I hope everybody had a wonderful Christmas and New Year. Ours was different than what we were planning on. It all started the middle of December. Justin applied for a job in the Rexburg FSA office and had an interview. He drove down and went to the interview and didn't seem very optimistic about it. He thought there was no way that he was going to get the job. Well, the Friday before Christmas, we had our ward Christmas party. We were driving home and his phone rang. He didn't recognize the number and so he didn't answer it. The person that called was the boss in the Rexburg office calling to offer him the job. After much deliberation, he accepted. That changed our Christmas plans drastically!! We had planned on staying in Marsh Valley for 10 days. We were going to stay for the New Year and then go home so we could both be at work on Monday. Well, he had to start his job in Rexburg on Jan. 3rd so we were scrambling trying to figure out what to do. We told everybody our plans and everybody was accepting. We were going to come down for Christmas, drive back to Nezperce on Monday, pack on Tuesday and Wednesday and drive to Rexburg on Thursday. My dad was going to bring his horse trailer and help us, but then we had a turn of events: My Uncle Norm and a massive stroke and was in the hospital. My dad didn't dare leave and so we convinced T.J., Justin's brother to come with us and we would rent a U-haul. We also borrowed Bill Egan's horse trailer so we could get the horses home. I drove the car and we left our wonderful home of 2 years! It took 12 hours to get all the way from point A to point B. We had some awesome help unloading the U-haul at the house in Rexburg.
We were both upset because Uncle Norm didn't make it. It was such a different Christmas for all of us. Mom and Dad went to Idaho Falls everyday to be with the family. For a while, we were hoping he was going to come out of it. The doctors were trying so hard to be optimistic, but then they realized things were worse than they thought. It was such an awful thing to have to go through. His funeral ended up being on the 31st and so we had to drive back down for the funeral. It was such an awesome funeral. His family did awesome and you could tell how much they all loved and adored him. He was such an amazing man and will be greatly missed. We love you Uncle Norm!!
Here are a few pictures of our house in Rexburg:
We also have a spare bedroom and a small upstairs. They are just full of boxes so I didn't take pictures.
