I can't believe that October is almost over! This year has been flying by! Sorry I haven't posted for so long. We are finally getting all the way settled in the apartment. I love being in Pocatello. I love the slower pace of life here and don't feel as stressed. Rumel and I have both talked about how nice it is to be in a more laid back city. I would do the change and the move again just for the fact that Rumel is so much less stressed. He is loving his classes and do so well! I am so proud of him! He is working so hard and am and very grateful for him.
We got some good news a few weeks ago, I get to keep my job until the end of the year. We were so grateful for the extension. It will be nice to have the income and insurance for a few more months. I am not looking forward to looking for jobs again, but something will work out, and who knows, maybe I'll get another extension with work.
There isn't much else going on in our world. We are kind of boring (which I have been a fan of). I work and Rumel goes to school. That is basically the story of our lives. Sorry its not much, but its something to let you know that we are still here. Hopefully we'll have some pics of Halloween and the adventures that will bring. Have a safe and fun Halloween!
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Monday, September 20, 2010
We are Alive but warning now it is a Novel
We are still alive! I figured that everyone might have started to wonder if the move killed us. We got all moved and settled for the most part. I’m hoping to get pictures this weekend since we will actually be home and hopefully have everything finally settled and all the way unpacked.
The recap since I last wrote, this is going to be way long so brace yourselves. We went Bear Lake with my family which was awesome! It was nice to get to spend the whole week with the fam. It was the first time in a few years that everyone (at least in my immediate family) has been there all at once. I love spending time with family and just relaxing and not having anything pressing to get done. The annual golf tournament happened and a good time was had by all. We got paired with my cute cousin Alysha and her boyfriend Josh (the girls were just there for support). We had so much fun! I love my cousin and I’m a big fan of her boyfriend! He is a good catch! ;) We spent the rest of the week at the beach on the wave runners or in the condos stuffing out faces. There is always so much food when we go up. It was a great time!
The first part of August Rumel had is last day of work. I was so excited because it meant that we were getting closer to moving! After he quit, we went to Lagoon for a day. It was fun! Although we both aren’t as young as we used to be. We spent the first few hours at lagoon-a-beach. We both got tubes and went down the slides that required those. I never knew that playing in the water could be so dangerous. We had gone down a couple of times and the tubes were filled up too much, so we let some of the air out of our tubes (bad mistake). They went a lot fast on some of the slides. But in one of the slides it made it so Rumel got thrown off, hit his head and finish the slide without a tube. Well the empty tube got stuck and we had to stand at there for about 20 minutes until someone came down and pushed it free. At the end of the inventory of our wounds: a bruised toe (Me), cut forehead with goose egg (Rumel), and a scraped leg (Me). We didn’t fair too well on the rides either but we had fun!
Next on the agenda for August was to finishing the packing and cleaning and then get moved. We borrowed a truck and snowmobile trailer from Rumel’s dad and the two of us got most of the boxes and small stuff moved on the 17th and 18th. Then my dad, mom, and brother Todd came down on the 20th and helped us pack up the truck with the big stuff that we couldn’t get by ourselves. We headed up to Hyde Park that night then got up on Saturday and finished the drive to Pocatello. We had my parents, Rumel’s parents, his brother Tyler, his sister Tiffany and her husband Kyle come help us. With all of us, we had the truck unloaded in only 40 minutes. Thanks again to everyone that helped!! We couldn’t have done it without you all! By the time everyone left that day the kitchen was unpacked, the living room set up, and our bedroom put together. We are still working on the last few boxes but there luckily aren’t many left.
September has kept up pace with August so far. Over Labor Day weekend, we moved my brother Todd and his family to Centerville. Then later that day we finished cleaning out our old apartment (Thanks again for all the help Mom and Dad!) and met up with my Sister Jenni and her family (they were in Utah for a baptism on the other side) for ice cream. Then, on that Monday we helped my parents freeze the corn. It was Rumel’s first experience with helping do the corn. We have it down to a pretty good science so we were done pretty quickly.
The following weekend I went back to Logan Friday night and Saturday during the day for Time Out for Women. It was awesome! My sweet Grandma offers to take any of the girls in the family that are close or want to come. Sheri Dew was the speaker on Friday night. She is amazing! It was such a wonderful time and exactly what I needed! Thanks Grandma! Then Saturday I hurried back to Idaho to meet Rumel in Blackfoot so we could go to the demolition derby at the State Fair. It was a good time!
