As you can tell we aren’t great at keeping our blog up to date but I am a little bored waiting for Scott to finish homework on this Sunday evening and thought I would give everyone an update!

So here are a few new events and things that have taken place in our life over the past few months…

1) The Move and Jobs…

As most of you know Scott got into BYU-Idaho and we have moved up to my old stomping grounds of Rexburg Idaho! We made the move the first week of January where we left sunny California to snowy Idaho! Scott and I were hired to be apartment managers for a boy’s apartment complex called Quincy House. If you’re familiar to Rexburg it’s the OLD brick house right next to Taco Time. The garage to the house has been converted into an apartment which is where we live! The apartment is small but it’s actually been perfect for us! It has one bedroom and an office and as we were driving up our owners let us know they were installing a dishwasher and disposal. I am not sure what I would have done without them! We are enjoying the managing job. We have good guys living in the complex so it makes our life easy! If you know of any guys who need a place to live in the summer have them give us a call!

I was very blessed after notifying my job that we would be moving that they offered to keep me working for a few months to finalize a few projects! The “few months” have now turned into a few more months so we are counting our blessing since I have been keeping my eyes open for jobs and there is really NOTHING out there right now!

2) Our Babies… (We aren’t ready for real kids so we got pets!)

In June or July of last year we made a trip to Vegas to pick up a baby Ferret! We named her Paris and NO it was not after Paris Hilton! We stayed at the Paris Hotel while we were there! We crashed my Dad’s hotel room since he was out there for work! We loved her so much we decided she needed a baby sister! Last month we went down to Utah for my cousin’s wedding and picked up another baby, her name is Ally! Paris looks like a raccoon and Ally is a tan cream color but it’s changing to a darker brown. We learned from our amazing “Ferrets For Dummies” book that it is common for ferrets’ color to change from the time they are a “kit” (a baby ferret) to an adult ferret!

We love our girls to death! They are way fun and make us laugh all the time! I was shocked to see my mom even fall in love with Paris when we lived back in California. I think she loved my mom too since she spoiled her with treats! They make great pets since they sleep 18 hours a day they don’t take too much attention other than keeping their cage clean!

3) Callings…

We are loving our new ward! We went to the student married ward our first week here and it just didn’t fit for us so we tried the family ward and knew it was where we needed to be! Our second week in the ward we got called into the bishops office for a calling… we were pleased to hear we were asked to be cub leaders for the Webelos! We love it! We only have two little guys in our group at the moment but they are great! I think I needed this calling for when I do have a boy cause I am clueless and everything that goes on in the program since I was out of the house by the time Ryan was in cubs!

To add to this calling I got asked last Sunday to meet with one of the counselors thinking he wanted to just talk to us about the scouts but I was wrong! He asked if I would serve as the Young Women’s Basketball Coach for our ward! I have never heard of that as a calling but I was all for it! Games start in April but I was asked to hold clinics mid March! I have to touch up on my coaching skills! I am looking forward to it since this will be my first time working with the Young Women!

4) Friends and Family…

We loved life in California but it was hard to have a social life since there wasn’t as many people in the same boat as us… since we moved back to Idaho it has been a blast being around other couples our age and in the same boat as us!

We have had a blast with two of my old roomies who got married over the past year and are now back in Idaho! We see Meagan and Ryan at least 3 or 4 times a week! Our usual activities are playing Wii (Boom Blocks, Tetris, and Mario Party), iNight at the Rex which if you haven’t experienced its quite amazing… with a group of 4 you pay $8 a person for a Large Pizza, 4 sodas, 4 ice creams, a movie, all the bowling you can imagine, pool, even Rock Band! Its $8 well spent! We are on a bowling league and are doing quite well! Our basketball team on the other hand is hurting a little but we have a good time! We also like to make trips to G’s Dairy for yummy ice cream and fresh waffle cones!

Last weekend we made a trip to the sand dunes where Scott got our car stuck in the snow as he pulled a U Turn on the road to stop at some fun hills we found! Luckily a truck was there to help pull us out but it wasn’t an easy job! The day ended up being a lot of fun for such a bumpy start! Scott got to use his snow deck he got for Christmas for the first time and I got back on a snowboard for the first time in a long time! (I definitely don’t belong on a snowboard!)
Our families are making their Summer plans to come out and visit! We are very excited to see them in June and July! I have a feeling we will be making a few trips to Yellowstone but I am looking forward to them!!!
I think that covers everything going on at the moment! We hope all of you are doing well and enjoying life!