Chase and Megan

Update

2011-11-08T15:20:00.000-08:00

Chase

and I have developed this new hobby together. We love to go fishing. While it was warm we seriously went everyday. We went to California with my parents last week and were able to go deep sea fishing.. we had a blast. So this post is a mixture between us fishing and our trip in California.

We went to San Diego and were able to go do a session threw the temple.. lets just say this is my new favorite temple. It is beautiful inside and out. This temple is a MUST see for everyone!!

We also went to Disney Land, Vegas, and LA. We had so much fun spending time with the family.

2011-10-11T17:06:00.000-07:00

Since we have been home we have had a blast with Family. We have gone 4-wheeling and fishing and staying up late playing games. It has been a blast. Here are some pictures of our adventure.

4th of July

2011-07-12T14:54:00.000-07:00

This is My favorite time of the year. Chase had to work till about 5 and that we went in to Pittsburgh to watch the Fireworks. This fireworks were awesome.. I guess they are rated in the top 10 in the nation. It was so fun to experience it.. it was so fun to sit there and watch the people..It had been raining all day and so we thought that we might not be able to watch them but as soon as 9:00 hit the rain stopped .. I was sooo glad!

So here are a few pictures from our night.

Behind us is the Heinz Stadium. We have been want to go to a baseball game but just haven't
made it yet.

Other than that we haven't been up to much. A couple weeks ago our office moved to Pittsburgh and It has been sooo nice. Our last apartment were pretty ghetto and I was kinda nervous to even take Puma outside to go to the bathroom. The area that we are living in now is so nice and we have had a blast. Chase has been selling great and Life in general has been great!!

Recent Happings

2011-05-25T08:46:00.000-07:00

Chase and I decided we wanted to be out side on a sunny afternoon since it has been raining everyday. We decided to go fishing. We only caught a small fish..but we had a blast hanging out with each other in the sun.

I hadn't been to the temple since we were in Arizona, It was due time that I went. Chase had to work so Stacy, Jessica and I decided to take a trip. The closest temple is almost 3 hours away, the temple is so small that you have to make an appointment to go. It was a beautiful temple, and Im so glad that I was able to go.

2011-05-09T14:44:00.000-07:00

I don't know why I have such a hard time keeping up on my blog. But here we go on a update.
Chase and I left Arizona the last week in March and went home for a week and a half. So while we were home we unpacked our car and than packed it all right back up a couple days later. We tried to spend as much time as we could with our family. Time just flew by and we left to Ohio the 2nd week in April. This year the drive was so long, I was about to freak out riding in the car. We drove 18 hours from Arizona and than a week later drove 28 hours. hmm ya that is way to much time in a car.
We finally got here and our apartment previously had pets and people that smoked. Those two smells mixed into one is not pretty... So with alot of TLC, vacuuming, and cleaning my fingers to the bone it smells much better and feels like a home. So the selling began and Chase is doing awesome as always. As for me I am the Office Assistant and just am hanging out.
This last Sunday we went into Pittsburgh and went to the zoo and went to see the over look. It was so fun to hang out with the husband because during the summer it feels like we hardly see each other. So all of the pictures are of our fun day.

Sorry Our eyes look scary for some reason I can't get the red eye off.

2011-02-20T18:39:00.000-08:00

My wonderful parents came to visit Chase and I for a week, and we had such a blast. While they were here we went to see the Arizona/Mexico border, as long with a other activities. Going to see the border wasn't quite what I expected, It wasn't a big cement wall like I thought, instead it was metal sheets with tons of holes that you could see threw that people tried to cross over. when we were there a border patrol lady came over and said that we need to be careful being so close because there are houses on the other side and they sometimes throw rock and other things over at you. The curiosity got the best of me and I wanted to peek over and look threw the wall. So below there is a picture with a guy in a red shirt working in his yard, and earlier we saw a little boy riding his bike down the street. SO this was a pretty fun experience. hope you enjoy the pictures below.

The Customs picture was in the US, and The next picture is in Mexico.

In this picture you can see the guy in the red shirt working in his yard.

Happy Valentines Day

2011-02-15T18:26:00.000-08:00

Chase and I had a great Valentines Day. We moved down to Arizona for a couple months to do pre season, so these last couple days have been rough because it has been so warm laying out at the pool and wearing capris and flip flops!! Anyone jealous yet ;) We spent our day out at the pool and than come home and got all dolled up and went out to dinner. Im so thankful for such a wonderful that is so loving and kind.I hope everyone had a great Valentines Day.

Happy Birthday to Me!!

2010-12-08T14:34:00.001-08:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

When I posted everything it did it backwards, So read from the bottom up;)

I had a birthday last week and it was just wonderful. My adorable husband just spoiled me to death. We went to lunch with my parents and my sister and I went shopping for a couple hours. Chase came and picked me up and we went to dinner to our favorite restaurant Johnny Carnios... During dinner Chase was kinda rushing me to finish dinner and I couldn't figure it out why.. My sister works at Destination Inn and he said that we were going to hurry and run her dinner, when we got there she said that one of the rooms was remodeled and to hurry and go look at it, and we walked in and there were balloons and candy on the bed... and it hit me that Chase got us a room. He got me a cake and the rest is History. But it was so fun hanging with my wonderful husband that spoils me rotten., so here are some pictures of my birthday.

