update

Work is good. I am for sure going to be a full time scheduler. Which is GREAT for the "regular" hours (Mon-Fri 8-5). The thing I won't like is not being able to get up for a second and walk around. The phones ring non-stop! I think they are going to want me "on my own" next week, which scares the crap out of me. I'm sure I'll be fine. People will just have to sit on hold for a minute (or 10) till i figure out what the heck is going on. LOL.

We had a great Christmas. On Christmas Eve we went to Jeff & Barbara's for Pizza, games, and family time. It was nice because Jeff didn't get off work till five, so by the time they would have gotten out there it would have easily been 6:30. We stayed MUCH longer then i thought we would. We left probably about 12:15AM. Kevin & I then had to go to our place, grab all our stuff and then drive out to Doug & Linda's, which is about 40 mins away. So we got there at about 1:30-ish. We were totally exhausted. I atleast slept the entire way out to Kevin's parent's house.

Christmas morning. We opened stockings and then ate breakfast and then opened gifts. I was SO excited because i got Kevin this game "Pirateer" which our good friend's the Mazuran's had in CA that we played all the time and he LOVED it. So that is one of the first things i had Kevin open. Well he was excited and then started laughing! So he gets up and hands me a gift to open. WE GOT EACH OTHER THE SAME GAME!! What are the odds of that? We haven't talked about getting the game or anything. It was a totally "spur of the moment" thing for both of us. we also got each other another game called "Ticket to Ride". So now we have two games we will "re-gift" at some point. lol.

Kevin also got me Singstar & Dance Dance Revolution! I am WAY excited. Lynn & Shauna (Kevin's brother & his wife) introduced us to it. When ever they come up from UT they always bring Singstar. Now we have it. WOO HOO!!!!

I made Kevin a scarf for Christmas. My friend Courtney showed me how when i was stilling living in Rexburg. I'll have to take a picture of it. It turned out great!

Well i really need to get ready for work.

TGIF!!!! Working for the weekend! :)

finally!

I finally have gotten some pictures of my sister Carolyn's kids! I don't think I've seen pictures of them since April! These look like they were taken in "the Fall". But they were taken yesterday! Gotta love CA weather.

Alec (13yr)

Alec on the slide

Miss Madison (9yr)

Madison
Derek (7yr)

Derek

Playing in the (December almost January) leaves.

AREN'T THEY A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY?!?! Thanks Carolyn for sending some pics!!!

flu shot = get sick

I usually never get sick and i never get the flu shot. But it was highly recommended since i now working in "the medical field" with tons of sick people. Well i got the shot and now i am sick! I'm not getting it next year no matter how much they "recommended" it. I know the flu shot doesn't actually make you sick, but i wonder if it weakens your immune system some how. I hate being sick and especially at Christmas. I kept Kevin from falling back to sleep last night because i was snoring. :(

Long time no post...

Kevin's mom did the 12 Days of Christmas for all of us for the second Christmas. She gets all these bags and such ready and then gives them to us and each day we get to open a little inexpensive something. It's quite fun. These were part of our gift yesterday.

Cute huh?! They are little tiles that are about 3x3-ish with vinyl lettering on them. I love them!

Things are good here. Just been busy getting back into the rhythm of working full time again. 5 weeks off really gets you out of whack! LOL. The one thing i miss about not working is being able to go to the gym in the morning. I haven't been going the last 2 weeks and i can TOTALLY FEEL A DIFFERENCE! I need to get it worked back into my routine! I need to get in shape.

I am loving my new job! It's ALOT to learn and quite confusing and times, but it's good. The Ladies i work with are great. I am training to be a scheduler in the back with the nurses and so I've been just listening for about 3-4 days to how answer the calls, book appointments and such. Well Friday i was actually put on the phones with Ellen there listening into the conversation. I have NO IDEA how to help these people! By the time i left for lunch my head was spinning! So i happen to see Lori and she was the one training me in the front area and she asked how it was going. I said it's crazy! Then i looked at her with a straight face and said "where do i turn in my resignation?" Lori just looked at me like "what?! You can't leave!" Then i just started laughing and told her i was just kidding. I don't think she found it that funny. LOL.

I can't believe it's Christmas in 2 days! WOW! Seems like it takes forever getting here and then goes by so quickly! Kevin is actually DONE with my shopping BEFORE Christmas Eve! GOOD JOB LOVE!

i was worried we weren't going to have a White Christmas. We haven't had snow in a while. We got maybe an inch or so last night. Looks like we might get a little more. But i just don't know if it will stick around for Tuesday. Lets all pray we get more snow!! Being up here in Idaho it just doesn't feel like Christmas without snow.

