Bring on the BaseBall

Well this week Dean and I were lucky enough to go to a Diamond Backs game. Dean's cousin was able to get tickets from his work and he was kind enough to think of us and invite us along. (THANKS AGAIN!) So about 3 pm we hopped on the Metro (public transportation) and road to the field. We got there and of course we were at a baseball game so we had to have the novelties We each got a hotdog, and we also got cracker jacks, nacho's with jalapenos (my favorite), and finished with ice cream. It was an awesome experience and something I know we would like to do again.

The tickets!

Diamond Backs Team

We each also got a FREE Bobble Head

Dean and I and Brandon's Son (Dean's cousin) Justin

Again...

The Field

We had a Blast thanks again Brandon!

Graphic!!!

So I am just warning you this is GRAPHIC so if you don't like arachnids, please don't keep reading.

First, I am not writing this to make anyone feel sorry for me by any means. But this blog is also my journal and I want to write memories from Arizona in here. SO on Tuesday I was sleeping so peacefully in bed when all of the sudden around 5:30 am. I felt a sharp pain go through my right arm. I thought it was a cramp then it came again. I soon realized something was biting/stinging me. So I yelled for Dean to get out of bed. Something just bit me. ( I know, what a nice wake up call right?) I told him I thought it was a scorpion. So he got out of bed and started to look. We couldn't find anything. Then I looked at my arm and could see two stings. So Dean looked on the internet to find out what I should do to treat myself. They said Tylenol and Benadryl. So off to the store we went to find the meds and to find a black light. (We learned from people down here. That scorpions turn florescent green under a black light.) We found it. I took the meds, because by then I started to get a rash. and we headed home. We looked again with the black light all over the room and nothing was to be found. Then I had a thought what about under the mattress. GROSS. I know But... we lifted it up and BAM there it was. Dean KILLED it with a shoe.
Now I wasn't very familiar with this kind of stuff. So Dean told me to call the ER and talk to a nurse and make sure I didn't need to go in. Well the First ER I called told me they could not tell me if I was fine over the phone I needed to come in so they could see it. So I called another hospital and they said they couldn't tell me either. BUT that I could call poison control. (I thought for Heaven Sake I just want to know if I could DIE!). So I called poison control and they we SO helpful. They said they are not usually life threatening, but if I had trouble breathing or if any of the numbness, tingling, or pain I felt went above the shoulders I needed to go to the ER. Then They said and we DON'T recommend you take benadry. Oops... (Benadryl turn out to be a double bad idea because I got REALLY tired, couldn't take a nap cause it hurt, and I had a job interview at 10 that morning.) Poison control also informed me the numbness, tingling, and shooting pain could last for THREE DAYS!
People down here say it is just like a bad wasp sting. I guess I haven't been stung by a wasp so I don't know. All I know is the first day it hurt so bad I couldn't sleep. Because every time I moved my arm it felt like pens and needles in my arm. (the best way I can describe it is, it is like when your foot is asleep and it starts to wake again and it hurts so bad to move cause it tingles.) The second day wasn't as bad it still had the prickly sensation when I would touch my arm on something but the shooting pain was gone. Today is much better it is just a little numb. Let me tell you it was a weird experience.

Below are a few pictures of the kind of scorpion that stung me. It is called a Bark Scorpion



Below is what they look like under the black light. I do have to say they are more green then blue in real life but you get the point.

Also AZ has been HOT I know one day they had a record high! We have been under a heat advisory! I did see a temp of 121 on my cars thermometer. CRAZY I know. The even weirder thing is that we are getting use to it and it really doesn't seem that hot! Plus I would take the heat over cold any day. :)

Another Great Week!

Well first I am sad to report there are no pictures with this post. I kept forgetting to take them. Well this week I spent most of it looking and applying for jobs. But Wednesday was a different story. It was my Birthday! So I woke up got all dressed and met Dean for lunch at his work. He had to work late this whole week so then I went shopping with the money he gave me for a new dress. I LOVE the one I found it is real girly! Then when Dean got off work about seven, he surprised me with a card and a bag of Carmel Kisses! (My favorite, plus chocolate kisses have a special meaning to us) Then we went to Dairy Queen and got ICE CREAM! Snickers Blizzard for me please MY favorite. We celebrated the rest of my Birthday on Friday by going out to Dinner at a BBQ restaurant and getting dessert afterward mmmm... Then we went home and watched a movie! It was a GREAT Birthday! I love just getting to spend time with Dean! He is SO fun to be around and he always makes me feel SO special! Saturday we went on the Metro (public transportation) to down town Phoenix just to see what it was like. I was a lot cleaner then I thought! But let me tell you Down Town Phoenix is DEAD on Saturday! That was a shock to me!!! Then last night we went and walked around the temple in the dark with some new friends we made in the ward! They are great! I am so grateful, I feel like our ward is amazing! I have never sat by myself at church, the elders quorum has already came and visited us. (Now Dean is the Elders Quorum Secretary), and everyone is so nice and easy to talk to and I have already made some great friends! LIFE IS GOOD! and I am blessed!

Our New Place

Well I finally have everything unpacked and feeling more like home! Dean and I are really enjoying it here. He is enjoying work and now that I am unpacked I get to g find a job. :) I am excited! Well because a lot of you have been wanting to see the apartment I have posted pictures below.

To start off here is the dining area and enterence.

Here is the kitchen. I love the dishwasher it is So quiet.

The bar area of the kitchen.

Our HUGE living room. I can't believe how big it is compared to the one in Rexburg I LOVE IT!

The Hallway

The pantry and linen closet.

Another hall/ storage closet.

Our bedroom. It is also REALLY BIG!

Our bedroom closet.

The office.

Closet in the office.

The bathroom.

The patio.

Last is our Laundry room. This was a must for both of us and we are SO glad we have it!

