Mrs. Clause Boutique

Get a jump on your Christmas shopping and support MBASA and LP members by buying handmade!

Finals Kits- tonight! 11/30

Come make a Finals Survival Kit for your spouse and a cute craft- hope to see you there!

House of Order Forum

We have a fantastic forum coming up on November 2nd!

Mark your calendars:)

Activities this Week: 10/17-10/22

Dinner Group

Tuesday- 6pm at Gurus

45 E Center St.

Meet at Guru's in downtown Provo. Come and enjoy a hip and trendy local restaraunt with the best sweet potato fries around. Enjoy company of other law spouses, without spouses or children. Pay your own way. A menu is available on their website. http://guruscafe.com/index.htmlHope to see you there!


Mommy & Me 
***Every other week we'll be holding Mommy & Me with some fun activities for the younger group of kids. Everyone is welcome though, so bring the whole crew:)

Wednesday- 10:30-11:30am at the BYU Duck Pond The weather is going to be gorgeous! Bring your kids for some fun with the ducks:)

Hope to see you at some of our fun activities this week!
-The LP Board

Activities this Week: 10/10- 10/15

Hope you all had a fun placement  break!

This week's activities:

Tuesday 10/11: Hobby Night

C Jane is coming! Come get some fun ideas on blogging and self publishing and meet one of Utah's famous bloggers! 

7-8 pm

Room 306 JRCB

Friday 10/14: Children's Hour

We'll be doing a fall hike up at Bridal Veil Falls! Meet in the Bridal Veil Falls parking lot at 10am

It's a short walk on a paved path so feel free to bring a stroller for your little ones.

Saturday 10/15: Date Night

This Saturday we will be Hiking the Y for our October Date Night.  We will meet at the Y parking lot at 10:00 am. Directions

You can bring the kids along or just hike as a couple. We'll be hiking the Y and then having grilled hot dogs afterwards. Feel free to bring a treat or side dish to go with the hot dogs. 

Hope to see you at some of our fun activities this week!

Week's Activities

9/27 Tues: Children's Hour - 10:00 am North Park located at 500 N. 500 W. It is right next to the Veterans Memorial Pool.
9/28 Wed: Forum - 7:00 pm Room 306 of the Law School.  She will be speaking about Externships and Internships.  Law Partners have said that this forum was very beneficial, so I'm sure it will be again.

Dinner Group at Bombay House!

Dinner Group this Thursday!

Join us, without your husband or children, for a ladies night out at the Bombay House in Provo!

Indian cuisine at it's finest in Utah county, this restaurant will not disappoint.

6:30pm

Bombay House, 463 North University Ave.

If you plan on attending please RSVP on the LP Facebook page! Hope to see you there!

September Forum

Our 1st forum is coming up!

Get it on the calendar now and save the date:)

Activities this Week

Childrens Hour and Mommy and Me are combined this week.

Here's the details- hope to see you there!
Thursday 9/15
10-11 am
Bicentennial Park
1400 S. 1600 E. Provo

Mommy and Me & Children's Hour- 9/6

Mommy & Me and Children's Hour are combined for all of September.

We have our 1st play date tomorrow!

Tuesday 9/6

10:00-11:00 am

Memorial Park Provo

150 N 800 E (the playground is in the NW corner)

I'll have a big blanket for the little ones to play on. This park has baby swings, a great toddler playground, and some fun bike paths.

Hope to see you there!

GOTHE: FREE clothes & kids gear!

Gifts of the Heart Exchange is coming up!

Who: Student families (any university/college)

Date: Saturday 9/10

Where: Wymount Church Building 1600 N 900 E Provo

When: 9am-10am LP/MBASA "shopping" time

11am-12pm General Student "shopping" time

If you are telling your friends about this event and they are not in the Law or MBA program please only tell them about the 11am time

If you would like to volunteer to help sort the donations (you get to go in early) you can do that here:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ar-RGL8mfxNjdE43b0tJNU9YcEVWRWY2ZGZKNHE4THc&hl=en_US&authkey=CIi-kKsM

For those who don't know, GOTHE stands for Gifts of the Heart Exchange and it is basically an opportunity to get free clothing, baby gear, etc. for BYU student families. We also encourage student families to donate items they no longer need to the exchange. However, we have a lot of stuff for this particular exchange so you may want to save your donations for the November exchange. The bulk of the clothing comes from donations from families in the community facilitated by the Kid to Kid store in Lehi.