In CA Kevin & I started a little tradition of going to the Beach on Christmas morning and playing some wiffle ball! I do miss those times. We need to get back to CA and visit. I am hoping next year!

Thank you ALL for those that have sent Christmas Cards & E-mail Christmas Cards! I love them! I hope to get on the bandwagon and at least get out an Email Christmas Card before Tuesday. Wish me luck. LOL.

getting a bath...

This is our cookie jar...

...Mr. Potato head.

He needed washed out, so here he is, all vulnerable in his bath.

Gingerbread...House House House

Kevin and i thought it would be fun this year to build a gingerbread house. I don't recall ever making one, so this would be my FIRST! Kevin's parents bought this kit for us at Costco yesterday. Here are some pictures!

working girl...

...but not on the streets, you know what i mean. LOL. There are two of us that are new and being trained for the same office. So Monday was training at a different building. We were so overwhelmed with information. By 3pm i think Becky and I had this glazed look because it didn't seem like much sank in after that. Tuesday we were at our office and just "shadowed" this lady Lori. She is so nice & so knowledgeable! She explained where things were and who people are and such. We watched her check in people for their appointments all day, helping where we could. It was another day filled with LOTS of information. Today we had a 7am meeting! I don't mind the early-ness of it, it's just that it ended up being only a 15 minute meeting. SO NOT WORTH HAVING!! But oh well. We got to leave early today since we were in early. WOO HOO! :) This morning we watched Lori do more check-in's and then it was our turn. So she asked us who wanted to go first and Becky keeps saying how she is such a hands on person so i figured she would go first, but no. Becky practically pushed me in to the chair. Sure i was nervous but I'm going to have to do it sooner or later, more sooner then later, so might as well get going on it. Becky doesn't give herself enough credit. She ALWAYS talks about how scared she is, how nervous, and how she doesn't want to screw up. Well i think the same things, but i just THINK them and she SAYS them. I think it makes a difference in the way they see us. But i really like it and i think it's going to be really good. YEAH!!!

Sorry, no more pictures to post. I haven't taken the time to mess with them yet. So hopefully by the weekend I'll have them up.

Sunday Outing

There is a little waterfall kind of by our place here in Twin. A few weeks ago when we were on a walk we saw TONS of HUGE icicles by it. We meant to take pictures but we never got around to it. Well today after Church we decided we go over to it and see if they were still there. We took our camera this time. Well, the HUGE icicles from before were gone but we did take a few pictures. Here are two for now and then I'll put some other ones up tomorrow...AFTER I GO TO WORK!!!! WOO HOO! I'll let you know how that goes too.

Here is Kevin by the waterfall. I took another one when we got down closer to it, but i liked this one a bit better. :)

Here I am in front of the Bridge (over the Snake River) we have to cross to get into Twin from the Highway. People bungee jump and base jump off it too. Um...no thanks!
People have died doing that.

Saturday Night Babysitting

So last night we watched our nephew Karter so Jeff & Barbara could go to Jeff's work Christmas Party (they took baby Karson with them). Here are just a few photos from our time babysitting.

Karter snuggling with Kevin. Karter is getting 4 teeth right now so while i was making dinner he just started crying "for no reason". So i tried to console him, but he wanted Kevin. So i sat him with Kevin and he immediately stopped crying and then about 3-5 mins later he was asleep! This is about 6pm, so not good to be sleeping right now. So we let him sleep for a bit and then woke him up. Karter loves Kevin. They were roommates for about 2.5 months while Kevin started his new job before i moved down.

Kevin & Karter doing some coloring. Well Karter is coloring and Kevin is helping him with the markers (taking off the lids). I don't know where our crayons are so THANK GOODNESS for washable markers! He LOVED the markers. By the end of their coloring he was able to get some of the lids off and put them back on. I hope we just didn't teach him a bad thing. LOL.

Kevin spared

Kevin is lucky! He decided he wanted the other night to do the exercises that go along with my exercise ball. So i told him they don't seem to difficult when you are doing them, but you will feel it the next day. IT WAS SO FUNNY! He has having a hard time keeping his balance, etc. I took a few pictures and he said "THOSE ARE NOT GOING ON YOUR BLOG!" I said "OH YES THEY ARE!" Well, he lucked out. They weren't very good pictures so to deleted them and not post them. Maybe another time. :)

2 jobs in 1 day

So i had my first day on the job at CSI on Monday. I got there at 9am and had an enjoyable 3.5 hours of going through a HUGE mound of purged paper from my new desk to see what needed to be shredded and what could just to be recycled. joy of joys. Then the other 30 mins of my part-time day was spent filling out some papers and taking them over to HR.

