Goodbye Utah: Lavender fields 5K

Ever since I went to southern France, the lavender capital of the world, and found out there was a lavender field in Utah, I've wanted to go see it. After four years here, I hadn't been yet; thus, it was on our list of things to do before we leave Utah.

We also decided we needed something to get us back in our running routine, so we signed up for the 5K Run through the Lavender Fields in Mona, Utah--a great way to get us down to the Young Living Farms. We ran our race this morning.
The scenery was spectacular!
There were about 900 participants! Burke placed 114th, and I placed 221st; we did well. It was very crowded.
Burke did a great job pushing McKay in our jogger, and I . . . Got myself to the finish line.
We also saw our friends, Sarah (pink) and Scott, there.
We wish we could be here next year to do it again. It was a beautiful race.

Home Sweet Home

This is what we get to call home starting in August. We recently purchased a townhouse in Ohio, and we are really excited to finally know where we are going to live.
It has two bedrooms, two bathrooms, and an unfinished basement where we'll put a third bedroom for all our visitors!

Goodbye Utah: Orem Owlz game

Yesterday we crossed off another "goodbye Utah" activity from our list and went to the Orem Owlz minor league baseball game. It was a smashing win 10-1 against the Billings Mustangs.
McKay got to take a picture with Hootz the Owl, and we enjoyed $1 tickets and $1 hot dogs from Napa Auto store. We love good deals. It was a fun night.

McKay's 3-month pictures

McKay is four months old today, so this picture is a little late, but we picked it up just before we left for vacation (hence the lack of recent blogging). We have decided to indoctrinate McKay early on. (coming soon: just wait until you see his bedroom that I've been working on. . . .)

Goodbye Utah, Part I

We only have two months left in Utah before we leave for Columbus, OH. I've been thinking about all the fun things I want to do before that time comes. I have compiled a list that I put on the whiteboard in the kitchen. It is titled "dates." Unfortunately, every time we get one thing done, I think of something else and add it to the list. Last night, I got to cross one of the things off.

We went to the Carillon Bell Tower concert at BYU.
We enjoyed a kfc picnic and listened to the beautiful music. It was one of my goals to learn to play the carillon bells at byu, but I never got to it. sad. . . .sidenote: McKay's new favorite toy entertains him for a full hour at a time. love it.
It was at this concert two years ago that we met one of Burke's mtc teachers. He was going into optometry. At that time, we were pre-med. We talked to JJ about it, and came home and started thinking seriously about optometry instead.

One year later, Burke had most of the prerequisites done, took the OAT, and applied for optometry schools.

This year, Burke and I are spending our last months in Provo before he attends optometry school. We are excited. It is crazy how quickly life passes sometimes. From one evening at a little carillon bell tower concert two years ago, we changed the direction of the rest of our lives, and we are so happy we did.

I'm going to miss a lot of things here. Utah has been a fun place to live with a lot of fun things to do. We are trying to make the best of the time we have left. Oh, and Burke is officially finished with school for the next three months. That is the longest break he's had since his first day of college. Wow! We finally get to spend our first real summer together with no classes and no homework. only work and play. bring it on!!!

We are Ohio State Buckeyes!

This morning we bought our season football tickets for OSU. I think that makes it official that we are Buckeyes. We are already looking forward to this fall. It is going to be a blast, and probably nothing like anything we've ever seen or experienced before. Go Bucks!

Ohio trip and McKay's toes

Last week we flew to Ohio to look for housing. Although we did not find a house like we hoped, we learned a lot about house-buying and about the areas we want to live in. We already love Columbus and are excited to spend the next four years at The Ohio State University! Go Bucks!

Here is McKay at the airport.
McKay is hanging out with Burke while waiting for his first plane ride. He did great for the first 5 1/2 hours of flying. The final half hour was a little rough for him, but all in all, he did great!
We also had a great time hanging out at our friends' house. Thanks Hannah and Daniel for everything.
Today McKay found his toes. He had a great time entertaining himself by lifting up his feet, looking at his toes, sometimes trying to grab them, and putting his feet back down, only to do it all over again. It was so cute to watch him.

We babysat for our friends this weekend, and as you can tell, McKay and Adelaide became fast friends. They are only four weeks apart.