Thursday, June 19, 2008

Our new home

Our New Home

After driving down a winding road, with tons of foresty trees through the University, you come to this sign, if you drive a little further through some more beautiful seanery, you come to seminary village, where there are 6 buildings like below. Dorm style, I know! But there is tons of beauty surrounding it. And our Apt. is quite large, at least to us.




But check out our back yard! This is what we wake up to every morning, our living room and our bedroom windows display this beauty! Lucky huh! They let you canoe in this lake, but no swimming, bummer, but there is a swimming lake right down the street with somewhat of a "beach" to hang out on.


Its almost been two weeks since we arrived her in the twin cities. I have to say that I really like it here (except that all my family it still in cali). However, the whether has been great, it doesn't get dark until like 10 pm and everyone is so darn friendly. They call it "Minnesota Nice." I hope to aquire some in our time here :) Well my job is going great so far, the days fly by, and the kids are so fun. Well thats all for now, love you all and miss you guys! -Megs

Thursday, June 12, 2008

my first blog ever

Well hello everyone out there in the blogosphere...Umm I'm not really sure what to write on these things because I haven't really even read a lot of blogs! Ha well I guess everything is going good here in the big MN (that's short for Minnesota if you didn't know) but I must say that I feel like a bit of a bum since I have been sitting at home trying to get a few things done while my wonderful wife goes to work. I'm looking for jobs right now without much luck, but I'm sure that it won't be long now before I get back to some no brainer job that makes ends meet. Well I will try to keep everyone posted as to what is going on in my life and the things that come along the way! I love you all
marky mark and the funky bunch

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Its not Goodbye, its Farewell

Our going away party...my mom likes to say "its not goodbye, its farewell" (as she fights the denial stage of us going away). "Meg and Markan" is a joke from our wedding, my dad was praying for the meal, and he kept saying Meg and Markan instead of Mark and Megan. It was really cute and everyone giggled, but I think he was a little embarrassed. I love you daddy!
My favorite niece ever.

My sister, she just got a new home too!


This is so true, especially when you say a long heartfelt goodbye to someone, and then see them again, now that second goodbye is so awkward. (this misspelling is the most awkward part)

Here we go!!! I cried as we drove away, and a lot throughout that day. The biggest move of my life!
We had a big load.

The Macho Men after loading up the truck!Rain leaking into our truck!











The Big Move


In my attempt to keep in touch with everyone back home, I am starting a blog. I hope to be consistent with updates and photos, but bear with me as I try hard.

So most of you know that Mark and I made the big move to Minnesota. We drove a big yellow Penske truck across the states and it took about four days. It was fun and easy with the exception of a terrible wind and rain storm on Thursday that almost drove our truck off the road (I was quite scared and tense the whole five hours!) It was raining so hard that the cab of the truck was leaking! But we made it to our new home in one piece, and all our stuff is moved in. We are defiantly not settled yet, still have a lot of boxes to unpack, but we are taking our time (really I am trying to distract myself from being homesick for as long as possible, though it is already setting in). The one saving grace is the amazing view we have from our apartment. We live on a lake and it is just gorgeous! Pictures do not do justice! I just sit in our living room looking out the big window and rejoice that there is no rim of brown smog to ruin God's beauty. But I still miss Cali, don't get me wrong. I will post some pictures of the move and our new place as soon as I find where Mark packed the cord that connects the camera to the computer! Till then, Megs