No longer homeless

We moved from Provo 4 weeks ago and have been all over the place!
Our first stop was Idaho Falls for Jon and Nicole's wedding.  It was beautiful! They are most definitely in love and we're excited for Nicole to be part of our crazy family :)
From there we headed down to Mesa to spend an awesome week with the Merrills.  We had a great time.  Mel and Wilford also met us down there and we were able to have a week of relaxing and playing hard.  We played lots of ping pong, lots of quirkle, swimming, Harry Potter reading, and visiting with cousins and aunts and uncles.  I married into an incredible family :)

Cutting the stone...notice the pretty wall back there :)

The week after that we flew up to Richland to spend some time with the Burrups.  Jon's open house was that Saturday and my parents were brave enough to do a backyard reception.  We have this wall that we've wanted to put rocks on...well it turned out to be a HUGE project.  We worked outside all day for several days and the wall looks BEAUTIFUL!  It was a lot of work, but I enjoyed learning how to do it!  Dad took us water skiing one morning too, and Steve got up on skis and is quite brave for a beginner :)  I was happy Dad let me go, even though I was pregnant :)  We had a great time with them and are grateful for such a wonderful family.

Hot, but happy and Steve got creative in avoiding a sunburn.

We worked until after dark and even Grandpa Burrup came and helped.

The following week Steve flew back to Mesa and spent a couple days with his family and then headed on the long drive to Virginia with Dad Merrill. I think they had a great time chatting and being with each other.  We are grateful for him taking time off to be with Steve.  While my good husband was driving across the country, I went to a Burrup family reunion in Yellowstone.  It was really fun to be with my cousins and aunts and uncles and especially my parents and Laurel and Christian.  We stayed at this cabin resort place seriously out in the middle of nowhere.  45 minutes of driving on a dirt/gravel road to get there.  It was alongside a lake and we enjoyed canoeing, fishing, frisbee, volleyball, and 2 days of yellowstone.  It was super fun.

So Steve arrived safely and did a fabulous job putting the house together.  I met up with him Wednesday night and am excited about being here with him.  A week and a half is a long time to be away from your favorite person! We are excited and anxious to get completely settled it.  Pictures of the new place will be coming soon :)