Howdy Y'all

Well we finally arrived in Arkansas. We love it here! The people have been extremely nice and its really pretty. Our apartment is bigger than we remembered, so we're excited about that. There are so many boxes everywhere and no where to put it! Oscar did well on the drive...after his sad meowing. He mostly stayed on the console between us. He likes the new apartment, there are lots of high places for him to sleep and watch over us.
We bought a couch this weekend so hopefully we'll get that soon! A full set - its so cute! We're just waiting to get it, and to get some more furniture to put all of our stuff in. We're really excited about being here in Arkansas and all the good times ahead of us!

Farewell Salinas

So it was finally our 'real' last day in Salinas. We roamed the streets and said goodbye to our giant friends. We've all seen them...so cute and large. Then mother made a giant cupcake, which was glorious. I had my doubts, but it was quite fantastic.
We had such a fun time...the MONTH we were visiting. We ate real good Mexican food, bought mom lots of cute clothes, ate way too many tasty treats, and spent some time at the beach. It was tons of fun, and can't wait to go back!

A blogger I will be

After Katie’s request, I will attempt to be more constant with my blogging. So after Katie’s desire for my glorious insights and recollections I have decided to dedicate this blog entry to you dear Katie. While pondering what I should discuss this week, I searched through my photos to find picture after picture of Katie (Which she took of her pretty self). So here’s to you Katie…and your pretty self. (*Note to reader...Katie is being silly)

Vacation of vacations!

Duben and I flew out to ‘vacation’ in exotic Northwestern Arkansas…thank you Wal-Mart. We spent 5 days 4 nights in Bentonville, Arkansas. The purpose of our lovely adventure was to find appropriate housing and get to know our new home. Oh yes, Arkansas will be our new home. I was pleasantly surprised how beautiful it is here - very lush and green. The people are super nice and our new ward seems great. There is even a lake close by, so we're excited about that.

It is funny to look back on all the great places we’ve lived and traveled to in the past three years. We can’t figure out how, of all places, we ended up in Arkansas. But, we’re excited to get to know the area and take advantage of all the cool stuff we can do – we’re not sure what those cool things are yet, but we are determined to find them.

Duben is a winner!

Duben has been sending out resumes after resumes the past few months getting ready to enter into the 'real world.' He's been contacted by a few different companies...we thought maybe we'd end up in Denver or New York. After a few interviews...there was one company we were both excited about and seem to be excited about Duben. After weeks and weeks of interview after interview it finally happened. Duben got a job offer from the one and only...


We are really excited! Duben will be working at the corporate office in Bentonville, Arkansas. They are flying us out to check out houses and apartments in a few days, then we'll make the drive out there August 21 and Duben will start work September 2nd. We never though we'd end up in Arkansas of all places, but we've heard nothing but good things about Bentonville, so we're really excited.

while in the ghetto

So some of you know I like to refer to things as being the O.G. Like when I have a variety of BBQ sauces to choose from, honey BBQ, Cajun BBQ, or just original BBQ – I call it the O.G. BBQ. Its great, even though most times people either don’t get it, or think I’m weird. Well a glorious thing happened while Duben and I were visiting Jack-In-The-Box in Del Rey Oaks (Monterey). Duben went to go use his credit card which has a quick pay feature (that thing where you don’t have to swipe, you just touch the machine with your card). Well the cashier told Duben he was holding it the wrong way, but then realized his sensor was on the back, not the front like the newer cards. So he told Duben, oh you’ve got an O.G. card! I loved it…I’ll admit my heart skipped a beat and my eyes lit up, it was a great day for me.

Ice Cream Cones & Convertibles

Today was Santa Cruz day! We went out to enjoy the sun and the amazing Pacific. The weather was great, though the waves were a bit lacking. After a great morning/afternoon of bogey boarding we headed up to Santa Cruz to do a little shopping down on Pacific Avenue. Santa Cruz is great for a number of reasons…you can’t beat the crazies who walk around, there are lots of cute little shops with great finds, and there are always lots of Reef sandals to choose from. Anyone who knows me knows how much I love my sandals, so it was loads of fun choosing a new pair. They were so cute in fact that Mom & Katie decided to get a pair of their own. Yay for sandals and being able to wear them whenever I want!

Next we stopped at our favorite Ice Cream Shoppe….Marianne’s. I was excited to get the Mexican Chocolate…yum. Duben and I were going home with Topher to check out his sweet pad and venture out in Menlo Park, so I had the privilege of riding home in his owesome convertible mustang. I hopped on in thinking I had plenty of time to finish my cone…I’m a slow eater. Next thing I knew we were already getting on the freeway and my hair and ice cream were not playing nice. The ice cream was melting and my hair kept whipping me in the face while trying to devour my ice cream, it was not fun. I tried to curl down in the backseat…that didn’t work. I tried holding my hair while I ate, and that didn’t work. Finally after getting chocolate all over me, my hair, and somehow Duben, I gave in and had to stick it all in my mouth and hope I didn’t gag. So remember ice cream cones and convertibles aren’t friends.

We FINALLY did it....all of us....sort of.

Mark this down in the books - Duben and Carrie are graduates! After years and years and years, we finally graduated July 18th, 2008. It was craziness all week long - finals up until the very last day and hoards of family roaming around in our house. It was a lot of fun having our family with us to celebrate...even without Guitar Hero.
Graduation was wonderful...finally getting to wear our over sized black gowns, hats, and those cute little tassels. It was even cooler having Katie & Tyler with us graduating all together. Its weird knowing it is time for us to be grownups and move on to the next stage in our lives.
I can't wait to see where we will go....

