The Bus Stop

My three boys get to ride the bus to and from school everyday. Since we are living with my parents in the home I grew up in, I get to walk them down and pick them up from my old bus stop. It is pretty fun to see how things don't change to much. There are three power boxes that sit at the bus stop and I remember climbing on them as a child. When we arrived there Tuesday morning there were a few kids sitting on top of the power boxes. Also the old crab apple tree is still there and my kids have enjoyed a few of the crab apples I loved as a kid. One of the big things that has changed is the number of kids at the stop. When I was a kid there were enough kids at the stop to fill almost the whole bus. We had to race down to the bus stop to get our bags in line so we could be one of the first on the bus. Well since they have changed it to a "choice district" only a few kids ride each bus. My boys sit at the stop with two other boys who are a lot older. Luckly these boys are very nice and they all play together while waiting. I will say I don't look forward to the winter when its snowing a blowing. Yesterday as a I was waiting for the bus to arrive home I found out the bus had broken down and it would be awhile until they got home. It reminded me of the time my bus had barley made it up the "hill" and died at the top we could see our bus stop from where we were but we were not allowed off the bus until we reached the stop we had to wait at least a half and hour for another bus to arrive to drive us the little distance home. AHHH good memories.

We Made It

With a very packed Uhaul trailer (the biggest they had), a over flowing truck, a van pack so tight that only two people could sit in it (poor William was so squished in there Jeremiah could barley hear him as he tried to talk to him), and a little car with three car seats almost overlapping each other, we made it to Casper. I still am amazed at how much stuff we had. We even ended up getting rid of things at last second (good bye microwave and vaccume). We are so happy to be here. The boys are at there first day at school. But we already got a call from the princpal about William peeing outside (we will be talking to the couple that told William that this was fun, though I know they meant only when camping). Isabelle is having a fun time entertaining Grandpa. She loves reading to him and singing to him when she should be eating her lunch. Jeremiah will start work tomorrow and I will be busy getting everything organized. I am just happy we made with no problems with our van.

No pictures

Well one bad thing happened this last weekend in Casper. I broke our camera. We just got it in June and my clumsy hands dropped it and busted it. So we won't be posting pictures for a while. Sorry for those who come to see the pics. I know I love going to peoples blogs and just looking at the pictures.

Let The Blessings Come Flowing In.

Sorry this is a really long post. This might sound a bit cocky but boy have we been blessed this last week. Friday we headed up to Casper for my 10year High School Reunion (Go Mustangs) and also to get things in order for the big move. We had a few things on the must do list and one it would be nice list. My high school reunion was ok. It was fun laughing about the good times but as Jeremiah and I were probley the only ones there not getting drunk it was not to exciting for us. There were two good things that came out of it though. First I came to realize I was a lot more comfortable with myself then I was in high school. In High school I was usually worried what everyone there thought of my and how I looked. At the reunion I could care less what anyone there thought of me and I was very happy to realize it. The second good thing was that Jeremiah and I got to talking to one of the guys from my High school. It endend up that his father owned a construction business where they build and remodel homes, and they were looking to hire one more guy. So Jeremiah ended up getting a job. It is really good hours (I get to have my husband home for dinner and weekends for the first time since we were married) and good pay. He starts two days after we get to Casper. So that took care of our it would be nice list. We got most of our stuff done on our must do list but we soon came to realize that the biggest thing, getting the boys enrolled in school, would be a big challenge. Casper in a choice school district. Meaning everyone gets to pick which school they want to send there kids too. But not everyone ends up getting the school they picked not even if you live in that neighborhood. So we soon realized it would be really hard getting all the boys in the same school. We were actually told we would be lucky to get even two of the boys in the same school. So Tuesday my Mom and I headed up to the HILL (the main office) to see what we could do. Well it ended up the school I wanted most just had an opening that morning for 1st grade (William) but none of the schools had openings for Kindergarten (Joseph and Michael). We hurried and got William registed and left a list of the schools we were hoping to get the twins into.Within five minutes of leaving we recieved a call letting us know that there was an opening at the school William would be attending for Kindergarten and that they were just going to stick both boys into that school. So now my boys are registered into school. That was end of our must do list. We were so blessed with everything that needed to be done. Everything fell right into place for us. Jeremiah and I felt so strongley that Heavenly Father was blessing us for our desision to move to Casper. We are getting excited about the move. We have alot to do like selling a lot of furniture. So if anyone knows anyone who needs to buy a sofa and loveseat set (microfiber), sewing machine with desk, portable dishwasher, end tables, and a desk. Let me know. We really need to sell them

Party at our House

We are having a little open house so we can say goodbye to everyone. It will be Wednesday August 20. Starting at 6pm. If you do not have my address please make a comment and leave your e-mail address so I can e-mail it to you. We will start playing games around 8pm for those who would like too and there will be ice cream. Hope to see a lot of you there.

Wedding Cake

My friend Kasey, from work, got married and had her reception this last weekend. Our friend, Ali, and I oftered to make her wedding cake for her. It was a fun and challenging experience since neither one of us have ever done it before. We did many test runs which our family and friend apperciated. Then came the big day to do the real deal.

Ali was amazing and baked off all the cakes Friday night. Then after work we combined our forces at my house and started working on the cake.

The most challenging part was getting

the frosting smooth. Thanks to my wonderful sister-in-law for some good tip of how to do it we had a easy time of it (love ya Shana).

The finished product

The bride and groom

I am not sure if I will ever make a wedding cake again but it was a great experience and Ali and I had way to many laughs over it.