Monday, March 24, 2008

Back to Nampa....yay.

Well its official... we are moving to Nampa. Again. Although this time we are only having to shell out $150 for rent. (That is a huge YAY!!! from me) I was fine living in Caldwell, yes the mold was irritating, but Zac is ready to go so we are half way moved. I understand now why mom didnt want to clean out 15 years of garage... I only have 2 years of basement and its killing me. We took 9 lawn sacks of clothes and miscellany to the thrift store. And yes, we have more to go. Not to mention I still have to tile that dang bathroom. (My own fault, I know..)

I am excited to just be done with it. God help us.

Trip to Moscow


(the photos are my sister Shannon)


We got back Easter Sunday from a trip up to Moscow to the University of Idaho to see my sister Shannon. Wind and random snow flurries aside, we had a great time. We got home by about 5pm, said hi to our kitty (who had proceeded to annihilate a roll of toilet paper while we were gone and spread it everywhere) and then both my husband and I crawled into our own bed with our own sheets and just snuggled in. Its amazing how comfortable your very own bed feels after sleeping somewhere else. We stayed at a friends house, but spent most of the time with my parents and my sister. What a great dancer she is!! We initially went up there to see her big end-of-the-year performance for her modern class. I'm a classical ballet teacher so I'm really not thrilled at the prospect of modern dance, but she did well and there were snippets of actual dancing that she got to do and she is just amazing. The dances she wasn't in I just enjoyed the live music. They had a small jazz bad as the music. I brought my scriptures with me for the times when I got r-e-a-l-l-y bored, and got a little reading in. Learned a few things I didn't know. Zac and I didn't get any together reading time just because his friends kept us up late and when we actually did get to bed we were so tired we were able to muster a prayer and a kiss good night before we both passed out. We were both battling a cold too so I'm sure the Nyquil didn't really help that. :)

The day before Easter my parents took me around the University campus, what a pretty place! I am still undecided if I would have enjoyed college life living on campus or would have had 4 years of social anxiety disorder. I got nervous just walking to the campus! So many people! And the sorority and fraternity houses were mansions! Its like what you see in the movies!! I live close to Boise State University and the campus is a lot newer than U of I so the sorority and frat houses are just the tiny little run down cottages. I wondered while I was up there if everything you see in the college movies ends up really happening...We ate at the college cafe (Bob's) since my parents have guest passes, it's reminiscent of the food court in the mall, not bad food, but according to my sister it gets really old when you eat there every day. I dug in at the salad bar both afternoons (we went Friday too), while Zac dug into the breakfast cereal. Right there lies the difference between male and female.

My sisters dorm is pretty nice too... her roommate situation didn't work out so she has the room to herself. She is such a sweetheart! I love her to death. I am so glad I had the opportunity to go up there and see her dance. It seemed to me though that every one was still so young and yet they are the same age as my husband and I. Perhaps when you get married and have responsibilities to attend to maybe it makes you grow up faster. It seemed that these collegiates still had a high school mindset.

For Easter, since we were with my parents and had a time schedule we didn't go to church but went to our traditional Easter brunch at The Breakfast Club. Soooo good. Never thought to put gravy on eggs, but WOW! Defiantly something to try at home. So it wasn's a really eventful weekend, but it was fun. I've never been that north in Idaho before and it was good to see what my sis has been doing all year. Ok, well thats the update, felt like I had to write it down...why not? Thanks for listening.