Moving on up!

Welcome to our new home : 2518 W. State St. It is very nice to be able to refer to our place as a home with a huge basement and no more apartment traffic or smoking neighbors. Below are a few pictures of the house with some boxes that still need to find a home :) I will try and post more later, but hopefully these will satisfy your desires for now.

Love the rust colored door!

My bedroom
Cort's bedroom

Well I will try to keep this post fairly short as I am writing from our computer that sits in an empty apartment. It is official that Cortney and I now live in a HOUSE.

Changes and finally another post!

Well today marks a very big change in my life. I will no longer be working normal hours 7am-7pm, but rather I will be working when the rest of the world is sleeping (7pm-7am). These 12 hours are also the time that some women decide to go into labor which make the night go by quicker! I owe a big thanks to a friend of mine that took me on a hard run in the foothills because I was tired enough to take a nap before getting ready for work. I also anticipate being very sore tomorrow and wanting to call my friend awful names :)

Anyways I thought I would write a post about my recent trip to San Diego and all the fun it entailed. It was wonderful spending time with the parents, seeing friends from college, and of course being a part of Renee and Dan's wedding. Below I have included pictures in no particular order of some of the fun times. (They are all mixed up because I have yet to figure out how to change the order in this world of blogging!)

Janine and I enjoying ourselves at Coronado. We even ate ice cream at Moo Time!

Us bridesmaids, the bride, and ring bearer who did not want to look at the camera

Renee showing us all the functions of her new kitchenaid we pitched in to purchase for her. That is the only reason to get married, isn't it!

Cort and I showing some roommate love

44F represent!

The beautiful Hotel Del Coronado

The bride-to-be and I at the bachelorette party (We look very "Christmasy" together)

Well I am off to get some Starbucks coffee before I head into work.

Random pictures and excitement from the last few weekends

The following pictures are in no particular order, but are here to give you a glimpse into the excitement of my life. (If I was more savvy with blogging I would have the pictures in order, but I am not!) Cortney and I have enjoyed trying to spend more time outside on the weekends since the weather has been nicer.

Cortney, Kyle, and I on our way to the market (squished in the backseat of Marc's car)
Marc and Kyle excited to be sitting outside eating Pita Pit
Jeff and I looking happy to be friends, or even know each other
Me at my birthday dinner with Cortney; The restaurant was a wonderful Rib Shack
Our food after devouring it
Cortney's precious cousins and I at Red Robin
Spencer and I playing games while waiting for our food.
FYI: food is served quicker when you go to Red Robin with young children!

Cortney and I on our way to go "garage sale-ing"

More pictures to come later this week or early next week. This is an update for someone in particular and you will know who you are when you read this!!!!!!!!!

Birthday week!!!!

Well as we near one week post my birthday I figured I would post a few pictures to help capture the highlights of the week. The fun all began last weekend when my parents arrived to celebrate with me. We had a wonderful time eating out, going to the Saturday market, and of course getting to open presents. Thankfully we were also able to celebrate my dad's birthday a day late with lemon meringue pie!!!!! Below are a few pictures of us celebrating at Texas Roadhouse. More pictures and stories to come once we download the pics from Cortney's camera.

Us at Texas Roadhouse (my favorite!)
Kyle desiring to be the center of attention!

P. S. so far 23 has been good to me :)

Things I love!

Well I must say this weekend made me realize a few things I truly love, or shall I say it reminded me of the things I hold dear. Having our old roommate Rachel here for the weekend was a blast and sure added excitement to our lives. We were able to show her some of Boise's finest and spend quality time at home laughing and napping in the sun! Unfortunately the weather was not too pleasant, but I just have to agree with Boise natives that say "this is such a long winter!" So below the pictures capture the three things I would have to say I absolutely love.

Bowling (despite getting the lowest score both games :)

Fanci Freez (they literally have like 50 milk shake flavors)


Out of town guests/ friends!!!!

Fulfilling another tag!

