Rexburg, Home Sweet Home

I'm getting really bad at updating this thing. Well several months have come and gone and Sterling and I have been married for almost six months. We spent the first couple months living with Sterling's sweet mom while we got ready to move to Rexburg. On April 11th, we moved into our first apartment at the Stonebrook Apartment community. It's a cute and small one bedroom apartment and while sometimes I wish we lived somewhere bigger, it's perfect for us. We live in a fantastic married student ward and I have been called to be a Relief Society Teacher and Sterling is a home teacher.

Sterling is working hard at school toward his Software Engineering degree and I couldn't be more proud of him! On top of going to school full time, he has started tutoring this kid, Karl, in his networking class. The little extra money has really been helping pay bills and Karl's grades are improving so it's definitely a win-win situation for everyone.

I am now working as a Customer Service Rep at Melaleuca. I have to say that this is by far the best company I have ever worked for. We sell great products that I use all the time and I wish more people knew about them! But more about that later. The team I work with is like a second family and I'm making a lot of friends. We have a lot of fun and goof around a lot at work, but we still work really hard. I survived my first Month End 12 hour shift on Thursday and I have to say I'm still recovering. However, I think that now I have one under my belt, I can take on the rest with much more grace.

We have big dreams for our future. We want to start a family like any newly married couple does but because we have infertility issues, we realize we have to put those dreams off for a few years until we can afford treatments and/or adoption. For now, we have our hearts set on getting our first furbaby. We really want to get a female Shih Tzu since she would be the perfect size for our little apartment and would be easy to travel with. Sterling and I are planning on getting our first puppy around Christmas and I am so excited!!

Anyways, Rexburg is starting to grow on me now that I have a job and have met a few people I can call my friends. It is definitely a far cry different than our home in the Valley. It's a small little town and made up mostly of BYU-I students. I really do like that I know most of the people I work with and go to Church with are going through the same things that I am. Everyone I have met thus far are extremely nice and always willing to help or give a smile. However, I miss the warm sunshine and having our pick of restaurants to choose from and recreational activities to do. Most of all, I miss my family. Words cannot describe how much I miss them. My mom and dad, my sister and brother in law...and of course my three adorable nephews, soon to be four.

We are still adjusting and dreaming big dreams and making plans for our future.

Time for me to climb into bed.
Sweet Sleep <3