Goody Bye Idaho HELLO Arizona

This post is going to be a bit longer because I have some catching up to do. Blogging has become my new scrapbook. I am excited to print it off one day. Well over the last week and a half we have done A LOT. Dean finished the in home study portion of his training and PASSED all of his tests. We packed to move, I finished working at the surgery center :( (I will miss it terribly). Dean and his mom took his Sister Rachel to the MTC. We went to Oregon to visit my family (since we wont see them till next spring) My niece Kaitlyn was blessed. We came back to Blackfoot loaded the trailer and moved to AZ. We arrived at AZ and played for a few days with my mom and sister and now Dean started work with Edward Jones today in Tempe AZ. WOW! That was a lot... Below are pictures of most of the events. I will explain them as we go.

This is Brittney and I (we were a team.) I was the circulator and she is the scrub tech. Needless to say we were joined at the hip. I will truly miss the Surgery Center and my friends there. I have learned a lot over the last year and a few months THANK YOU to ALL of my surgery center friends!

This is Britt, Wendy (my boss) and me. There are not very many of us that work full time, (most are PRN) but us three did. SO if there was a surgery we were there. These girls are THE BEST!

This is Melissa (she is my replacement) and she will do a great job!

This is a picture of Dean saying goodbye to Rachel at the MTC. Good LUCK Rach!

Donna and Rachel at the MTC.

Sister ROOS!

You will be missed and can't wait to see you in 18 Months!

I finished at the Surgery Center on Friday and after work we went to Oregon to visit my family. Dean took his last test Friday morning. While he was there I went with my mom and sister Katie to a "bag sell" (it is where you buy childrens clothes.) For every bag of clothes it costs 1 whole dollar! Awesome I know. No I am not making an announcement. We were shopping for my sisters.

That evening we went to my Sis in law Whitney's baby shower. She is SOO cute pregnant I hope I look like that when I am pregnant. Below is Whitney So cute!

Opening presents!

ME with my two new nieces Kaitlyn in purple 6 weeks old (Michelle's Daughter) and Brielle in pick two weeks old (Katie's Daughter)

Grandma with her two new granddaughters!

All us girls at the baby shower. From left to right. Michelle, Me, Whitney, Mom and Katie.

Us girls again!

Whitney and I.

baby Brielle

Sunday Kaitlyn was Blessed isn't she beautiful!

Proud parents of a new baby girl!

The Dudley family and their new addition.

You have to love Michelle's face in this Kaden pushing it away.


Happy Family!

Michelle and Mark's children Oldest to youngest: Allyssa, Ashlee, Kaden, and Kaitlyn.

Dean and I! Proof of his beard.

Mom and I

Brielle and Kaitlyn (amazing how fast they grow) they are about 6 weeks apart.

Brielle was totally sucking on Kaitlyn's arm.

Monday night we all went bowling as a family. (my brother in law Mark's work had a free bowl night so we all got in for free)! McKay and Payton Bowling below.

Uncle Brian with Katies kids and Katie also.

Brian and Whit

Me and Kenzie

Chelle and her kids

Payton bowling hard.

Mckay and Taylor bowling.

Dad and Brian

We decided to take the scenic route home to Blackfoot and we stopped at Craters of the Moon

I REALLY LOVE this pic of Dean and the rocks!

That afternoon we got to Blackfoot loaded the vehicles, had a BBQ with some friends and Dean's family then when to bed.

The next day we hit the road and made it to St. George UT and stayed for the night. That night we went to the outlet mall and went site seeing. Below are some pictures of the St. George temple.

Dean thought it would be funny if I fell off the bed in the Hotel so he made that happen and I got stuck in the crack :)

The next day we traveled the rest of the way to AZ and unloaded the vehicles, Then we went to dinner and unpacked the necessities. The next day we went to IKEA and got some lamps and a book shelf and then we got a costco membership. :) Then we went home and watched a movie. Then next day I decided we should just play and I would unpack when my mom and Michelle left. So we got up hung out for a bit then went site seeing. We went to the Mesa temple, shopped at Tempe market place, Dean got a few new suits, Then we all went and got our hair cut, and went to a few other stores us girls wanted to go to. Then we went to dinner and headed home for the day. It was so fun we got to try a few different restaurants we have never been to, and we went to one that Dean and I LOVE. Rubio's they have great fish and shrimp tacos! Mom LOVED them and wanted to go back :)

Saturday Dean decided he needed to shave his beard before he started work Monday. (He only shaved it into a go tee Saturday and Sunday is when it all came off.) The pictures are below.

Cute Kaitlyn fell asleep on Dean!

Sunday morning was a dreaded day. Mom and Michelle left to go back to Oregon. So the picture below is us girls saying good bye, for awhile at least!

This is Dean on his First day of work! Isn't he handsome!

Things that I have noticed in AZ since we moved.
1. EVERYTHING is BIGGER and there is A LOT more of it.(the stores, roads, restaurants, etc...)

2. They have market side Walmarts.
3. I am still amazed by the cactus's
4. The awesomeness of the palm trees do fade.
5. It doesn't cool down at night it stays in the nineties
6. People are SO nice, polite, and friendly here. (disclaimer: I have only been to a small portion of places, not anywhere scary)

I need to take a minute and say how grateful I am. I really appreciate how nice people have been down here so far. I went to church yesterday and a sweet girl came and sat by me and started to talk and make me feel comfortable. I am SO grateful Dean is here with me and I am not alone in a new place. I am grateful for GPS! I am so grateful that Dean has a job and is beginning his career. I am grateful my mom and my sister Michelle were able to help us move here they saved us a lot of money by doing so. I am also so grateful for all of the other people who helped with the move. I guess I am trying to say THANK YOU and I AM BLESSED. love you all!