Braustin Nation

Austin's littlest sister (Kristine) got called to the Málaga, Spain mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints . She reports in June. We are so excited for her! These photos below are everyone in the family that gathered for the opening of the mission call, including her close friend Arie. 

Remember how I said we wanted to keep having date nights? We've done good! I'm sure you've noticed we had some favourites in Rexburg. Moving to a new place can throw you off, but still be adventurous. I really like Asian food. But like... serious Chinese and Vietnamese and Thai food. We found a Hong Kong Buffet which scared us at first, but it was decent. We decided to explore further, and that was a mistake haha.  Straight up dog food. Not even an exaggeration. I am not sure WHAT meat we ate. That adventure scared us off for a bit, but then we found an oasis.  New Mandarin!! It's the quirkiest place as it resides in an old western restaurant space. SO good. Best food I've had outside the city. So we got to enjoy eating there for our date :) See what I mean about the Western and Eastern coming together?  Gosh do I wish I had these photos for my BFA.  We are both still swimming in school and work, and still enjoying

All is well and fine. Sometimes it's hard to tell you guys all the exciting things in our lives because... well... it's not that  exciting haha! Here's proof we're still alive: It's been super cold and snowing tons, so the interior of our windows (again) look like this: It's actually kind of easy to open up the books and study when that's how it is outside. Both of our computers crapped out on us, so we finally took the money we've been saving and bought this lovely mac desktop. Illustrations are going to be wonderful! And law school notes? Apparently they are, too: We definitely have not stopped cooking, although McDonald's gives me free meals everyday now that I am a Crew Chief. But even still, look at this beautiful chicken Austin made! This semester has already proven really difficult as I work full time, and am doing the EMT academy here, and finishing my last (difficult) nursing prereqs. My application goes