Friday, August 15, 2008

This is still our office. Notice the stack of books on the futon. Those are my books for school. 9 books for 9 credits and 700 bucks!!!

Another picture of our office.

This is our office we just barely finished decorating. It's really simple and really cute. This is the room that I bet I spend about 75% of my time the next couple months.

WOO-HOO OUR HOME IS FINALLY PUT TOGETHER!!!


Hey everyone!!! Today we finally finished unpacking and organizing our house. It's so so nice, we both just love it. It's super roomy so someone better get out here and visit us so we can put our office/guest room to better use. Today Will went for a job interview, but we have found out that most jobs out here are either just commission paying or you need a degree to get, but we haven't lost hope and faith just yet. A member of our Ward called Will tonight and told him about a couple job opportunities that could work out pretty well. We went to Bass Pro Shops today and the Great Lakes Crossing Mall. It was super fun. We just walked around. We ate dinner at the mall. They have these little Diners all over and they call them Koney's!!! It's kinda like Annie's or Mel's in Beaver. They're really good. The mall was really fun. Then we went for a drive to find Lake Angelus. It was down a dirt road for about five miles. There were these mile long beautiful driveways that lead to these huge homes that sit lake side. It was so pretty. We passed four lakes in just five miles of each other. This place is really unbelievable. We came home and took our beachcruisers for a cruise around our condo complex. Will rode his bike up a huge hill and came flying down in front of a car in typical Will fashion. The guy just waved and kept on driving. Everyone seems really nice here. We are planning on grillin on our bbq tomorrow and probably trying to find a lake to go to or something fun. Next week I am going to begin studying and doing homework and hopefully Will can find a job next week so this weekend is kinda like the last weekend of summer vacation. As we were driving into the Mall, Will saw a suv just like McCall n Brandons and said "oh hello McCall" it was funny cuz for a minute we both just thought it was and we were back in Utah but then we came back to Earth and realized we weren't!! I thought by now maybe Will and I would not be using Dylann talk so much but I think since we don't hear "okay das weird" and "sippy soup" everyday we say it more and more. I have been thinking a lot since we have been out here and I am so thankful for the Gospel and for Will and for our family and friends. It's still surreal that we are here living not just on a vacation. I was scared to death to drive out here but I just knew that it was something Will n I needed to do and I'm so thankful that we made it out here and I know everything will work out for us. We love each of you sooooo much and really do miss you but we are just so excited to visit at Christmas and to have you all come visit us. Take care and call anytime. We get bored late at night and would love to chit chat!!!!

Thursday, August 14, 2008

What's Up!!!! So last night I stayed up until like two in the am watching the olympics. It was men's gymnastics and it was soooo good I couldn't turn off the TV!! I'm super excited cuz it's the women's gymnastics tonight. The only thing that stinks is Will n I are both still on mtn time instead of eastern time. So at like midnight it only feels like ten and at seven in the am it feels like 5!!!! Ne ways, today Will has been filling out some military job applications and I went for a jog around our little neighborhood. It's so beautiful here. I love it. It's really nice too because there is just the right amount of humidity so it's not too hot and you dont' get really sweaty. Other than that Will has cleaned out our garage and today is the first day we parked the Yukon in there. It's so humid here that every morning the Yukon looked like we had taken it through the car wash so Will would get up and dry it off and shine the rims. Pretty crazy!! I'm going to vacuum and clean my house today and get some updated pictures of our living room, bedroom, and the rest of the house on here. Will n I are going to try to go to the Detroit Temple either tonight or tomorrow and we also want to ride out to Lake Angelus to check it out. It's only about ten minutes from our house. We love you all and miss you. Oh yeah, today I get to go spend $800 on books for this semester!!! CRAZY HUH!!!!YIKES!!!

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Okay so I've been working on getting some more pictures uploaded but I haven't had any luck just yet. So I am going to try again tomorrow. Well today was quite the eventful day. Will spent the day making a resume and calling employers looking for jobs. I spent the day cleaning our new house and trying to get the rest of the boxes unpacked. We went to Target to do some grocery shopping and while we were shopping it started to rain like crazy and the rain here in Michigan is so awesome. It's like a mist but it's really heavy and will drench you in like five minutes. It smells and looks so awesome after it rains here. I love it!!! We have been watching the Olympics everynight. Micheal Phelps is so awesome. We just can't wait to see what he can accomplish the next day. I'm getting really anxious to start school but a little nervous too. We got an invitation to go play soccer with some people from our ward tonight but we had to much to do. We also got invited to go play basketball with the ward on Saturday, so we might have to check that out. I am super grateful for the area in Michigan we live in. It's beautiful and the people are sooooo nice. We miss you all and love you and hope all is well back home in Utah!!!



This is me checking out our new green wall in our bedroom.


This is how Will cut in the steep vaulted ceilings over our staircase. It was pretty crazy but he got'er donE!!!


This is our view from our balcony. It's really breath-taking. This is one of the most beautiful places Will n I have ever seen.


This is a picture of the cut out from our living room to our kitchen.