Having Fun!

It's been so good here! I love our studio but I am so excited to move into our next place, it has a bedroom! I am also looking forward to finding furniture to fill it with. Too bad it's not yard sale season anymore. We'll be in the same ward as we are now which makes me happy. I really like the people I've met. Work is going well for both of us and we are just chugging away at life. This Saturday we hope to get out and see more of D.C.

Her are some pictures of our weekend we spent with Raquel. We ate crab, went to the beach and I got a quick lesson from Kirsten on how to ride a horse English style. My thighs were so sore the next day! We didn't get a picture of me on the horse though.

Our little car

If Raquel were short

Joseph and Michael were having a hole digging contest


Joseph's first crab. He didn't get ANY on his shirt or tie! I'm so proud!



On the ferry in Maryland

I'm finally here! It is so exciting being in a new place but I am not looking forward to getting a job or working with my current job. Maybe it's because I'm not familiar with the area yet. Health Fitness has a lot more events here but they are in places that I don't know how to get to.

This is where we will be living until December. It's small and cute and I think it will be perfect for 3 months. Yesterday we went to check out the local YMCA, our memberships are included in the rent. We plan to go 3 times a week.

I took a bike ride yesterday to check out the area. I passed a bunch of fitness places like little yoga places and a ton of little restaurants, and lots of apartments. Tonight I am meeting Joseph when he gets off work and we'll go grocery shopping and check out the area around where he works.

I got most of our things put away. The rest will be going under our bed. There are 3 buildings in our complex. We are in the last one on the second floor. To get to our place we have to walk down a hallway passing about 4 doors on each side. We are pretty much in the middle of the building. We have one window :)

In Transit

Yesterday mom helped me pack all our stuff into an ABF relocube. The unit is 7 feet long by 6 feet wide and is 8 feet tall but we didn't stack anything above waist height. I forgot to take my camera so I don't have any pictures. Joseph took most his clothes with him and other things like the laptop a pot and a pan and our camping dishes. So our worldly possessions are in a metal box headed across the country. All I have is a weeks worth of clothing which fits into my duffel bag, my carry on luggage!

Tuesday cannot come soon enough! I will be working at Idle Isle this weekend. All day on Friday and Saturday. Today I went in for a refresher and I realized how much I loved working there! It will be fun and help the time go by faster.

Maybe I can get Joseph to post some pictures he's taken in Virginia, we'll see. So this is goodbye to all, at least for a little while!

So I guess since we've had our apartment moved into I can write a new post. I just bought my ticket on sunday to fly out to D.C.! Sadly it's not til the 14 of Sept. 3 more weeks and then I can hang out with Joseph again. We are trying to find an apartment and it is exhausting!

Also Joseph has our camera so no pictures this time. I guess we haven't been taking pictures anyway.

It's been fun to live at home again, enjoying the perks of living with my parents! Yesterday we picked 10 dozen ears of corn and bagged it for the freezer. It was sticky.

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!