Crazy life!

Wow! Life has been pretty busy and crazy these last few days! Some of the latest news:

It was my (April's) 20th birthday Thursday, the 26th! It was a pretty good day. I walked into work (a day care) and the kids all gave me tons of hugs and birthday wishes, although they were stinkers throughout the day. Gotta love 'em! ;) It was also the owner's birthday, so we had cake and took pictures! After work, I did some cramming for an Oceanography test and went and took it. I think it went well. Then I went to my English class and went home to find that John had bought me some pretty flowers (with daffodils, one of my favorite flowers!) and Reese's cups, because he knows I love them! :) That was a happy surprise!

Then we got to take a much-needed nap and went out to dinner to a local Mexican restaurant. It was delicious, and we even got free dessert for my birthday!

It was great to hear from members of my family, wishing me a happy birthday! It was a good day, despite receiving some bad news. :( (see next paragraph)

My older sister Christine had a beautiful baby girl, Kaylie last Monday by C-section. The birth went all right, however Kaylie has had some complications since. On my birthday, I found out that she was being life-flighted to Primary Children's Hospital because there was a mass on her liver. They have since determined it isn't cancer, but we have yet to find out what it is. She is doing much better, however. It was hard to hear my niece was having such a tough time and not being able to be there for my sister. (I'm gonna steal some of her pictures...) :)

On Saturday, John and I cleaned up the apartment and decided to go visit Christine and Kaylie in Salt Lake. Turns out most of the family was able to get together and see Kaylie one-at-a-time for a couple minutes and then we went out to dinner to Rodigio's Grill (spell?), a tasty Brazilian buffet restaurant. It was delicious, and it was fun to be able to see little Kaylie, Christine, and the fam! We got to hang out with Candace afterwards and had lots of fun and stayed up late! We stayed with John's parents in Layton and headed home around noon.

However...our car broke down on the freeway. :( Luckily the vicious snow from the day was melting on contact with the road so it wasn't slippery and we were able to make it to the side of the road safely. John's parents came and helped us out and let us borrow their car for the time being. Their AAA insurance towed our car for FREE to a nearby mechanic that my insurance agent suggested...it could be the fuel pump. In that case, we'd get a free replacement from Autozone because my dad bought one there 2 years ago for the same car and got a lifetime warranty. However, it could be a wire glitch. In any case, we're not sure what's going on yet and it's all just really inconvenient since we're up here and the car is down in North Ogden. Oh well, life happens.

We're hanging in there keeping up with school, trying to find summer jobs, and keep up with life's ups and downs! (And hopefully we won't get burried with all this snow!)

We just wanted to say we're grateful for the wonderful people in our lives. We've been truly blessed with wonderful family and friends! Thanks for all you do! Don't forget to keep in touch!

Joining the croud...

All right, we gave in to the blogging revolution. We thought it would be fun to start up our own little "family blog" and be able to share some pictures and stories with family and friends.

This blog is about John Robert Kimball and April Whatcott Kimball, joined together for eternity October 11, 2008 in the Salt Lake Temple. We live in Logan, UT and are both attending school at Utah State University with approximately 2 years left each. John is getting a degree in Public Health, emphasizing in Industrial Hygiene. He will also minor Chemistry and Biology. (His degree had so many classes in the subjects, he only needed a few classes to get the minors!) April is getting a degree in Elementary Education with an emphasis in Social Science. April currently works at a day care in Hyde Park, UT called "Grandma's Place" and enjoys her class of 3-4 year olds, although some days are tough. John served a mission in Santiago, Chile and still enjoys using his fluent Spanish whenever he can!

Some of the latest news in our little family:

John is joining the National Guard! He is signing up with the ROTC through the school and takes his physical test on Tuesday. (He will do fine!) This is something he has wanted to do for years now and he is looking forward to being able to serve his country. This will take place of a job for him and will therefore free up some time during the following years at school to study and do well. I will miss him when he goes for training for 4 weeks during the summer, but I know this is a unique opportunity for our family and I'm sure we will grow from it. More updates soon!

April recently found out she was admitted into the elementary education program! This means a lot because she will be able to start the classes that directly relate to her degree (and not a moment too soon!). She will meet with her counselor soon to figure out the rest of her classes. She is glad to see that all of the hard work of the application process has not gone to waste!

We had a GREAT Spring Break a couple weeks ago (March 8th-14th)! April worked full time at her day care job for the first three days to earn some extra moolah and we left right after work Wednesday to head to Salem for Dad's birthday. We visited with my family and had Mom's famous lasagna and bread with homemade carrot cake! What a treat! Thursday morning, we finished our drive to Zion's and hiked Angel's Landing! (pictures forthcoming!) We stayed in a hotel in St. George and ate out at a Chinese buffet. We stayed in St. George Friday, biking a long, fun trail and seeing the temple and just taking it easy in the wonderful spring weather. Friday, we went back to Zion's and hiked 4 or 5 shorter hikes viewing the AMAZING scenery of Zion's National Park and biked another trail along the river. What a fun, relaxing trip! It all went well and was just the break we needed! As soon as we get the pictures developed, we'll post them with a little more detail!

Well, we are both new to this blogging thing, and hopefully it won't lure us into procrastinating and taking up valuable study time, but hopefully it's a way to keep pictures and new things updated! Lots of love to all of our family and friends!