This past weekend we headed back down to SLC. We had dinner with some friends on Friday and then Saturday we had the walk through of our old apartment. It is so great to be done with it all now! After the walk through, we had lunch with my friend Lisa. I love that girl! It was good to see her. Then we head up to Logan and went to dinner and to The Scarlet Pimpernel with my parents. I love that show! It was amazing and the costumes were fabulous!
We are hoping for a more quiet weekend coming up since we haven’t really been home much since we moved. Sorry for the novel, but now you are updated.
The recap since I last wrote, this is going to be way long so brace yourselves. We went Bear Lake with my family which was awesome! It was nice to get to spend the whole week with the fam. It was the first time in a few years that everyone (at least in my immediate family) has been there all at once. I love spending time with family and just relaxing and not having anything pressing to get done. The annual golf tournament happened and a good time was had by all. We got paired with my cute cousin Alysha and her boyfriend Josh (the girls were just there for support). We had so much fun! I love my cousin and I’m a big fan of her boyfriend! He is a good catch! ;) We spent the rest of the week at the beach on the wave runners or in the condos stuffing out faces. There is always so much food when we go up. It was a great time!
The first part of August Rumel had is last day of work. I was so excited because it meant that we were getting closer to moving! After he quit, we went to Lagoon for a day. It was fun! Although we both aren’t as young as we used to be. We spent the first few hours at lagoon-a-beach. We both got tubes and went down the slides that required those. I never knew that playing in the water could be so dangerous. We had gone down a couple of times and the tubes were filled up too much, so we let some of the air out of our tubes (bad mistake). They went a lot fast on some of the slides. But in one of the slides it made it so Rumel got thrown off, hit his head and finish the slide without a tube. Well the empty tube got stuck and we had to stand at there for about 20 minutes until someone came down and pushed it free. At the end of the inventory of our wounds: a bruised toe (Me), cut forehead with goose egg (Rumel), and a scraped leg (Me). We didn’t fair too well on the rides either but we had fun!
Next on the agenda for August was to finishing the packing and cleaning and then get moved. We borrowed a truck and snowmobile trailer from Rumel’s dad and the two of us got most of the boxes and small stuff moved on the 17th and 18th. Then my dad, mom, and brother Todd came down on the 20th and helped us pack up the truck with the big stuff that we couldn’t get by ourselves. We headed up to Hyde Park that night then got up on Saturday and finished the drive to Pocatello. We had my parents, Rumel’s parents, his brother Tyler, his sister Tiffany and her husband Kyle come help us. With all of us, we had the truck unloaded in only 40 minutes. Thanks again to everyone that helped!! We couldn’t have done it without you all! By the time everyone left that day the kitchen was unpacked, the living room set up, and our bedroom put together. We are still working on the last few boxes but there luckily aren’t many left.
September has kept up pace with August so far. Over Labor Day weekend, we moved my brother Todd and his family to Centerville. Then later that day we finished cleaning out our old apartment (Thanks again for all the help Mom and Dad!) and met up with my Sister Jenni and her family (they were in Utah for a baptism on the other side) for ice cream. Then, on that Monday we helped my parents freeze the corn. It was Rumel’s first experience with helping do the corn. We have it down to a pretty good science so we were done pretty quickly.
The following weekend I went back to Logan Friday night and Saturday during the day for Time Out for Women. It was awesome! My sweet Grandma offers to take any of the girls in the family that are close or want to come. Sheri Dew was the speaker on Friday night. She is amazing! It was such a wonderful time and exactly what I needed! Thanks Grandma! Then Saturday I hurried back to Idaho to meet Rumel in Blackfoot so we could go to the demolition derby at the State Fair. It was a good time!
This past weekend we headed back down to SLC. We had dinner with some friends on Friday and then Saturday we had the walk through of our old apartment. It is so great to be done with it all now! After the walk through, we had lunch with my friend Lisa. I love that girl! It was good to see her. Then we head up to Logan and went to dinner and to The Scarlet Pimpernel with my parents. I love that show! It was amazing and the costumes were fabulous!
We are hoping for a more quiet weekend coming up since we haven’t really been home much since we moved. Sorry for the novel, but now you are updated.
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Exciting News and Big Changes!!
