Now that everyone has a blog, I figured I should jump on the bandwagon! Lets see, well, Ryan and I have been married for almost a year and a half. We got married April 2, 2011 in the Seattle temple! We were currently living in Rexburg, ID while Ryan is studying mechanical engineering at BYU-Idaho. I graduated from BYU-Idaho's nursing program 3 years ago!!! Wow, I cant believe its been so long! I was working at EIRMC on the cardiac unit but as of Labor Day we currently live in Augusta, Georgia!! Who would've thought! Ryan scored an awesome internship with John Deere and we got a great opportunity to get to come down here for a couple months!
The past month we have literally been traveling the country! We left August 10th for Wisconsin for a family reunion which was a blast and got to see all the fam for a week then we decided to keep driving to New Jersey to see my dad! I mean it was only a couple states away! haha. We stayed there for a week and got to see my family and my little brother Sean! Unexpectedly, but happily, we got a call from John Deere saying we got the internship so we drove back across the country to Rexburg in 2 days!! It was a very long drive but we did it! Hurried, packed, sold our apt in a week and were back in the road again. We stayed and the Richins in Henefer, UT for a couple days because we didnt have a place to live because our housing in Georgia wasnt set up but, we had to be out of our old apt in Rexburg! The Richins are so nice and let us stay, which was fun. After a couple days there we started our drive again and got to see some sights. We went to the Nauvoo temple, which was BEAUTIFUL and the church sites. Next day we met Bro Raatz down in St Louis, MO and got to see the arch. Bro Raatz surprised us and bought us tickets to go up to the top! He's so nice. I couldn't believe that people could fit up there and there really isn't that much room to spare. Five people jam into this little egg carton transporter and make our way up creaking along the way ( let me tell you, you don't want to be claustrophobic!) but finally made it and the view was great! That day we made it down to Altanta and rested for the night but before that was ate at my now favorite restaurant! Crackerbarrel!! I know it sounds funny, but seriously, the food is amazing!!! Homecooked goodness, if you haven't been there, make that your next place to go out to eat and its so cute too!! The little store, decorations and the whole atmosphere! The next day we finally got to our place!!! We were so ready to be done traveling!!
We finally have a home!! Augusta is a nice place, its a city, but not too big. Definitely different than Rexburg but we wanted a changed and we sure got it!! It has been hot and humid! Summer definitely is still here and I don't think its going away any time soon. I thought I'd go for a walk and go to some stores in the morning, I mean it was only 70s when I left. Well by the time I got back I had a sweat band on my shirt from my purse! yuck, it got hot so fast and it wasn't even 11 by the time I got back! Ryan started work the past Monday and really likes it! He's getting to know the system and how things work and did a driving test yesterday. Its cool that he gets to do hands on things and help solve problems! We are so happy and grateful for this blessing to get an internship and great experience!! Wow, that was a lot to say, but hopefully my blogging skills we get better with time and I can better figure this out! :)
Inside the arch in St Louis
Our new apt
Our home away from home
Washington D.C.
No need for explanation