California Part1

2010-11-16T17:00:00.000-08:00

For Christmas this year my parents took us to California. We had such a blast. We were gone for about a week. the first night we stayed in Vegas and than headed to Disneyland. Here are some pictures of our fun day!

YEAH!!! "R" for Russell ;)

I Think these pictures are the best, this is splash mountain...been on it a thousand times but it never disappoints!!

Don't mind my face front and center... this was in California Adventures on the Glider

What a fun day hanging out with the family... More to come of our trip soon

APX PARTY

2010-10-20T13:34:00.000-07:00

Every Year APX throws a party. They had Nitro Circus come, it was so fun because I have never been able to see motocross before. Travis Pastrana came and they all flew in on parachutes. The stunts that these guys do are amazing. The pictures a out of order but here they are..

Travis Pastrana doing a back flip over APX employees

We had a great time in Utah, it was so fun hanging out with friends and family. But the first day we got there the back wheel drive in chases pickup went out, we had to stay a couple days to find a trailer and pickup to tow it home..Thanks Cameron and Stacy for letting us crash at your place!!! So here are some pictures of our adventers that have been going on latley..we finally finished painting our house so I will be posting pictures of that soon. Hope everyone is doing well!! ;)

Rigby Family Pictures

2010-10-20T12:56:00.000-07:00

The last time my family took pictures was about 8 years ago, so it was about time for a update. Here are some of my favorites.

2010-10-03T14:07:00.000-07:00

I'm sorta behind on blogging. Chase and I got home 3 weeks ago. We woke up one morning and decided that is was time to come home. We left 4 in the afternoon on Wednesday and got home 8:00 Thursday night. That was such a hard drive I tell you what... driving 30 some on hours straight is sure hard on ya..;) Thursday while we were driving chase started not feeling to good and so I took over driving, he had a hard time breathing, so when we rolled into rexburg I decided to take him to the hospital, well come to find out he had bronchitis. The day before we left neither of us felt to good and we didn't sleep, so we both didn't sleep for 2 days. So when we got home we slept alot! ;)

It is so nice to be home.. Chase and I have had a blast hanging out with our family, going 4 wheeling, and lately we are working on painting our house.-ill post pictures of our work later.

My parents invited us to go up to the cabin so here are some pictures of our trip.

When we were in pittsburgh chase sold a guy that have him a hand gun for free.. while we were up at the cabin we decided to try it out!

Don't mess with me I have the gun ;)

We put my dad's camera on a log and took some family pictures, this time of the year the leaves are beautiful! (Sorry I don't know why some of the pictures are so blury)

On the way home from the cabin we stopped in Mesa Falls, I had never been there before.. It was so pretty there.

Lions,Tigers and Bears OH MY!!

2010-09-06T14:22:00.000-07:00

Chase and I went to the Pittsburgh zoo one Sunday afternoon. This zoo is one of the best ones that I have been to. They had every kind of animal that you could think of....so sorry for the picture over load, I didn't even put all of them on the post.. so enjoy!

When we came to the camel, Chase told me not to stand to close because they can spit.. I have never heard that before...so If true than it is a good thing I didn't get to close. haha

These Kangaroo's were in this cage and you could walk in there with them. I thought that was cool, just be careful not to get kicked ;)

This deer loved chase, he sat there for a little bit and just licked his arm... Ya weird I know..who would of thought that a deer would want to lick you.

This was such a fun day to just hang out with my hubby, we had a blast walking threw the zoo, we felt like little kids again looking at all the animals.

Pittsburgh

2010-08-31T18:42:00.000-07:00

Pittsburgh is a beautiful city.. there are alot of bridges that go over to the city.. we went on the over looks and while there was a sunny day as a office they got together and took some pictures. So here are some pictures of the city of Pittsburgh.

Pittsburgh office of 2010

Palmyra New York

2010-07-21T20:02:00.000-07:00

Pam, Casey and Cathy came out to visit for a week. We had such a blast. Us girls and Casey packed up and drove up to Palmyra. The boys had to stay home and work, we missed them and wish they could of expirenced all of the wonderful things that we did... Sorry there are a million pictures, I just couldn't choose;)

The boys have been doing so good selling lately, they hit there dinner goal for the week so APX Took everyone to Morten's Steakhouse for dinner. The price for the average plate was 100 dollars. So this event was pretty exciting for us because we never have been anywhere this fancy... and to be honest with you I don't think it was that great...I was so sick after eating there. Texas Roadhouse was way better.. but can't complain because it was free;)

Our last stop of the trip was to the Niagara Falls, as always it was beautiful, it is one of Americas greatest beauty... it is a must see.

We went to the amazing sacred grove... the spirit that you feel in there is undesirable. Walking threw there you have this amazing peace. I guess the way I would describe it is when you are in the temple and the spirit that you feel in there. Being able to go to the sacred grove has strengthened my testimony of Joesph Smith so much more. I know what happened in there is true and very much real.

