Look what we found!

In the dumpster! Someone moved out and didn't want to take this with them. We thought it was pretty cool and dug it out.

It is a milk crate from, we're assuming, 1953! Can't wait to find the perfect spot for it.

Cookbooks and hamburgers

Devin and I have had a fun month exploring the area.

Last weekend I went and met the authors of the popular new cook book Our Best Bites. They were doing a book signing in Bellevue. They also have a food blog. I felt kind of silly, but it was also kind of fun. Devin even came with me.

Afterwards we went to one of the popular local restaurants, XXX Burger. We had the XXX burger and it was so big we split it! Overall, it was a fun night.

 

On one of the rare sunny days, we went to a small lake by our house.

Devin got some cool pictures of the water.

All Moved In

I thought I'd do a little update on mine and Devin's past month.

On April 30th, we had to be out of our apartment in Rexburg, Idaho. We spent the next 20 days homeless.
-Apr 30-May 4th:We spent the first part in Cokeville spending time with Devin's family. We also go to go see Brynlee's end of the year dance performance.
-May 4th: Drove to American Falls to spend the night with Adam and Shauna. It was nice to spend time with them and to see their house and town.
-May 5th: Next we made it to Moses Lake. We spent a week here. It was fun spending time with Devin's Grandma and Grandpa Hill. We also got to be there for Jake's homecoming and Mitch's farewell! I was lucky enough to go to a cooking show with some of the girls, which was really fun! We even had a BBQ with the Hill bunch over at Anika and Will's (thanks for having us!)
-May 12-13th: We stayed in a motel for one night so Devin could start his new job at Boeing in Bellevue, Washington.
-May 13th-15th: We went down to Vancouver to visit my family. It's nice only being 3 hours away from them. That is, when there isn't traffic.
-May 15-May 19th. Back to a hotel. We're glad this phase of our month is over. But it was kind of fun.
-May 20th: Move in Day! We were finally able to get into our apartment. We're loving it so far. It's in a really nice neighborhood in Issaquah, Washington. We're only 11 miles away from Devin's work and the commute has been fine.

Since then we've just been unpacking and exploring the area. Devin's getting the hang of his new job and I am job searching. My family came up this weekend to visit. We fit all 5 of them in our apartment, so we now know we can accommodate visitors! Let us know if you want to come visit!!

Us at Snoqualmie Falls, not far from our house.

Devin's final Art Project

Like our new blog background? (you can tell me the truth if you think it's too orange) Want to know where I got it? I stole it from Devin's final Art Project! Because this was Devin's last semester (yup, he's a graduate, check back in a few days for a post on that) he was able to take a few fun classes. One of them was graphic design. For his final project, he had to design a poster for an Art Exhibit featuring Eva Zeisel.

 He had to make 3. Which is your favorite?

P.S. If you haven't heard already, there are a lot of Shabby Apple (dresses for women) giveaways going on. Today, I won a dress!! Head on over to my floral blog to see where you can enter to win one too!!

Memories

Today, I was reading through all of our old blog posts. It was fun to go back and read the posts from before we were married. The first post I made was before we were even engaged! Ha. I was even already set to be a Hill, naming the blog DKHillStory. Even though my family didn't believe me, I knew we were getting married. Sure enough 5 days after I posted this Devin proposed.

It's fun looking back at old memories.

Here's a link to that very first post: Pre-Dating-History

And, just for fun I thought I'd throw in a picture of Devin and I at the first social event I took him to as my "boyfriend." October 30th, 2008