Stop to Breath!

I've been so busy the last three weeks that I haven't had a quiet minute to myself, much less had time to post. -- I'm not complaining, because I've been having a great time...just a jam-packed time.

First, Luke's parents came into town for a week and we were so happy that they took the time to come all the way down here! We had a great time showing them the sites around here and even made a spontaneous trip to San Antonio for two days. We loved having everyone and hope they had a great time too. Hopefully we left enough stuff out to warrant another trip! ;)

After the Werretts' visit, I left the same day for Utah/Idaho to spend some time with my family. Both Bethany and Neal are leaving for a mission in May, so I wanted to spend some time with them and say my goodbye's. I was able to go through the temple with Bethany the first week in the newly dedicated Rexburg temple and it was a great experience having nearly the entire family in attendance. Unfortunately it will be a while before we're all together again.
During the week I even had time to get one last day of skiing in at Targhee and, let me tell you, it felt so good! If I had to narrow it down to the one thing I miss about home, besides family of course, it would be skiing...It's hard to come by down here...except in my dreams. And I have dreamt a lot about it this year!!! (I'm pretty awesome in my dreams...)!!

Today, I started my personal training program and I think I'm really going to enjoy it. I was super nervous about it this weekend...almost doubting my decision...but the class is a good one and I can already tell that I'm going to learn more than I may be able to handle. Oh, and I'll probably be sore for the next 16 weeks straight -- but I think all the pain will be worth it. (Maybe it'll give me a little sympathy for my clients later.)

Thanks to Luke's family for a great week! And thank you to my family for all their hospitality! It was a great trip. I love you all and miss you already.

The Project

Emily and I decided shortly after we moved to Texas, that our kitchen was a little dark and a little too enclosed. Well, I thought, on T.V. they just knock a wall down and rearrange the floor plan, and they are always done in 30 minutes, and that's with commercials! Shouldn't be too hard right? Right. We knew that we couldn't do that, so we brainstormed some other ideas and came to a compromise. The following pictures show what we did, and yes I still have all my fingers, and no the scars are not that noticeable, and whatever you may have heard, Emily did not almost electrocute me . . .

BEFORE





Me Doing Electrical Work

"Okay flip the breaker and see if it does anything . . ."


Some Final Touches with the Gutting Job



Fun With Drywall



DONE!