BYU Botany Pond

Every week our ward mother's group gathers together and hangs out for an hour or two.  This week we went to the BYU Botany Pond.  It's a little pond with lots of ducks (like 50 or 60 Hungry Ducks).  It is nice to know that there are still ducks here at BYU even though they filled in the stream that used to go through the housing area where Ganon and I met/ fell in love/ got engaged, etc.  Anyhow, I thought I'd share a few pictures of the kiddos.  

(This little family of ducks had ten babies.  They crossed the street back and forth three or four times while we were there.  It was interesting to watch the cars stop and wait and then the ducks stopped too.  Apparently the drivers aren't used to driving on roads with ducks.)

I'm not sleepy, Mama

     Rebecca has been refusing to take naps lately.  Usually she ends up falling asleep on the way to pick up Ganon from work at 4:45 pm.  Today she woke up early so I tried to put her down for a nap.  She refused, so I gave up.  She ended up curling up under the chair I was sitting on.  

     Then I moved to the kitchen to work on dinner and David followed me.  He fell asleep a few minutes later at my feet in the middle of the kitchen.  It was pretty cute.  Unfortunately, Sarah woke up as Rebecca fell asleep.  Luckily, she likes the back-carrier so I can carry her on my back while I make dinner.  It's amazing how peaceful it can be with happy children.

Happy Birthday Ganon!

     Today we celebrated Ganon's birthday.  (I found the candles and lighter last night as I was unpacking yet another misc. box-- perfect timing)  Kelly and her kids made the trip down to help us celebrate.  It was fun getting to hang out and spend time together.  

     I would like to mention how grateful I am for such a wonderful husband.  I have been incredibly blessed to be married to a man that is so hard-working, talented, self-less, patient, and unconditionally loving.  He has always taken such good care of me and our little family.  I can't say enough how wonderful he is.  Thank you, Ganon, for everything.  I look forward to celebrating many more birthdays with you.

Another Dress

Here's my newest dress creation.  I made something like unto sleeves.  We found the material in the basement.  It used to be a table cloth, but it was a little bit too bright.  

Fun in the Sun

We Finally have internet in our new place. I am so excited to be able to post pictures again. Here are a few from the past few weeks. We still have boxes and a little bit of chaos, so I'm not ready to put up more pictures of the house. My goal is to be all unpacked and semi-clean before Ganon's Birthday. We'll see.

My sister-in-law Valerie and her four children came and stayed with us right after we moved in.  It was so fun to have them visit.

This is Sarah in her exersaucer.  She is already a big fan. just like her big brother.

We hung David and Rebecca's swings in the front tree.  I have to watch Rebecca because she likes to go out in the backyard to play and almost always ends up in the front sitting in her swing.

David and Rebecca decided to help us water the lawn while Ganon and I unpacked the garage.  They enjoy making sure that the sprinkler is really spraying water.  

Semi-Accurate House Pics

By Popular Demand, I am adding a few pics of the house. These are ones that were taken before we moved in, so not all of the furniture is the same. We'll give more accurate ones soon.

This is our front porch before we repainted it. We're in our most lovely painting clothes.

This is now David's room, so the table is in the living room.

This is the living room.

This is the little room downstairs that is very girly.  We keep finding Rebecca in it 

just looking around.  

This is the Master Bedroom.  The bed didn't come with the house.

This is our really long driveway.

This is the back yard with our great fruit trees.  The apricots were ripe right as we moved in.  Perfect timing.

We're Movin' On

After several months of looking, multiple unsuccessful attempts, waiting for the right place with the right price, performing extensive repairs, and negotiating through five addendums, we are finally officially homeowners.   So we have begun the crazy process of moving... again.  

This whole crazy home-buying process has been an education, to say the least.  I feel like we have learned a lot about priorities, preferences, ideals, and reality.  Most importantly, we have learned to trust the Lord.  The house we just purchased is just around the corner from our current apartment.  We were told that it was for sale the day after we moved in.  Neither Ganon or I felt very strongly about it so we kept looking elsewhere.  Over a month later we felt like we should take a closer look at the place.  Amazingly, the price had dropped $15,000.  What a wonderful blessing.  While this house is not exactly our ideal, and it doesn't meet all of our preferences, we know it is the place for us to be right now in our lives.  We are excited about having our own place and all of the craziness that comes with it.  Thanks to all of you who have helped us (and will help us) get here.  We couldn't have done it without you.

Sorry no pics yet... we're too busy moving...  ;o)