Update

Well Daniel ended up getting the awesome paid internship at Farm Bureau and is loving it! He's still busy with school and McDonalds so we get to see eachother when our schedule decide to cooperate :) He just recently got sick and I just told him it was because he's working too much. He didn't like that explanation at all. He's workin all the time and I love him very much. He provides for us very well and I lucked out in that depatment. He's one hard working man! (Not to mention my favorite <3)

Playing Catch Up....Once Again :)

I'm pretty sure it safe to say that I've failed the last few months, well 5 to be exact, at keeping up with this blog of mine. A ton has happened and I'm sure I'll forget something along the way.

Since my last post I think I've had my 22nd birthday. Daniel was such a sweetheart and bought me a wonderful sewing machine, and I am happy to say has been put to VERY good use since its arrival in our home. That story has to do with some other happenings in the last few months.

For spring break we went to Vegas with Daniel's family and had SO much fun. it was my first time ever being on the strip and oh what an experience that was! All the late nights and lights were very entertaining. We stayed in an amazing condo with the whole family. We went the "The Tournament of the Kings" show in the Excalibur. It was loads of fun! In the Excalibur they had this stand where you could go "pearl fishing." This consisted of choosing an oyster, tapping on the shell three times to "welcome it" to the world (per Hawaiian customs), and opening it to find our treasure. I really wanted to try it so Daniel decided that this adventure could be my early Easter present. We made out like bandits! The first pearl that I got was rather large according to the man running the stand, and also a very pretty pink. We bought a necklace setting to put it in and the guy threw in two more pearls. The next two were smaller but both equally beautiful in color. We did a LOT of walking around to get our sight seeing done. We weren't going to try to attempt driving in all that chaos, so we took the condo shuttle to get to the strip. Daniel, his sister Korrine, and I rode the roller coaster at New York New York that was a thrill all on its own. Eventually we made the journey down to Fremont street to see the crowds and the LED ceiling show. (I have no idea what else to call it, lol) There was also this amazing spray paint artist that was amazingly talented. We went to the Coke and M&M stores. We tried the Coke products from around the world. Some were good and others were completely disgusting!We visited the Hoover Dam and took a train ride with the nephews. The weather was warm and definitely a nice break from the snow storm we left in Laramie that week!

Making it through the rest of the semester seemed to take forever, but it happened all the same. I managed to pull out another 4.0 semester GPA and was very excited by that fact. I also graduated Institute which was an awesome surprise at the end of the school year. I had no idea I was close to finishing it up! We had to make the hard decision of paying rent at two apartments because we got accepted into the Rainbow Vista Apartments. The new apartment would have two rooms, a better environment and pretty much everything nicer than our lovely Harney St Apartment. Not to mention that it's subsidized. We had to take it right then or it wouldn't have been ours. It really wasn't much of a decision, but more of an issue of having to finish out our lease on Harney St while paying for our new place. Paying for two places sucks. Money was a little tight, but we made it and couldn't be happier! Now if we could just get our old landlords to send our security deposit back.....things would be great. We've got our new apartment all decorated and plan on being here until we can get finished up with our college degrees!

This summer seemed pretty long because Daniel and I spent a lot of time apart since he was working and going to school in Laramie, while I was getting all the shifts I could get over in Pinedale and Big Piney. Lots of traveling made for long days. We did get to do a few fun things this summer whenever we could our schedules to mesh nicely. We went fishing quite a bit with Rustie and Rowdy, went down to the Ft. Collins drive in movie a couple of times (we highly recommend it), hung out at the Carnival for Jubilee days, and even made a trip down to Denver Six Flags Elitch Gardens with Kolton, Amanda, and Tylie. The Sorensens ( Clint, Becca, Shawn, Daniel and I) ran the Wasatch Back Ragnar Relay and pushed ourselves to some new limits. Needless to say we were all in pain after everything was said and done, but it was well worth it. Hopefully we can do it again next year. Somewhere in here was some adventures involving Cheyenne Frontier Days. I got to go over and work the Kevin Costner (yes the actor) and Darius Rucker concerts. They both put on pretty great performances. Hopefully I can work more of them next year!

Speaking of races I ran the Oyster Shooter down in Denver with two amazing ladies this last weekend! Angie Taff and Olivia Petersen are studs! They could probably kick my trash any day. Their in great shape. The race took place in about a 5 mile radius of our starting point at the Denver aquarium. It was an Amazing Race type of course. We had to go around and complete different tasks before moving onto the next obstacle. The only downside was how stinking hot it was....93 degrees to be exact! Talk about dehydration by the time we got done even with all the water we downed throughout the ordeal.

