blessings

we're here in rexburg now.

things have changed around town and campus so much here - more on that later.

 

there were a few times that i really didn't think that things were going to all fall together.

in fact, we left oregon on blind faith.

the bank didn't have everything they needed to close on our home on time.

we left a day later than we wanted to because of it - and we still weren't sure that we were going to have a place to move our stuff into when we got here.

everything came through better than we expected and more.

 

once we got moved in, we went to check on the mister's financial aid since we still hadn't heard anything yet.  turns out somewhere we had been overlooked and they hadn't processed what they needed to.  they told us it could be a couple of weeks before everything came through.  it all came through, plus an unexpected grant, within the week.

 

we're seeing so many little miracles that remind us that we are where we're supposed to be and that our Heavenly Father is mindful of us and our needs.  we are so blessed.

moving day

we move in less than a week.
it still seems a little surreal that we're leaving our life here and trading it all in to be poor college students again - this time, with kids.
i have to say, if i didn't know that rexburg is where we're supposed to be right now, i probably would have thrown in the towel already and wimped out on the mister.

but, as the day gets closer and the more nervous i get, the more excited i get too.
we'll miss our life here and all that goes along with it, but at least we can still come visit from time to time.

here's to new adventures!

house hunting

we just spent three days in rexburg looking for a place to live while the mister goes back to school.
we've moved a lot in our marriage, so i know what i can/can't live without in an apartment.
i really didn't think that my list was that tough to fill.  i thought i was being pretty flexible.
well the top priority on my list (3 bedrooms) is apparently a hard thing to find in rexburg.

the places that actually have any 3 bedroom apartments have a waiting list of 2+ years.
so we had more than one complex practically laugh at us when we asked.
we also had our list of places that we'd found on craigslist or the school's bulletin board to look at.
there was probably 10-15 places on that list to look at.
within 2 hours of being in rexburg, we were down to two left.
everything else was either 2 bedrooms that we were hoping had big bedrooms and/or additional living space, or had already been rented - most of them, literally, the day before.
places move quick in rexburg.
there were a couple places that came up for rent while we were there and we were too late with our phone call.  seriously.  within 2 hours of it being posted, we were too late.

so we're down to two options left at the very top of our price range to rent.
who knew it would be such a hard thing to find a place to live?

back to the beginning

we're going back to where it all began for the mr. and i.
if you know where that was, then yep, you guessed it.
back to rexburg.
why rexburg you ask?
because the mr. is going back to school.
and yes, i'm slightly nervous, scared & excited all at once.

nervous because we're not 21 anymore.
scared because we've got a family to provide for at the same time.
excited for the new adventure this will be.
and excited because the mr. will finally (when all is said and done) be doing something he loves.

and i'm kinda excited we'll be back there for the 8 year anniversary of our first date.
big jud's and riot zone anyone?