Thursday, August 30, 2012

is this thing on?

Yup, still here. Have you lost interest in our blog...that's alright, we deserve it. Recap of the past, let's see, FIVE MONTHS! (What?) That's bad.

Chelsea finished year one graduate school! She did a great job, by the way.
Payette turned 1! (highlight) Go Pay...you go, get old!
Derek was hired at a sweet place
Chelsea is getting awesome at tennis
Payette is controlling the bug population in Idaho
Back to MI for Jake and Kelly's wedding, yay marriage
Church is awesome
Chelsea started her final year at ISU
Tons of fires in ID, CA, CO....booo fires
2nd anniversary!
Celebrated one year in Idaho

That's it in a nutshell, catch you in January

The year here has been pretty spectacular. We have had a lot of challenges, doubts, fears...etc.
upon arrival we weren't sure how long it would take to find a job and if school would go well. Thankfully we persevered through the difficulty in finding work and the overwhelming work load at school. God has seriously blessed us with legitimate growth. It's easy to see now how worthwhile the challenges were considering the growth...yeah, He knows what He's doing.
What a season this has been. We are having a blast together and Payette is the best. We are meeting new and really great people and are excited to build relationships with them.


We kept wanting to believe we were celebrating our first anniversary but it really has been two years. 


I don't know if it's supposed to be easier or harder the second year, but it was really great. It has been great to finally be on similar schedules and to see each other and spend time together. 



Ummm, yea, that card says 'Jaywad'




We had a picnic in July with our church. What a great time to meet people and enjoy the park!


Derek was baptized (with Doug)


Great day! Tons of people.



DEATHLY HALLOWS sticker!!


We had this idea...we would go to the beach...


It wasn't what we expected


But the mountains are great, so we take what we can get


Wouldn't be right if we didn't showcase our bizarre cat


She lays with her legs spread...no idea why, but it's what she likes


It's easy to not become attached (lie)


There are a lot of things I have skipped over, but we are trying to get back into this.