Awesome News

I guess it's official,

We are finally leaving Utah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


"Dear Nicholas:
Congratulations! The Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) Admissions Committee has
voted to recommend your admission for PhD study to the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Interdepartmental Graduate Program beginning Fall Semester 2013.


In addition, you have been approved for admission to the Department of Ecology, Evolution &
Organismal Biology (EEOB) as your home department. Dr. John Nason, of the EEOB
Department, and Dr. Greg Courtney of the Entomology Department, will be your faculty coadvisors.
We are pleased to inform you that through a competitive review process you have been awarded
a Biotechnology Fellowship along with a combination research and teaching assistantship
appointment to cover your first academic year of study (Fall 2013 and Spring 2014)."



YEAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But even more exciting than that is that Nick got into the PhD program he was hoping for.  He will be attending Iowa State University this fall.  I'm very proud and happy for him that things have gone the direction he was hoping.  I mean, it's still 5 more years of school, but as Shelly keeps reminding me, it will all be worth it in the end.

So we are very excited.  If all goes as planned, we will be heading out there the end of July, early August.  With a two year old, a one month old, a dog, and a cat..........yes, we are crazy.  But it's like everyone says, this is the most exciting time of our lives, so we might as well live it up and be crazy while we still can.  We hope to buy a house for while we are living there because it is considerably cheaper than renting.  And they have this great deal where if you buy rural you don't need to make a down payment, so there are a ton of options for us out there.  The whole state is basically rural!  The only thing that doesn't thrill me is the tornadoes.  I'd much rather be in an earthquake.  I guess that's just because that's what I'm familiar with, but as long as we get a good house with a solid basement, we'll be fine.

So here's to us!