Monday late afternoon at 4:30pm i got another phone call. Here is how our conversation went...

"Hi this is Jessica at the hospital"
"Oh, hello" (totally shocked but trying to hide it)
"I am calling to let you know that we would like to extend an offer to you for the position at receptionist"
"Oh great."
Then she goes on to tell me about pay, benefits, etc.
"Well thank you so much, can i talk to my husband tonight and give you a call in the morning?"
"Sure, here is my number"
"Great thanks."
We hang up.

(me out loud) "OH MY GOSH I KNEW THIS WOULD HAPPEN!" So i immediately called Kevin and told him. He said we'd talk about it when he got home.

Well after much thought and talking i accepted the position! So Tuesday morning i had to go pick up some paperwork and then go do some drug screening/background testing. Luckily i wasn't going to CSI until 10am. I had called Rose from CSI at 8:30am Tuesday and left her a message and she never called me back. So i called again at about 9:40am. I luckily got a hold of her (she was heading out to a meeting) and told her the situation. She understood but was sad to loose me already. So i worked a whole 2 days for CSI. LOL.

This morning (Friday) I went and did my final paperwork at the Hospital, got a few shots, my new ID badge (my picture is bad. yuck. lol.) and was on my way. I start first thing Monday morning.

I am WAY excited!

Christmas Shopping

I am almost done with Kevin's shopping. One last thing to get and I'll probably do that today. THEN I'M DONE! We pick names in each of our families of who to purchase for for Christmas. We had Jeff & Barbara on the Brown side. DONE with them! Then on my side of the family we have my Parents. Just waiting for dads gift to get here and then I'll mail that off to them as well.

I LOVE BEING DONE EARLY!!!!

HOW ARE YOU GUYS DOING???

Job Update

I have accepted a job at CSI! It is only part-time which sucks, but it's something so i can start bringing in some money and it's a foot in the door to the College. Though i am still waiting to hear back from the hospital. I left a message for the lady i interviewed with late yesterday afternoon asking where they are in the process of hiring. So hopefully i will hear from her soon! I am not sure when i will start at CSI. They are supposed to call me back probably today. So my guess is that i would start Monday.

Open House

I've got my tickets to the Rexburg Temple Open House. DO YOU HAVE YOURS?!?! I am so excited! Saw this article. I figured the open house would draw a big crowd.

good morning....

...SNOW!!!!!


I was just thinking yesterday that it really didn't seem like it should be Christmas time because there was no snow. I know this part of the state won't get a much as Rexburg did, but come on, give me something. Well i got some. It's PERFECT packing snow to make a snowman. So maybe after i get done with the gym i'll make me a little snowman.

another monday

Well it's another Monday...of another week. Thanksgiving was great. It was so nice to have Kevin home for Thursday & Friday. We went to Kevin's parents for Thanksgiving. Most of the family was there. We were missing Lynn, Shauna, & Charlee. They spent the holiday with her family. Seems like i spent most of the day in the kitchen. We played a few games in the evening and then we all went home. I did get ONE picture from Thanksgiving and it's of Kevin holding Karson. Kevin had yet to hold Karson; he says he is still to wobbly. But Jeff just handed Karson off so he could help Barbara with Karter. See how HAPPY Kevin looks to be "holding him"? It lasted about 2 mins. LOL. Plus he wasn't thrilled that i was taking a picture. LOL.


Friday we took down our FEW Thanksgiving decorations and put up our Christmas stuff. We can't wait to get a tree!

Here is our fireplace w/ our stockings.


This is my "Go-tee" Joseph. I made this years ago at a R.S. activity back in Redlands before i was married.

This is an ornament that my parents got us for Christmas this year. Kevin LOVES it and can't wait to put it on our tree. Right now it's sitting on top of the TV. LOL.

my NEW 6

OK, so it's time for my NEW 6 things about me.

1. I love musicals, chick-flics and comedy movies. Sometimes i can do a little suspense. But NEVER EVER would you find me watching a scary/horror film!!!

2. When it rains i HATE the rain drops just sitting on the windshield! I constantly wipe the windows. Even if Kevin is driving i will lean over and make the window wipers go! I LOVE RAIN, just not the drops just sitting on my window! LOL.

3. I LOVE playing Tetris on Kevin's PS2! I can play it for hours! I'm pretty dang good too!

4. Growing up i ALWAYS wanted to be a photographer for National Geographic Magazine. But then i realized i am MUCH too picky of an eater to be able to have a job like that and go to some of those remote spots.

