*C*A*S*P*E*R*

It has been an interesting 2 weeks since I drove (or should I say blew) into the Casper. First off, snow doesn't bother me -I love snow!!! BUT wind is another story. I have never seen anything like the wind here. It snowed 3 feet on Monday and Tuesday it blew away! It gets piled up in snow drifts. They plow the snow to the middle of the street and than a dump truck comes and drives it out of town to help it from not blowing around. I am a Utah girl and therefore used to snow BUT I am also used to snowplowed roads and salt melting ice. Not here, the salt would just blow away so they don't use it and the roads are never clear because the snow just blows onto the roads-BIZARRE! This is the note Tay came home with (I just about died seeing as though they cancel recess when it rains in San Diego)-



I must say that the other major bummer is the apartment-it's horrible. I feel like I am in College Housing again (2 bedrooms, 5 people) but in 4 more months we'll be out of here! The town is a good size, a cross between St.George and Cedar City, it has two Super Walmarts and thank goodness a TARGET. I honestly couldn't survive without a Target. It's a place where people say Yes maam and hold the door open for you, a place where there is some sort of church on every corner, a family friendly place. No one is in a hurry to get anywhere which I guess can be good and bad. Everyone says it is pretty in the Spring, Summer and Fall. I just wish the wind would stop blowing! We were lying there last night and I swear I thought the car was going to come blowing through the window. I asked E how it was possible to still have power and he said "Have you seen any power lines?". I realized than that they all under ground, NO POWER LINES above ground! But THIS is what makes is all worth it-


{OUR HOUSE}

We don't officially close on it until it is finished in May but we've put money down on it and everything has been approved:) I am more excited than I could ever express, I've missed having a home to call our own.