Utah State Here We Come!

Applying to Utah State was a bit of  headache to say the least.  After David did all he could do it took until the VERY last possible day of the deadline to get his letters of recommendation submitted.  He tried reminding and reminding people to turn them in but two of them took their sweet time.  After that we just had to wait.  I ran to the mailbox daily hoping that we would get an answer. On Tuesday February 19th I got a text from David while I was sitting in my night class.  It told me that Utah State emailed him stating they couldn't accept him to the program at this time but would like to give him the opportunity to interview with the department to see if he would "fit" with their program and faculty.  That was devastating! We have always known that it was a possibility that he wouldn't get accepted but it was hard to hear.  David wanted to keep it quiet until we had a for sure answer.  We set up the interview for February 26th.  It seemed like forever to wait and we were hoping to get answers that day. Kadence went to school like usual and the rest of us headed up to Logan.  It was nice to be able to bring Shelby up because she has been nervous.  She was excited to see Logan had a Walmart and a McDonalds and she got excited that we might live there.  Shelby and I walked around the TSC looking at each place mommy and daddy worked while David interviewed.  She kept telling me that she hoped they would "say yes we want you at our school." We grabbed some treats from the Quickstop and I took a picture of Shelby that cracked me up.  She was in a Milky Way daze.

 David called to tell me that he was done and that he felt it went pretty well.  He said they really grilled him and that he wasn't sure a few of his answers were great but that overall he felt it went well.  We still didn't have an answer but they said that he "would hear back by the end of the week, if not by the end of the day."  We were DYING to hear back, but 5 o'clock came and went and we still didn't have any answers.  The next day as I was headed to class in the morning David called with some great news, he had been accepted.  His acceptance is conditional though.  He has to take a Diversity in Education course and pass with a B or higher.  This is because that is what his dissertation will be on.  This has to be completed before the fall and before he is officially accepted into the program.  They also mentioned that the Department Head wanted to speak with him about an Assistantship.  We were elated.  That is something we have been praying he gets.  He gets paid a fraction of what a professor does to teach undergrad courses.  But it means money coming in AND experience which helps a ton. We had purchased Utah State shirts from Build a Bear a while back and so that is how we told the girls the great news.

They now call them their "moving bears" and are excited to go on our new "adventure." David spoke with the Dept Head yesterday who told him that he would be teaching the Science Methods class as well as a Student Teaching Seminar.  He is in the process of working out a date to go meet with her and chat about all of the details.  Everything is falling into place perfectly and working out so well.  We are very excited about the opportunities we've been given.  It's going to be tricky to have him teaching, coaching track (Oh ya, he was given the head coach of track!) and take summer class which starts May 2nd.  Everything will only overlap for a short time but it will be a trick.  I will also be taking a summer class so May will be VERY busy.....especially since we will be packing and getting ready to move all at the same time.  It will be stressful but a great kind of stressful.  The odd thing is, he still hasn't heard back from U of U yet.  You snooze you lose!