August Already?!

Holy smokes time does fly! I apologize for being so slow to do a post. Life is going great, we are in our house and I finally have had time to get our internet up and running so hopefully I'll get some pictures posted up soon.

We LOVE having a house, the neighborhood is quiet and all the people are genuinely nice and welcoming. We have really liked our new ward so far, and we're excited to get to know more people.

The last month or so has been fun. I spent the 4th of July at work :( but did get to watch the fireworks with Evan's family that was in town. Evan on the other hand was out camping with his dad and brothers, and my parents were out visiting Judd, Jen and the new baby Ethan. He is SO CUTE! As well as being very loved and well fed ;) hehe He is growing like a weed, but I can't wait to see him in a few weeks.

My sister came and visited for a few weeks with her kids. It was so good to see them, it's been too long!!! But while they were here we took the kids to Reed's Dairy, the Titanic Exhibit (very cool bytheway if you haven't seen it yet...), and set up a homemade water slide in the backyard. That was fun! They even got to make their very first S'mores. What on earth are these people in the South thinking?! No s'mores?! Oi ve! :)

Last weekend I got to make the trek down to Ross Park for the first time. It was so fun!! I can't believe I lived in Pocatello for 5 years and never went there! The kids were a riot to watch play in the water, and I didn't get too sunburned, so it was a success. No pictures (sad day, I know) but hopefully we will be back soon.

Anywho, that's about it for now. I'll try to post some pictures of our adventures soon. Until then, take care and I hope everyone is doing fantabulous this fine sunny August day!

New Nephew!!

I'm SO EXCITED!!!!!!! My brother Judd and his beautiful wife Jen had their first baby this morning! A little boy named Ethan, and I tell you what we have been anxiously waiting for this little man to show up. His due date was Sunday, and his poor parents were beginning to wonder if he'd ever come. But he is here now and I am ecstatic!

CONGRATS Jen and Judd!! I can't wait to see you and your little guy. LOVE YOU!!!!

(Pictures to come, I haven't seen any yet...grrrrrrrrrrrr....)

We have a house!!

Well, we are almost there. They have accepted our offer, and now we get to jump through some hoops, but hopefully we will be closing in about three weeks and we will officially own our first home!!!! Here are some pictures. It's a very cute house, built in 2007 and seems like a wonderful neighborhood. Actually, to those 14th Ward alumni, the Gunter's are going to be our next-door neighbors--how awesome is that?! Anywho, we wanted to share our happy news and get some pictures up for people to see. These are the ones they have online for the listing...

Here is a view of the front room just as you walk in. I love the window! The yard needs a little work, but the lawn is in already so that's a bonus!












Here is the kitchen. We have to buy our own appliances, but that's really okay with me because that way I can pick out things I like and that I know are clean ;) I'm wierd that way!!












Here is a view of part of the master bedroom with a walk-in closet-- yay!!! Evan still doesn't think there will be enough room for our stuff, but this is WAY bigger that anything we've had so far and we've survived just fine, so I think it will be okay... ;)












The master bathroom- how cool!












I'll post some others once we have them. We have a fairly good-sized yard in the back which is nice. There are three bedrooms and two baths upstairs with a full unfinished basement. Evan is really excited about being able to do some building down there himself. One thing though, as you look at the picture you may notice something...ALL the walls are WHITE! Everything is white! SO, I am not a crafty person and would love any and all advice of some ideas for color that we can spruce up the space with.

Anyways, here it is and we are way excited!!

A house...perhaps...

Who knew looking for a house could be so stressful?! Holy cow! But it has been fun to look around, see what you like and what you can hopefully plan for in the future... :)

We did find one on a Smokin' deal and put an offer on it today so we will see what happens! I'm really excited to see if it is accepted, we'll keep ya posted! Until then keep your fingers crossed please :D

Update

Hey there! I thought I'd just to a quick update about what we've been up to lately. Summer is finally here and we have been loving the beautiful weather! Evan and I went camping over Memorial Day weekend with most of his family up in Driggs. They staked out this great space for us, big open meadow with plenty of room for all the tents and horses and dogs....yep, it was a full house. I'll have to add pictures later, but it was a great time.

I've been working quite a bit lately, but I really love my job with MountainView. I work three 12 hour shifts a week, so that makes it nice. Sometimes the days get long, but I have great co-workers that keep it fun. Evan likes his new job too, he has some great guys in his office that he gets along with great. It never ceases to amaze me how quickly guys can get comfortable with each other. I mean, keeping the air freshener on the desk and blatantly using it? Seriously! ;) hehe But I am SO glad he's not gone so much anymore.

Above that, we've started looking at houses. Holy smokes, the thought of owing that much money is SCARY! :S But we are so excited to finally be able to buy a home to call our own!! :D We'll see what happens- Wish us luck!

I PASSED!!!!!!!!!!!!

I took my registry test today and I passed!!! I am SOOOO EXCITED!!!!

Anyways, I am absolutely done with all my school stuff and

can almost call myself an official RadTech!

I have to wait for a few weeks for my official score and

credentials to come in the mail, but I passed!!

Let the rejoicing begin... :D

Graduation!!!!!

Well it finally came, graduation day!!!! Evan was a stinker and refused to walk, but he was a trooper and came to graduation for me. It was so fun! We had a great time entertaining ourselves on the field while people who went to school for a really long time got their hoodies, etc etc etc... Anywho, it's official, I am done with school- HECK YA!!!!!!! Here's some fun pics from the last few days of my college career... how cool is that?!

Our coordinator from the hospital threw a little party for our clinical group, Yum!!

Here's my clinical group and our fearless leader...ah the memories! We had a great group!
Me and my gal Kristin at GRADUATION!!!

Me and my Hubby!! Both college graduates, I think that is so awesome!!!! And he was so awesome to come and support me even though he didn't want to walk, what a guy! ;)

A picture I've waited a long time to see... go Bengals!!

I can honestly say that I have enjoyed my time in college. ISU has been great, we made so many great friends in Pocatello (shout out to the 14th Ward!! and lots of others too ;) hehe) and truly were sad to leave. I am SOOOOO glad to be done with school, I'm not gonna lie, but it was a great ime. The Radiology Program is the best and I wouldn't have it any other way!!!