Weekend Adventure

It was a lovely sunny day outside with a nice refreshing breeze that helped to keep the hot sun from roasting us ... perfect day for a little fun and adventure. Cody and Katie came down for a few days and we all decided to travel to Yellowstone (pictures not added yet) since Katie's never been there (plus the fact that it was only an 1 1/2 hours from our house helped some on the decision). We had a nice relaxing drive, the scenery was gorgeous, and we got to see Ole' Faithful to boot. Unfortunately we didn't see very many animals on our trip (just a few buffalo and elk) but it was still fun. Afterwards, due to the lack of animals, we traveled to BearWorld a cool park that's about 12min from our house and got to FEED THE BEARS!!! It was pretty sweet. At Bearworld we saw elk, deer, buffalo, turkeys, a moose, some pretty big trout, and of course the bears plus there was a cool little petting zoo that we got to visit after our tour of the park. Hope y'all enjoy the pics
Note: Below you'll see a "rare" white elk, a pot-belly pig that would grunt everytime you pet him, and a a bull elk with a MASSIVE rack lol enjoy

Time Flies!!!!

WOW it's been 2 months now since I last updated our blog... I figured I better post something new otherwise y'all might think Jay and I have completely disappeared. Here's just a quick outline of everything that's been happening since April.
1) Got a new cat, we named him Socrates. He's about 2 years old and so far he and Tom get along decently. He likes to mock-fight Tom and will come up behind him, wack him on the butt then jump back a few steps when Tom whirls around... it's pretty funny to watch. Though a few night ago Tom got real upset with Socrates and pushed him into a door box him in the face the whole time. (Don't think he's learned his lesson though since he still bugs Tom).
2) Still in school but we're now counting down the days until FREEEEDOM!!!!! (4 more weeks)
3) We were called, the VERY FIRST DAY in our new ward, to be nursery assistants. It's been a fun and interesting time. You know it's nursery time when you walk out of sacrament and start hearing kids crying lol

School is kicking out butts right now so there hasn't been much free time to do anything real relaxing so I guess that's really about all the update that I have for right now. Now.... on to a few pictures :-)

Note: My computer wouldn't let me post any new headings with my pictures so I figured I write a few quick notes about the last few. There's an Idaho Sunset that I like, and the rest are of Socrates (and yes that's the way he actually sleeps a large portion of the time--- silly kitty)

--- Love this picture of the Idaho Falls Temple
Jay and I were out roller blading and this guy and his girlfriend passed us biking... I just thought his "bicycle idea" was ingenious lol and just had to take a quick pic of him as he passed us





Some deer we saw in Provo behind Cody & Katie's apartment building

Ah School

The challenges of school has officially begun for Jay and I. Five days a week from 9am to 5pm classes will consume our daily lives. Our professors are pretty cool, and so far we are both enjoying our classes though feeling a bit overwhelmed at the moment. It has been so long since I've been in a pubic acedemic atmosphere, afer all this time it seems so strange caring around a backpack full of books. My five, 14 credit hour, classes are keeping me plenty busy and I was quite suprise that homework is already being dished out full-force on the first week of classes. Poor jay, who has 16 credit hours, is getting slammed at the moment will numerous 500-2000word essays and class projects. We're trying to get better organized at the moment so we don't get behind in any of our assignments as we're both striving for A's, though by the end of the semester we'll probably both be happy to just be done and alive no matter what the grade might be lol. May you all keep us in your prayers that we'll survive this semester with our sanity still intact. heehee

Rocky and now Bullwinkle?!

We've had so many interesting things happen to us since moving out here. For those who read the previous blog, y'all know that we made a fuzzy new friend last week and this week we met his partner in crime. Our little friend of last week I've decided to call Rocky due to the circumstances. Well to get to the point of this story Jay and I finally got out Idaho D.L. which meant that we could also get our fishing license. We found time today to go down to the South Fork of the Snake River for a little R&R (namely fishing). Unfortunately we didn't have to right type of bait so no bites but we had an even better encounter though... We decided to walk down to a different part of the River that wasn't so choppy and try fishing when lo and behold a young moose made an appearance from out of the trees. He just calmly walked out and starting munching on some willow branches by the shoreline just staring at us. After a few minutes he decided to take a nap and laid down only a few feet from us and dozed off in the snow. It was pretty crazy, the pictures are hard to make out since they were taken with out phone but hopefully you'll be able to see enough of this guy :-) So there you have it we met Rocky last week and now Bullwinkle this week hehe

Deciding to take a quick nap next to us

That's A Lot of Nuts!

While out for our normal sunday stroll Jay and I had the funniest experience while walking through Porter Park. This crazy and fearless little critter came bounding out from under the trees right up to Jay and I begging for some of the food that we had (peanuts lol). This little guy would stand up on his hind legs begging, and would eat right out of our hands. It was so funny! Hope y'all enjoy the pictures that we took (thank goodness I brought my camera along for this walk) ;-)

Our Little Begger

Excited For School

I just recently got accepted to BYU-I and will be going through the Spring/Fall Track... which means that my first class starts April 20th (YIKES!). I'm excited about going back to school and finishing an education but I'm also pretty nervous (I haven't been to school in a few years and haven't been in a public environment like this since 5th grade lol). My major is Nursing (ASN) and thankfully I'll be talking to a nursing counseler this afternoon to figure out which classes would better benefit me this semester (and the semesters to come) so that I can apply for the actual nursing program faster. Wish me luck

PS: Jay will probably be starting his Construction Mangagement program during the Fall/Winter track

Stake Conference & Ducks?

Today was our Stake Conference and might I just add what a glorious day it was! Still a tid bit nippy but wonderful. Our ward building was so packed they had to open up the other chapel - I couldn't beleive how HUGE our stake is!!!! The choir was outstanding, and the talks given gave us alot of insight into things we need to improve and thankfully things we're actually doing (phew) it's made me want to be a better person and serve more faithfully. We are so blessed to have been able to attend both the Saturday night and Sunday Stake sessions... what a great valentines date to be able to attend Stake Conference together.
Afterwards Jay and I came home, ate some lunch (Cashew Chicken.. yum yum!), then went to a park we found Friday when we went to the Animal Shelter. There are all these ponds with TONS & TONS of ducks! We had a blast feeding them, some would get impatient to be fed and would start pecking at our pant legs. One duck actually would grab the back of Jay's pant leg and shake it until he turned around and gave him a piece of bread lol. All in all it was a great day and a true blessing to be able to spend with my hunny :-)