It's been a while.. but life is good!

Wow so I realized after talking to one of my friends who has a lot of blogs and is very good at keeping them updated that I should update this! First of all, Will and I moved to a different apartment within Albuquerque that we like a lot better... in the old one we were in a lot of our dinner plates got chipped because we had to put them in the cupboard diagonally! Add that to the fact that we invested in some better furniture, a TV and Rockband, and we love having people over and enjoying their company as well as enjoying being together just the two of us =).

I also had the motivation to refurnish an ancient chair we purchased at an estate sale for the steep price of $9.75.

We thought we were getting a great deal, but after an extra $70 and a lot of frustration we finally got a finished product that we're happy with:

There was one point in the chair-making process when I expressed to Will my frustrations with it and told him that I wanted to toss it in the nearest dumpster, but he was very encouraging (and a little frustrated that I was frustrated) and I continued working on it until I got what I wanted =)... which is not too bad!!

Something else that's been going on is that I GOT PROMOTED!!! I now do what I wanted to do my whole time in college, that is to do landscape design. It's a lot of fun, too, because I get to do the smaller projects and all of the xeriscape renovations. It's a lot of fun to meet with people, try to figure out what their needs/wants are and give them something they'll be happy with. Plus I get to drive a car with PINK FLOWERS on it! How cool is that?

(Disclaimer: This whole blog was written last month, and Will is starting his second semester tomorrow) Will is almost done with his first semester of college, and so far he's enjoyed it but is kind of frustrated with the easiness of it. I'm so proud of him going to school and having the desire to earn a degree to support our family =).

In addition, we both have callings (assignments) in our church. I teach the 6 year olds in primary, and Will is the Elders Quorum (younger men's organization) Secretary. I have a lot of fun with my little class, and it's been great to see how Will has taken on this new level of responsibility. Plus since we've been in the ward we've met a lot of great people, and I feel like I have a lot of great friends here =).

Let's see, what else? We're both looking forward to visiting some of our family and old friends this summer, with visits planned for Utah, Oregon, and Arizona. As much fun as it is to make new friends, sometimes I just love seeing the people we've grown to love and care about.

Well I think that's it for now.... hopefully I'll be a little more diligent with this whole blog thing so that more of you can know how we're doing and what we're up to. Anyways love you all!