I can’t believe that July is more than half over already!! Time flies when you are having fun I guess! We have some exciting news that is going to change our lives in a big way! After much praying and planning, we are excited to announce that we are going to be moving to Pocatello in August! Rumel is going to be back to school at ISU in their college of Technology. He is in their Energy Systems Technology program going into their Electrical Engineering course. We are both really excited! It’s a little scary to think about going back to being poor college students, but this is what we know we are supposed to be doing so everything will work out. It will be nice to be closer to Rumel’s family and be about the same distance from mine.
So to recap the first half of July, our Fourth of July was great! We went up to Blackfoot that Thursday after work and spent 4 days with the family up there. Rumel’s youngest brother Troy, was home on leave for a few weeks and it was great to see him! That Friday we spent the day in Pocatello looking for a place to live. We are happy to say that we found a great little two bedroom, two bath apartment up by the Highland Golf course. Friday night we celebrated one of Rumel’s other brother’s, Tyler, birthday. Saturday and Sunday was spent hanging out with family and relaxing. We watched fireworks and set some off of our own. Then on Monday we went to Jensen’s Grove (a local lake in Blackfoot) and had a picnic with some of Rumel’s extended family. It was really windy that day so we didn’t get in the water but it was still great to spend time with the cousins, aunts, and uncles that we don’t really get to see.
Our next few weeks should be interesting. The 22nd was supposed to be my last day of work, but things are changing. I’ll still be working the first few weeks of August and then I’m going to work remotely from Pocatello for a little bit. My boss is trying to get the approval for me to work remotely permanently so keep good thoughts for us and we wouldn’t be unappreciative of prayers. But on the 23rd of July we are starting a 10-day vacation. We’ll keep you updated on everything!
So to recap the first half of July, our Fourth of July was great! We went up to Blackfoot that Thursday after work and spent 4 days with the family up there. Rumel’s youngest brother Troy, was home on leave for a few weeks and it was great to see him! That Friday we spent the day in Pocatello looking for a place to live. We are happy to say that we found a great little two bedroom, two bath apartment up by the Highland Golf course. Friday night we celebrated one of Rumel’s other brother’s, Tyler, birthday. Saturday and Sunday was spent hanging out with family and relaxing. We watched fireworks and set some off of our own. Then on Monday we went to Jensen’s Grove (a local lake in Blackfoot) and had a picnic with some of Rumel’s extended family. It was really windy that day so we didn’t get in the water but it was still great to spend time with the cousins, aunts, and uncles that we don’t really get to see.
Our next few weeks should be interesting. The 22nd was supposed to be my last day of work, but things are changing. I’ll still be working the first few weeks of August and then I’m going to work remotely from Pocatello for a little bit. My boss is trying to get the approval for me to work remotely permanently so keep good thoughts for us and we wouldn’t be unappreciative of prayers. But on the 23rd of July we are starting a 10-day vacation. We’ll keep you updated on everything!
Sunday, June 27, 2010
We Are Still Alive!
Okay so sorry it has been forever since we updated. It just seems like time keeps going by faster and faster. I can’t believe that 2010 is half way over! Where has the year gone? So a recap for May and June.
May we were busy with work, work, and more work. We did celebrate 2 years on the 21st! I can’t believe how fast it has gone by! Its seems like just a month ago we were planning our wedding and it couldn’t get here fast enough, now 2 years have gone by. But life is great and just getting better and better! To celebrate we got a couples massage which was soooooooo relaxing and then went up to Cache Valley to stay at the Providence Inn. We just spent the weekend relaxing and chilling together and with friends and family. It was great! Just what I needed.
June was also crazy! I spent a lot of time at work. =( We were going through a second conversion for the last 2 divisions in our group. I’m so glad to have all the conversions done with now! In June we celebrated Rumel’s 32nd birthday! We kept it kind of low key because that was the actual week of the conversion at work. So we went to dinner at Red Robin and then just relaxed at home. Hopefully Rumel had a good birthday! I’m so grateful for such an amazing husband! I love you more baby!
