Scout Mountain

On labor day, Brady and I decided to go hiking and cook dutchoven mushroom chicken dinner and strawberry peach cobbler. mmmmmmm. I never realized that Pocatello is so surrounded by beautiful mountains. Brady is already threatening to live in poky forever instead of boise because of all the outdoorsy stuff. Of course that idea doesn't fly with me so i'll try my best to make him hate poky by the end of four years.

My man chopping wood all mannly like.
It was a really fun trip, we even saw a deer run right in front of us while hiking, and two more deer while driving home. The camp was only 15 min from our house, so i think we'll be having a few more trips like this, if not just to roast mallows!

Pocatello

So, we are finally in Pocatello, and we finally got our housing figured out. The story:
In June i had an interview in Pocatello at a dental office so while i was interviewing brady went looking for housing. When i got done, we looked up a real estate agent to show us around town to get a feel for the housing market. We decided we liked the new look of townhouses and thought they would suit us well. When we got back to twin we talked to a loan officer to see how much i would need to make as a hygienist to afford the town house. He asked what i would do if i couldn't find a job and i said i would commute to twin until i found a job. So he said we could just punch in the income we were getting and say we were commuting to see if we would be approved at that time. That way we could move in sooner. We got pre-approved and started papers on the townhouse. Because of advice from family and friends, plus the seller's irritating real estate agent, and the fact that our banker died in a car crash a few days later, we decided that we should re-look for a house instead. In July we went with another bank who said that everything would be fine and to go ahead and make on offer on a house that we liked. So we did. But a we couldn't get the loan to go through which is understandable, i just wish we would have known before we started this 2 month long process. So while Brady was in orientation 4 days before school started, i desperately looked for an apartment that we could lease month to month. We found one that was actually cute and was way cheaper than any rent we've ever payed before. We got it friday, drove to twin and packed all our things that night,(thank you mark, jay and jeff!!!) and moved to poky the next day after going to my cousins wedding. Suprisingly we liked our little apartment which has two bedrooms and tons of closet storage. We realized that it will take me a while to get a good job, brady only has a 25% chance of being in poky for his fourth year of school, and that we weren't willing to pay more than double our rent to get a house almost the same size. So we luckily got out of the contract due to our financing problem since i don't have a job yet, and we are happy to be staying in our inexpensive cute apartment. (mostly we love our furniture on loan from tom and annette. Thanks!!)

Shoshone and Waterskiing

We visited the shoshone falls this week with Mark and Jay.

The water was sooo high. I've never seen it like this, actually I've only seen it about two times before this. Thanks for taking us Mark and Jay!

There were little streams and waterfalls all around the park by the falls.

The first day out on the boat with the gang.

The kiddos. Adi's rhinestone glasses are so cute!

Mark getting some sweet air!

Goodbye Parents

Well the time has come that Tom and Annette have gone to the Jackson Mississippi mission. We are going to miss them so much but we are very excited for them and glad we can visit. We had a great stay with them in Salt Lake City with Brady's family.

Tom was set apart by Elder Cook, and Annette was set apart by Elder Gonzalez. It was such an amazing experience. We are so grateful for the wonderful examples of Tom and Annette and for the gospel in our lives. It is times like that, that we could never deny that the church is true.

Brady and I went to the Oquirrh Mountain open house while the parents checked into the MTC. It was such a beautiful temple and reminded me alot of the Twin Falls Temple. Then we met them, Phil and Brooke, and Jeremy and Debbie, in Provo for lunch/dinner. We had a great time with them and are so glad we could be part of those two days. We love you Mom and Dad!!!

It's been awhile!

Just this last weekend, we have moved into the house in twin falls that my parents are trying to sell. With 5 bedrooms, a pool and a hot tub, I don't think we will ever be able to live in an apartment again!

Brady's parents are loaning us their furniture for three years, so we are in heaven with a new house and new furniture. thanks parents!
Watching Conan on our small TV
just chillin

Then a week ago we celebrated my dad's 60th birthday and my neice Adi's 2nd birthday (but I only have pics of Adi's party)

My awesome cousins came down to celebrate and of course it's not a party without bowling.

I went with my family to the western days parade.

At the end of May, we went to park city with brady's family. it was a blast! we went on the alpine slide, and the alpine coaster. (the coaster is better)

This is our hotel from the ski lift

And we went golfing of course

In May we also went to Cauldron Linn, a waterfall near Hansen, with my sister's fam and my parents, and grilled hamburgers.

And on May 6th we celebrated Brady's 24th birthday. Happy Birthday Honey! (sorry for taking so long)

I'm Graduated!!!!

I'm finally done with school....forever!!! My entire dental hygiene class

Using Brady as a pin cushion. He's a good husband!

We had our graduation at the egyption theater in downtown boise

I am so grateful for my wonderful parents! They are so supportive and have done so much for me to help me through hygiene school. Thanks ma and pa!

And I'm so grateful for my parents in law. Thank you Tom and Annette for supporting me during this busy time in your life, and helping us so much while i've been in school!

My brother Jeff, and favorite sister Jaylynn. Thank you all for spending your whole day supporting me!

Adi was sooooo cute. After i walked off the stage she spent the next minute yelling katie, katie. At least i know i have one fan :)

We partied and had a dinner after the graduation.

Thank you to everyone that has been there for us while we've been in school here in boise. I am so happy to be done with school, and hopefully my boards go well next week so i can actually be a dental hygienist. We've loved boise but are so excited to be going to pocatello for Brady to start his journey through pharmacy school. If anyone knows any dentists that are hiring in the poky area, please let us know :) Thanks everyone!

Pocatello, Here We Come!!!!

We finally heard from ISU on Monday, and Brady got accepted into Pharmacy school in Pocatello. We are so excited and grateful for the way things turned out. We were even contemplating switching to Pocatello if he got into the Meridian campus, so we are glad that the decision was decided for us. I really think that it will be easier for me to find a job in Eastern Idaho than in Boise. (Michelle i need your help!)
I am so proud of Brady!! He's been working so hard to get good grades these last three years and it totally paid off. He has been awesome about going to twin falls and working for Dick's Pharmacy to get more experience, and i'm so glad he enjoys working. He even practiced interview questions while running on the cross trainer instead of watching tv :) He is dedicated, hard working, and he is the most wonderful husband in the whole world!!! Way to be honey!