We are standing right out side Joesph Smiths home. This is the home where Moroni came to Joesph Smith.

We went to the printing press, we went on a tour and they showed us how they printed the Book of Mormon. This was very interesting, so much work went into it.

The Ink on the door was the original ink from printing the Book of Mormon.

This is the view from the temple. The group of tree is the sacred grove.

I had a amazing experience at the temple. The Monday before we went to the temple I took my temple dress out of my bag to iron it... I noticed I had a name in my pocket from last summer that I didn't get done. As I went and was sitting threw the secession I looked at her birthday and I realized that the day I pulled out my dress was her birthday. Its amazing the way the lord works, that day at the temple I felt so close to her and felt the spirit so strong. I love going to the temple, and I know that there are family and friends waiting on the other side just waiting for there work to get done.. and we have to opportunity to help them.

This was our first stop was the Hill Cumorah Pageant. This was fun to go to. This Pageant went threw the stories in the Book of Mormon, it was very refreshing to see the play. It just made my testimony that much stronger.

My wonderful Mother in Law. She is the best and im so glad that she came and visited Chase and I. We LOVE YOU!!!

A Day in the life of a sales rep..

2010-07-09T17:18:00.000-07:00

Knocking doors you run Into some pretty wild people..to say the least. Chase captured some pretty good pictures, so he wanted to give you a taste of what he runs in to on a daily basis. As you can see this guy was a horter, when chase went in the house they couldn't find him a chair to sit on.. once they found one is was in the corner surrounded by stuff, so lets just say he got finished with that sale pretty fast.

Chase was sitting at McDonald's eating lunch and saw this lady so he went out and talked to her, she said that she has been growing her nails out for 9 years. And NO THAT IS NOT YELLOW NAIL POLISH.!!

Chase usually doesn't get intimated by dogs, but this dog was a great Dane that is obviously HUGE...

This is the kind of neighborhood that he has been knock in for a while. When he is in this kind of houses he usually fails a lot of credit

I think this one is so funny. Chase walks in to the house and sees a squirrel running around. This lady keeps it as her pet. Chase went to pet it and it jumped on him and scared him half to death. What I don't understand is why in the world you would want a squirrel for a pet.

This is the fun part of sales. Chase comes home every day with some wild story. Hope you enjoyed a day in the Life of a sales rep!

2010-06-23T17:31:00.000-07:00

Alright, Alright, I know it has been over a month since I last updated. Not a whole lot happens. Its the same stuff different day.... Mainly what we have been up to is Chase goes out and sells every day.. he works so hard, bless his heart... he is doing so good I'm so proud of him. As for me I just do paper work everyday and if we are lucky and it doesn't rain I get to lay out at the pool. It rains so much here....some of the wives got memberships to the gym so we have been working out... and that has been fun.

A couple weeks ago we had a chance to go up to New York to the Niagara Falls, They are so beautiful. One of the up side to this job is we get to see such amazing country... I Have just loved it. We drove about 4 hours to get there. Once we got there we got on a boat called the Maid of the mist, and that boat takes you right to the falls, it was amazing that we got to experience it.

I know that you are all jealous of our ponchos ;) You actually get pretty wet.

On the other side of the river was Canada... One of these days we would like to go over to Canada.

These are the beautiful falls!

Random Post

2010-04-26T17:09:00.000-07:00

So this post has random pictures...these pictures are what we have been up to in the last couple months.

In the summer time Saturday and Sunday are my favorite days of the week. This last Saturday Chase didn't get home till 11 so we went to I hop and then we decided we wanted to camp out..the only way we could was to bring our mattress in the living room and watch a movie.

The three pictures above were when we were living in Arizona. Knocking door to door you run into some pretty interesting things... as you can see chase tries to get pictures of them.

Living is Sierra Vista we were only about a hour away from the border... the boys thought it would be fun to take a picture by the border. While they were there a border patrol officer came up to them and told them not to get to close because the houses on the other side would throw rocks.

Okay I know what you are thinking! What the heck is that!! Well I have been having neck problems for a while, I couldn't turn my neck.. and chase was getting migraines so bad. So my mom found this chiropractor that works wonders. The reason this kind of chiropractor is so much better is he trains your muscles instead of just cracking your back. Your muscles have to retrain in order to get better.... So any way we were at the doctor and I thought it would be funny to take some pictures.

Update

2010-04-15T18:57:00.000-07:00

Life for the Russells have been crazy. We lived in Arizona for a little over a month... in a hotel I might add.The town we lived in was a little bigger than Rexburg, so not much to do when you don't have a car. But it was so nice to be with my husband. The month that we were apart were hard..I don't recommend it. Chase did really well selling, Arizona is his favorite place to sell. So when we came home we cleaned house and hung out with family for about Two week and than moved to Pennsylvania, we did the drive in about 3 days a total of 35 hours. I love taking road trips with Chase, we talk and he listens to me sing to the radio;) Its always fun to see different country.

Chase started selling on Tuesday, he is doing so good.. he has got sells everyday, I'm so proud of him for how hard he is working. As for me I am the office assistant, so my job is to get all sells reps licenced in the cities they are going to knock in. These last couple of days have been kinda crazy. As you can see in the picture below we have a vi shes watch dog, come to our door and you will get your ankles bit off.:) Pumas daily routine is sitting by the window and watches for all the action to pass. He will sure let me know when anything passes. But other than that we are doing great loving life.

