Shopping

I love shopping.

But nothing compares to shopping for a 

NEW APARTMENT

that is

NOT IN REXBURG!!

Why am I apartment shopping you ask?

Because my

AMAZING

TALENTED

HARD-WORKING and

ATTRACTIVE

husband has officially been accepted to his

THIRD 

P.A. School.

And we will be moving 

NEXT YEAR!!

YIPPEEEE!

:)

The best week, and the worst day.

When we came back from our little vacay,

let me tell you.

It was GOOD to be back in Idaho.

Monday I actually LOOKED FORWARD to

going to work.

Tuesday too.  That's about all I remember from those two days.

We worked on our new car a little...

Where Brennen proceeded to dump tranny fluid all over himself.

Whoops.

Wednesday and Thursday were my days off.

And boy, did i savor those days.

Wednesday we went to see M.I.B 3

Kind of weird, but really funny. 

Plus it was free popcorn Wednesday.

SCORE.  

I heart popcorn.

Plus I sneaked in a water bottle and some 

frosted animal crackers.  You know, 

the ones they give you in nursery?

They aren't as good as I remembered them.

but they were a good contrast to the salty popcorn.

Thursday, we took Brennen's dad's

NEW BOAT 

out on the reservoir.

Holy Smokes.  Fun. 

  

So much better than the dinky tin boat we usually take.

For one thing, it doesn't feel like its going to

completely capsize when wakes from the bigger boats come along.

Let me give you a little advice about this next picture:

DO NOT wear florescent pink when 

fishing in the great, great outdoors.

My experience began with a BEE

flying down my shirt, followed by

a spider on my shoulder.  Seriously,

never doing that again.

 It was a great day to spend with my hubby.

The weather could NOT have been more perfect.

The fishing wasn't spectacular by any means, 

but it was good, quality, fun time we got to spend together.

Fast forward through Friday and Saturday

which were not that great.  I worked a lot

and Brennen worked a lot too.

We went out to dinner Saturday night

and just cuddled on the bean bag

till we couldn't keep our eyes open any more.

After a terrible night's sleep,

reality hit.  Today Brennen leaves for his

3 MONTH INTERNSHIP.

I thought I would be ready for it,

but can anyone ever really be ready to send their 

spouse,

best friend, 

and love off for so long?

I was just so GRATEFUL that he wasn't

leaving for active duty in the military or something like that.

This morning (and all of last night, actually)

was spent packing, cuddling, and talking

between bouts of tears (on my end).

Day 1 down, right?  

I don't even know what to do without him.

I just pray that time will go by quickly.

I ordered one of these babies (no pun intended)

for some light reading in the meantime:

and thought i might as well grab one of these, too.

Looks like i need to get me some yoga pants.

Just so you all know, we're not (pregnant).

But someday we might be (pregnant).

And when we are (pregnant), we're going to be prepared.

Or so we think.

Ha.

Before he left, Brennen gave me a

Priesthood Blessing.

Nothing in the world can bring peace and comfort

like a Priesthood Blessing from your husband.

It was the first time I had ever received a blessing from him.

And it gave me a little bit of hope to hang on to.

Saying goodbye is THE hardest thing I have ever had to do.

I just cried, and cried, and cried.

But. 

I don't want you to read this post and feel bad for me.

I want you to know that

through the pain

and tears

and trials

I HAVE BEEN SO BLESSED.

I have been blessed with family and friends who can help me through any trial.

I have been blessed with a great job and co-workers and management.

I have been blessed with a testimony of the Gospel.

I have been blessed with a personal relationship with my Heavenly Father and Savior, Jesus Christ.

I have been blessed with enough financial stability that I can afford to pay for Brennen's internship in full.

I have been blessed to live (literally) down the road from a temple.

I have been blessed to be able to use my income for things other than furniture, vehicles, and expensive rent.

I have been blessed to have family so close by, I can visit whenever I need to.

I have been blessed with a husband who can and is willing to give me priesthood blessings.

I guess the moral of the story is this:

When life gives you lemons,

make lemon bars (because lemonade isn't my fave).

And while you're in a baking mood, make some

brownies,

snickerdoodles,

chocolate chip cookies,

pumpkin cookies,

Chili's Chocolate Chip Paradise Pie, etc.

you get the picture.

Take a bad moment, day, week, month, or year,

and turn it into something that will bring you closer to

Heavenly Father,

The Savior,

and the Spirit.

This life is a short one. make every moment count.

Fun in the sun has its price.

Guess what everyone! I made it to Vegas!

WHOOP

And I made it to California!

Double WHOOP!

So, for the last two days, Brennen and I, and Brennen's fam

have been at

DISNEYLAND.

That's right. I remembered to bring my camera.

Prepare yourselves.

First of all, how presh is this picutre?

It makes me excited to have babies :)

California Adventure goes on forever!

First row of the TOWER OF TERROR

Disneyland isn't good enough for little Janers.

Have you ever wondered what the inside of Space Mountain looks like?

One of the cars started malfunctioning, so they turned on all the lights.

It's pretty intense.

I knew they were going to take my picture, so I smiled.

Haha.

I love Lucy's face on Splash Mountain.

This was at Thunder Mountain.

