So here we are- it is August 25. This means there are just over 3 weeks until my due date! We are getting way excited! I can hardly believe that we are so close! I've met both the doctors I will be working with up here, Dr. Barton and Dr. Allred, and both of them are very good and I would be fine if either one delivered our baby. Dr. Allred is actually in our ward also. The bishop's wife also works at the Women's Clinic where I go- she is one of the receptionist ladies. It's really funny how people around here generally do one of 3 things: work at the hospital, work at the university, or go to school at the university.
My last appointment was on Friday, and we got to talk to Elaine, the lovely lady (whose husband teaches at the university) who is in charge of billing and such fun things at the Women's Clinic. I felt a lot better after we got to talk to her about our insurance situation and how we would work out payment and such things. We have kind of an interesting situation because my ASU student health insurance ran out on the 15th of August, and our insurance through DMBA (BYU-I Student insurance) doesn't begin until school starts on the 8th of September... so like I said, I'm taking it easy until then to make sure Baby stays where she is supposed to! Anyway, Elaine was really nice and was impressed that we had done our homework and knew all the things we were supposed to know about our insurance and so forth, and I feel very reassured that whatever happens, they will work with us and make sure everything goes ok. I feel a lot less stressed knowing that even if Baby does come early and we don't have insurance, that everything will work out and it will be ok.
We also had our birthing class that the hospital offers a week ago last Saturday. It was really good! A lot of the stuff I heard was just review- I had done a lot of reading and research so I knew a lot of it already. But Thomas hadn't heard most of it, and he actually really enjoyed it. I was really glad he liked it- I was afraid he'd be bored or wouldn't really pay attention. But he really did like it and it gave us a lot of things to talk about. We also got to take a tour of the hospital facilities, and see the labor/delivery rooms, and the recovery rooms and stuff. It was really neat to actually get to see where my baby will be delivered. All of it really helped me to 1) de-stress and 2) really visualize what the whole birthing process will be like. I've imagined it a lot of times before, but it was nice to have an actual picture of what the room will look like and such. It's starting to feel more like something I can really actually do!
The lady who taught our childbirthing class (her name is Lisa and she is a nurse at the hospital) said something I really liked. She said that our society is one that is built on fear, in many ways. She said that this is especially true when it comes to childbirth. When you see a mother giving birth on TV shows or whatever, she's always freaking out and screaming and stuff. That's pretty much the accepted image of a mother giving birth in our society. Lisa said that's not how it is in other cultures/societies. She said that that concept of fear that we automatically expect/feel because of what our society has built into us creates so much tension around the whole situation, that it actually counteracts what our bodies naturally do. That tension works against the process of labor and makes it more painful and harder and longer. Plus it stresses us out. :) That really helped me to realize that- labor isn't as scary as it's made out to be. Yeah, it will hurt, and it will be harder than anything else I've done, but there really isn't anything to be scared of. My body knows what to do, the doctors know what to do, and all is in the Lord's hands. That is such a comforting thing to know.
It's really neat having so many other friends up here that are in similar situations- it's given me a chance to really think about what it will be like to be a mom. Being such good friends with Michael and Qait also really helps- first of all they have helped us SO much since we moved up here! They've just really made things a lot easier for us. When we first got up here they brought us dish soap and paper plates and silverware- basic essentials so we could actually eat things, because everything was packed! And Qait has really been so amazing. She has given us tons of stuff for Baby and for me- from maternity clothes she doesn't need anymore, to extra diapers they had from when Ender was a newborn, and we are just so grateful to them for helping us! Qait and I have been able to talk a lot about motherhood and stresses and feeding and changing and all kinds of things that have really helped me to feel a lot less crazed about the whole thing. I'm so excited- but I've also stressed about a lot of stuff majorly and I've felt that stress level go down a lot in the past few weeks.
It's kinda strange to think that my life could change so suddenly. I mean- everything will be different once Baby comes- my whole world is going to change. And I'm excited but anxious about it, because I don't know exactly WHEN it will all happen. I'm not too nervous about any one part of the whole thing, but not knowing when is what makes me most nervous.
Monday, August 25, 2008
Friends... are a friend's best friend
We have so many friends up here already! We have met so many great people in our ward, and we have had more social engagements up here in the last few weeks than I think we have in the past several months! there is something really neat about living in a small, college town where people's whole entire lives revolve around a radius of just a few miles. It is very different from what I'm used to- but I really like it! People up here are so nice!
