Mark, Bailey and I took a weekend trip to Moscow to check out the law school that will take over Mark's life for three years, and find an apartment. I know what you're thinking. Moscow, Russia? NOPE, Moscow, Idaho. It's way up north by Spokane, Washington. Mark's brochure for the school mentioned things to do while in Moscow. It listed Spokane, Washington, Canada, Missoula, Montana, the coast line... basically everything outside of Idaho! We had a good laugh about that.
It's a nasty 10 hour drive from Salt Lake but with a baby that needs to eat every 3 hours it turns into a 14 hour drive. We split it up and stayed in Boise with Mark's Grandparents on the way up and stayed with Allie and Hyrum in Melba on the way down. We also brought my mom along and dropped her off with Allie.
Grandma and Grandpa Thompson
We accomplished what we came to do and found 2 apartments. One $800 a month house that's old and nothing included, and one $540 a month place that's a complex, new, safe, A/C and has young families all around. Hmmm, with which one would be the best us? Of course we wanted the cheaper one, but it's subsidised housing which we would qualify for after we both stop receiving pay checks. We had to fill out a ton of paper work and explain that we were both quiting our jobs and would be income-less starting August 5th. It was a long 3 weeks before we found out if got it or not. BUT WE DID!!! We were so excited! This place, Hillside Village, is awesome. I'll post pictures of Moscow and the apartment when we actually move there the first week of August.
A little taste of the area...
We tried the baby carrier out for the first time, it was so cute to see Bailey in there with Mark! (thanks Amy and Brandon)
Our stay in Melba was pretty fun. We rode the Zeyer's four wheelers, took a tour of Melba which you can take
here on Allie's blog, went to church with the Zeyers, Hyrum took us to an old bridge that he used to play on and showed us some hieroglyphs that are super old. It was a great weekend and it was great to see Allie 8 months pregnant!
Allie and Hyrum's farm house, this is the house Hyrum's family grew up in.
Bailey getting to know her cousin "Baby Zeyer"
The little farm house doesn't have A/C so Bailey was super sleepy, I love this picture. Notice the diaper almost bursting through her onesie.
I love her little toes peeping out.
Bailey was a trooper through all the driving, she was a bit mad at us here like, "Excuse me, why have I been in this seat ALL DAY?"
Just before we left. For some reason I'm doing a sweet dancer pose, just missing the jazz hands.
