Pokey So Far..

School has been going for a couple of weeks now and so we have really started to settle down and adjust to life in Pocatello. The weather has been beautiful, everything is really green, and there are sunflowers everywhere! I love sunflowers, so it is fun to have them around every corner.

School starting also equals LOTS of homework. Ray has set up base on the couch and I have taken over the dining room table. Our evenings usually consist of one or two episodes of "Seinfeld" or "Law and Order" and then just silence and the occasional turning of a page. Oh, and we usually take a break to eat dinner... But we have decided that we lucked out by having our living room, dining room, and kitchen all merged into the same room so that we can still be in the same room while we study :)

Our schedules are pretty much opposite... On day's that Ray's classes start at 8, mine don't, and when mine start at 8, his don't. It hasn't seemed to bother us though, so either we've learned how to be extra quiet when we get ready, or we've just learned to sleep through the noise... I'm thinking its the sleeping...

All-in-all life in Pokey has been pretty darn good so far. We're making friends and having a lot of fun just hanging out with eachother. It's easy to say that when the weather is nice but I hear the winters are brutal up here so we'll see how we feel about it once it starts getting cold. :)

White Coat Ceremony

Thursday night was Ray's "White Coat Ceremony." This is where all of the first year pharmacy students receive their white coats. The white coat symbolizes a students entrance into the medical field. It was a neat ceremony and I am so proud of Ray!

Afterwards we went and ate at Texas Roadhouse with two other pharmacy students and their wives... Craig and Ann, and Alan and Emily. They are both super cute and we had a lot of fun!!

Ray being coated by his boss Debbie.. you can't see her because

she's really litttle and she's standing right behind him.

Ray signing the Pharmacy code of ethics..

Ray and I after the Ceremony... he's such a stud in his new white coat :)

Fishing

We had a 5 day stretch of pretty much nothing to do up here in Pokey so we packed up and headed home for the weekend. It is always fun to see family and we did lots of fun stuff including going fishing!

We went with my mom and dad, and my cousin Trent.. pictured above.

Notice the look on Ray's face.. he was right in the middle of saying, "I'm trying to watch my bobber, you are taking too many pictures." He's such a serious fisherman :)

The catch of the day... moss.

We headed down to St. George after this and spent some time with Ray's family. Ray and his older brother Ron went fishing again the next morning and had much better luck than we did the day before.

Rewind...

Before we moved up here to Pocatello, we spent a lot of time with our family and friends doing lots of fun things... here are a few.

HEATSTROKER:

Ray and all of his brothers play in the heatstroker softball tournament in St. George every year. They fly in from wherever they are living and play softball all night long. They love it! This year for the Wright family shirts Ron and Marie got everyone "Big City Bombers" shirts just like the guys. They definitely had the biggest cheering section :)

The Big City Bombers

Me and Ray in our matching shirts between the late night games

FOURWHEELER RIDE:
We went up to my Cabin with my parents and Brad and Debbie Larson for a fourwheeler ride. We stopped for a minute to see some of the horses and their new baby colts! They were all being really friendly.. especially the two paint horses, Big John and Patrick.

VEGAS:
The weekend before we left we headed down to Vegas with Brendon and Necia and our new friends from Mississippi, Gabe and Amy. We went to the Bellagio to watch the water show and see the flower room and walked the strip until around 4 in the morning. Vegas is always a crazy place, but we had fun!

Ray and me, Brendon and Necia, Amy and Gabe

Me and my twin Necia by all the pretty daisies

Watching the water show..

Idaho Falls Temple

Today after Ray was done with work (his whole half hour of it) we got ready and headed to the Temple in Idaho Falls. It was about a 45 minute drive, so pretty much the same as from Cedar to St. George. As you can see it is a very pretty temple and there were flowers everywhere! They started building this temple in 1939 and dedicated it in 1945. There is also a temple in Rexburg which is about 25 minutes past Idaho Falls that was just barely dedicated in 2008. I think we will go check that one out next time... They are all so beautiful!

I am always so grateful for any chance that we get to go to the temple and I think that we are so blessed to have so many so close to us.

We Made It!

So we made it to Pocatello and, thanks to my parents and my older brother Brett, we are all settled in and ready to start out on you new adventure! Here are some pictures of the house :)

- The Living Room -

- The Kitchen -

- The Dining Room/Place where the table fits -
*Thanks to my mom for the cute light that makes it feel more like a dining room.

- Our Bedroom -
*I'm still looking for something to put over the bed..

- Our Bathroom -

*Well.. some of it.

- Guest Bedroom #1 -

*aka "My Mom's Room" :)

- Guest Bedroom #2 -

- The downstairs bathroom -

I am so thankful for my wonderful parents and for everything that they did to help us get moved in. It only took us two days to get the entire house put together. If me and Ray would have had to do it ourselves it probably would have taken us weeks. My dad was amazing and just ran around the house hanging things on the walls, fixing toilets and sinks, hanging lights, and any other random job that me and my mom threw at him. Ray followed him around and helped him and I think he definitely learned a lot about being a handy man :). My mom was so much help with the cleaning and the decorating.. I seriously don't know how I would have done it without her. She is awesome! My older brother Brett came too and he was good to have around for all the heavy lifting and it was just nice having his fun personality around... even though he was pretty much bored out of his mind.

I have to admit that I struggled a little saying goodbye to my family. Moving is a lot harder that I thought it was going to be... mentally I mean. In Cedar I had a TON of family and friends everywhere I went and I definitely took it for granted. I didn't realize it until my family drove away and it seemed so weird that it was just me and Ray.. together, but all alone. It will definitely take some getting used to.

After my family left, me and Ray got ready and went to try to find somewhere to go to church. I'm not gonna lie, I'm kind of an emotional wreck right now, but the minute we stepped into the church I felt right at home. It is so comforting to me to know that wherever I am at, the church will always be there and it will always be the same. It is kind of like one great big family waiting to welcome us in no matter where we are and I am sooo grateful for that!

This is starting to get a little long, but to all our friends and family out there, we love you and we miss you... already :)