5. I also wanted to be a teacher, because they got to use the BIG paper cutter machine. I was very much a "teachers pet" in Elementary school and some classes in Jr High (man what changed in HS?).

6. I love the smell of floor cleaner!

Achmed

Kevin showed me this HILARIOUS video. Thought I'd share. Makes us crack up!

Job update

Yesterday i had an interview with the Hospital here in Twin for a job. It would be in one of the pediatric doctors offices doing receptionist stuff. Scheduling, taking co-pays, etc...

Today i got a call from CSI wanting me to come interview next Tuesday for a position there. If i am, thinking of the one it probably is (administrative), it's only a part-time gig. So i would hope the Hospital job would work out.

Things are looking better. But i still have to make it happen. Wish me luck!

p.s. WE ARE GETTING SOME SNOW FLURRIES RIGHT NOW!!!

Weekend Update

Kevin's been talking about going to the Men's Basketball games at CSI since we knew we would be moving to Twin. He loved to come to Twin growing up and go to the games with his buddies. So Saturday we finally went. I am NOT much of a basketball fan at all, which Kevin is trying to change. So apparently there was some sort of Tournament happening and the team CSI played Saturday night...RCC, that's right...Riverside Community College! I was excited having a team from So. Cal. up here. Well CSI's men's team is ranked something like #2 in the nation for Junior College basketball. So they gave RCC a little "beating". There was one point where a CSI guy just ATTACKED an RCC player. So i cheered in defense for RCC the rest of the game. Kevin & I were laughing because some of my cheering and clapping got us looks from the CSI fans we were sitting around. Kevin joked that we would have to run to the car after the game so we wouldn't get beat up. Well RCC lost and i was glad to see that it wasn't as bad as it could have been. CSI started putting in the scrubs towards the end. RCC never put their "token white guy" in to play the entire game. I felt bad for him. All in all it was fun and I'd go again.

Sunday we went to our new ward for the first time. It was actually bigger then i expected it to be, but NOTHING like our ward in Rexburg, thank goodness, that was WAY TOO big! But i don't like the set up of the schedule. R.S., then Sunday school, and then Sacrament meeting. It's VERY hard to concentrate in Sacrament meeting because your attention span has already been spent on the 2 hours previous. Especially for the kids, it's gotta be hard going into that meeting after Primary! This is going to take some getting used to.

I had to introduce myself in R.S. and they all laughed when i said where we moved into. Apparently the apartment complex we live in is notorious in having people move into it and attend the ward for only a short amount of time till they find a house to purchase (Jeffrey told me this after church was over). Which is EXACTLY what we are doing! And then when we went to the clerks office to get our records into this ward, i heard him mention to an older lady in the office as well, that probably a third of the ward lives in our apartments. I hope to meet some of them and make some friends.

We are looking forward to Thanksgiving on Thursday. I can't believe it's already that time of year. Should be fun. I'm glad that we don't have to make such a long drive now. That's a bonus of living closer! I have to make my friend Sarah's FAMOUS rolls for dinner. Which the family just loves. Oh the pressure!

Guess that's it for now. Happy Monday!

YUMMY!!!

OK, so i was craving some sweets so i thought i would try out this EASY EASY cookie recipe. Here is the final product. yummm



check out the recipe on the Recipe Swap Blog.

Twin Falls Temple

Yesterday after i dropped off a resume for a job i decided that i would go see the progress on the Twin Falls Temple. It does look a bit like the Rexburg one, but unfortunately it looks like it's going to be COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY HOUSES!!!! That is so sad!







*This is a look at the stone they are using in the landscaping. love it.

Turkey Turkey

This is one of my favorite Thanksgiving decorations. My sister, Natalie, made the feathers and head for us probably for our first or second married Thanksgiving. I got this pumpkin yesterday at Walmart for 25 cents! Excellent purchase. Thanks Natalie!

So long first home

So here is a picture of us in front of our townhome in Rexburg. I am trying to remember, i think i took this after we packed up the Uhaul and were about to take off for Twin to drop off our stuff. I were SO SAD to leave our first home, but i know we will find another one that we will loved too. Gotta love timers on camera's. As you can tell i didn't level the camera perfectly, but i was rushed. So this will have to do.

testing...

ok, i haven't been able to post a picture since i've been using our Mac at home. So this is going to be a trial to see if i can get one on.