(There are too many mountains.)

This was the Jedi Training show that Jack wanted to see SO bad!

It was actually pretty good!

And last, but not least:

My souvenir from this trip: 

A wicked awesome SUNBURN.

I didn't think i'd burn.

HA.

I should have known better.

Luckily I chose to wear my new one-piece swimsuit.

Or else i would be in my own personal heck.

Brennen keeps telling me that if i get another sunburn

i'm going to get skin cancer.

I just shrug it off and say

"I'm not going to get skin cancer.  If i was going to get skin cancer,

i would have gotten it a long time ago."

eh.....i'm a little worried now.

This is probably one of the WORST

sunburns I have EVER had. :(

it's going to be a rough night.

Deja Vu

So here I am, sitting in my most favorite place in the world,

Denver International Airport.

The flight from Des Moines to Denver was heaven.

Seriously.

We boarded ON TIME.

We left ON TIME.

We NEVER SWITCHED gates.

On the 1 hour 20 minute flight, I had managed to fill my bladder to capacity

and practically knocked people over on my way off the airplane

to get to the bathroom.

I found my gate, and looked at the screen which said,

"Next Flight: San Francisco, CA 4:26 pm"

(Or something to that effect.)

Great.

Well, so far we're just waiting for the flight coming in and it's only 

been delayed 30 minutes.

We'll see what happens though.  I don't have much faith in this airline.

Day 4!

My last day in Des Moines!  I am actually happy to leave...

I don't really like it here.  

Well I like it here, I just don't really like the people I've been working with for the last couple of days :(  

I miss my Rexburg donors..

In other news, today was SHOPPING DAY!

  I saw a commercial for this place on tv the other day:

 

It's like Ross, but a million times better.  It's officially my fav store.

John, the "security guard" at the Des Moines center

couldn't belive

"YOU DON'T HAVE A GORDMANS?!"

And once I stepped inside, I had the exact same thought.

It'a about the size of both floors of the 

Dillards in Idaho Falls, and sells

Clothes for men,

Women, and 

Children.

Shoes,

Handbags,

Jewlery,

Toys,

Fragrances

and Home Decor.

Tank: 15 (Orig. 30)

Jacket: 8 (Orig 20)

Necklace: 6 (Orig 20)

(ignore the deer-in-the-headlights eyes)

Top: 12 (Orig 23)

Necklace: 6

T: 5 (Orig 10)

So, there's something that you should know about me and shopping:

1. I don't really care about pants and

2. I shop in neutrals.

Meaning, I don't buy bottoms very often,

and

a lot of the stuff I buy is either

White,

Black,

Gray,

Tan, and

Brown.

This T is a bright, fluorescent, pink.

It's my "OUT THERE" shirt.

It will be fun for Cali.

I also threw in one of these babies for the hubs:

Paid: 63 (Orig 88).

This is the Hub's fave.  He ran out a few months after we got married

and we've been looking at some for a while, but just

didn't think we could dish out that much money.

When i found this on sale, I had to get it.

I even put a little on because I LOVE the way it smells!

Except it makes me miss Brennen a lot :(

But! I'll see him tomorrow! :)

Days 3 and 4..

So, yesterday was our first day at the plasma center.  

Gettin ready for work is the hardest part!  Haha.  

Yesterday I slept through my alarm and woke up like 10 minutes

before we were going to eat breakfast.

So, no shower for that day.

(These were taken today

when i DID shower)

Let me tell you, it's a different experience.

smoke breaks,

cursing,

tongue rings,

and tattoos.

EVERYWHERE.

I live in such a bubble.

But this is such a good thing for me because

i'll probably end up in

West Virginia,

Pittsburgh, 

Philadelphia,

Vegas,

Mesa, 

Alabama,

Etc.

Not Utah and not Idaho.

I am building an immunity to second-hand smoke.

I am not looking at people on the streets.

I will sure miss Rexburg/Idaho Falls,

but it's time to move on

and say hello to the rest of the world.

Day 2

Today started with yummy free breakfast from the hotel that the airline set us up in.  Lots of good stuff.  Then we jumped on the shuttle to the airport (wearing everything "yesterday").

We already had our boarding passes so all we had to do was go through security and find our gate.  Once we got to the gate, one of our fellow passengers informed us that the flight was delayed for 2 hours.  Sweet.  So we pop-a-squat and prepare ourselves for a long wait.  This whole time I'm trying to connect to the internet and it was making me so mad i wanted to throw my computer through the wall.  So we're sitting there and discover that our gate has been changed.  Well to make a long story slightly shorter, 4 hours and 6 gates later, we finally take off.  We end up in Des Moines at 4 pm, only 28 hours after we were supposed to.  Then we get to the rental car place and they tell  us they don't have a car for us.  Great.  We finally got our car (which, by the way, is the nicest car I have ever driven) and headed to the Des Moines center, 2 hours before close.  They basically told us to come back tomorrow after we had showered.  Then we got to our hotel and drove around the block about 6 times because we didn't know which building was ours/where to park.  Then we got to our rooms.  HOLY SMOKES.

I have a dining room table.  Freak this is going to be a great week!

P.S.
Family pictures sneak peek here. Check em.