Then this last Friday night we watched Rumel’s brother’s kids overnight so the Travis and Heather could attend a marriage conference. It was an adventure. We ate pizza, went to the park, made milk shakes, and watched a movie. Then Saturday morning, we had breakfast watched another movie, Rumel went swimming with Harlee and Bodie while I stayed here with Jax (he was napping). When Travis and Heather came back, we went to Hoogle Zoo with them. It was fun to see all the animals and spend time with family. After we got done with the zoo, Travis and Heather headed back to Idaho, Rumel and I went to ‘How to Train Your Dragon’. It was so cute! Then we went to the store and Jamba Juice. All in all it was a great weekend! I’m excited for July because we have lots of fun things planned. I’ll keep you updated on things and try to remember to take pictures.
May we were busy with work, work, and more work. We did celebrate 2 years on the 21st! I can’t believe how fast it has gone by! Its seems like just a month ago we were planning our wedding and it couldn’t get here fast enough, now 2 years have gone by. But life is great and just getting better and better! To celebrate we got a couples massage which was soooooooo relaxing and then went up to Cache Valley to stay at the Providence Inn. We just spent the weekend relaxing and chilling together and with friends and family. It was great! Just what I needed.
June was also crazy! I spent a lot of time at work. =( We were going through a second conversion for the last 2 divisions in our group. I’m so glad to have all the conversions done with now! In June we celebrated Rumel’s 32nd birthday! We kept it kind of low key because that was the actual week of the conversion at work. So we went to dinner at Red Robin and then just relaxed at home. Hopefully Rumel had a good birthday! I’m so grateful for such an amazing husband! I love you more baby!
Then this last Friday night we watched Rumel’s brother’s kids overnight so the Travis and Heather could attend a marriage conference. It was an adventure. We ate pizza, went to the park, made milk shakes, and watched a movie. Then Saturday morning, we had breakfast watched another movie, Rumel went swimming with Harlee and Bodie while I stayed here with Jax (he was napping). When Travis and Heather came back, we went to Hoogle Zoo with them. It was fun to see all the animals and spend time with family. After we got done with the zoo, Travis and Heather headed back to Idaho, Rumel and I went to ‘How to Train Your Dragon’. It was so cute! Then we went to the store and Jamba Juice. All in all it was a great weekend! I’m excited for July because we have lots of fun things planned. I’ll keep you updated on things and try to remember to take pictures.
Sunday, April 25, 2010
April Recap
Sorry it’s been awhile. Rumel has posted pictures and the details from our awesome road trip to Washington. It was so great to get away from work for a few days and spend time with my hubby! We had a blast in Ellensburg, Seattle, and Boise. The worst part of the trip was that the blinker switch in my car would just randomly click and keep clicking forever. At points It made for a REALLY long car ride, especially when the warning tone would ding and not stop. But we got that fixed ($700 later) once we got home. Thanks again to Trevor and Kari for putting us up and letting us come and crash the baptism. It was so great to get to spend time with you guys. I’m glad that Rumel was able to get to know you guys better. I can’t wait for Bear Lake!!!!
A lot of people are probably wondering if anything happened with Biggest Loser. Well, a week or so after the auditions here in SLC the casting director that I met with called me and told me that she wanted to make sure that I did an audition video. So Rumel and I bought a video camera and went to work. We finished it in about a week and got it sent off. I was in contact with Barb (the casting director) and she let me know that she got it and sent it on to the powers that be. The deadline to hear anything back was the 23rd. Unfortunately, I didn’t hear anything from the show. But that is okay because Rumel and I are going to get in shape together. And if I would have been on the show I would have missed all the fun vacations and family stuff this summer. And who knows, maybe I’ll try again for the next show but for now things happened the way they were supposed to.
So since my last post, we celebrated my 25th birthday. I was spoiled royally by my cute hubby. We got the video camera as part of my birthday present and I also got new glasses. Then when we were in Seattle I got a new fabulous purse and lots of clothes. On my actual birthday, we celebrated Easter and conference the same day. We invited Lisa over to dinner with us and then watched the last session of conference together. Lisa then help us film the last little bit of my video. It was a great birthday and past few weeks! Hope all is well with everyone!
A lot of people are probably wondering if anything happened with Biggest Loser. Well, a week or so after the auditions here in SLC the casting director that I met with called me and told me that she wanted to make sure that I did an audition video. So Rumel and I bought a video camera and went to work. We finished it in about a week and got it sent off. I was in contact with Barb (the casting director) and she let me know that she got it and sent it on to the powers that be. The deadline to hear anything back was the 23rd. Unfortunately, I didn’t hear anything from the show. But that is okay because Rumel and I are going to get in shape together. And if I would have been on the show I would have missed all the fun vacations and family stuff this summer. And who knows, maybe I’ll try again for the next show but for now things happened the way they were supposed to.