Update: Ok, i guess it worked. This is a picture of Kevin and I back in October 2005. We took Ostler Family photos before we moved to Idaho.

Tuesday's blabberings

So you'd think that since i am home all day i'd find more time to blog. But this is usually how my days go. These are all approximate times.

7:10am - get Kevin out of bed to get ready for work.
7:20am - getting myself out of bed to go to the gym.
7:30am - walk Kevin out to his car and then i go to the gym.
8:30-9am - get back home from working out.
9:20am - eat breakfast/watch the rest of the Today Show/clean kitchen/apartment
11am-1pm - do some job searching/check blogs/emails
1-2pm - eat lunch/watch "Days of Our Lives" (i know waste of time)
2-5pm - do more job searching
5-10pm - make dinner, eat, clean up and hang out with Kevin.
Start all over again the next day.

Plus not working doesn't seem to give me lots to talk about. Though i guess i didn't always talk about work. But it seems like i lead a "lack luster life" right now. Which in some ways is really nice.

My sister Natalie has started a blog. So check out hers for updates. Pederson Family on my links of blogs.

It's rather chilly tody compared to last week. We are currently 41 degees but according to weatherchannel.com it FEELS like 31! buuuurrrrrrrrr!!!!

well i guess that's about it for now. Gotta eat my lunch.

wow. sorry.

I've been thinking. My last post of "my 6"...it was really depressing. I guess i was just having "one of those days". I will need to re-do "my 6" when i'm in a better mood. sorry about that everyone.

Yesterday i went to a bridal shower for Kevin's cousin who is getting married at the end of the month. It was a good thing we went, there didn't seem to be too many people. Apparently though she seemed to have already had one and this was like a "family" one. I went with my MIL and Barbara, my SIL. We played some fun games and i'm usually not big on games at those kind of things.

I went to the storage unit this morning to get my "crafty" stuff out so i can work on a few things in my "down time". It's hard not working. I don't have any kids to keep my completly busy during the day so i find things to do. I applied for 2 jobs at the Twin Falls hospital. It would be nice to get one of those because Kevin says we should get some good insurance through them. LOL. I think i should hear something next week, hopefully. i should become a nurses assitant or nurse. There are TONS of job openings for them!

Well i guess i should go and get some things done.

My 6

OK, Heather always seems to want to know things about me. So here you go...

1. I am completely obsessed with checking blogs. Checking mine for comments and checking others for new posts/pictures. I bet i check them about 5+ times a day. no joke.

2. I have THE worst self-esteem. I talk "big" but deep down i feel horrible about myself. Which has got to drive Kevin just completely NUTS! I try to be good, but i think this is going to be a life long issue. See just thinking about it makes me tear up. ugh!

3. I can never make as many cookies as the recipe says it should make. I just made a double batch of Snikerdoodles and it says that i should have made 72 cookies (36 in each batch). I bet i made 48. I didn't even eat that much cookie dough either!

4. I ALWAYS have to have some sort of dessert. Popcorn, ice cream, fruit, or whatever.

5. I miss California more then i thought i would. I was so glad to get out. Sometimes i wish we never left. I miss alot of people down there. But it is nice to be near Kevin's family. I know he is totally enjoying it.

6. One of the only places i felt like "myself" was on the volleyball court. I love the sport and i want to play again badly. That was something i was really good at and not everyone could do. Made me feel really good about myself.

** I did not write #2 for any sort of sympathy. Just being honest and said what i was feeling/thinking.

**oops. i forgot to tag people. So here it goes: T. Jack, C. Sauser, N. Price, K. Fowler.

I'm Alive!

Wow, its been forever since i last posted. My apologizes. It's been a bit crazy (to say the least)!

We are now in Twin Falls. We are in our apartment. We are LOVING being together again. I'm sure Jeff & Barbara are excited to have their house back. Though Jeff said they will be sad to not have their dishes done for them now. LOL. Kevin is BIG on keeping things cleaned up and they don't have a dish washer, so it's all done by hand. I don't blame them for not wanting to do them all the time. I know i'd hate it.

So i am on the job search. I am hoping to find something soon. I might just take "any job" right now that will hold me over till i can find "the job". So wish me luck.

Well i am at the library so i don't have much time. I hope to be able to check out everyone's blogs soon. I'm going through withdrawals of not having the internet. ugh. I didn't have alot of time to even look at anyone's blogs my last two weeks because i was training, though i tried when i could. But that's OK. We will hopefully be getting internet REAL SOON at our house. WOO HOO!!!!!!

better run. i'll try to update soon.

