Would You Shave Your Eyebrows?

Matthew and I haven't spent a night apart since we moved to Tennessee -over two years ago. "Two years!" I imagine you gasping in horror! Okay, I imagine you really saying something along the lines of "Meh... No big deal."
Well, my friend, it IS a very big deal. That's two years of getting used to someone sleeping by your side. Some people take a while to adjust to having someone in their bed. Some people just automatically click. Matt and I were the latter. I would spend the majority of my day laying in bed, cuddling with my husband if it were possible. As it is not, I savor even more the nights when we can lay in bed and hold eachother.
What has brought on this revelation? Well, Matt has had to work the night-shift the past couple of nights. One word: BOO! It's been very difficult on him. I'm not going to lie, it's been crazy hard on me too.
So, here I sit, thinking of how I could express myself and my feelings about this experience. My mind has wandered until it found the perfect words for this story. A monologue, if you will. I like to call it:

Confessions of a Night-shift Wife
I lay still in the dark, between the cold sheets. I find myself putting more layers on, trying to make up for the missing body heat I'm used to.
After hours of tossing and turning, I am still shutting my eyes nice and tight as if that would will me to fall asleep. I can't help but peek out of one eye to check the clock. He gets off in six hours. I close my eyes even tighter. Time would go by so much faster if I could just get to sleep.
And... I'm wide awake.
I finally give up. I look out of my open bedroom door to the hallway. The carpet and the wall is brightened by the kid's nightlight. William and Lily are sound asleep. Finally. It's like pulling teeth to get children to sleep. Especially when it's only me doing it. I can hear their shallow breathing -and light snoring- through the open path from my room to theirs. I get up to check on them, making a pit stop to the bathroom. I watch William and Lily sleep -having sweet dreams, I hope- and wish that I, too, can eventually have a peaceful rest.
I lay back in bed.
Sly glance at the clock. Five more hours. Sigh.
I roll over to the empty bed next to me. Empty except for my glasses, the novel that I began and finished within five hours, and a few chocolate candy wrappers, of course.
I force my eyes closed -yet again- saddened by my pathetic-ness. I've had all this time to myself. Have I enjoyed it? No. I'm just exhausted and restless at the same time. And I'm getting a headache over my left eye.
Time passes and a long yawn eventually escapes my mouth. I don't do anything to stop it's full effect. I nestle deeper into the pillows. The most comfortable I've been all night. The most comfortable I'll probably get.
I wake up to the annoying sound of metal scratching metal as the door unlocks.
It has never sounded sweeter.

Alright, so this is a glimpse of my sad life for the past couple of days. Some understand. Some don't. Some have been through a lot worse. Some would shave their eyebrows off to have the full bed to themselves.
Call me a newly-wed. Call me lame. Call me a sap. Heck, now you know you can call me in the middle of the night when Matt is working night-shift. I'll be awake, probably trying to find something to do in my awakedness.
But, you can sure count me among those who wouldn't shave their eyebrows. Even to have the bed all to myself.

Sidenote: I wrote this blog post on a sheet of paper at 2 in the morning. Sorry if it doesn't make complete sense. I couldn't help but think it was a little funny.

One Can Hear the Falling Snow

My all around favorite Christmas song is - and no mom, it's not "Simply Having a Wonderful Christmas Time," although I think that I am the only person on the planet that actually LIKES listening to that song every year. I look forward to it actually. It's a Christmas Classic to me, thank you Wings - um.. my favorite song is... drum roll please... "Still, Still, Still."
It has the most beautiful lyrics I have ever heard. I imagine it's a parent talking to a child before bedtime. It fills me with joy to think of my children being surrounded by angels while they sleep. That we will all be happy together when our Savior arrives. To take it one step farther, it reminds me of the love that Heavenly Father has for all of His children. The peace we can feel when we are in His presence again.
I am overwhelmed with the Spirit of Christmas and of life when I listen to this song.
The past couple of weeks, it's been snowing like crazy in the wintry state of Utah. I am NOT a fan of the cold. I'm scared to death of driving down a snow covered street. BUT, I do love the scarves and gloves that people wear. And I have a coat fetish -I'm not ashamed.
One of my favorite things, though, is to bundle up and relax on the back porch -with a cup of 7 eleven hot chocolate- and watch the snow fall to the ground. Everything is so bright. Even in the dark, the sky is so full of snow-filled clouds, it brightens up the Earth. Day or night, the rooftops blend in with the sky. The leafless trees are gorgeous still, being iced in layers of white. The fresh snow that blankets the ground is the most beautiful before someone steps on it.
Although the beach is warm and the perfect setting to read a book -Jennifer-I do agree that I wouldn't mind that setting either. There's nothing that brings the feeling of Christmas to me more than snow.
Like my favorite Christmas song, snow brings with it a sense of peace, of stillness. Isn't that a part of the Christmas Spirit? "Peace on Earth, Goodwill toward Men."

