Need to Sell our Lease!

Joseph and I are moving to D.C. and need to sell our lease hopefully by August. Our lease ends the end of October and then can be rented month to month after that if you wish. Rent is 699 per month. It is a 2 bedroom and has vaulted ceilings in the living room, kitchen and dining room. Washer and dryer is included, huge plus. There is also a fireplace in our living room which adds a little something extra. There is plenty of parking. Management has been great to work with. The bills we pay are electric and gas. Downtown Salt Lake is about a 15 minute drive. The apartment is not furnished. The master bedroom is big and roomy. There is a porch/balcony which has space for storage. Please email me at andreabowler33@hotmail.com or call me at 208-201-7649 if you are interested or have any questions.

Bathroom (huge mirror)

Washer and Dryer inside the closet

Half of the bedroom

Living room

(You can see the fireplace behind the tv on the other wall)

Kitchen


Dining room

Random Happenings

I usually don't blog when nothing is going on, and nothing is. Well I did have Dallin and Aaron stay with us for two nights but silly me, I didn't take any pictures! We went swimming in our pool, went to the Clark Planetarium, walked around the Gateway mall, went swimming again the next day, to the park and then played arcade games and got some cool prized! I was glad to have someone to hang out with while Joseph was at work. Thanks for coming guys!

The other day Joseph asked me if I had posted this picture: I hadn't so here it is. This is Quinn my nephew. He is full of fight so I don't know if the girls got to him or if this was his idea. Too bad you can't see the heels he was wearing!

No news from D.C. yet. We will share our info as soon as we get it. We are so excited!

Honduras Pics

I think I did a pretty good job taking this photo. This was taken from our balcony on the 9th floor.

Look at all those wires in our shower!

That tiny white hut is the gaurd station for the colonia.

Stayed 2 nights here. One night we heard some kind of creature moving in the wall.

More of the hostel room, that's Adam in the right corner on the floor. The first night was New Year's Eve. Across the street a Christian church was having a party with lots of great singing. Afterwards everyone set off their fireworks which lasted quite awhile. I don't know how the guys slept through it all!

Adam and Joseph standing in front of a little shack where we got our lunch and dinner. Above is the house where the shack owners live. After eating here we tried to walk to the beach and took the wrong way. Meanwhile it started to rain and soaked us through.

We didn't know how 'fun' this ferry ride was going to be.

Beach on Roaton


It was so fun to have Adam come and spend our week of vacation with us in Honduras. We were glad we got to see this part. I'll put up more pictures later of Copan.

Star of India

Joseph and I had a fun night! First we went for our first time to the Jordan River temple. It was built 1979-1981 or there abouts. I love visiting new temples. They are all so beautiful.
Next we took a detour out to Herimann to pick up a lovesac for Laura. It's good for us to get to know the area and where certain roads lead.
We ended with the Star of India and authentic Indian restaurant. I can't even remember what the names of the dishes were but it was yummy! I noticed that many of their chicken dishes were first marinated in yogurt and lemon juice with the spices and then cooked. I think I ordered Tandoori chicken. We also tried turnovers with peas and potatoes inside, fried Spinach with what I think was cheese, and a flat bread baked with coconut and raisins.
Joseph says he recommends it very highly. It's fun to try new places to eat! And thanks to Krista and Thayne for the useful recommendation of restaurant.com!

A Day at Black Smith Fork

On Saturday Katie, Meghan and I got together to go camping for a day at Black Smith. I hadn't been up there for years! It was a beautiful day despite the wind. We had a Dutch oven lunch and Meghan and Katie brought their fishing gear. I am so glad that spring is here and summer is on it's way!

That night when I got home Joseph decided he wanted to rent a red box DVD. There is only one close enough to walk to at a Maverik's that is probably just over a mile from our apartment. So we decide to walk. Well lo and behold once we get there the machine is out of order! Just our luck. It was a nice 2 mile walk anyway.

Our New Place

Living room

Kitchen

Dining room

Here it is everyone! I'm back on the internet. We just got it set up today and I am excited to start blogging again! It's been great having our own place again although we are borrowing most of the furniture. Thanks to everyone who has contributed!

Joseph is liking his job and doing very well at it! We are still dreaming for the state department job though. I am in the process of changing my address with my current job and I really hope they have work down here because I don't want to look for something else.

Shopping

Yesterday I got to go shopping! Although I didn't buy anything it was a lot of fun. I went with 4 ladies whose husbands are embassy emlpoyees. Everyone was really nice and it was so fun to meet new people.
We went to a place about 30-45 minutes outside Tecuigalpa called Vaye de Angeles. They had so many shops with really awesome Honduran items. Paintings, hammocks, jewlery, carved boxes, bags, little girl dresses, scarves, nativity scenes, pottery, etc. I am going to have Joseph take me back so I can buy lots of cool things! Does anyone want anything inparticular? Just remember I'll have to bring it back on the plane!