LONGEST POST KNOWN TO MAN!!!...or what should be

Hope you have some time to read. Let me fill you in on everything that has been happening since Thursday.

Thursday we got the call that we were for closing on the house Friday morning. So i call Kevin to come out to he can be here to sign papers. He gets out here Thursday night at 9pm. I had alot of the kitchen packed up by the time he got home. We continued to pack a bit and then went to bed.

Friday morning i could not sleep so i finally got out of bed finally at 6:30. I went downstairs and let Kevin sleep a little bit more. So i started packing more stuff. Kevin gets up around 7:30. We continue to pack until about 10am when we decided to go rent a Uhaul truck. Those of you familiar with Rexburg will know "the dome", so as we were driving over there my phone rang...it was Max & Sarah (who are buying our house). I thought "aren't they supposed to be signing papers right now?" So i answer and we make small talk and then Max says "uh...we decided to back out." Literally my heart stopped! He then started to laugh SO HARD, then said "just kidding. we just finished signing the papers." I said "don't do that to me!" So we continued on our way to "the dome" to get a Uhaul. We get there and we go in and we say "we need a truck and we need one 'this big' " She replied "we don't have any." Once again my heart stopped. She gave us a few other options to find a truck and wished us luck. From there we went over to the title company to sign all the papers on the house. All went well and we were told the money will be in the bank on Monday by three. So i planned with Max & Sarah at 5pm Monday to hand over the keys. Then we went over to Ace to rent a truck there. They didn't have any big enough either! So we tried our last hope...a place in Rigby. Kevin calls and the lady says "uh, let me see, oh yes we just had one returned." Kevin's response "WE'LL TAKE IT! HERE IS MY NAME AND CREDIT CARD NUMBER, WHEN CAN WE PICK IT UP???" So we arranged Saturday to get it at 8am. Kevin also found us a storage unit in Twin for all of our stuff. Things were looking good.

We had EVERYTHING packed Friday night (except for the bathroom). We were exhausted! We went to go sit in the Spa in the club house one last time. we get changed and walk over there and IT WAS BROKEN! We were so sad! So we jumped in the pool. It was cold and not what we wanted so we got out and went back to the house. We went to bed and i slept very soundly cause i was so tired.

Saturday we were at the store in Rigby at 10 minutes to 8. We get all the paperwork filled out, yada yada yada, the kid (he was only 16) goes to give us the keys...AND CAN'T FIND THEM!! So for 20 minutes we searched for the keys and finally found them. After much worry on my part. We finally got out of there and back up to Rexburg. Our friend Calvin was there waiting for us to help load the truck. Just after that our home teachers showed up. While the guys loaded the truck, i packed up the bathroom and my bags for the week of staying with my friend Gracie. Kevin said he would be happy to load the truck by noon. They had it loaded by 10:30! WOO HOO! it was great. So the guys left and we arranged a few things, got some lunch and then we were on our way to Twin.

I needed gas in the car so i told Kevin to go ahead in the truck and I'm sure i would catch up to him. Well the only way i caught up to home was because we made a stop at a gas station after passing Pocatello. Which is almost the half way point of the drive.

We got to the storage unit at about 3:10pm. We had it unloaded by 4pm! There was Kevin, me, Jeff, Lynn, Doug, and Linda.

So we went back to Jeff's house (where Kevin is staying). Doug & Linda ran to the store and all us kids decided they should buy us dinner. Nice of us huh? LOL. So Jeff calls and says "Dad i have a problem, my stomach is empty and so is my wallet. How about taking us to dinner?" Doug replied "You'll Have to talk to your mom" But then doesn't hand over the phone to Linda. LOL. They got back to Jeff's and she quickly agreed to take us out. We wanted to go to Gertie's a FANTASTIC pizza place, but it was WAY TOO crowded. So we went to another place and currently i can't think of the name. We then went back to Doug & Linda's for the night. We were so excited to be somewhere where we could watch Game 3 of the World Series. I unfortunately could NOT stay awake. So Kevin finally got me to bed when the game was over. Sox won! WOO HOO!!!!!

Sunday we planned to get up, get ready and drive back to Rexburg. Well Kevin decided we should see if his brother Keith was working. He works in the Tire Center at Walmart in Burley. So we chatted with him and noticed that they do tire rotations for $1.50 a tire. So we said do it, we needed it anyway. Well the front tires were pretty bad, OK REALLY BALD! Well apparently they were splitting apart. So we had to get two new tires. Well i guess they put the new tires on the back and the older ones in the front. They take off the back tires and noticed one was beginning to split! So FOUR new tires and 2.5 hours later we were on our way home.

