Playing Catch Up!

These past few weeks have been so crazy and I want to post pictures because we had so much fun. Ryan and I FINALLY made it to Rexburg. We left Chicago on Saturday. The drive was great until we got into Nebraska (I hate Nebraska). We ran into serious freezing rain so we had to cut our trip short and spend the night in Grand Island, NE. That night we ate at Grandma Max's Restaurant....(just as scary as it sounds). Food was terrible and too expensive.


We got up early Sunday morning and took off for Utah. We were expected to have great weather the whole way so I called my old roommate Katie and asked her if we could stay with her family in Kaysville for the night. It was a fantastic drive. Roads were clear. The sky was blue and the sun was shining, so we kept driving and got to Utah just after 6. It was SO MUCH FUN seeing Katie. I love her So much! Her parents, Cynthia and Bob are wonderful people and they treated us like gold. We had a warm cooked dinner waiting there for us and we just laughed and talked all night.


We woke up early early because we heard there was a serious storm coming later in the afternoon. We rolled into Rexburg around noon. Unfortunately we aren't moving into our apartment until Tuesday so we got a room at the Days Inn for the night. We are glad to have a warm place to stay tonight. There is SO much snow up in Rexburg it makes me SICK! I refuse to drive on the roads. Ryan and I got lots done today. I got my new student ID, we paid for our tuition and fees, and got a parking permit. We also decided to open up a Wells Fargo account because there isn't a Bank of America here in Rexburg. And since Wells Fargo bought Wachovia, I think we are going to switch our accounts totally over to Wells Fargo.

The Best, BEST, part about today was that Ryan and I met up with my old roommate Ashley and her husband Scott. We ate at our usual place, Bajios. It was so much fun to catch up because we haven't seen each other in 2 years! And we are both married now! It's hilarious. We went back to Ashley and Scott's place to meet their baby, Paris. Paris is a ferret. (ew) but she is a sweetie and very cute and Not stinky at all. My other old roommate Christina and her husband Josh were able to stop by. And the three of us girls just laughed and laughed and laughed. We were throwing names around and memories. From what I could tell, the three husbands all were getting along! We already made plans to go to the Temple together and have game nights! Yay! I am So happy to have some girlfriends again.

Anyways, I will post some pictures of our apartment when we get moved in. Thank you for all your prayers and support with our big move! We truly were blessed and protected on our drive. It was scary at times, but we made it!

Driving to Rexburg!

Hey Everybody! Sorry I haven't updated anything in the last 3 weeks...but life has been SO BUSY! Just some quick highlights....

Christmas was wonderful! We spent it with my family. My sister was able to fly in for the week and we had so much fun! My brother and Tiffany with their son Benjamin came in also. We had beautiful weather the whole week. The boys were even able to go golfing the day after Christmas! We packed the POD and drove to Chicago on Saturday (27th).

We have been with Ryan's family in Chicago for the past week and we have had SO much fun! We spent the day in the city, ate Chicago style pizza, saw movies, played games, and stayed inside as much as we could! It has been 20-35 degrees all week!

Ryan and I along with Ryan's brother Stuart are taking off tomorrow towards Rexburg, Idaho. We are hoping and praying for perfect weather. It is only 20 hours to Salt Lake City so we are grateful to only be in the car for 2 days!!! Our car is packed and we are ready to get into our new apartment and start our life! Yay! We feel so blessed his holiday season. It has been an amazing 2008 and we are hoping for an even better 2009!!! Love you all! I'll post some pictures after we get settled in Rexburg!

Merry Christmas!

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Ward Party with my New Hair!

I needed a serious change with my hair. My hair dresser Natalie is my....(prepare yourself), She is my brother-in-law Stuart's, Fiance Julie's, sister- in-law. Anyways, I love Natalie. And I will miss her. I decided to go totally different than my usual.


And we went to our ward party. And let me tell you...it was Fun! They served us lasagna, salad, and ice cream for dessert. We walked up to the table of lasagna, I looked at Ryan with a very scared face. I was preparing myself to get food poisoning by eating it. Ew. BUT nothing happened and I'm alive. Then there was a gift exchange for the kids and the adults by reading one of those stories that if you say, right or left in the book, you pass the gift right or left...capiche? We walked out of there with toasted macaroons and a bag of dark chocolate Hershey kisses. We took a picture with one of the girls we teach in our Sunday School class, Andrea. She is going to Utah over Christmas so we won't see her again!

Ryan wearing his cute vest from Gap we got for $9