one of those days.

Happy Birthday Harry Potter!

I would've watched a movie or read a book in honor of him if the day hadn't gone how the day went..

Aside from some stressful situations at work that aren't exactly going as planned, I had to register my car and get my driver's license because my license expires on 8/2 and in order to get a license, you have to register your car. So I left for lunch, stood in line for an hour and a half to get my registration done, and had to wait in line for my license twice because our insurance just barely expired and we haven't received our new cards yet. They wouldn't take anything that didn't have both the coverage and date on it so I had to go to state farm and get some other fancy document. Lots of driving and lots of lines.

It put my in the worst mood. Ever. I was so bugged that when I got back to headquarters and Mickey Mouse was there, I couldn't get myself to stand in yet another line to get a picture. Yes, sad. It was that bad.

BUT.

I am officially..

A Texan.

After getting all of this taken care of we went and got some yummy Panda Express.

My fortune was too funny.

The day was definitely memorable, but definitely anything but lucky.

Luv, Lindsay

Home, Sweet Home.

After we crossed everything off our lists for school...

Said good-bye to our old jobs...

Packed...

And loaded...









We finally got here. And it finally feels like we are home. We have been here for almost two weeks now. It has been filled with lots of shopping..and lots of bugs.


Luckily there is a wonderful man who lives in an apartment just around the hall and he has been doing a lot of work to help us with our bug problem. We are very grateful as we have gone from about 7 of these lovely things a day to about 2. And most of them now are already dead when we find them. Our vacuum has become a permanent part of our furniture because that is how we killed them..so much easier to catch that way. It started smelling HORRIBLE so it's on a break now. We took it apart and washed it. Thank you, mom, for our wonderful Dyson vacuum. :)

I have never been a decorator. But tried really hard to make our apartment look really pretty . . Enjoy :)

We built most of the furniture ourselves.

We still have to find things to put in the cubes..

Bathroom..where most of the bugs have been found.

Our bathmat is pretty incredible. So squishy and soft! And Paul loves how much counter space we have.

Kitchen!

Little office area. Finally got the printer up and running.

Our little dining area. Behind it, our puzzles! They are all 1000 pieces and we loved them so much, we framed them. We have finished another one and are working on yet another.

 I love the layout of our apartment.

Our new toys :) Tv, apple TV, Xbox with kinect, and finally got our internet set up. Since we won't be around too much we're getting rid of cable but are enjoying it free for a month :) 

Our couch and ottoman.

Rocking love sac. I love our furniture. It's so soft and comfortable!

Two weeks until I start at Southwest Airlines! So excited. Our ward here has been great. Everyone is very friendly. I think we're going to like it here :)

Luv, Lindsay

Road Trip

We drove for 3 days to get to Texas. Here are some pictures documenting our travels.

 Last picture in Utah

 Stopped in New Mexico for a night. Route 66!

 Guess what, mom? I got an air freshener for my car. :) Smells like lemon and berries.

 We love driving for a loooong long time.

Not.

 Boring drive:

 It was so hot, our gummy bears melted into a big glob.

 The Big Texan. Delicious, big steaks!

 This is what most of our drive looked like. So boring.

Now to begin the story of the move.

Boxes. The stack got lots bigger before we threw them away.

We have become the masters of taking the absolute minimum number of trips from the car to the apartment, and from wherever we have picked it up from. Masters of real-life tetris and one-trips. That's us.

Stay tuned. Tales of bugs and lovely decorating to come.

Luv, Lindsay