We got into Rexburg and headed over to the house to do the final clean and pack up. We got started cleaning at about 3pm and 8pm we finally locked up the house. So Kevin left to go back to Twin Falls and i headed to St. Anthony to stay with Gracie.

Monday the money was supposed to be in the bank by 3pm. Well it wasn't there before my meeting so i was a little concerned, so after my meeting i checked again, cause i was supposed to hand over the keys at 5pm (only IF the money was there). Well i get a phone call at 10 minutes to 5pm saying that the painter has put a lean against all of Phase 4 and then they couldn't record the title in Max & Sarah's name. I FREAKED OUT!!!! So i called around to the foreman of the construction, the realtor that WE bought from and the title company. Finally at around 6:30pm got some reassurance that things might/should get sorted out on Tuesday.

Today, Tuesday, it's 3:15pm and i heard that hopefully by 4pm all is cleared up and closed. I will let you know. We are freakin' out here people!!!

hope i made sense. i don't have time to check it right now.

UPDATE: WE ARE OFFICALLY CLOSED! WE HAVE OUR MONEY! WE ARE NO LONGER HOME OWNERS (to our beautiful townhome, which we will GREATLY miss!!!). Hopefully in about 7 months we will be buying another home. Kevin is turning in our form to get an apartment in Twin Falls tonight. Hopefully we should be able to move in Friday!

10:30 tomorrow...

...WE CLOSE ON OUR HOUSE!!!!! We couldn't have picked a CRAZIER Saturday to need to pack up, but i think it's going to work out OK. Jeremy is doing great so if i leave her for awhile then we will be just fine (we have a Reunion).

* i also got an email yesterday from CSI saying "sorry it's taken so long but...thanks but no thanks". idiots!

CSI update

They have hired for the position and didn't let me know. JERKS!!! (i had to call Human Resources to see what the heck was going on!)

busy busy

Kevin and I had a busy weekend. We got ALOT packed and organized this weekend. All that's really left is the Kitchen and our bedroom. Which i should be getting packed up this week, the kitchen mostly i could.

It was SO fantastic to have Kevin home this weekend. It's always so hard to say good-bye at the end of the weekend. Soon hopefully there will be no more good byes.

I talked to the kids buying our house and they think we will be closing on the sale of the house by the end of the week. THAT WOULD BE SO FANTASITC!!!! So we are just keeping our fingers crossed that that is really what's going to happen!

My replacement, Jeremy, started yesterday. She is going to be GREAT! She totally fits in at the office as well. Which is a BIG plus! I can be here with her for 3 weeks for training. Here's to hoping that all is done and taken care of with the house so i CAN be out of here sooner then 3 weeks!

Well, i need to get some work done because i have been out of the office ALL morning till 2pm. We were showing Jeremy around campus and introducing her to all the people that i deal with on campus for events and things.

craziness today!

So it's 5:10pm and i'm still at work, which isn't bad, but I DIDN'T GET A LUNCH TODAY!!! It has been the craziest day! I am so glad it's over, but i fear what will await me on Monday.

Kevin got the part for the car, which will hopefully fix it. I am waiting to hear how things go with putting it in the car. If all goes well he will come home tonight and we will have the weekend at home. BUT if it doesn't fix it, i have NO idea what we are going to do to get him home. Let us all pray that the part fixes that car and all is well.

Everyone have an enjoyable weekend. See you all Monday!

Some progress on "things"

So I've packed a little more in the house. I actually packed a box this morning too before work. Kevin SHOULD be coming home this weekend so we will hopefully get alot done. We'll see. Hopefully the car gets fixed. I KNOW he needs to come home and get a break of staying with Jeff & Barbara. We are so thankful he's been able to stay with them but it's been 2 months and i think it's wearing thin for everyone involved.

I have been a bit frustrated with the whole house selling thing. We did it without a Realtor so we don't have a "middle man" to call and see where things are in the process. So I've been a little stressed with finding out information and truly understanding some of the words being used. But they came and appraised the house yesterday afternoon. The guy said once he turns in that report we should be able to close in a matter of a few days. But I'm not "counting my chickens before they hatch". We'd love to close ASAP and get out of the house before the first of the month. I don't want to pay another payment if we are only going to be in there for one or two days.

They interviewed for my replacement yesterday. I think they are offering the job to someone today. If she accepts it she could pretty much start ASAP. So, this is going to be a crazy few weeks. I can be here with her for 3 weeks. But i don't plan on being here that long if i don't need to be. I hope be out of here by the end of the month. Think i can do it?!? Please pray this all works out!!!!

