Moving

Well, today has finally come. Brain and I need to be out of our apartment tonight. We have been working really hard this last week to get things packed up and moved to my parents house. My family has been such a wonderful help in all of this. Jacob stayed over a few nights last week, and we put him to work. We also had Rachelle come and help us on our big move day on Saturday. It was so wonderful having them help. We also had Krystal and her kids, Brynnlee and Caleb, help unload at Mom and Dad's. My family is so wonderful!

I have to say that we had a bit of fun during all the drudgery of moving. One of the times Brian came in get a drink he could not find his glass from earlier so he got another one out. Later I found the glass he had misplaced and gave it to Jacob. Jacob waited for the right moment and poured it on Brian as he was going down the stairs. It was a really hot day and Brian needed to cool off anyway.

Brain and I have lived in this apartment since we got married, and have many memories here. It is going to be hard to leave. We are going to miss this place.

Here are some pictures of the move on SaturdayOur next door neighbor took pity on Brian and Jacob and helped move our entertainment center.Jacob was such a big help to Brian and me
We were so glad that Krystal told us about how cheap it was to rent a trailer for just a day. We were able to move so much more in one trip with it. We did a bit of calculating and found that it would have taken about 4 or 5 times as many trips with only the truck , but we did it all in 2.
Here Brian is resting after a long day of packing. He deserved it.

Skipping rocks

Brian and I try to meet for lunch as often as we are able to, and for lunch yesterday we went down to the river. After we were finished eating lunch we started playing in the cool water. Brian started skipping rocks and I told him that I did not know how to. Brian was very surprised and decided to teach me how. I had no idea that there was such a science to it. I had so much fun.

House hunting

On monday morning Brian and I flew out to Michigan to look for a place to live. We had only a short time to do everything, but I think we did very well. A lot of the houses needed a ton of work done to them, or were out of our price range or in a really scary neighborhood. We were finally able to get a few that we put onto a list of possibilities. We then spent almost the entire last night we were there going over each of the houses in detail and really discussed what we each want to have with buying a home. We then met with the Realtor for the last time and made an offer on one of them. It was very crazy, but Brian and I feel good about the place we picked. Now we are just waiting to hear back.

Our first night was kinda interesting, I had a migraine and when we checked into the place we had reserved online to stay at we found was in a very scary place. The first room had the doorjam bent back, and then the next one had a leaky toilet and the window would not lock. We quickly decided to find another place to stay, and we did find one that was 100 times better.

The whole experience was very crazy, but Brian and I learned a lot from this experience. Looking back on it we realized that for all that we had to do it went pretty smoothly.

Visiting the Baldi Family

Last week Brian and I drove out to Califorina to see his parents and sisters family. It was such a long drive(11 hours!!), but the trip was SO worth it. We played on the beach, down in the dried up creek, Michelle and I had some girl time with a cute movie and made a bunch of treats, we also did some four-wheeling, and the boys had fun feeding the four foot king snake and trying to feed the hawk, making and throwing airplanes, and just talking and relaxing. We did not want to come home, it was an amazing time with the family. Andrew and Dallin are SO adorable, and smart too! Brian and I can't wait to go out there again.

MSU here we come!

I am very excited that Brian got into graduate school. It is quite amazing that he got this offer. We have a lot to do to make it to Michigan, but we are taking it one step at a time. We are off to a great adventure.

Does it ever end?!

I feel as though I am doing homework every spare second that I have. I am about ready to explode. I have been learning a lot, but I wish I had a little more time to myself. I would like to even be able to do laundry. Pretty much the only break I have from school is when I go to work, but while I am at work I am constantly thinking about the things I am learning about in my class. I need a vacation, but I don't have the time to take one. I can't wait until fall!

Breakfast in bed

Brian is so sweet! Many of you know that I love to sleep in, and Brian quickly figured this out after we got married. So for Christmas he gave me a breakfast tray.

This morning I woke up to him making me breakfast, and bringing it into me. I am so lucky to have him!

School

I have been back in school for a week now, and I am just loving it! I am only taking one class, but Spring term is shorter then the regular semesters, so we go through things very quickly. In only two days I think I did more homework then I ever did before for a class. I am trying really hard to do well and keep up. Brian has been such a support to me in all of this. If it weren't for him I wouldn't even be able to go to school right now.

I have learned a lot already. The class I am taking is Home and Family Living 100. I like the Home and Family Living major and hope to be able to take a lot more classes in the future. Brian is looking forward to my class for summer term. It's Basic Food Preparation.

Finally

I've looked at other blogs and loved how cute, and informative they are. So I have been wanting to have my own blog for a while now, but just talked Brian into it this morning. He was worried about the security. I am so excited to join the world of blogging.