Saturday, April 18, 2009

Moving

We are trying to get everything organized today so we can load the trailer on Monday. We will stay in a hotel Monday night with my parents and then begin the 3 day drive to Spring, Texas on Tuesday with all of our belongings and our 3 kids stuck in the car for hours. My parents are helping us move down there which is so WONDERFUL. I don't know how we would do with the 3 kids for 3 days without some help. Plus we have 2 cars and all of our stuff. I am so grateful for their help.

We are trying to sell our condo. I am so sad to leave it. I love it. We took some pictures of our front room so we could have them online to sell it. The front room and kitchen of our condo was what I fell in love with when we were looking to buy 2 years ago. I found it online and just the pictures alone won me over. We went to see the model right away and I wanted nothing else. I have loved living here, it hasn't even been 2 years yet. I have loved our neighbors, being near so much family, and our new, clean home. I will miss Utah, we have been here for so long.

Bensen looked so funny in his car seat the other day when my mom put him in to run some errands in the middle of all our packing this week.
Staucie and my mom taking a break to eat some of the eggs we colored for Easter.
Parker found a good hiding place amongst the boxes.
Staucie found a nice seat when the shelves were removed from the entertainment center.
Goodbye Utah!
We will miss everyone there!

Friday, April 17, 2009

Easter

We colored Easter eggs the night before...
Daniel, Staucie, my mom, and Parker
Staucie
Parker
My mom, Parker, Kyle
Bensen (Tyne held up and egg for him)
Parker and Bensen
Bensen, my mom, Parker, Tyne
Easter Morning!
(Our shelves are looking bare)
Bensen on Easter morning, he just "played" with a toy.
We went to Daniel's grandparents for dinner on Easter Sunday and the kids went on an Easter egg hunt in the backyard..
Parker
Staucie
Parker, Staucie, Sadie, and Spencer

Pictures of Kids for Grandparents

Parker loves to take care of Bensen.

Staucie wanted to hold him too.

The kids decided to nap on the floor one morning.
Bensen
And BensenThe boys in the laundry basket.
Grandma Randall reading to the boys. My mom is here helping me pack. She has been a lifesaver. It was so hard to do anything with the 3 kids and I was making very slow progress and freaking out. I am SO glad she is here.

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Good-bye Utah, Hello Texas!

So we are moving in 2 weeks. This is kind of sudden. Daniel had a job interview in November and we have been waiting forever to find out. We didn't really think it was going to happen. Then a week ago he got the job offer and we accepted. He starts soon so we are busy trying to figure things out...

Lets start with the good...
1. Great career move!
2. Daniel will be happy at work.
3. Daniel's sister, Brittany, and her husband, Matt, live there. Daniel will actually be working for the same company as Matt.
4. We will hopefully rent a house and I will be able to send the kids in the backyard to play almost whenever they want. (We live on the 3rd floor.) So, all day long when Staucie asks to go outside, I can say, "Sure," instead of, "Parker is sleeping, Bensen is sleeping, it is snowing, I have to cook dinner, I am still in my pajamas, etc."
5. It doesn't snow.
6. A new adventure.
And the bad...
1. I will really miss my family and friends.
2. BUGS!!!
3. I love our home. It is new, clean, open, and I just love it.
4. BUGS!!!
5. It will be too hot in the summer.
6. BUGS!!!
7. We will be renting an old place.
8. BUGS!!!
9. So far we haven't been able to sell or rent our condo.
10. BUGS!!!
11. My family will be far away.
12. BUGS!!!
13. BUGS!!! (I have a very serious fear of bugs.)