Thesis

I have been working on my honors undergrad thesis for two semesters and finally I finished it and defended it! I am so happy!! Jake has been such a trooper through the entire thing because I was not always a delight to be around. Jake helped me with the stats and would sit next to me when I opened the editing emails from my committee. It was a rough two semesters, the hardest of my college experience, but now it is over. I am done. And I proved that I can do hard things!

This is the poster I created for the poster presentation during Engagement Week

Me presenting at Engagement Week!

Thesis Defense

Thesis Defense

Reunion

I had a reunion with my girlfriends that I hung out with in high school! We got together and had some dinner and talked and laughed all night. It was a blast! We hadn't all been together since my wedding, so..... over a year! It was time! One of our friends had just gotten engaged so it was fun to hear the story! She asked us all to be bridesmaids and then we rushed off to try on the dress she wanted us to buy! Here are some fun pictures!

This is the dress for the bridesmaids! The one without the dress is the Bride.

 Nat and Cass came to my Zumba class. I loved having them there!

Nic, Nat, Me, and Lex 

All 5 of us! It is crazy to see where we all are now. We have been graduated for 5 years almost. Two already graduated from college, the rest of us are this semester. One married and divorced, one married, and one getting married. So much has happened in our lives! It is crazy! I am still a little surprised that no one has moved away yet. Hopefully not!

After seeing the dress with stripes Nat decided that we looked like we escaped from a fancy prison and went with solid grey! haha! I think they will be adorable either way! Their wedding is going to be a blast!

February Date Night!

I gave Jake a package of dates - one already planned, and paid for, for each month of the year. February's date was one that I knew Jake would love! We had a nerf  gun war (which I won!) and then grabbed some pizza and watched a Bourne movie! We had a ton of fun. We moved our mattress out into the living room so we could watch the movie on the big screen from our bed. It was tons of fun! Also, our apartment is tiny and yet we still lost at least three nerf gun bullets.... Today we are going to clean the apartment really well, so hopefully we find them :)

Life is treating us well and we are so happy. Two more months left of school! Then a trip to Vegas and then off to Florida! YAY!!!

Blessings!

Jake and I were sent some coupons from the local grocery store in the mail. There were coupons to get FREE things. Not buy one get one, but totally and completely free! How incredible. I was able to get some great things for only $18. The Lord is truly aware of our needs! I am feeling very blessed today!

Valentine's Day

Yesterday was Valentine's Day! It was a great day for the Waites. We began the day by sleeping in (Jake had a late class and I usually go to work late on Fridays)! After our "responsibilities" were over we were able to play! Jake got me some treats attached with cute sayings and I got him a "date night package". This is just a pre-planned and pre-paid date for each month. It is a gift that keeps on giving :).

After our gift giving we went out to dinner to Rubio's, which is one of our favorite spots. You could say it is a family thing ;). We had some very delicious food! In fact, Jake loves their fish tacos and really only eats fish at Rubio's! After that we came home, moved our mattress out into the living room, and set up for the night! I made some Mud Cake or Hot Lava Cake, which ever you prefer, and we watched the Olympics and ate ourselves sick! It was a perfect evening! I love my valentine :)

Today we continued our celebrations by meeting up with some of my family to see the Sacred Gifts art exhibit at the BYU art museum. It was beautiful. It was interesting to read the captions and what the artists were trying to portray. Afterward we grabbed some lunch and headed over to the Women's Basketball game. There were lots of old friends there and it was fun to see them.

I love my life, my family, and my sweet Husband. Life is good!

Valentine's Day photo! 

Mud Cake YYUUMMM!!

Outside the Sacred Gifts exhibit

The Women's Basketball game

My cute husband sleeping this evening!

Where Has January Gone?

Well January started yesterday... At least it feels that way! Where has the time gone? January is basically over. Time is flying by so fast and life is so much fun. We are going through some trials right now, but we feel safe in our faith in God and know that things will work out.
Along with all that we decided that we were going to eat healthier and have set some fitness goals for ourselves. Jake signed up for a Spartan race to run with his brother this summer, and my sister, some friends, Jake, and I will participate in the dirty dash this summer as well. My goal is to be able to run 5 miles straight by then. I have never done that before so it will be cool to see what happens.
Jake has been awesome throughout this whole process. For the first two weeks of this month I could only eat 1200 calories and let me tell you what... You do not want to be around a grumpy, hungry Kimmee. Jake is a saint and put up with all my baby fit throwing and pouting. He is also helping me train. I am very grateful to him. Luckily, 1200 calories was only for two weeks and now I can eat more!! YAY!!!
Last night we went out on a date and got some delicious food from one of our favorite places called Saigon Cafe. It is this little Chinese and Vietnamese food place that is run by a cute family. You get tons of food for $6.00. It comes highly recommended! We had a great time together. We were going to to go an improv show but it was sold out.... which is lame because I called a bunch of times to get reservations. So instead we went and got ice cream and then came home and watched "Jack Reacher". All in all it was a good night, and I love my husband.

Although life is throwing hard times our way, we feel very blessed to have each other and to have the Lord guiding and directing us. We are strengthened by our faith in Him. "Things always have a way of working out." We are looking forward to the exciting things that our coming our way this year!

Honeymoon

I know - RANDOM! But here are some long lost pictures from our honeymoon. I found them on Jake's phone and put them on my computer so now I have them. There are only a few but there are some cute ones!

Giant Polar Bear and the San Diego Zoo

San Diego Zoo 

Riding on a turtle

San Diego LDS temple