Ok... Here is my first blog...Don't expect too much!!
This month has been CRAZY!! I quit my job, which was a little harder than I thought it would be. I will really miss the awesome people that I worked with!! (And unfortunately I won't be able to wear that hard hat anymore.) My mom, Aunt Sue and my sister Jen (the scrunchy face screamer) came to visit us in Cleveland. We went to Palmyra, New York and saw all the church historical sites. On the way back we stopped in Niagara Falls for a couple of hours so that Jen could see the falls and get some souvenirs. And we went to Justin and my favorite place in Cleveland. The Mint Cafe for some Thai food. I love that place!! SO GOOD! The next day we went to Amish country and found some cool stuff. Aunt Sue bought a willow rocking chair that we had to fit in the back of our rented PT Cruiser. (Such a weird car!) We had a great time! The next day we went to church and then left early to go to
Kirtland. We will miss being so close to
Kirtland, it's such a cool place.
Mom, Aunt Sue and Jen
Then Justin and I had about a week and a half to pack what we could (I started packing in January or February...) before Justin's mom, Cheryl, came to Cleveland. She came in on Wednesday and we drove to Amish country so that I could pick up my Mom's Mother's Day present, a rocking chair just like my Aunt's) which we barely fit in our car. It was an adventure. We packed and cleaned like crazy people until Jerry, Angela, Jon and Logan came on Friday. They helped us load the truck (Thanks guys you are AWESOME!!) and make sure that the three boys who had been watching us load it, didn't steal anything. Who sits and watches someone load a truck for 4 hours??? Anyway, we got it all packed in the truck and the car safely on the trailer (Justin is an amazing driver!!). Sunday was Justin's graduation from law school! I am SO PROUD of you Babe!
Cheryl, Justin and Jerry
Here were are at graduation! Jon, (is hiding behind Angela), Angela, Cheryl, Logan Man and Jerry. It was so great to have Justin's family here for graduation! The only one who couldn't come was Melissa because she still had class - Sorry Miss! We missed you!
The HAPPY Graduate in his "
Smurf Suit"! Justin was rather perturbed that is cost $200 to rent the gown. Lucky for him, he got to keep the great "muffin top" hat. He was just so excited about that.
Logan didn't like Justin's hat at all...poor little guy!
So...after graduation, we got ready to leave, jumped in the truck and took off. We left about 7 and drove through the night... it was pretty rough. Justin's mom drove with us so that we would have more drivers. So there were three of us and Dexter (He was freaking out!) But we were able to make it from Cleveland to Nebraska by Monday at about 1 or 2. We stopped at the
Noorlander's house to sleep for a minute and take a shower. They fed us dinner and we played in their backyard with
Shaylee and Eric. Dexter loved it! We miss you
Noorlander Family!
We left Nebraska and drove through the night again. Wyoming was really bumpy!! And it was really hard to sleep in a truck. Awful!! Anyway, we made it safe and sound about 4:00 on Tuesday. We were SO TIRED!! Luckily we had help unloading the truck because I don't think we would have made it on our own.
So we have just been settling in and
loving Idaho!! Our
apartment is AWESOME! We have a dishwasher - it's the little things in life!!
He doesn't look so sure about that job posting....not enough bones..he he.
Since we have the computer on the floor in the living room, he figures we are fair game because we are down on his level... the above picture shows the help I usually get from him. He just wants to play! So along with looking for jobs, Justin has been studying like a mad man. He uses highlighters when he studies and if Dexter is bothering him, Dexter gets highlighted...
Yes, he does have a yellow head. I would also like to point out that this is not the first time, nor will it be the last that he will be highlighted (I am just going with a gut feeling on that...) Dexter has also done pink (which stayed the longest and didn't come out for a month...), green...
and my personal favorite...blue.
We used to get funny looks from the neighbors and get to hear expressions like...
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