New Job

So I've been casually looking for a job since we moved up here. I didn't necessarily need a job right away, so I wasn't super worried when nothing happened right away. Plus the economy up here is way worse than Utah, so I haven't been expecting a whole lot of response to my resume. However yesterday I got a phone call from a lady in our ward who owns a preschool in Star, a town about 15 minutes down the road. Our very first Sunday here the gal teaching the relief society lesson had everyone in the room stand up and tell three things about themselves. One of the things I said about myself was that I had recently graduated with a degree in Early Childhood. She remembered I had said that and told me she was looking for a full time teacher for her Kindergarten classroom. I went in and met with her today.....she didn't even ask me any interview questions, just offered me a job. So after talking with Austin we decided why not.

So starting next Tuesday (February 16th) I have a 9-6 job.

First Visitors

My mom and dad came down to visit us the last week in January. We had so much fun just hanging out. That Thursday we decided to go to see Invictus. My mom and I thought it was great. Austin and my dad thought it was a little bit slow....go figure.

We didn't buy any treats at the snack bar and snuck some sliced apples and waters in instead, so we took some pictures in front of the snack bar.

It was a great time for them to visit. Grandma and Grandpa Tanner were also in town for Jake's court of Honor. So we got to go with them to that (Austin got to sit in the Eagles nest. My mom and I were confused with that concept and my mom actually thought they'd be sitting in a nest). After the court of honor Austin and my dad went over to the high school basket ball game while my mom, grandma, grandpa and I went over to visit Rick and Sherri. It was Cole's birthday and luckily Kristie and Tom were in town. We got to visit with everybody and eat Sherri's super yummy cinnamon rolls.

Thanks for coming to visit mom and dad! We had a ton of fun!

Movie Night

After moving to Idaho Austin and I weren't really sure what to do. We were unfamiliar with our new area....there are no street numbers, everything just has names. It's been a little bit weird to get used to. So we started renting a lot of movies. The second Friday we were up here we decided to go to see Blindside. We were used to theaters in Ogden and weren't expecting to have to wait in a long line to buy our tickets. So we ended up missing the show, but went to see Sherlock Holmes instead. We both really liked it. When it was over I asked Austin what time it was.....he told me it was 9:00. I told him if we wanted we could still see 2012 since it started at nine. So while I ran to the ladies room Austin went back to the ticket line.....I'm embarrassed to say we spent 6 hours straight at the movie theater. We decided we needed to document our moving going experience and took this picture afterwards.

Aust and Me (sans mascara)

A couple weeks later we went and saw Blindside (loved it!). Afterwords we figured out we'd been the same amount of movies in January of 2010 than we had the entire year of 2009.

Home Sweet Home.....Eagle, Idaho

We are living in a great little condo in Eagle, Idaho. It's just right for us with 2 bedrooms 1 1/2 bath. It's in a little quite neighborhood just down from downtown Eagle. There are cute little shops and restaurants just a block or two down the street. We live a block and a half away from the gym we signed a membership for and have loved living here so far.

Family room area.

Master Bath

Master Bedroom

Guest room/Office

Laundry Room

Kitchen

It's for sure the smallest of the 5 places we've lived in since we were married. But we love it.... it's super cozy and just right for us.

Feel free to visit anytime!

Jenkins' Wii Game Night

Before we left for Idaho Erik and Kelli invited us over for a fun night. We picked up some Wingers to go and headed over to their house. The plan was to eat hang out and watch a movie. However we got a little carried away with the new Wii and just ended up playing games. But it was a super fun night.

Austin

Kelli playing Mario Cart.

Hannah & Kate taking pictures.

Cameron pushing Kate in the doll stroller.

Kate cheesin' it.

Super fun night!

Happy 1st Birthday Hallie

Hallie's birthay is the 28th. Whit and Aaron decided to celebrate it a couple of days early since we were all together. Whit did such a cute job decorating the cake.

Pre-cake....all clean.

Hallie's grandma and grandpa Vickery are serving a mission in Puerto Rico. Whit and Aaron set up skype on their computer so they could watch Hallie eat her cake. Her reaction when she could see them on the screen was so cute. She just kept reaching for them, waving and talking.

Yummy cake.

.....After

Aaron helping Hallie open some presents

Happy Birthday Hal....we love you!

Oysters vs. Whole Wheat Pancakes

I'm not really sure how the whole thin started, but I can tell you it was an unfair bet from the start. For some reason Steve had a problem with whole wheat pancakes. But he told my mom he would try them if she tried oysters. Steve loves oysters and will eat them right out of the can. So they made a bet and Steve brought a can of oysters up with him. All I can say is my mom is a trooper!

Way to go mom. I'm sorry to say it but you got the bad end of the deal, Steve definitely got off easy!

Our Last Dinner in Montana

So we had all heard rumors that my dad found a great recipe and was making these amazing corn dogs. I have never been a corn dog fan and was pretty skeptical. But I was pleasantly surprised and proud to say my dad makes amazing corn dogs and would put any mini-mart to shame. I figure one corn dog a year cant hurt....nothing a little time in the gym cant fix.

Austin mixing up the fry sauce.

Some home made fried foods....does it get any better? Austin was in charge of the fries.

The chef and his assistant.

Way to go on the great recipe discovery dad and thanks for the super yummy dinner!