Welcome!

Rem and I thought that it would be a good idea to keep a blog to keep in touch with all of our family spread across the US, and to share the adventures of our little family of two. We apologize in advance if we bore you to unconciousness...we know we can be quite dull at times.

Well, today is our two-month anniversary! YAY! We have had a few little stumbling blocks, but for about 99% of the time, our marriage is running smoothly. We have settled into our little apartment and although it is small, it is home. Things will begin to fell pretty claustrophobic once school starts though. We have never been together during the school year until now, so we will both get to see each other's bad habits in regards to school firsthand. That will be fun...

Rem has been working at Heritage Halls at BYU for this summer, but he has a cool job lined up for the school year at the Testing Center on UVU's campus. He is excited about not cleaning up after EFY kids, and having a job where he won't come up a sweaty mess everyday (So am I!). This week I had a couple of interviews, and today I was offered a job as the assistant to the Director of American Heritage. It's going to be really intense, and may even be more work than what I did when I worked as an assistant at the Little Caesars headquarters, but I am way excited for this oppurtunity, and am also glad not to be a custodian for the third school year in a row! It will be a great experience and help me gain insight into my future in the educational realm.

Rem's financial aid went through and we were very pleasantly surprised by how generous it all was! Who knew you could get a $4000 dollar Pell Grant? We didn't! This means that Rem will be able to go to school full-time and not be punished (as much) for not being a resident yet. We tried to get him Utah residency, but I had to be a resident for two years in order for the fact he married a Utah resident to count. Oh well. Now we know, and he will be a resident in their eyes by next July! My financial aid is taking alot longer, and although it is quite frustrating, we know that it will all work out in the end.

So that is the basic gist of what has been going on in our lives for the past couple months. We want to thank everyone in our family for all of their love and support! We miss you all dearly!

With Love,
Amelia and Rem