Follow the Gifts of the Heart Exchange Blog here

Dinner Group at Roll-Up Crepes!

Dinner Group

Roll-up Crepes (http://www.rollupmycrepe.com/)
1605 S State St. Orem, UT 84097
Tuesday, August 30th7pm

You can enjoy sweet or savory crepes. Come eat a crepe for dinner or a sweet crepe for dessert. Please RSVP here or on the Facebook page so we have an idea of how many people will be coming! 

Opening Social!

Welcome Back!

We're all so excited to be starting a new school, which means tons of fun Law Partners Activities:)

Join us for Tons of Fun!

When: August 27th
Time: 5-7pm
Place: Maeser Park, 451 East 600 South

Check out the e-vite

it's much cuter:)

Closing Social

Come join us THIS Friday evening at 6pm for Pizza, Raffles, and fun.  Last names A-G please bring a side and H-Z bring a dessert.  Hope to see a great turn out for a great evening!!

Coming Up.....

Tomorrow 3/30~ Childrens Hour in Wymount Student Housing Quad #1 at 10:30am.  Bring your kids to the palyground in Quad one to play with other kids.  If the weather is bad, meet in the basement of building #1.

Thursday 3/31~ Hobby Night in Room 205 at 7pm at the Law School.  Come make hairbows for you or a friend.  There will also be Finals Survival Kits for your Law Student!  Please leave a comment to RSVP to let me know how many treats to bring for the kits.  You may also bring a recipe and samples to exchange if you like.  It will be fun!!

Have a good week!

Spotlight on next year's male rep

Layne Salmond-next year's LP male rep

Bio

I graduated from West High School from Tracy, California. I came to BYU in 2006, and I was accepted into the Mechanical Engineering program. I served my mission in Independence, Missouri from Jan. 2008-2010. Upon returning home from my mission, I renewed my studies – and pursuit of a girl I had met my freshman year. Breanne and I married in August of 2010, and she began law school one week after our wedding.

Today, I am a 3rd year mechanical engineering student. In addition to my studies, I work as a lifeguard at the Richard’s Building Pool, play with the BYU Water Polo club, perform research for Dr. Stephen Charles about the nueromechanics of the wrist, and spend the rest of my time with 2ft Prosthetics, an organization dedicated to helping amputees in developing countries receive working limbs. I plan to pursue an advanced degree by eventually earning a Master’s in Biomechanical Engineering.

Goals

As a male member of Law Partners for about a year, I found it hard to relate to a lot of the activities that Law Partners had planned, but I wanted to be involved and help support my wife with her Law School. I am sure that many of the male members feel this way.

As the LP Male Rep, I am here to help. My job is to make sure that you feel involved at whatever level you want to commit to. We can have a social where all our awesome law-school wives (who already know each other) can hang out, while we down pizza and play video games on a big-screen. And hey, if someone is trying to form an intramural team or laser-tag team, or…maybe a support group when your wives are locked in the law school for finals, and you can’t cook… I am here to help. If you have ideas for get-togethers or group dates, let me know and I can help get the ball rolling (I believe we can even help with funds).
I want to make sure that Law Partners is able to be a support group for the husbands of law students as well as wives, and I hope that this next year, we can accomplish just that.

Activities for the week of March 20-26th:

Children's hour is Wednesday, March 23rd @ 2:30 p.m. at the University
Mall Tree house play area.

Barrister’s Ball and Award's Banquet is Thursday, March 24th @ 6pm in
the ballroom (upstairs) at the Provo City Library. Semi-formal dress.
(Although judging from previous years some will be in formal attire as
well.)

Workout group is the same as always :) MWF 9 a.m. at the chapel at 900
E. 100 S. in the gym.

CLOSING SOCIAL is upcoming--Friday, April 8th @ 6 p.m. in the Moot
Court Room.

Have a wonderful week!

Activities

MWF:  Exercise Group same time and place.

Tuesday @10am:  Childrens Hour at California Pizza Kitchen in Orem.  Bring your kids to see how they make pizza there.  It will be fun!

Activities for the Week~

MWF- Exercise group @ 9am.  Same Time and place.

Thursday 10am in Rm 276 id Childrens Hour.  There will be a puppet show for the kids, and after they will be able to make their own puppets.  Please bring scissors for your child.