Going Private

2010-03-18T12:10:00.000-07:00

I'm going private at the end of the week, so if you want to still look at my blog leave me your email address if you haven't already I would love to add you!

2010-03-02T18:47:00.000-08:00

I have decided to go private. I have had some weird people look at my blog. So if you want to look at my blog you can leave a comment! Thanks;)

2010-02-01T16:45:00.000-08:00

I am officially the worst at blogging! Ill just give a little update... not a whole lot has been going on.

I Finish school on Wednesday.. oh what a happy day...I just took my written test today and I passed so that huge stress is gone. On Monday I go to Boise to take the practial and then I will have my licence. Like I said before if anyone needs there nails done you best be calling me!

Chase has been gone for 2 weeks. He is living in Arizona managing a pre-season office. I miss him like crazy... You differently miss the small things. After I take boards in Boise I am flying down there to be with him... I can't wait. We will be in Arizona for a another month, and Then we will pack up again and move to Pitts burg Pennsylvania.....Yup its about time for another summer adventure. So that's all that is really going on! I hope everyone is doing great! ;)

Catching up

2009-12-20T06:55:00.000-08:00

This month has been so busy for the Russell home.
So we are moved in to our town home. Can I just start out saying I have the best husband ever. I had been stressed out with school and getting closed on our town home my husband moved everything in to our town home. One day I came home from school and he was over at his parents house working on our log bed that he stained... he was packing it into the trailer.... I told him that we should just leave it at his parents house till we could move in but he said it would be fine if we took it over to our house...... as we pull up I see our bed in the window... I was thinking why would he only bring our bed over....now we don't have a place to sleep. I walk in and all of our stuff is moved in.. He had been working all day to get our stuff moved. Oh man I was so happy... my husband is the best... he knows just how to put a smile on my face when I have had a rough day. He is my best friend and I'm so lucky to have him forever.
On November 16 was our 2 year anniversary. It was a fun day.... we just hung out at our new HOME... and went to Jonny Carnios.. That is where we go every year because that is where we went the night we got engaged.

We welcomed a new addition to our family. His name is Puma.... He is a Maltese... and he only weighs 2 pounds. He is so fun to have and we just love him.

Moving on to Thanksgiving. This year we had it with my moms side. It was such a blast... my Aunt Shelia came up from California, She brought her two kids. They come up a couple times a year so its fun when they are able to come.

Sheila-Me-Gram

CANCUN

Chases parents took the family to Cancun for Christmas. We were gone for a week and it was absolute heaven.

I like this picture.. I think it is funny.... the first couple of days we were busy with activities.

So we were plum tuckered out..;)

This place was beautiful... we road in on 4-wheelers and they take you to this pond to swim in. The water is so clear you can see down to the bottom... and it was so warm. Chase did some cliff jumping...I would have to say this was my favorite place that we went.

This place was cool.... we are in a cave that the Mayans used for irrigation.

You walk out on a platform and the cave is just amazing

We are getting ready to go snorkeling.

Everyone got to drive these little speed boats... chase had a blast jumping the waves.. I got so sick because the waves were HUGE.

The end of the tour.. sorry this picture is blurry... my camera couldn't focus

In the two boats were Shantell and Casey.. and Jim and Pam... the sunset was so pretty

Thanks Jim and Pam for taking us on such a fun trip.

October Update

2009-11-01T17:23:00.000-08:00

October has been on crazy busy month. Chase worked in spud harvest for a month, and I would go and ride with him for a couple hours a day.

While Chases truck would un load he would go scoop dirt with this skid steer. He was so cute while driving it... when he would drive past me he would have the biggest smile on his face..... when he was done he told me wanted one to drive.... Geez Boys and there tractors :)

So there is a funny story behind these pictures. There were tons of mexicans that were pickers and they were so lazy, I decided to show them up.. So while chase was on his skid steer I used his gloved and started picking. The potatoes were dirty .. I was working so hard trying to get the dirt out of them... if you look at the pile behind me you can see its huge..I was so proud I had Chase take a picture.

Other things happing this month are, I have been looking for a job forever and I haven't been able to find one. I have been wanted to go to school for a nail tech. I started a couple weeks ago. So I need tons of practice so if anyone wants them done let me know.

We finally bought a place to live. We have been living with my parents since we got home in September. We are in the process of closing. When we move in I will take pictures. I can not even wait. Other than that we haven't been up to a whole lot.

