Hmmm...how to start? Marriage is great. Are you supposed to fight your first year of marriage? ;) just kidding. We now have been married for 6 months going on 7 at the end of this month(July 30th) Peter and I have been working this summer at Suburban Water Systems, a private water utility company. We service areas from Whittier/ La Mirada to West Covina/ Walnut/ Glendora. Peter is an engineering intern for his second year in a row. This is the company he worked for last summer. They said they would hire on the wives of the interns, so we jumped at the chance to have us both work together this summer. We are living currently at Peter's grandmother's house in Newport Coast. It is about a 45 minutes drive to work; however, we are able to take carpool practically the whole way. Living in Newport Coast is a different atmosphere than what I am used to (Peter likes to call us the Newport Rednecks). We grocery shop at the same store as Kobe Bryant(he walked right by us with his wife and daughter), and we work out with Dennis Rodman(he works out at one of the 24 hour Fitness down here). Church is different having all of the rich old ladies and the wives of the men who are in Medical/Law school at UC Irvine. I haven't really been able to make too many friends because I just don't fit in with the people there. Peter's brother, Mike is in our ward also so we are able to see him and his wife and there twin boys. It has been a very interesting experience this summer, but I cannot wait to get back to Utah.

Peter is currently finishing up his Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering at BYU. He will graduate in December but he will walk next April. Come January 2005, Peter will begin his graduate program in Civil/Environmental Engineering and will finish that around spring 2006. He is enjoying his time out of school, but he also would love to get back. This guy is crazy about school. He is taking every chance he can get to go hiking. We hiked Mt. Baldy here in L.A. about a month ago and he went up 2 weeks ago to Bakersfield and hiked up there with his dad. At the end of the month we are heading up to Atwater(1 hr north of Fresno) where his parents live so that his brothers, dad, and he can all go hike Half Dome (at least I think that is what they are planning on doing). I have begun to learn a lot about hiking and how much of a passion Peter has for it.

I am about to start my Junior year at UVSC in Biology. The schedule is beginning to get tougher and tougher with all of the classes I need to take. This next semester I am taking Biology 2, Chemistry 1, Physics 1, and Cell Biology. It will be stressful but I am going to work my butt off to get it done. In case some of you didn't know, I am playing for the UVSC volleyball team for the next two years. Volleyball starts up on the 11th of August, so Peter and I will be heading back to Provo after we hit a family reunion for his family in Santa Barbara. I will be playing the position of Libero, for those of you who don't know what that is, it is the person who wears a different jersey than the rest of the team, they can sub in and out at anytime without any substitutions being taken up, and all they do really is passing in the back row. There was a new rule made this year that liberos can now serve also, so this is what put me in to this position, I can serve and pass, two of the better skills I have at volleyball. The team is great and a lot better experience than Cal Poly was for me. All the girls except two are Mormon, those two are from Brazil. I am not the only married girl on the team since two other teammates of mine got married in May (two weeks in a row). I am dying to get back to start playing again. I am kind of scared to see how I play when I get back. I have not been able to find a place to play while I have been down here in LA this summer. Our team writes emails back and forth to each other so it is fun to see how everyone else is doing on their vacations. This team is great and I can't wait to get back into season and playing volleyball again.

School starts up for me on the 25th of August and Peter starts the 30th of August. This last semester was the best grades Peter and I have gotten during our college careers. I guess being married for us is good on us. I actually study somewhat. I mean I don't have much else to do when Peter is studying and he is studying practically 24/7. Anyways, I will not babble on any longer. We love you all and hope to see some of you soon. Feel free to come out and visit, we will be living in Wyview in a 2 bedroom, so you will have a place to stay. We love you all and miss you. Write us anytime...our email is olsenpa@hotmail.com SEND US PICTURES!!!

Love, Anne and Peter Olsen