Our neighbors to the left of us, John and Peggy Vernon, have two little boys, Ben and Issac who are 5 and 3. They had us over for dinner just last week, so we are still getting to know them.
We also made friends with the couple across from us, Barrett and Andrea Gibson who have a 3-month-old baby girl. They were one of the first people to come over and meet us- they brought us banana bread and asked us to dinner right after we moved here!
Yesterday we invited the couple down the street over for dinner- Ross and Triest Graham. They just moved into the ward last week. They have been married since April and have been selling security in Albuquerque (is that even how you spell it?) but now they have moved back here to Rexburg so Ross can finish school. Triest (you pronounce it tree-est) graduated in April with her BS in Music. They are both musicians/vocalists, and so we got all along very very well.
The lady who lived to the right of us, Pat Anderson, just moved out and there is another young couple moving in there that the Grahams know from selling security in New Mexico- I think their last name is Klinger? We didn't get to know Pat very well, but she worked at the nursery a few minutes down the road and she came over one time and helped us figure out what was a weed and what was a plant or flower. We were pretty clueless on most of them. It was hard to tell! We will miss her, but we are excited to have so many young couples here so close to us! We have grand schemes to have a neighborhood Labor Day party...
And then of course we have so many of Thomas' amazing friends up here to play with! There are way too many for me to name them all, plus then I'd forget someone and feel bad. Thomas is just such a friendly person. We did just go camping this past weekend with Michael and Qait Wahlquist and their adorable almost-6-month-old little boy Ender. Way fun! Thomas and Michael have been friends for practically forever, and they've decided that our little girl and their little boy will get married when they grow up.
Our ward is just wonderful however we do miss all our friends in our old one. I think we will love being in this ward. There is a really good mix of people in our ward- lots of young couples/new families, but also some older couples that have grown-up kids, and there are those families in-between. But everyone is really friendly and I'm very excited to get to know them. I went to Relief Society the last couple Sundays and it was so strange to have a fifteen-minute block of time that the sisters just talked about their lives and what they were excited about (most of which was about the new Twilight book...). I could totally tell everyone knew each other well and they were all such good friends. Everyone calls each other by their first names and there are only about 25 sisters in Relief Society right now. There's even an older lady in there named Prudence- she is such a neat lady! But it made me think of my baby sister and her little ratties! I really hope that I get a calling that allows me to attend Relief Society- I'm excited to get to know these fun ladies!
Our neighbors to the left of us, John and Peggy Vernon, have two little boys, Ben and Issac who are 5 and 3. They had us over for dinner just last week, so we are still getting to know them.
We also made friends with the couple across from us, Barrett and Andrea Gibson who have a 3-month-old baby girl. They were one of the first people to come over and meet us- they brought us banana bread and asked us to dinner right after we moved here!
Yesterday we invited the couple down the street over for dinner- Ross and Triest Graham. They just moved into the ward last week. They have been married since April and have been selling security in Albuquerque (is that even how you spell it?) but now they have moved back here to Rexburg so Ross can finish school. Triest (you pronounce it tree-est) graduated in April with her BS in Music. They are both musicians/vocalists, and so we got all along very very well.
The lady who lived to the right of us, Pat Anderson, just moved out and there is another young couple moving in there that the Grahams know from selling security in New Mexico- I think their last name is Klinger? We didn't get to know Pat very well, but she worked at the nursery a few minutes down the road and she came over one time and helped us figure out what was a weed and what was a plant or flower. We were pretty clueless on most of them. It was hard to tell! We will miss her, but we are excited to have so many young couples here so close to us! We have grand schemes to have a neighborhood Labor Day party...
And then of course we have so many of Thomas' amazing friends up here to play with! There are way too many for me to name them all, plus then I'd forget someone and feel bad. Thomas is just such a friendly person. We did just go camping this past weekend with Michael and Qait Wahlquist and their adorable almost-6-month-old little boy Ender. Way fun! Thomas and Michael have been friends for practically forever, and they've decided that our little girl and their little boy will get married when they grow up.
Our ward is just wonderful however we do miss all our friends in our old one. I think we will love being in this ward. There is a really good mix of people in our ward- lots of young couples/new families, but also some older couples that have grown-up kids, and there are those families in-between. But everyone is really friendly and I'm very excited to get to know them. I went to Relief Society the last couple Sundays and it was so strange to have a fifteen-minute block of time that the sisters just talked about their lives and what they were excited about (most of which was about the new Twilight book...). I could totally tell everyone knew each other well and they were all such good friends. Everyone calls each other by their first names and there are only about 25 sisters in Relief Society right now. There's even an older lady in there named Prudence- she is such a neat lady! But it made me think of my baby sister and her little ratties! I really hope that I get a calling that allows me to attend Relief Society- I'm excited to get to know these fun ladies!
