Like the Good Ol' Days

One of my very favorite old roommates/good friend came into town recently. Her hubby is working out here with Tyler while she stays in UT to make some $$. Well, the boys work about 50 hrs a week so it was just us girls during those times. She stayed at our apt because her husband lives with a bunch of guys, so it was just like we were college roommates again. We played a lot of tennis, laid out at the pool, ate out a bit, and experienced Hartford.

Playing tourist downtown.



I'm sure this fountain is much prettier with water running through it.

State Capital Building.



Civil War monument/arch.

Lots of old Catholic churches...here is one of many.



On our walk back to our car we went by where the circus was. Some security guards close to the entrence asked if we wanted to go. We were like we don't have tickets. Then they were like well we could change that. Anyway, they gave us two free tickets. It was pretty funny...the two of us mid-twenty girls going to the circus together, but we had a blast.







There were lots of other acrobatics, but I was too busy watching to take any pictures. I loved the acrobats.

We, also, hit up Mark Twain's house. The tour was a little pricey, but it was cool. We weren't aloud to take pics of the inside :( His house is right next to Harriot Beecher Stowes house, but I forgot to take a picture of hers. It was also beautiful.

That's one of the things I've liked the most out here, the houses. There are lots of old houses and I LOOOVE them. Someday we will live in a house from the late 1800's...

The one day the guys had off we went and saw Phantom of the Opera. Chelsea has some pics, but I don't. It was fun.

Summer Home

Well we are all moved in, for the most part, to our home for the summer. APX furnishes the apartments for us, but they don't provide TV stands, desks, things like that. So, we put the TV on the end table and the lamp that was on the end table onto an ancient suitcase we brought. I think it looks kinda cute. Vintage. I found a Goodwill in the area and purchased a beautiful desk for $14.99 to put our computer on. This summer our complex provides free cable and internet! I'm glad we didn't have to get those on our own. The only downsides are our bathroom is small and no washer/dyer in the apartment. We have to go down to the basement and pay to do laundry. Lame. But, it's cheaper than having to pay for cable and internet every month.


This is the front room. It's pretty big for a one bedroom apartment. It's hard to tell in this pic but, the computer screen is twice the size of our TV, ha ha! We left the big TV in Rexburg because it's not a fancy flat screen that can easily be packed into a car.


Below is the dining room and to the right is a small glimpse of the kitchen. Our table has been cleaned off since I took this pic, but it will probably look like that again soon...


Part of the view from our balcony.

I was a little disappointed the drive out here because everything was dead. Pennsylvanian was the worst. It was just hills and hills of dead trees! After about a week here things started the green up and now we have a pretty view from our balcony.

I'm really liking it here so far. I've driven around a bit, but our apartments are just surrounded by houses, apt complexes, and a golf course. Last summer we were really close to stores, restaurants, a big mall, six flags... It might take me a while to get around town. Tyler needs the GPS every day for work so I'm going to have to google map everything. So far, I have found a mall, a grocery store, Goodwill, Target, Walmart, Redbox, Bed Bath & Beyond, Costco, and some restaurants. That's all I really need, right?

...Aaaand We're Back

As many of you know we moved to Connecticut for the summer. We left a week from Thursday for the three day 34 hour drive. Unfortunately, it turned into something a little longer and crazier. But, after two blocked freeways from snow storms in two different states, one flat tire, one state full of tornados, plenty of rain storms and toll roads, we made it to our destination. Oh and how could I forget my first time driving through NYC all by myself a few days after Tyler was already in CT. (I stayed in Indy for a few days at my sisters.) Why would google maps take me straight through NYC?! All in all it was an adventure, but I think on the way back we will get a trailer to pull Tyler's car. I can't be alone in a car for that long again!

Well, we aren't set up in our apartment yet. They are fixing the tub so right now we are in a fully furnished apartment the complex owners usually stay in when they come in town. The weather has been super nice since I got here. It was up to 87 today and it will be in the 80's through Tuesday! It's abnormally high for CT this time of year, but I don't mind it one bit. Let's just say I'm not missing Rexburg ;) Anyway, I will take some pics of our apt and of Hartford to share later. Adios!

