Pictures of Our Home

As promised, here are the pictures of our home. Still some decorating I need to do, but there are too many people who are waiting to find out what the place looks like. We love it here in our 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom apartment and couldn't ask for a cozier place. We were a little worried going from a house back to an apartment again, but it has been great. The walls have got to be insulated really good because we have never once heard any of our neighbors. It is kind of set up like an 8-plex style I guess you could say. There are two floors, an upstairs and downstairs and 4 apartments on each floor; we are on the top floor.






















My favorite things about our new place are: two walk in closets, a bay window in our bedroom, a porch/balcony out our living room, and our little eating bar in our kitchen/dining room. Chris's favorite things are: the living room, dining room, and kitchen are all open, all of the rooms have ceiling fans (and we have central air), and he also likes the little eating bar. We also have a pool, tennis court, and a fitness center here and we have enjoyed using both the pool and fitness center. We haven't ventured out yet to the tennis court. Hope you enjoyed the pictures.

More Cali Pictures :)

What can I say, we took so many pictures and I couldn't pick any favorites so I posted a ton of them.

Catching up

OK, I know it has been a very long since I have updated this. Things have been so busy since the move. We were here for about a week and a half and I was off on another trip. I went to California for my friends wedding. It was so much fun, but I don't think I ever want to be away from Chris for 16 days again. I was so glad to get back home to him. Actually, I wish he could have gone, but it didn't work out with his new job/school schedule. So, I got back home to Texas on Saturday and started work on Monday. Chris had my desk and everything all set up when I got home, thanks Babe! He's so sweet. Work is going very well. Today was my second day back at the job and I think I am going to love it. Things are going well for Chris in school, he has met quite a few people and has even gotten in a car pool, which is great because he only has to drive 1 week out of every month. Tonight, Chris and I are going out to dinner with a guy he goes to school with and his wife. The ironic thing is they came from Utah and Chris and John both went to school at Utah State. Although, they didn't know each other then, it is just weird we come all the way to Texas and end up going to dinner with people we used to live close to in Utah. It's a small world. Well, here are some pictures of California and the wedding. I promise to post some pictures of our apartment within the next week...I just have to get a few more things in order.

First Day of Work

Okay, I know I have been blogging a lot this morning, but I am just trying to get caught up. Last but not least, Chris started work/school this morning. He was so cute, last night he was trying to decide what to wear. As many of you probably remember with the whole interview process I blogged about, Chris is not one for dressing up. So yesterday after church, we had to go looking for him some new clothes, but didn't have much luck since he does not care for nice, dress up clothes. Anyway, with a lot of changing last night, he finally decided on an outfit to wear today. I thought he looked very nice. Here are a couple of pictures I took of him this morning - one while he was getting ready and the other right before he was about to walk out the door. I can't wait for him to get home so I can hear how his day went. I am so proud of him, he is such a wonderful guy!



Well, now that I have been on here all morning, I think it is about time I get started on some work around my house and finish getting everything in its place.

At Our New Home

Our first night at our new home, we heard this ridiculous buzzing outside (so loud and obnoxious). We thought it was one of the porch lights kind of humming, but then it started this crazy, whirling/siren sound. We opened our front door and this huge bug was flying around. A little later, we looked out and found the bug lying dead on its back. You won't believe this picture.


Isn't that thing nasty? If this is a taste of what we are going to get - no thanks! Just kidding, so far it seems like it will be nice. Our apartment is so cute, but I will have to post pictures a little later; we are still trying to get everything in order. We have most everything unpacked now, just a few things we are not sure where we want to put and lots of decorating needs to happen! :) My favorite things about the apartment are that we have a bay window in our master bedroom and a patio balcony out our living room. I also really enjoy our kitchen bar and that we have two walk in closets. What more could a girl ask for? Espcially, when we picked out our place on the internet. Our second day, here in Texas, we ventured to Arkansas so Chris's brother, Brian, could mark off another state on his list - it is literally only 1 minutes drive to cross the state line.


On July 3rd, we celebrated Chris's 24th birthday. Didn't have much of a party, it was only Chris, my mom, and I - but we had a good time. I made a special dinner and one of his favorite desserts that he requested rather than cake.




Here are some pictures of Chris, my mom, and I hanging out at our new place.





Friday night, my mom got us a hotel in Little Rock, Arkansas because she was flying back home Saturday morning around 8:00 am and the airport is about 2 1/2 hours away from our house so we would have had to be leaving our house around 4:30 am. She didn't really want to do that so we stayed at a Holiday Inn that night. It was a blast! Here are some pictures of all of us at the hotel that night and the next morning before she had to leave.





There were a few tears between my mom and me when we had to leave her at the airport, but I know I will see her in a few more days when I go to California - that will be the tough good-bye.

Yesterday, we tried a church about a couple of miles up the street from us and it was really good. The people were so friendly and the music and the pastor were awesome! I won't be here for the next couple of Sunday's since I will be in California, but I think that is the church we will start attending regularly. So exciting to find a new home church.

Our Roadtrip

I know it has been a really long time since I have got a chance to really write. It has been so busy with trying to get settled in. Chris's grandparents left about a couple of hours after we got into Texas, his brother, Brian, stayed a couple of nights with us and left on Wednesday morning, and my mom left on Saturday morning. It was so nice to have people be able to see our place and visit with us for a while. Chris starts school today and has already left so I thought this would be a good time to get everyone caught up. We left on Saturday morning, June 28th at 6:00 am and arrived at our apartment on Monday, June 30th a little after 11:00 am. We started in Utah, went through Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and finally made it to Texas. The actual driving time was about 26 hours. :( Not a drive I would be thrilled to do again. Not much of anything around in any of the states. Here is a look at what we viewed the whole way.













As you can see, the trip was full of exciting things on the side of the road for us. :) There was one thing that particularly caught Chris's eye and I was scrambling to get the camera out. If I remember correctly it was while we were passing through Oklahoma. Below is a picture of it.

We Are Officially Texans!

We arrived in Texas at our new house on Monday the 30th late in the morning. Our drive was a little long and a bit exausting...it ended up taking us one extra day than we planned to get here. Our apartment is so cute and I cannot wait to get everything put in its place and get it all decorated. I have been very busy and haven't had much time to get online to post anything, but I just wanted to let everyone know that we made it here safe and are doing well. I will post more later and update you on all of the details and add some pictures of our apartment for you to see. Until next time...