Holy Smokes this is a long post

2009-09-21T17:25:00.001-07:00

So I just realized it has been a month and a half since I have last posted! Life has been so crazy I kinda forgot about my blog... Where to start...
The end of August Chase and I finally got home, we drove a whole 30 hours straight threw. It is amazing what you do for a source of entertainment . Between singing to the radio.. and long talks and a crazy amount of energy drinks to stay awake we made it safe and sound.
Last year we shipped our car home and we had no problem getting them.. this year was a completely different story. The day before we left Maryland we Packed all of our stuff in to our Acadia... I'm talking clothes, computer, dishes basically everything we own. We call the truck driver the day before he gets there and he won't answer his phone... we thought alright that's fine he must be busy... we sat around all day waiting for the truck driver to show up so we can head home in our other car.. but he doesn't show up...we finally decided that we were going to leave our keys with a cousin so we can get on our way. He shows up and they get loaded just fine and they said that he would be delivering them in 7-10 days. Threw out the week we call the truck driver and we can't get a hold of him to see where he is.. we call the trucking company to see if they knew but we couldn't seem to find any one that knew where our car was. It was about the 7th or 8th day we finally get a hold of the truck driver and he is on Ohio and that is 6 hours out of D.C. so for a week he had been siting there and had not calling us.. he said his truck broke down, and that he would be getting on his way.... we gave him a couple more days and called him to see where he was and he would not answer again. By this time we were freaking out.... we had several people calling him and he would not pick up. By this time we are thinking that our car got stolen. We tried filling a police report but they wouldn't let us because we handed the truck driver our keys... we keep calling him for a couple more days and by the time 2 weeks have passed he said that he would be delivering them on early Sunday morning. We get up early Sunday and wait for the truck driver for a half hour and he doesn't show up... we leave and call the police and once again they can't do any thing. We try calling the truck driver again and once again he doesn't answer. 7pm rolls around on Sunday and we finally get ahold of him and he is still 3 hours out... The truck driver said that he was not going to go any where unless he got gas money from us... we weren't about to give him gas money so we drove three hours to go get our cars. We get there and we had called to police to come and settle the mess that had been created and we were up till 1:30am trying to figure it out....But thank heavens we got our car and all of our stuff..They moral of the story be careful on who you ship your cars home with because you don't know who might take off to Mexico with them.....
So what we are up to now.... I am trying to find a job but no where is hiring... Chase is working in spud harvest.... and we are in the process of buying a town home.. Yay!!.. Life is Great and we couldn't be happier!!!!

Happy Birthday!

2009-08-05T12:02:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was Chases birthday. Even though we both had to work I tried to make it a good day for him...When he got home from selling we went out to dinner to Outback, and came back and had some cake with our friends. August 4th is all about Chase, Here are some reason why I love him: When I'm having a bad day he KNOWS HOW TO MAKE ME SMILE, He is a HARD WORKER, even though selling is hard he always stays POSITIVE. He is my BEST FRIEND. I love you Babe... and Happy Birthday. I can't wait and see what the future holds for us. This Picture had nothing to do with his birthday... I just like this picture of chase!!

You can't forget the birthday kiss

The Handsome birthday Boy!

I Love you Crump

2009-07-24T12:09:00.000-07:00

My grandpa passed away at the first of the summer. These last couple of days I have been thinking alot about him and what I did with him growing up. My sister and I would hang out with my grandparents every day during the summer and than ride our bikes to there house every Sunday.. Right before we left for the summer chase and I went to lunch with him... that is a memory we will cherish forever. Last night I had a dream about him. I was just standing in a room watching him... he wasn't facing me and he had a blank look in his face... after watching him for a couple minutes he turns around and smiles at me. I woke up thinking I didn't want to for get that....It just got me thinking that I'm so grateful that I am a member of the church and that if I live worthy some day I will get to see him again. Even though I miss him now I know I will get to see his smile again!! I love you Crump

2009-07-21T12:29:00.000-07:00

As a sales rep wife you don't get very much time with you husband, so I try and take every opportunity I can to be with chase. This last week end we went and saw the movie Harry Potter with Adam and Hilary. We were kinda disappointed. I defiantly like the other ones way better.....When it came Monday I decided to go knock with him.... after a long day we finished it up by getting a sale. I love my husband so much he is such a hard worker and always stays positive... He is my best friend and I love to spend time with him every chance I get!

Us getting ready to go to Harry Potter!

Getting ready to go hit the doors!

My sexy husband getting ready to start knocking.

2009-06-18T11:05:00.000-07:00

MY cute little sister came to visit for a week... we got to go to see sites in D.C and walk around the Temple... and just hang out....

Her last day here Chase and I took her to Ocean City. We were standing next to the Batman Mobile. It is always parked there....

Chase and Mikal wanted to go fishing so bad.. and this is what they caught. There was a guy fishing next to us and every time he caught a crap he would stomp on it and throw it back in the ocean... if you think spiders are bad when you squish them try squishing a crap.... we rescued this one from being squished haha

The kid holding the sting ray(I think thats whats its called)..goes fishing everyday... and so it was fun to watch them fish. Chase and Mikal never caught anything they were sorta bummed.

The Beautiful D.C. temple!

When we went to D.C. it rained the whole day, so that was a bummer... but we got some good pictures.

This is at the Holocaust museum. I don't know if you heard but a couple days later after we went there was a shooting at that museum.. so thats kinda crazy that we were just there...

Riding the good ol' metro

Sugar Mama!

