I found an AWESOME job working for a realtor, Gloria Howell. Gloria is Great to work for, very fun and generous. I help run the office with my coworker, Inge, who is also Awesome. Gloria also lets me photograph the new listings she gets as a 'side-job' - and you know I love any excuse to use my camera :) She also hired Kyle to place the signs at the properties as needed - which is a great side-job for him since he is a student and they really recommend that he not work . . . So we are feeling very blessed and we are doing great.
Here are a few things that have happened since we've arrived:
I RAN MY 1/2 MARATHON!!
They gave us pretty cool finishing medals!
The Official Race Times - You will probably have to click on this one to be able to read it but I underlined my name so you could find me. I feel like I ran ultra fast because I was training at just over a 10min mile and I ran at a 9:50 pace even! I'm such a speed demon . . . JK, this 11 or 12 year old girl beat me, she ran with her dad and I felt good because I was ahead of them but then they sprinted like the whole last half mile and I didn't even stand a chance. I also got beat by an ancient, grey-haired lady who told me that I "run so effortlessly" . . . She was kind, I shouldn't call her ancient. But it was a lot fun!! Who knows, maybe one day I will train for a full marathon.
I couldn't have done it without my personal trainer! Thanks for training with me Kyle!
We fed the missionaries for the first time in our married lives. Kyle was on his way to get me from work one day when he saw some missionaries out riding their bikes - and he recognized one of them! It turns out that Kyle baptized this Elder when he was a missionary! What a crazy coincidence. We actually knew that he had been called to Idaho (pocatello area) but we hadn't tried to track him down yet. We took them out to get some Chinese food. I kept hoping that they would speak Marshallese but they didn't speak very much. It was fun for them to get reunited.
I turned one year older and wiser too!
Last week we got to have dinner with my grandma Anja and aunt Suvi! They had driven to Salt Lake for conference and then took another route home so they could stop and say hi to us here and also visit my cousin in Rexburg. It was fun to see them!!
And, lastly, Kyle got to be in the home coming parade for ISU! The physical therapy department had a spot in the parade and so Kyle got to be a part of it. I watched the parade with Inge and her kiddos and it was a lot of fun. It was a looong parade though. Kyle said they ran out of candy pretty quick and then all they had left to give out were flyers. He totally made those flyers very desirable to the kids though. He said he would go over to groups of them and say "who wants a paper?!?!?!" and they all, really wanted the paper - the kids who got them were so happy. :)
And that's an update!! Things are going great. Until next time.
