Final Final!

Dallin took his last final EVER on Thursday!!!  He was pretty excited.  Unfortunately I've been sick so I wasn't really in the celebratory mood, but it was entertaining just to watch him for a little bit.  He kind of walked around in circles for a few minutes trying to decide what to do.  He was so excited to just be done with school!  I didn't have the heart to remind him that he still has to study for the bar...

In related news, my mom is coming Wednesday and Dallin's parents are coming in Saturday morning for his graduation.  We're excited to have them visiting.  Anyone have any good ideas on what to do with some tourists in DC.  They've all done the monuments and stuff like that, so we're looking for things a little more off the beaten path.

And... We're Back!

So, after the few days in the hotel while we tried to figure out how to get the heck out of Missouri (which is where I wrote our last post), life got kind of crazy!...  go figure.  But here's a video of our last 4 months or so.  Yes, our life is so exciting that four months fits into about 2 minutes!  I know I can  hardly believe it either, we've really got to stop being so exciting.

narration: driving to California... it was long, we saw my Aunt and Cousin and Dallin's Aunt, Uncle, and Cousins (we didn't take pictures... oops) - Christmas Caroling... one of my favorite Christmas traditions! - We went to the beach on Christmas Eve! Hooray for being from So. Cal! - Went to pass around, another fun (and crazy) Christmas tradition - I couldn't find any pictures from Christmas day, but it was fun and we got presents, and went to Church. - We saw a sunset in Utah (and visited with friends and family) - and almost got blown away in Nebraska... It was seriously like hurricane force winds, Dallin wasn't acting (We did get in the car eventually... and hit a deer that night) - We got free tickets to the National Symphony Orchestra (this is just them warming up, we weren't supposed to take video during the performance, or before really) - Occupy DC protesters got kicked out... sorta - I met Captain America - I made a blanket for our friend's little boy who should be born any day now - I had a birthday which involved a fruit basket (thanks mom) walking around DC, and elephants! (I bet no one got you elephants for your birthday) - We saw the cherry blossoms and the tulips (Dallin was a good sport and went with me before work) - and a rainbow - And I FINALLY got my diploma, (YAY) I was worried Dallin would get his before me, even though I graduated almost a year before him.

I think the only thing that didn't make it in there was our pi day party, so just imagine us and friends eating a lot of pie and there you go, you're now caught up on the thrilling adventures of Autumn and Dallin!

Edit: Don't know why the video is a weird size, nor do I know how to fix it... maybe Dallin can do it when he gets home

Oh dear, oh deer, oh dear, oh deer....

This was our pretty new car a few months ago...

This is the same car last night...

after hitting a deer...

luckily it was a small deer...

So we are in the middle of northern Missourri and since the deer attacked us on a holiday weekend and everyone is closed, we will be here for a while.  Any suggestions on what to do on New Years in the middle of nowhere Missourri?? 

On the bright side, the nice state trooper that stopped to help us said we could keep the deer if we wanted it.  Unfortunately the hotel in the small town we are in didn't have a big enough freezer.  If anyone wants some fresh deer meat, it's on the side of highway 36...

We are also very thankful that we were both unhurt, and for the nice couple that stopped to make sure we were alright and called the state trooper for us, also for the tow truck driver who we woke up in the middle of the night and who still took us to a hotel and helped us unload all of our junk from our car!

Occupy DC... or take back DC... or something like that

This is the reason I didn't get anything done yesterday (not because I was protesting, but because the protesters were so stinkin loud).  This is the biggest down side to having an office right by the white house.