2009-05-02T07:50:00.001-07:00

So you might be thinking wow that's alot of money, because that's what I thought when I counted all of my 50 ones! One of the perks of being the Office Assistant we get a dollar for every PSA and SOP we match up and send into corporate. For those who don't know what a PSA and SOP is...a PSA it the contract the sales reps fill out the SOP is what has all the equipment on it that they tech turns in after it is installed. Our job as the office assistant is we have to match them up and send them in, so as a incentive they give us a dollar for everyone we turn in... There is another office assistant that so we have to split is.... so as of today I have got 50 dollars!

BOMB THREAT

2009-04-23T16:38:00.000-07:00

So Im here at work minding my own business and I look out the window and the street is blocked off and tons of cops . I don't know if you can really tell but there is a robot and a suitcase and a trash on its side. Come to find out it was a bomb threat.. they were x-raying a box to see if they could find anything.... but not to worry they didn't find anything.... today was a pretty boring day... just leave it to a bomb threat to brighten up your day! ;)

About Time For a Update!

2009-04-20T14:32:00.000-07:00

So We made it to Rockville Maryland. This Picture is a picture of our apartment, when chase and I pulled up we thought we were in the wrong place... they are so nice.

This past month has been so crazy so Ill start for the begining. Chase and I wanted to get rid of a car payment so we decided to get rid of his pickup and my mazda and we got a GMC Acadia. Chase did tons for research on them and we found the perfect one, but the perfect one was in Georgia....so since selling season was coming up we decided to take a road trip with our friends Mike and Aubrey... we drove over 30 hours in 2 1/2 days.. yes crazy I know.. we drove it straight through. We picked up our car and decided to have fun on the way home. We got to stop in St Louis and go up inside the Arch.. that was amazing.. we went to a huge Zoo... So we had tons of fun. So we were gone for about a week. Well when we got home we had to get packed to leave to maryland so we left a week later and drove to maryland..... we made it there in about 3 1/2 days.... that night we got there I found out that my grandpa had died. He went in for a bypass surgery on his heart... a 5 hour surgery turned into a 15 hour surgery.. after being in surgery for so long his heart just wasnt strong enough...this news was devestating I grew up with my grandpa we hung out pretty much everyday growing up... so for a couple days I was a Mess Traveling for 3 days staright and finding out my grandpa died was alot! So we flew home for 2 days and spent time with the family, which was awesome. I love my grandpa and He will be missed Im so thankful that our family can be together forever...and I will see him again... anyways so we have been loving life in maryland we stay busy. Im the office assistant so im pretty busy with that..... here are some pictures of our trip(s) I dont have all of them.. when I get them Ill post somemore.

On our way home from Georgia we got caught in a tornado and a white out warning so they closed the High ways. We hung out at Cabellas for like 2 hours... as you can see we got pretty board! ha

This was In st louis.. they had amazing food!

These were the Roads in st louis.. we didn't think our cars were going to make it..

For Time and ALL ETERNITY

2009-03-24T14:21:00.001-07:00

Chase and I were sealed for time and all eternity on Saturday March 14th. We had the privilege of having my grandpa sealing us. We are so thankful for the chance that we had to go through.
We are excited to Keep going back to the temple.

2009-03-01T20:11:00.000-08:00

This is chase just sold my sled. We had a lot of fun on it. For sure going to get me and meg some sleds next year!

Temple Sealing

2009-03-01T12:04:00.001-08:00

Chase and I are Getting sealed in two weeks. We are excited to take the step to be together forever. We have grown so close to each other and to the Lord.

SnowMaching

2009-03-01T11:50:00.000-08:00

.I have a day off of work So we went sleding with austin and amber. While we were up there austin proposed to amber it was fun to be up there when that happened. I had never really been before...luckly everyone was so patient with me...

Cancun

2009-01-23T10:32:00.000-08:00

We got to go deep sea fishing....but we didn't catch any thing.

The boys are trying to get this shark out of the water...this shark was in a cage and if you wanted to go in there you could try and catch it.

Here is chase acting tough before he goes in with the shark!

All day I had to go to the bath room so bad.. we were on the boat forever it felt like... our tour guide took us to this island were we would eat and try and catch the shark. There were two bathrooms in this alley way.... one was free and this one you had to pay. Chase and I thought that if you had to pay that it would be a little nicer...but no it wasn't. The first girl goes in and she comes out pale white.. I'm a person that won't go to the bathroom in a out house... well this bathroom was worse than a out house.. there was no toilet seat and around the toilet was brown... so trying to hold your breath and trying to squat doesn't work out so hot!

2009-01-23T10:10:00.000-08:00

I want this little pink car

We had a really nice hotel..... They had two huge swimming pools.

A night out on the town! We wanted to try some real Mexican food.

we found this place sorta in a alley way, but the food was really good.

This is actually a funny story! We drove 2 Hours to go to this park( Ican't remember what is is called) But we were getting ready to leave and we all get in the van and it wouldn't start. I guess the vans in Mexico are pretty complicated because we couldn't find the battery to jump start it....so all the boys are trying to push is and start it that way. All the girls are standing out side waiting and getting eatin alive by mosquitoes....after about 45 min they found the battery and it was actually inside the car.!
Ya we are pretty tough riding those bikes!
The chickas!