Matt, my brother, and his wife Jessie got sealed to their sweet little son Dean Matthew Aug 13th. It was a great day to spend at the Idaho Falls temple surrounded by family and friends. Little Dean is the first grand baby on the McGinnis side of the family and he joined us July 19, 2011. He was 4 lbs and 17.5 inches long. Very exciting!  Now the family is looking at Daniel and I thinking, "OK it's your guys turn now." Silly family :) In all honesty, after holding that precious little one, you can only want one of your own. We'll see what life brings our way.

This is where my sewing machine story comes in. I took up making jean quilts. I started small with a couple baby blankets. One for my Dean and another for our friends Rustie and Rowdy's baby Janaina Sage. They turned out really good and I'll upgrade sometime soon to trying to make something a little bigger. Deans blanket was made out of his Grandpa McGinnis' wranglers and Sage's was made out of her dad's Carhartt jeans. So it added a little sentimental value to each blanket that was made with love :)

School has started and things are running pretty smoothly for both Daniel and I. We'll see what fun this semester brings!! We're both working as Computer lab assistants. Daniel is still working at McDonalds and is waiting to hear about a possible internship and Farm Bureau. I just called as the CTR 5 teacher in primary and this next Sunday will be the first Sunday I teach. It will be a great new adventure and hopefully the kids like me.

The plan is to keep everything up to date much better then I have been. So bring on the semester!

Swimming Sorensen's

It's been a little while since my last post and not a whole lot has gone on, or maybe a lot has gone on and I just can't remember! The semester is progressing well and we've both made it to mid terms in pretty good shape. Daniel has gotten another promotion at work and he still loves his job. The only downside is that we don't  get to see a lot of each other at home.
 We've continued to make it to the temple monthly and are so very very happy for that! It's been a wonderful experience to share.
Daniel and I have both gotten new callings; I, as the primary chorister, and Daniel, as the first counselor in the Sunday School Presidency. That is keeping us pretty busy as well!
I entitled this entry Swimming Sorensens' for a reason, I promise! We were up in Gillette, WY two weekends ago for Boys 3A state swimming. Nic and Chris both swam really well. In fact, Lyman as a whole swam very well. They took 3rd overall in 3A. It was a great weekend that we got to spend with Daniel's family, sadly it is Nic's senior year, so we only get to go watch Chris swim for the next three years. At that point he'll be concluding the Sorensen swimming legacy until the nieces and nephews are old enough to start it up again. We are expecting some really great things out of Chris he placed top 12 in all his events and he's only a freshman!! That's pretty impressive. Needless to say, a few months ago we were in Gillette for Girls 3A State swimming and Daniel's little sister Korrine was a state champ for the third year in a row! She did absolutely amazing and it too is her senior year. We'll miss watching you two swim!
Valentine's Day this year was an odd one because Daniel had to work, so it kind of turned into Valentine's Week because it wasn't until the weekend that we got to go to dinner like we wanted. It was fun and my hubby got me a beautiful heart necklace. Love it!
This last weekend we went to the Brown and Gold Ball sponsered by LDSSA, and had a blast. Dinner was pretty good and we enjoyed a little bit of time on the dance floor. Daniel likes to think he doesn't dance, but i proved him wrong. Sadly we had to cut the night short so that he could get home a finish a take home math test. It was fun while it lasted.
There you have it, in a nutshell.....the Sorensen Adventures :)

Christmas Break and New Semester



Sorensen Christmas Tree











White Christmas at the Sorensen's

Finally found some time to get the blog updated!! Yay for me! Well Christmas was definitely an experience for me. This year we spent Christmas with Daniel's family in Lyman. Let's just start out by saying that his family does things way differently than I ever did on Christmas. They spend ALL DAY opening presents. Everyone opens one gift and plays with it until you've lost interest or you complete it. We had lots of Legos to put together and movies to watch. :) It was a blast! Daniel did extra well with my gifts this year. He got me a keyboard, so now I can practice piano at home. I was very very excited that I was lucky enough to get it.







Before Christmas rolled around we were fortunate enough to go through the temple and get sealed on our anniversary! Forever and Always has never meant so much. I sure am one lucky girl. With the anniversary came us taking the top of our cake out of the freezer and enjoying it all over again. It was SO delicious, even if it was a year later. Daniel's brother Nic had a pieced and commented that he forgot how good our cake was. In all of the chaos we were also able to get some actual wedding pictures taken (a year after the fact). Due to some unfortunate events almost all of our wedding pictures were lost by our fabulous photographer last year. So now we have temple pictures :) We've made a goal of getting down to the Denver Temple once a month and so far so good.  One month down and the rest of the year to go!