Thursday night at 6:30 pm at Costa Vida in Provo is Dinner Group.  Please join us.  To RSVP leave a comment here.

This school year is almost done, hang in there! :)

Activities for the Week~

MWF- Exercise group @ 9am.  Same Time and place.

Thursday 10am in Rm 276 id Childrens Hour.  There will be a puppet show for the kids, and after they will be able to make their own puppets.  Please bring scissors for your child.

Thursday night at 6:30 pm at Costa Vida in Provo is Dinner Group.  Please join us.  To RSVP leave a comment here.

This school year is almost done, hang in there! :)

Activities for the Week~

MWF- Exercise group @ 9am.  Same Time and place.

Thursday 10am in Rm 276 id Childrens Hour.  There will be a puppet show for the kids, and after they will be able to make their own puppets.  Please bring scissors for your child.

Thursday night at 6:30 pm at Costa Vida in Provo is Dinner Group.  Please join us.  To RSVP leave a comment here.

This school year is almost done, hang in there! :)

This Week:

The only announcement this week is for exercise group MWF same time and place.

I don't think there is Childrens Hour this week, but I will post if I hear otherwise.

HaPpY sPRinG!!!

Those running for Elections

We had a few people nominated for each board position, but as it happens, only one person is running for each position. So the vote will take place mostly as a formality; however, please take time to vote to show support for those running and in the event a write-in candidate chooses to run. There were seven Law Partners nominated for positions that I never heard from so if they decide to write-in, it may come down to counting votes. Only one person was nominated for The Gifts of the Heart Exchange Rep and only one for the Male Rep so they are gimmees. I'll post the Male Rep at a later time. You may only vote once.

President
Tausha Bentz
I'm Tausha Bentz from Manti, UT. I've been married for almost 3 years to Steve Bentz, a 2L, from Tempe Arizona. We have one daughter named Andrea who is 15 months old. I graduated from BYU in 2010 with my Bachelor Degree in Elementary Education. I love to exercise, dance, sing, and play any type of sport or game. I am currently a Zumba dn Hip Hop Hustle instructor and Ballet/JAzz teacher and teach at a few different places including our Exercise Group on Wednesdays. I love life and I absolutely LOVE being a mom and a wife!!

I'm running for Law Partners President. I love the Law Partners program because it allows us to feel involved in our husband's/wife's schooling and make life-long friends with other spouses. I would love to continue the wonderful Legacy that has been created by previous Law Partners Presidencies. My Law school experience has been greatly enriched by the friends I have made through Law Partners. I've been really impressed with all of the activities especially socials, exercise group, and Gifts of the Heart Exchange. I plan to continue all of the incredible activities that Law Partners has to offer, but i would also like to incorporate more date night type activities. We can all use an excuse to get to spend more time with our spouse, so I think a planned and fun date night with other law spouses and their husband/wife would be fantastic!

I love to plan activities and make sure they are exciting and fun! I am dependable and will complete any task that is given to me. I will be a leader who listens to the ideas of others and incorporates them when making decisions. Please consider me as your next Law Partners President.

Vice President
DeAnn Mehr
My name is DeAnn Mehr and my husband, Dan, will be a 3L during the 2011-2012 school year. Needless to say we are excited about that. We have 3 adorable children: Todd is 10 years old, Ian is just about 8 and Lucy is 2 1/2. I love being a mom with all of the challenges and joys that come with that responsibility. As a family, we love being outdoors and just playing together. My boys are huge BYU sports fans so we have a lot of fun with that too. (Jimmer-mania is alive and well at our house). Besides being with my husband and kids, I like to read, blog, quilt & do other crafty, creative things.

Being involved with Law Partners over the past 2 years has been great. I have met and become friends with a lot of wonderful people and have had some great times. These friendships and Law Partners activities have certainly helped with the adjustment into law school life.

This coming year I'd like to serve as Vice President. I think the Law Partners group has a great tradition of friendship, learning and fun times; all of which I hope to continue with my service. I think helping all law student spouses feel welcomed and informed of the different activities is key and I plan on doing my part with that as well...Here's to another year of Law School!

