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Favorite cheese

This is my favorite cheese in the whole world, literally. I have been eyeing it at the store for over a year, but it a little expensive. I finally bought it after my first week of work, celebrating the fact I was finally earning a paycheck. It is the best cheese ever, served spread on a crusty baguette. It takes me back to when I lived in Belgium. For lunch in high school, my friends and I would buy this cheese and a fresh baguette from the GB (grocery store). And that was lunch. SO good.

This cheese is like a little piece of home. MMMMmm. You should try it.

Job, School, Cruise and Hike!

Well Joanna has graduated and started her first job as a P.A. She is doing great. She is catching on quickly and is excited to use all of the skills that she has been learning through her schooling. She works at a family practice clinic in Orem. I have been working on research for my PhD through the summer, but I just started my graduate classes here at BYU. They are going to require a lot of time and effort. Luckily my professor has assigned some undergraduates to work with me so I have time to do good in my classes and still continue my research.

Before Joanna started her job and I started my classes, we went on a 5 day cruise to the Bahamas. It was so fun! We left out of Miami and went to Key West, Nassau, and then to Coco Cay island. We did a lot of snorkeling. We also went para sailing in Key West. Then just yesterday we climbed Mount Timpanogos. Neither of us had climbed it before and we decided it was time. We got up to the base of the mountain by Aspen Grove by Sundance and started hiking. It took a really long time, about 9 hours. Towards the summit it was kind of scary, there were a lot of cliffs and loose rocks. But we made it! There are some pictures of that below also.


Here we are on Love Beach in Nassau


Going up para sailing


Joanna snorkeling


This is us in front of our ship.


Now for the hike...

At the top of Timpanogos looking down on other peaks.


Us at the top with Utah Lake behind us.

Well we have moved into our new apartment! We love it. It is so nice. I love that it has real carpet and a shower head that I don't have to duck under. Not to mention the washer, dryer and dishwasher! I started my PhD in May and have been working on research. I will do research through the summer and start my graduate classes in the fall while continuing my research. I really enjoy it so far. It is a PhD in Chemical Engineering, but my emphasis is in Biofuels; specifically, using bacteria to make fuel. Also, Joanna recently had her graduation ceremony for PA school. She officially graduates in August, but she walked with the school of medicine on May 22, 2010. I am so proud of her! She has worked so hard these last two years. I know she will make a great PA!

Here I am loading our first load of dishes into the Dishwasher.



Here is Joanna and some of her classmates.



Here is the true blue cougar!



Me and Joanna!

Graduation!

Jimmy Joe graduated this week! I am so proud of him. He has done such a great job throughout his education. He has supported us through both of us getting our degrees, going to school full-time and working. He is starting his PhD work in Chemical Engineering at BYU this spring term. Thanks to everyone who came out to support him!












































































Thanks to Rochelle for the pictures!

We are moving!

This is a big moment for the Orgills. After 3 years we are moving to a new apartment. It is still in Provo, and we are close to BYU. And Jimmy Joe discovered this new presentation program that he wanted to show me. So I made a show about our apartment. More to make me feel better about moving, because it's kind of scary and a lot of work.

I am really nervous but excited. It is harder than I thought to leave the only apartment we've known as a married couple. We will just have to make new memories in the next one.

(just click on the screen of the presentation to navigate through it)

Cakes and Bball

I made three more cakes and learned some new things. They were for a mega 3-child birthday party, and the parents wanted each kid to be able to have their own little cake. They were for 2 girls (one appropriately name Daisy) and a boy, which for his they wanted to put Cars toy cars on the top. This was my first time making shaped flowers, which I liked a lot. I invested in a fondant rolling mat, which was great! Also added a few more colors to my supplies.




































Also, Jimmy Joe played on our ward basketball team. It's the first time they have had church ball in our stake and I think 30 guys showed up for their first game! He did great and it was fun to see him play.






























What a stud!

Master's Project

I presented my master's project yesterday! The presentation went really well. It's over and I don't have to deal with it anymore! I am so happy to be finished with it. We presented to peers and a committee of faculty members and department members.

This was the question I researched for it: In patients with type 2 diabetes suboptimally controlled on oral antidiabetic agents, how safe and effective is exenatide compared to insulin in reducing HbA1c?

Now that that hurdle is over with, I just have to graduate and pass the national board exam!

English makes no sense

I have mad respect for people who learn English. Let me cite an example, brought to my attention by Are you Smarter than a Fifth Grader:

The plural form of moose is moose.
The plural form of goose is geese.
The plural form of mongoose is mongooses.

That makes no sense at all does it?

Three years!

We just celebrated our 3 year anniversary! Time sure goes a lot faster than it feels. I look back and cannot believe how lucky I am that I married Jimmy Joe. He is so perfect for me. I don't think I even knew when we got married just how wonderful he is for me. 3 years later, I could not be happier. Life is so much more fun when you are married to your best friend. I love you honey!

Christmas and Birthday

Christmas break was nice this year. We didn't go anywhere, we just had some time to be with each other and do some fun things. We went snowshoeing in Milcreek Canyon. It was so pretty.




We also made our annual Christmas cookies. They are the best Christmas cookies! They are soft and have cream cheese frosting. Here Joanna made a Utah shaped cookie dedicated to BYU.




We had Christmas dinner on Christmas eve, Santa came and then we opened our presents on Christmas morning. Then went up to my parent's house in West Valley.



I also had my 26th birthday on January 4th. I am so old. Joanna has been wanting to make a cool cake, so I told her to make me a space shuttle cake. It was awesome. I was so excited that I did a little photo shoot with it.







I loved it. Thanks Joanna! I just started my last semester. The semester hasn't been too bad so far. We will see how it turns out. I have two Chemical Engineering courses, the rest are just general classes that I still needed to take. All I have to do is make it through this semester and I will graduate in April! Joanna just finished her rotation at Mountainlands community health center in Provo. Now she is at a clinic in Springville. She has been learning a lot and getting a lot of hands on experience doing her rotations. She is a great PA!