Still, Still, Still

One can hear the falling snow

for all is hushed

the world is sleeping

holy star, it's vigil keeping

still, still, still

one can hear the falling snow

Sleep, sleep, sleep

'tis the eve of our Savior's birth

the night is peaceful, all around you

close your eyes

let sleep surround you

sleep, sleep, sleep

'tis the eve of our Savior's birth

Dream, dream, dream

of the joyous day to come

while guardian angels

without number

watch you as you sweetly slumber

dream, dream, dream

of the joyous day to come

It's Always Better When We're Together

Baby Einsteins in the Bath

As of right now, we only have one car. Because of this, it's just William, Lily, and me at home everyday. All day long. We have the occasional visitor. Okay, so Carrie isn't exactly occasional. - I all but beg her to come over some days. And I will be eternally grateful to her for keeping me sane.- But, you get the picture. It can be pretty boring for a 2 1/2 year old and a 1 1/2 year old to be stuck at home all day. Oh, and not to mention the boredom a 22 1/2 year old can experience. I am a natural home body, but seriously... a mom can only take so much. My house is pretty much spotless when I'm at home alone with my kids.
Anyway, the purpose of this post is to express the high points of being at home all day with the cutest little ones. I'm very thankful for the fact that they have gotten closer as a brother and sister. They have been learning to play together and share. Lily looks up to her big brother like Will can do no wrong. Everything that he does, you will find her trying to play along. William can be a little possessive of things -like anything that has to do with Thomas the Train- but he is also very good with Lily. He takes care of her. Don't get me wrong, they are getting close, but they still act like brother and sister the majority of the time -screaming included. All in all though, it's fun to see their relationship expanding. It's pretty cool to think that they can't remember life without each other.

They thought they were so cool sitting on the table like that. They both climbed up the chairs and sat on the table singing songs and laughing together. (That doesn't happen very often)
This is the box that had all of our Christmas goodies in it from Tennessee. They loved playing in it together. I'm sure Will is pretending to talk to pa pa on the phone.

Alas!

Lily and I have finally had a break through! I am styling this poor girls hair now. I have figured out the secret. Either that or she's old enough that she doesn't care. Lily wore pigtails in her hair all afternoon on Sunday. When she would reach to pull out a ponytail, I would tell her that she looks so pretty. She would tilt her head, smile, and drop her hand from her head. She looks adorable with her hair pulled out of her face. I have since done her hair everyday. She has kept things in her hair! Believe me, I'm thanking my lucky stars that I can have fun doing my little girl's hair! Finally!

Our "Choo-Choo" Tree

Translation of Title: Our Christmas Tree.
When we moved, I realized that we had left our Christmas tree and ornaments and the liking in Tennessee in my parents barn. I was pretty sad about this because I LOVE Christmas and every year, we have the tradition to pick out new ornaments for our tree. So, my sweet mother and father and brother, Jeremy, made it possible for our Christmas things to be shipped out to Utah! We decided that we would buy a new tree -no need for the other to be shipped out here. We have an apartment that wouldn't have space for a big tree anyway. So we went with a 3 footer. It's kid sized. William and Lily LOVE it! They had so much fun decorating it. Every now and then, William will come and jab one of the ornaments with his finger so that it will fall off the tree. "Oh no (insert color of the ornament)!!" he would say. Then he proceeds to pick it up and put it on the tree again, usually in the same place it was. He can't leave it alone. It's pretty funny.
Matt helped Lily put her ornaments up and some others up. She didn't get as into it as William did, but I know next year they will both be old enough to really enjoy it.
I'm excited for the Christmas season.

Sneaky Sneaky

I was sitting at the kitchen table and I heard William playing in the pantry. He likes to close himself in there sometimes... I don't know why. All of a sudden, I heard the pantry door slam and then little feet RUNNING to the bedroom and this is what I found.

Prayer 101

First of all, I would like to share that we went and saw the Twilight movie this morning at 12:15. I won't go into detail about it, but I will say that I liked it. There were cheesy parts to it, but if you've seen the trailers, no surprise there. It actually was so much better than I had anticipated. It was a lot of fun and we got to make fun of a few people who dressed up. -Yeah. Hilarious.


