Mountain Lions

Okay, last night Austin took David and I up to Bear Lake (pictures of that to come)to show us the sail boats. Austin is obsessed with sailing and his dad has a sail boat. Is that one word? Anyways, after we looked at the lake with it's freakishly blue water, we went up into Cache National Forest to see a campsite where Vicki's parent's will be staying all summer.

Austin begins telling us about the mountain lions and how horrible they are. They're scary. He's telling us how he would never go out into these parts without a knife, gun and anything else that could help to kill a territorial, hungry mountain lion. And wolves...oh man. Of course David is like "let's go camp at the top of that peak!" And I'm like "I'm not camping unless I'm in an RV surrounded by an electrical fence." I'm not kidding. I don't plan on being anyone's dinner. But we did see 2 moose while we were there. I'll show those pictures later too.

For now I have other pictures to show you.






The pictures of the river are from Austin's parent's backyard. Crazy huh?






I love the picture of the mountain covered in clouds. And on David's shirt are HUGE snowflakes. Anyway, there's still more to come!

More pictures

So our days are filled with looking for a job. I hate it. I had a job interview today but I'm really hoping I won't have to take the job. It pays nothing. I can't wait until I have a job and this stress is no longer on our shoulders. Even though we are stressed, it's relaxing here. I don't know how to explain it. I was a little concerned before we came about the culture shock of moving to a smaller town or city or whatever Preston is. I have to say, the first night we got here as we were driving through town in the middle of the night, I thought "what did we just do?" But so far I love it.



My days go by so fast. Then in the evening we all get together and have dinner and then we get all cozy and watch a movie together. It's fun. It's also been neat being around a 5 year old all the time. Vicki made homemade rootbeer the other night and Carson got to have the first drink. Vicki asked him if it needed anything and he said "Um, I think it needs about 20 pounds of flour" oh, it cracked me up. Here is a picture of him blowing on the dry ice in the rootbeer.




Well, I've got some picture of Preston for your viewing pleasure.










I think that's good for now. Oh and yes, I realize that half of David's head is cut off in the picture. It'll take too much effort to fix it right now though.

Here are some pictures of the view from the house we're staying at for now. They live just outside of Preston. If only I had sweet photography skills...the pictures do it no justice. Sorry.



Ever since I have been in Idaho I have been taking pictures of things most people probably wouldn't take a picture of. I want my friends in Oklahoma to see where we are living though.

David and I are still looking for jobs. I got a phone call yesterday from a mortgage company calling to ask if I could work full-time. Hopefully they'll call back. I'm really hoping to get a job where I won't have to work weekends. Preston is a neat town. It's small but bigger than some others I've seen around here. The traffic is nothing compared to what I'm used to. So far I like living in this small town but if I need some city life I can go into Logan and enjoy ridiculous traffic. Hope everyone is well!

Pictures Finally

I decided to spare you the boredom of looking at all of the pictures at once so here are just a few of the pictures from the drive out to Idaho and before.

Looking for Jobs

I hate looking for jobs! David and I have been looking for jobs but no one is hiring. David will start working a few hours at a local pizza place owned by our friend's dad. None of the machine shops seem to be hiring but we're still waiting to hear from some. We still have hope!

I have been snapping lots of pictures but I'm waiting to get my new computer in the next few days to post them. Preston is alot different than Edmond but so far it's a good different :)
The traffic is MUCH better! Anyway, I haven't been doing much yet so I don't have much to say...sorry!

We Made It!

After 30+ hours in our small truck we finally got to Idaho. It was a long, long drive. But there were no mishaps of any sort so that is always a blessing! We looked like hillbillies and I will post pictures soon. I can't wait to see what happens here. I went from a town of 80,000 I think to 5,000...this is going to be interesting! I took pics of the town and will post those too.

We are currently staying with some friends and they're great. They have 2 sons, ages 5 and 6 months. They are good kids. I haven't had much of a chance to check things out...it's been about 5 years since I've been here and I don't remember much. Hopefully soon we can get around and maybe I'll learn my way around. I saw the house we're going to rent and it's really cute. I think we're going to have lots of fun here even though I'm already homesick! Geez I'm a wus...which I'm not exactly sure how to spell.

Also, this month is my 4 year wedding anniversary. The 23rd! Woohoo! I'm still loving every minute of it! I wish we could celebrate in Jackson Hole! Maybe next year!

Not Enough Hours In The Day!!

It seems as if we really are leaving this Saturday! It doesn't even seem real except for the fact that my stomach is a bundle of nerves. David picked up the Uhaul today and we'll be loading it tomorrow. Tomorrow is going to be a busy day for David. There's just not enough time in the day. He still has to get tires for the truck, seal the shower he grouted, pick up a welder, load up what we're not taking to Idaho and haul it to my dad's, and then load up what we can take so we'll be ready Saturday morning. Then that evening we've got a dinner with some friends.

We had some worrisome moments but God has proven once again that He will take care of us. We've received some blessings in the last few days that we are very grateful for.

