Our Home

I have always wanted to take some pictures of our little house and I finally did today. We have been living here since September and we like it fine but we are going to be moving soon. We live in a basement and that means that we get spiders in the summer! So gross! So I don't like living here for that reason and our bathroom is super old but we like everything else about it. Oh wait, I don't have a dishwasher or garbage disposal too. Who knew a garbage disposal was so handy? I wish I had one everyday! Anyway, we have a really big living room, nice kitchen cabinets and nice carpet so that's good!

 This is our room

 Darren and I both love this little sign. My grandma got it for us!

 Our dresser and our wedding day shadow box

 Our desk

 Our bookshelf. I love the second shelf from the bottom. It has wedding pictures from our grandparents and great grandparents. 

                                                                   Kitchen table

Entertainment Center

 Photo Collage

Family Room

Bathroom

Kitchen

The Laundry Fairy

Tonight as Darren and I were leaving to go out to dinner I was frantically looking for my oatmeal sweater. I couldn't find it anywhere and I began to realize that all of my sweaters were missing and some of my other clothes. I couldn't think of anywhere they could be and then I remembered how we went to the laundry mat last weekend and I put all of my nice clothes that couldn't be dried in a separate washing machine. Then I remembered how I never took them out and it was a week ago! I was so sad and scared that my clothes would either be gone or ruined from being wet for a week. We didn't have time to go to the laundry mat before we went to dinner with our friends so I sat through dinner the whole time worried about my clothes. As soon as we walked in the laundry mat after dinner I could see the lid up on the machine that my clothes were in. My heart sank because seeing the lid up meant that there were no clothes in the washing machine. Now these aren't just any clothes, they are my really really nice clothes and my favorite ones. We started looking for a lost and found or something and on the other side of the laundry mat there were my clothes all laid out flat on top of a couple of washing machines. They were all dry and clean and I seriously could not believe it! I had to fight back the tears! I know that sounds so lame but I really didn't want to lose all of my nice clothes. I am so grateful to the person who was nice enough to lay out my clothes so they could get dry and to all of the people who didn't steal them! Rexburg is such a nice place to live! :)

Nap Time

Darren and I are playing on a co-ed softball team at school this semester and today he got his glove in the mail. He was so excited to play catch with me but ended up falling asleep wearing his glove. I thought it was pretty funny so I had to take a picture!

Semester Break

Over the semester break Darren and I went up to Portland to see his family and to meet the newest addition, baby Kylee. I seriously can not get enough of that sweet baby! I just wanted to hold her all week long!

Darren liked to hold her too! He learned lots of "Daddy skills" this week and he even changed his first diaper ever!

We had Kylee overnight for 2 nights while we were there and it was fun to see what it would be like to have a baby! A lot of work, but totally worth it when you get to stare at that precious face all night!

We had such a fun and busy week! We got there Thursday night and of course we had to go to Chipotle :) I actually first met Kylee in Chipotle. Now there is even more reason to love that place :) I can't remember what we did those first couple of days. I know we went to a lot of craft stores to buy lots of craft supplies for me and then on Sunday it was Easter. Easter is my favorite holiday and I am glad that we were able to spend it with family. It is so great to be reminded of Jesus Christ and all that he has done for us. I think the resurrection is such a happy thing because it means that I get to be with my husband and our families forever.

{Kylee on Easter}

Anyway, we had a big Easter dinner and Darren's Grandma came over and tried to teach me how to knit. I wasn't very good at it but I just need to practice! On Monday or Tuesday, I can't remember, we went to the Portland Japanese Gardens with Alan and one of his friends that he knew from BYU Idaho. The gardens were so pretty and peaceful and it was neat to walk around and see all of the pretty trees, plants and waterfalls.

On Wednesday we ended up getting free tickets to the Blazer game from Darren's uncle. The seats we had were so good! We were on the 8th row or something like that! Even though we like the Lakers more it was really fun to go to an NBA game since I have never been to one. The players looked so huge being so close to them and it was a really exciting game! The Blazers won and they scored over a hundred points so we all got free chalupas. That was pretty exciting too.

On Thursday we went to the Tillamook Cheese Factory with Darren's sister Bonnie, our sister in law Kathy, and of course the baby. It was pretty cool to watch them make cheese and read all of the facts about cows but our favorite part was the cheese samples. We went through the cheese sample line at least 5 times. They also have a Tillamook ice cream place in the factory so of course we had to get some ice cream, which was really delicious.

{Baby's first trip to the Cheese Factory}

On Friday Darren's parents came with us to go tour a DO school in Lebanon, Oregon. The school is brand new and it was really nice. It was fun to get a glimpse of what our future might be like. Darren really liked the school and that will definitely be one of the places he applies to. The school is about an hour and a half from Darren's parents and is in a pretty small town. At first I was opposed to doing the whole small town thing again but we learned from the tour that they have a lot of plans to build up the city. Also you can buy a really cheap house there that is brand new and beautiful and pay less a month than what we pay to live in our dingy basement apartment! After we went on the tour of the school we went on a little house hunt, just for fun, picking up all the for sale fliers. Maybe one day we will move there, but who knows. The rest of the week I spent a lot of time crafting and playing with the baby. She was a great little model for all of the headbands I make and she looked darn cute in them!

{My cute baby model}

We are back home now and I miss being with family and I am sad to be back in Rexburg. This is Darren's last semester but I still have a couple left. We can't wait to be done and find out what the future has in store for us!

Health

I have been wanting a juicer for a while now. I just think they are really cool and I love how you can juice so many fruits and vegetables and it tastes delicious! About a month ago I asked Darren if I could get a juicer but he didn't seem that into it. I tried to convince him but eventually gave up. But a few days ago Darren had to do this little test for one of his classes about his chances of getting cancer. It was just a survey type thing and we did it together...Anyway after doing it we decided that we didn't eat enough healthy things. When I make anything Mexican Darren doesn't want lettuce, tomato, avocado or anything else healthy on his food, he just likes the meat and cheese! I love all the extra toppings but I don't eat as much fruit as Darren does. Anyway this was a great time to bring up the juicer again. Darren loves any kind of drink so a juicer is a perfect way to get all your servings of fruits and vegetables in without having to eat them. Darren was convinced now that he wanted a juicer so off we went to buy one. We love our juicer! It is so fun to juice all of the fruit and vegetables and then we have a healthy, yummy drink to sip on throughout the day!

50 Degrees and Sunny!

Last weekend it was really warm, well 50 is really warm for around here, so Darren and I decided to go rent a tandem bike at the ORC. We had really been planning it all week because we knew the weekend was supposed to be warm but when we got there the last two tandem bikes had just been rented out! We were so bummed but we went and got lunch and had a picnic at the park. The park was really crowded, because it was so sunny and warm but it was nice to just sit and feel the warmth of the sun again! Maybe we can try and get a tandem bike this weekend...but Darren has a chemistry test, so probably not. Anyway we had a good day basking in the sun. Hopefully we don't see anymore snow for a while and the sun sticks around!

Baby Kylee

Darren and I became first time Uncle and first time Aunt on February 6th. Darren's brother Jared and his wife Kathy had baby Kylee and we are so excited to have a precious little niece. I am so sad that we can't be there to see her as a newborn but we are planning a trip to Oregon to go see her over spring break. I am really excited to hold that little baby!