So, now that I have that off my chest, I would like to share a story. Yes, as the title indicates, it's about prayer. Matt and I have been working with William and praying. He's talking more and understanding more and he'll repeat practically everything someone says. The other day, I was helping him pray over dinner. A portion went something like this:

Me: We
Will: We

Me: Thank
Will: Thank

Me: Thee
Will: Thee

Me: For
Will: Five

I had to take a little break from our prayer to cover my mouth and chuckle a little bit. Let this be a reminder to all of you that we need to count our blessings. (Talk about cheesy, but I couldn't help myself.)

Hats Off to You

Lily (the little girl who won't leave a hair bow in her hair to save my life, yeah, that one) has come up with different head pieces herself. She loves to wear hats or different things around the house on her head. She's a funny one. The picture above is of her wearing Matt's beanie from Madera Mill.
Her t-shirt
Another one of Matt's hats
This invention here is beautiful. She reminds me of like an olden day knight. Camelot. Camelot. Camelot. This is her shirt and Will's golf hat.
Two of Matt's beanies
This treasure is one of the sides of a circle that you put shapes in. Don't ask me how she balances that thing on her head.

Something He Misses

This was the last time that Will went golfing with Papa in Tennessee. I found these while I was browsing through my pictures and thought that I would share. This is definitely something he misses.

A Sugar Plum Fairy, Golfin' Halloween

The week before Halloween was a disaster! William got a stomach bug. He vomited throughout a night and then he was pretty sad for a day or two. When we got over it, we finished putting Will's Halloween costume together for the ward trunk or treat. Matt got home from work and it turns out that he had to work a LONG day on Saturday (the same day as the trunk or treat ofcourse). So, just me and the kiddos. Oh wait, Lily started to vomit on Saturday morning. It's been a crazy crazy couple of weeks, and I'm glad that they are over and I can start new!
Since we missed our ward's trunk or treat, we went to Matt's family's ward Halloween Party. The first few pictures are from that party. William dressed up as a golfer. - cutest golfer around if you ask me. Lily was the Sugar Plum Fairy. Her shoes are the greatest. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the pictures!! Happy belated Halloween!



Here are almost all of the grandchildren on Matt's side of the family. We went trick or treating in the Townsend's neighborhood with all of the kids. It was a lof of fun. Obviously, Will didn't think so in the beginning, but he got used to it and was saying "Trick-or-Treat" at every door. What a simple thing to do for a treasure so great!

I don't even remember what he was sad about. But, man was he distraught.
Lily looks so pretty as a fairy! Even with her wilted wings.
After all the trick or treating was said and done, the Pages came over. We had to take pictures of all the kids together. Raven was Strawberry Shortcake's Cat. Tessa was a Herbie racer. Carrie made these costumes too. She's so stinkin awesome!







Here is a picture that I didn't mean to put up with this post, but as it already is up... I'm just leaving it. I put up our family picture that we took when I was pregnant with William on our refridgerator. Every now and then, William will go and point to everyone and say names and say hi and that he loves you all. Not only do Matt and I miss you all in Tennesee, Will and Lily do too.

Photogenic

When we were packing for our move, I found a camera that I had about 10 years ago. I gave it to William because he's always wanting to take pictures with our camera. While we were traveling to Utah, I was taking pictures here and there and so Will had to pull out his camera too. So, here are some pictures of Will taking pictures.

Will taking a picture of me taking a picture of him taking a picture of me....

Here is the start of the funny pictures. I was trying to get a cute picture of Lily and Dad. I didn't even notice Will was in the background until I looked at them all after I took them.

Still taking pictures

I finally got Lily to cooperate and got this cute picture of Lily and Dad. And Will.

This is what Will looks like behind the camera.

What can I say? The camera loves him. Or.. he loves the camera.

The 12 Joys of Moving to Utah

Sidenote: Sing this to the tune of the 12 Days of Christmas. That's how I envisioned it anyway!

When we moved to Utah, these 12 Joys came to me...
12 Apostles smiling
11 Boxes in Storage
10 LDS neighbors
9 Townsend Siblings
8 Cousins to Play with (for William and Lily)
7 Jello Dishes
6 Local Temples
5 MINUTES FROM FAMILY
4 Seconds from Church
3 British Ladies
2 Huge Bathrooms,
and Roast Beef and Yorkshire Puddings (which are Delicious!)

