Snowy week

Wow, what a week. Over less than 2 days we received 37.3 inches of snow in town here in Coeur d'Alene by the end of Thursday! It was absolutely crazy. We actually went and purchased a snow blower so that we could get through it. The snow is even taller than Sage when he goes tromping through it in the backyard. The snow plows finally came through a day later and got the street cleared out as well.

It is starting to snow again today, we are supposed to get another 5-10 inches. Hopefully they are correct this time, as that is what they said with the last storm. I am losing my trust in the weather predictions!

We are hoping to leave for Pocatello on Tuesday as that looks like the best day to go home for travel. Hopefully the roads won't be too nasty!

Holidays

Thanksgiving turned out so nice. We had a wonderful time, and great driving weather to top it off. We had Thanksgiving lunch at Nathan and Camille's in Preston, Idaho with the rest of Darin's family. Darin's mom and sisters made a wonderful meal, and were so sweet to watch the gluten content of the food for us. That evening we headed back to Pocatello, Idaho to have Thanksgiving dinner with my family that was also prepared gluten free. We were able to catch up with Lee and Ruby as well as with Earmal and Brad while we were there.

We got our first Christmas tree together. We went up Fernan canyon and cut one down with Moose, Willow and Olive. We also put some lights up outside on our home. Our street is like "competing with the Jone's" Darin says.

Darin gained 3 pounds since starting his new diet. He has been happy about that. I think I get asked everyday if the weight is starting to show.

The winter weather has finally come. We had a large snow storm then it has turned really cold. The lows have been -5F to -10F and our highs only up to around 7F. Doesn't look like it will be any better in the next week. We will hope that the weather will be good for our trip home for Christmas.

Thanksgiving is coming up

Well the holiday is coming up and we are headed to Pocatello/Idaho Falls to see our families for the weekend. Should be a fun but very busy weekend.

I found out on Thursday last week that my blood work came back positive for a gluten allergy as well. What are the chances that Darin and I both have Celiac's? I guess we were truly meant for each other! :)

We both had a long week at work. With the move of the clinic, Darin has been a high demand person for every employee wanting their computer and phones moved. I moved into a new office and painted it this week at work as well. I think it is so much warmer.

So needless to say we had an absolutely lazy day today and have accomplished absolutely nothing! I did get breakfast in bed ;)

A long week.....

We are happy it is Friday after having a very long life-changing week.

This is the week that we found out that Darin was gluten allergic, and have totally had to learn a new diet. It has been quite a learning curve for us both. Even something as simple as going out to dinner tonight has been very hard, as we had to research where we could go. I am sure it will get easier as we learn more.

So the movie after dinner should be easy though as long as we don't buy snacks. :)

Fall 2008

Time is flying by way too quickly. Halloween is this week and we are very excited! We carved our pumpkins last weekend and it was so much fun. Darin carved the Igor one and I did the cat. Darin did get slightly frustrated at the intricate details of him.....so it was very entertaining!

We have friends coming to spend the weekend with us over Halloween. Clari, Brandi and Hanh all plan on coming to Coeur d'Alene.

I am on my last week of students! I love working with them, but it will be so nice to get caught up on some of the other things that I have going on. The clinic is condensing sites soon, so I will need to move my office and get all reorganized again.

Thanksgiving and Christmas are coming up soon. Darin and I plan on heading to Pocatello for both the holidays and spending it with our families. We were just talking that we need to start our Christmas shopping soon!!

Starting a blog

Thought we would start a blog to keep everyone updated on our life together!!! Hopefully we will figure it all out soon!