Rexburg, Cokeville, Rexburg, Boise.....Indiana!!!!!

I know, I know. I am the worst blogger in the world....but I do have my excuses. But I won't bore you with those. This last semester of school has been crazy!! It's been so good, too. Austin was taking a full load of classes and working three nights a week. I was working full time, 40+ hours a week, and taking 10 credits. I didn't think that would be a very hard schedule....I should have thought AGAIN! As hard as it was, it was very rewarding. I got an A in my hardest class, Anatomy and Physiology, and As and Bs in the others. Austin got a 4.0!!!!! Yea for 4.0's!! I am so proud of him. He worked so hard and it payed off just the way he had hoped.

Conference Weekend took us home to Cokeville where we spent the weekend with my family and celebrated my Grandma Teichert's 90th Birthday! (see Tessa's blog) The weather was really crummy so Tami and Casey weren't able to make the trek over the pass, but Taffy and Tony and family forged the weather and made it! I was so happy to see them because I knew I wouldn't see them again until September and by then the kids might forget who I am!!!

We returned to Rexburg to finish the last week of school, pack our apartment, and leave for Boise at the end of the week. The drive to Boise was nice because we changed cities and SEASONS!!! The grass was green and the trees were budding with flowers and leaves. On Saturday the sun shined ALL DAY and it felt so good! My husband calls me a sun lizard, and I am...I am addicted to the sun! Saturday, we went to eat sushi at the restraunt Austin propsed to me. My cousin, Heather, met us there with a friend and we had a great time catching up and laughing...that seems to always happen when we get together. It was good to see you, Heather!!We spent Easter Sunday with Austin's family and had a blast with them. We departed from there Sunday evening and drove back to Rexburg to load up our car and get a few hours of sleep before waking up and heading out.

We left for Indiana on Monday morning, made a quick stop in Cokeville for breakfast at my parent's house...Thanks MOM!!! Then we drove through to Laramie, gased up, ate lunch and kept driving. I felt like the fish on Finding Nemo, except my song was different. "Just keep driving, just keep driving!" We drove on to Omaha and found a place to sleep there after 16 hours in the car!!! There was a point when I thought a shot in the foot would have felt better than my bum felt....okay, probly not! We started again on Tuesday morning and finally reached Indianapolis on Tuesday night around 9:30.

The drive was worth it! We are here safe, and Indiana is gorgeous!! Our apartment is much bigger than our humble abode in Rexburg...I almost have no idea what to do with all that space. We could only bring a few things, though, because our car is only so big.

Okay, you may be wondering WHY we are in Indiana. Austin works for Pinnacle Security, doing summer sales, and this is where we were sent for the summer. Austin made his first sale this afternoon and is having a good time. I have spent time moving things, organizing, and making our apartment feel like "home." I have also made several new friends with the other wives whose husbands sell systems. They are wonderful ladies! I'm starting my job hunt on Monday! Wish me luck!

So here are pictures of our apartment here. I will make another post with other random pictures from the semester.

Okay....so the computer is being silly. Or, I just don't know how to operate it. So, I will make a post of just pictures as soon as Austin takes my pictures from my camera to the photo file.

Catch you later!

CANCUN!!!!

Cancun was AMAZING!!! We were there from December 14th until December 20th.....lucky!!! We stayed in an all-inclusive resort Gran Caribe Real, on the strip. It included all the food, fun and drinks a person could possibly have in one week!! I became a succor for the virgin Pina Coladas.....mwaaaa!! The beaches were like the ones you see on TV...and the kind I believed didn't really exist. But guess what?! They do, and boy am I glad they do! It was gorgeous!!!

Our location was perfect. There was a bus stop right outside our hotel and once we figured that system out, we were unstoppable!! We had the ocean on one side and the lagoon on the other, so we were completely surrounded by water. So we decided to spend some time on the water, since there was SO MUCH OF IT. We booked a tour on a ferry to go from Las Tortugas to Isla Mujheres on Thursday afternoon.

On this trip, we boarded a ferry for 30 minutes and then went directly from the ferry to a smaller fishing-sized boat where we went another 20 minutes to a lagoon where we went snorkeling!! It was so much fun....minus the part where I got sick. I had only ever been on the ocean once when I was 6 and we took a ferry to Kodiak Island, Alaska. SO it hardly even counts... Well, I was so sea-sick by the time we got into the water to snorkel that i was doing everything to keep my breakfast down. After about 30 minutes of snorkeling, I told Austin that unless he wanted to see me blow my breakfast out of that little tube, we better get back on the boat. We made our way back and I held it in until everyone got on the boat and when we were finally moving, I let it all go.... It was so gross, and I felt woosy on and off for the rest of our vacation.

But getting sick didn't stop us! It was great to spend the next couple hours on the island, playing volleyball, soccer, and relaxing in the hammocks. There was even a waterslide in the ocean and we had a great time on that, too. We then boarded the ferry again to go to the northern tip of the island and walk around the city. The markets were great there and we had fun eating a sweet treat from a road-side vendor. (Luckily we didn't get sick) We boarded the ferry again to head back to Cancun and arrived back there around 5 o'clock pm. It was a GREAT day!

