Oh Flying...

This year we waited to celebrate our anniversary(June 19th) until July.  Boy, was it a fun one! We went to California and met my family there.  We had four stages of fun which spanned just over a week! This post is only Stage 1 of our amazing vacation and definitely one of the more "interesting" crazy moments.

{Stage 1}- Flying

This was by far the craziest part.  For some reason it was cheaper for us to fly in steps rather than directly to and from if that make sense.  We flew with three different airlines during our trip! 

•  We started our trip flying from Minot to Las Vegas.  We were already going to be getting in late to our AMAZING hotel (South Point Hotel) but our flight was delayed for over 2hrs (for some unknown reason)...Yikes.  Flying-and landing- in Vegas was a slight nightmare.  We finally made it at 10:30pm.  Because we missed our shuttle from being late we had to pay 30 dollars for a one way taxi.  Oh Vegas!  By 11:30pm we finally got our food at Steak & Shake before going to bed.  

 Our hotel we stayed at!

• The next morning (when were able to take our shuttle) we arrived early to catch our next flight flying from Vegas to Oakland, Ca.  Did I mention we flew Spirit Airlines this route?  Don't!  If Andrew wasn't military it would have cost us the FULL amount of $150 to have 2 checked bags and 1 carry-on. Luckily it only cost us half... Geez.  Don't worry, we finally made it where we were picked up by my family before heading to San Fran to stay the night.  

 

(Mark)

 Yes, these are two of my silly brothers right after they picked us up!  We were very excited to see/spend time with my family:)

 (John)

•  Our final flight was from the LAX/Los Angeles Airport to Minot.  We only had one layover this flight in Denver which ended up being pretty fun!  This was by far the best flight...other than the fact we had to be at the airport by 4:00am to catch our flight by 6:00am.  We were pretty tired.  Although the hotel we stayed at here was not one of the better ones.  There is price to pay by staying so close to the airport---no sleep due to the planes flying overhead.  Oh, and there was a spider that crawled on Andrew's face...

Sorry this post was slightly short and lame...but this is what memories are made of!  Next post will cover more of our California trip---Stay Tuned!!!

Love, 

The Andersons

Hubby's Boo Boo

I guess I am a little late in posting this but better late than never! Remember when I said Hubby hurt himself just two days before we were supposed to move?  Well here are some of the pictures from when it first happened. 

I call it the look of shame...

You can already see the difference in size

It has been two weeks since his little accident while playing basketball, and it is still healing.  Sprains are definitely no fun.  These were just the first pictures, but there was a lot more color change overtime. You can sense my frustration at having my main source of helping pack and move suddenly become crippled:) I still love my little invalid but my were those first couple days interesting as far as moving. 

If you have ever seen The Big Bang Theory, the Hubby is just like Sheldon when he gets sick or hurt.  So him laying on the couch doing nothing while I moved everything was not the highlight of this move.  But now I just look back and laugh at the irony and bad timing! 

Hubby is finally getting better and can move around, but I still ask why he didn't wait to sprain his ankle until 2 weeks after we moved?:O)

Love Always,

The Andersons

The Best Bad Thing

Our moving experience Part I...

When I was younger I used to watch a Feature Films For Families movie called "The Best Bad Thing".  It was the story about a little girl who has to go help on a cucumber farm for the summer.  It seemed like everything kept going from bad to worse.  

Throughout the movie she constantly said something she had heard growing up, "All bad things come in 3's".

So here is our interesting move experience, in 3's. 

[Set 1]: The Call

• we were told the day before school started (a Tuesday) there was a last minute opening to move down town on campus.
• we had till noon that day to decide (which of course we said yes)
• Andrew wasn't answering the phone till last minute to tell him about the news.

[Set 2]: Downsizing

• I had to organize a garage sale ( a total nighmare) for that weekend
•  I had to get rid of all my beanie babies
• we had to find a new home for our washer&dryer, kitchen table, huge display case, old TVs, coffee table, and our baby puppy Athena :(

[Set 3]: Had to say goodbye to Athena 3 times :( :( :(

•  First time they were allergic
• Second time ended up being allergic
• Third time was just two days before we had to move

[Set 4]: The Injury

• Andrew had sprained his ankle the day before, the day before (crutches, a boot, the works)
• Had to finish packing and cleaning by myself
• Andrew sprained his right foot so I had to drive by myself back and forth (20min each way)

[Set 5]: The First Day

• Our first day in new apartment their was a poweroutage for over 8hrs (we had to finally leave a sleep in sleeping bags at the old place).
• I had to still do homework... and there was no internet
•  Couldn't get a hold of anybody due to Labor Day weekend (of course!)

[Set 6]: As of Now

• As of now we are still living out of boxes
• Just got the internet working but need to set up a router to make anything else work
• Just got told we failed our inspection for the old, base house.  Luckily the guy is giving Andrew 2hrs to pass it again.  

Whew! I think I got about everything.  I know that someday we will look back and laugh at the experience.  The wonderful thing about "The Best Bad Thing", is she realized in the end these 3 bad things weren't really bad to begin with.  They all turned out to be blessings...  I will let you know when I get to that point:) 

So to be continued... to Part 2 where I introduce you to this teeny place and let you all know the fabulous things that have come from living here!

For now, a sneak peek:

Love Always,

The Andersons

A day for broken vows

I broke a vow I promised I wouldn't.

As I am saying this you might be intrigued as to what that might be.  

It may not be as bad as you think.  Yet I still feel the need to hide my head in shame.  

I am not quite sure what happened.  I was browsing through pinterest as I do on most days.  This time my search led me through the "For the home" section.  I came upon these and next thing I knew I pressed the "repin" button. Now my board is forever tainted with my guilt.

Here is the evidence:

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I promised myself that till I was within six months of thinking about being pregnant I wouldn't post anything baby related.  As I am a couple years away from that I definitely broke that vow.  I couldn't help it they were just so cute.  

Perhaps I liked it more for the color ideas than anything else.  Yep.  That must be it. I mean people who aren't even engaged or even dating someone have future wedding ideas!  So I guess I am fine.  Nevertheless it is done and when the time does come I can always look back at these adorable ideas!

Love,

The Andersons

OPK.