welcome to washington!

helloooo friends!!! i miss you all so much!! life has been a blast this far... mom and i had a fabulous trip out here and it was absolutely beautiful! we left on wednesday morning from greenville... *sniffles* it was a hard leave but we made it - through sunshine and rain to salina, kansas... perfect for us. wireless internet and a hot tub. one thing i've learned. never go wakeboarding the day before driving across the country in a toyota echo. talk about being stiff and sore.... but our hotel was wonderful! the next day we got up early and headed to the fabulous beyond fabulous.... we stayed overnight in estes park - a little out of the way but SO worth it - the rinellas new home was incredible - simply unbelievably awesome!!! up the mountain and around the dirt road.... so fun! friday was our super long day to boise.... 12 stinkin' hours in the car and boy were we exhausted... i'm so glad we did it though - to reduce our last day of driving through mountains... saturday we finally made it! KNOCK KNOCK! (: it was kind of rainy (of course) but we drove on some incredible terrain - through the mountains and clouds... little waterfalls down the sides of the mountains! incredible... and the past few days have been a whirlwind - daily trips to target and getting the place set up. i'm finally settled and my room is awesome. you'll have to check out the pictures... and guys - church is the BEST. i have met SO many welcoming people who have known i was coming and were just soooo sweet!! everyone is just amazing - and of course the message was fantastic - about relationships - not only for the singles but addressed some straight forward issues for married coouples. music worship totally rocked the house - mom and i both had an unforgetable time... well tomorrow she flies home... it's been great and i thank you for your prayers. i would love to hear from you all and if you're ever around - i welcome you to come and stay... you are all so dear to me and close to my heart. i wish i could just hug you and tell you how much you are loved. thats all for now... tomorrow again.


sunshine and more pictures of my home in tacoma...