Tay 'n Heather: May 2013

Wow, what a month it has been! April was one busy and stressful week. It was hard to catch our breath sometimes. So much has changed, and it's hard to believe we accomplished as much as we did in such a short amount of time.

Beginning of April was the calm before the storm. We did as much as we could in order to prepare for our upcoming move. Packing, boxes, cleaning, more packing, and more cleaning. My wonderful mother came down from Washington to help us clean and pack. I am SO grateful she was able to come and do that for us. We wouldn't have been able to do it without her... well, at least we would have been extremely buried without her. As Tayler worked full time the week of the move, Mom and I spent 2 whole days scrubbing down the entire apartment. It was spotless if I do say so myself! I was determined to make sure we'd get our deposit back for cleaning so well. No news on that yet...

(Our tiny living room)

Moving is purely exhausting. But since this was our second time doing so, we had a better idea of how everything would pan out. I think the most stressful part of this all was knowing we'd be starting our Spring term the next week. And after being "off-track" for the winter, it's a little bit of an adjustment. Back to the ol' grind: homework, tests, working, finals, studying late, getting flirted to by random desperate single people. Yeah... We're so ready to finish up and get outta here! Don't get me wrong, we love it here in Rexburg.

We love our new place! It's lots better, and bigger! The only down side to moving in was that the previous residents did not clean anything, at all. Ew. Kind of a bummer when you spend hours upon hours deep cleaning your last place for the next renters.

(Before and After of the oven racks)

We hope to stay here until we finish out our schooling. It's right down the street from where we previously lived (Cougar Court). Now we're living in Hyde Park (a four-plex housing). And, no more annoying neighbors that lived above us! Wahhoo!! It's a great ward and lots of friendly neighbors. We couldn't be happier.

My Mom brought some awesome furniture along with her too! So now that we have a bigger living area, we can seat more guests! :) Gives us an excuse to actually have more friends and family over. Thanks Mom!

The awesome valance my Mom hand sewed out of our old curtains!

This fabric used to be our old curtains. Now it's a pillow!

Mom and my creations:) We had fun!

She also brought along our wedding cake topper that was frozen for one year. And by golly it still tasted delicious! All thanks to our sister Marissa, who made it. :) It was hilarious how tiny of a piece we had cut at our reception. The stand it was on was super wobbly... and with the large amount of people all staring and taking pictures/video of you it can be pretty nerve-racking. We had a good laugh, nonetheless.

We plan on starting a garden once the weather starts getting warmer. It's slowly getting there. I'm excited to test out some potential gardening skills. Ha! I'm crossing my fingers I don't kill anything.

Check out our new place!