Moving away from Rexburg

Now that I've graduated, we took advantage of the possibility to move away from Rexburg. It's a 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath home that we're renting in Idaho Falls. We like it.

Melissa ended up not feeling too great on the day of the move. But I kept pushing along.

The actual move went fairly smooth. A couple guys from Church came to help load up the uHaul. We filled most of the 20-footer within 90 minutes. And then 2 other guys from our new ward/congregation met us in Idaho Falls to help us unpack.

The primary living areas are pretty clear. But the 3rd bedroom is loaded with boxes right now. Maybe Channing and I will just keep it as-is to make some awesome box forts or mazes.


The home was built in the 50's, so it certainly has some peculiarities.

• The hardwood floor feels like it has some dry-rot in the hall. I'm sure my foot will go through the floor one of these days. 
• People must've been much shorter in the 50's, the shower head is mounted fairly low.
• Which is handy if you just want to wash from your neck down.
• Difficult to keep heated - so the thermostat is set to 65 & we dress warm.
• Phone & Cable lines were cut & removed. Luckily we found a pre-drilled hole in the concrete to push some new telephone wire through for our DSL.

But there's a lot of good things about it. 

• Our living room is big enough that we can have proper Dance Battles via the Kinect.
• In case you couldn't tell, I have moves like an animal. The type of animal that would properly describe my dancing abilities best is a wounded hamster.
• The kitchen and appliances have all been updated.
• We have a large glass sliding door that Channing likes to try and kiss me through when I come home from work.
• I get to come home for lunch! Work is only 2.5 miles away.
• There is a garden area & raspberry bushes in our backyard (or so we've been told, we'll see what it looks like when the snow  has melted).

We're certainly excited for these new adventures that we're experiencing. And Melissa especially loves being located between 2 Sonics (both of which are located less than 2 miles away). Strawberry Limeades are one of the best summer treats money can buy!