So since my last post, we celebrated my 25th birthday. I was spoiled royally by my cute hubby. We got the video camera as part of my birthday present and I also got new glasses. Then when we were in Seattle I got a new fabulous purse and lots of clothes. On my actual birthday, we celebrated Easter and conference the same day. We invited Lisa over to dinner with us and then watched the last session of conference together. Lisa then help us film the last little bit of my video. It was a great birthday and past few weeks! Hope all is well with everyone!
Seattle Pics 5
The Bainbridge ferry. This boat can hold hundreds of cars and a few thousand people. It was really fun to ride across to Bainbridge.
The space needle from the ferry
Downtown from the ferry
The rest of downtown from the ferry
From Baingridge looking back at SeattleSeattle Pics 4
Pike's place
Throwing a fish
Shipping cranes
A big boat (each of those boxes is the size of a semi-truck trailer)
Another big boat & the cranesSeattle Pics 3
Heidi at the Ballard locks
Me
Depending on the tide the level of this lake and the ocean can be several feet different so they built these locks for ships to pass through. A ship such as this tug boat come in from the lake, the close the lock, open some valves and gravity pulls the water out of the lock.
Once the water is out and the level in the lock is the same as it is on the outside then the open the next set of gates and the boat can head out into the ocean. While we were there the difference between the ocean and the lake was about 30 ft. It was really cool to watch the boats come in and go out.
Seattle Pics 2
Both of us up top
A shot from underneath
from the hotel at night
Safeco and Qwest field. This is where the Mariners and the Seahawks play.
Downtown from on top of the needle
Seattle Pics
Heidi got us a deal on an awesome hotel in downtown Seattle. This is a view of the space needle from our hotel window/balcony.
Here is a zoomed in photo of the Space Needle from out hotel room.
Heidi and the space needle
me
A view of downtown from on top of the space needleRoad Trip
A few weeks ago we took a road trip up through Boise, stopped in Washington to see Heidi's brother and his family then we continued on to Seattle. We spent two night and two days in Seattle and it was awesome. We couldn't have hit better weather, for the most part while we were there the sun was shining and we only saw a few drops of rain. While we were there we went up in the Space Needle, walked around downtown, rode the monorail, saw the Ballard locks, went to Pike's Place, met up with some old friends, took the Bainbridge ferry and had a great time. We started making our way back home Saturday morning and stopped back in Ellensburg for Lorin's baptism. Heidi's parents had driven up for it as well so it was great for a good portion of the family to be together for it. We spent the next night in Boise and the next day drove over to the Boise State campus so we could look around and pick up a few things. It was raining that day so we didn't get to see the smurf turf or anything but it was still great to walk around a little. We made a detour on the way home and stopped in Pocatello to meet up with my family for dinner and then continued on to SLC. It was a great trip and we hope to make another journey up north in the not to distant future.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Biggest Loser, Sunburns, and Pics
So on Saturday we decided to head downtown and stand in line for the Biggest Loser casting call. Rumel was a trooper and said that he would come down with me because the friend I was going to go down with had some family issues come up. So we got down there at 10ish and we stood in line for over 7 hours to meet with the casting directors. Luckily, I was standing next to some really awesome women and we were having a good time. While we were standing in line, people would drive by and ask what we were standing in line for, and a guy behind us one time yelled that it was for Americas Next Top Model. The looks from the people in the cars was priceless. We all got a good laugh.
So pretty much our whole Saturday was spent standing in line. When we left Rumel thought that we’d only be down there for a couple hours at most. With that thinking, he did wear a hat or think to wear sunscreen. I felt really bad when it hit around 2ish and his face and head had a red glow to them. When we got in the shade right before we went in, I could let he had gotten pretty fried. When we got home, he was wearing a red shirt and I was joking that he matched his shirt. His head looked like a strawberry on top of his body. But we busted out the aloe and bought some solar-cain for his head. Today it looked a lot better. But I will keep everyone posted on the Biggest Loser. They said to make an audition tape and send it in. So we’re going to make one this week. Wish me luck! (Also, if anyone has a video camera that we could borrow let us know)
Last night when we got home, I went and got the mail and the CD of family pics that Roxie sent us had arrived. (You can see in the family pics why I decided to audition of Biggest Loser). At least you get some current pics of us since I am horrible about posting pics. Hope you enjoy!