A - Attached or Single: Single and ready to mingle!

B - Best Friend: Oh tough call, I would have to say my dear friend Natalie that I have known since I was three years old

C- Cake or Pie: cake I guess, but my absolute favorite is cheesecake

D - Day of choice: Well now that I am a nurse I would have to say any day I have off since I only work three days a week; If I could only list one day it would be Friday because there is always so much going on until later at night

E - Essential Item: plunger because the toilets in our apartment suck

F - Favorite Color: Lime green (or any shade of green)

G- Gummy Bears or Worms: worms, especially the red and white ones

H - Hometown: El Cajon, California

I - Indulgence(s): flip flops, sleep, and ranch dressing

J - January or July: July because of 4th of July

K - Kids: Not yet

L - Life is incomplete without: encouraging family and friends and a forgiving Savior

M - Marriage Date: not set yet :)

N - Number of Siblings: 1 brother and 1 sister-in-law

O - Oranges or Apples: Apples

P - Phobias or Fears: any crawling creature, including ants and over-sleeping my alarm clock

Q - Quotes: Unfortunately, I cannot ever remember "catchy" lines or phrases :)

S - Season: Well I love finally experiencing seasons, but after surviving my first winter I would have to say fall is the best

T- Tag Three Friends: well too bad I don't have three friends on here yet and the one that I do have already tagged me!

U-Unknown fact about me: I cannot buy the item at the front of the shelf in a store, I have to buy the item from behind that fewer people have touched

V - Very favorite Store: Old Navy

W - Worst habit: having to pick up everything on my bedroom floor every night before I go to bed because otherwise I cannot sleep

X- X-ray or Ultrasound: I have had a trans-abdominal ultrasound in which I had to have a full bladder for them to scan me and it was absolutely painful when they pressed on my stomach with a full bladder

Y - Your favorite food: Salad, any kind I love

Z - Zodiac: Taurus

7 Facts

Well I have been tagged by my favorite sister-in-law to inform the blogging world seven random facts about myself. Here we go...

1. Well for starters I should mention that my brother and dad have taught me so much about volkswagen bugs over the years, that I now stop and notice every older VW I see on the road. They have even tried to teach me how to recognize what year the bug is. This picture is a tribute to the ragtop that Glendon drove me to high school in everyday.




2. Since I have moved to Idaho and made some fantastic friends I have decided to be a bit more spontaneous. I recently took and unexpected trip to Jackpot, Nevada with some friends from church. We took the 2.5 hour drive to the border and arrived in 16 degree weather, gambled till 4:30 in the morning and returned home as the sun was coming up. It took a few days to recover!

3. All growing up my absolute favorite movie was the wonderful Cool Runnings. I don't think I could ever admit to how many times I watched it, but it was always the first movie I recommended we rent whenever we were at Blockbuster.

4. If there was one food item in the world that I had to say I could not live without it would definitely have to be Hidden Valley Ranch Dressing. It goes with everything from: sandwiches, vegetables, pizza, crackers, chips, pasta, and the list could go on forever. I must admit I am a bit partial to the packets that you can mix your own dressing.

5. I used to have tabby cats when I was growing up, but sadly enough most of them lost their lives by being hit by cars in front of our house. One of my favorite cats over the years I would carry around in my overalls and her head would peak out the top. Don't worry this was not last year, but rather in junior high! This particular cat was named Marble and she had four kittens which were all named after flowers despite their gender.

6. I hate admitting this next random fact, but I take rectal temperatures on a daily basis at work. If anyone wants to know an interesting observation I have made since becoming a nurse it is that newborns cry when you take their temperature under their armpit, but when you stick a thermometer up their backside they usually quiet right down.

7. Lastly, I will admit that I have a strange affinity towards cleaning toilets. Don't ask me why, but I really like to clean them. Unfortunately mine is currently in need of a little TLC. In all reality I am just a clean freak and I like cleaning period!

For anyone this reads this hopefully you have learned something about me you did not otherwise know.