Nails Nails

Last week I came home from work to find a lovely package on the table. It was from a friend I met online. Her name is Julia,  needless to say she is a sweetheart. Recently she went to Brasil to visit and she brought me NOT only my favorite brazilian nail polish but THREE other ones! And of course I had to wear one of them for this week. So here it is: Terra by Risqué. 

My thumb looks massive on the first picture. Haha

I love this color. It reminds me of the Grand Canyon or Havasupai in AZ. Oh and I even included a picture of the turquoise ring I told you guys about in a previous post. The orange and turquoise look great together don't they?

On the pictures above I have 2 coats of Terra and one clear top coat. It has been almost a week and it's barely started to chip. This is my favorite Brazilian nail polish. Thank you Anna for introducing it to me. And the picture below might be the reason why I love it so much. 

Havasupai, AZ. When we were dating. It was truly magical.

So again: thank you Julia and Anna! :)

❤Jenny

Home

These gloomy days here in Idaho are giving me the blues. Every time I have to pack or unpack our life away, I curse our nomad/gypsy lives.

My whole life was filled with moving. I graduated High School at the 10th school I attended in my academic years. You would think I would be used to it. But every time is the same thing, I don't know what to expect or how long I will be staying there. It's like a first day of school. I try not to get too attached because soon I will be somewhere else, it never works. Jack and I have had six different addresses since we've been married.

As I was driving to Idaho (somewhere in NM, while Jack laid in the passenger seat aching from another migraine) I  wondered where we would be in 10 years. Will we still be involved in this unstableness? Where will we be? 

I always dream of a house with big windows where I can paint the walls, hang pictures and get crazy designing/renovating every room of the house, where we can grow old and raise our family. Even though this dream house and family seem really far away I like to dream, and I know that I am not the only one.

As long as I am with Jack I know I am home.  And that is why I am in Idaho, was in Florida, stayed in Alabama and lived in Ohio.

Ironically this song played in the xm radio when I was having these crazy thoughts. 

♩♫"Home is wherever I'm with you". ♬♪

❤Jenny

PS: I forgot to mention it on my last post. Jack's band Old Money is playing tonight at Sammy's at 8pm. They are headlining so you can get there a little later if you would like ;). Oh yeah, did I mention Sammy's has amazing Pie Shakes? Mint Oreo is my favorite.

On the road again

2,328 is the number of miles we will be driving this week. I love road trips but I am pretty sure that by the end of this one I will temporarily have a change of mind about it. Thank goodness we have two lovely stops on the way, to see our dear families in Houston and Orem.

We are on a week long road trip (see map below). 

It's good to see everyone updating their blogs, I think there was a little pause after the holidays. I felt a little lonely without hearing from everybody. I guess I need to get a life.... FAST!

❤Jenny

It's getting colder and colder the further we move away from Florida. :( I shall miss you dearly, Sunshine State.

Thanksgiving Bliss

This is where we spent our Thankgiving. The Golf coast (We started from Panama City Beach and drove west on the coast towards Destin the favorite). It was such a beautiful day and the weather was impeccable. I really like this picture that Jack took even though I ruined it while I washed off the sand from my feet.

Panama City Beach, FL

There are so many things I am thankful for and that day I was especially thankful for Jack's internship, the ONE day off that Jack got for the holiday, the weather and for seafood! (we decided to go out to eat since all we have is a small pot and a small frying pan which I am so thankful for... I don't think you can cook a Thanksgiving dinner with just those. I can barely manage regular dinner with a series of relays between the two).

Oh, how I am going to miss this place. 

Pssssiu Você viu que no meu sidebar ali do lado a esquerda agora tem uma opcão pra traduzir o meu blog pra português? A tradução não é 100% correta mas eh 95% :) -Obrigada Dri por ter me ajudado.

♥Jenny

Major decision.

Major meaning:
1. important, serious or significant
AND
2. a student's principal subject or course of study

This week I made a big decision. It took a lot of prayer, pondering and analyzing. I decided to go join Jack in Florida and change my Major.

It is a bittersweet feeling.

Bitter:
Having to leave the Interior Design program, pretty much for good. It is what I have always loved. Having to leave our "official home", car and furniture. Having to live out of a suit case for about 6 months. Leaving my dear friends whom I love so much.

Sweet:
My heart rejoices when I think of me and Jack living in Florida in this cute little town whose nickname is "the city of southern charm". Frolicking through the beautiful antebellum houses and basking in the Florida sun. Being able to cook for two, and waking up next to him. Spending winter in a snow-free place. And sweetest of all, I will be able to change my track to Jack's track so I wont have to wait 3 years to graduate and probably never be apart from Jack. Which means we will be out of Rexburg sooner!

I will probably be leaving Rexburg in about two weeks. We just need to figure everything out. Storage, car and all of that. But we'll be back in April, for summer semester!

Old picture from when we were dating. We look so young!

♥Jenny

So much can happen in 30 minutes

We received some big news last week a day before we were supposed to leave for Montana for Jack's internship. Jack got transferred to Florida!  We were so bummed at first because we were looking forward to being within driving distance from each other. But now I can see all of the positives of living in Florida. I have lived there before and I absolutely loved it there. And best of all we are going to be so close to BEAUTIFUL BEACHES (Like the one on the picture below). I am only going to be there for 3 weeks but depending on how long Jack's internship is I might move there in December since I am off track in the winter. I am finally going to get my TAN on! YAY!

