We are packing up everything for the move!

It's really important to get your priorities straight when you become a parent so we packed Brody first.
He didn't seem to mind being zipped into this duffel bag.









He didn't want to get out for his bath.

We're going to Phoenix, AZ!!!!!!!!

So we finally got an offer from the company Jared wanted to intern with this summer. Kiewit Construction offered us a spot in Phoenix, AZ for the summer. We are really excited about moving somewhere new and having a great experience. We have been looking the last two weeks for an apartment and it has been a bit overwhelming. Then today Jared was talking to another of the BYU-I students going down to AZ and they told us about a great apartment they just found and it looks like it will work out great for all of our families to live there at the same complex (Phew!). I'm glad that worked out because I was really stressed out. Anyhoo, we only have about a month till we are moving so there is a lot to do. Well, gotta run. Love, Mary, Jared, and Brody

Snow Removal is Fun when you are watching

O.K., so we finally made it up to the cabin to stay overnight with some of the Chaffins. We really went up to clear off snow because the bishop who lives next door was worried about how much was accumulating. I had fun watching Jared, Marc, Dad, Jennifer, and Mom clear snow while I sat in the car with the kids. It took them about six hours to clear most of the snow off the cabin and then four hours the next day to clear maybe half the snow off the shed. It was unbelievable how much snow there was. Mom was worried about the windows getting broken in by the drifts so she got busy clearing around those and putting boards up. It was a lot of work but I think they all had fun too. We played cards and pulled the kids around on their sleds. We watched a dumb movie on the old tv upstairs and Mom put elvis cds in the dvd player and danced with the kids. It was great. On the way home we got stopped on the flats about a mile from the cabin where a semi had been taken out by a snow plow and went off the road. The front of the semi was crunched in half and it took a while to get it off the road so Marc, Jen, and Jared got out of the cars and slid around on the sheet ice. We stopped at Big Juds on the way home and it was just as greasy as I remembered. All in all it was a memorable trip. We hope to do it again soon with all the Chaffins (and Caywoods and Corbetts) and without all the work. Love you guys, Mary, Jared, and Brody

Hey All...

Hello everyone, we didn't get to the cabin in Island Park last weekend as planned and Jared has been moping around the house all week. Hopefully those that live around here can all go up this weekend, eh? Unless the weather is like it was last weekend. There is so much snow that the school and the city can't quite keep up and we get stuck in our parking lot daily. Anyhoo, we are still looking for an internship this summer and it is getting really stressful. The school pretty much lets the students find there own internships and, so far, we have not had any interviews with perspective employers. Maybe if everyone prays for us we will find something soon! I guess that's all there is to report... not a whole lot is going on lately... Love you all, Mary, Jared, and Brody

We're still Alive, Despite being Frozen!

O.K., So we haven't been very bloggy this month but it's hard when you don't have any good pictures! We still don't have a digital camera so it's sorta hard to post anything interesting. Anyhoo, I will try to keep you all updated without the fun photos. So, here's the news: We still haven't found out where the heck we're going this summer for the internship! so Jared is just going to classes and Brody and I are posting his resume like crazy at any potential internships that pop up on the school website. Jared always comes home and asks "Where did I apply to today?" He knows I can't just sit by and wait for the career fair. I am a bit obsessive about it, I admit. We will probably know by Febuary where we are going so that will be good,.. Except then I won't have anything to do.
It has been a hard month for my side of the family and that's probably why I haven't blogged much. It's so much easier to share good news than blah news. My brother's daughter, Whitney, is making progress at primary childrens hospital but slow progress. I will see if I can post the care site so you can all hear updates from the horses mouth, if you are interested. He explains how she's doing very clearly for us non-medical types. We just got some bad news about my fathers Leukimia. It seems that it has taken a bad turn and he, most likely, will only be able to have one more round of chemo therapy. This is also explained better by my brother on the care site. Then Beth got evicted from her apartment yesterday. We are all so mad about it. She had the best roommates and they were so helpful to her with her anxiety. I told you this months been a downer. I am sorry there is nothing really interesting to report except that I am becoming an expert on writing reports on Construction. Ha, Ha, Ha.... Anyway, we miss you all... come visit us!... Love,.. Jared, Mary, and Brody

Happy New Year!!!

Hey everyone, I hope you all had a great Christmas and a Happy New Year. We had a rollercoaster of a holliday. It was really fun to be at Grandma and Grandpa Chaffins for Christmas and spend New Years Eve with the Chadwicks at their new house in Rexburg. We ate alot of good food (burp!) and spent time with family which was awesome. The hard part of this holiday has been the car accident Edwin's family was in. We've been thinking about them non stop with little Whitney in a coma at Primary Childrens Hospital. We hope she continues to improve and will keep praying for her and the whole family. Along with that really hard thing, Brody got sick with a really high fever that lasted about a week so we were pretty preoccupied after Christmas. I wish the whole extended Wells family could be together through this ordeal with Whitney but it isn't possible so we just wait for updates from my mom. Rexburg is empty at the moment except the local population and those that are in town for the Rexburg Temple Open House which we are going to on Friday. I am excited about that because I have never been to an Open House before. Anyway,.. it's 2008.. I'll probably forget and keep writing 2007. Love you all, Mary, Jared, and Brody
P.S. We wish we were going to Texas with everyone this month... stupid school!

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Christmas is almost here!!!

Hello everyone, are you all ready for Christmas? I know we are. We just got back from Utah visiting Grandma and Grandpa Wells. We stayed in the basement just like old times and helped them pick out their christmas tree. We decorated the tree as Brody undecorated it. The week was really fun. The last night we were there we met Becca and Marc and Mandy and Richard at Temple Square to see the lights. The kids loved it. Jared and I drove up to the avenues to see Grandmas old house on 3rd Ave and we found out the new owners are selling it! So many memories in that house.. it's sad that Grandma doesn't still live there. Anyway, we made it home even with the awful road conditions. I was relieved to get back to Rexburg even though we were met with a blizzard. We can't get too comfortable at home because tonight we are going to stay for the weekend with Grandma and Grandpa Chaffin so Jared can help his dad and I can sing in their Christmas program on Sunday. We'll probably stay till after Christmas. Anyway, they don't have a computer at their house so... Talk to you after we open gifts! Love you all...
The Chaffins

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Playing in a pile of Laundry (Clean Laundry)

The Nightly ritual after a bath. Sadly, there is often a pile of laundry unfolded in a corner of our room to jump in.