Moving in with the help of Steve and Peggy (Tyler's parents) and our good friend Ivan (a deacon at church)

We're in!!!!!

It's Monday, and Haley is off of work today, which the Lord worked out perfectly since it was moving weekend. We have been in the house since Sat. night and have loved every minute of it! It's so nice and sweet. We are about to take our first trash out to the alley where the dumpster is. In NM they have allies behind every row of houses where they keep these dumpster things that you put your trash in. It's kind nice though.

Oh, and Haley's best friend, Melissa Jo Chisolm, got engaged this morning to Austin, her now fiancee. The wedding is set for April 26th.

Tyler and I were talking this morning about the day when all our friends wil be married and our "being in weddings day" will end....we discovered we have a long time till then as we thought of all our other friends they have yet to get hinched..

We wil enjoy all of them though and will be so happy for them!

We're off to go clean our old apt, and do tons of other stuff.

The final moving day

Today's the big day. We are offically going to move everything over to the house. Tyler has a paint ball game with some of the boys in the youth group, and then we'll start with all the furniture and big things. I'm about to finish some of the smaller things: kitchen stuff, clothes, bathroom stuff, etc... We are looking forward to NOT moving for a long time after this.

Moving stuff

I moved some stuff over to the house yesterday and it was so much fun getting to put things out and putting OUR things in our new home. We are looking forward to this week and moving everything over there and our first night together there. I meant to bring my camera with me over there yesterday to take some pics to post of the inside, but i kept forgetting. They will be posted soon though....

Closing on Thursday

Well, the time has finally come....we are getting to close on our house on Thursday, Valentines Day! Tyler said next year all I get is a flower. ha.. we are so ready to get moved in and settled. Haley's mom and sister are coming to visit during spring break and will be able to help decorate and organize. Haley is super pumped about them coming to stay for a few days and see where we live. Becka, her sister, has not been to Clovis yet, so it will be an exciting time when they come.

We are planning on moving in next week, since Tyler is taking a youth ski trip to Sante Fe this weekend. Thanks so much again for all your prayers during this time in our lives of getting our first home.

Tram ride in the city up to the Sandia mountains

We took a tram ride and elevated up over 10,000 ft. It wasn't what we expected. We had to stand up the whole time and then it was extremely COLD when we got up there. Haley was getting sick anyway and on way up got dizzy and nauseated. She made it to the top and we sat in the skiers area and waited for the next tram to come pick us up so we could get out of there. We just weren't prepared and it was not the thing to do when you don't feel good. The views were beautiful, however, and we enjoyed the experience of it. We will def keep it on our memories to remember list, since it's one of those that's not easily forgotten due to the circumstances. Hope y'all enjoy the pics!

Shocked by Hillary sticker/Going to the Zoo

We traveled about 3 hours northwest from Clovis to Albuquerque, New Mexico this weekend to celebrate our 1 year anniversary. Saturday we decided to go to the zoo there because it's supposively one of the best. We pulled up into the parking lot to look across and see this vehicle with this sticker on it. We were dumbfounded and decided it was just because we were not used to being in such a liberal city. You don't see much of those supporters in Texas really.

We enjoyed our time at the zoo. We got see two polar bears! They were our favorite animals we got to see. Our second favorite, which Tyler REALLY liked, were the seals. We felt sorry for them kinda, because they are such awkward animals and have to drag themselves around. They are like half fish with fin-like feet and half mammal. They were funny. Haley really loved the flamingos. I learned that their knees are actually up in their feathers and where their knees look like they are, are actually their ankles. So they stand on their toes. We also liked the big rhino. I was looking at it when all of a sudden I turned and Tyler's arm was in mid-air and he had launched a hunk of ice at it. It hit the rhino and it didn't even budge. Tyler said it was probably because it was used to having stuff thrown at it. I thought it was a mean thing to do, poor rhino. I felt sorry for most the animals for being in captivity. They all seemed sad.
The picture with Tyler in it is with the largest rodent in the world. We laughed so hard at these big ole hamster looking things. They were so funny looking because they looked like giant hamsters! And they continued to use the restroom in the water and just stood there. It was quite humorous.