The Fabricius Family: August 2015

MTC:

Dropping of Allie was one of the hardest things I have EVER had to do. I thought I was going to get out of there without crying.. FAT CHANCE OF THAT! Oh boy did the tears fall. We drove down to the MTC on Wednesday July 22, 2015. We ate at Carls Jr. I thought that I wouldn’t be able to eat, but surprisingly, I ate my whole sandwich. We all did. We went to the temple across the street and cried and cried and cried. We got lots of family pictures though. After family pictures, we all jumped into the truck and took her to the MTC. Again, that was hard. They aren’t kidding when they said they just drop them off and go. YOU DO! You get out of the car, say one last goodbye and then she was gone! You can follow her adventures in Nicaragua at hermanaalliejackson.blogspot.com

Left to right: Jason, Me, dad (Brandon), Allie, Lindsie, mom (Angie), & Kendal

Just us girls!

We will be reunited in 18 months!!!

OREGON:

Devin and I’s day didn’t end there. We drove all the way home, only to drive BACK to Salt Lake to catch a plane to Oregon. I haven’t been on a plane since we moved home from Mexico. Might I add, I am TERRIFIED of heights. Thanks to my awesome husband, I just closed my eyes and hung on tight haha. Okay, so it wasn’t THAT bad. But still got my anxiety up a little bit. BUT I obviously lived to tell the story. SO! We got to the airport in Portland and they thought it would be a good idea to do construction near the entrance to the baggage claim. We had to take a minor detour… which was fine just annoying. We got taken to our hotel and really didn’t do anything. The next morning we went to Bob’s Red Mill. They are SOO COOL!! & very healthy! They have everything you can imagine. We went to the temple also and HOLY MOLY!! GORGEOUS!! I love any temple that I go to. I love that I can feel close to God even without going inside. After the temple we hit the locks. It’s a dang cool place! When barges come down the river, it’s a place that will raise the water level and then when the boat is in the locks, it lowers it to meet the lower river. Or visa-versa. Super neat. Also, I rode a boat. It was a 2 hour boat ride and was pretty fun! Just a slow tour up and down the Columbian River. That was all we really did that day. On the 24^th, we went and picked up Devins Aunt and Uncle. Then we went on our way to the BEACH!! Woohoo!! Spend the day at the beach just chillin’! 25^th we went to Tillamook Cheese Plant. I quite enjoy cheese. Depending on what kind. Haha Oh my gosh after we went to Tillamook, we went back to the beach house and the beach and went to the tide pools! And guess what we saw?! STAR FISH!! :D we saw 6 different star fish, and Dev even touched one. I didn’t. it looked scaly. Ewww… I love starfish so much that Dev’s brother, Derik, bought me a real one (dead, obviously) to take home. I love it so much. On that note, Devin also bought me the most GORGEOUS lighthouse ever. I am in love with it. You can put a candle in the top of it so that it actually lights up. Speaking of lighthouse, we went over to North Head lighthouse in Washington, and I actually went to the top. Again, frightening, but I have an awesome husband that helped. We ended our trip by staying in the Seashore Inn. We watched the sun set that night and it was so beautiful. We woke up Monday morning and went sand dollar hunting and then flew home! It was a great trip and a good time to spend with family.

IDAHO FALLS:

Devin got a job at Melaleuca. With that, came moving! After getting back from Oregon (on Monday) we had a funeral to attend on Tuesday. (Devin’s great-uncle, Keith) We had half a day on Tuesday, half a day on Wednesday and all day Thursday to pack before leaving on Friday. Guess what. We hadn’t even started. Lucky us huh! I swear I NEVER want to see another cardboard box as long as a live. Obviously I doubt that that will happen, but one could wish. We packed up all of our stuff and Thursday night we went to say goodbye to my family. That was hard too. What a week huh! So much crying haha but, we’re an 2 ½ hours away, so it really isn’t that bad. We left at about 8:30 on Friday morning with Dev’s family and made it up here at about 11:30. The men hauled all the stuff in while LaDawn and I unpacked. Boy do we have a lot of crap! Dev’s family left between 2:30 & 3:30. Surprisingly Dev and I got the rest of our things unpacked pretty easily. We’re enjoying it up here in Ammon. It’s a pretty, small town feeling place. A lot like Wellsville. I guess it’s not so bad. :)