Only the Beginning...

So...after much ado, I have caved to the blogging "black hole".  I realized yesterday after reading some of my friend's blogs that I rarely ever write in my journal, and that blogging is a great way to keep a family journal of sorts.  That probably isn't great news to anyone who may end up reading this someday, but I know I certainly will sleep better at night knowing that I'm keeping up on journaling.

By way of introduction, I'm Lauren!  To be brutally honest, I'm not that interesting to read about.  Luckily, I am married to my husband.  If anyone knows Dal and I, they know that Dal is the life of the party, and I got lucky enough to ride along.  We've been married for a year and a little, and have absolutely loved our time together.  Now, some of you are thinking "Come on, married life isn't all peachy, you can't possibly have loved every minute together."  To that I say touche, but honestly, out of the 405 days we've been married, we've had maybe 1 or 2 days that were "less than great"--literally 0 days have been terrible.  Seriously, Dal is the champ for being married to me, especially on those days when I refuse to put makeup on, sport the scary hair bun, and wear sweats with slippers in public. :)

I'm currently in BYU's Master of Accountancy program, (2 more semesters left--can I get a woot?) and de-stress from work and school by spending time with the hub.   He's at UVU right now working on generals--in the "I'm trying to figure out what I want to do, but really not sure yet" limbo.  I work at a high technology company that is on the cutting edge in SSD's (that sounds super cool, but don't ask me what it means--I have only a very vague idea) called Fusion IO.  The company is doing incredibly well, and who knows?  Perhaps we'll be looking at the company going public soon.  Dallin is working for Provo Craft, a scrapbooking company based in Spanish Fork that is renowned for its Cricut, an electronic dye cutting machine.  Whenever we meet new people and he tells them about his company, he always follows the description of the company with a comment to the effect of: "Don't worry, I've managed to hang on to my manhood, even though I'm a professional scrapbooker."  He works in product development, which really is one of the more "manly" departments. 

In the past few months we've gotten into photography, and have loved it.  We're very amateur and would prefer just to use it as a hobby, but it's an expensive hobby so we've got to pay for it somehow.  Dal has found his niche to be in nature photography--he's got some great long exposures and captures of water.  I love all things people: babies, kids, families, couples, parents, grandparents, etc.  I'm fascinated by how different every individual is, and love trying to get down to "who that person is" and tackling the challenge of capturing that individual's self.  It makes every shoot unique and exciting for me.  Now the fact that I mentioned this hobby of ours probably means I'm going to have to figure out how to start a website so I can send future readers to it.  I'll get back to you on that. 

Well I'm in class right now, which means I should probably be paying attention.  More to come!