Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Come on Over

Hello everybody! I just thought I would invite you all into my new home. Come in, stay awhile, make your self at home. I wanted to show you my new apartment. I don’t have pictures of the whole thing because we still have some boxes in the upstairs rooms. And I didn’t have the gumption to spiff up the upstairs bathroom, so you don’t get to see that either. Oh, and you can’t see the main room of the basement because it is full of our empty card board boxes.

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We live in the one with the light blinds up and the light on.

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Our little flower bed.

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Right when you walk in the front door, you see the stairs going up to the two bedrooms, a closet, and a full bathroom.

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Then, if you turn to the left of the stairs, you will see our living room. It has nice hardwood flooring and is nice and roomy. We really need to get a rug.

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Then keep walking down the hall and to the right there is a doorway that leads down to the basement. There is a big carpeted room down there and a really big closet. Then there is a utility room where we keep our washer and dryer.

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Back up stairs: there is another door just after the basement door and inside is a half-bath. We are so happy to have a second bathroom. For some reason Benj and I both need to use the bathroom at the same time, all the time.

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Keep walking back and you enter the dining room.

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Then to the left is the kitchen. It has a dishwasher!!! Hooray!

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Out the sliding glass door is our patio. We have a little bit of space to plant vegetables. We have a handful of tomato plans, some peppers, some herbs, a couple strawberries, and on the other side there are a couple of squash plants and some flowers that were there when we moved in.

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I can’t wait for our tomatoes to ripen!

We love our new home. Thanks for stopping by! We have plenty of room, so come visit us!

Sunday, June 19, 2011

New Arrivals

My newest nephews!!!

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Duncan (middle name to be decided) Romney

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Brigham Scott Stewart

Saturday, June 18, 2011

Shoes!

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I just thought I would post and let everyone know that I got a job! I am working and a shoe store called Easton Shoes. It sells really nice (expensive) comfortable shoes. It is really close to home and I really like working there. My bosses are so nice, and it I like helping the customers try on shoes and find the ones they like.

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And I get an employee discount. Do you like my new pink shoes?

Thursday, June 16, 2011

Columbus Crew vs. Salt Lake Real

Last week we had the opportunity to go to a pro soccer game! We went with some of our friends in the ward. It was so much fun!!! The Columbus Crew beat Salt Lake 2 to 1. We were clear up in the nose bleeds, but you can’t beat ten dollar tickets and “buck a brat” night.

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We were rooting for the yellow players.

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I love seeing down town Columbus in the distance.

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GOAL!!!

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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Park of Roses

We are loving it here in Columbus. The weather has been amazing. Last Sunday we went on a walk to The Park of Roses. It  was beautiful. Oh, and I saw my first firefly there!

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I just love all the big green trees that are all over in Columbus.

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In the picture above and below, Benj is just being silly. We took a ton of pictures being silly and goofing off.

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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Nauvoo

We spent an awesome day in Nauvoo on our way to Ohio.

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We went on a carriage ride to inspiration point and saw some of Joseph Smith’s favorite places over looking the Mississippi.

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We got to make our own rope like the Pioneers did.

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We walked the Trail of Hope where the Pioneers walked as they left Nauvoo. We read all the plaques of posted along the trail of journal entries from the Pioneers. We walked all the way down to the banks of the Mississippi.

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We saw Joseph Smith’s grave.

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We also went to Carthage Jail where Joseph Smith was martyred.