Historian
Hannah Stoehr
Hello! I am Hannah Stoehr, wife of Tyler, a 2L. We are both from Colorado (yes, we were high school sweethearts). We have three children, two fish and one rabbit. I graduated from BYU in 2002 in Acting and Theater Education. Now, instead of being on stage for a large audience I get to perform for my children daily. In addition to theater my hobbies include sewing, photography, blogging, planning parties, facebooking way too much and creating beautiful things!

I believe I could fill the role of Historian well. I have thoroughly enjoyed attending Law Partner events over the last year and a half. It has been a great outlet for both my husband and children, and ultimately me. I feel it to be very important to socialize, reach out, and connect with others who may be going through similar circumstances as you. While our spouses are busily engaged in the work and scholastic field we can be stimulated socially as well! I will love to enhance your well-being to better enhance your spouse’s law school experience. With my love of blogging, reaching out and planning get togethers, I believe I would fit the role of Historian and make next year the best one yet!

Treasurer
Beth MacCallum

Secretary
Amy Hindman
I would love to be the Law Partners Secretary! Law school is such a big part of all of our lives right now and I think it is really important for the Law Partners to get to know each other and support each other. As the Law Partners Secretary I would work hard to get everyone involved in an activity that is right for them.

As a 1L with an infant I felt like children's hour was perfect for toddlers and older kids, but not a great fit for us. Next year I'd like to start a Mother's Group for all of the soon-to-be mommys and new mommys. I’ve done this with my neighbors and it’s great to compare the thrills and spills of motherhood in a calm, clean environment. I’ve been involved with Gifts of the Heart Exchange for 2 years now and love it! As the Law Partners Secretary I’d like to make sure everyone has a chance to get involved and take advantage of this wonderful event.
I love being a member of the Law Partners and I’m looking forward to 2 more years of fun activities!

My husband and I were married in April 2008. We are the very proud parents of a 1 year old girl, Anne. Last spring we both graduated from BYU. I am thrilled to now be a stay at home mom and love spending every minute with my daughter! In my spare time (which is rare!) I like to sew, bake, and run.

Gifts of the Heart Exchange Representative
Natalie Rasmussen
I am excited to serve as the GOTHE Rep for 2011-2012. Being involved with GOTHE has been one of my favorite things this year. I love the chance that it gives me to visit with other women, provide for my family, and help others provide for their families too. I feel like GOTHE is a good way for each of us to practice Zion attitudes as we work together to provide for our needs. I've been impressed with the way volunteers from MBSA and LP are careful to take only what they need and think about leaving good things for the needs of those who will be coming after. It has truly been a blessing for me and I hope for all the other LP as well. I'm excited to be more involved in LP this year and to get to know everyone now that my youngest is getting a little older, and life a little more manageable again.

Originally from Kaysville, UT, I met my husband on a blind date while we were attending BYU as undergrads. We had our first son while both of us were still finishing school, so we've done the trading-baby-off-on-campus routine. I graduated in Landscape Management with a minor in business. After graduation, my husband and I moved to Idaho Falls where he worked for three years before we decided to quit and come back to law school. We have three little boys Joseph 5, Anders 3, and Samuel 10 months. As newly weds my husband and I lived and worked briefly in Germany. I love gardening, plants, camping, hiking, sewing, cooking, and reading.

Activities This Week~

MWF: Exercise group at 9am.  Come to the LDS church building at 9th East and 100 South in Provo.  Get in a good workout with other Law Partners and MBA wives.  Kids welcome!

Monday 2/21/11:  Children's Hour at the Bean Museum.  Come to the Live animal show at 11am for Children's hour this week.

Tuesday 2/22/11:  Dinner Group at 7pm at Texas Roadhouse in Orem.  Please RSVP so we don't have to wait forever to be seated since this is a fairly new restaurant.

Have a good week & enjoy your spouse having no classes.

Actvities for the Week:

MWF:  Exercise group, same time and place.  Scroll down for details

Monday 2/14:  Bring your kids to the Provo Fire Station at 4:30pm located at 300S & 700E for this weeks childrens hour.  Come get a tour and meet some other Law Partners.

*Hula Class has been postponed and I will post when it resumes again.  Kieki is visiting family in Hawaii, lucky girl! *

HAppY VaLENTineS dAy!!!

Attention 2L Spouses:

Spouses and families of 2nd year Law Students. Thursday night is the SBA sponsered halfway bash which means we are invited to celebrate that we are HALFWAY done with Law School. Please read the details below and come and join in on the fun!! Hope to see you all there!
Sarah



When:* February 3rd* 7-9 pm




Where: Wilk 3220



Why: To eat, laugh, and kick start the last half of our law school career



How: Kneaders is catering. SBA has a little entertainment planned.