I just can't believe that this is actually happening! I am so excited but so nervous! There are so many exciting and scary changes fixing to take place in our life. It'll be nice to be able to get to Idaho and not have all of this moving stress hanging over us. Let the good times roll!

Six Years

It has been six years today since my mom passed away. I can't believe it. When does one ever get to the age of not needing a mom? I say never.

We'll be leaving my dad's today and staying with my mother in law for the next week and then, cross your fingers please, we will be on our way to Idaho by this weekend. We HAVE to get to Idaho this weekend...not having a job is not conducive to my plan of living stress free. It'll be one step closer to having a house.

Couldn't Help Myself

I wasn't going to retype the story I read but I really want to share it. So here goes:

"Untethered by time, God sees us all. From the backwoods of Virginia to the astronauts, from the cave-dwellers to the kings, from the hut-builders to the finger-pointers to the rock-stackers, he sees us, vagabonds and ragamuffins all, he saw us before we were born.
And he loves what he sees. Flooded by emotion. Overcome by pride, the Starmaker turns to us, one by one, and says, "You are my child. I love you dearly. I'm aware that someday you'll turn from me and walk away. But I want you to know, I've already provided a way back."
And to prove it, he did something extraordinary.
Stepping from the trone, he removed his robe of light and wrapped himself in skin: pigmented, human skin. The light of the universe entered a dark, wet womb. He whom angels worship was birthed into the cold night, and then slept on cow's hay.
Mary didn't know whether to give him milk or give him praise, but she gave him both since he was, as near as she could figure, hungry and holy.
Joseph didn't know whether to call him Junior or Father. But in the end he called him Jesus, since that's what the angel had said and since he didn't have the faintest idea what to name a God he could cradle in his arms.
Don't you think their heads tilted and their minds wondered, "What in the world are you doing, God?" Or, better phrased, "God, what are you doing in the world?"
Can anything make me stop loving you?" God asks. "Watch me speak your language, sleep on your earth, and feel your hurts. Behold the maker of sight and sound as he sneezes, coughs, and blows his nose. You wonder if I understand how you feel? Look into the dancing eyes of the kid in Nazareth; that's God walking to school. Ponder the toddler at Mary's table; that's God spilling his milk.
"You wonder how long my love will last? Find your answer on a splintered cross, on a craggy hill. That's me you see up there, your maker, your God, nail-stabbed and bleeding. Covered in spit and sin-soaked. That's your sin I'm feeling. That's your death I'm dying. That's your resurrection I'm living. That's how much I love you."

Easter Thoughts

One of these days I will figure out how to work this site! I typed up a neat story to think about and lost it! Argh! Anyways, in thinking about Easter and Christ's Resurrection, it brought to mind one of my absolute favorite songs. It speaks to my heart and reminds me of the love my Savior has for me.

I tried to find a good version of it and I like this guy. Please just skip through his jabbering and listen to the words. He's a little country I think but I still like it.

Love

Have I ever mentioned that I love my husband? I haven't been doing much lately. I'm not working, I have no phone or car so I'm at my dad's. All. Day. Long. And all through out these last days, I've been missing David. He has been working so hard on fixing up our house (although I'm a little jealous my house didn't look so good while I was living in it!) and I am so thankful that I have a husband who works so hard and who is handy...saves me lots of money!

He's been roofing and completely redoing the shower in the master bath. I love my husband. I love that he works hard. I love that he loves me and even more, I love that he lets me know he loves me. We're going on our 4th year this month and our marriage has been nothing short of amazing. He is my best friend. I think he is the most wonderful person I know and I cherish our time together! I LOVE him! He's so full of fun and dreams, I love it!

I just wanted people to know that I love my husband today...every day. I am so truly blessed that I married him and settled for no one else! It makes me smile to think that our marriage is truly so good. I'm thankful that there are no false fronts here, we really and truly are happy!

2 more weeks...again

We're staying in Oklahoma for at least another 2 weeks. It's just one thing after another, it's the story of my life. Last Thursday I found out that I was pregnant. After much much shock, we were excited to start a family. But on Saturday I was spotting and went to the ER and they couldn't tell if I had lost it or if I was just too early to see the baby on the ultrasound. They put me on bedrest for the weekend.

Early Monday morning I started bleeding heavier and I knew that I had lost it. I went to work because the ER said there wasn't anything they could do unless I was bleeding a lot. Monday was a big day at work because I would finally be assembling some bids we've worked on for a month for the state. And the new girl started and of course I needed to train her.

So to make a long story short, I was hurting at work and on my lunch I went home and ate. David took me back to work and before we got there I was in unbearable pain. I don't know that I've ever felt such pain. We went to the ER and eventually found out that I had a tubal pregnancy that ruptured. I lost half a liter of blood but I was bleeding internally. While the doctor was doing surgery on me, he saw that my appendix was bad and took it out too.

I am so thankful that they got my appendix and fallopian tube out at once. 2 surgeries would have really stunk. The doctor said I probably would have been back in a week because of the appendix. I am also thankful that this happend before we got to Idaho! I am also thankful for the family and friends that show so much concern. I'm glad I have a God who won't give us more than we can bear!

Thanks for the support everyone!