It's finally official!!!!

We are moving to Logan, Utah in June!


We are pretty excited because this was one of our top choices of where we wanted to live. We love Cache valley and have many great memories already created there. Go AGGIES!!!!

25 things

I just did this on facebook, because it is the thing to do. If you are have already read it, sorry.

1. - I drink a glass of orange juice with my breakfast every morning.

2. - To help us save money during residency, I have my hair cut at the Beauty college. And actually a couple of weeks ago I got so tired of my hair that I pulled out the scissors and cut it myself. And I like it better than most cuts I have received. Which leads to #3...

3. - I have never been a huge fan of my hair. It doesn't do a whole lot besides the same style I have had for the past 20 years.

4. - I love silence. I don't listen to music much when I drive.

5. - You know when you are walking down the hall at church and see someone coming toward you and it is just you and that person and it is kind of awkward and you try to avoid looking at them and don't know what else to do? Well, I always feel like I have to make small talk with people like that and then I usually say something dumb and then it is more awkward and I should have just kept walking instead of opening my mouth.

6. - I love that I can go to the store here and usually don't ever run into people that I know. Except the missionaries. I always seem to find them where ever I go. But anyway, for this reason, you can sometimes find me looking a little white trash. If I don't know the people, then I really don't care what they think of me.

7. - I am very very gullible.

8. - I don't ever wear jeans at home, unless someone important is coming over. Sweats and comfy clothes all the way.

9. - I also don't like wearing skirts and dresses. In fact, when we get home from church, the first thing I do is change my clothes, even before unloading the baby or taking care of the kids. When I was younger, I may or may not have worn long johns under my skirt to church more than once.

10. - I am pretty competitive when it comes to sports, board games, and (when I was younger) relay and crawling races.

11. - I used to feel sorry for kids that lived in the city. I always wondered what they did for fun. They probably felt sorry for me too.

12. - My husband and I have never had any credit card debt. Our goal was to make it through residency with out any and we are almost there.

13. - Our couches are almost as old as I am. We were supposed to get new ones as a gift to ourselves after medical school, but that hasn't happened yet.

14. - The total value of our car and van combined is less than $1000. (I just checked on cars.com)

15. - I am truly a home body. I would rather stay home and rent a movie than go out on the town. And as my friends have learned, when my husband is home, I am home.

16. - I am more of a clean freak then I would like to be. My house must be spotless before the kids go to bed so that I can sit and enjoy a clean, silent home by myself.

17. - I make a mean Swiss Cheese Chicken dinner.

18. - I never ever thought I would live this far away from home. I have really enjoyed my experiences in the different places I have lived.

19. - It really bothers me when people are so indecisive and just won't tell me what they want to do! But I have realized that I am the exact same way.

20. - I tend to get stressed out a little too easy. For example, thinking of what to put on this list has caused a couple of sleepless nights.

21. - I think I can get along with and make a comfortable conversation with almost anyone.

22. - I really lucked out in college with great roommates and created so many fun memories with the girls from D-1!

23. - My sisters are my best friends and I can't wait to live a little closer to them.

24. - When my whole family gets together it is CrAzY! And always so much fun!!!

25. - I would like to have 2 more kids. I think. My husband wants more than that.

Anbody want to buy a house in Michigan?

Because our sign went up Friday!

It is with mixed feelings that I write about this. First of all, if anyone has been paying attention to the housing market then you should know that Michigan is one of the worst, if not THE worst, state to sell a house in right now. Great for buyers, not great for us. We are going into this knowing we will loose about $20k on it, unless a miracle happens. But what else do we do. Life is taking us elsewhere and who had any idea this was going to happen to the market.

Secondly, when I saw the sign go up in our yard, a rush of emotion came across me. This is it! This is the time we have been waiting for our whole marriage, and it is kind of sad. But yet we are so excited for the time ahead of us. Mostly, I am so excited to find out what Nate will be like outside of the school/residency scenario. That is all I have ever known of him and to have him be an actual part of our family will be great! (I am not saying he isn't a part of our family right now, he is just really really busy, even when he is at home. To have him come home each day and have ALL of his attention will be glorious!!!)

But on the other hand, leaving Saginaw will bring many many tears to me. I will save this for a post further down the road, as I don't want to get all mushy mushy right now. (I have already warned Nate that I may be a little emotional the next few months)

So if you, or anyone you know, would like to purchase a lovely home in the beautiful and non-thriving state of Michigan, just leave me a comment and I will get back to you pronto. I mean it.

Claire at 5 months

I really can't believe she is 5 months already. She is such a little sweetheart and we love having her in our family. If only she would sleep like she did when she was born. I swear she is going downhill with that, but we are working on it, I just need to be more consistent.

And this is what happens when you don't buckle her in the swing...

And then this...

Oops!!!!

sledding again

Okay, so I had to blow this up a bit so you could see their faces. I thought it was pretty funny.

Sledding

We took the kids sledding last week and it was so fun! We'll have to do this again sometime soon.


I wish you could see the expression on their faces above. Nate looks pretty freaked out and Dylan is smiling away, enjoying the ride.

The "Rock"

Okay, I really have been meaning to update this. I have pictures to post and my excuse is that the laptop has been in Nate's possession for the last couple of weeks for work reasons, and this computer I am on now needs to be retired. But it can't, because we need it for various things. I am sure it was one of the very first computers made. I think. It is slow, the screen makes me dizzy and it is HUGE. We call it "The Death Star". But anyway, enough of that.

I have lots to say about other things, including Realtors and trying to get my house ready to sell and take care of 3 kids at the same time, but I am really really tired right now. So I will leave you with this picture that I have been meaning to post since October.

In October we had a big ward Fall Festival and for part of it the scouts did an "anything goes" pinewood derby. Anyone could participate and do whatever they wanted with their cars. It was really fun. I wish I had pictures of the 25 other cars. Some were pretty serious with engines, compressed air, remote controls etc. I expected a little more out of Nate, but with his limited time, this is what he came up with. Nate and Dylan made it together and had fun, so I guess that is what counts. And it did pretty good too. It got second in every heat it was in. I underestimated it.

Here is "The Rcck":