The end is in sight!

It is finally our last semester here at BYU-Idaho. It just doesn't seem real. We've been going to school for so long, I can't imagine doing something else. We're both excited about this semester - it is our last & it is summer time! (Though we've yet to see any summer-type weather). We love summers here, so what better way to end than in the summer. We're excited to be with Katie & Tyler too - and Kendelynn ...who I've yet to meet. This will definitely be a fun semester. It also helps that I only have 11 credits too!
Now it is time for us to 'grow up' and find real jobs though. We still aren't sure where we will end up....this will definitely be an interesting semester!

So Long New York

Happy Birthday Duben. Duben is 30!!! Yay for Duben being older and wiser. Hope you have an owesome birthday.

We returned back to Rexburg after a long journey. The trip from New York really wore us out. I think we need a week to sleep it all off. Its so weird being back in Rexburg, we both miss New York. Its so quiet and dark in our new house. I actually miss all the people and the honking. Our house is great though...its ten times as big as our studio in New York! Its incredible. We're still getting used to the size difference, we're so used to being able to talk to each other regardless of where we are in the house...that doesn't work anymore.
Its finally our last semester at BYU-Idaho. Its definitely bittersweet. We've absolutely loved our time spent here, but we are ready to venture out and finally get settled somewhere together. And reunite with Oscar!!! We miss our little boy.
Now its time for the job hunting....this should be an interesting semester!

Fischers in New York!

Mom and Dad came to visit Duben and I in New York. What an adventure. We stayed busy seeing everything and than some. It was quite the trip. I think we all needed a week just to recuperate after their trip. We started by taking them all over to get a feel for the city and how things work out here - quite different than home! It was great seeing mom stopping every block to point out something neat.
We checked out the top of the Rockefeller building, it was amazing! I could have stayed up their for hours soaking in the view. It was fun getting to be up there and actually knowing all the different parts of the city you could see.

Over the next week we about did it all. We went to Ellis Island, the Statue of Liberty, Wall Street, Ground Zero, watched the St. Patrick's Day parade, checked out Central Park, saw some shows, ate lots of great food, mom met Jacques Torres, and we ate more great food. It was such a fun week to be with them, and show off the city that we loved. It was so great seeing mom get so excited over everything! Especially all the different bakeries. I have more pictures of tarts and cannolis than I know what to do with!

Giants Win!

We were quite excited to be here in New York to watch the Giants make their way to the Super Bowl. Duben & I had quite the Super Bowl party - though not as good as last year's with mom. It was amazing to hear the city roar when we won! We went out on our balcony and we could hear people cheering and shouting, it was incredible.
We decided to go check out the parade to welcome back our Super Bowl Champs - it was crazy! There were so many people! We caught a few glances of the players and the trophy. It was really fun to be apart of it all.

world trade center

So today we had a little free time and thought we'd explore the city a little more. We wanted to go check out Ground Zero again. There is such a somber feeling there – looking where the World Trade Center towers once stood. It was humbling to stand right where such a horrible act of terrorism occurred. On the positive side - there are some amazing buildings there. It was also really neat seeing all the different memorials for those who sacrificed their lives to save others. It’s neat to see how much the city has really united over such a horrific event.

Next, we decided to take a ferry! I love ferries! We took the Staten Island ferry so we could see the cityscape and check out the Statue of Liberty. It was really cool watching the sunset and seeing all the huge buildings in New York. It still hasn’t completely sunk in that we are able to call this city home. We really love it here.

time to get a job

Our time here so far has been pretty crazy. We tried to play tourists, but I still have to find an internship! I had a few interviews planned for last week, but I got sick so I had to reschedule for this week. I had around 10 interviews all lined up! It was crazy. I got to see some really great parts of the city, and I got to go in some really neat buildings. After doing around 7 interviews and turning down a few offers I found the job I felt was the best fit. I took a job working for the New York Titans pro lacrosse team. Check us out www.nytitans.com It's a really new team, so there is a lot of room for growth and learning for me. I'm really excited about this job - the people are great, our games are at Madison Square Garden, and my office is close enough that I walk to work.
Duben starts his job with the Department of Education next week so we're both really excited to get things going here. It still is so weird that we live in New York City!

New York City

Well we finally arrived! After a miserable trip we made it. It just happened to be New Years Eve - so we had a long day ahead of us. We got all settled in our little small studio. It is really small, but we like it a lot. Just enough room that we wont go crazy. The nice t.v. helps and the view outside is really great. You can see the east river from our apartment - its great!. So after we got all settled we realized we had a lot of things we needed to buy. We tried to find the nearest Target or Wal-Mart and realized we were in for an adventure. After a long subway ride to Brooklyn we arrived to Target, not the nicest one, but a Target none-the-less. This was our first big shock that prices aren't even close to the same. Ouch.
We returned home to try and pump ourselves up to go explore New York - on New Year's Eve. We arrived in Time Square to realize this wasn't gonna happen. A few million people already beat us there. So we walked around the city a bit, we were admiring the beautiful tree at Rockefeller Center right when they turned off the lights for the night. So sad! We saw a lot of the city before we were exhausted. We stopped in at a Fridays for dinner and the cheapest thing was $18! So we settled for dessert ($9) and then hit up a street vendor for some cheap and yummy food. It was a long day!