Adjusting to change...

We finally have internet in our apartment! The last few weeks we have been bumming off of other people's internet and wifi areas in order to get homework and other necessary things done. The biggest news from the past few weeks-we made it to Boise! We are settled in to our new apartment and spent lots of time our first week here familiarizing (or in my case re-familiarizing)ourselves with the Boise area. It's amazing how much I have forgotten about the freeway, roads, etc after not having lived here for 8 years. I told Shelby to make several wrong turns when I thought that I was confident that I knew where we were going...oh well! :) As far as work, I was able to transfer within the same healthcare system that I was working for in Twin Falls. I still have a position as an RN just on a different floor in a different hospital. Even though I still work for the same company I had the "opportunity" :) to attend New Employee Orientation. It is amazing how different every hospital is run even within the same healthcare system! Charting is completely different, some policies are completely different, and I'm not going to lie, even though the Boise area is bigger, a lot of things done in their hospitals here are super old school...more old school than Twin Falls! Just putting that out there-no offense anyone. Needless to say, I have been missing my old job-especially my co-workers! I was so blessed to have a wonderful manager and co-workers. I worked in an environment where everyone was willing to step up and help each other out when needed. I can only hope that my new co-workers are just as great as my last ones! Love the Surgical floor in Twin Falls! Obviously adjusting to new things is not my strong point...and I get attached to people...more on that in the next blog post... Shelby starts school in three weeks and has been on the hunt for a part time job that will work well with his class schedule. He was blessed to be able to get into all of the classes that he needed for this semester! He was on the waitlist for two classes that he really, really needed to take in order graduate in the time frame that we are hoping and he got into both of them! Yay! We were able to move to Boise so that we could be here for the last two weeks that Lindsey and Brenen were here visiting from Virginia. We were able to spend time with them and go on a few camping trips and adventures with them. And now on to picture over load of what we've been up to throughout the last two months!

^ We celebrated our first anniversary on June 8th with cheesecake, sparkling cider, and speaking in sacrament meeting at church. :) A few weeks later we spent a night at the Anniversary Inn which was super fun! We stayed in the Lighthouse Room and had fun just relaxing with each other.

^ Brenen, Lindsey, and Briggs flew into Boise the third weekend in June to spend five weeks with family. While we were at the baggage claim getting their suitcases I bent down to Briggs' level to officially meet my first nephew on the Despain side. He got the biggest smile on his face and started giggling. So either I look really funny or he was excited to see me...or maybe it was just because he thought I was his mom since we look very similar. Either way I got a little teary because we have missed this cute little guy and his parents!

^First tomato from our garden! The tomato plant broke on the move to Boise but we were able to get a few more off of it.

^ This picture has a lot of memories in it-THAT IS A PEN-not a pregnancy test... Anyways, that little pen was given to me on my first day in the mission field. Sister Andersen, my trainer, gave it to me. I carried that little pen with me all over New York. As we were packing we were cleaning out our office and testing all of our pens to see if they worked or not. My precious mission pen finally died and I was so sad! We ended up throwing it away but I had Shelby take one last picture of me with my favorite pen for memories sake.

Cow Appreciation Day! We took a quick trip to Utah with my parents for the Despain Family Reunion. We knew that it was Cow Appreciation Day at Chik fil a so we got our cow costumes on as best we knew how and all got free meals. We wish that everyday was Cow Appreciation Day! It was fun to spend some one on one time with my parents since we don;t get to do that very often.

^Another picture from packing-clogging shoes. I desperately have been trying to find a way that I could fit a dance class into my schedule this coming school year. Still working on figuring out how to make it work but hopefully I can find a way. If anyone has any great ideas let me know!!!

Here is our 26 ft long Uhaul. We ordered a 14 ft but ended up getting upgraded to this one for free. That thing was huge!

^ A double yoke egg-it's the little things that we get excited about around here. :)

^ Yep, we are definitely back in the Treasure Valley and sometimes evenings are spent in Middleton helping Cameron get pigs back in their pens. Shelby was the "pig whisperer." Have a happy Tuesday!