Jared Allen was just named the highest paid defensive man in NFL history.... A proud day in the day of ISU alumni
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=chadiha_jeffri&id=3416195&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab6pos2
In a not so proud day for alumni ISU's golf team was ended as the school ran out of funding. I guess taking last place at all our tournaments finally caught up with us.
Friday, May 30, 2008
Sunday, May 25, 2008
New House
Yes... I would call it a house yet because it doesn't feel like home. We still have things in boxes and stuffed in the garage. The new place is just a little bigger to grow into and have room if I start working from home. We spent last week moving in and getting settled. We bought a foreclosure so there were some things that needed to be fixed and replaced.
The house had terrible landscaping and we have spent a week watering the front and back lawns hoping to resurrect the roots. I spent part of my Saturday yesterday finding and planting new trees for the front yard. The ones that were there died because they hadn't been watered for a year. It reminded me of when we first moved into our home into Pocatello on Satterfield Dr. We bought trees and I helped my Dad plant them. The trees were ready to go and a storm rolled in to Poky (no surprise) and my Dad was deturmined to plant those trees. So he and I went outside in the downpour to plant those trees. We didn't have grass at the time either so we were slipping and sliding all over the place in the mud. It was quite the site. We moved those trees around the slop and planted them and covered them with mud. Those trees grew fast and by the time we left 10 years later they were huge. Anyway so I planted two small trees out front called Sisso trees (not to be confused w/ the Finnish word Sisu which means toughness). We hope to be in this house atleast 5 years and see those trees grow tall.
Lindsay is doing an awesome job painting the house because most of the walls have the cheap house paint that the builders use. It dings really easy and is terrible for kids. She is saving us a couple thousand dollars by painting. She is an artist.
We have 4 bedrooms now so we should have plenty of room for another child and a guest room. This will be good because are parents are planning on coming to visit in the next 4-5 months. Compared to other Foreclosures this one was in great shape. The only other problem we had was that the dryer power outlet didn't work. We had KJ Balls come and fix it and he did a great job for a great price.
We seem to have a pretty quiet neighborhood w/ nice neighbors so we are exited for that. We are pumped not to have a huge dirt field in our back yard. It is so annoying that the developers in Agritopia didn't finish our neighborhood, so some of the people living there have to be by a huge lot that is just dirt. It makes it look like it is just another development that didn't get finished in the building bubble.
We went to church today and we had quite a few people introduce themselves to us. It seems like a fun ward and extremely active at 85% activity, accourding to the executive secretary. There are lots of activities and events they have planned. It is weird going from EQ president in our last ward to joe schmoe sitting in the back. Not alot to stress over or responsibilities come Sunday.
Tonight we went over to the Lesueur's home (they also moved into our neighborhood) and ate a birthday dinner for Steve. It is cool to have friends in a new neighborbood and ward. The Milnes are also a cool family that are in our ward that we know from our last ward.
The house had terrible landscaping and we have spent a week watering the front and back lawns hoping to resurrect the roots. I spent part of my Saturday yesterday finding and planting new trees for the front yard. The ones that were there died because they hadn't been watered for a year. It reminded me of when we first moved into our home into Pocatello on Satterfield Dr. We bought trees and I helped my Dad plant them. The trees were ready to go and a storm rolled in to Poky (no surprise) and my Dad was deturmined to plant those trees. So he and I went outside in the downpour to plant those trees. We didn't have grass at the time either so we were slipping and sliding all over the place in the mud. It was quite the site. We moved those trees around the slop and planted them and covered them with mud. Those trees grew fast and by the time we left 10 years later they were huge. Anyway so I planted two small trees out front called Sisso trees (not to be confused w/ the Finnish word Sisu which means toughness). We hope to be in this house atleast 5 years and see those trees grow tall.
Lindsay is doing an awesome job painting the house because most of the walls have the cheap house paint that the builders use. It dings really easy and is terrible for kids. She is saving us a couple thousand dollars by painting. She is an artist.
We have 4 bedrooms now so we should have plenty of room for another child and a guest room. This will be good because are parents are planning on coming to visit in the next 4-5 months. Compared to other Foreclosures this one was in great shape. The only other problem we had was that the dryer power outlet didn't work. We had KJ Balls come and fix it and he did a great job for a great price.
We seem to have a pretty quiet neighborhood w/ nice neighbors so we are exited for that. We are pumped not to have a huge dirt field in our back yard. It is so annoying that the developers in Agritopia didn't finish our neighborhood, so some of the people living there have to be by a huge lot that is just dirt. It makes it look like it is just another development that didn't get finished in the building bubble.
We went to church today and we had quite a few people introduce themselves to us. It seems like a fun ward and extremely active at 85% activity, accourding to the executive secretary. There are lots of activities and events they have planned. It is weird going from EQ president in our last ward to joe schmoe sitting in the back. Not alot to stress over or responsibilities come Sunday.
Tonight we went over to the Lesueur's home (they also moved into our neighborhood) and ate a birthday dinner for Steve. It is cool to have friends in a new neighborbood and ward. The Milnes are also a cool family that are in our ward that we know from our last ward.
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