Rexburg Fun

Since Jake has been gone since last Monday, my old roommate, Meena, came up to visit me and keep me company this past weekend. We had a lot of fun together. We went to a movie the night she came up and stayed up late cooking flan. The next morning we went to the Rexburg temple. Neither of us had been. It was really pretty. We got to go to a Spanish session, and it was packed. After we went and visited some old roommates that we hadn't seen in a long time. That night I helped her plant a garden and the next day she came to regional conference with me. Sis. Dalton, President Tingey, Elder Nelson, and President Uchtdorf spoke. It was fun having Meena come visit and spend time with her and other old friends I hadn't seen in a while.

Garden Update

So I know it may be a little pathetic to post pictures of our garden, but we don't have any kids yet to plaster their pictures all over our blog, so the plants will have to do for the time being. They are getting pretty big, probably almost ready to plant outside, but with the weather we are having, outside may never be ready for the plants. It's been pretty cold here, with warm days far and few between. And I thought there was global warming going on! Al Gore, come to Idaho and then see if you believe in global warming. I don't see where he's coming from. Anyway, I'm kind of sad we are moving because I don't know what to do with my plants! I was excited to grow a garden this year. We'll probably just have to plant them and have our tenant watch over them until he leaves and then pay someone to watch over them for the rest of the time. When we get to California, we may buy a big bucket and dirt and plant a few plants so we can have a little something fresh while we are out there.

Moving Soon

So near the end of last week, we decided that we are going to go out for the summer again to sell security systems. Jake got a really good offer from Pinnacle and they are going to let him continue running his own business in the off season. Jake will just let his residuals on the accounts that he owns build up over the summer, and then when we get home, he'll continue his business. We've felt like it'll be the best thing for us financially, so we'll be heading to Dublin, California that is by Oakland and San Jose. We'll be leaving in about 2 weeks and be there until the end of August. I have mixed feelings. I was looking forward to going camping a lot this summer, white water rafting, having both of us go to my family campout, playing on my works softball team, and just enjoying the summer. I'll enjoy being close to my mission, so hopefully we'll be able to go visit, and it will be nice to not have to work. I'll have time to do what I want to do, possibly get my teaching certificate. We'll miss being close to the family, but we have to do what is best for us financially.

More Pics Of Our Garden

This may not be very interesting to a lot of people, but we're excited that our garden is growing. We were surprised at how fast the plants are growing. Most of them have sprouted. Yea!

Fun In The Sun

When we woke up Saturday it was such a beautiful day, we had to spend it outside. It had been snowy and cold all week long, so we had to take advantage of the great weather. Jake and I went on a picnic with Jake's parents and Alex and Michelle. We brought along our baseball mitts, and we played a game of softball with a few other people that were at the field. It was a great day in the sun!

Update On Our Garden

Our garden is growing!

Planting A Garden

So, I guess food prices are supposed to be going up, and since we're supposed to plant a garden anyway, Jake and I decided to plant a garden. We have a big garden in our back yard, so we've decided to utilize it. Yesterday, Jake and I went seed shopping, and found out Wal-mart has the cheapest seeds. Some of the seeds we found were only 10 cents a pack. What a deal! We also got a tray to plant them in because we are STILL getting snow in April (It just snowed yesterday in good ol' Idaho.) Today we planted them! We planted corn, carrots, tomatoes, jalepenos, bell peppers, lettuce, radishes, spinach, green onions, and cucumbers. Now we just need to hope that they grow! It will be an adventure to take care of our little (or big - we have 72 plants) garden. I remember when I was little helping my dad water the garden and getting payed 1 cent for every weed I pulled. To bad we don't have kids yet to pay to pull weeds! The novelty of having a garden might wear off once we have to weed it and water it often, but for now we're excited to see our plants grow and reap the benefits of having fresh veggies at the end of the summer! We'll keep updated pictures on how our plants are growing. (I know everyone will be checking often to see how our plants are doing!)

Jake adding water to the dirt, so we can plant


Milin planting some jalepenos


The seeds after they are all planted!

Jake's Surprise

Jake left out of town to go to a conference down in Las Vegas on Monday. Afterward he was planning on going to Pheonix for two weeks or so to sell alarms. While he was in Vegas he was supposed to work out a deal with a company to monitor the alarms that he would sell in Pheonix. Near the end of the conference he still hadn't worked out all the details with the company so he wasn't sure he would be able to go straight to Pheonix. On Friday he told me he would let me know the next day if they got the details worked out, and if they hadn't he would probably come home. Well, I called him yesterday and he said that he was on his way to Pheonix because they got the deal worked out. I was really sad because I had gotten my hopes up to see him. I called him later on that day to see if he had gotten to Pheonix yet, but he said he still had 3 hours to go because he had to stop for the priesthood session. I was wondering what was taking him so long because it was only 5 hours from Vegas to Pheonix. Well, I was showering and when I got out, guess who was there to surprise me? Jake! He's still going to have to leave in about a week for a couple of weeks, but at least I get to see him all this week and I didn't have to go three or four weeks without seeing him!