Fall Semester Wrap-Up

We are almost finished! We both graduate from our undergraduate programs in this upcoming April, and it is hard to believe that we only have one semester left! This was actually my last semester of classes because I student teach next semester instead of being up on campus every day.

Before we left Utah to spend Christmas break in Colorado with the Kraus family, we were able to pack in a few fun activities :)

Dustan decided to participate in Movember (mustache November, which is the BYU version of no shave November since beards aren't allowed) this year, which was unfortunate. To make matters worse, he had a mustache contest. Here was the final result:

Just after Thanksgiving Break, I finally got my wisdom teeth out. I just got the top two taken out since the roots of my bottom wisdom teeth are too close to a nerve in my jaw, which is a bit of a bummer. Luckily, I somehow don't have any pictures of my swollen and bruised cheeks from the surgery.

During our reading days when we were supposed to be preparing for finals, we went up to Salt Lake City with a group of friends to go look at the Christmas lights at Temple Square and go ice skating. It was a blast! It is a tradition for Dustan and his roommates to go each year around the end of fall semester.

We're all related somehow! (Or will be soon!)

And the most exciting news: Taylor and Bryson are engaged!! Taylor is Dustan's sister and Bryson is one of Dustan's best friends. They have been friends for years (and interested in each other for years) and finally started dating this fall. We were able to help out with the proposal. We went up to Rock Canyon on Saturday morning the 12th and set up a fire with a log bench, rose petals, and Bryson's guitar. They were out running in the canyon, and he brought her up there. Bryson sang a song he had written for her, then proposed :) Dustan was controlling our GoPro to video the whole thing from around the cliff corner while I was up on top of the cliff taking pictures. We are so excited for them!!

That same day, we went and did archery tag. There were two teams, and basically we just shot padded arrows at each other. It was fun, and we felt pretty awesome.

After this business, all we had to do was get through finals! I had more finals than Dustan for the first and last time (with six). We are still waiting to hear back on all our final grades for our classes, but we think everything went well.

Our last fun activity for fall semester was Kyle's wedding. Kyle is another one of Dustan's great roommates. We got to go to their sealing in the Payson Temple the morning before we left for Colorado. Dustan had to leave afterward real quick to make it to his last final, then we headed to Kyle and Arianne's reception where we had too much food and chatted with friends.

And now.... CHRISTMAS BREAK!