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Our New Home

Well, Shane and I are finally settled in our new home after a long 3 weeks apart. My dad and my sister Nichol drove into Logan last Thursday night to help with the moving and my awesome dad flew in to help me drive the truck back. Friday my cousins Anna and Chad and our good friends Chuck and Cami join in on all the fun times in helping me move our stuff. After a long morning of packing the truck my dad and I drove out of Logan about 2:00 in the afternoon. With a long drive a head of us I tried not to think about it and just tried to relax and enjoy the drive and reminess of my life in Utah. As we were about an hour from Boise the truck started to make a funny noise so my dad pulled over and I called road side assistance. After an hour wait for the tow truck to arrive I began to cry thinking I did not want to pack another truck if there was somethign wrong with this one. Good news from the tow truck man that the truck was fine so my dad an I continued on with our drive. A big snow storm started to hit just as we approached Ontario. The roads were packed with snow, pitch black and it wasn't easy for my dad driving a 24 foot uhal and towing my car behind. I got worried and so did my dad. We kept going driving really slow and I think I said about 50 prayers on our way to Baker City. I just kept thinking we can make it to Baker and then stay there for the night. I was stressed and I know my dad was also. It was hard and scary being on the road late at night driving through a snow storm and did I mention crapy windsheld wipers. But my dad had good sprits and got us to Baker safely. Both my dad and I need a rest becasue the next day I think we both felt so much better and the roads were clear the rest of the way from Baker City. We arrived to Grants Pass Saturday evening around 7:15pm and I was so glad to be there. Shane and my mom were waiting on the corner to guide us in. First thing Shane jumped up on the truck and gave me a big kiss. Boy did I need that. My sister Rebecca and her husband Jared were there to help. We got the truck unloaded and our things unpacked. Shane and I like our new apartment and it's nice to have more room. We have 2 bedrooms and two bathrooms. Our kitchen is bigger and we have a garage. Yahoo! We also have a back patio. It's weird being back in Oregon, but it also feels good. I just want to take a moment and thank those that made this move possible. Shout out first to my husband for all of his hard work and for giving this new job a shot. I love you so much and I'm so happy to be back with you I hated being apart for 3 weeks BLAH!!. Thankyou to my sister for driving in from Spanish Fork and for picking our dad up fromt he airport and bringing him to Logan. Thank you for my cousin Anna and her husnad Chad for all of there help and friendship Shane and I will miss you. A thank you to our good friends Chuck and Cami, we appreciate all ofyour hard work and thanks for putting up with my brattiness and stressful attitude. We appreciate you and your friendships. Thank you to Shanes parents Harold and Kathy for all of your support, love, and for lettign me take your son to Oregon. We love you both very much. Thank you to my monther for driving the 4 and half hours to Grants Pass to help and for making dinner. We appreciate everythign you and Dad do for us. Thank you Becca and Jared for all of your help. It's nice knowing I have such a wonderful family that is always willing to help and your kids are cute. Saving the best for last a big THANK YOU to my father for organizing and packing the truck. Thank you for the time you spent getting everythign just right. Thank you for driving the truck thorugh a snow storm and for being ther for me when I was stressed, crying and need that extra encouragement that everything is going to be ok. Your time means so much to me and I really appreciate you being there and helping with the move. What an adventure it was, but a good adventure because it was a good memory with you that I will remember forever. Thank you everyone!!

He got the job!!

An hour after we pulled into Logan from our hellish trip Shane received a phone call offering him the job. At that point we both wanted to say NO, but after a long weekend of stress, making a decison and trying to make this move work we have decided to move. Shane excepted the job today. Shane will be qutting his job on the 23rd and heading to Oregon on the 24th. I will be staying behind and continue to work for 3 more weeks, pack up the house, truck and drive to Oregon on the 13th of February. My last day at work is the 12th of February. I'm sad to leave my job and this wonderful town, but I am so happy for Shane and proud of his accomplishments. We will be living in Grants Pass, Oregon and Shane will be working for Southern Oregon Adolescent Study and Treatment Center as a Mental Health Counselor. Were so excited to be in Oregon and I'm excited to be a little closer to my family for a while. We will eventually move back to Logan, but for now will enjoy the beautiful green trees in Oregon.

1st adventure of 2009

For a while now Shane has been applying for different jobs andkeeping our fingers crossed for an interview. Now that he's graduated he has been working on getting his intern license and sense Oregon looked more promising with jobs we decided to consintrate on applying there. Well, the call finailly came and nervous about how and when we would get to Oregon for the interview we found ourselves leaving quickly last Friday night in the middle of a snow storm. I will admit I was a little crazy for packing the car and getting us on the road so we could be to Oregon by Saturday afteroon, spend time with my family part of Saturday and Sunday and then the interview on Monday, back on the road that night and to work on Tuesday. Well, our plans didn't go as smoothly as we thought it would. We arrived to Portland fine just a little bit of snow coming over the blues. We spent the night in Boise Friday night and arrived safely to my parents Saturday around 4pm. Monday the interview went great and I fell in live with the area. Beautiful drive and it felt great. Monday we headed back to Utah and decided to take a.... well, I guess what you would call a back road home. BAD IDEA!! specially during the winter. We cut up over into Klameth Falls and into Lakeview. (never heard of it and thats bad for being from Oregon) 7pm at night driving on a thick sheet of ice and in the middle of no where. I got scared and emagined us getting stuck for days and barried in the snow. So Shane and I decided to turn around and drive the hour and half back to klameth Falls. We spent the night and the next day headed for Portland to catch the I-84 back to Utah. We hit a couple more road blocks on our way back. Snow and ice in LaGrande, a reck going through the canyon into Lime. Dead stop for 10 min on the interstate and then backed up traffic for an hour and did I mention ICE!! We made it to Ontario and spant another night. The next day we were off and just as we hit the Idaho border the roads were clear all the way home. Well, a fast trip that was supposed to be 1 day off from work turned into 3 days off from work and I think I said it a thousand times I'm not going anywhere for a really long time specially to Oregon. WELL GUESS WHAT?

New Years Continued

New Years 2008

So, what do you think? Hot mama or what? For the last two years our friends have had a themed Rock Band Party. Last year was 80's this year was 90's grunge. Me of course totally spacing the grunge part of it all was thinking just 90's so I thought of my old hair style in high school and thought I'd try to re-in-vent the due. Do I look the same? Yeah, right not even close, well maybe the hair but the face no way. (Old and chubby) But we had a good time and were almost a sleep before mid night now thats a sign of old age.





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Christmas in St. George

Shane and I spent the holidays with his family in St. George. We were able to see his sister and her daughters that came in from out of town. Christmas night a big storm came through town making the power go out. I was hoping for snow but the power going out seem to be alot more fun. We lit some candles and played a couple games in the dark. Once the power came back on we kept the lights out and played a couple rounds of murder. Christmas was really fun and even though it was hard being away from my family for the holidays the Bonellas always make everything nice and seem like christmas. I'm greatful to have such wonderful inlaws and thankful for all that they do. Love you Kathy and Harold:)