Sunday, October 25, 2009

Just hangin in there.


We are keeping busy with jobs and school and finding a lil time to enjoy each others company every now and then as well. Our biggest struggle these days is taking care of our housing situation back in Utah. We still own our house but since we were unable to sell it before we moved we rented it out to a nice couple. Problem is, they decided that they would rather live there for free. So we are doing what we can to get them out. We are so thankful to family and friends for helping us out, cross your fingers for us that we don't take too big of a hit on this one.

We are enjoying the area, especially the beautiful Fall air. It was SUPER cold last week and I was feeling cheated out of Fall as it looked like we were heading straight into Winter, but it has warmed up this week. Yesterday Ben played in a football tournament for our ward, I think it was fun for him to get out and play after spending so much time coaching the middle school team and watching others intramural games at work. I am taking advantage of the great running trails before it gets too cold out. I suppose I will probably still run when there is snow on the ground, I just may not enjoy it nearly as much.

So we are heading into another week and are looking forward to Halloween. We are going to dress up this year. I haven't really dressed up since I was little, so this should be fun. Maybe we'll post some pics, depends on how things turn out!

Monday, October 5, 2009

Charlotte's Web

Ben has a new pet. He discovered this huge spider out on our back patio last month and has named it Charlotte. The spider is so big that I wouldn't know how to kill it if I wanted to, and Ben says he respects the hard work that this spider has put into spinning its web and wouldn't dream of ever killing it. So Charlotte remains. The web really is huge, just like the spider, and you can occasionally see flies and other insects trapped in the web. Gross, I know, I really hope the spider doesn't have babies and then we have a million Charlotte's. I couldn't get very good pictures of it, plus i was a little freaked out to be so close to it. Ben looked up the spider but can't figure out what kind it is, any guesses?