i love this time of year

I am feeling very blessed. I am coming to realize that I am not in charge of my life. I mean, I get to make decisions but I am not in control of everything. And that is hard to take for a control freak like me. But I feel like maybe I've been worrying about those things I cannot control when I should be grateful for the things that I have. I am so grateful for Jesse. He is more than I could have ever asked for in a husband. I am grateful for our friends and our families. I am grateful for our home. But most of all I am grateful for my Savior. As we celebrate His birth, I am overwhelmed with gratitude for His life and sacrifice for me.

Back in the Magic Valley

I love this place! After my recent graduation (oh yeah!) we were able to move back to Rupert! For a while we didn't think we'd be able to sell our apartment contract in the Burg but last minute a couple wanted it and we were able to move in 3 days. So for now we are staying with Jesse's family and waiting for the remodel on our next home to be finished. There is so much going on at the house it is awesome to see more progress every day. I know we both just feel so blessed to be here.

Wow, we are lame :)

Ok, so we are not the best bloggers. But that is ok because we have been just a little busy. But good news! Jesse bought a 4-wheeler (yeah this is kind of old news because we got it earlier this spring, but i digress), he is just a few weeks from finishing his 2nd to last semester of grad school, I just had my senior violin recital last week which went amazing and I am 5 1/2 weeks from graduating and being done with school FOREVER! So I am just a little excited about being able to leave the burg and move on to warmer weather but while we are still here we have been trying to enjoy some of the local recreation.

Last week end we decided last minute we wanted to go fishing, so me, Jesse, Derek, Emily, Brooke, Tayne, and their soon to be born child :) all went fishing. About ten minutes after we got to Henry's Lake it started raining, then hailing, and it was cold. And their were fish swimming all around and nothing was biting! Just a little frustrating. Brooke and Derek both ended up reeling in a fish but after that we had no luck. But even though we got skunked and rained on I really had a good time. It was nice to get out of our little apartment and spend some time outside. I think we'll be heading to Yellowstone soon and I am super excited to see Old Faithful. (Yeah, I've lived about 3 hours away from it my whole life and never been, and I'm probably a little overexcited but I'm easily entertained).

Well, I can't say much else has been going on, just work, school, and lovin' life! I can't say enough how blessed I am for a wonderful family and an amazing husband. I love my life!

One year Anniversary

This Monkey stole Kylie's Banana! He kept running up to her and so she finally gave it up after he threatened to attack!

For our one year Anniversary we went back to Jesse's mission to Costa Rica!. We had so much fun! We saw monkeys, crocodiles, parrots, sloths, and a ton of other animals. We met many members there and got to spend some time with one of Jesse's converts and his son. We spent 3 days with a member, 1 night overlooking an active volcano, and 4 days on flamingo beach! We had a blast! We went the end of July and first week in August

The sunsets were beautiful!! So many times it looks like a postcard and it was hard to believe we were actually there!