Monday, September 25, 2006

Living in Minneapolis - the City of Lakes!

Hello girls! We've officially been in our apartment now for 24 days and it's starting to look like home. I am so glad that we won't be moving for another 5 years! Yes, I know I love to move and travel but it is a very different story when you have a toddler and you do all the moving AND unpacking yourself! We're excited to make our home here, and if the next few years are anything like the last 24 days, it is going to be wonderful!

So besides trying to keep a hyper toddler busy in the car and running out of gas, the drive here when pretty smoothly. We had the missionaries here to help us get all of our boxes inside the apartment, and since then we've been unpacking, arranging and rearranging, buying a few needed items of furniture and more rearranging. I just sent a few pictures of the outside of our apartment and complex, and when I feel like our apartment is presentable enough, I'll try and send some pictures of the inside if you're curious to see!

Our ward is really great, there are a lot of young families also in the school situation and also quite a few established families. We've already received callings too. I'm the choir director (help!!!) and Zeke and I together are on the Activities Committee. It should be fun. Like I've told you guys also, a lot of LDS couples live here in the student housing complex which is nice. The community where we live is really just that, a community! They have a lot of activities and everyone is so friendly. It's really great being by others that are in the same situation.

Anyway, it's getting late and I'm starting to feel very tired, so I should be going. Here is the URL for a video of Lucas at the Dolphin Show at the zoo earlier today. I don't know how to embed videos like Sarah does on her blog, so hopefully the URL works for you guys.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EewvEIzo7wE

Blog away my BDA buddies! I like seeing new posts and I check our blog daily!

Thursday, September 14, 2006

Three Weeks Ago I Was In Utah...

Girls! I have been horrible at posting here. I'm sorry. It's been especially tough since I don't have the internet at home... But that should be getting fixed today (fingers crossed!) so hopefully I'll be back to my blogging self soon. Anyway, I'm dying to know what everyone is up to!

Katie, how is autumn in San Fran? I haven't been able to read your weekly email in a while because I'm kind of hesitant about downloading stuff at the office (yet I apparently don't mind blogging from here...) so I need to catch up!

Kendra, are you getting all settled in Minneapolis? I'm so curious to see how you like it there. I really have only heard fantastic things about that city and I hope you like it! It has been so fun to run into so many of your connections here in Brussels. I met Kendra on Sunday, and Jane Wilson's aunt, and the Herways of course.

Meredith, you know we all miss Provo in the strangest way, and so we are all somewhat envious. I don't know what it is, but I just love autumn in Utah. I love the football games, the new energy on campus, the mountains turning all shades of fire and the first snow.

So, I'm all settled into Belgium and continue to be amazed that each place I travel to and temporarily settle feels like home. My roommate Jackie is a kindred spirit and so much fun. We finally found fresh milk (the kind you have to refrigerate!) yesterday and decided to make cookies in celebration. This weekend we are traveling with Ryan, an intern from USU, to Switzerland. I am super excited to be in the Alps, even though we have to travel for almost as long as we actually get to be there. It will be amazing. It's funny that the guy here is named Ryan -- Jackie and I both have had interesting experiences with Ryans in our pasts.

Well, I need to go. But I wanted to say hi! And like I said, my blog should be updated soon, so be sure to check!