General Conference and Moving Boxes

Conference weekend seemed like such a blur to me. I love Conference weekend but unfortunately I couldn't see all of it this time, due to work:( I missed all of Saturday's session cause I worked all day that day but Sunday was a good day. Our good friends Brighton and Brett Brooksby invited us to enjoy Sunday's session at their place. So, that morning, we brought our friend James, as well as some ingredients to make crepes to the Brooksby's to enjoy good food and good company before listening to inspired church leaders.

Peter concentrating hard on making crepes. They turned out awesome!

The company. James, Brett, and Brighton:)

In between sessions, Peter and I goofed off with the camera.

Not a very flattering photo of me, but this was the best picture of us we could get that day.

The end of conference marked the beginning of our packing adventures. Our friends Amy and Hermes are moving to Alaska for the summer and needs someone to stay at their place so that they don't have to pay rent on an empty house. Fortunately, our lease goes up in the apartment the same time they're leaving and so we agreed to move there. Our living room is a giant mess and with finals and work going on, it's hard to find time to pack.



As excited as I am to be moving to this nice new place, I am a little sad to be leaving our first, little home. It's been a great, homey place and I've enjoyed all the memories we've made in it. Changes are a gift and a curse in my eyes. I don't like change very much but it is one of life's little necessities that must happen in order to grow and improve. I'm going to try the best that I can to not be too sentimental when I leave Draper Oaks, but I'm not going to make any promises.

Thrift Shopping=New Love

Lately, Peter and I have found some new shows that we are now semi-addicted to-"Pawn Stars" and "American Pickers". Each show is about finding the value of little treasures amongst people's trash. I'm thinking Peter enjoys the shows because he loves the money aspect of the it. How much something's worth, negotiating prices, etc. I enjoy the shows because I love seeing the history behind different objects and I love the idea that one man's trash could actually be another man's very valuable treasure.

Today, we've found some treasures of our own in our local Deseret Industries! We started off as just walking around wasting time, and left extremely excited by all the cool stuff we put in our car.

This bright red little TV we found for only $5.00! And yes. It works.

We aren't really sure what to call this but we think it might be a mini wine cabinet that will turn into a mini soda cabinet...
This was the only expensive one we bought. $10.00!


This is an old bread box that we are in the process of restoring.
(It looked a tad worse before Peter started sanding it and
I promise that it will look a lot better that what you're seeing now)
Only $4.00!


This is Peter's favorite! He found an old radio/tape player with matching speakers.
The antennae was sold separately but we thought it would look cool with the radio or the red television.
$8.00 for the whole set!

To other people, these items would have been decorations for their garbage cans. But to me and Peter, after a little TLC with some of them, these will be our little family treasures.