Love it...

This WiLL be in my house someday. Saw this on my friends facebook. Stole it. Blogged it. Love it.

Alone again...

But not for long! Kurt has started the forest service again today. Which means i'm left home alone to pack. Pack? Yes. We are moving to Beaver for the summer to save money. I've had mixed feelings about moving there only because Kurt will be on fires all summer and I don't really know anyone in Beaver so i'll be alone a lot. But I've decided that it will be OK. I'm getting a job there, don't know where yet, but I am. Then come fall, back to Cedar I go, and clear up to Logan Kurt goes. Kurt is transferring to Utah State to finish his engineering degree there. USU supposedly has the best engineering program in the state so i'm happy for him. I, on the other hand, will be finishing my degree in Cedar. I'm student teaching at Iron Springs elementary in third and fifth grade classes. I originally wanted to student teach in Logan but I was discouraged to do so by a grumpy professor at SUU. He said USU doesn't like us in their territory. WHATEV. It'll only be for 60 days so I think we can handle it. Which means i'm moving to Logan at the beginning of winter. Don't know how I feel about that. It will definitely take some getting used to. Everyone we've talked to has LOVED living in Logan so that is a comfort. I'm excited to start a new adventure. As for now our summer will consist of, some fires (hopefully), a job for me, Lake Powell, The Little Mermaid at Tuachan (i'm stoked), many visits to Manti, maybe some camping here and there, some hiking, and whatever else we decide to do. I love summer. This is where we were last summer around this time...

This, my friends, is a little place I like to call Hawaii. I wish I was there. Well, that's all for now! Have a good day. I found this picture of us when we were dating. Thought I would share it. This was my first trip to Cedar to see Kurt.

Easter

Easter had a more significant meaning for me this year because Kurt helped me more fully understand our Savior, Jesus Christ's, atoning sacrifice. I know that i'm 22 and your thinking, "wow I understood that in primary", but I've always felt like the atonement was too enormous to fully comprehend. On the drive to Manti Kurt and I had a heartfelt discussion about the atonement and he explained it to me in simple terms so I could understand. I am so grateful for for Kurt, and for my Savior.

Now on to the egg coloring cuz that's pretty much all we did!

We had two easter egg coloring sessions. The first was with a group of our neighbors here in Cedar. We do a game night every now and then. Since everyone is moving away we decided to have a fun night coloring eggs and playing games for the last time.

These are mine. The all pink one is sparkly!

This is Kurt's. It is sparkly also.

Then there was more egg coloring in the Soper household.

And this cute Bug decided to join/help us!

Laney had never colored eggs before. She thought we were going to paint them with actual paint! She loved it even though it doesn't look like it in this picture. :)

Of course Kurt and Austin have to be inappropriate with the eggs. That would be Austin's finger pointing in case you were wondering.

Don't mind Kurt with his eyes closed! Austin thought his egg won, but mine were so much cooler.

Hope everyone had a good Easter!

Fun Fact: On Sunday we went to church with my parents and in sacrament meeting this returned missionary said "um" 327 times. This is no joke. Kurt kept a tally. Is that mean? I'm sure he is a really nice young man who touched a lot a lives but 327? He had a box of "ums" for breakfast for sure!