Catching UP

2008-12-30T15:14:00.000-08:00

Chase and I have had a crazy couple weeks. We were renting this house that was for sale and 3 weeks ago we found out that the buyers wanted us out in a week and a half....to be exact it was two days before christmas. We look everywhere for a place to rent, but since we are leaving again with APX in three months, no where wanted to rent to us. So after three days of searching we decided to move in to my parents basement. Its not finished so we have to paint it and put carpent in it still. We Had a very eventful Christmas, and were so glad to be with our family!

Russell Family Pictures

2008-12-01T17:11:00.000-08:00

OUR BABIES!

2008-11-11T17:30:00.000-08:00

2008-11-02T15:06:00.000-08:00

We were on our way to the APX party in Provo.
It was a same day trip, we didn't get home intill 4 in the
morning, and the we got up at 8 to go to church...it was a long day
for us.

We went up to see Shantell and Troy, the boys went hunting, they

look cute all dressed up in there hunting gear.

So I can't shoot a gun very well.... the shot guns are so heavy I can't hold

them up very long, and not to mention I can't aim.. so my dad is trying to

teach me to shoot a gun. This weekend was so fun... my parents invited us

to go up to there cabin. We went four wheeling and clay pigeon shooting.

It's been a while since I have posted anything, so I figured its probably about time.
Chase and I have loved being home. We have gone fishing, camping, and spending as much time as we can together.

2008-09-18T11:12:00.000-07:00

Last week Chase and I went up to Island Park with his Family. His dad had to cut some trees down.So I thought it would be kindof fun to watch. We were up there most of the day, that day they cut about 30 trees down.

There Is No Place Like Home

2008-09-03T13:59:00.000-07:00

After a Long 38 hour drive we made it to good old Rexburg Idaho. These last couple weeks have been crazy, from living out of hotel, and eating fast food every meal, we were so glad to be in a fimilar place. Chase and I stayed a couple extra days in West Virgina so that he could reach his goal. He ended up with 131 for the summer,I am so proud of him. The last week I went with him and sold with him every day. We wanted to get our goal so bad we even knocked in the rain. I didn't mind I just wanted to spend the time with him.The saying there is no place like home is true...

A Day In The Sun

2008-08-21T17:51:00.000-07:00

I drove Saturday to Charleston to go stay with Chase for a couple days. That Monday APX paid for everyone to go boating. We went to this amazing lake that was so pretty.A bunch of the guys went cliff jumping, that was fun to watch.
For a couple of days I went with chase selling...It had to be the hottest days of the summer. I admire chase so much for going out everyday to sell. One day Chase decided that he wanted me to try a door approach, so he went over it with me and I got a good one in my mind...but as soon as I knocked to door I lost it...so when he answered I said about two sentences because I totally for got...so thank goodness for chase he took over. I have never been so nervous...I was so glad that I could spend the day with my wonderful husband!

2008-08-21T17:45:00.000-07:00

2008-08-14T14:44:00.001-07:00

No Place Like Home

2008-08-13T14:45:00.000-07:00

Chase had to work all day on his birthday,he got off around 11. By than all the restaurants were closed and so we had to settle for Wendys.

I have not been able to put pictures on the computer because I lost the cord....so here are some pictures of Chases birthday...and when we went home a month ago.

2008-07-31T11:41:00.001-07:00

I better update my blog, since it has been a while. About two weeks ago Chase and I flew home for a couple of days so that he could get ordained a Elder,it was so nice to be with our family. He was so excited to go four wheeling so we got to do that for a day.
The other day we found out that the office is going to west Virginia and that is about 5 hours away and they are going to be there for a month and....have to live in hotels. The wives can't stay there the whole time so I am going to go up there and stay for a week. Ever since Chase and I have been dating he has always been gone for his birthday so now that we are married we get to be together on his birthday. I have to think of a cake to make that you don't have to bake..so if you know of any good ones let me know ha!

2008-07-10T17:18:00.000-07:00

So here is our 5 little boys! This weeks lesson was I have a family..... they were so hyper I didn't even get through my lesson...so chase put the chairs in a circle and we played musical chairs and we made them run around and around to get all the energy out..after that we took this cute picture. ;)

2008-07-10T17:02:00.000-07:00

We had a fun forth of July,the boys got off at 6 and Chase and I decided that we wanted to go buy some fireworks...I haven't done that since I was little so I was pretty excited. Most of the cousins got together and we had a BBQ and than went to Leesburg to watch the fireworks....they were pretty lame compared to the ones in Idaho Falls. But I was so glad that I could hang with Chase for a while.

These were some of the ones that we bought.... my camera doesn't take

very good pictures.

As you can see the sparks were a flyin! ;)

I think that this picture is so funny..my flash was a little bright!

So these were the ones in Leesburg.

