all my favorite songs on our long road-trips (Miami to Idaho sound long enough?).