The Long Awaited Update

WARNING: Extremely long post with lots of pictures!

Well, I don't know if anyone actually looks at my blog anymore since it's been about 6 months since my last post... but here's an update anyways.

Since the last time I posted quite a lot has happened. We went on several trips, I had a surgery, we packed up our entire house, I chipped my tooth, we drove from Virginia to Minnesota, unloaded all of our belongings, unpacked, Matt started work, I went on an interview and got a job, and we got a kitten.

Here are a few more details about the above information.

Matt and I drove up to New Hampshire for Memorial Day and had lots of fun with his parents. we hiked around Exeter, went to Portsmouth to get some delicious ice cream, watched the Memorial Day parade and had fun visiting.

I went to California twice before moving, once in April and once in May. Ashley, Byron, Lila, my mom, dad, and I (Kelsey was starting her internship and Matt had to work) went to Yosemite for a week and had lots of fun. It was absolutely beautiful and I would love to go back with Matt and hike half dome.

Matt went to California for a family reunion (I had to work this time). They had lots of fun visiting and even went wake boarding. I wish I could have gone!


I had an outpatient surgery and everything went really well. The only thing was that the anesthesia made me extremely tired and it took me a very long time to become fully alert... as you will be able to see in the video.



We found out that Matt was going to be transferred to Minnesota, where the company is headquartered, for training. His company flew us out about a month before moving here and we were able to find a place. It's always a little stressful trying to find an apartment that you feel will best fit your needs. We ended up liking two places a lot and had a hard time deciding between them. However, we are very happy with our decision and love our new place.

After getting home from looking we knew we had to pack everything up. We spent Friday, Saturday and Sunday packing. Monday we were finishing up and then some friends were going to come by and help load everything into the pod. Well, I had spent the entire day packing while Matt was at work and we only had a few more things to do, one of which was to take the bed frame apart. Well, it was really stuck and we were trying all sorts of things to get it apart. So we stood it up and Matt hit it, neither of us thought it would come flying out, it hardly budged all the other times we hit it. But it did come flying out and right into my face, more specifically my lip and tooth. I immediately knew it wasn't good because I felt little pieces of my tooth in my mouth. I quickly covered my mouth and ran to the bathroom. I took one little peek in the mirror and told Matt to call the dentist. Luckily our dentist office was less than 10 minutes away and the dentist was doing her last patient when we called and she agreed to stay late and take a look at my tooth. I was completely freaking out at this point and began crying... it had already been a very stressful day. I didn't really feel much pain at all, but the vain part of me was very concerned for my smile... it was second to front tooth. I had gone through years of braces... this was the last thing I needed. We rushed over to the dentist's office, while I said a prayer and within about an hour I was good as new. They took x-rays and everything looked fine and then she went about fixing my tooth. I didn't need a crown or root canal, just a filling. When I came out of the office Matt couldn't remember or tell which tooth had been chipped. We were very grateful for the missionaries and a friend for coming over later and still helping us load up the pod. It was an extremely stressful day, but somehow it all worked out. At the time that I chipped my tooth all I could think of was why my Heavenly Father allowed that to happen at that time, there couldn't have been a worse time. I just kept thinking why. But later that night I was able to see the many blessings in the incident. Our dentist's office is very close, the dentist was still there and was willing to stay late for me, she did an excellent job of fixing my tooth, we were still able to get the pod packed up and people still came to help pack it up. I know that Heavenly Father lets things happen to us, but that he will help us through them if we ask.

Minnesota is really pretty and has lots to do outdoors. Behind our apartment is a lake with tons of walking/biking trails. We're excited to take some walks and enjoy the outdoors. I'm nervous about winter, but excited for a new adventure. One thing that gives me comfort is that we have underground heated parking; however, we only get one spot and guess who's car is in there right now and will be all winter long... MINE! Luckily I have a very sweet husband who is willing to get frostbite so that I can be in the warm garage and not have to scrape my car. We moved just last week and the drive wasn't too bad.

Our drive out here went extremely well. We pulled my car on a dolly behind Matt's truck and although we couldn't go very fast up the mountains, his truck functioned perfectly. We drove through West Virginia (the mountains were the Appalachian mountains), Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, and then finally to Minnesota. Right when we drove into Minnesota we heard tornado warnings on the radio. The radio kept saying that you should find a sturdy shelter and if you couldn't get to one, last resort would be to find a ditch and cover your head with your hands. I wasn't too thrilled with the idea of finding a ditch, plus as I looked out the window I definitely didn't see many ditches to run to. We decided to follow the semis. If they were on the road, we would stay on the road. We were lucky and never saw any tornados and made it to our apartment safely.


I had an interview set up with a Montessori school before we got out here thanks to Matt's co-worker. I went to one interview and then they called back saying they wanted to see me again the following Monday. I went on Monday and was offered the job! I'll be a teacher's assistant working with the toddlers. I'm excited to begin!

Last, but not least, our kitten. The day after getting here we decided to reward ourselves for all the unpacking by going to the Humane Society to look at kittens. We had already talked about getting a kitten, so we thought we would just take a look. We looked at several kittens, but none seemed to be "the one" for us. Then while walking around, I heard a little meow and looked down at one of the bottom cages I hadn't noticed before. Sitting in the cage was a very cute kitten. We took her out and played with her, Matt and I fell in love. She is part Siamese and part domestic shorthair. Matt wanted a cat that was part Siamese because they are known to be very talkative and the cat he had growing up was part Siamese. We decided that we would be sad if someone else took her, so we adopted her without having anything we needed at home. We had to quickly run to the store and get all the supplies we needed for a new kitten after dropping her off at home and leaving her in the bathroom. She's been here almost a week now and we absolutely love her, she is the perfect kitten. She loves to play, but can also just curl up on your lap and fall asleep. She purrs the instant you touch her and she loves to come up and snuggle up to your face. She's very loving, sweet, and fun. The only thing that is hard with her is giving her medicine. She had to have a surgery (you might notice the scar in pictures or videos on her side) while at the Humane Society, so we have to give her antibiotics twice a day. It's no easy task trying to squeeze liquid medicine in a kitten's mouth who doesn't want it. But all in all we love her and will probably get another kitten soon to keep her company while we are at work.



Well, if you made it to the end of this post, I am extremely impressed! Hopefully I will be better about updating more often and then the posts don't have to be marathon posts.