Meth Den no more

It's a long complicated story, one which involves a lot of frustration and tears-- but thanks to prayer and many tender mercies we are out of our first apartment. While we loved our little place, we were scared when we found out the people sharing our duplex had been using meth. Especially scary when we considered our shared vents. We talked to a lot of people and got LOTS of opinions. Our landlord assured us there was no danger and dragged his feet for about a month. On Saturday he told us if we wanted a meth test done we'd need to pay the $150 for it. That was it for us. We spent Saturday night apartment looking and Sunday we were blessed to find a great deal on an AMAZING place. We packed up Sunday night and finished the cleaning Monday. The greatest miracle in our minds is that we had only signed a 6 month lease, which ends this Thursday.

Brent has been hard at work unpacking the new place while Katie has been painting. The new place had some cute colors on the walls, but the front room had a DARK PURPLE on it. We decided that we wanted something more cheerful, so we've opted for a skyish blue. and we LOVE it!

We are tired, dusty, paint-covered and not even close to done, but we are also incredibly happy to be in a safe place.

The Church is true.

Sorry 'bout that....

So yeah, we haven't written ANYTHING on here for a while... our bad. We've been ridiculously busy with, well, life in general. I would like to apologize to any potential stalkers out there that were hoping to leech more general information from our lives: let the weirdness begin.

A lot of crazy things have happened to us lately; let's see if we can catch you up.

1) We committed to moving into a new apartment that seemed to be exactly what we wanted: more space, no utilities, washer/dryer hookups, full bath..... PERFECT. However, we were told last week that it is actually a meth den (yes, you read that correctly: a meth den, as in methamphetamine), so we're a little leery on that.

2) Katie is pregnant*

3)Baby Greyson was born and Katie is now officially baby hungry. She cannot WAIT to have one. As I write this, she is leaning her head on my shoulder saying "but he's so little and cute, and I want one." Yeah, let's work on the health insurance first, ok? Ok.
This is Brent and Corgan when we babysat the young whippersnapper whilst his parents were at the hospital.

4) We are searching for a new car (new to us, not to anybody else, aka: used). If you know of a good deal, please let us know.

5) We are starting our new summer school job tomorrow at Canyon Elementary School and are PSYCHED out of our minds!!!!! The kids are awesome, the environment is great, the pay is good, our co-workers rock, and it's where we fell in love, so we're looking forward to reliving that this summer!

6) My brother Brian got home after his mission and is so cool! I hadn't seen him for 4 years and Katie not for the previous 21, so needless to say it was a happy reunion. I'm having a ton of fun re-building our relationship over the summer.

7) Over memorial day weekend we survived food poisoning, sinusitis, and a high school graduation. Where's our medal? We be gettin' no love. Haters unite!

I'm sure there's more, but I can't think of it now and can't seem to find the energy to care. If you are interested in the details, please let us know. They will be happily shared for a nominal fee.

*PSYCH!!!! Katie is not pregnant. How you like them apples?

Our life is awesome. We are sickeningly in love with each other and life is so good right now. Come what may, we know that we are being sustained by our Father in Heaven. We know that the church is true, we know that we are on our path back home, and we couldn't be happier about it.

Lucky I'm in love with my Best Friend

Today I (Katie) write from the basement corner of the USU library. I sit next to my charming husband Brent who is studying for finals. Life has been quite the whirlwind the past few weeks-- we have tons of pictures, all on Brent's computer, that I will upload sometime soon. Tonight I just wanted to post a quick note about my amazing husband.

Brent has been an absolute rockstar this semester. He worked two demanding jobs, one as a migrant education recruiter and the other coaching high school sophomore basketball. On top of these jobs Brent had a full class schedule including a very difficult anatomy class. While working hard at all of those things Brent was sweet enough to take a little time off for our wedding in January. He missed some classes and he missed a basketball game (the only region game that Varsity lost all year. The team blames me....)

