Fra-gee-lay...it must be Italian!

Thursday night Nate and I attended a Social Work Dinner where I received my "major award".  Not really, but I sure was excited about it! I was awarded the College of Social Work BSW Faculty Award for promise in Social Work based on interest and dedicated service in my field practicum (internship) and scholastic ability and acheivement. (I copied that right off the award letter!)  I was nervous when I got the letter in the mail because when you are this close to graduation and you receive an official looking letter from the school my first thought was that they changed some requirement and I would need to take Math 1050 or Stats again!  But to my surprise the letter brought good tidings and I feel very honored to receive this award.  We got to attend the tasty dinner, hear some great speakers, I got a cool plaque, and we even got to take home one of the lovely fresh flower centerpieces. 

Two of my professors-

   Irene Ota and Ruth Gerritsen-McKane

Flashback Friday

Jess & Nate

17 years old

Graduation Announcements

we finished creating out graduation announcements this weekend-
hurray! it almost feels official!

front:


back:


...

other pics from the almost-grads photo shoot:

a close 2nd for the front pic

sweet nothings?




it's harder than it looks


i call this the rock toilet shot




feeeeeeeet


it sure was bright out


trax




oh happy day!

thanks again Tahnie!

Utah Real Estate with The Marshall

Our boss Aaron has a radio show every Saturday morning and since he was going out of town last Saturday he asked Nate to fill in for him. Nate and co-host Jackie Mckay invited a guest from the Utah Apartment Association and I think the three of them did a great job! It was fun to be in the studio and see how it all works. Nate even got two of our favorite local restaurants, Thai Siam and RICE, to donate gift cards that they gave to random callers.

Flashback Friday

Ear Candling...
it was weird, and felt good, and what came out was gross.

California
Summer 2005

Moochies

we finally got a chance stop by moochies,
and it was delicious.
it's been almost 4 years since we lived in philly,
but i think they rank up there with jim's and geno's.


philly cheesesteak
&
philly cheesefake


...

2006
after a late night stop at jims on south street:

Graduation Announcements Pics

PS: Yesterday morning Tahnie took our graduation invitation pictures and I am so excited to see how they turned out! We took some shots up at the University of Utah and then some downtown. Tahnie was so fun to work with and she had some creative ideas. You can check out her photography blog here.

Easter Celebrations

On Easter Sunday we spent the day watching our church's General Conference with Nate's parents and his brother Brady and family. It was nice to relax and spend time playing with my nieces and nephew. Yesterday we had the traditional Tew Easter egg hunt in the backyard with the rest of the Tew Clan. Nate's mom Georgia always has fun toys and trinkets to fill the plastic eggs with. (since the kids usually get tons of sugar on Easter she doesn't fill the eggs with much candy which I think is great!) We also celebrated some birthdays...Nate's sister Kristy and his dad Rick share the same birthday (April 14th) so we had an awesome dinner complete with cake and ice cream for dessert. We also started a new tradition and going around the room to have everyone share a memory they have of the birthday person. It was so fun to hear all the stories!

Brenna, Morgan, & JJ Decorating Eggs



The kitchen truly is the heart of the home! I had to snap this picture because I realized everyone who had arrived at the house so far was in kitchen.



The kids always wait at the top of the stairs while Georgia gives instructions.


Georgia & Rick
(Rick just loved the plastic cat I put in his egg)



Kenny pulling out his "carrot" from the garden. Georgia got these cute plastic carrot bats with a ball and Rick had the clever idea of sticking them in the garden dirt for the kids to find.

After the kids hunt we had an adult one...each person hid an egg for their spouse and then Rick and Georgia hid an a money egg for each couple to find.



I decided to get creative and hide Nate's egg somewhere special! (wink wink)



The Tews


and of course we can't forget Teddy Tew


Our youngest niece Natalie is the cutest little munchkin! I just love her two top teeth...she was totally enjoying grandma's mashed potatoes.

Happy Birthday Rick and Kristy!

happy easter!

Flashback Friday

GO SSHS!
JV Cheer Squad
1998