Lost and Found

I'm pretty proud to say that I've never lost my keys, phone, purse, or wallet. That is - until today. When we got home from church today Sean needed to run up to his school to grab a folder. So I got my purse and jumped in our (NEW!) car. We had driven a block when I went to get some lip balm and I noticed my wallet wasn't there. We turned the car around, thinking it was just in the house. After searching for a couple minutes I realized it was gone. Needless to say by this point I was beginning to freak out and was doing some kind of mixture of praying and swearing at myself. I retraced my steps from the night before and the last place I remembered having it out was at Circuit City in Idaho Falls. We called and LUCKILY it was there. Whew! But then I was still freaking out because I had about $100 (our weekly budget) in my wallet and I was trying to prepare myself for it not being there. We drove down to IF and picked it up from the store and I was so amazed to see that EVERYTHING was there. It made me very thankful that we live in a place where a lot of people believe that stealing is wrong. As much as I complain about living here, today I need to keep my mouth shut!  

The newest addition....

The time has finally come. We've been planning and saving for the past 8 or so months to buy a new car and now it's here. Last Friday we bought an '09 Honda Accord and it's beautiful, as you can see! I feel like I'm on vacation every time we're in the car. I just love it. Sean couldn't be happier because he absolutely loved his old Honda and he's been wanting to get one ever since his mission. It's also great because he's able to do lots of little projects with the car. He is currently putting in XM radio and then next month he'll be putting in bluetooth for our phones. Ever see that MTV show Pimp My Ride? Our car will be way cooler! 

Spud Harvest

Probably the best part of being a teacher in South Eastern Idaho (besides have all summer off!) is the week and 1/2 long break we get in the beginning of October so the farmers can harvest their potatoes. A lot of the teachers here use this time to work for the farmers and make extra money - not us though! Sean and I always take a trip during our break (because we deserve it!). This year we drove down to Salt Lake City, where my parents flew into from Columbus. We spent a day there visiting my grandparents who just moved there from Iowa (as well as my great-grandmother who's 105 years old!!!) and then the four of us drove down to Las Vegas. While we were there we shopped, ate, watched the presidential debate (but didn't talk politics with my normally Republican father) won 240 pennies at the penny slots, ate some more, visited Hoover Dam, and went to see the Cirque du Soleil show LOVE (absolutely amazing!!!). All in all, it was a successful Vegas trip. As always I was sad to say goodbye to my parents but they will be back next month (with my brother Brian!) for Thanksgiving. 

SNOW!!!

Just wanted to let my family in sunny California and in Ohio (where it's in the 80's right now!) that Rexburg had it's first snow of the year. Soooo early too! This is the day that I've been dreading all summer. Oh well, goodbye summer, hello winter (yes that's right - fall does not exist in Rexburg).

Happy Birthday Becca!!!!

This post is for my little sister, Becca. Tuesday (2 days ago) was her 24th birthday and I was so sad that we were apart for this occasion. I miss  you Becca and I love you soooo much!!!!