One of my favorite things that Brent does for me are his"I love you days" where he surprises me for fun. One "I Love You Tuesday" I came home to find a clean apartment, dinner started and a new set of scriptures on my bed. A few weeks later I got some new black converse shoes for "I Love You Thursday." Brent often complains that I never ask him for any presents, so he finds creative ways of sneaking them... (I'll post a picture later) He hid one gift in a gift bag at Wal-Mart, I didn't see it til we were checking out.

Another favorite thing about Brent is that he enjoys arguing about politics. He is very open minded (he's becoming more liberal every day, LOVE IT). We've spent a lot of time the past few weeks arguing with relatives and friends about the Arizona Immigration Law-- it's been fun to be on the same side of the debate.

I feel very lucky and grateful to be married to my best friend. We can, and do, talk about everything. My favorite nights are spent at home making dinner together. We are quite the chefs (if I do say so myself). We are working on perfecting our Monte Cristo's :)

Brent keeps trying to catch a peek at what I am writing, so I'm going to hurry and post this.

te amo papi :)

Monday Night Milkshakes

We recently discovered the infinite treasure that is the Logan Library (you win this round, Reading Rainbow). In addition to books fit for any interest they also have an extensive movie library with FREE rentals. For a poor couple this is like Cortez and the new world. So far we have had the pleasure of viewing such treasures as:

1. Freaks and Geeks- the full series

2. Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure

3. Bride and Prejudice (Brent hated it)

4. Muppet Treasure Island

5. Eerie Indiana- Season 1

6. The Fox and the Hound

7. The Music Man

8. Pete and Pete- Season 1

Suffice it to say that with our entertainment budget at zilch this has been a quite welcome happening in our life.

Sidebar: is it sad that the only thing that we have to blog about is our weekly perusing of the library for childhood memories in DVD form? Your input is appreciated.

Today Brent and I are both sickly. We took a long afternoon nap. Tonight we enjoyed some simple sandwiches and strawberry milkshake for dessert.

Brent drinking his milkshake.

Our happy milkshake faces.

Our little life here on the corner of 5th and center is gloriously, amazingly happy:)

After much pressure from siblings and friends we've decided to jump into the world of blogging. So here is a little bit about us:

We live happily in the tiniest (and cheapest) apartment in all of Logan. Our favorite activities include renting movies from the library, cooking big meals and bringing surprise gifts home for each other. We managed to survive a stressful couple of months filled with finals, graduation, new jobs, basketball season, herniated discs, wedding plans and moving.

BRENT:

Coached the sophomore basketball team at Mountain Crest High School and assisted with the Varsity (he claims all he did was keep stats, but I saw him work with Troy on his 3 pointers so I'm not buying it). After many old man health problems (herniated disc, ulcers, sleep apnea), Brent is looking forward to a summer of being 23 and feeling healthy. He has recently decided to become a doctor and is working hard in school to prepare for medical school. We hate snow very much and have decided when the time comes we are going somewhere much warmer for medical school. Katie is hoping for San Diego. Brent enjoys dabbling in photography and has gotten some GREAT shots. He has also developed an unhealthy and nerdy (his word) obsession for turtles. He realizes that this increases the nerd index score (NIS) in his life. Brent really enjoys watching and playing with our turtle, Samson.

KATIE:

Katie graduated in December from USU with a triple (that's right. Three times the normal) major in Gender Studies, Political Science, and Journalism. Unfortunately, the job market for this field in Cache Valley isn't quite so broad, so she had to accept a position as an administrative assistant at a residential treatment center. Though she learned a lot, they had to part ways for our collective sanity. She is now waiting to hear about graduate school in the fall and is also organizing a summer school for elementary school kids. That is where we worked together and fell for each other last summer, so we're excited to head back this summer!

So that is our life in an extended nutshell. Here are some pics of our recent happenings/adventures.

This is Brent with Samson. Brent is sporting a saucy faux-hawk that Katie loves and Brent "hates."
Here is Katie with her research poster at the opening for the new Women's Center at USU.

And this is LOVE

So ya, that's our life :)