CHI EPSILON

CONGRATULATIONS BRIAN!!! Last night Brian was inducted into Chi Epsilon, the honor society for civil engineering students. Its pretty much the all stars for them. There were only 10 students inducted this year out of at least 200 students so I am very proud of my husband. It was quite the induction ceremony, the inductees were blindfolded and read the rights and statutes to which they would be held as members. After that they took off the blindfolds, said they accepted, and were recorded as lifelong members. It was fun and since Chris came up to babysit for us, it was pretty close to a date. They even served us dinner. They also had a guest speaker who talked about traffic engineering and Brian was the only student to ask a question at the end. It was funny to see him excited about something that can put most of us to sleep! I love you Brian, way to study and work hard!

Karma to the Rescue

Sometimes the golden rule turns out to bite us in the backside, but last week Karma, good fortune, or whatever you want to call it, helped us out. Brian went for a run last Wednesday and told me he saw a wallet in the gutter. At first he thought that tossing it onto the curb would be good enough for whoever lost it, to find it. But he noticed it was in front of some apartments and thought it would be nicer to nock some doors and see if he could locate the owner. He peaked at the drivers' license inside and started asking anyone who answered if they new the person. He finally found someone who said he was the father. So Brian handed him the wallet and off he went. Anyways, I lost Brian's wallet (I took it to buy us some groceries and he had the cards). We were just getting stressed out and about to start calling to stop any transactions on our cards when someone pulled up looking for a Higley! They had found the wallet and brought it to us! What cool people. They didn't even want any reward but Brian insisted they take a few bucks. We know we were very fortunate and I am grateful for the small things that people go out of their way to do. 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CARLY!!!!!!

Here's to my beautiful wife! Happy birthday pretty lady! I am so lucky to have this pretty woman in my life. Since its her birthday I thought I would share 20 things that you might not know about this lady that I adore.

1. She is a great writer and has written reviews on plays and biographies for journals/magazines

2. She has an amazing voice but is really shy and so she doesn't show it off too much

3. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Dixie State College

4. She is very well read and finishes books before I can finish a sentence!

5. She loves Indian food

6. She has competed in 3 triathlons and took second place in one as part of a relay team

7. She has been to: China, Mexico, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Cook Islands, Canada and the Bahamas

8. Carly is the health nut and can tell you the grams of sugar in just about anything

9. Carly loves to go for long walks

10. Carly swam with dolphins

11. Carly is a great swimmer

12. Carly loved being pregnant

13. Carly overthinks things, she is analytical to the point of being illogical

14. Carly has to be on a couch when she is sick, the bed doesn't cut it

15. She puts on her shoes before her pants, its one of the wierdest things I have ever seen!

16. She walked away from a crash with on coming traffic on the freeway

17. She fell in love with me at first sight (her words, I swear) in a summer time institute class. She was wearing running shoes and shorts and a tee shirt!

18. She went on a helicopter ride in the 3rd grade for having the best anti-drug slogan: "I would rather eat poo than do drugs with you"!

19. She wanted to be a veterinarian when she was a little girl, she tried saving a little bird that fell from a tree and even chopped up worms with scissors for it... the bird later died

20. She loves daffodils and the smell of gardenias.

My wife is simply amazing and by far the most incredible part of my life. I couldn't live without her and I grow more aware of my love for every day. Carly I love you and you deserve a better birthday than I will ever be able to give you.