IDAHO FALLS

I DROVE TO JOES PARENTS HOME WHERE JOE AND SHARAE HAD BEEN LIVING TILL THE MOBILE HOME WAS READY TO MOVE INTO. AFTER I GOT THERE WE LOADED UP SOME OF THEIR THINGS AND I PLAYED WITH THE KIDS AT THE SWING SET AND WATCHED THEM JUMP ON THE TRAMPOLINE. THEN I FOLLOWED SHARAE IN HER VAN AND JOE IN HIS TRUCK OUT TO ARCO IDAHO. THEIR HOME IS 7 MILES FROM MOORE AND 15 MILES FROM ARCO. THEY ARE WAY FAR NORTH. THEY HAD A CREW THERE WORKING ON THEIR WATER AND SEPTIC TANK. THE ELECTRICITY WAS ON. WHEN WE GOT THERE IT WAS SO COLD AND ESPECIALLY IN THE MOBILE HOME. SHARAE HAD A FEW HEATERS SET INSIDE, BUT IT TOOK A WHILE TO WARM UP. THE KIDS WERE HAPPY IMEDIATELY PLAYING WITH THEIR TOYS. THESE PICTURES ARE OF ASHER 3 YEARS OLD AND IAN IS ALMOST 5 IN JULY. THEY ARE SO FUN AND CUTE.

MOVING IN...

SHARAE WAS TRYING TO BE AS ORGANIZED AS SHE COULD, UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES. SHE CLEANED AS SHE WENT ALONG PUTTING THINGS AWAY NEATLY. SHE HAD THE MASTER BEDROOM ALL SET UP AND THE KIDS ROOM. I DROVE UP EARLY (SAT MORINING-4:30 A.M) TO HELP HER CLEAN. SHE TOLD ME IT WAS SUCH A MESS AND THE PEOPLE WHO SOLD THEM THE MOBILE HOME HAD NOT CLEANED ANYTHING. I TOLD SHARAE TO FIND A PROFESSIONAL CLEANER TO COME IN AND GET THE WORST PARTS DONE. SHE FOUND A 16 YEAR OLD NAME SARAH THAT WAS STARTING TO CLEAN WITH HER MOM. SO WE HAD HER COME OUT WHEN THE WATER GOT TURNED ON. WE HAD HER DO THE STOVE, FRIDGE, BATHROOMS. SHARAE AND I WORKED ON PUTTING NEW SHELF PAPER IN THE CUPBOARDS AND WE ALSO CLEANED. IT WAS A BIG JOB!!! LATER THAT NIGHT WE GOT HOT WATER TURNED ON. SO WE WERE HEATING THE WATER WE NEEDED TO CLEAN. I FELT LIKE A PIONEER-IT WAS TRULY BACK TO BASICS FOR ALL OF US. SHARAE WAS OVERWHELMED WITH SO MUCH TO DO. SHE WANTED TO GET TO THE DECORATING AND I WAS TRYING TO GET THE ESSENTIALS DONE. AS WE EMPTIED A BOX AND PUT THINGS AWAY, WE WOULD THEN START ON ANOTHER. WE TRIED TO CLEAR THE BOXES OUT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. THEY DO NOT HAVE A GARGAGE WHERE YOU CAN USUALLY STACK YOUR BOXES AND GO THROUGH THEM A LITTLE EVERYDAY. SINCE EVERYTHING WAS IN THEIR LIVING AREA WE NEEDED TO MAKE ROOM. IT WILL BE A PROCESS FOR THEM THAT WILL TAKE TIME. SHARAE AND JOE ARE EXCITED TO NOT HAVE A MORTGAGE PAYMENT AND HAVE EVERYTHING PAID OFF. THEY WILL WORK ON BUILDING THEIR "HOMESTEAD" WITH GARDENS AND LIVE STOCK AND TEACH THEIR KIDS TO REALLY WORK. I WENT TO THEIR WARD WITH THEM ON SUNDAY. THE PEOPLE WERE DOWN TO EARTH AND WAS HAPPY TO HAVE THEM THERE. THE RELIEF SOCIETY BROUGHT THEM IN MEALS FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. IT WILL BE A "BACK TO BASIC LIFESTYLE"-JOE WILL DO HIS OWN BUSINESS OUT OF THEIR HOME. THEY ARE WILLING TO GIVE IT A TRY ON MAKING THIS WORK. WE LOADED THE ROLL TOP DESK INTO LANDONS TRUCK (THE DESK WE HAD IN ARIZONA)AND I TOOK IT DOWN TO THEM SO SHARAE COULD USE IT FOR HER COMPUTER. ALSO, SOME OTHER THINGS SHE WANTED. SHARAE WANTS OUR TABLE AND HUTCH, THEY WILL COME TO UTAH IN JUNE TO PICK IT UP AND PUT IT IN THERE KITCHEN. NO MATTER WHERE SHARAE LIVES SHE DOES A GREAT JOB OF MAKING THEIR HOUSE A HOME.

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