Back in the 'Burg.

Wow.

So it has been a very long time since I've blogged. Mostly because I've just been so so busy. I guess I'll recap the past few weeks that have been full of crazy events.

So last week, I stopped working on Wednesday, which was super weird. I was actually kinda sad when I finally left. And remember how I thought that Sarah was just going to crash and burn without me there? Well, it turns out that Fran came back. I don't know if she is back permanently or if she just was just helping for this week until Tax Day but yeah, she started the day after I left so that is good for Sarah. haha but I actually kinda really miss my job. It's weird being gone.

So then on the 8th (Thursday) we left the great state of California and drove to Reno (with an obvious pit-stop at Chick-fil-a in Fairfield...) and then we got to out hotel kinda late-ish. The next morning, we went to do baptisms at the Reno Temple and then we started our drive again... to Twin Falls. So that was a super fun drive as well. Then the next morning, we went and did baptisms at the Twin Falls temple (and there was a little bit of drama while we were waiting to go in... haha)

Twin Falls Temple (it was freezing...)

but then we started the last leg of our drive to.....

REXBURG! :)

We got to Rexburg and we changed our clothes (back into our Sunday best...) and then we went to pick up Josh before we headed to the Idaho Falls temple to do baptisms. It was SO good to see Josh after 2 months. Oh goodness. But yeah, so we drove down there and did baptisms and then drove back and went to dinner at Original Thai in Rexburg... which is the traditional place to go eat. haha After that, we didn't really know what to do but Josh and I thought we would just go to a movie (since there isn't anything else to do in this town...) so we went and looked at the showtimes and found a showtime that would work. Then we went and dropped everyone off at the hotel and then we went back to the movie theater.... Well, the movie times got all messed up so we walked around for a little bit and then we went back but then it turns out that the movie we were supposed to see was in the other theater but long story short, it was like a half an hour into it. So we just decided to walk around and talk and such... for a while. Then I got home late, and then stayed up later. haha oops.

Sunday, we went to church. We just found a random family ward in Rexburg and we all went... including Josh. haha then we hung out all that day, and didn't really do anything. I did help him pack with his dad which was super fun. hahaha kinda... but we walked around the Rexburg temple kinda and then we went down to IF again to go to the Visitor's Center at the Temple which was fun.

Idaho Falls!

But yeah, Sunday was a good day because it was like the last day with him for a loooong time. Well, I saw him on Monday but not really. I went over there Monday morning, helped him load up his stuff into the car, and then we went back to the hotel and we drove him down to IF so that he and his dad could drive down to SLC. I got to meet his grandparents and they got to meet my dad (well, and his dad met my dad too...). It was pretty precious. But then we drove off and that was sad. Ugh i miss him. Anyway, after we left, we went back to the hotel, packed up the car, got our rental car, picked up Jessica Ellen Meyers from her grandma's house and then we drove up to Island Park, ID. We went up to W. Yellowstone and went to dinner and grocery shopping and stuff which was fun. That night, Jess and I stayed up super late talking and it was exactly what I needed. It was so nice to be back with her. I've really missed her.

Tuesday, it was snowing alllllll day long. But we still decided to go to W. Yellowstone again and we went to the Grizzly Bear and Wolf Discovery Center (mostly because I love to fight bears...) but it was freezing outside and so that kind of ruined it.

Precious. The 5 kids... since Jessica is the new Nicole... for now at least....

Oh, and I didn't have any cell service at the cabin so I couldn't talk to Josh at all except for when we were in town. And by the time we got to town on Tuesday, he was already on his flight home so we didn't really get to talk at all which sucked. But anyway, back to the bears.... They were so cute.

Who wouldn't want to pet this?

And I kept asking my dad if i could pet one and he said that I couldn't because "they would probably want to kiss me.... with their teeth". hahaha he just doesn't know that I fight bears.... But yep, that was super fun. There were also these wolves which were super cute too.

We finished the night off by watching Glee and then Spice World (the Spice Girls' Movie.... obviously...) while eating out delicious purple berry ice cream.

Then on Wednesday, we went to drive around. But really, we just drove on the highway and there is one section of the highway that goes through Yellowstone so we drove on that just to say that we had actually been in the park. haha but then we went to an IMAX theater and watched two movies there.... one about Yellowstone and the other about Bears. That was fun. Then we came home, and relaxed and watched the Aristocats...

Here is when we had a slight change of plan. We were supposed to stay in the cabin until Friday but my dad got an email from his old boss who's wife died on Sunday and her funeral was on Friday in SLC. SO we decided to leave the cabin a day early, get back to Rexburg a day early, and then they went down to SLC on Thursday so they'd be able to go to the funeral. I was thinking about going with them just so that I could drop by TS (Temple Square...) and visit my most favoritest missionary/sister. But I decided that I didn't really want to spend 8 hours driving just to maybe see her. (It turns out that they did see her and she really wants to meet Josh so when he comes to visit, we're going to go to SLC and visit her... haha but I'm super jealous that they all saw her/took a tour from her today...) So I decided to just stay in Rexy with Jessica. Which turned out to be really fun. We got to move in early, and then we went to dinner with my new cousin, Adam Keller. It was hilarious because he was talking in a British accent all day long so dinner was entertaining.

Friday, we kinda moved in more for reals. But not completely. We went grocery shopping and everything and we got to see ERIN YOUNG. Boy have I missed that girl. She is hilarious. She also bought some of those Kool-Aid Bursts so we all sat in the front seat of Jessica's grandma's car with the windows down, music blasting, drinking out Kool-Aid. It was great. I love these girls. haha we bought some great things at D.I. and hung out. Super fun. We helped Erin move in as well. And hung out with Ashley/Ryanne/Eric/Logan and then Adam came over again. But we were super tired so we like left with Adam at like 11:30 so that we could go to bed.... but it ended up that we didn't actually go to bed for quite a while.... like 2:30... oops.

But then we slept in today, and when we woke up, I got in the shower and while I was in the shower, one of our roommates got here! That was exciting. Her name is Shalise and she is pretty cool. She's an Ecology major, just like me. And she and Courtney, our other roommate, are cousins so that should be fun. She isn't super talkative at all or anything and we haven't really hung out but she isn't super weird... Hopefully we'll be able to get along. But today we unpacked mostly and then we hung out with Erin and then the boys and then we went to dinner/to visit Erin at work at Subway. After that we walked to Jamba Juice because we heard they were hiring and Jess needs a job. But we stopped at Hollywood Video first because they're going out of business and we wanted to see if any good movies were there for us to buy. Well, Jessica found 3 or 4 and I got one. And I'm super excited about it. It is about Knut, who is the cutest polar bear cub ever. And it's a true story. I am so excited about it! Then we came back home because our feet were killing us and we unpacked but really it just turned into a nice little facebook break and then the boys came back over... but I talked to Josh on the phone the whole time. Jessica and I went to see When in Rome in the cheap theater after the boys left and the movie was SO cute. Like absolutely adorable. And it was definitely what Jessica needed. And now I'm here blogging. Yay.

But classes start on Tuesday which is SUPER weird. I'm like dreading it now... haha which is ironic because I've been looking forward to it for months...