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Scorpions glow under black light...
                                                       ....though the black light we wanted to test that theory out on was broken.

Dallin and I together....
                                       ....don't even come close to weighing as much as a baby ephelant. 

The southwest corner of the tiger pen....
                                                                 ....was the best one.

There are bird-eating spiders...
                                                 ....that grow to be as big as a dinner plate.  Just ask the creepy guy who was eavesdropping on our conversation. 

We've decided that if we ever come across a porcupine...
                                                                 ...we will, under no circumstances, EVER cuddle with it. 

Giraffe's...
                 ...stink.  Really bad. 

Going to the zoo with Dal...
                                            ...was amazing, he's my best friend and I can't wait for a Forever of crazy fun memories with him!

out with the old...

and in with the new!

Best...

1. After a full year of telling the basement tenants I was sewing them curtains, I FINALLY finished them.  Don't worry, it was only the night before we had to put the sewing machine in storage... talk about procrastination!

2. Our old house is grateful.  I don't think it's EVER been this clean.  EVER. 

3. There's something therapeutic and oddly relaxing to me about dejunking my life.  We had only been married two and a half years, but the amount of crap that we somehow accumulated was outrageous!

4. Shopping!  We've frequented IKEA and Target at least three times since moving in. 

...and worst of moving

1. Sometimes I'm an idiot... like when I thought "Hey, I'll bet toilet bowl cleaner would be a great way to get the bathtub white again."  Ya, might've been a good idea had I not left it for an hour and a half to crust over in there.  Now our renter's bathtub looks like a smurf crime scene.

2. Our landlord has completely remodeled like half of our apartment, which is awesome!  Unfortunately, the other half hasn't had anyone living in it for quite some time, so we're still finding fun little surprises.  My absolute favorite are the daily appearance of the most hideous little spiders. "Kill a spider a day" is now a common phrase in the Billings apartment.  

3. This move, Dal had to be gone for two nights right after we got to our new place.  As fate would have it, our landlord and her two girls were also out of town.  Do you know how creepy old houses are when they're empty?! I promise you, there were footsteps upstairs like every five minutes.  Worst. night. of sleep. ever.  

4. Saying goodbye. It's hard leaving our first and only house since marriage, as well as leaving our ward and friends!