2008-07-02T12:09:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I didn't have to work so I decided to go with Chase selling...I wanted to spend the day with him since we don't get a whole lot of time together. He was in a interesting area.. people in the neighbor hoods tell you alot... there were two drug dealers and one guy shoots pornography in his basement, and then one guy the cops were trying to catch for embezzlement..so that was kinda crazy, I told this lady about my home town and she couldn't believe that nothing like that happens there. And as soon as she found out that we were from Idaho the next question was are you Mormon... so that started a whole other conversation. We also ran in to this guys that is a doctor and he has three bikes and the value of all three bikes were about 200 thousand.. so chase was over there drooling...I had to pick up his jaw off the floor. Its so fun to see the different kinds of people.
So our sunbeam class is going good, Other than one of the little boys hates me I swear... he hates girls and won't sit by them...so chase is his little buddy. Its been a fun experience so far because I never had any brothers so now I see how hyper little boys are. ha

2008-06-26T11:52:00.000-07:00

So this is the ending results of our hole!

So we decided to dig a hole ha..... we got in trouble with the life guard he

told us that it was to deep, so we decided to put adam in it and cover him

up.

At the ocean there is a board walk, it has shops and tons of places to eat,

and there even was a carnival.. it was pretty cool.

Our 3 hour drive to Ocean City...of course you have to take pictures!!

2008-06-24T12:34:00.000-07:00

The Mondays here in ashburn are the highlight of our week. The wives get together and watch the bachlorette. I have never got in to a show before but this one I have to watch every week. I just hope Jason wins! If anyone watches you understand how sweet he is to her.
This last week was stake conference and Chase got sustained a elder... that was really exciting for us. After that we took a drive to Ocean City... that was really fun it took us like 3 and half hours to get there, but on the way we got lost in down town Baltimore that was really scary all the houses had bars on the windows, but we finally found our way. To get to ocean city you have to cross a 3 mile long bridge that is a 300 feet or higher from the water.. so that was pretty cool. We got there and it was really cold... so I didn't want to get in a swim so I just watched chase. I just had fun in the sand!!! I took some fun pictures ill have to post them when I get them developed.

2008-06-17T15:33:00.000-07:00

Last week the office had a pool party...they got 1000 dollars worth of quarters and threw it at the bottom of the pool, and everyone tries to get as many as you can. We ended up with 25 dollars. I stood at the end of the pool with a towel and held on the them.

Saturday Chase calls me and said he got a dog for me...I didn't really believe him but he sold this lady that had 3 dogs and couldn't take care of them all. She is a cockier spaniel and she was a year old. When I said that I wanted a dog that's not really what I had in mind. But the lady told him that he could take her home for the night and we could decide if we wanted to keep her... so we gave her a bath and made her a nice little bed. On Sunday we decided that it would be better not to keep her...because we want to travel a lot this fall and the apartments in Rexburg don't allow you to have pets. So we drove back to Maryland and gave her back. I was kinda sad she was a good puppy she didn't cry and she was already potty trained. We will get a dog when we are more established.

Chase and I have been married 7 months and 1 day ha! It has gone by so fast. Chase had a bad day yesterday so I decided to make him a really good dinner and make him a poster. That was the first thing he saw when he walked in. I thought it was a good Idea. And surprising enough I make him cookies. I'm still trying to get use to the whole cooking thing.
Sunday was our first Sunday teaching our sunbeams...it went good but I tell you what they have story after story.....Since it was fathers day I decided that they should make there dads fathers day cards. It was so cute watching them give the cards to there dads they were so excited.

2008-06-09T12:34:00.000-07:00

So this last week was kinda crazy. All of the APX girls were outside and the apartment manager said that there was a tornado warning for our county. I didn't really think that it was going to happen because it was still sunny. I went home and got changed...by the time I did that and got to my friends apartment the storm had come.... I was running and this little guy in a golf cart was like hurry the storm is coming! ha it was kinda funny.... so I got there and we had to sit in the bathroom for about a half hour..the poor boys were out there selling so I was nervous that chase was going to get sucked in...ha but luckily nothing touched down there was a warning for one for the rest of the night.But I'm not going to lie I was scared because I have never had to worry about one in Idaho. Just if you were wondering I lived ha.
When chase and I went to church yesterday we got a calling.... we are going to teach the sunbeam class.... there are 5 little boys....and I swear they all have ADD ha. We are really excited becuase thats what we were hoping for. So that will be a new expirance in its self.

2008-06-04T10:18:00.000-07:00

So I guess I better update this. Im still trying to figure out how to use this blog thing. So as you may know Chase and I are living in Virgina. It is a very fast paste City, if you don't drive fast than you get ran over or honked at. ha But over all I like it, its very warm and humid. I have never had allergeies before intill I got here and I thought that I was going to Die.
Chase is doing very well selling.... he is on fire. As of today he has 62 sells. I have gone with him a couple times for moral support...ha and it is a hard job, its hard to stay motivated when people are yelling at you.. I couldn't handle it very well.... Chase is so good he doesn't let it affect him. That is why he is out there and not me! ha
We are as happy as clams... we love being married its hard out here because the only day that we have together is sunday, so sunday is my favorite day of the week.. ha
Our goal for the summer is to get the temple and get sealed. We are shooting for November 16th... It will be amazing because is will be our one year.

2008-05-02T18:43:00.000-07:00

Chase and I are currently living in Virgina. We are loving it, its a new expirance in its self! Chase is working for APX ALARM and is doing very well. I found a job at Victory Secerts, so that will be fun.