Rexburg and Salt Lake City

We left for Rexburg last Monday so we would make it by Rob's first day of school on Wednesday. We had another super early travel morning (4:30), which turned out to be in vain because the passes were closed all morning. We were stuck in Pendleton, OR for about 4 hours until the pass opened up around noon. During our wait, we took a nap in the truck then decided to go inside the gas station we were parked outside of. In there, we ran into our friend Justin, who was also trying to head to BYU-Idaho! He informed us of the other cars that were stuck, and there turned out to be like 10 other people we knew stuck at the gas station! It was funny, and it was fun to have people to chat with to pass the time.

We finally got back on the road, but it was slow. We were pulling a U-Haul trailer and it would occasionally weave, so we took it especially slow. We traveled all day, and decided to stop and spend the night in a (worthless) town called Glenns Ferry. Rob was getting tired and we had about 5 more hours of dark, snowy roads ahead of us. The motel owner was nice and didn't make us pay the taxes/fees because he knew we were students, so we got a good deal and it was worth it.

We made it to Rexburg the next day and moved into our new apartment. We love it! It is just perfect and it is spacious for the two of us. It's nice and it has everything we need- even covered parking (PLUS, we don't have to share it with 5 other roommates)! Maybe we will post pictures in a future blog once everything is settled in.

We went to Salt Lake for the weekend to trade cars (we had my dad's truck and both of our cars were there) and visit my family. It was fun and we spent most of the time shopping. We had gift cards from our wedding and our goal was to get everything we needed for a bed, since we didn't really have bedding yet. We got some great deals! And we brought back with us our bed frame (I got it half price from Ikea on Black Friday!) so we were finally ready to put together our bed! And we love it!!

Rob building our bed frame

The final product! (With wrinkly sheets right out of the box). We also got a big white comforter. I have always wanted an all-white, super-comfy bed, and now I have it!

As a side note, along with the bed frame came two more full carloads of stuff with us to Rexburg! We had been storing things in our cars and at my parents' condo. As soon as we had gotten our first load organized and clean-looking in the apartment, we stuffed it with tons more. So it will take a little while longer for everything to be in its place, but we should be ready for visitors very soon, if anyone is interested! :)

Fortunately, I have a little time off before my job starts on Feb. 16th, so I can work on my neverending list of things to do (organizing the apartment, changing my last name/ driver's license, figuring out insurance/financial aid/bank accounts... to name a few) Rob is busy with school and is being very studious. We are working on starting his applications for Chiropractic school-- they say you can start applying a year in advance.

Anyway, that's what we have been up to. We are happier than ever and love our new life in our new apartment!