Other things we did while living in Tennessee

It was super nice to be only working and not going to school full time while we were in Tennessee. Brian did take one calculus class at the University of Tennessee, but the class wasn't as competitive as those at BYU so it wasn't too bad.

Bob and Terry were worried about me leaving my horse behind in Utah for the summer, so they arranged with their friend who lived near their house for me to come ride her horses. She had two horses one was young and hadn't had tons of training and the other one was really old, but calmer. I rode the young one because I like a challenge, and if I brought Brian or one of his family members they could ride the older horse. I usually made it over once a week, I would go when Brian was working, then I could go over to Terry's for dinner It was a great setup.

Another thing we did that summer was go on a giant family vacation. Bob was unfortunately working out of town in Wyoming, but Terry, Brian, all his siblings, and I crammed into their mini van (there were just enough seat belts), and went to Ohio. We stayed with Bob's aunt and went to a nearby amusement park with wooden roller coasters and a water park. It was really fun, but the part I remember most is Brian's sister was driving close to a 100 miles per hour, was pulled over and Terry talked him out of giving her a ticket.

At the end of the summer Brian's sister Jesse, put in her papers for a mission and was called to the Albanian Mission. She went through the temple for the first time the day before Brian and I left to move back to Utah. We went down to the Atlanta Temple, and Jesse went through for herself and Terry, Bob, Jeremy, Brian and I did family names. After the endowment session we sealed the families together that we could at that point. It was a wonderful day, but when Brian and I got back to Knoxville we had al ot of packing to do to get ready.

Brian and I had ended up working a couple extra days longer than we planned on, and we had started packing and cleaning but hadn't gotten very far. Fortunately Bob and Terry came over that night and helped us cram all of our possessions we had there into the car. Remember we had had another wedding reception while we were in Teneessee. Amazingly we made it. But I wasn't able to do a final deep cleaning like I had hoped for. (Sorry Mamaw).

And the next morning at 6:00 a.m. Brian and I left to return to Utah. The drive was painfully long, but we made it uneventfully.