Okay, so I'm going to post a few pictures from the trip and make you all a little jealous that you didn't get to go to Cancun, but don't worry....I'm paying for it now that I'm in the ICEBURG of REXBURG....

ON THE BUS

EATING YUMMY PIZZA BY THE POOL AT OUR RESORT

MY BABY WITH OUR RESORT IN THE BACKGROUND TO THE RIGHT

PLAYING ON THE HAMMOCKS AT THE RESORT

ISLA MUJHERES

AUSTIN BODY SURFING

AUSTIN PLAYING BEACH VOLLEYBALL

JUST HAVING FUN ON THE BEACH

Coming Soon......

CANCUN!!!!!!

Wedding

Okay, I'm terrible. I've been married for nearly a month and I'm just now posting the details....I'm a total slacker.

Austin and I were married on December 13th, 2008 in the Boise, Idaho Temple. The weather had been agreeable all month long until.....it was time for people to drive to Boise. Uhggg. So, it was a little scary trying to get everyone there safely, but alas.....everyone made it!! My entire family were able to make it there safely. (Casey and Sullivan were detained for other reasons.) We had a full room at our sealing and it was so wonderful to be surrounded by so many family and friends.

Since I'm not the greatest writer in the world and I know most of you want to see pictures anyway, I'm just going to post some pictures and let them tell the events of the day.

Outside the Temple

Both families, friends, and extended families.

Me and the boys! Cale, Ryan, Austin, Jeff, Cody, Ethan, Stephen, and Marty.

The Cake

My family and Grandma Teichert

Our "first dance" and Connor and Mylie dancing. So stinkin' adorable! They did this for about an hour before Connor decided to call it quits.

More Random Pictures!!

Can't get enough of this baby!!

Super fans at Regional Volleyball Tournament!!

Tessa is not smelling her armpit, she is kissing her bicept....weird duck!!

PICTURES!!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! The wig is my Grannie's and the pants are my Mom's...So much fun!! And Tyson is getting ready to go hunting, but he looks goofy enough to be dressed up for Halloween.

Vi, Grannie, and Mom

Brothers Tyson and Sullivan....what handsome dudes!!

At a friend's wedding in Boise

I know....I know.........

Okay, so I'm painfully aware of the fact that I am the slowest blog updater......possibly ever! I've been reminded of that several times in the last few weeks and really, there's no excuse. Actually.......i love blogs with pics and I just don't have a computer that won't crash EVERY TIME I try to upload pictures for my blog. Since I don't see me getting around to finding a legitimate computer anytime soon, I will just bore you all with a "news clipping."

First of all, yesterday I got a phone call from my little sister Tessa and she said that she cried herself to sleep the night before because I hadn't updated my blog. And you all thought I was the Drama Queen!!!??? HA!

I am still very happily engaged and very much ready to just get married already so that the stress of this wedding will just go away! However, I have been very blessed with amazing family (mine and his alike) who are so helpful and supportive.....sometimes I wonder why I'm even stressed? I think it's my job, maybe? I don't know... Austin and I sat for HOURS yesterday stuffing, addressing, and stamping announcements and it was so much fun! There's something about being right next to the one you love and not having to say anything at all or talking non-stop and laughing....it's an amazing feeling. I am so blessed!!!

Life has been great this last month!! I got to see Olivia play volleyball at her regional tournament in Lander. I made the long drive from Rexburg to Lander by myself....word to the wise, do NOT and I repeat, DO NOT go over Towgatee pass in the dark by yourself this winter! It's under construction and very treacherous! Anyway, I got to see the Panthers play in the championship against....guess who? Burlington....oh it never gets old. Except now we've made some really good freinds from over that way and it was great to see the Panthers win but hard to see our friends lose. I have lost some of my competitive edge if you can't tell. Olivia played well and I'm very proud of her. During that weekend, I also got to see Tami's "new" home and spend some time with Tel who I think is just a beautiful little boy and so much fun....when he's happy. :)

The following weekend, I made my way back to Cokeville to watch Sulli's football game against Gurnsey-Sunrise. I hadn't watched him play since his Freshman year and this was my last chance and just couldn't miss it! I borrowed Austin's car and made a quick trip and was SOOO glad I did. I hadn't been there for 5 minutes when Sulli ran 80 yards for a touchdown!! The fans around me said he had scored their first touch-down as well and I'm not going to lie, I was rather surprised. NOT because I don't think he is good, but because, well.....he's not very fast, really. He can run for FOREVER and is really good at that, (he won the David Dayton fun run on Pioneer Day this summer) but short distances and quickness have never been this family's strong point. Anyway he played SOOO well, scoring 4 touchdowns and having some great defensive plays. Way to go Sulli!!!!

Last weekend, Austin and I took our friends Ryan and Jeff to Boise with us. Jeff lives there and has been one of Austin's best friends for most of his life and Ryan was Austin's mission companion. We had a great time with family and friends and look forward to going back for the BIG EVENT!! 28 DAYS AND COUNTING!!!!

Other than that, my life has been pretty much the same....work, work, work....oh yeah and getting ready to go back to school in January. I got accepted into a program that will have me graduated with my Bachelor's in three semesters!!! YIPEE!! Sorry this was so boring. Hopefully I can upload some pictures sometime this weekend!