Home Sweet Home

James and I are have been here in Rexburg for almost six months. Woot woot. We love our little home, our little family, our little life. James is still working at his internship-turned-job and likes it most days. It's a little start up company and there are a lot of drawbacks to working for them. But we won't get into that today! He works with good people and he makes enough money for the two of us, which is a huge blessing. This is my last week of Core (5 week class where you learn EvERYthing there is to know about being a cosmotologist; hair cutting, hair coloring, hair styling, the chemical make up of the hair, Paul Mitchell products {the best in the world..trust me}, manicures, pedicures, facials, styling tools and how to "Be Nice or Else".) and then I move onto Protege for another two weeks and then I get to be out on the floor! So exciting.

James just got a new calling as a district leader in our ward. He basically oversees 5 or 6 families to make sure they're doing well and the men are doing their home teaching. I'm so proud of him and what a great priesthood holder he is and i'm looking forward to supporting him in this calling. I'm still the Fellowship Committee chair and I pretty much need to be the friendliest person in Relief Society and welcome all the new families into the ward. And because this ward is constantly circulating with people moving in and out, it's a nicely sized job.. I'm grateful for the people who help me and a supportive husband.

James and I are trying to be healthier. I mean, I buy whole grain cereals, fresh and frozen fruits and vegetables, wheat bread, lower fat everything(mostly), brown rice, cheese, I've been baking more with wheat flour, we don't drink a lot of soda, and I've even cut back on baked goodies, but what kills us is the late night snacking. It's like the best time to eat junk food!--it's the end of the day, you can finally relax and snuggle up and to top it off, we always have yummy crap to snack on! Our favorite is taking refrigerated crescents in the tube, unrolling them, putting a good amount of chocolate chips in, then rolling them back up and baking. They're delicious. Like a very americanized version of Pain au chocolat. And we eat them. All.
So, moral of the story, we've stopped eating after 9 o'clock, more veggies than anything else at dinner, James works out every night and I go with him most nights. He's already lost a couple pounds. Go James!

We love our little apartment. It's so fun to have a home! My favorite thing is making dinner and doing laundry. Don't really know why.. it's just so fun! James is probably cleaner than I am. He always makes the bed in the morning, does the dishes after I make dinner, and puts his stuff away in the bathroom. Marriage is great. Anyway.. Shall we go through a virtual tour?


Home.

Welcome!

This is Mildred. She sits atop our T.V. and brings us joy and smiles every time we watch it.

Kitchen.. Sorry for the blurriness

James's weekly flower to me :) He knows I love tulips.

This is our tree. The birds in the cage are our beloved pets, Peter and George (pronounced Peetuhr and shjorrrshj)

I got these at the local craft store for half off. Smokin' deal and sooooo cute!

Now, on to the next!

Bathroom!

This is sadly our only picture of Christ in the house so far..

I love Paree!

I love this curtain print. Found it at Ross for like twelve bucks!

In the bathroom, we have doors that fold to the sides to reveal.. This!

The title speaks for itself..

Now to the bedroom..

I love all these places on the posters.. whether in my dreams or real life.

I love the clothespinned picture idea I got from Pinterest! (if you can't tell)

We got most of our new furniture at amazon for whopping prices. When our new chest of drawers and T.V. wooden stand came in pieces, James was so excited to put it together. He stayed up till 5 finishing it, while I slept on the couch :)

Don't you love my new floral shoes?? I sure do!

Anyway, that's the end of the tour! Hope you enjoyed!

...Happy, Rachael? :)