Rob's Ultimate Birthday!

So, I turned 23 on Wednesday the 27th. I am currently in Provo to be with Rachel for the Fall Semester and to work. Money is important, ya know. Before I left for Provo though I spent a little time with my family. They gave me some early gifts. Tiff and Jeff and their family got me a package for my PSP. It had a hard case that carried games and memory cards. That will be nice and useful. Dan and Kim got me a Canon Printer/Scanner/Copier. It's really nice. It has a screen on it that shows the pictures on it. Mom and Dad got me a portable battery that I can use to jump start my car. That's handy, because I've been having tons of crazy car problems lately.
So then I left for Provo with a stop in Holladay to spend the weekend with Rachel and her parents. They got me a cheesecake for my birthday. Here are some pictures!

Rachel's Parents got me a Lord of the Rings book. I've been slowly collecting the series. I plan to read it someday. Not sure when... a long time in the future. It was fun. Rachel's parents were very nice to have a small party for me.
On the day of my birthday, I helped to move Rachel into her new/crappy apartment. We'll make a blog later about our new Residences. Anyway, then Rachel and I went to see the 2nd Chronicles of Narnia movie with Kjirsten and Kayla. They are some of Rachel's old roommates. They're our good friends. It was funny at the beginning of the movie because as we got into the theater it was so dark that we couldn't really even see each other in the blackness. So we were trying to find a place to sit because it was really packed. I went into an aisle and heard a guy say, "Uh... Hey?" That was awkward. Afterwards, the girls and I went to Olive Garden for Dinner! It was really good. I got Apricot Chicken with asperagus. Rachel got Chicken Alfredo. Rachel got me a present as well! It was an external harddrive. I guess that was practical, because we can both use it! Later that night 'the cousins', Kjirsten, Kayla and Natalie came over and we watched X-files. It was a good birthday!

Rob's Current Status

Well, I'm off track now and I'm living in Sunnyside with my parents for a few weeks. I spent some time down in Provo/Orem looking for a job for when I move back for Rachel's Fall Semester at BYU. My plan while I was here was to help my dad work on some construction on our house. We're building a breezeway between my old room and the house.

My brother Dan is due for a vacation in a couple days. He'll be here on Monday with his wife Kim. I'll probably only see them for a couple days though because they're planning on going to the Twin Falls Temple dedication. We still have good plans to do stuff though. Amber wants to float the river. So we'll probably do that. There's a bunch of other stuff that I've been doing. Rachel has assigned me to find pictures for a wedding slideshow. That should turn out nicely.

I've been reorganizing my room that I live in. I still have a lot to do, but it's nice to have my room attached to the house. My dad and I did a bunch of electrical work in the breezeway so now I can turn the lights on in the room and in the breezeway.

Rachel is living in Murray with her parents until the break is over. I'm going to work down in Provo while she goes to school. I wanted to be near her, because I love her!!!! I'm going to be living with my cousin Justin Grimmer. He's got his own place. He's a great guy, I'm sure we'll get along well. I might not even be there that much.

Rachel has had crazy problems with her computer and she's been very irritated about it. But, apparently Rachel is a really good negotiator(or complainer?), because they consented to just give her a new computer. It's really small, has a touch screen, fingerprint reader and you can write on it! It has a 12.1 inch screen, the screen pivots and folds flat. It's worth a couple hundred dollars more than her original computer. She's not quite sure if she likes it yet though, so she's going to call in and ask if she can have a couple days trial first. We're excited for the deal. When I move to Provo, I'll probably have her call and "negotiate" for fixing my computer too. My touch pad mouse is breaking.

Besides that, I'm excited to be with my family. I'm also excited to go to Provo, live with my cousin and be with my fiance for the semester until we get married. Maybe we'll do a wedding plan blog sometime.