stephanie & trent: We've already been here a month!?!?

Welcome to Cleveland!

So far, Cleveland has been way fun! We have had a lot of opportunities to experience the city life and seriously couldn't be happier. There is so much delicious food! That, of course, is what we care about most. Trent and I had two weeks to explore the city before we started work. The first week we went to Kirtland, a historical city that Mormon pioneers inhabited for a brief time. It was Trent's first time visiting a church history site outside of Utah so it was neat to experience together.

Kirtland Temple

Whitney Storehouse. Joseph Smith lived in the upstairs for a period of time.

The following Monday was Labor Day and we went with a bunch of people from our ward to downtown to watch the Blue Angels fly through the sky. What a perfect way to celebrate the holiday. We found it very relaxing.

A couple days later we went to the zoo. Everyone and their mom talked about how neat this zoo was but we were a little dissapointed. We liked the Houston zoo more. But the animals are always cool to visit. We both love animals so much. Zeus is so lucky to have us as masters.

It's Lil' Sebastian!!!!!

Cheetah. He was making some serious growls and hisses at Trent. It was crazy! We probably spent the majority of our time there because we were so amazed he was developing a relationship with him.

That Friday, we drove to Chagrin Falls. It's a small town not too far away from the city.

cute popcorn stand in Chagrin Falls

as we walked through the town, we saw a library and decided to register to vote. I invite everyone to do the same!!!

There is an ice cream parlor in Chagrin Falls that is absolutely amazing. They have the more unique flavored ice creams I've ever eaten. Trent said it rivaled Venice gelato for him...but I disagree..

Trent started work the following week and surprise! We finally got our stuff from the movers (pictures of our apartment coming soon). So I had the great responsibility of emptying all the boxes and organizing the house. Friday I took a break and attended a Republican rally. Mitt Romney even showed up!