A new one of us
So pretty much our whole Saturday was spent standing in line. When we left Rumel thought that we’d only be down there for a couple hours at most. With that thinking, he did wear a hat or think to wear sunscreen. I felt really bad when it hit around 2ish and his face and head had a red glow to them. When we got in the shade right before we went in, I could let he had gotten pretty fried. When we got home, he was wearing a red shirt and I was joking that he matched his shirt. His head looked like a strawberry on top of his body. But we busted out the aloe and bought some solar-cain for his head. Today it looked a lot better. But I will keep everyone posted on the Biggest Loser. They said to make an audition tape and send it in. So we’re going to make one this week. Wish me luck! (Also, if anyone has a video camera that we could borrow let us know)
Last night when we got home, I went and got the mail and the CD of family pics that Roxie sent us had arrived. (You can see in the family pics why I decided to audition of Biggest Loser). At least you get some current pics of us since I am horrible about posting pics. Hope you enjoy!
The Whole Fam Damily
A new one of usI love this next one of us. Rumel was supposed to be kissing my check, but instead his goatee was tickling my ear and neck. It took me for ever to stop laughing.
This is just a cute one I like.
This last one is one that Heather and I decided to do since we are just so cool like that!
Aren't we HOT!!!
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Happenings in the Gregersen Household
Okay so I decided that it has been a while since I posted anything so I am going to change that. The last couple of weeks have been an interesting time. Rumel and I have been to Blackfoot again (Rumel twice). I’ve been spending more time than I ever wanted at work, and we were able to spend time with people that we love.
While up in Blackfoot again, we were able to attend the baptism of our niece Harlee. It was a wonderful day to see her make the choice to become a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It was awesome to see Travis baptism his little girl. I always love being present when worthy priesthood holders exercise that power they have been given. I’m so grateful that my hubby is a worthy priesthood holder and we have that in our home and he was able to stand in the circle when Harlee was confirmed. It made me excited for the day when he will be able to baptize and confirm our children, but that is a long way down the road (no I’m not making any announcements). I love the gospel!
Also, while up there, we took family pictures since Troy was home and the last one that we had taken was outdated. I’m excited to see the rest of the pictures. We’ve seen a few on the photographer’s blog and they are adorable. It should be interesting since some of the kids didn’t want to cooperate, but it was still fun.
This past weekend we had some our good friend come over for lunch since we hadn’t seen them in quite some time. It’s always a good time when we get together with Sam and Amy. For lunch I made a cheese fondue with various dippers. It was a new recipe that I’d never tried before, but it turned out really well and we stuffed ourselves. Then we played a round of Taboo. Then we made a yummy chocolate fondue. It was a great day of spending time with good friends and eating delicious food. I also got my official diploma from USU! It is an awesome feeling to be done and have that little piece of paper to saying I did it! That is the past happenings in the Gregersen household. We are kind of boring, but I’m trying to be better about posting things. Hope all is well!
While up in Blackfoot again, we were able to attend the baptism of our niece Harlee. It was a wonderful day to see her make the choice to become a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It was awesome to see Travis baptism his little girl. I always love being present when worthy priesthood holders exercise that power they have been given. I’m so grateful that my hubby is a worthy priesthood holder and we have that in our home and he was able to stand in the circle when Harlee was confirmed. It made me excited for the day when he will be able to baptize and confirm our children, but that is a long way down the road (no I’m not making any announcements). I love the gospel!
Also, while up there, we took family pictures since Troy was home and the last one that we had taken was outdated. I’m excited to see the rest of the pictures. We’ve seen a few on the photographer’s blog and they are adorable. It should be interesting since some of the kids didn’t want to cooperate, but it was still fun.
This past weekend we had some our good friend come over for lunch since we hadn’t seen them in quite some time. It’s always a good time when we get together with Sam and Amy. For lunch I made a cheese fondue with various dippers. It was a new recipe that I’d never tried before, but it turned out really well and we stuffed ourselves. Then we played a round of Taboo. Then we made a yummy chocolate fondue. It was a great day of spending time with good friends and eating delicious food. I also got my official diploma from USU! It is an awesome feeling to be done and have that little piece of paper to saying I did it! That is the past happenings in the Gregersen household. We are kind of boring, but I’m trying to be better about posting things. Hope all is well!