Surprises: The Creepies and the Crawlies
We are experiencing all the joys of owning our own home instead of renting. It's been such an adventure and challenging/frustrating/exhilarating at times!
One such adventure concerned our water heater. Our water heater and furnace (and maybe the dryer, we think...?) are all gas-powered, which is something totally new for both of us. Our water heater is in the master bedroom closet, and we had been smelling gas in there so we had to call the company to come out and look at it. The guy was really nice and told us that our water heater had a couple little things to fix- which weren't that big a deal but needed fixing before we could use it again. So we had someone in the ward who knew about water heaters come help us figure out how/what to do to fix it- and eventually we had it fixed and no one had to take freezing cold showers. But we also learned that the water heater is about 22 years old... so we'll be having to replace that pretty soon! But it was an adventure and after much toil and strife and struggling with tools and so forth, now Thomas can beat his chest and say he conquered the gas water heater.
We've also encountered some interesting creatures that we don't have problems with back in AZ! First of all, we have the most amazing yard that we've been... renovating... since no one had really taken care of it in the last few years! That's been an adventure- Thomas is really excited about getting to care for it and I'm loving it too! But anyway so we had to pull (we meaning Thomas... and his buddy Michael came over and helped...) a bunch of the overgrown stuff out from under the bushes and ferns and beautiful things that grow in our lovely little yard. Actually this process has come in several installments, but over the course of doing so we found out several things...
First of all, we think that there is a black and white (kind of cow-looking, if ya know what i mean) cat who lives under/around our house, which explains the meowing we heard the first week or so. We see it skulking around every now and then.
We then discovered that the reason the cat liked our house so much was that there were mice under the house! But apparently the cat wasn't doing a good enough job, or the mice were really good at hiding, because Barrett (neighbor across the street from us) was mowing our lawn for us the first few days we were here and he chased a few out from under the house in doing so. We also found one of them stuck (dead) in a trap that Carol (the lovely little old lady who previously owned the home) had left under one of the kitchen drawers. Thomas was pretty grossed out... he made me take care of it. :)
Thomas also discovered a real live caterpillar- not the faky teensy greenish kind that we are used to in AZ. A real, fuzzy, big huge caterpillar! So exciting!!! See- look!!!
How cool is this guy?! He looks so cute and fuzzy! We found him on one of the weeds growing next to our amazing raspberry bushes. But even more exciting than that, we have finally entered the lovely world of Hobo spiders.
Disclaimer: This isn't an actual picture that we took of the hobo spider. It's just one I found online. We've found two so far, and at first we thought it was a big Wolf spider or something, but upon doing further research we learned that they were Hobo spiders! Apparently they only live in the northwestern US, and their bite is pretty poisonous (hence the scary-looking fangy things) if they actually inject any venom into you when they bite you, but that doesn't happen every time apparently. But the bite is kind of like getting bitten by one of those Recluse spiders they have back in AZ. Eew.
The first one we found was skittering across our bedroom floor one night and we caught him in a glass and looked him up online, and discovered he was indeed a Hobo spider. Then we had to figure out what to do with him. He was inside the bottom of this glass and kind of freaking out that we had caught him, and so we didn't want to go dump him outside and try and squish him (this thing moved FAST! we were scared he would get away!) so we decided to pour some rubbing alcohol into the glass and see if that killed him. And it was really crazy- at first he just kinda curled up and held still, and then every few seconds he would spaz out like crazy! After a while we decided he was pretty dead, but Thomas decided we should take him outside and light him on fire anyway, because it was the manly thing to do. So burn he did, all blue and crispy in the moonlight. We didn't take pictures- but my sister was witness to all this so just ask her if you don't believe us.
The second spider we found didn't meet such a grand end as this first one. We found the second one all up inside the packaging around a big huge picture that everyone signed for our wedding. He had gotten himself all stuck inside the bubble wrap somehow (and my mom did such a great job of packaging it, the poor guy couldn't get out). So this one just got unceremoniously squished inside the bubble wrapping stuff. Then we gave it to our neighbor who was moving. Not the spider- the bubble wrap. It's ok, he knew it was there. He was there asking Thomas to give the Elder's Quorum lesson the next day in church when we found the little guy.