STILL nothing from CSI. I'm EXTREMELY irritated with them!!! I don't know if i want to work for them if this is how they treat people. Never calling them back after they leave messages, etc. UGH!

iPod Tag

So Melanie Bascom did this fun little thing, so i thought i would try it. DON'T LAUGH at my music. I will be honest, no matter how embarrasing it might be. LOL. OK here it goes...


1. Vasoline by Stone Temple Pilots

2. Why Have You Brought Me Here from The Phantom of the Opera (the Movie)
* Kevin "stole" the music for me of my DVD. Cause i didn't like anyone else singing these songs other then the people i knew from the movie. SO i don't know the actual title of the song.

3. Secret Shame from the movie Fever Pitch.
* We made "Snippets of Joy" off movies we liked. So we have little quotes from movies.

4. Ten Feet Off the Ground from the movie The One and only, Genuine, Original Family Band.
* One of my FAVORITE childhood movies!!!

5. Fat Bottomed Girls by Queen

6. Home by Sheryl Crow

7. Creepin' In by Norah Jones

8. Opposites Attract by Paula Abdul

9. The Man Who Sold the World (Live) by Nirvana

10. Victim of Love by Erasure

* I was hoping a little MIKA would come on. Grace Kelly & Love Today

OK, NOW IT'S YOUR TURN.

LETS SEE WHAT YOU LISTEN TOO.

PICTURES GALORE!!!

OK, so a little info before we get to ALL the pictures.

We think we may have found a house. We technically found it out in Jerome. But Kevin doesn't really want to live in Jerome. But they build the same house in Twin Falls. SO...i think we need to call the Realtor and see what is the deal with the houses. I really think Kevin is leaning towards building in Twin. I could live in either place. Jerome really isn't that bad, it's just small.

Kevin's car needed a new part. I couldn't tell you the name of it, but it's a part that normally doesn't go bad. But seeing how the car is 20 years old, it's not surprising that it did. Jeff said we could get one off a car in a junk yard and it would last probably a few more years. Well Saturday morning they went and found one. As Jeff was cutting the piece off the car...it fell apart in his hands!!! So they called around to a few other junk yards, couldn't find it and so they ended up at the Honda dealership ordering a part. So that should be in tomorrow and hopefully fixed in time for him to come home this weekend. Good, cause i'm not driving out there again if i don't have too. We need to pack!!!

Barbara cleared up for me the whole "fit" that Karter through the night Karson got home. Karter was mad that Barbara wasn't in the kitchen having dinner with them (she was feeding Karson in the living room). So he finally calmed down when she came into the dining room. That's all it was. Nothing big.

OH! So i called the title company, they are still waiting on the lender to give them info on the people buying our house. They have EVERYTHING they need on my end. It's a bit frustrating. I should hear something today to see where the process is. UGH! I just want this done!!

Still nothing from CSI. No letter, email or phone call. Stupid people. What is their deal?!?!

OK...on to the pictures...

Kevin & Jeff laying the first tile piece in my in-laws kitchen. It took hours to figure out where to start, because the tiles are at an angle. Kevin got 4 blisters from drilling the tile board down.

Kevin & Jeff with a bigger chunk of tile down.

Kevin wiping down the tile. Jeff was messy. ;)

Jeff put himself into a corner. I think the plan was to climb out the window. But i think he just walked carefully on the tile. IT LOOKS SO GOOD!!!!

Shoshone Falls in Twin Falls. In the spring there is TONS MORE water going over the falls. I'll have to take some pictures in the spring to show you. Kevin took this picture. Nice huh?

Some boat docks in Twin Falls. Kevin took this one as well. Beautiful!

Karson Bryce Brown hooked up to oxygen and other things in the NICU on 10/6/07 (his birthday).

Karson with a smaller oxygen tube.

Jeff took big brother Karter in to see his new little brother Karson. I guess Karter just jabbered at him the whole time they were in there. It was cute (so i hear).

Barbara holding her new baby boy, Karson.

Proud Dad Jeff holding Karson.

I brought Karter into to see Barbara at the hospital. He fell asleep on the ride over. So he slept on her bed while she went into the NICU to see Karson. Being the big brother is hard work!

Jeff, Barbara & Karson. He is ready to go home!!!

Karson & Karter waiting to leave the hospital.

Karter giving Karson a kiss.

Karter was so excited to hold Karson. I think they will be the best of friends. :)

Barbara's friends gave them this little car. Karter LOVES it. So i had to get a picture of him in it in the Kitchen.

Barbara's Boys.