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.

Warning!

The following Post is long and contains entirely too much information.
I have been tagged by Jamie
How To Play This Game of Tag: Post these rules on your blog.List: 3 joys, 3 fears, 3 goals, 3 current obsessions/collections, 3 random surprising facts about yourself.Tag 5 people at the end of your post by leaving their names. Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.

3 Joys:1.My husband Jeremiah, I love having someone to talk to you and laugh with. He is a very good father and a loving husband2.My kids, William, Joseph, Michael, and Isabelle. They are so full of energy and love for the world. I love talking walks with them and seeing how fasinating the world is through their eyes 3. The Gospel. I am so thankful for my Savior Jesus Christ. I am find so much joy with the knowledge that my family will be together again in the life hereafter. What a blessing it is to feel joy in my heart as I read the scriptures

3 Fears:1. Spiders. I am terrified of them. I am sure if you ask Jeremiah he would love to tell you all my silly stories about him having to kill them for me. 2. Death, All I know is I am not ready to leave this earth. I have a lot more to do. 3. Loosing family. I am still working on my eternal perspective

3 Goals:1. Lose 25lbs. 2. Be the best mother and wife that I can be 3. Be a better healthy cook

3 Current obsessions:1. Twightlight series. Breaking Dawn release August 2nd. 2.Packing Packing Packing. 3. Ticket to Ride.

3 Random or surprising facts about yourself:1. When I was around 10 I flashed the boy who lived next door (not on purpose) 2. I have a love hate relationship with running. 3. When I was in Kindergarten my teacher asked what I wanted to do when I grew up and I said "A mom" She said "no what do you want to do for a job". So I thought about it and said "a teaher" because that was the closes thing to a mother.

I tag
1.Ann
2.Lizzie
3. Janet
4.Jenny

Riding off into the sunset... Sort of.

"The time has come," the Walrus said...

To Whom it may Concern:
We are moving! Unlike our half dozen or so previous moves, this time it is out of state! We will be Pitching our Tents in the Valley of the Wind, a.k.a. Casper Wyoming. Missy's Father is coming home from the rehabilitation center in August, and her Mother will be back teaching school in the fall, so we will be close by to help out. The Great Truck Packing Adventure is scheduled for the 29th of August, followed the next day by The Massively Monumental Moving March... er Drive? We have enjoyed being in Utah and getting to know so many of you who have made us feel like family, when most of our respective families were far away. We hope to see many, if not all of you, before we depart for our new Promised Land.

Do you remember when?

I am doing THE MEMORY post.

Here are the rules.
1. As a comment on my blog, leave a memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you know me a little or a lot, anything you remember! If we're only blogging friends, write about a post that is most memorable. If you don't have a blog and don't know how to sign in, please comment as anonymous.
2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll be sure to write one about you... either on your blog, in my comment box, or I will email you back!
3. If you know both Jeremiah and I please leave a memory of each of us. Jeremiah is really good about reading the blog and sometimes adding to it.
4. If you can't say something nice, don't say nothin' at all ☺

Would you Date Yourself??????

We had and interesting discussion at work today. One of the girls was telling us how she was listening to the radio and the question asked was if you were looking at yourself as someone else would you want to date yourself. I found this very interesting. I was very sad to realize that I wasn't sure if I would. But it really got me thinking about how I needed to be happy with who I was. I realize that there are things about myself I would love to change. That is when the old saying comes in "God grant me serenity to except the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can and wisdom to know the difference". So my new goal in life is to look at myself and love myself. Anyways I wanted to put this up for discussion to see what everyone else thinks.

4th of July

We had such a busy 4th of July. I am so thankful for our country and the freedom we have. I know it is was all designed by our Heavenly Father and if it wasn't for him we would not have our freedom as a country and a freedom to worship as we wish.

10k

For those who are interested here are the pictures of the 10k run I did. Did I run the whole way? (now imagine the voice of the lady with the really big, white teeth from 'So you think you can dance') YES I DID! Did I feel like dying and quitting? YES I DID! But I didn't. Here are my thoughts and feeling of the race. July 2.. Am I really going to do this. I don't think I can do this. What did I get myself into. Maybe I'll just run the 5k instead. July 3 after picking up my running pack.. I am really going to do this. I can't believe it. This is so exciting that I am really going to do this. I am going to die. July 4.. Start of the race... Why is everyone passing me this sucks. At least I am doing this... Going up the first hill.... Wow I can't believe people already are walking, I am glad I trained running up hills.... Around mile 2..... OH man a pregnant lady just passed me up.... Mile 4.... Yeah there is Jeremiah and the kids cheering my on. I hope I make them proud. This is for them... Mile 5 running up hill for the rest of the race.... I am going to die my knees hurt and I am going to die but I will wait till the race is over..... Mile 6... There is the finish line I think I will sprint the rest of the way. Here we go..... I ended up finishing in 1:16:36. The second I finished I felt great. I did it! There were two girls I seemed to play tag with throughout most of the race. I would pass them up because they were walking then a few minutes later they would pass my up because they started jogging again. In the end I barley finished behind one and the other finished about a minute behind me. I plan on running this again next year with the goal of getting a better time. Anyone want to join me?



Before After

Quick Trip

We just made a quick trip up to Casper this last week. My Dad had a massive stroke so we went to see him in the Rehab center and try to help out some. Though I am not sure how much help we were since the kids are so busy and inquisative. I have to say it is pretty hard to see your parents hurt like that. But my dad is a trooper and will fight hard to get everything back. We went up Wednesday and Jremiah headed home very early Friday morning then the kids and I headed home on Sunday. It was bitter sweet coming home. It was nice to be back to normalcy but it was really hard leaving my dad and my mom. I am just glad that my brother Daniel and sister Carrie came up the next day to help our.
Isabelle getting tickled by grandpa
My Dad and Me with the quilt I made him

Grandpa and Baby Roman Jeremiah wishing he had another baby of his own

Grandma and Baby Roman in the Rehab room Isabelle with Grandpa
Grandpa and William playing Transformers

Isabelle cheesing it up for the camera
All the kids gathered around Aunt Julia and Baby Roman
Michael with a very uncertain Baby Roman
Isabelle holding Baby Roman
Isabelle checking out the backyard

Look at that hair

I know my brother in law Joey might get mad when he sees these pictures but I couldn't help it. My little nephew Roman who is about 10 weeks old has as much or more hair then Isabelle. So I tried sticking a pony tail in his hair. He is so cute.

Dancing Queen

Isabelle loves to dance. All we have to say to here is "Dance It Isabelle"