Jake found this funny page a while back and we've been getting good laughs out of it. Here's a good one.
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12 February 2010
New Truck
I mentioned to a friend that we had traded our car in for a truck. Our car had been having so many problems, we just didn't want to wait for it to die. So here is our new truck:
It is a Nissan Frontier.
Ours isn't the one in the picture as this is a fancier version, we got the base model, sans bells and whistles. I have to say, I really miss our heated seats, and I know that I'm going to miss the sunroof in the summer. I miss the climatronic climate control, where we never had to touch the temperature setting. We actually have to set the heat ourselves! For rude. However, it has saved our hides many times already. The four wheel drive has been worth the trade hands down. Plus, now we can haul stuff. And, the gas mileage is almost as good as our VW was, so we haven't spent that much more on gas, which is great now that Jake is driving everyday. We love it!
It is a Nissan Frontier.Ours isn't the one in the picture as this is a fancier version, we got the base model, sans bells and whistles. I have to say, I really miss our heated seats, and I know that I'm going to miss the sunroof in the summer. I miss the climatronic climate control, where we never had to touch the temperature setting. We actually have to set the heat ourselves! For rude. However, it has saved our hides many times already. The four wheel drive has been worth the trade hands down. Plus, now we can haul stuff. And, the gas mileage is almost as good as our VW was, so we haven't spent that much more on gas, which is great now that Jake is driving everyday. We love it!
01 February 2010
Alpine-Our new home
Well, we finally moved! We moved on Saturday to Alpine. We haven't sold our house yet, so we are renting for now. The weeks of driving back and forth, living in hotels, and being apart just go to be too much, so here we are! Here is the little house we are renting. Its not too bad. I don't know where we got all of this stuff! 
This is the view off the back porch looking east into the Bridger Teton Forest (I'm 75% sure thats the name of the forest). 
Here's south east off the back porch: 
Out the front looking south west: 
and just out:
I went out to the post office this morning and almost got stuck! So I came back and shoveled the walk and almost died of exhaustion! First on our list: A Snow Blower!! We got eight inches yesterday, 16 inches last weekend, and however much before that. That's a lot of snow! We are liking it here, although it is a bit of adjustment.
1. The local market closes at 9. For the last four years, we have lived around the corner from the 24 hour Walmart. And we used it 24 hours! We will have to plan things a little better!
2. The don't deliver mail here, we have to get a post office box. Last week I called twenty different places to change our mailing addresses. I have to call them all back with the new box number. Plus, we can't just poke our noses out the front door to the mailbox!
3. There isn't a church in Alpine. I know that there are people in the world who walk for hours to go to church each week. I'm not complaining, just talking about the difference and adjustment. Our ward building is ten miles down the road, and I don't even know where the stake center is, probably another county. Very different than the two minute drive. So that is different!
I have to give a BIG shout out to our new ward! I gave them a call to see if they could help us unload our stuff. Well, we had some trailer problems at the bottom of Swan Valley pass and had to stop. We were stuck! Well, the ward called to see what time we were arriving, and I told them I wasn't sure and explained our problems. A little while later three elders arrived (about a 40 minute drive) with an extra trailer to help us out! When we got to the house, there were ten more guys waiting to give us help! Words cannot express our gratitude! Thank you so much!
Welcome to Wyoming!
This is the view off the back porch looking east into the Bridger Teton Forest (I'm 75% sure thats the name of the forest). 
Here's south east off the back porch: 
Out the front looking south west: 
and just out:
I went out to the post office this morning and almost got stuck! So I came back and shoveled the walk and almost died of exhaustion! First on our list: A Snow Blower!! We got eight inches yesterday, 16 inches last weekend, and however much before that. That's a lot of snow! We are liking it here, although it is a bit of adjustment.
1. The local market closes at 9. For the last four years, we have lived around the corner from the 24 hour Walmart. And we used it 24 hours! We will have to plan things a little better!
2. The don't deliver mail here, we have to get a post office box. Last week I called twenty different places to change our mailing addresses. I have to call them all back with the new box number. Plus, we can't just poke our noses out the front door to the mailbox!
3. There isn't a church in Alpine. I know that there are people in the world who walk for hours to go to church each week. I'm not complaining, just talking about the difference and adjustment. Our ward building is ten miles down the road, and I don't even know where the stake center is, probably another county. Very different than the two minute drive. So that is different!
I have to give a BIG shout out to our new ward! I gave them a call to see if they could help us unload our stuff. Well, we had some trailer problems at the bottom of Swan Valley pass and had to stop. We were stuck! Well, the ward called to see what time we were arriving, and I told them I wasn't sure and explained our problems. A little while later three elders arrived (about a 40 minute drive) with an extra trailer to help us out! When we got to the house, there were ten more guys waiting to give us help! Words cannot express our gratitude! Thank you so much!
Welcome to Wyoming!