Time flies

   Man...it's amazing how time can get away from you isn't it? Well all is well here, busy but we are doing well. Glen is still working at Vandergriff Toyota, and the Spring semester is getting closer and closer to being over which I think he is excited about. After that Fall semester is his last semester, which means we will be going to Idaho in December so he can walk the stage, which I think I want him to do more than he actually wants to do it. But he's worked hard and deserves that! But I have been told that I am not allowed to make banners or engage in "whooping" of any kind. But here's the catch in that...he'll be on the stage aka in no position to stop me. :). I am still at Nordstrom Rack which is going well. It's always better when it's busy because then my shifts go by fast. It's kinda hard right now because Glen works 10 and 12 hour days, and lately by the time he gets out of work, I am only half way through my shift so we usually don't get to be back together again at the end of the day until about 11 o'clock at night. That's kind of hard, but we still have our solid weekly date nights which I think we both soak in. So we're working hard, or hardly working. I suppose that's up to your discretion. :).
   We are very excited because we have an apartment here that we will be moving into in 10 days. We are both very excited. We have been so blessed to have wonderful family that has been so willing to help us and be patient with us the past several months. But we are excited to have our own space, and give my parents back their space as well. Our apartment hunting is one more thing that tells us we are not in the "Rexburg Bubble" anymore. A lot of the housing in Rexburg has utilities included in the rent; here we are going to have the new experience of paying utility bills. I have said before and I will probably say again in the future, I am incredibly cheap. Some call it frugal, I am not afraid to admit that it is just plain cheap. So I foresee several nights of sitting in the dark (by choice). I am also a planner, sometimes to a fault. I do all my research before I make a move so I have talked to probably every electricity provider in our area for prices and all the details. I think they'll probably start to warn each other about me. But I am all for not spending anymore money than absolutely necessary. Anyways, (sorry...I got side tracked) I will be going to look at our apartment tomorrow morning to make sure all is well and good, then we will dot the i's and cross the t's and we will be all set! We are intrigued to see how our Charlie does adjusting to the new space, and the fewer number of people to play with him but we have been directed to bring him with us when we visit my parents' house. He's kind of like our baby right now. :)
   After that we will be working to save the money up to go and get our stuff from Rexburg. My dad has been awesome to volunteer is time and service to help with that. So while everyone else is looking forward to the onset of summer, we are looking forward to the end of it because that means we are all settled here in Texas and can get more normalcy which I think is exactly what we need. I will post pictures of our new place and post them at a later date.
   I am still loving my calling! Those kids are so sweet and it makes me so happy to see them so excited about the songs they're singing. This last Sunday they sang in Sacrament meeting for Father's Day and it was so fun to see how proud they were to sing to their dads! Also, in looking through the primary songs I noticed how much I loved the simplicity of the gospel principles in the primary songs. I think Heavenly Father understands that my mind works and is taught quite similarly to a child's, and I am relearning all of these sweet simple principles that I think sometimes get lost in the shuffle. 
   We looked at each other the other day and realized that we have already been married for almost a year. We can't believe how fast this year has gone. We have agreed that we have changed a lot over the last year and have loved getting to know each other, and getting used to each other.
   We are so so grateful for all of our supportive friends, and especially family. We have definitely been blessed and that is not lost on us. We're learning, working, and tryin' to have some fun in there too! We've got a lot of big stuff coming up for us and are excited for the upcoming stages of our lives together!

"We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude"

~Cynthia Ozick