Nieces!

I just have to put in a little note about our new nieces this year. Ava Morgan Parry and Josslyn Rae Parry they are just so dang adorable and here are pictures of them :)

ROTC

I've been trying to be better with keeping our blog updated but we are super super super super busy lately which makes it a bit difficult.

Bottom line comes down to Ben and I have been looking into joining the Nursing ROTC program. In order to contract and be a part of the program along with the scholarship you have to pass a physical fitness test and have a certain gpa. I also wanted to get my Associates degree out of the way. We decided to just sign up for the ROTC class and PT (physical training) classes through SLCC that are held with the Univ. of Utah and Westminster (they are combined). We LOVE it and are both planning on contracting in Dec/Jan. When we do contract it will be through the U of U but we will be going to Westminster, full tuition scholarship, housing allowance, and a monthy allowance to live off of as well. AMAZING right! We will both be graduating at the same time with our B.S.N. (Bachelor of Science in Nursing) and they we have to serve in the Army for 4 years after our graduation. Of course there is much more detail into all of this but I'll have 4 years to get that all posted on here so this is good for now.

The ROTC program is amazing so far and we have pretty much seen everything. The PT is held at 6am mon,wed, and fri up at the U of U and it is intense! I thought we were in pretty good shape...WAKE UP CALL! Holy guacamole! We love it though! It is a kick in the butt most days. For one hour it is usually a pretty intense workout: running, push ups, sit ups, pull ups, tire flips, squats, cattle bells, sprinting...Its insane. If you still aren't getting the picture I lost 6 pounds in about 2 weeks eating normal as a I usually do the only thing that changed was I started doing PT!

We also have a military science class up at the U which is mostly about leadership and the basic structure of the military. After class we have a lab where we learn all sort of different things and have hands on experience like land navigation, grenades as well as other stuff.

Its really neat and is definitely a great experience.

Work

For those who don't know I know work at 1800contacts and absolutely LOVE IT! More of that to come later!

People Are Awesome!

Two stories:
#1: In Ben and I's Geography class we have a wide range of different personalities. There is this girl and she apparently works at the Salt Lake Tribune in a very high up position or so she says. The other day in class the teacher is explaining how a globe or map is put into a grid system with the degrees, minutes and seconds. He goes on to show us a calculation if we were going 69 miles an hour and were to drive in a straight line around the world how long that would take us. It was just a fun theoretical thing he was throwing at us. Well Ms. Salt Lake Tribune blurts out "Thats not possible. You can't drive in straight line and there's water." Ben looks at me and I am like oh my gosh. It took everything I had not to say "are you serious? man, you should be the teacher!" I know that is probably really rude so all I said was " He was saying theoretically" and she gave me one of the nastiest looks ever it was Awesome!
#2: Today at my work we had a whole bunch of lovely prank callers. I don't know if it was just because of the holiday weekend or what but they were on the prowl. I was lucky enough to get one who's name was apparently Ilene Dover. Genius. Thats not the best part of this story though. I emailed my friend about this prank caller. Now my friend she is a very sweet girl but sometimes I worry about her and her thought process if you catch my drift. So, like I said I email her about my prank caller and about an hour later she emails me back and says... Hey, I got a prank caller too. Their name was Amanda Waffle, so I just hung up... I email her back saying I don't understand and her response is...Me neither so I just hung up.
HAHAHAHAHAHA! AWESOMENESS right there!

Turkey Tri...Who's with me?

I've decided to do my first triathlon. Its just a mini one. Ben is not sure if he wants to commit to it yet but I'm sure he will :) It's on Nov. 6 and it's ...

Race Distances: Splash (Run-5K- Bike 10miles- Swim- 350 meters)

Start Time: 8:30 AM

Start Location: The pavilion just South of the Orem Fitness Center

Phone: 801-678-4032

E-mail: shaun@t3triathlon.com

Register: www.active.com

So we'll see you all there!

Oh and Ben is going to buy me one of thesePrice: $45.00

To put in the back of my car after I finish!

We love dutch oven cookin!

My dad (Lindsey's side) being the amazing cook he is made us an amazing dutch oven meal the other Sunday. Of course me being awesome I did not get any pictures of the food just of me and Ben and our outfits!

The menu was as follows:

BBQ smothered chicken

Hush-puppies (love 'em)

Turkey Sausage and Cabbage

Pineapple Upside Down Cake for dessert

Penny Producing Pool

I know I know I know I need to get updates on here of everything going on but this story I have for you all is hillarious!!!! Oh wow!So the funniest thing happened today at the pool at our apartments. Ben and I love to dive for pennies down at the pool. We take a whole bunch of them and throw them all over and then see who can get the most pennies. So anyways, we are just chilling by the side of the pool talking and Ben is nonchalantly throwing the pennies in the pool. Keep in mind today we probably brought down around 50-70 pennies... gotta love it. Anyways, we see the maintenance guy coming so Ben stops throwing pennies. (he didn't see us throwing the pennies in the pool). He comes over to fix a filter or something and looks down at the pool, then he looks all over and we hear him mutter to himself "thats a shi*load of pennies down there". So then he yells to his co-worker "Bob, we're gunna need the vacuum there's a whole bunch of pennies in this pool and it's going to stain the bottom of the pool." HAHAHAHAHAHA... so Ben yells we can just grab them for you. So we do. And the maintenance guys are so grateful and are so helpful to point out where the pennies are for us to grab. Then , hold on tight this is the best part, after we have collected all of them the guy says "you guys can keep them if you want".... Ah thanks!!!

Freaking Hillarious! Ben and I were laughing so dang hard! Oh wow...good times! So we named our apartment pool the PENNY PRODUCING POOL.