Farewell Roberts

The day is upon us that our dear friends Jared and Kelsie have moved. They are driving to Michigan as we speak! They have been the best friends anyone could ask for and we will truly miss them. 

We got them a little farewell gift to make them feel at home when they arrived in Michigan.

You guys will love it there!

Last picture in front of the Delawarde Apts. One day we will all live in the same cul-de-sac and name it Delawarde Court.

Dinner at Gurus, so Kelsie could savor those sweet potato fries one more time.

We miss these  two!

Eating dessert outside on a lovely summer evening.

We thought Monday night would be our last time seeing the Roberts before they left. But fate intervened and we had one last hurrah the next night! They were staying with Kelsie's parents near Salt Lake, so we met up at this cute little neighborhood custard shop on Tuesday night.

Caitie works at the children's hospital in Salt Lake City, and we brought Nate with us so we could all say a final farewell to the Roberts. Kind of ironic that we chose to meet up with her at the University of Utah, when we are all BYU students. But it was a convenient location and time was running short before the Roberts had to get back home to their family and to prepare for their early drive the next morning.

Just as we were setting up to take a picture of the six of us, our camera battery went completely dead. We tried to take one on Jared's phone but it just wasn't turning out. We were devastated. We had to get one more picture all together! Then a miracle happened. A family pulled into the same parking lot as us and Kelsie ran over and asked them if they would take a picture for us using one of our phones. The man who came over just happened to have camera that was very similar to ours and it also had the same battery! We swapped our battery out and he let us use his to get our picture. He even took it for us! We were so grateful and gave him many thanks before the family left. We have no idea why they pulled in to that parking lot because they left immediately after taking the picture for us, but I'm pretty sure they were angels, sent to help the camera-less in need. We got our picture after all!

So happy we could all get together once last time and say a proper goodbye!

B.F.F.'s for life! One day we will all live in the same place again and our kids will play together : )

Drive safe Jared and Kelsie! We miss you already and will visit you soon!

Dad Week

Somehow it worked out that my dad had a work conference in Minneapolis the same time I was working in Minnesota this week. So we got together on a couple of nights and made the most of our time together! We hit up a ball game and did some shopping at America's biggest mall.

Walking to the Minnesota Twins Game via Nicollet Mall

The Minneapolis Skyway System. Convenient during those cold Minnesota winters.

Tribute to the Mary Tyler Moore show which was set in Minneapolis.

There were so many cool buildings in the downtown area and all around Nicollet Mall.

We rode some of these bikes down Nicollet Ave after the game. Great way to see the city!

Entrance to Target Field

Beautiful Downtown Minneapolis serves as the backdrop to the ballpark.

The Twin Cities, Minneapolis & St. Paul

It was a really nice stadium! Seats 39,500.

On Saturday Dad took the light rail from Downtown and I hurried back after teaching my Saturday classes to meet in Bloomington at The Mall of America! That place is too big to visit every store in just one night, but we saw as much as we could. We did a lot of walking to be sure. We even rode one of the roller coasters!

I might have bought this if it hadn't been and X-Large

Here's the giant peep store I mentioned in the last post. A whole store just for Peeps!

It was great to spend some time with my Dad in Minnesota. While I was away for work Jeff's dad came and stayed with him and they had a father-son weekend too. They went mini golfing and saw the new Wolverine movie together. Fun memories with dads!

Home From Work, Time to Play

First off, Jeff is the best. I got home from Minneapolis late on Sunday and he was waiting to greet me. I was excited to share the treat I had purchased for him during my first visit to the Mall of America, some miniature peeps from the Peep store (there is a store devoted entirely to the delicious marshmallow Easter treat at the Mall of America)! But more on the M.O.A. later.

I gave Jeff his bag of peeps, but little did I know he had a surprise for me too. He excitedly proceeded to pull out three wrapped boxes and presented them to me. Voila! The camera we planned on getting as a graduation gift! We were waiting for the camera to go on sale before making the big purchase, and this week Jeff came across just the sale, did some research, and surprised me with it! Like I said, he's the best. So we've been taking lots of photos and tinkering around with our new toy.

It's finally starting to hit us that we'll be leaving Provo soon and won't be near the friends we made here anymore. Jared and Kelsie are also moving to Michigan next week, so we and the Stewarts went out to dinner with them at one of our favorite places to eat in Utah - Art City Trolley. Jeff and I first went there on Valentine's Day and we've been back on several occasions since then with friends and family.

February 2013

Valentine's Lunch 2013

Valentine's Lunch 2013

When mom and grandpa & grandma Korver came to visit in March.

My 24th birthday dinner with the gang!

It seemed like the proper place to go for one of our last nights all together. We all hopped in the car and headed to Springville!

It was such a beautiful, cool, summer evening so we ate on the patio this time.

Dinner with buddies.

We're going to miss these kids when we leave this place. But we have lots of great memories to take with us!

Business Trip to Minnesota

For the second half of summer I am teaching in the Minneapolis area! The company flies me out on Thursday morning and I teach ten classes before flying home on Sunday evening.

I took the Frontrunner to the airport. Very convenient!

This first week involved a lot of adjustments (getting familiar with a new area, finding my teaching sites, starting over with a new group of students, and traveling alone was a little exhausting) but overall I am really excited to be working here. I have met so many nice people and have enjoyed being in a new part of the country. It's so green here! Trees and lakes EVERYWHERE. Saturday night after teaching classes all day I grabbed some dinner and decided to enjoy it outside. I found this lovely waterfront where people were paddle boating, fishing, and playing mini golf on this awesome real grass course.

There was even a lawn area for playing crochet.

 

My fancy rental car.

I had fun driving this baby around.

My first teaching site was at the Chanhassen (pronounced Chan-hass-in) Recreation Center. 

I wish I could have snapped photos as I was driving to and from my teaching sites. Everywhere I went was so scenic with green rolling hills and it seemed like there was a new lake around every turn. I'll be coming back to Minneapolis four more times this summer. Hopefully I will be able to do some more site seeing in the upcoming weeks!