New Home

Well, we are finally moved and settling in! We checked out of Aggie Village Wednesday (with glowing reviews of how clean the place was, I'm pleased to say), and have been trying to stay at home as much as possible so that we can start to clear away all the boxes and find homes for everything. A HUGE thank you for all those who helped while we packed, loaded and unloaded the moving truck, finished moving things, and just cleaned. We haven't felt so loved and supported during a move since we were married! Not to mention the blessings that have just been pouring down! Between all the help that we have been given (thanks to the Aggie Village Elder's Quorum, and a couple of new neighbors!), all the many times of babysitting (thanks a million to Garth and Laura, Sarah and Steve Richins, and Mandee Black; you guys can't believe the difference you made for my kids!!!), and the way that we lucked out in finding buyers for our appliances so we can afford to buy a new dryer (long story)...I can't stop saying thank you! When I realized that we were actually completely moved and cleaned and settling into the new place 5 days after we started filling the truck...well, let us just say this is a new record for us.

So thanks a million guys! You've made more of a difference than you can imagine in how we are feeling right now!

Moving day approacheth...

Well, it is official as of today! Ok, I know that I've been telling people for weeks now that we are moving to Hanbury Manor. I can only say that it has taken them forever to finish all the financial qualifying paper work so that we could be officially approved. Then again, once we found out about what was going on with our credit (and that it wasn't really our credit), I wasn't worried.

So as of June 21st, we will officially be living in apt H104 rather than in Aggie Village. The great side of things is that the place is made of regular wood frames covered with dry wall, there are about 3 times the amount of indoor storage, we have been able to get a garage with our apt (that has an outlet) so Johnny has a way to escape the family without going to work plus we have sooo much more storage, the apt itself faces east/west so we'll be able to have lots of sunlight on our porch, the is central air (hooray for air conditioning!!!), and above all.....there are 2 bathrooms!!! Now I know that God is looking out for us as I've been wondering how Mom and Dad made it all those years with all those kids and only 1 bathroom. Especially when the twins were being potty trained! And I only have one kid at a time being trained...though the way they fight over who has to 'go' the worst you'd think it were different. Now they can both go at the same time, and hopefully when Kieran is getting trained we'll have a little more peace on the home front. Now I just need to figure out a way to have a garden...

Oh, well, beggars can't be choosers.

Hooray for us!

Boy what a week! We've been so busy, but at least our 'busy' has really benefitted us with a lot of great stuff!

First of all, one of the best things happened this week. On Wednesday, Caelen and I were able to go to Salt Lake with Jaron and Kaden to meet with Garth, Laura, and Craig. We were there for the all important 'taking Craig to the MTC' moment. And it really was a great moment! Caelen hasn't been able to stop talking about it since; about how Craig is a missionary, and how he is going to be a missionary, and how great it is that Bryce is a missionary, and does he get to go be a missionary tomorrow, and...you get the idea. How great it is to be able to see that excitement come alive in my young son! How grateful I am for the privilege of being related to such wonderful examples!

The other big thing this week is that we finally know where we are moving to! Yep, that is right! We are semi-officially moving to Hanbury Manor around June 20th. We're just waiting for the exact move-in date and schedule. Now I just need to get the house packed up, cleaned up, and ready to be cleared out! Hope you are all looking for a great service project to do this June!


One other thing that I just have to add: a HUGE thanks to Sarah and Steve Richins!!! They lent us a bunch of Wii games last week, and they have been so much fun! I know we probably haven't gotten as much done as we probably needed to, but we definitely haven't been as stressed! I'm even starting to get into this crazy game system!

Moving updates

Well, we chickened out. Yep, I'm standing up and declaring it to the world. As much as we love and adore the duplexes at The Springs (the brand new 3 bed duplexes on the west end of town that I've been raving about for about a month and a half or more), we're going to be a little more patient. I had a long detailed talk with one of the supers at The Springs and found that between their waiting list (currently 150 people in line), and the fact that our credit is by far less than stellar right now (we are working on it, I promise), and the fact that we really need a place post haste...well, we're going with option two that will let us try again next summer. This way we can get our credit cleared up a lot more and can hopefully be far more eligible. Plus it sounds as though there is going to be a second phase of construction in the near future, so by next summer there may very well be the opportunity for a brand new place, maybe even a 4 bedroom. How would that be? So for now we are waiting for a 3 bedroom on the ground floor (yes, I'm going to be particularly picky about that...other wise Caelen is going to drive me out of my mind worrying about the downstairs neighbors!) at Hanbury Manor. That is the same complex where Terra is living right now. Their apt. are about 1100 sq feet, 3 beds and 2 baths (one attached to the master) with LOTS of storage space in the form of closets, walk in closets, etc. Plus there is tons of natural light and three doors outside in case of emergency (which I like) and a play yard for the kids in the back yard away from cars (though this isn't enclosed, darn it). Oh, and there is a kind of patio so Johnny would have a place to store his grill finally. And best of all (besides just the fact that we'd finally have a place to move to), I finally get my piano back!!! Yeay!!! We'll let you all know when we find out for sure our moving date. Maybe that way people will come to help? (Hey, you can't blame a girl for trying can you?)