So every time we are outside doing yard work and ripping out more and more grass that has overtaken the plants beside our house, we usually end the day by saying something like "well, I think we've ticked off the hobo spiders enough for one day!" and go inside and wait for another one to pop out. So for none have dared... *evil laugh* I just hope I don't wake up one morning and find one lurking in my slippers...
One such adventure concerned our water heater. Our water heater and furnace (and maybe the dryer, we think...?) are all gas-powered, which is something totally new for both of us. Our water heater is in the master bedroom closet, and we had been smelling gas in there so we had to call the company to come out and look at it. The guy was really nice and told us that our water heater had a couple little things to fix- which weren't that big a deal but needed fixing before we could use it again. So we had someone in the ward who knew about water heaters come help us figure out how/what to do to fix it- and eventually we had it fixed and no one had to take freezing cold showers. But we also learned that the water heater is about 22 years old... so we'll be having to replace that pretty soon! But it was an adventure and after much toil and strife and struggling with tools and so forth, now Thomas can beat his chest and say he conquered the gas water heater.
We've also encountered some interesting creatures that we don't have problems with back in AZ! First of all, we have the most amazing yard that we've been... renovating... since no one had really taken care of it in the last few years! That's been an adventure- Thomas is really excited about getting to care for it and I'm loving it too! But anyway so we had to pull (we meaning Thomas... and his buddy Michael came over and helped...) a bunch of the overgrown stuff out from under the bushes and ferns and beautiful things that grow in our lovely little yard. Actually this process has come in several installments, but over the course of doing so we found out several things...
First of all, we think that there is a black and white (kind of cow-looking, if ya know what i mean) cat who lives under/around our house, which explains the meowing we heard the first week or so. We see it skulking around every now and then.
We then discovered that the reason the cat liked our house so much was that there were mice under the house! But apparently the cat wasn't doing a good enough job, or the mice were really good at hiding, because Barrett (neighbor across the street from us) was mowing our lawn for us the first few days we were here and he chased a few out from under the house in doing so. We also found one of them stuck (dead) in a trap that Carol (the lovely little old lady who previously owned the home) had left under one of the kitchen drawers. Thomas was pretty grossed out... he made me take care of it. :)
Thomas also discovered a real live caterpillar- not the faky teensy greenish kind that we are used to in AZ. A real, fuzzy, big huge caterpillar! So exciting!!! See- look!!!
How cool is this guy?! He looks so cute and fuzzy! We found him on one of the weeds growing next to our amazing raspberry bushes. But even more exciting than that, we have finally entered the lovely world of Hobo spiders.
Disclaimer: This isn't an actual picture that we took of the hobo spider. It's just one I found online. We've found two so far, and at first we thought it was a big Wolf spider or something, but upon doing further research we learned that they were Hobo spiders! Apparently they only live in the northwestern US, and their bite is pretty poisonous (hence the scary-looking fangy things) if they actually inject any venom into you when they bite you, but that doesn't happen every time apparently. But the bite is kind of like getting bitten by one of those Recluse spiders they have back in AZ. Eew.
The first one we found was skittering across our bedroom floor one night and we caught him in a glass and looked him up online, and discovered he was indeed a Hobo spider. Then we had to figure out what to do with him. He was inside the bottom of this glass and kind of freaking out that we had caught him, and so we didn't want to go dump him outside and try and squish him (this thing moved FAST! we were scared he would get away!) so we decided to pour some rubbing alcohol into the glass and see if that killed him. And it was really crazy- at first he just kinda curled up and held still, and then every few seconds he would spaz out like crazy! After a while we decided he was pretty dead, but Thomas decided we should take him outside and light him on fire anyway, because it was the manly thing to do. So burn he did, all blue and crispy in the moonlight. We didn't take pictures- but my sister was witness to all this so just ask her if you don't believe us.
The second spider we found didn't meet such a grand end as this first one. We found the second one all up inside the packaging around a big huge picture that everyone signed for our wedding. He had gotten himself all stuck inside the bubble wrap somehow (and my mom did such a great job of packaging it, the poor guy couldn't get out). So this one just got unceremoniously squished inside the bubble wrapping stuff. Then we gave it to our neighbor who was moving. Not the spider- the bubble wrap. It's ok, he knew it was there. He was there asking Thomas to give the Elder's Quorum lesson the next day in church when we found the little guy.