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Eventful Weekend
This past weekend we had a very eventful schedule. On Saturday, Rumel’s brother Troy flew into SLC after being in Iraq for a year. The whole family was very excited to see him. Rumel and I picked him up from the airport here in Salt Lake and then drove up to Blackfoot. We were able to have a great conversation on the drive up about what Troy had been doing for the past year and what he plans to do once he is done with the army in May 2011.
On the way up to Blackfoot, Troy tried dropping hints that he was hungry (which we didn’t catch at all) so he finally came out and said he was hungry. So we started arranging to meet the family in town to grab a bit to eat. What Troy didn’t know was that a few weeks again Roxie (Rumel’s Mom) started planning a get together. She had decided to have the family meet at a restaurant in town called Melina’s and surprise him since he flew into Salt Lake and they weren’t able to be at the airport. So we had him thinking we were going to a place called Rupe’s to meet the family. Then at the very last second (like you either turn right to go to Rupe’s or left to go to Melina’s ) Rumel says he isn’t feeling Rupe’s and wants to go to Melina’s. Troy is frantically calling all of the siblings to let them know of the change. The three of us walk into Melina’s and there is the family with banners on the walls welcoming him home. He was pretty surprised.
We are so proud of Troy’s service for our country! We are grateful he was protected during his time overseas serving. And are happy he is home for a month of leave.
On Sunday, we had an amazing opportunity. Elder Richard G. Scott was speaking at Rumel’s parents’ stake conference. He had been in Pocatello Friday and Saturday attending other meetings. Then on Sunday he came to their stake conference. It was an awesome meeting! All of the speakers did a fantastic job. The Spirit was very, very strong and it was great to sit at the feet of an apostle for a time and soak in of his testimony. He was very relaxed in his talk. He called a few young women out of the audience and asked them about their homes and then asked them to bare their testimonies. He then shared stories about his life and experiences he has had. He is definitely an apostle of The Lord and has a special witness of Him. I’m very grateful we were able to attend such a special meeting.Monday, we both had the day off of work. We took it easy and just spent more time with Troy. Overall it was a great weekend!
On the way up to Blackfoot, Troy tried dropping hints that he was hungry (which we didn’t catch at all) so he finally came out and said he was hungry. So we started arranging to meet the family in town to grab a bit to eat. What Troy didn’t know was that a few weeks again Roxie (Rumel’s Mom) started planning a get together. She had decided to have the family meet at a restaurant in town called Melina’s and surprise him since he flew into Salt Lake and they weren’t able to be at the airport. So we had him thinking we were going to a place called Rupe’s to meet the family. Then at the very last second (like you either turn right to go to Rupe’s or left to go to Melina’s ) Rumel says he isn’t feeling Rupe’s and wants to go to Melina’s. Troy is frantically calling all of the siblings to let them know of the change. The three of us walk into Melina’s and there is the family with banners on the walls welcoming him home. He was pretty surprised.
We are so proud of Troy’s service for our country! We are grateful he was protected during his time overseas serving. And are happy he is home for a month of leave.
On Sunday, we had an amazing opportunity. Elder Richard G. Scott was speaking at Rumel’s parents’ stake conference. He had been in Pocatello Friday and Saturday attending other meetings. Then on Sunday he came to their stake conference. It was an awesome meeting! All of the speakers did a fantastic job. The Spirit was very, very strong and it was great to sit at the feet of an apostle for a time and soak in of his testimony. He was very relaxed in his talk. He called a few young women out of the audience and asked them about their homes and then asked them to bare their testimonies. He then shared stories about his life and experiences he has had. He is definitely an apostle of The Lord and has a special witness of Him. I’m very grateful we were able to attend such a special meeting.Monday, we both had the day off of work. We took it easy and just spent more time with Troy. Overall it was a great weekend!
P.S. Maybe one of these days these blogs will actually get pics to go along with them. For now, you get to use your imagination. =)
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Update - Warning now: Its a novel
Okay I know that I’ve been a huge slacker as of late. Life has been a little crazy the past couple of months. In the past 2 months many things have happened. We’ve been to Idaho 3 times, Hyde Park 4 times, celebrated 2 holidays, rang in 2010 and Rumel went to Denver and back. In one of our trips to Hyde Park we went to the Boise State vs USU game. It was really funny because we had gone up earlier that day so I could go and get my graduation gown up on campus. Well, Rumel was decked out in his BSU gear and was walking around the TSC (student center at USU) with me asking where I get my gown at. We needless to say got several odd looks. But it was all good. Boise State obviously won and Rumel was ecstatic to be able to see BSU play in person. It completed his list of favorite sports teams to see in person. It was a great game! USU did well the first quarter and a half and then BSU got in their groove and that was the end of that.
