our new sectional

this is our new sectional! it came in off special order after only 2 weeks. amazing.

project completed

I found this sweater halfway done while we were packing to move and brought it with me to finish. i finished it this morning. it took a long time because of all of the beads, but i like how it turned out. it would probably fit a little kid 1-2 years old i'm guessing.

5 years ago today

it's our anniversary today. happy 5 years Brandan!

our house: revised

so the other house we were going to buy fell through. long story short, it was bank owned so the selling bank wasn't willing to fix anything but our bank was not willing to give us the loan until certain expensive things were fixed, which we didn't want to do until we actually owned the place, so we walked away.
this is our new house. it's official, we signed on it on thursday. we're not actually moving in for a week or two, until we get it repainted on the inside and stuff. it is 4 bed/2.5 bath in a nice neighborhood and we are very excited.
in other news, i took a trip to the er last friday. i woke up with pretty intense stomach pain and then i started passing out and vomiting, so brandan drove me over there and i had emergency surgery in which they removed one of my tubes. now i'm fine and healthy but still really sore and waiting for the 4 small incisions to heal. i had my first postop appointment yesterday and they removed my sutures and said everything looks good but they still want me resting for another week or two before they release me to go back to work. anyone have any good movies ideas for me to rent?

our house

we are in the process of buying this house right now. it's 3 bedroom, 2 bath upstairs with an unfinished basement. we got a pretty good deal on it, although it needs a lot of work on the inside. the grass has been getting watered the last few weeks and is already starting to look a lot greener. we're really excited!

Graduation

Yesterday, Brandan graduated from BSU with a degree in Mass Communications/Journalism. Here's the video in case you missed it. It was really loud in there so you have to listen carefully.
We had a party that night, I made a bunch of cupcakes and a bunch of rolls to add to the spread of pulled pork and salads. It was good.
Brandan and i at graduation-photo by Kelsey

the graduation banner

144 cupcakes

our new dining table

this is our new dining table. i got it at work when i realized it was the last one in the company, and it had been my favorite one for some time. we set it up in Ryan's house until we get our own place that has room for it. but i love it. no chairs yet, we'll probably pick some of those out later.

if you want some sweet furniture for not a lot of money...

then you should come to the parking lot sale at RC Willey on May 2nd. I think it starts at 8 am.

a couple pictures to bring you up to date

in the 4 months since my last post:

we went to boston and visited my brother Ethan and his wife Laura. Brandan took an Apple certification class for Final Cut Pro and is now an Apple Certified Pro. this is us eating at the Union Oyster house.

i made this quilt for my brother Clay

we each had a birthday. this is Brandan blowing out the candles at my mom's house

we had dinner at gino's. this is where we had our first date some 5 1/2 years ago. it moved from downtown boise to meridian so we had to eat at the real one one last time. sorry about the blur.
we also have been to 2 funerals this year, both on Brandan's side of the family. his Aunt Margy passed away as well as his Grandma Sallie.
Brandan also just got a new computer. It's a macpro tower. he's pretty excited about it. and, if i haven't already mentioned, this is also his last semester at BSU. we are getting so excited for him to graduate! i'm still liking decorating at RC Willey. and other than that, not too much to report.

I hope you had a good Easter, I know I did.

check out those Easter baskets! i love le creuset. the easter bunny was good this year. (although we don't usually do "gifts" for Easter) it was a great surprise.

I'm an Apple Certified Pro!!!

Thanks to Ethan and Laura for letting me and Janette crash at their place in Boston. We had a great time and more pictures should follow after this post. I took the Intro to Final Cut Pro class that lasted three days 10am-6pm. I did miss out on a lot stuff that E,L&J got to do but it was well worth it. Because I'm now a Certified Pro in Final Cut Pro!!!

WAALKKING WITH DINOSAURS!!!

Janette's Pre-Birthday!!!