Madison or Bust!

Everyone,

We have finally arrived in Madison. Our roadtrip out here was wonderful. We departed from Provo on Tuesday (8/22) morning and drove 8 hours east to Ogallalla Nebraska. We stayed the night there and continued to Winter Quarters (Omaha) Nebraska on Wednesday. On Wednesday afternoon we had the oppurtunity to attend the Winter Quarters temple which is beautifu beyond description. We also visited the cemetary and Mormon Trail Museum. We stayed in a nice bed and breakfast (the picture is us in front of the bed and breakfast with the river view in the background) in Council Bluffs Iowa on Wednesday night. Winter Quarters was beautiful and anyone passing through should try to do a session and see the sights. Thursday we continued on to Madison and arrived around 5 in the afternoon. Our apartment is nice (I am sure that Cheeks will have pictures shortly). We are getting unpacked and settled. Cheeks has worked tirelessly since we arrived to make our little place a home. I am grateful for her. It is wonderful to live near Ben and Rachel and we are very grateful for their help and hospitality. We are happy to be here and happy to begin a new chapter in our lives. I start at Epic on September 4th. I will let everyone know how it goes. Thanks for all of your love and support. Logan

p.s. We knew we weren't in Utah anymore when they told us this was the "Ski Area" of Nebraska and Iowa. Are they sure they didn't mean "sledding area"? Pathetic, huh? - Kate

Park City Reunion

We spent the weekend in Park City with most of the Jones family. It was nice and relaxing and a lot of fun to get together with the family before our big move. Everyone (except me) went on the alpine slides, we relaxed in the pool and hot tub, and played games. We were sad to miss Callie, Andrew and Thomas, but it was good to get as many people as possible together. Hopefully it won't be too long before it happens again.

Logan's Graduation

Logan is now a college graduate! Friday morning he got to wear that cap and gown. It was a nice ceremony, even if it was too early in the morning. We celebrated by eating lunch at Tucanos and then spending the weekend in Park City with the Jones family. We couldn't have asked for a better way to end our tenure here in Provo.

As you can see, Logan was plumb tuckered out after finals week and packing up to move. He certainly deserved a little rest before we head out to Wisconsin. Good job, Logan, I'm so proud of you!

Some last pics in Provo

We spent some time with Lanie and Kris this weekend and it is sad to think that we are not going to be able to just hang out in a few weeks. We played some croquet for old time's sake in the park where Logan proposed. We certainly have good memories here (college, dating, marriage, friends, apartments, roommates, etc). And even though neither of us planned on staying here after we finished school, we will miss it. How could you not miss those mountains? Anyway, I guess we're getting a little sentimental about leaving soon and realizing that we are in for some major changes here in the next weeks and months. We look forward to them, but change always takes some effort and time.

This is what I do everyday. . .

So, it may be weird, but I was so excited at work yesterday because I got to look through all of the baby blessing dresses and pick a few of the flawed ones for free. They only have tiny, unnoticeable flaws, but these two are my favorite. They look like miniature prom dresses - aren't they adorable? I will have a hard time choosing which one to bless our little girl in. Anyway, this is what I get to make everyday (and temple dresses), so it can be pretty fun.