So every time we are outside doing yard work and ripping out more and more grass that has overtaken the plants beside our house, we usually end the day by saying something like "well, I think we've ticked off the hobo spiders enough for one day!" and go inside and wait for another one to pop out. So for none have dared... *evil laugh* I just hope I don't wake up one morning and find one lurking in my slippers...
The hunt is on!
One of our big challenges up here is finding Thomas a job that will support us while he goes to school. Since we've decided that I will be staying home with Baby once she comes, we've been exploring options for how to work things out financially.
Today Thomas is working at a temporary job (just this week). I'm not exactly sure what it is he is doing at this temporary job. Something to do with carpets and cleaning and pipes...something...? I just know he heard about it from his friend Dave Kinder yesterday and that it will pay him. Hooray! Which gives me time to do things like... update this blog. :)
Thomas also has found a very good part-time job up here! Probably the best he will find, too. He had been talking with the lady who currently is an agent working at this agency, but she is purchasing it in September and starting it out on her own so she really needs help. Thomas is a really great person for her to have working for her, because he's helped agencies get set up before, and he is pretty much just amazing and she realizes that. Anyway, we didn't think that she would want to hire him for several reasons- one big one being that he was going to be going to school and wouldn't be able to give her as much time as she might have liked. However, once we got up here and he did an interview with her, she made it clear that she REALLY would LOVE Thomas to work for her, even if it is part time for only a few months. So he accepted, and he starts his new job in September! I guess that's in like... a week...
Thomas has also been looking into getting another part-time job at a restaurant here in town. He really REALLY wants to wait tables. I know- it's not something most people would jump up and down screaming about, but he really wants to do it. He thinks it would be way fun. Anyway, so he's given his resume to several places here in town and he is just waiting to hear from them. They tend to wait to do hiring until more students come up for the semester, and they get tons of resumes so we don't know if anything for sure will come of it. There is one in particular he really liked the look and feel of- it's called Amici's and it's this Italian place and they have all their waiters dress up like mafia gangster men, with the suspenders and hat and all. I think he'd be great at it. ;D
Another exciting bit of news is that Thomas also had an interview with the man at BYU-I that is in charge of seminary student teachers. He talked with him about where Thomas is at in his schooling/classwork and what openings they have and so forth. Anyway, to the point- Bro. Seadall wants Thomas to do a week of student teaching in the middle of September (hey, isn't that the same time as... oh yeah... BABY COMING!) so that he can see Thomas teaching live, and then in November he will be able to do part-time student teaching (20 hours a week) and get paid for it! You gotta know the church is true when they pay their seminary student teachers. I never got paid for student teaching! ;) We are so excited about it!
As for me, my job right now is taking it easy. I plan to do lots of sitting-type activities, like updating blogs and so forth. :)
Today Thomas is working at a temporary job (just this week). I'm not exactly sure what it is he is doing at this temporary job. Something to do with carpets and cleaning and pipes...something...? I just know he heard about it from his friend Dave Kinder yesterday and that it will pay him. Hooray! Which gives me time to do things like... update this blog. :)
Thomas also has found a very good part-time job up here! Probably the best he will find, too. He had been talking with the lady who currently is an agent working at this agency, but she is purchasing it in September and starting it out on her own so she really needs help. Thomas is a really great person for her to have working for her, because he's helped agencies get set up before, and he is pretty much just amazing and she realizes that. Anyway, we didn't think that she would want to hire him for several reasons- one big one being that he was going to be going to school and wouldn't be able to give her as much time as she might have liked. However, once we got up here and he did an interview with her, she made it clear that she REALLY would LOVE Thomas to work for her, even if it is part time for only a few months. So he accepted, and he starts his new job in September! I guess that's in like... a week...
Thomas has also been looking into getting another part-time job at a restaurant here in town. He really REALLY wants to wait tables. I know- it's not something most people would jump up and down screaming about, but he really wants to do it. He thinks it would be way fun. Anyway, so he's given his resume to several places here in town and he is just waiting to hear from them. They tend to wait to do hiring until more students come up for the semester, and they get tons of resumes so we don't know if anything for sure will come of it. There is one in particular he really liked the look and feel of- it's called Amici's and it's this Italian place and they have all their waiters dress up like mafia gangster men, with the suspenders and hat and all. I think he'd be great at it. ;D
Another exciting bit of news is that Thomas also had an interview with the man at BYU-I that is in charge of seminary student teachers. He talked with him about where Thomas is at in his schooling/classwork and what openings they have and so forth. Anyway, to the point- Bro. Seadall wants Thomas to do a week of student teaching in the middle of September (hey, isn't that the same time as... oh yeah... BABY COMING!) so that he can see Thomas teaching live, and then in November he will be able to do part-time student teaching (20 hours a week) and get paid for it! You gotta know the church is true when they pay their seminary student teachers. I never got paid for student teaching! ;) We are so excited about it!