By the way, we're all doing pretty good. I hope that you all are too. I hope to be getting into the blogging groove soon and we'll be up and running again. We love you all!

Long Time, No Type

Hello from the great state of Utah! I have a great post in the works, but I just wanted to update. I miss the blogging part of my life. As of right now, Matt and I don't have Internet. Or a computer. It's all in the works.
Anyway, I thought I would share with you all that we're doing great! Our apartment is in order and I hope to have some pictures up soon. We have wonderful neighbors, who are very friendly. They know Matt, which is absolutely NO surprise. We're having fun with the fam. It's good to see everyone.
My mom and dad are in town, staying with Carrie. It's nice to have them out here. Although, I think William has associated Carrie's house with my mom and dad. I guess we'll see how that turns out.
Matt has gotten a job that will pay him well. His uncle works at Kennecot (the copper mines) and has been so great as to lend a hand out to Matt. Matt's going to start work next week, which is SUCH a blessing.
William and Lily are adjusting. It's still been pretty hard. Lily has been taken out of her safe environment, so she's had a difficult time. I'm sure it will all work out in the end. Both of them are getting used to Matt's family out here also.
I LOVE our apartment. It's been so much fun decorating and getting things in order. It's just amazing. I think our place is nice. I'm excited for people to come see it. The only thing I don't like about it is that the carpet smells like a dog. We've been trying to make it better though, and I think it has.
Well, that's pretty much it! I wanted everyone to know that we're doing okay! Keep a look out for my awesome post.

I'm REALLY Not Good at This

Sidenote: This may be boring. If it is, I refer you to the title.

Matt and I have known for about 5 months that we were moving to Utah. I cried a few times about it and then just left it at that. I got to work trying to get things in order for it and with two children, my mind has been more than occupied. It's only been the last couple of days that the tiny breakdowns have been sneaking up on me. I haven't allowed my mind to go to certain things and different events have brought them to the surface.

Sunday, we had a surprise party! Krystin pulled together a surprise party with our family, for us! It was so much fun. We had dinner and visited with family. We received this super cool poster too. It has a candy note on the back. I should have written it down so I could put what it said on here, but too late because, guess what? It's packed! I held it together pretty well. No tears. That's not to say that I wasn't sad. It just hadn't hit me yet. I still don't think it's hit me totally. Cute, huh?

I visited with my 92-year-old Grandmother on Monday. William loves her and I think it has something to do with the fact that she gives him m&ms. Lily had a harder time at first, but she warmed up to Grandmother and gave her hugs and kisses. After we left, I had the first of my tiny breakdowns.

Yesterday was Savannah's 13th birthday! It was fun to go and spend more time with family. The Richardson's are so fun. I have loved getting closer to them and both of my kids love them! We had cake and ice cream and Savannah opened presents. We gave hugs and we left. -#2 of my tiny breakdowns when we got to the car.

Party on, Savannah, party on.

Here is Matt and Lily at Savannah's party. I couldn't help but to put it on here. I thought it was a good picture of them.

Last night, after we went to Savannah's party, we went to see Grandmama. It was great to visit with her and my kids love her. We got to take the red rocking chair that's in the picture home with us too. It's perfect size for Lily. Uncle Don and Aunt Lynda joked around with us, so it was a little easier saying goodbye.

We are leaving tomorrow, so I'm not sure when I'll be able to get another post up. But, Tennessee has been great for us and I know that there are so many reasons for coming out here. I won't put a list because I'm sure people are bored of this post. I know that we're supposed to move to Utah and we'll have reasons reveal themselves to us as they come, I'm sure.

Honestly, Matt and I really aren't good with saying "goodbye". Is anybody, really? I have so many mixed emotions, it's kind of hard to force myself to feel one feeling at a time. Does that make sense? I'm not sure the overwhelming outburst of tears will come until we're out in Utah and my parents aren't there. I guess we'll see.

I am going to miss my family. They are amazing people and my best friends. It's going to be hard to leave them. I'm not one to put my heart out on the line, but if walls could talk, you would all know how much I love you and will miss you. We'll miss our friends out here too. Fortunately, some of both parties are going to be moving to Utah soon!

More about Yours Truly

I was tagged by Jennifer!

10 years ago:
1. I was just beginning Young Women.
2. I was obsessing over any guy that looked my way.
3. I was absolutely HATING 7th grade at Apollo Middle School.
4. I was a cheerleader for the Astros.
5. I was going through the weird, big teeth, bad hair phase of my life.