Who: 2L law students, 2L law spouses, 2L law kids... oh! and 2L law

significant others.

Weekly Activities:

MWF: 9am Exercise Group.  The address is 900E & 100S, Provo.

Wed: Hula Class at the Law school in room 205 from 5:30-6:30pm.  Come shake your hips and learn how to hula.  This class is taught by Keiki who is from Hawaii so you can't get much more authentic than that.

GOTHE is this weekend so check back here later this week for details.

Have a great week!

Tomorrows Forum:

Financial Aid & Managing Money


Law Partners Forum

With Paul Conrad

Financial Aid Director

Wed, January 26, 2011

6:00 pm

Law School Room 206





Paul Conrad, Financial Aid director of BYU Law School, will present information on



Financial Aid options, as well as correct application techniques to prevent delays in receiving funds and on



Financial planning and tips for money management while in Law School as well as for after graduation.

We will end with an open discussion for questions and feedback to the Financial Aid department about what students and families need.

Law Students and Spouses are welcome, as well as babes in arms.

Sorry, no babysitting is being offered.

Refreshments will be served.

This week:

MWF: exercise group same time and place.

Wed January 26th: Forum in room 206 at the Law School. See post above.

Wed is also hula class in rm 205 from 5:30 to 6:30.

Thurs Jan 27th @11am at the law school in rm 205 is childrens hour. Bring your kids and make a craft.

Have a good week.

Activities for the week

Exercise group MWF same time and place.


Wednesday Jan 19th:

Childrens Hour at the Mc Donalds playground located at 211w 1230 n. @11am. Come let your kids play instead of being stuck inside all day! They will have a blast and you can chat with other mommies!

Wednesday Hula. See post below for details.


Have a great week!

Hula Moves to Wednesdays!

We will begin hula this week, and have reserved the room for the entire semester, so hula class will always be at the same time and same place.   

Wednesday, 5:30-6:30 rm. 205. From the East parking lot doors head down the hall and turn left.  It is the largest classroom on the main floor of the building, directly under the Moot courtroom.

We'll be preparing a hula for the talent show in February!

Mahalo,

Kieiki

Weekly Activities

~Tuesday 1/11/11~ 1L activity!  Come to the 1L Game Night Extravaganza.  7pm in Rm 205 of the Law school.  There will be a number of fun games to play and you are welcome to bring your own game if you want to.  Snacks & treats will be provided.  We hope many 1Ls will come and enjoy an evening getting to know other spouses in your law school year.

~Thursday 1/13/11~ First dinner group of the new year.  It will be at Rumbi Island Grill on E Univ. Pkway right by Best Buy @6:30pm.  Please leave a comment to RSVP or email sarahbanks170@gmail.com.  Each LP pays for themselves.  Please leave children at home unless you have an infant.  Thanks!

~Thursday will also be when Hula class begins again.  I will post details later this week since this is the first week back.


~Friday 1/14/11~ Childrens' Hour @Mother Goose story time at Provo City Library at 11:30am.  Targeted for children 13-24 months, but all ages can join.


~As always exercise group will meet MWF @9am.  New location is 900E & 100S in Provo.

There are a LOT of activities to choose from this week.  Make it a New Years goal to get more involved in Law Partners to make some friends and meet new people.  It will make your Law School experience better & more memorable.

Childrens Hour

Please come to Childrens Hour this Wed @ 11am at University mall in Orem.  It will be at the playplace.  Erin Urrutia will be there wearing a pink striped shirt & jeans.  Please go so she doesn't have to sit there all alone.  Thanks!

Also, congrats to Wendy Nichols & family on the newest addition to their family.  She arrived a few days before Christmas & they named her Noelle.  Yeah!

First Activities of 2011

Happy New Year!  I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas, New Years, & break.  As you all know classes begin tomorrow.

~MWF exercise group will begin at it's original location at 9am.  See post below.

~Wed. the 5th:  First Childrens Hour of the year will be at the playplace in the University Mall at 11am.  Come bring your kids to run around and make new friends.

~Thurs. the 6th Hula class will be in the evening at the Law School.  Look for further details later in the week.

Good luck to everyone this semester!