Boise, Idaho

This past weekend Landon and I traveled to Boise, ID to visit his best friend Kevin and family. On our way to Boise, we had a layover that stopped in Los Angeles for a couple of hours. I was expecting sunny California, and it seemed from the plan that's what we'd get, but below all the clouds on the ground, sunny Cali was nowhere to be seen! Oh, well. So much for my first impression of California! I'd still love to come back to visit for longer than a couple hours.

Once we got to Boise, we enjoyed the weekend just relaxing and playing with Brayden, their 10 month old baby boy. What a cutie pie! It took him a couple days to warm up to us, but he finally did. I got to put him down for his nap on Saturday. He is such an active little guy, so he does not like nap-time.

On Sunday we traveled up to Idaho City about an hour outside of Boise. The views on the way there were spectacular. We stopped in a few places to take pictures. Once we got there we visited the Pioneer Cemetary...I know, kinda weird to enjoy looking at a burial ground, but It was really interesting! There were so many gravesites and tombstones from the 1800s, and some grave-markers for unknown graves.

The city itself was like a throwback to an original mining town, complete with historical buildings and all. We loved it! I put a few pictures of that below. Before the night was over we headed back to Boise and visited the Boise Depot. They had beautiful gardens out front, so of course, we had to take some more pictures! Here is Landon with Kevin and Brayden at the stamp mill in Idaho City. Then Landon, Nikki and Kevin walking through the town. Me in Jail! The last two pictures are of me and Landon at the Boise Depot.



















We had a great time in Boise with the Yorks and did not want to come back to Dallas. On Monday, we had a layover in Portland for about an hour, however it turned into 4 1/2 hours because of the rain in Dallas! Thanks Yorks, we had a fantastic trip!

So long...

Wow, it's been over a month now since my last blog! I started to get incredibly busy three weeks ago with my long term sub job. I spent a whopping 8 days with my 3rd grade class that I was supposed to spend the rest of the year with! The teacher ended up postponing her surgery until summer and came back on the Friday of my second week. Bummer!! I guess this means God has some different plans for me! The good thing is that I've already lined up some more sub jobs for that school, thanks to my early dismissal. I hope that I made a good impression and if they need positions filled, I will be highly considered for the job.

Since then I have applied to every school district within an hour's commute. Please keep praying for a job to start in August. I don't know what God's plans are for me, but that's what faith is all about! There is a job fair on Monday in Arlington that I am considering going to. Arlington is a LONG drive for us here, so I would not want to work for that school district, but there are also supposed to be many others in the northern side of the Metroplex.