The house...finally..

Ok. Lots of pictures. The first is of our living room. Its finals

weeks. Little messy. All the furniture is from Shawn's parents.
The second is our backyard. Yes, that is our neighbors house. Our little puppies aren't so little.

This is my cedar chest. I love it. It has all my precious stuff
in it. I got it for Christmas last year.

There is an outside view of the house.

Kitchen. My favorite place to be. It is nice to have counter space. And cupboard space.

And Shawn's favorite place. It is nice to have
a place to store the vechicles in the winter.

Puppies!!!!

So..for an early Valentine's Day present, Shawn took me to the animal shelter here in Rexburg and let me pick out my favorite puppy. Here he is. His name is Charlie. He is terrier/lab mix. I have yet to hear him bark. Seems intelligent. Defintely cute...as you can see -------->

While there, Shawn met another girl and fell in love. He couldn't stop looking into her big brown eyes. He loved everything about her...the way she walked..her cute little butt...she was a redhead, I just couldn't compete. And then she opened her mouth and Shawn was hooked. She barked the first night we left her alone, but only for five minutes. And now, two days later, she doesn't bark at all. She is pretty smart. She doesn't jump up on people or nip, like Charlie does.

I am glad we got two puppies. They keep each other company and they learn from each other. When we took them on their first walk with leashes, Susan, Shawn's dog, was having a hard time being led. She fought the leash until Charlie went and nipped at her. It was pretty cute.

Shawn's Art....

So as Chantal and I were driving early in the winter we saw the perfect photo opportunity. This is not our house directly under the temple but we liked the clouds and piercing sunrise. Go temple!

X-Country Skiing!!

Ok. So we finally did something worth blogging about. And we brought a camera. And took a few pictures when we could remember.


I don't know why I am smiling like that. Probably just so happy I am on my feet and not my seat. You can barely see in the picture, but there are a few trumpeter swans up to the left of my head.





And there is Shawn. Sorry it is a little fuzzy. Doesn't he look cute in his cowboy hat?
We rented x-country skis for 20 bucks at the college and drove up by Island Park. It was beautiful and we got there early enough to miss the crowds. We went a good couple of miles and took breaks to snack and drink our water. It was so relaxing and quiet. It was snowing pretty hard when we got there, but stopped after about an hour. It was sooo much fun. The perfect date.

Fishing at its best...

This is a pic of my little sister Kamilla fishing up in Canada. You can't tell from the distance, but one her eyes was completely swollen shut. Looked pretty painful. That was a really fun trip and I had the picture saved, so there we are. The other picture is of a bunch of family. My little brother and I are a lot more alike than either of us would like to admit. We have the same terrible posture and the folded arms. Thats us leaning against the canoe. Love that little guy.

Shawn and I are doing great. We moved into a nice little house that we absolutely adore. We get to stay in it till April. We both just finished finals and both of us passed Accounting, which is the most tedious class ever. Shawn is doing flight instruction and I am training people at the gym. We both love our jobs and get just enough hours to make it work for us. My job picks up during New Years, (New Year resolutions) and his slows down, due to the weather. We are very happy and enjoy working out together, flying together, talking about our goals and dreams, and just being around each other.

Sorry it took me so long to update. I will do better.

Learning to fly!!

Last week for date night we decided to go night flying and try to catch the moon rising. I had a blast. Shawn took off and then let me take the plane. It is a little decathlon. It is very responsive. I climbed to about where Shawn told me to, and then he taught me how to do slips. This is where you loss a lot of alititude without gaining airspeed. I usually get sick doing stuff, but because it was night and I was in the front seat, I felt fine.
Today we decided to take it up again and do some landings. I helped out on the last one and didn't do to shabby. Planes are pretty pricey, so you really don't want to be impulsive or rash. I am learning a lot. Once you get high enough up it is pretty easy. But take offs and landings can be tricky. Shawn is a great teacher and I am just eating it up.

Our new do's!!!

I know what you thinking? What happened and why?!! Well Shawn thought he needed a haircut. It took me about 3 minutes to mess up enough to have to use a one on the back of his head. He was so sweet about it. As you can see, he is fast losing his hair. Before long he will have hair like his uncles...or should I say he won't have hair, like his uncles. I still love him as much as the long curly haired man I married. And my hair is blonde and short again. I just wanted a change. I was trying to let it grow out, but it was taking 4ever. It is fun to play with it.