Today's To-Do list:
1. Pack
2. Eat and feed children at least 3 times
3. Give Matt an evil look when he gets on my nerves. - It's the first day of Matt's unemployment. Man, it's weird.
4. Visit Grandmother
5. Pack some more

Favorite snacks:
1. Goldfish crackers
2. Hershey Bars
3. sonic drinks - especially Cranberry Dr. Pepper
4. Honey Bunches of Oats cereal
5. Brownies

If I were a millionaire:
1. Pay off my car and buy Matt a truck that he wants - maybe the potato truck.
2. Buy a house in Utah and a house in Tennessee
3. Pay off the family's debts that I can
4. Buy a new wardrobe for me and my kids. Oh.. and Matt, definitely.
5. Invest a lot

I've Lived:
1. Nashville,TN
2. Murray, UT
3. That's pretty much it...
4.
5.

Jobs:
1. I once worked at Whitney Education Company in Utah. I called people to remind them that they signed up for seminars. People hated us because they thought that we were telemarketers. We were not. I hated that job.
2. I worked at Best Buy in the CD and DVD department.
3. Now, I consider myself a teacher
4. And a cook
5. And a magician. - My kisses have magical healing powers.


Tag:
1. Stephanie Dunn
2. I think everyone else who I would tag has already been tagged!
3.
4.
5.

A Glimpse of Lily

None of you have heard about Lily in a while. How is she doing? She's as hilarious as ever. I have actually been able to get her to keep a hair bow in her hair about 2 hours a day, which is a BIG improvement. She's been talking more and more and she's into everything that Will is. She likes golf and cars. But, her true love is Winnie the Pooh. She has 2 Pooh bears and she loves any other kind of stuffed animals too. She's such a fun and sweet little girl. I love her like crazy!

I have a collection of four pictures below. You can tell with 3 out of 4 pictures that she's a pacifier girl. Anyway, I wanted to give you a glimpse of what makes me get up every morning.... with her wailing and screaming. Miss Sassy

She's such a pretty lady.

AH!

Okay, I couldn't help myself. I laugh every time she does this face. This is the face Lily makes when she shows people her food and she wants to see what you have in your mouth too. I don't know where she got that from.

Lily and Jennifer

This is Lily and my sister, Jennifer. I had to get a picture of them together because Lily absolutely Loves Jennifer, and I'm pretty sure the feelings are mutual. Anytime Jennifer comes over, Lily cuddles with her and loves her. When she leaves our house, Lily cries. Sometimes Lily even expects to leave with Jennifer.
I don't even know what to say about this picture, but my stomach hurts from laughing so hard.

Proud Parent Moment

Alright, now, I know that I just posted a video of William up yesterday. But, I had to post this today. Will was in the bathroom with me today while I was fixing my hair and he just started to count all by himself! AH! He counted to 6. Can I just say that I love this part of his life? It's so fun to get to know him and to talk to him and have him talk back. I've learned so much about him the past couple of months. Will's favorite color is yellow. His favorite number is 6, and he recognizes it in stores and on television, anywhere really. He likes the letters X and W. I don't know why, but he does! I'm learning a lot from him and I absolutely love teaching him new things about the world. Will's an awesome little boy. Sometimes it just hits me hard and my blog is my outlet today.

I hope you enjoy this video. I kind of had to coax it out of him at first. I love how he says, "fur" just so matter-of-factly. He's so dang cute!

You'll have to pause the music so you can hear it! Sorry!

The Best of Bobcat

When Will would hit the golf ball, he would hit wherever he deemed worthy of his presence. So, every now and then someone would get smacked in the face with a plastic ball -or a plastic golf club. Not very pleasant. Especially when Lily was the victim. So, Matt and I found the solution to our problem. In the golf aisle at Target, we found a slab of fake grass that had a hole where a rubber tee is placed.
Why is this a solution?
We can point it away from people! So, here is a picture of Will with his new toy. Then, there's a video to show how this tee has improved his "driving".
Like all other toys with small children as owners, the tee has gone missing since we have purchased this. But, I found it last night in his room under his bed. This means that he must have been sleeping with the tee.
Bobcat's hard core. He eats, breathes, and sleeps golf.

... and then I was Tagged.

Keaven tagged me!!

My 3 joys:
1- Matt and William and Lily
2- The Gospel
3- Reading good books

My 3 Fears:
1- Having someone close to me pass away.
2- Drowning. Hence, I am afraid of water. I have panic attacks in the water- unless I have a life jacket on or something.
3- SNAKES! Slithery, scaly skin. YUCK! They gross me out and scare me to death!

