Home Again

We made it back from Boise on Monday safe and sound and found all well at our house, though our plants (and weeds) made us feel like we'd been gone for a month instead of a week. We had a great time with our families but are glad to be home.

My J. M. W. Turner print that Tracy gave me for my birthday was here when we got home, thankfully undamaged by the automatic sprinklers. We bought a frame for it yesterday, and it looks great. I'd post a picture, but I'm too lazy to go take one.

In Boise

Just hanging out with family in Boise. Tonight we're headed to see two of the nieces play softball.

Birthday Adventures

I had a great birthday all and all, lots of thoughtful cards and gifts and my Mom and John showed up on Saturday to take Tracy and I out to dinner.

On Sunday we took the truck up the canyon for a picnic. We found a great spot, but Tracy decided he wanted to turn the truck around and when he turned the key the truck wouldn't start. My kind husband insisted that we have a good time first and then worry about the truck. We ended up catching a ride home with some nice strangers and having the truck towed home today.

Anyway, here's some pics from our picnic spot in Little Cottonwood Canyon.

I Passed!!!

I took my oral exams this morning, my commitee was actually quite nice and things went pretty well, and I am officially a PhD candidate now! Yipeee!

View from the Hammock

Tracy created this flowerbed last summer and planted some tulips, it's right next to our hammock so on nice days its down right idyllic. (Yes those are my toes)

Oh, and those bright yellow flowers are part of our current wildflower meadow design ... uh huh, right.

Exams and other news

I received an e-mail from my advisor today that explained the whole grading process of my cumulative exams. Apparently, I don't get to find out about my writtens before the orals. I go in, do my oral exam and then I have to go out in the hall and wait while they decide whether or not I've passed. It was a nice e-mail that made me smile though, so hopefully that's a good sign.

In other news, I found out last week that I received a $450 scholarship to attend the Conference of Inter-Mountain Archivists next week (May 15th). They take out the conference registration and then give me a check for "expenses" so I'll actually get some take home money out of the deal. It makes me happy, not only do I get to attend the conference with the cool people I work with at the county archives, but I also get some cash, and a snazzy line for the resume/cv. Yay!