Road Trip to Boise!

On the 28th, we headed out on our way to Boise. Andrew has been accepted for the fall semester and wanted to attend New Student Orientation. We were able to spend the night at a friend's family that lived near there. I still marvel at how willing they were to take us in (even when we showed up at their place around midnight---when we said to expect us at 9pm) and how well they treated us, despite us being complete strangers.

The orientation started at 9:30am, and man was the campus big! We weren't able to tour it, or rather it was so hot that day we didn't want to bother :( But all the same, it was fun and definitely an eye-opener. We definitely weren't in Rexburg anymore! Lots of the people had tattoos, piercings, immodest clothing, a lot like the rest of the world (go figure!) But it did make me miss Rexburg. We were also the only couple that had a baby with us. I have always been happy to hear Bennett babble since he's pretty quiet, but it sure was awkward during the orientation! And of course during his feeding he had to burp the loudest and deepest he ever had before! Luckily people seemed to think it was cute. But still it felt a little awkward being around a group of people who weren't new parents. Rexburg has sort of spoiled me I suppose. Ironically Bennett was dressed in the school colors, but more by accident, but he got praised a few times.

On this trip, I did a few things I never had before. Like drinking from a corn cup. Some of you may have seen this before. But for those of you who have no idea what I'm talking about, its a regular plastic cup that happened to be made from corn...somehow. Its one of those recycled things. Its a little odd to tell you the truth, but hey whatever works. Another thing I have never done was buy gas on an Indian Reservation. Now I'm sure that's a pretty common thing out here in the West, but I'm an Eastern and couldn't tell you where the nearest one was. Its just not a common sight.

We aren't any closer to finding a job or apt either, which is a little disappointing, but we'll get one eventually and hope to move by July if possible. So say a prayer for us!

Things have changed

Andrew and I took Bennett out on Memorial Day for a Hot Dog roast at Beaver Dick Park. It brought back some memories because thats one of the places we went on our first date. While we were sitting by the fire as the sun was setting, we were thinking of the ways we've changed. Like for example, I used to hate reading Dilbert comics because they didn't make any sense, but now I find them really funny! We've been married 2 and 1/2 yrs now and I feel pretty different. I look forward to the future changes, I hope I'll be a much better person.

Not much has been going on around here. We are planning on going to Boise State for new student orientation this week, and hopefully we'll be able to find a job and leads on apts while we're there. I just watched the Nancy Drew movie, its really good! I never read the series before but I thought I'd give it a chance. I have become a fan of murder mysteries (not like CSI, but like Hercule Poirot) and this one had a really awesome plot! So if you haven't seen it yet, I highly recommend it.

Andrew and Bennett reading the scriptures

We are currently reading about Nephi's family crossing the sea. We try to include Bennett whenever we read, but sometimes his teething interferes. Still, I really wanted to get a picture of it! I hope that Bennett will come to love the scriptures just as we do.

Just some thoughts

Yesterday, we went to a picnic with some friends at Smith Park. Its going to be one of the last few things we can do with these friends of ours before we leave to move to Boise at the end of the summer. We had a lot of fun eating sandwiches, deviled eggs, cookies, etc, and playing Imaginiff, the same game we played when we first started hanging out. What I think is a little sad is that Little Mac and Bennett won't get to play together after we move. But that's what happens when you live in a college town, people move in and out a lot.

I read a friend's blog today and she was worrying about how getting her son out and about has begun influencing him and sometimes not in the way she expected. It made me stop and think about if I feel the same way with Bennett. And I have to admit, I don't think its changing anything yet. Bennett really keeps to himself, he's really chatty with us, but not really around others. But my friend is right, the day will come when Bennett will be more influenced by others his age and I'm curious how I'll respond.

I was able to make it to the temple this afternoon, its really nice having a temple so close by. I wonder how close we'll be to the Boise Temple....I am still enjoying Family History, its a pleasure and one I try to do as often as I can. But I can't very well neglect Bennett so I don't do it as often as I used to. But some is better than nothing. Well, those are my thoughts for the day.

Wet Church

Yesterday when I made my weekly phone call home, one of my brothers asked how the church was doing in the west. I told him in one word: wet. Then I proceeded to tell him how that was possible. Bennett is a very spitty baby, but less so since we changed his formula. Still, he has his moments and he had 3 of them yesterday. He spat up enough to flow off his bib, down my nice sunday clothes and onto the carpet of the Relief Society room! About twice during the lesson I got up to get a napkin to wipe the floor, luckily the third time was between classes. Its times like this I'm grateful for being in a married student ward. Something like that was understood and also not as noticable. I got weird stares from my home ward when I burped him during sacrament meeting! I can only imagine what they would have done if this happened! There aren't very many babies in my home ward. Still, it was funny looking back on it. Bennett practiced pouting the other day as well, now that he's coming of age to be spoiled, perhaps he's hoping to use it to his advantage.

I've been very involved in family history lately. I used to have a nice fat PAF file until I forgot to save it when Andrew had to wipe his laptop to keep a virus from spreading. So basically I'm starting from scratch. But with the new family search program, its gotten a lot easier. When you see a name, you see the multiple spellings and info, that way the same person doesn't get their work done several times just because one letter in their name was omitted. Also, I find it interesting that the temple that did a lot of the work was Idaho Falls! That really makes the fact that Andrew and I were sealed there all the more special.

Back online

This is our new and improved blog. Its easier to keep up a blog when it looks appealing. We'll see just how long I keep writing. So what's new with us, nothing much really. Bennett is still teething and depending on the day its either really bad or really good. He's big on mumbling through his fingers in his mouth. I'll try to post a video, but its hard. Once he sees the camera he just stares at it and stops whatever he's doing. But I did suceed in getting a video of his rolling over, and good thing too since he won't do it anymore!
Andrew is still working hard, though with wedding and graduation rush, it can be stressful sometimes. We'll be heading to Boise State in the fall, Andrew has been accepted to school there. Not sure when we'll be moving, but we're hoping its soon.