Whistle while we work...

Some of our most recent highlights:

*The Shelves that the owner put up in the garage came crashing down around my car last week. Bill said that is what you get when you screw into sheetrock and not studs. I don't think the rainy wet weather helped either. My car suffered the wrath and not has a few good dings to show for it. Several cans of paint were lost in the tragedy as well.

*A tornado warning was issued for Scottsdale last week.

Thank goodness we have an open floor plan house

with clearstory windows every where. It was all good though.

Just lots of wind and rain. We loved it!

*I started back to work today.

Just a few hours each day a couple of days a week.

I am only 15 minutes from home instead of 48.1 miles

going the wrong way at the wrong time of day.

I am glad. I liked the structure of juggling it all!

January Goes Marching On...

Our January has been filled with:

Impromtu photo shoots on ladders while we organize the new garage space.

A lovely visit with Grandma and Grandpa.

Filled with good food, games, competition, music, and laughter!

Another "first" day of school.

Went so well, when I asked them how the new school was

I received a resounding "awesome."

That's what I like to hear!

Happy New Year 2010

This is the Year...

This is the Month...

This is the Day...

I am so excited about 2010. I have never felt so excited to embark upon a new year as I am this year. I have finally realized that your life is really what you make of it! Maybe that is why I am so excited. I have big plans for me and for us! We have had a simple quiet holiday season and for that I am glad. The kids are getting older and everyday they are getting "bigger." It has been fun to slow down and just be. To hear what they think, to see how they play, to watch them interact with each other. We have been given much in this life and I can't wait to share and give back. This is the Year! And this is the Month! And This is the Day!

There is going to be no more waiting and procrastinating.

There will just be doing.

HAPPY 2010~ May it be exactly what you make it!

The Stockings were hung...

Barely...

moving and Christmas prep don't really go hand in hand.

But we finally got the tree decorated and the stockings hung...

We did some gingerbread house building

Sugar Cookie frosting

And Hello Dolly Bars thrown together

Basically enough sugar to last us months...

Christmas Morning I found this picture on my camera...

I wonder if Santa was messing with my camera.

Traditional Cardamon Sweet Rolls were baked

to be eaten after we opened our stockings.

Goofy and Sweet was the theme for the day.

Checking out games

Drooling over legos...

(he kept sneaking back to his pile of toys to check out the legos.)

Playing with our new Rush Hour Game

Trying on practically every new gift...necklace, apron, gloves...

James thanking Grant for his new Star Wars ship.

Even the dogs scored a big win with new bones to chew on and coats to keep them warm.

(Our house is much cooler than the old house.

Jack wouldn't sit and pose for me...too much going on)

Moving Day Came and Went...

Moving Day came and went...but we still have to go get ceiling fans.

We are in the new house...but certainly not settled!

We have a Christmas tree up...but not decorated one bit!

We are almost done Christmas Shopping...but certainly not wrapped and adorned!

We took last weekend off and went to Vegas...but left the kids in very capable hands.

We are shipping away gifts tomorrow...but one is being left out, I will have to finish it for next year.

We are saying goodbye to our old school tomorrow...but excited for the new school.

We are tired...but certainly blessed with so much to make us tired about.

This is it!

The week is here.

We are moving along in our journey down the time line of life.

We have said some goodbye's,

we have said a few see you later's

We are excited to be close to new friends.

We are excited to close to work.

The walls are bare

The boxes are packed

Mom and Dad are pooped

and the kids have a ton of energy.

Isn't that just the way it goes?

Catch you on the flip side.

Here we go again...

5 states...
9 homes...
We are at it again!
The only number that changes this time is the 9...
it will be 10 soon.
It is time!
We are ready for change and new growth.
The best part is we are going to closer to dad's work.
We are ALL looking forward to at least
2 EXTRA hours
of dad being home
each
and
every
DAY!
So for Christmas this year we are getting
a new house,
a new school
and
a new neighborhood!
Seems to me we are a pretty lucky bunch.