We finally made it to Virginia! We finished our semester at BYU-Idaho and got out of Rexburg as fast as possible. We loved our time there, but we are definitely excited for our new adventure living outside "the Rexburg bubble". From Rexburg we drove to Salt Lake where we enjoyed spending time with Alena and our friend David. We also had a chance to go to the Salt Lake Temple and do a session. It was a neat experience to do a live session. From Salt Lake we headed for Arizona. From there we took two days to get to Mississippi. We unloaded our things there, stayed a few days, and kept driving. After driving over 3000 miles over a two week span we arrived in Centreville, VA where we will stay for the summer. We got to visit both of our families while on our journey, and we were so grateful for that. We had a chance to see each of our parents, siblings, and even both sets of grandparents, as well as many friends!
I have decided to start a blog so we can keep in contact with our friends and family. I am kind of an anti-blogger and swore I would never start one again. I just feel like we don't really have much to share nor do I really like telling people what's going on in my life! However, I know that is horrible, and I want to stay connected and let everyone know what we are up to. I am not very good at calling or keeping in contact so this is my attempt to let everyone know we do want you to be apart of our lives. With that said...we'll see how long this actually lasts!
Ian works crazy hours so we haven't had many opportunities to actually go into D.C. yet. However, on Saturday we decided we would go to the temple! We've been looking forward to seeing it in person! I found it odd that the D.C. temple is actually in Maryland. It wasn't a bad drive, and it was beautiful! Next time we will actually take a picture in front of it. There weren't many people outside to ask to take our picture because it was a little cold!
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| Our first fun trip to DC. |
Ian is enjoying his job so far...well he says he is anyways, but he isn't hard to please so I never know! I am working in the office of the company he is selling for so I get to see him when he comes in at night which is kind of fun. We love the area! It is very pretty, and the weather has been fairly nice. The down side is it's expensive everywhere!! We are still excited to be in a new place for the summer, especially to be so close to DC! We are looking forward to having Alena and my parents come to visit so we can actually plan some touring!
I found something I wanted to share! This morning I got an email from the LDS living magazine. Usually I disregard them and wonder how I even got on their list, but this morning there was an article that popped up that I thought was really neat. It was about President Packer's new book of his Artwork. This was one of the pictures. It is President Packer painting "The Bishops Team". The painting goes along with a talk he gave. Here's a portion of it
"The image of that team of horses standing for hours in the field symbolizes the dedication of the bishops in the Church and of the counselors who stand by their side. Every bishop and every counselor, figuratively speaking, leaves his team standing in an unfinished furrow when someone needs help" It just melted my heart. First, because it reminded me of my Dad. Second because I just thought "What a sweet man Elder Packer is". I just thought it was so cute!
