Our Trip to California !!!!

We first off want to apologize that it has been so long since we have updated the blog. Moving to Minnesota was a really good experience for Ryan and I. We decided to move to California based on a really good job offer and a home in which his friend would let us stay at. Not to mention the School which we have found to be great.
Shortly after leaving Minnesota we found out that our apartment building had been struck by lightning ! We hope that all is well with our neighbors back there and can't imagine the stress it must have caused, but feel so grateful we decided to move.
It was a long trip from Minnesota to California, however we did not have to do it all in a row. We traveled first to Montana to spend time with my sister Wendy and her husband Bret and their five kids. It was wonderful ! Then we headed to Utah where we unpacked the corolla and then repacked the corolla. Lot's of work !
The pictures above are of friends we stopped to see in Utah and of a bird which we saved from a snake in the middle of nowhere at a rest stop. We felt proud. The last pictures are of us in Jeff's home making brownies. Don't they look delicious ? Well, they were.
We are having a wonderful time here in Cali. Ryan's first job didn't go through, but he quickly recovered and found a new one. We feel very blessed and believe this is where we are supposed to be. We love and miss you all !!!!

June Update !

These two adorable kids are Caleb and Ryan Fransen. I watched them for ten days while their mom was in Thailand. It was a blast !!! Ryan and I are doing really good. We are working hard. I can't wait to go visit my family next week !

Life is going pretty good out here in Roseville, MN. Ryan is working day in and day out. He is trying to get used to the idea that this job does have it's "free days" were he works for free, which isn't so fun. But we are both enjoying ourselves and our family and friends out here. A few weeks ago on a Saturday night Ry and I went out for ice cream and hair dye at Walmart. So I now have dark hair ! The next day we ended up getting a mattress and a vaccuum !!! The matteress was getting hauled out to the dump, so we snatched it from the deliver men and the vaccuum was by the dumpster. I didn't want Ryan to touch it, but he convinced me that it wasn't broken. Sure enough after twenty minutes of cleaning it... We have a brand new vaccuum !! live is amazing. We are so blessed and happy for all we have !!!

Ryan finally got his APX jacket !!! Yay!! The goal was to sell five alarm systems before you got it. He has sold seven in just over a week ! We are so happy and I am so proud of him and how hard he is working !!! It's a tough job, but he is sticking to it and making it worth while. When he hits twenty five sales, you will probably see a picture of a very nice guitar up. Ha ha. That's his next goal.

Ryan did the dishes and the laundry!!! Yay !!! Ha ha. He also sold two systems today !! It was his first day to do that so we were so excited. Ryan will get his official APX Jacket for hitting his sales goal. (Don't worry, we will post more pics.) I was also able to get a job at the Buckle !!!!! I can't wait to start on Tuesday. We are happy to be here and can't wait to see family next week !!!

Yay !!! I made rolls !! They weren't as good as yours mom, but Ryan still ate 'em !!!

We are finally all moved in !!!!! Minnesota is wonderful. Ryan's first day he made a sell. We were SO excited!!! The drive took us 25 hours ! Not so much fun... but we made stops along the way and hit Wall Drug. That was pretty cool. We hope you enjoy the pics of our town home! it's way nice!