My 3 current obsessions:
1- I Love to blog. It gives me a chance to share pictures of my kids and practice writing. I also like to look at other peoples blogs too. It's fun to see what everyone is up to.
2- Twilight Saga. Okay, it's been a while since I first read the series, but I can't help but still love the books. I'm on my 4th read through of the 1st three books. Oh, and saying that I'm obsessed with Twilight really means that I'm obsessed with Edward.
3- New/Different kind of music. I love finding a cool new song to get into.

My 3 surprising facts:
1- I would love to eventually go to college. I would really love to major in English Lit. and minor in Dance. We'll see how it goes. It'll probably be a while, so Dance may be out of the equation for me.
2- I want to be finished having children by the time I'm 28.
3- I'm scared stiff to move across country!! I'm excited too. It's just a little daunting to think about what we're actually doing.

I tag whoever would like to do this.

The Tale of Matthew and his Truck named Potato

Matt bought a truck for $1100 from a man that my dad worked with. Maybe that's what all men truly mean when they say they're going to go "look" at something. When he came home, he rushed inside to come get me to see his purchase that he was so proud of. It was a 1988 Toyota pick-up truck and it was the same model as the one in Back to the Future, which Matt later confessed that he's always wanted.
I didn't mind that he bought a car for so cheap, considering that we only had one car. I only had William at the time, but I was expecting Lily that next month. It was nice to think that I could have my car and Matt could have his.
I hurried and put my shoes on and walked outside to see this number. "You spent $1100 on this?" were the first words out of my mouth. It wasn't the excited "man, you got a deal" reaction more as it was the disgusted "you actually paid money for this?" reaction. Matt didn't let me get him down.
"Yeah, isn't it awesome?!" was his response.
"You spent $1100 on a truck with a wooden bed. It looks like a farmer's truck. Are you hauling produce around? It looks like something that would carry potatoes. This is a potato truck."
And so it was thus named by me.
The potato truck obviously ran, but it certainly needed a lot of work. Matt and my dad were willing to put in the time, money, and energy into doing it. They started with the muffler and some undercarriage work. Then, Matt bought a new truck bed from the same fellow as the truck.

They installed it.

Primed it.

Painted it.

This truck ended up being Matt's inanimate object of affection. Unfortunately, with us moving, Matt made the decision to sell his potato truck. If he did that, then it would become official for us to move. We would have the money to move to Utah as we feel is right for our family.

To me, and many others, I'm sure, it's only a truck. To Matt though, I think it was like notches down from selling one of his own children.

It was sold to a man named Julio for $3000. (Nice profit, huh?) Mr. Julio was impressed with it, made the comment that these trucks last forever, and said that he was shipping it off to Guatemala.

I never liked the truck, but I found myself sad because I know Matt had to sacrifice something that he loved for our family. I have to admit though, it did look better when they finished than I ever thought was capable. Matt's an amazing guy to do that for us.

So, the potato truck - or camion de patata, if you will - is no more.

Although it's been a couple of weeks, there are times when Matt will tell me that Julio "better take care of that truck."

Goodbye Potato Truck. Believe it or not, you're missed by all of us! Good luck below the border!

"There's a Place for Us...

... somewhere a place for us" West Side Story anyone? Well, everyone, we have finally found a place to call our home! It's in Murray, Utah. Instead of the West Side though, we will be residing in the East Side. Who knows, maybe that's reason enough to change my blog name to the East Side Story. Hm.. that's not bad. Anyway, we will soon be residing at Parkgate Apartments. (I tried to put a picture up, but I couldn't do it. You can google it if you want to see!) We'll be in a 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom apartment. Okay, can I just say that I'm WAY excited to have a seperate bathroom from that of our children and anyone who comes over? Way excited. Fortunately, we were able to get an apartment on the first floor! Maybe this post has enough music in it, but I believe that I can hear the Hallelujah Chorus...
We are ecstatic and scared and nervous and anxious and sad and happy and so many other feelings are going through us right now! This is the first step that we've taken to make it FOR SURE that we'll be there. So, we'll be moving in our place of residence on September 27th. We still have to go through the application process, but as of right now, we DO have a place on hold for us.
Now, getting a job... another story for another time.

Safety Glasses

Hmm... Lily won't keep hairbows in her hair but...

She'll keep Will's toy Safety Glasses on.