I will be back later to update you all on our trip to San Diego! :) It was beautiful! And also I am now 21 and we moved into a new apartment in Rexburg!  I don't want this break to end, it has been so nice.

Hope everyone is doing great, I miss posting on my blog. :)

Outdoorsie 4th of July!

Awesome weekend! We drove to Yellowstone in Montana (My first time there!). Jack, Jenny, Luke, Jamie and James. We didnt have much planned, but we knew that we wanted to go to Yellowstone, camp, Grand Teton, Jackson and fireworks! It all worked out well! I was telling them in the car about how every camping trip I learn something new from my mistakes. Here is what I learned with this trip:
- Never drink a whole bottle of water right before you go to sleep and not go to the bathroom. I was up all night, because I was too afraid to walk to the bathrooms by myself in "bear land"
- Don't forget to bring your sleeping bag. Really uncomfortable and cold to just sleep with a blanket and a pillow.
- Do not forget your hand sanitizer.

It was so beautiful. It is kind of sad that all the places we went to are covered in snow 9 months out of the year. I am glad we got to enjoy the beauty of these places in the warm weather! :)

Jackson had a "Visitors Ward" on Sunday that we were able to attend. It was awesome! There were a ton of people there, about 150 I would say.
Jenny Lake was gorgeous too and the scenic hike is so enjoyable! I still have not figured out why you can't swim in Jenny Lake. Does anybody know?

Well here are some pictures:

@ Yellowstone (I love the turquoise and orange color in the water)

 Jack being unlawful. (If you are wondering how hot it was, Jack said it was REALLY hot! But he barely touched the surface) I hope our kids never see this picture

 Luke getting splashed by the Geyser

Old Faithful Geyser at sunset, SO beautiful! I am glad we waited the 45 minutes!

This tobacco store in Jackson had this beautiful flag hanging on the wall outside.

Jamie+James+Jack+Jenny+Luke, all of them made this trip so much FUN!

Jack and I at Jenny Lake. (I love the clouds on this picture!)

I hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of July! :) I love Brazil, but I also love the country I live in. 

♥Jenny

Californ-IA

I can officially say that I have been to California! This trip added 2 states to my list: California and Oregon. So now I have been to 17 states! It was so much fun. A nice little break from Idaho. As much as I am grateful for the opportunity to be here in Rexburg, I can't help but think that sometimes I would rather be anywhere else but here. Everywhere on the Pacific coast was extremely gorgeous.

-We drove through Oregon tried to go to Crater Lake but it was closed. We got to see some pretty parts of the park though.
-I have never seen so many Hippies in my life. It was crazy we went to this organic food store and every single male in the store had hair longer than mine. Oh yeah we saw one with short hair but he was with his boyfriend who had long hair! Ha ha
-We drove through Napa which was extremely beautiful!
-We tried to camp the first night but it was raining so it was not very fun. So the second night we just stayed at a hotel in Eureka.
-We saw the biggest trees ever and drove through a couple of them.
-We got lost in a trail for about 2 hours, and afterward we found out that that was the trail where "Big Foot" was spotted the most.
-We drove South until we hit San Francisco very different from any city I have been to but I loved it.
-I saw the Pacific for the first time.
-And we visited our friend Nicole who is leaving to go on a mission next week.

What a wonderful weekend. Although driving to California with my 2 brothers-in-law was not what I was envisioning for our one year anniversary weekend, I had a lot of fun and was amazed at the beauty of California and Oregon.

Here are some Pictures:

Can you believe how big those trees are? The Redwood Forrest was AWESOME!
♥Jenny

Meet Polo

For Conference weekend we came to UT. Jack had never been to Conference at the Conference Center, so that was fun. We went to Luke's mission reunion and hung out with some of our good friends. It was a blast. I did not get any pictures because I forgot my camera in my Best Friend's car. Well Jack went back to Rexburg to face his Finals Week, and I stayed here in UT to go to a friend's wedding on Wednesday. It has been fun to stay with my family. The newest member of the family is Polo the cute puppy you see in the picture above. He is such a cute dog. My parents got him at the end of last year and he is so much FUN! My dad keeps telling us that Polo loves Jack and I (he loves Jack more than he loves me, but when Jack is not here I can have him all for myself). Ha ha. He is a smart dog and loves being with people and when he is alone he gets so sad. My family is such a dog family, they can't help it, it is pretty funny.

In the Fall, Jack and I might be moving to a place in Rexburg where they might allow small dogs. So we have been researching to see what is the best small dog for us. I think we like the Boston Terriers! Jack is going to be gone for an internship this Fall so I am more and more convinced I want a puppy to keep me company. Last Fall it was terrible being alone in that apartment.

Well it is lovely to get out of Rexburg once in a while, we went to our favorite places to eat here in UT, Pei Wei (YUM) and Chipotle! Conference was glorious! Yay for Easter Weekend!

♥Jenny