As for me, my job right now is taking it easy. I plan to do lots of sitting-type activities, like updating blogs and so forth. :)
The new HOUSE!
Ok so here is my attempt at updating this. (August is almost gone! Gasp!)It will undoubtedly be quite long, so I think I shall break it up into many little pieces so as to make it more easily digestible. A lot has happened! I haven't really had time to write- Thomas has kept us busy cleaning the house or running around or whatever it was we did with the past weeks.
We LOVE LOVE LOVE our new home! It is so amazing and beautiful! I was so surprised at how quickly this house has felt like home to me. I am SO excited to live here! I love Rexburg so far and I am LOVING the beautiful weather- it is so amazing to wake up and need to pull a blanket over myself because it is cold! We actually even un-installed our window air conditioner just the other day because we weren't using it anymore and we wanted to be able to open that window and let the beautiful breeze come in! Imagine... a breeze that isn't HOT!
The wonderful little old lady who lived here before us- her name is Carol Barrett- left us a lot of stuff that really helped us- like soap in the bathrooms and laundry room and cleaners in the kitchen and curtains on all the windows and gardening supplies and everything! She even left all these cans of paint that match the different colors in the house so we could touch things up if we needed to! And brand-new light fixtures for every room. She is pretty much amazing! We were so grateful to have a lot of these things right away and not have to go searching through boxes for ours or go out to the store and buy them. It really made me love this little lady who lived here and was probably thinking something like "I'm moving into my son/daughter's house that already has all these things- and I think that I will leave these things to help this young couple out". She even left us a paper with some notes on it about things like who the gas company was, a good insurance company to talk to, where she gets her firewood in the winter, where the water heater is, and lots of little helpful things like that. She seems like such a wonderful lady! I really wish I could have met her.
We LOVE LOVE LOVE our new home! It is so amazing and beautiful! I was so surprised at how quickly this house has felt like home to me. I am SO excited to live here! I love Rexburg so far and I am LOVING the beautiful weather- it is so amazing to wake up and need to pull a blanket over myself because it is cold! We actually even un-installed our window air conditioner just the other day because we weren't using it anymore and we wanted to be able to open that window and let the beautiful breeze come in! Imagine... a breeze that isn't HOT!
The wonderful little old lady who lived here before us- her name is Carol Barrett- left us a lot of stuff that really helped us- like soap in the bathrooms and laundry room and cleaners in the kitchen and curtains on all the windows and gardening supplies and everything! She even left all these cans of paint that match the different colors in the house so we could touch things up if we needed to! And brand-new light fixtures for every room. She is pretty much amazing! We were so grateful to have a lot of these things right away and not have to go searching through boxes for ours or go out to the store and buy them. It really made me love this little lady who lived here and was probably thinking something like "I'm moving into my son/daughter's house that already has all these things- and I think that I will leave these things to help this young couple out". She even left us a paper with some notes on it about things like who the gas company was, a good insurance company to talk to, where she gets her firewood in the winter, where the water heater is, and lots of little helpful things like that. She seems like such a wonderful lady! I really wish I could have met her.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
The Rexburg Adventure!
Well we are indeed alive and kicking it in Idaho now! So much has happened and I want to write all about it- but unfortunately time has been escaping us as there is so much to do in our new little house! We absolutely love it here and we are so excited to spend 2 years up here. Our house is wonderful- everything we could have asked for! And the ward is just wonderful. So don't panic- we're here! The move went very well and we had so much help on both ends which we are very very grateful for. It really made moving a lot less stressful to have so much help- so thank you to everyone who pitched in!
The moving truck.
I will try and write soon with updates on how life is going and what exciting things we are doing/seeing/etc!
Our house number!
We have the most amazing Raspberry bushes in our yard. YUM!
Check out the beautiful flowers that ALSO grow in our yard!
The moving truck.
Our house number!
We have the most amazing Raspberry bushes in our yard. YUM!
Check out the beautiful flowers that ALSO grow in our yard!
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