Camping!

Jake and I decided to get out camping this long weekend and we had a great time! We were both worried about the fact that we had no idea where to go but we started driving off towards Shelton and happened to find a really great place! There was a really cool campground in this National Forest that was just perfect. We didn't have any firewood but happened to pass by this dumpy, double-wide trailer where a guy was selling firewood for $20. That worked out nicely! We found an open campsite, set up our tent, got a fire going and got to relax outdoors. Jake got to play with his knife and flint up there! He was pretty happy about that! We were going to make tinfoil dinners but ran out of foil and it was sunday so we couldn't go buy more. Instead, we used that little bit of foil for some veggies and we cooked hotdogs over the fire. It was delicious! And, of course, we had smores! Mm, they were good. As we were finishing eating, it decided to rain! The forecast said that there were chances of rain all weekend. We scrambled to get everything put away and to cover the firewood but, as soon as we did, the rain quit and didn't rain again the whole time! Crazy. Jake and I were so glad to get up in the mountains.

settling.

Jake and I are in Washington and feeling pretty settled here already. We are done unpacking boxes and generally have everything put in it's place. Next thing to do is hang up pictures and put a slipcover on our 25 year old couches. It has been fun making this apartment our home. It was a bit hard to do that with the Raleigh apartment since there wasn't many of our things there and we wouldn't be living there much longer. It's been great to have familiar things and things that Jake and I have bought together.
We originally planned to wait on getting a tv but we got here and decided that we wanted one! After many trips to different stores, we decided on a 32" Visio from Costco. It's been great! Another big purchase was our dining table and chairs. We got a 5-piece set for $299 at this furniture discount store! Sweet deal. It has black legs on the table and chairs and the top of the table and seats of the chairs are a dark brown wood. Also, we bought a Dyson! We got the Dyson Slim and it is wonderful! I love it.
It has actually been great weather here. I guess we better enjoy it while it lasts..
Everyone come visit us!

Gone.

Jake and I will be leaving Raleigh tomorrow! I've been trying to pack up as much as I can and now it's major cleaning time! Laundry, scrubbing, dusting, vacuuming...
This is the plan for travel right now:

• Thursday- Raleigh to Nashville
• Friday- Nashville to Amarillo
• Saturday- Amarillo to Flagstaff
• Sunday- Flagstaff to Cedar City to visit my grandma
  then drive the rest of the way to Cedar Hills!

That will give us about a week in Utah before we head up to Washington! We're so excited to see our families! We love you all!

2 months!

Jake and I have been married for 2 months today! :)

Old Salem/Boone

On saturday, Jake and I drove out west to Boone. We decided to stop in at Old Salem for a little bit to walk around. It was such a cool place and I'm so glad I got to see it! Before leaving, we stocked up on Moravian cookies, rolls, strawberry jam, cheese straws and banana nut bread! We got back in the truck and drove the rest of the way out to Boone to Uncle Mike's house. He showed us around their house and we brought our stuff inside then took off to get some dinner. After dinner, we met up with Penny at ASU for the BANFF Mountain Film Festival! That was soo awesome. They showed films about base jumping, extreme skiing, deep sea rock climbing...it was all good stuff.

Sunday morning, Uncle Mike and Aunt Penny made us breakfast and then we hurried off to make it to church. They have a small branch out there. It was fun to have Mike and Penny there with us. We drove home from church and we all got bundled up for a hike up Hawk's bill. It was a nice hike and a beautiful view at the top!

Jake and I had a great time up in the mountains!

Also, Happy Birthday, Todd!

I got tagged again!

Where did you go on your first date? kayaking on Silver Lake with Candace and Judd and then we all ate at Subway and then Jake took me to the Pleasant Grove Rodeo that night!
How long have you been together? Dated for 7 or 8 months and married for about a month and a half
Who eats more? Jake.
Who said I love you first? Jake did.. I kinda had to coax it out of him though because he first said "I think I more than like you" ;)
Who is taller? Jake.
Who sings better? Hm.. neither one of us has really heard the other sing for real.. but probably Jake.
Who does the laundry? Me. Jake hates doing laundry but helps me out if I need it. I've been enjoying doing laundry though...it gives me some kind of purpose out here. ;)
Who pays the bills? Jake does. He does a great job with it.
Who mows the lawn? No one right now. But Jake will when we have a lawn, I'm sure.. Pleeease?
Who cooks dinner? We both help out. I'll do the cooking when we have the food to make meals. We're still living like college students right now. ;)
Who drives when you are together? Jake. Sometimes me. I haven't driven in a while...I hope I can remember how!
Who is more stubborn? Hm.. Neither one of us is overly stubborn.. I guess we both have our moments.
Whose parents do you see the most? neither of them! So sad. We'll be seeing both of them in a month! Yay!
Who kissed who first? Jake kissed me first.
Who proposed? Jake did.
Who is more sensitive? Definitely me.
Who has more friends? It's about equal. We're both pretty low on friends. ;)
Who has more siblings? Jake, for sure. He's 7 of 8 and I'm 2 of 3.
Who wears the pants in the family? I'm in charge. ;) Not really.

Thanks, sister! I now tag...Heather Taylor! (If you haven't done this one already)

obsessed.

Jake has me hooked on LOST! We started watching episodes online from season 1 and we're going all the way through them all so I can be caught up to this season. He's created a monster! We've been up wayyy too late the past 3 nights watching as many episodes as Jake will let me. ;) This show is soooo good!! Now I understand why Shea was counting down the minutes until the season started! I get way into them. Jake just laughs at me.