Like a Kid Again

I have some pretty fond memories from my younger years. Easter was always pretty fun. I'm competitive by nature and it was fun to find the "hard to find" eggs my parents...I mean the Easter Bunny would hide. There is this awesome picture of us kids standing on the porch holding our baskets in the most fashionable clothing? I believe one sister was wearing my dads moon boots...it could have been me. Anyway, we had a lot of good times. The last Easter I remember celebrating at the Weathers house included me being the Easter Bunny because my parents wanted to sleep.

Yesterday was a good day. We went to a missionary homecoming at Tyler's parents ward at 9am (ugh) then to our church at 1pm. We came home and went upstairs to an incredibly prepared Easter dinner. After we finished stuffing ourselves, mom and dad Muir told us to go into the living room. To my surprise we all had Easter baskets on the table. Granted, they weren't filled with chocolate bunnies and jelly beans, but I did enjoy the beef jerky, socks, pistachios, and Gaterade. THEN an even bigger surprise...an Easter egg hunt! Ha ha, I'll admit I was a little skeptical at first. I mean, I'm nearly 26 and it's been over a decade since my last hunt. But, when we went outside it turned out to be pretty fun and it reminded me of the good ol' days. The eggs had candy and even better, money in them.

Probably the most entertaining part of the day was when Tyler's 14 and 16 year old brother were punching each other in the face and Tyler tackled on of them to break them up. Good times.

While we are reminiscing here...check out these beauties.


Above are Tyler's school pictures preschool through senior year.

And now my school pictures first grade through senior year.



A growing boy...

His favorite outfit is the black and green biking shorts with the neon green sleeveless shirt.


A goofing girl...

My favorite outfit would have to be the jean skort and white knee highs...yeah I said skort ;)

We are going to have some very attractive children. Yikes!

38 Days of Torture!

Tyler and I did our own little Mormon Lent this year. We started the end of February and ended this last weekend. What did we give up, you ask? SWEETS! No cake, brownies, pie, ice cream, cookies, chocolate, soda, candy, etc.! I'm a candy person. I love candy. Twizzlers, gummy worms, swedish fish, jelly belly's, laffy taffy, skittles, starbursts, good n plenties, sour patch kids, nerts, twix, reeses, cotton candy, mike n ikes, airheads, dum dums...you get the idea. We even have a candy drawer in our bedroom!



Tyler is more of a pie, cake, brownie, and cookie type of person. So, this was quite the task for both of us.



We were offered some sort of sweet or dessert everyday it seemed like. We were given desserts from family, friends, and people in our ward. It was like no one wanted us to succeed! Some people purposefully tempted us and others found nice alternatives for us. We became big fans of all fruit smoothies. Thank you Jamba Juice for keeping us sane ;)

Last summer I was asked by some "wives" of Tyler's fellow salesmen if I wanted to do a no sweets thing with them. I laughed and said I could never do something like that. I'm really proud of Tyler and I. We have eaten a few desserts since Saturday. They were delicious, but it seems like we don't even want or crave them as much anymore. We realized that after the first few minutes of wanting them it fades and we are fine. I would say that 90% of the time it was pretty easy. But, that 10% was really hard for us!

I don't think I really lost any weight, but that wasn't my goal. I ate plenty of other food that was bad for me! Tyler thinks he dropped a couple pounds...just what he needed!

On that note. Tyler and I will be doing P90X starting the beginning of May. We are going to be so fit you won't even recognize us!

Anyway, we leave for Connecticut in a week and a half and I'm sooo excited. I like change and adventures. That's why I get so restless in Rexburg. I love leaving for the summer and experiencing a new part of the country. Hopefully my blog will be more exciting to read when I'm doing cooler things!

Drum Roll Please!

This has been done for a while now, but I am just now posting pictures.




Walking in from the entrance of the kitchen...





You probably noticed that there are no doors on the lower cabinets next to the fridge. Well, we cut that opening and we need to cut down some other doors to fit in that spot. We are nervous to do it ourselves and the carpenter that had been helping us hasn't come by in months. Anyway, we will put doors on there eventually!

SO, what do you think?

Quite the Experience

So, yesterday I had a little visit to the doctor...


























Seven weeks and counting!!!!!