So just in case any of you didn’t know, Josh is quite the awesome photographer. It’s something he’s been into since high school, and he’s won local and state awards for pictures he’s taken. He’s even had a picture bought by the New Era!
Anyway, I was going through old pictures and put together a random collection of pictures Josh has taken, some recent, some older. So just in case you haven’t seen, check out his work! Yeah, he’s awesome. :-)
That’s right, we’re Texas-bound this summer! And why? Because Josh got an awesome internship there! He was looking into several places for a summer internship, but his top pick was Pariveda Solutions, an IT consulting firm based in Dallas, Texas. And thanks to Josh’s impressive resume and his great interview skills (but Josh says mostly thanks to helpful people in the firm and lots of blessings), he was the one intern selected from BYU to go! We’re super excited for the adventure ahead.
So details: the internship is June 21 to August 20, just about 9 weeks. Josh will be training, learning, and even visiting clients for the internship. (For all of who who don’t know what IT consulting is – ahem, like I didn’t before Josh explained it to me – basically it involves helping other companies run their information and technology stuff better.) He’s looking forward to learning a lot and trying out consulting first-hand.
And thanks to more awesome blessings and very nice employers, I’ll be lucky enough to work remotely while we’re in Dallas, hooray! That will be an adventure, too, but I’m excited for it. So all of the pieces are falling into place! Well, most all. Does anyone know of a cheap, already-furnished apartment in Dallas that will let us rent for three months? ;-) So, we’re not sure exactly how housing will happen yet, but we’re working on it.
So we feel very fortunate and very excited. And we’ll be able to visit our family in Texas over the summer! So often, Josh and I just look at our life and say, “How did this awesomeness happen to us?” We really do feel extremely blessed and we’re loving life. Stay tuned for updates about our hopefully successful housing search, and we’ll see you in Texas this summer!
We like making lists, and a fun one that we recently came up with is a list of fads that we’ve seen in our lifetime. There are so many crazy things out there! We thought we’d share, and feel free to contribute others. Enjoy!
So now that we’ve been married over a year, it’s fun because we’re starting to do things together that we’ve already done before. We had our second Christmas together (with Paige’s family this year), we celebrated our second New Year’s (but I don’t think either of us really remember the first because we were both sick and drugged up on Nyquil then), and we had our second Valentines Day.
Last year to celebrate, Josh suggested that we pack a dinner, take out the back seats, and drive somewhere for scenic picnic in the back of the car. This year when we were deciding what to do for Valentines, I said, “I really liked that picnic last year. Why don’t we do it again?” 
Josh was all for it, so we did. And this time we planned a little more ahead and decided to cook a fancy dinner, French cuisine being the theme. It was fun to cook together and way delicious to eat our meal together (the menu consisted of tomates farcies, an omelette aux asperges, brie cheese, a demi baguette, sparkling cider, and—best part—a delicious French pastry called a millefeuille). So, delicious meal? Absolutely. Were we stuffed afterwards? Better believe it. And new Valentines Day tradition? We think so.
Oh, and after dinner, we headed to our stake’s Valentines Dance, which was a blast. They had an antique photo booth, where we had these fun shots taken. Hope you enjoy!