On another trip to Hyde Park, I finally graduated from USU. I know some of you probably just fainted from reading that, but yes Hell froze over and the Devil had to start issuing snow shovels. My dad and husband had told me that I was required to do the actual walk. So on December 12th I marched across the stage in the spectrum and got my Diploma cover (since you don’t get your actual diploma until 6-8 weeks later). I felt really bad because my dad had a family engagement to attend to that morning and because of the snow and some people being late, he missed me walking. But I really wouldn’t have had him be in any other place than he was. Overall though, it was a great day. After the ceremony, we went back to my parents’ house and had soup and bread. It was a great day.
During the last 2 months we have celebrated both Thanksgiving and Christmas. We went to Idaho and Hyde Park for both. Thanksgiving was fun. My sister from California and her family came for the first time since they moved to California. It was great to see them twice in a 4 week period. Christmas was good. We spent Christmas Eve and Christmas Day up in Blackfoot with Rumel’s family. It was great to see all of them and spend a relaxing few days together. Then Christmas night we drove down to Utah with a stop in Banida (just outside of Preston) to visit Grandma Gregersen. The rest of the weekend was spent partying with my family.
The weekend before Christmas Rumel and some of his buddies drove out to Denver for the Raiders vs Broncos game. Which the Raiders won! Rumel came back a very happy individual.
We were kind of boring this year for New Year’s. On Thursday night we went to Texas Roadhouse for dinner and then just came back to our place and watch the 3rd Harry Potter (we’ve be watching the whole series in order which we finished today). We watch a little bit of the New Year’s Eve shows and then went to bed. On Friday, we went to Sherlock Holmes (which is awesome! I highly recommend!) and lunch with some friends. Then Saturday and today we just kind of bummed around and cleaned a little and got stuff put away. It’s been a nice change to just relax at home with my hubby since we’ve been gone so much. I’ll try and get pictures posted soon of our adventures and I’m still working on pics of the new place. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s!!!!
On another trip to Hyde Park, I finally graduated from USU. I know some of you probably just fainted from reading that, but yes Hell froze over and the Devil had to start issuing snow shovels. My dad and husband had told me that I was required to do the actual walk. So on December 12th I marched across the stage in the spectrum and got my Diploma cover (since you don’t get your actual diploma until 6-8 weeks later). I felt really bad because my dad had a family engagement to attend to that morning and because of the snow and some people being late, he missed me walking. But I really wouldn’t have had him be in any other place than he was. Overall though, it was a great day. After the ceremony, we went back to my parents’ house and had soup and bread. It was a great day.
During the last 2 months we have celebrated both Thanksgiving and Christmas. We went to Idaho and Hyde Park for both. Thanksgiving was fun. My sister from California and her family came for the first time since they moved to California. It was great to see them twice in a 4 week period. Christmas was good. We spent Christmas Eve and Christmas Day up in Blackfoot with Rumel’s family. It was great to see all of them and spend a relaxing few days together. Then Christmas night we drove down to Utah with a stop in Banida (just outside of Preston) to visit Grandma Gregersen. The rest of the weekend was spent partying with my family.
The weekend before Christmas Rumel and some of his buddies drove out to Denver for the Raiders vs Broncos game. Which the Raiders won! Rumel came back a very happy individual.
We were kind of boring this year for New Year’s. On Thursday night we went to Texas Roadhouse for dinner and then just came back to our place and watch the 3rd Harry Potter (we’ve be watching the whole series in order which we finished today). We watch a little bit of the New Year’s Eve shows and then went to bed. On Friday, we went to Sherlock Holmes (which is awesome! I highly recommend!) and lunch with some friends. Then Saturday and today we just kind of bummed around and cleaned a little and got stuff put away. It’s been a nice change to just relax at home with my hubby since we’ve been gone so much. I’ll try and get pictures posted soon of our adventures and I’m still working on pics of the new place. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s!!!!
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