We're almost through the second week of the spring semester and it's looking like Daniel and I will both have good ones. Daniel is taking a few math classes and getting some of his financing classes taken care of. As of right now he's on track to graduate next May.



Last week I started training for the RAGNAR relay race down in Utah. Lots of running, swimming and Zumba for me! It's great getting back into shape and being able to enjoy the workouts too. Zumba is the greatest and I would recommend it to anyone who wants a fun entertaining workout that really works you out. You can't beat having fun while working out. If you want to look at what exactly the race is check out the site:  www.ragnarrelay.com/race/wasatchback 



Well this has been a pretty random and unorganized blog, but hopefully you were able to follow. Well, until next time....



That's my goofy husband and I love him so so much!!!

One year together...the start of something wonderful!!!







Thanksgiving and Finals Week

For Thanksgiving we got to go up and visit my family in North Dakota, in a little tiny town called Ross. When I say little tiny I mean it has a post office and a bar. As the big snow storm was rolling through the western United States, a few days before thanksgiving, we decided that we should head out Tuesday night so that we'd make it. We left around 5 or 6pm for our 10 hour journey. We were originally planning to head out Wednesday morning, but just loaded up the car as soon as my sister made it to Laramie. Needless to say we hit bad roads as soon as we left Wyoming a few hours later. Our 10 hour drive turned into a 14 hour drive on some pretty scary roads. We finally made it around 8 or 9am. Thankfully we made it in one piece without incident. Daniel drove the whole way and was amazing!
Thanksgiving was fun. We had the whole family together except one brother and his wife. (Matt and Jessie) We took my mom black Friday shopping, went and saw the movie Tangled (love it!), and of course ate lots of yummy food. We set up the Christmas tree and played games. It was a fun packed break from school.
It's the end of the week before finals and it's been pretty hectic. Whoever coined the term "dead week"....was CRAZY! Unless of course, they called it that because the students become dead from all of the end of semester assignments.
With the semester coming to a close it means that Daniel and I are creeping up on our one year anniversary :) Very exciting! And....what's even more exciting is that we get to be sealed on the 18th!! All our family will be able to be there with us on this important day. In case you're wondering, this is the exciting news that i mentioned in my last blog :)
Daniel and I are doing well and looking forward to the end of the semester. We'll both be working over the break and getting ready for the spring semester.

First Time in a Long Time...

Considering that the last time I was on here was in February....it's been a while. I've decided to reconnect with the blog and maybe figure out some of the features. I'm still pretty lost, but I'm sure I'll get it figured out soon enough. Here's an update on the Sorensen family:

In May Daniel and I both graduated with our associate degrees from WWCC in Rock Springs. It was a great stepping stone in our educations. This summer Daniel was lucky enough to land an internship in Houston, TX at NASA Johnson Space Center! He turned 24 during his first week at the space center. It was a wonderful summer of learning for him. The heat and the city living was definitely a new experience for us. We made lots of friends while we were down there and one is coming to visit us in January. We're excited to see him. Shortly after we left for Texas my family moved to North Dakota for work. It kind of came as a shock when they told us a couple months previous. We had lived in Pinedale, WY for almost 15 years. It was definitely home and where we considered to be our hometown. Luckily my grandparents on my dads side still live there so we have a reason to go visit. Plus I still work as a locum for Sublette County EMS.

Daniel and I both changed our majors when we came to the university. Daniel is getting his bachelors in math with a minor in finance while am going into secondary education. I really want to coach and teach science! We've finally settled into our ward here in Laramie, the Ridgeview ward. I'm the Relief Society Chorister and am loving it!

We've got a busy few weeks ahead of us and are looking forward to both Thanksgiving and Christmas breaks which we get to spend with our families. North Dakota with my family for thanksgiving and Lyman with Daniels family. Speaking of family...my younger brother Matthew got married in April! Brindi is going to college at Western. The youngest, Zak, is adjusting to a new school up in North Dakota.

This is just a glimpse of the crazy life of the Sorensens and there will most definitely be more to come :) Exciting things are happening on our one year anniversary!! ;) Stay tuned...

First Time For Everything!

Well hello all! We have a blog! Decided that this was a great way to keep in touch with people, so here goes nothing. Wish me luck :)