The Last...Dinner

Since we are gearing up to leave in 5 days (!) we've been having lots of fun with all our friends. Watching Jazz games, golfing, and eating out way too much. Finally by the last dinner I remembered to snap a couple photos before we head off to VIRGINIA! That's right, it changed. We got a pretty good upgrade from Michigan to Virginia Beach. Nate's manager decided to join another smaller office in a proven awesome market out there on the east coast.
Despite the drive, which actually doesn't bother me too bad, we are happy to get a taste of Virginia life. We're hoping to jaunt up to Washington D.C. a weekend or two and probably a few other places of the like.
So, back to the original topic of the post...we're grateful for all our friends and they're invitations to meet up before we leave. (Dave and Alisha, Andy and Mallory, Jon and Anna, and Bob I had fun at lunch with you and Brooke - since I was lame and forgot my camera.) Not to mention both our families - Brandon and Peggy for making a trip up...whether it was for us or not, we can just say it was. ;)
Bryan, Stacey, Kimi, Jeff, myself and Nate at Firehouse.

My cute friends make it more obvious how un-photogenic I am.

Called to Serve

Just thought I'd let anyone who is interested know, my little (but actually bigger) brother Cade got his mission call today - to the......(drumroll??)
Chile Vina del Mar mission!
He doesn't leave till August 13th but he seems to be pretty excited. (As much as Cade ever shows)
I was oddly more wound up about it than he was. I was waiting for the moment the mailman came. He, on the other hand, had left to do his choring duties. I pulled it out the of mailbox, I called him repeatedly until he answered, and the conversation went as follows:
Me: "Cade it came!"
Him: "What? Talk louder."
Me: "Cade, it came!"
Him: "Alright."
Me: "I have to go to work so don't open it without me. Or, maybe I'll just save it so you can't open it."
Him: "Alright."
So as you can tell, he possess all the calmness in the world. He proceeded to do his work and "hurried" home to open it 4 hours later. Crazy kid. He is excited though, and we're happy for him. Congrats little bro, I know you secretly read my blog!

Changes

It's been awhile since I've posted mostly because I haven't felt like there has been anything exciting enough to document. But we have been busy!
First off, we moved out of the house we were renting. Since we will be leaving for the summer in a couple weeks we thought we should move before we were knee deep in finals. So my dad offered, or I guess I offered, one of the spare bedrooms in his basement. Two actually. One to store all our junk, and the other to live in. This also meant Bekka moving out of her bedroom so we could have a place to stay. (She volunteered, don't get me wrong.) As a sort of peace offering, I told her I would help her paint her old room that was watermelon red, to a more "mature" brown. It looks awesome if I do say so myself!
So now that we are semi-settled for a few more weeks, we've been trying to prepare for the next big move to Michigan. Nate's parents bought a new car around Christmas time and so they offered their "old" Passat to any of the kids for an awesome deal. We thought about for awhile, which on our time scale equals about a day, and decided that if we could sell my Honda before we leave, then we could make the upgrade to the Passat.
Because ksl.com is amazing, we were able to sell the Honda in less than a week! We posted all of the information one night around midnight, and by noon the next day we already received 3 calls! From that point on, we caught the sale bug and sold Nate's motor scooter and a mini-motorbike as well.
I was sad to see my little Honda go. It was my first car and I definitely had some fun times and crazy memories with it! (Kimi? :)


In the midst of all this we were able to make it down to St. George for Nate's Apx training weekend. The guys went four-wheeling and paint-balling, and the wives got treated with a pedicure!

And most importantly for me, my first encounter with Tai Pan! Let's just say it's good we don't have a house. Nate is worried from here on out. :)
So in recap, we have a new place to stay, a new car, and we're excited for our summer in Michigan!

Simon Says...

Usually I agree with Simon, but not tonight. I love Jason. He should win. But he might not.
Watch him and you will agree, or you should.
That is all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMuwfVSucQs