"yOu'rE mY beSt fRieNd"

Grandma Belt 

My grandma is probably going to die today. Its so sad to see her the way she is right now. I wish I were closer. It is fitting because it's Easter. Christ overcame death and because of that we can too. I know she will be greeted by my sweet grandpa and the rest of her family and friends!! I'm grateful for her example and goodness and faith! Grandma was proper. Grandma was elegant. Grandma was strong and educated (she got her masters at a time when women didn't really get their masters). Grandma was unassuming. She was this tiny little women, who wore pink most of the time, and had the sweetest softest voice, but she was a powerhouse of faith and strength and wisdom. Grandma was good. I love her. 

Grandma I will miss your smile and hugs and spirit. When you see grandpa will you tell him I say hi. Tell him I made it through school at BYU, I got married to the greatest boy ever and we have two beautiful boys. Oh and tell him I eat all of my green vegetables now. God be with you BOTH til we meet again, I can not wait to see you together!!!

Ty:

Two upper teeth have popped in. He loves balls and he just has a natural sense of what to do with them. But seriously he can pass the ball and tries his hardest to shoot it. He sleeps from 7-7 and then has a nap around 10ish and 3ish. They vary from an hour to two. He love blueberries with all of his heart. He has slowly started to wean himself. I think it will still be a few months. He is crazy pleasant and incredibly coordinated for his age. He crawls up and down stairs all by himself. His hair. His hair. I love it, but seriously, there is nothing I can do with it. It just sticks straight pie from every angle. He is loved loved loved in this house. I can't even imagine our life without him. 

Jax:

In sacrament meeting he leaned over to me and said "Mom I just thought of something, if I'm better, I have the spirit more." I asked him where he learned that and he said, "I was just sitting here and I just thought it." We let him know that that was the spirit teaching him. I'm grateful I'm not the only teacher. Because seriously I fail a lot. He has been practicing his coloring and getting more comfortable. He is loving playing basketball lately.

Landon:

He is amazing! He served so much this week from inviting a friend over to dinner, to working overtime with the missionaries, to going and visiting the sick, giving a blessing, to watching the boys while I visited a friend on her birthday and went visiting teaching, to going grocery shopping for me (<-- I KNOW!!), to cleaning and being happy and so much more! And he was sick for two days. 

Becca:

I had a hard week. Actually. I had a bad week. And I won't go into why but Landon saved me. Saturday morning we were cleaning and this song by Tim McGraw came on and I started to cry. You're my best friend babe, I love you!! 

You stand by me
And you believe in me
Like nobody ever has
When my world goes crazy
You're right there to save me
You make me see how much I have
And I still tremble
When we touch
And oh the look in your eyes
When we make love

You're more than a lover
There could never be another
To make me feel the way you do
Oh we just get closer
I fall in love all over
Everytime I look at you
And I don't know where I'd be
Without you here with me
Life with you makes perfect sense
You're my best friend

I won the winner takes all at game night, just saying ;). 

Matched!!!

We Matched!!!! 

Providence Sacred Heart Hospital for transitional year and then University of Utah for three years of Anesthesiology. 

I'm so proud of Landon. These were both his top picks, and favorite programs. We actually heard from both programs mid-February, letting us know that Landon was really high on their rank list. They couldn't tell us what number we were, but they were basically telling us we would match with them if we put them #1. But honestly, that didn't sway our opinion one bit.

We have felt for some time now that we are suppose to head to Utah next. I particularly have had some really strong impressions about this for about 8 months. (The Lord was trying to prepare me, I know it!) Its not a secret that I have reservations about Utah, so this has been challenging for me to accept. But in the end, we felt confident that our rank list reflected our impressions about where we were suppose to be. It was an amazing process watching some programs start off near the bottom (Arizona) and end up #2 and some programs start off near the top (Michigan) and end up #9. We felt very guided and very directed in our list making and so when we opened the letter, I felt so much peace that we had done all we could do and we were going where the Lord needed us to be. 

FRIDAY!!!! 

Friday was a crazy day. Even though we had heard from the programs, there is nothing that I can say to describe the emotions we felt that morning and driving to the school. We just didn't know for sure. And we were on our way to open a little envelope that would tell us where our journey would be the next four years. We didn't pick. A computer did. Its insane!!! 

There were soooo many people there at the Match Day Opening. Friends, family, and students. We grabbed some food (I ate it all--i'm a stress eater. Landon is not) and then found some seats. The boys were so well behaved. There were a few words from some of the class officers and faculty and then they let the students walk over and grab their envelope. But they reminded us that no one was legally allowed to open their letter until 12:00pm. I wonder what would happen if anyone broke that rule :/?? 

Before Landon went to get his letter he said, "hey lets just leave once I get my letter and open it somewhere private" but by the time the letter was in his hand and the countdown began... he just couldn't help it. I don't blame him. He was shaking, I was shaking. I kept saying, "wait i'm not ready for this, i'm not ready, lets wait, lets wait!" He opened the letter reaaalllllly slow so before we read ours we heard hundreds of screams all over the room of other people finding out where they had matched. Screams and tears of joy all around. And then Landon read his letter and tilted it my way. Spokane. Utah. 

Emotions 

Landon was so excited. 

I was so excited for & proud of him. And I felt right about it. 

When we told Jax we were going to Washington the first words our his mouth were, "YAY!!!!! We get to go see Kade!!!!" And then when he realized we would be in Utah he was equally excited to be around most of his extended family. 

Ty, well Ty knew it was a big day so he was just calm. 

All good emotions! 

Only good emotions. 

Landon was then ready to eat so we headed to BJ's and face timed our parents. We have had so much support from our parents that they would have been excited if we had matched at Yale. At least they would have pretended to be. But it was so fun to feel and see and hear their love and support. 

We continued to feel so much love and support through the rest of the day and weekend. We have such wonderful friends and family. 

Landon did get an email from Utah and a phone call from Spokane telling us they will be sending us contracts through email in a few days. Contracts. This is a job. Whoa. Both these programs are just soooo good and sooo friendly and sooo respected. We feel incredibly blessed. 

The weekend continued to give with March Madness, friends, church, good boys, food and free food. 

People keep asking me so many questions about Spokane and the plans i've made. I've made none. In fact yesterday was the first time that I really looked at pictures of Spokane. So many pine trees, I had no idea!! I'm not ready to think about the next four years. I told my young women today where we were going and I just started to cry looking at their faces. I don't want to leave them. I'm not ready to leave, i'm not ready for all of this. But I need to be. Soon. And I will be. Soonish. Maybe i'll start next week.

For now, its been a really great relaxing exciting weekend. And we feel so grateful for our friends and family and their support along the way and particularly our Savior. For we couldn't be here without Him. And I hope this week we can focus on Him and His life and His death and His resurrection. 

Happy Easter Week friends & family. We know the Savior lives!!!!!!!

Burying our spiritual weapons for FHE (Alma 24 in the Book of Mormon)

This guy was the only real witness of our entire courtship!! We love him. 

FRIDAY 3.18.2016

MATCH DAY

PARKING GARAGE, nnneeerrrvvooouuus 

We went to BJs to celebrate and they messed up our order, so the only charged us for one meal. Match Day kept giving! 

The friends that put these on our doorstep when we came home from Match Day... well they aren't friends, they are family!!! 

The conflict begins. Go COUGS!!!!!! Always!! hehehe. This is his plan so far....

These ladies. Family, all family! 

Ty just wanted to play ball 

Jaxs way to keep score and be into the NCAA tournaments games!