Their really has not been a whole lot going on lately, just school. Since my last update I dropped my agribusiness management class and I am substituting it with processed meats. Chris has been very busy with school and projects. We were also called as temple ordinance workers for the Rexburg Idaho Temple. What a wonderful blessing that is to serve others in the House of the Lord each week. We work the Friday morning shift from 5 am to 10 am. That means we have to be at the temple at 4:30 am and are there until 10:30 am every Friday. Yes it is early, but their is absolutely no better way to start the day and to serve our Heavenly Father and be close to Him.
Chris and I are also waiting to hear about a phone interview from a nutrition company located in the Mid-West that is interested in hiring both of us. Professor Lamb has really helped us in getting connections and in putting in a good word for us. We applied almost a month ago and he said he had gotten an e-mail from a friend saying they were very interested in both of us and will be contacting us soon. We are very excited and hope that something works out. Graduation is fast approaching and in a way it seems very real, but in another way I cannot imagine not going to school. It has been what I have been doing for quite some time now and I think it will really hit us in September when we don't return to Rexburg. I have gotten to the point that I am very excited, yet very nervous as to what lays ahead of us and that something will come about as far as work. I know that something will open up, it is just a waiting and applying game.
I will have to say that I will miss Rexburg and friends. I have lived here since 2008, and it will be different not coming back and seeing everyone again. I am very excited about what is in store for us, but it would also be nice as to know where we are going. Last night I really realized how close graduation is and how very excited I am to be done, however reality also hits in in the fact of where will we be? What will we be doing? Along with the stress of moving. I know something will work out, I just experience little spurts of stress which mainly occur at night when I am trying to sleep which isn't always a good thing.
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Cross Country Skiing
On February 4th we went cross country skiing with the school. We had wanted to do it last year, but didn't get the chance to, so it was high priority for us this year since we will be leaving Rexburg, Idaho in April. Through BYU-Idaho they put on different trips for students to do such as skiing, air boarding, cross country skiing, snowshoeing and so on, for a very reasonable price. We had arranged to go the weekend before to Harriman State Park, but it ended up being cancelled. So we went on the February 4th trip to Mesa Falls. We had gone here this summer, which I don't think I ever posted pictures of. Anyway, when we arrived at Mesa Falls, the students leading the trip informed us that this was not a great place to start for beginner skiers because of all the hills and the course is a bit more difficult. (Wish we would have been informed of this earlier because otherwise we would have waited until another trip to Harriman was offered because it is flat). It was good none the less though, we were just extremely exhausted and sore when we got back.
Here we are at the start of the trip. We had just made it up the very large hill, it is actually a road, but in the winter the road closes at a certain point and it becomes a snow mobile trail. We had to go up this very large hill in order to get to the cross country ski trail.
On part of the cross country ski trail waiting for others to catch up and just before we got ready to head down this HUGE hill with curves and trees of either side. (Very Scary, and I wished that I would have just walked down it). It was funny because right before getting on the cross country ski trail another person (not part of our group) was telling a group of people about the trail that we just happen to be entering on. He said the hills are very curvy and with trees on either side, so the best way to stop is to just fall over so you don't hit a tree. Really wish we would have known that BEFORE the trip! I ended up falling so many times because I would get going way to fast for my preference, panic, and then fall. I came home covered in bruises and my pour knees hurt from all the falling. On the really huge hill both Chris and I got ice burns on our hands. Note to self, NEVER TAKE OFF GLOVES EVEN IF YOUR HANDS ARE SWEATING BECAUSE THEY ARE REALLY HOT! Had to learn that the hard way while going down the huge hill and crashing because of trees, and the hills being ice, not snow.
Here we are at the Lower Falls. Absolutely BEAUTIFUL! Here we had lunch and got to sit down for a bit in the snow before heading back. At this point I was pretty tired, the whole trip was about 5 miles doing something you are not used to and tough terrain. It was a TON of fun the first half on the way there, but the last half we were just tired and wanted it to be over. On the way back we had to climb up all the hills we had gone down which involved more falling and walking sideways up with skis. A couple hills I got stuck in the snow and ended up taking the skis off and just walking up. Let me tell you, I thought the hardest part was going up the hills with skis.
Overall it was a good trip. We would have enjoyed it a lot more if it was flat. Both Chris and I don't have any skiing experience and at the end we had to ski down a huge hill, the snow mobile trail. We didn't like that at all and it made it tiring from all the falling and not wanting to go too fast because we didn't have much control. But it was great to get outside and enjoy the very mild Idaho winter that we are having. We have had hardly any snow and it has been so warm (teens to thirties, it is usually in the negatives or single digits).
Here we are at the start of the trip. We had just made it up the very large hill, it is actually a road, but in the winter the road closes at a certain point and it becomes a snow mobile trail. We had to go up this very large hill in order to get to the cross country ski trail.
On part of the cross country ski trail waiting for others to catch up and just before we got ready to head down this HUGE hill with curves and trees of either side. (Very Scary, and I wished that I would have just walked down it). It was funny because right before getting on the cross country ski trail another person (not part of our group) was telling a group of people about the trail that we just happen to be entering on. He said the hills are very curvy and with trees on either side, so the best way to stop is to just fall over so you don't hit a tree. Really wish we would have known that BEFORE the trip! I ended up falling so many times because I would get going way to fast for my preference, panic, and then fall. I came home covered in bruises and my pour knees hurt from all the falling. On the really huge hill both Chris and I got ice burns on our hands. Note to self, NEVER TAKE OFF GLOVES EVEN IF YOUR HANDS ARE SWEATING BECAUSE THEY ARE REALLY HOT! Had to learn that the hard way while going down the huge hill and crashing because of trees, and the hills being ice, not snow.
Here we are at the Lower Falls. Absolutely BEAUTIFUL! Here we had lunch and got to sit down for a bit in the snow before heading back. At this point I was pretty tired, the whole trip was about 5 miles doing something you are not used to and tough terrain. It was a TON of fun the first half on the way there, but the last half we were just tired and wanted it to be over. On the way back we had to climb up all the hills we had gone down which involved more falling and walking sideways up with skis. A couple hills I got stuck in the snow and ended up taking the skis off and just walking up. Let me tell you, I thought the hardest part was going up the hills with skis.
Overall it was a good trip. We would have enjoyed it a lot more if it was flat. Both Chris and I don't have any skiing experience and at the end we had to ski down a huge hill, the snow mobile trail. We didn't like that at all and it made it tiring from all the falling and not wanting to go too fast because we didn't have much control. But it was great to get outside and enjoy the very mild Idaho winter that we are having. We have had hardly any snow and it has been so warm (teens to thirties, it is usually in the negatives or single digits).
Christmas Flower
Well I have realized that this blog is in need of a very much needed update. The first is that I wanted to show pictures of the beautiful flower my grandma got us for Christmas, you know the boxed flowers that stores sell during Christmas time. The type of flower is an indoor amaryllis minerva. In the box was just a bulb, pot, and soil. We planted it on Christmas and would measure the growth almost daily, however we did not record it. When it first started growing it grew a quarter inch a day, and then it got to one inch a day. By the end of January (1 month), it had bloomed and was absolutely beautiful. Right now the flowers are gone, so it is a 
stem and the the leaves have been growing like crazy lately. So here are some pictures of how it turned out. We were taking pictures everyday, so here is only a few of the plants progress.
stem and the the leaves have been growing like crazy lately. So here are some pictures of how it turned out. We were taking pictures everyday, so here is only a few of the plants progress.
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