Brandon in 10 years. . . if he hadn't married me ;)

On the way back to Idaho 9-?-12

> Brandon and I were on a road trip heading back to Idaho from Utah. It was full of listening to audio books and being passed by GIANT semi trucks haha. 

>We decided to pull over and pick up some snacks in Ralphs. Since I was half delirious and Brandon was really hungry, it is easy to see how we would lose each other in that store. I grabbed some snacks and started looking for him. 

>I looked for Brandon and could not find him for a good 10 mins . . . But then I turned a corner and TADA there he was . . . it was Brandon. A 10 year older and not married to me version. 

Look for yourself :

The funny part was that Brandon had also been wearing a black t-shirt so when I saw this guy I thought it was him for a split second. 

> The REAL Brandon was found and I was sneaky enough to take this picture. I actually don't know if you would call it sneaky though because right after I took this picture on my phone the guy just sort of stared me down haha. Oh well

> Note to self : Show Brandon this picture when he tries to eat his dinner and the extras and my portion. :)

It was a Good Day !

 

Betsy

                                      That Just Happened

Betsy:

> An older lady (we will call her Betsy) in my math class turned to the Asian kid she was sitting next to and asked if he knew how to do the problem. He replied that he had no clue. With much surprise Betsy literally yelled "but you are Asian! you are supposed to be good at math! that is why I sat next to you". Then Betsy turned to the blonde next to her and asked for help. Best moment ever.

Giant Game of DOTS

Sometime before school started (8-?-2012)

B and I one day saw this slab of concrete on campus that resembled a giant piece of paper set up perfectly for the *dot game. . .so a couple weeks before school started we grabbed our chalk and played the game!
>I am not sure if we were aloud to draw with chalk. . .but it looked like it was going to rain anyway and it did not look like graffiti haha so we thought it was ok
>The game took us 1 . 5 hours to finish and we didn't even use the whole area! I think it actually took us that long because B and I are both super competitive so we would take 5-6 minutes per turn when it should only take a couple seconds haha

> Brandon tried to cheat but it caught up to him in the end ;)...
The final scores:
(Rachel=blue and Brandon=yellow)

It says: B=132
            R=175 Winner!

*Dot game:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dots_and_Boxes

First Camp-out as a married Couple!

AUGUST 30-31

Brandon and I went on our very first camping trip since we have been married!
The day went a little like this:
-Wake up at 10:00am
-Left for DI to pick up some camping material...(we are obsessed with this place)...we found water jugs, a pan, some utensils for the fire, and B found a camo tshirt and nice pants!
-Next we stopped at walmart and picked up some snacks
-Finally we were off. We drove North from Rexburg towards Mesa Falls and Island Park
-We stopped at Mesa falls...the higher falls and then the lower falls.
>The Higher falls were really close so they were a lot more fun to look at. There B caught a snake and I got to hold it! It was AWESOME! We went into this little cabin\museum and saw dead bats, a moose and a giant bear.

> The lower falls were actually higher up funny enough. B wants to go hike down there some time which I think would be fun. It didn't look like it would be that difficult. Just an adventure.

-We decided to keep driving and possibly find a camping spot just on the side of the road or something. B said he wanted to try to camp by a river so we kept looking on the gps for land by a river. We turned randomly off into this patch of forest that looked like it was right next to some water...we later found out that this forest was full of cabins and peoples houses but we kept driving around in there anyway.
-We were just about to drive out of this forest place when B decided to drive down this dirt road to our left. We were not sure if it was to someones house or not.
-To our surprise we happened upon the most beautiful perfect little camp site. There were no houses around and no DO NOT TRESPASS signs. A fire pit had already been made and used and there was a little path through the forest straight to a river!! We could see it from the tree surrounded camp area!

-B and I explored. We picked up firewood and backed the truck up to the fire. We decided to sleep in the truck.
-We made a giant fishing pole out of: a tree (the pole), string out of a bracelet (the line), a piece of a fork and bottle cap (the hook) and caught some grasshoppers (the bait). We set it off of the side of the bank...but never caught anything :(.

-That night we also saw a moose across the river! And heard coyotes howling when we were sleeping. B almost caught a wild hen...he hit it with a stick, then it flew to a branch that was in between B and I (B wanted to eat it for dinner). B hit it again with the stick and it was injured so when it went to fly away it couldn't. It lost altitude and went straight for my head. I ducked and it went over me leaving a present (bird poop) on my shoulder. haha
-For dinner we ended up using our brand new dutch oven in the fire. I made chicken and rice and it actually turned out really well.

-We listened to Abraham Lincoln the Vampire Slayer the whole time we were there and not chasing hen or making hunting contraptions.
-B also made me start the fire with flint and steel. I am TERRIBLE at it but he makes me sit there and do it for like 30 mins until I get it. haha

-The next morning we got up and checked our fishing pole. Nothing. The water wasn't deep enough and we did not think that it was out far enough.
-B said he wanted to go for a morning swim...so after we took off our shoes, we jumped into the FREEZING water! B said I had to go under the water ALL the way...oh my goodness that was so hard. My feet and legs were already feeling pain right before numbing. But in the end we both did it and loved it. We were freezing afterward but it was so much fun! I am glad he had that idea. Later I found out that he did not think I would actually go in when he said we were going to. haha

- We left our awesome campsite and set off for a new adventure. We went to Big springs. It is the mouth of a huge river. Right when we got there we saw a baby moose walking across the river!!! There is a little bridge that you can stand on over the river...that was right next to the baby moose. There were also a ton of trout there. You could feed them for 25 cents but they didn't even eat anything.
-We looked around for a little while longer then headed home.

FIRST APARTMENT!

AUGUST 11, 2012

30 College Avenue Apt# 317
(FS Apartments)

Pros:

-Green painted living room

-Blue bedroom

-Will not need to turn on the heater in the winter (which means we don't have to pay for it)

-Cheap $475 a month

-Sort of bigger than the other apartments

-Nice manager (likes to talk a lot)

-Great ward

Cons:

-No screens on the windows

-Broken window

-Leak damage in the ceiling

-The only windows lead to a weird breezeway in the middle of the building

-No air conditioning

-Hole in the bedroom door

-Not cleaned when we moved in

Other:

-Mom stayed and helped us unpack, move in and decorate

-Bought us a cool couch from DI

-First bed is a futon we bought from another married couple

-We live on the third floor at the end of the hall