Student Once Again

That's right, I went back to school! Well, actually I went back to institute. Ryan is in school M-Th until 8pm and I just hang out at home so I decided to take an institute class. Last night was my first night. I forgot how funny and kind of weird institute teachers are....I am amazed that once upon a time I thought I could be one. They are so animated and in a way entertainers. My teachers was actually quite entertaining! I really liked the class but I have been away from the school scene for awhile and I felt a little out of place with all the bunches of young girls gathered together that talked and giggled the entire time. Oh, and the best part was the last 30 minutes where we only talked about how to get married! It made me wonder if I was actually ready to be in that environment again! But, I am stickin to it.
I love the Book of Mormon and it is the perfect setting to get someone else's perspective on it and learn great insight that I have never thought of before! And since I am in the nursery the second hour of church and the YW the third I feel deprived of being taught from the scriptures.
This student thing may stick for awhile. I am going to try to take a photography class in the summer. Ryan is taking it right now and it is really cool. Then in the fall we want to take the next step up photography class together. We'll see! I am happy with institute for now.... I kind of like my free nights!

Winter Hike

Today we went on a winter hike...it was really fun, and hard! But it gave me a chance to try out my new hiking boots.

Super cool waterproofed hiking boots: check! My feet stayed warm and dry. yippy!

Like every other hike we go on Chase was a crazy freak! Running around like he has never been outside before and will not get another chance in the near future! Although, the snow was a nice touch because we didn't have to carry water for him...he just ate snow! :)

Ryan looking out...we got pretty high!

Although we hiked mostly though snow we did go through a patch of mud. It added about 4 lbs to each of my feet. All that mud was caked to my boot! And it made me so sad...I love my shoes and I like to keep them nice and mud makes them dirty, I don't care if they are boots--they are dirty!

We were on the top of the mountain as the sun was setting! What we could see was really pretty.

So when the weather lady said that Utah County was on "Red Alert" due to the air quality I didn't really know what she meant until we started going up hill and it felt like I was having mini heart attacks because I could not get a normal breath of air....whats what "Red Alert" means...and looks like.

There we so many deer around...they just stared at us. We even saw a buck...It is a successful hike when you see a buck! :)

Hi, my name is Nici.

This is my husband, Ryan.

We are the newest members of Weight Watchers...

AGAIN!