Easy $20

Matt won $20 for being the first one done with his test in one of his classes! I was afraid it would affect his score but I was glad when he told me he got a 96% then I was mad again when he told me the average was 99% ha ha.  Oh well, an A is an A and I would rather be $20 richer!

Yvonne got really sick a few weeks ago.  She had a really high fever (102-103)  last Monday and was so lethargic! It was really sad. Luckily, the next day we were scheduled to see the doctor anyways for her 9 month appointment.  We went to our appointment and the doctor looked in Yvonne's mouth and diagnosed her with hand foot mouth disease.  We had a few rough days but gratefully Yvonne was back to her normal self pretty quickly.

The best news this month was that Matt was offered the internship he really wanted this summer!  We feel really blessed!  It was a long process.  Matt applied in November and he had three, hour long phone interviews through the month of February before the company made the decision.  The company is called the Studer Group and it is in Pensicola, Florida but he can work remotely so he will be working from home.  He will do some travelling during it but I am so glad to be staying in Birmingham this summer!

We are trying to go on picnics because we love being outside! We wanted to try new parks but after going to two and failing we might just stick with the parks that we know...what kind of park closes at 5 pm?! The weather has been so nice and it is getting so green here.

 This huge spider is disgusting and I didn't know how scared of spiders Matt was until this guy showed up in our bedroom...

Matt has had the last 2 weeks off of school!  I am wondering if he will even remember where his classes are.  During this long break we have both worked.  I have picked up a few more substitute teaching jobs.  When I teach the kids always know that I'm "not from around here".  hmmm. My accent gives it away?  

We did plan to go to Atlanta for a couple of days and the next few paragraphs would have consisted of a fun report of all that we saw there...but then our car broke down.  We decided to stay home and use our money to fix our car.  It has still been a nice spring break and we have been hanging out a lot with another family in our ward.  Well more like I have been hanging out with the gal and going shopping/pedicures while Matt has been hanging out with the guy and watching March Madness.  Remember that one time I went to someone's house to watch a football game?? Well I am sure glad I did because this family has been like family to us! 

Yvonne loves being outside and being tall like her dad!

We went to the ward Easter egg hunt and Yvonne was not impressed!  I thought she would really have a good time because she loves being around other kids and picking things up off of the ground. I was wrong!  I couldn't get a smile out of her all day!  She must have woke up on the wrong side of the bed.  She was in a lot better mood on Sunday and Matt said that she must just like the true meaning of Easter better than the commercial side of it!  

Happy Easter! We are so grateful for our Savior Jesus Christ and we know he lives!

February Update

We have been especially busy the last couple weeks.  He has had some internship interviews, school stuff and church activities.  I have been busy with Yvonne, socializing and hobbies (my life sounds more fun, right?!).

For school Matt was part of  the annual case competition that UAB holds for the healthcare administration students across the nation.  About 40 schools send their best nerds to compete.  Matt was in charge of filming one round of presentations-it was about 5 hours worth of filming! He said he learned a lot and the presentations were really great.  He also really liked telling me about the drama that went down in the competition; including  the host announcing the wrong winner!!  Ha!  There is no drama like nerd drama.  GleeVen GLiven!

Matt went with the youth in the stake to the Big Oak Ranch for service.  It is a ranch for disadvantaged (homeless/orphaned/neglected/abused) kids.  The kids are put into families with a mom and dad that are married that live at the ranch.  I think it is really neat and definitely inspired by God that this is how the ranch is designed.  I know the best way for children to grow up are with a mother and father.  While there Matt cleared timber from a field for half the Saturday.  Everyone said it was a lot of hard work but the Ranch was so grateful for the service!  I think the youth from our ward had a great experience.

I have had a couple of sub teaching jobs which have been good.  The rest of the time I spend with Yvonne which is really good! She is so fun and trouble now that she can crawl!  Her favorite thing to do is get to the edge of the carpet and just pick at it until she gets some in her mouth.  She eats carpet! And basically anything else she can get her hands on.  She loves going on outings and being with other kids.  She doesn't really know how to play with them yet but she really just likes being one of them.  She is not into pureed baby food anymore (even though she doesn't have any teeth) so we feed her cut up pieces of squash, banana, chicken, sweet potato, and avocado.  I'm still doing Hot Yoga and I meet up with the ladies in the ward to watch The Bachelor weekly.

And best part of last week was that Matt and I went to the temple together!! Yay!