The Last Few Moments...

We leave soonish.....tonight we will know for sure! I got an email from JT Jack and I's boss. We work with student athletes during the school year and love it. It was a very general mass email, but it made me SO excited! This job with the athletes also makes it possible for me to live after having the wonderful job with special ed students in Provo. I feel like I have a brain and I use it still.

I know JT doesn't read our blog, but thanks anyway, we love USU athletes!

A couple fun finds

Since we don't have anymore Sundays left here, we took the afternoon and found things in Charlotte that we wanted to take pictures of. We went to the Bank of America stadium where the Panthers play. Of course there wasn't anything going on, so we could only walk around the outside. BUT we think that while we were there the team was there having a meeting because a small parking lot was full of really nice cars.

There are two panthers at each entrance. They are both huge and very scary. They also have green eyes that kind of glow. I felt like the eyes were following us.

The picture doesn't show the eyes. But as you may be able to guess it was too high for me even to stand on Jack's shoulders to get a good shot.

This is where we would be buying snacks if we actually got to go to a game.

This is as close to the field as we could get.

This is the site from the road as we drove away. Don't worry though, we imagined a game and we liked it!

We then left for one destination that I had to make sure that I found. My maiden name Perren, which half of my family spells Perrin. I was thrilled when I found this little sign. This happens to be one of two Perrin streets here in the east that I personally know of. Jack contested that it wasn't my name so he didn't really get the whole insistance that I look good in the picture. But infact it IS still my name, my middle name according to the government.

We also went to some race tracks, but the same thing, we couldn't get in. So we couldn't get any real good pictures, but we will charish them because we know the significance. One week from today Jack will be back in school and we will be happily closer to our families. I will also be cleaning my apartment so we can move in with my wonderful friend Heather, whom I couldn't have found a place to live without! Just a few more days....

The Countdown Begins

We are getting ready to head back to Utah,

which we are extremely excited about.

We have missed our families dearly, and frankly knowing where things are.

I ventured out today on my own without using the gps.

We were out of milk, and I didn't want to drive 25 min to the good walmart,

not the creapy one.

As you can see I am learning more about the bloging thing.

I have had a lot of time on my hands, so I have started to learn

things that are a little bit out of my element; such as html.

This has been especially hard because I don't have photoshop,

and have had to find ways to create things. I have found

that once I started and worked through it once slowly, it

makes sense.

Of course once I get back to utah, I won't have this kind of time,

so I will be tryinig a lot of things.

We've been married 5 Months!

We have made it 5 months and it's been a good five months.

Things Jack has learned:

I am a stressful person

I dislike the dishes very much

I like hugs from tall Jack

I do not like towels on top of the door

I take a lot of pictures

That Gilmore Girls can be enjoyable

Things I have learned:

Jack likes lots of breakfast

To give up on the towel when there is nowhere else to put it

The kissy face doesn't work all the time

To give it sometimes for the movie choice

That I need to count to ten before voicing my opinion sometimes

That I have rubber gloves so I can to the dishes

We love eachother VERY much.

The All Mighty Catch Up

Buckle your seat belts, this is going to be a big one.

I have compiled the collection of pictures over the last month into one major post.

We have been loving Charlotte and all of the

fun things we have been able to do here.

Our apartments are lovely,

the weather in humid and the people here are "blessed beyond belief."

Jack has been getting better and better

at his job. My brother Deric had his senior pictures taken.

My grandma as of the beginning of the month has shot

13 skunks in her yard. Our neighbor Becca is set to

have her baby in less than a week, things are crazy around here.

The pool here is nice, but we get the feeling the people here don't

like us because they like to spend their time around the pool

drinking and smoking and hitting on each other and we are

too noisy for that to happen. The sales reps are gaining quite

the tan line on their feet as you can see, but they enjoy it.

We had a cake making contest one day.

Steve learned to make fondant out of

marshmallows and stuff. We had a

blast, I never knew that cakes could be so fun.

We then went to the local roller derby. I think we

expected a little more brutality amongst the

players, but it tuns out we think they all kinda

know each other because they were just playing for sport.

My favorite girl "optimus fine" ended up being not that

cool and kinda lame. She was supposed to do the

scoring but she would get ahead of the

other girl and then never change speed.

If she would have gone faster, she would have been pretty good.

The girl that was actually good ended up

sliding into the wall and

breaking her ankle. It was sad, and a slaughter for them.

For the fourth we went downtown and

watched the fireworks. I've always been

camping with my family, so I don't

really remember going to fireworks

on the fourth ever. Thus this was momentous and exciting.

We then went to this place next to

the Catawba river where they have

made their own man made river

and many other outdoor

activities. It's easily

described as a outdoor

themed theme park. There were all

kinds of things to do.

We did the rafting and kayaking,

but unfortunately didn't have a

water proof camera so we

don't have any pictures of that.

Before we went down the zip line,

we spent time kayaking on the

Catawaba. We were out there for

hours! When it was time to come

back we began to paddle around the

island in the river. We were told

it would take about 45 min to

get around. After about a mile

down the river we figured out

that we missed the island.

Turns out it was pretty small

and anyone who has any decent

strength can get around it in

about 20 min.

It was a long paddle back up stream.

We also have this great little area next to

the pool with a fire pit and a grill that

anyone can use. So we try to every once

in a while. The complex also has

television workout equipment, a

theater room, pool table and poker table,

and movies that you can just check

out anytime you wish included with

living there. It will be kinda sad to leave.

That is it for now, I am sure we will have more later.

We are rounding on five months so that should be an exciting time.

We also plan on winning the lottery, it's up to 120 million so

that should take care of us and any of you out there that read

this. So if you are wanting to make the right friends you should start being ours.