Our New Lives

Alright - so I'm just going to do a quick recap of the last few months.

December - I finished work a week and a half before the wedding and put on "A Christmas Carol".  I need to put an album on FB of it.  It was quite awesome.  The kids were fabulous, and it was SO much fun.  Troy's mom came up on the last night to surprise me.  It was sweet of her.


We got married on the 18th.  Most of you were there, but it was a good day.  Megan made a GORGEOUS wedding.  :)  So glad she's my sister!


We went to Catalina Island for our honeymoon.  I didn't know where we were going until we were on the way.  Troy wanted it to be a surprise, but our flight was delayed, so he had to call and change the time we were taking the Catalina Express, which tipped me off.  We got to LA and took a taxi to the port.  We took Dramamine so that we wouldn't get sick on the rocky water, and it actually knocked us out for the next 15 hours.  We only woke up to get from the ferry to our hotel, and then were out cold for a long, long time.


They ended up having record rainfall while we were there.  It rained 4 out of 5 days we were there.  Apparently they rarely have rain that lasts longer than an hour, and so this was out of the norm.   It rained and rained, and rained.  Everything to do was closed, and a lot of stores and restaurants were closed for leaks/flooding in their stores.  We watched a LOT of movies to pass the time.  Finally on the last day, a glass-bottom boat tour was open.  It was fun to see the fish and kelp, but the run-off from the island made the water murky.  We decided that we could plan a fabulous Catalina trip, but wouldn't have it last longer than 2 nights, and it would be in the summer so that the water wouldn't be a bad idea.  We toured the Casino, which isn't what we think of as a Casino today.  "Casino" means a place of gathering and entertainment, so it is a theater, dance hall, and gathering place for big events.  It was a really interesting place.  It was built by the Wrigley Family (as in the gum) in the 20s, before Casino meant "a place to gamble."  It was one of our favorite parts.


We went back to Utah for a few days, and had Christmas, and prepared for Alaska.  We flew up here on the 29th, and found a place and moved in on the 31st.  It's a two bedroom, is freshly carpeted, tiled, painted, and has been a great place in general so far.  Our landlord is awesome.  Our dryer didn't work one day, and he got us a brand new one in less than 24 hours, and he's replacing our furnace next week. 


January - Our neighbors above us are in our ward, and have been awesome.  They recently lost a baby, that was stillborn (she died the day she was due), and wanted to move somewhere to get away and have a fresh start.  They have a living son named Kai, who is 3 and is a peach.  He is one of the cutest kids ever.  Don't worry, your kids are cuter.  They also had a son older than Kai, who passed away as a toddler.  They are an amazing family.  They made us Cafe Rio salads with the pork... So. Good.


I started working for Kanady Chiropractic Center and had a hard time at first, mostly because I was so far from anyone I knew, but it's turned out to be an awesome job.  I work directly with the owner, and it's part time.  She believes that part time employees are happy employees.  I believe she is right.


Troy is starting to get used to his new job.  He misses his work buddies from Idaho, but we're glad we're here.  The economy up here is SO much better than it is down there.  Apparently it's a lot worse than it was before the recession, so I can't imagine what it would have been like pre-crash.  We're so grateful to have our jobs.



February - He traveled to Barrow on Valentine's Day.  He got to stand on the Arctic Ocean.  That's about as close as you can get to putting your toes in it.  He sent me pictures, and it was solid ice.


Since he was gone, he took me to Crow's Nest for Valentine's day before he left.  I was starting to get sick, and was quite sick with a respiratory infection for several days.  It was so nice to have that night before I got too sick.  He bought me a beautiful watch for Valentine's day.  Since he left in the midst of my being the most sick, our neighbors took care of me and brought me meals and a Valentine.  It was so sweet.


Well, that about sums it up!!