Hello World

I have been hearing, a lot lately, that I need to update my blog. I guess I do. It's been a little while. Why does my life seem so boring? I have thought about things I could blog, but then I get busy doing... who knows what, and then they just don't seem so important. But I guess a couple of changes need to be mentioned.

We have moved! It has been one crazy month! We moved a whole half mile from where we were before, but alas... it means a new ward, a new stake and a new elementary school. It seems so crazy, but we jumped to the other side of Recker and our entire world has changed. It has been a bit of mixed emotions. We are so excited to be in our own place again! It is much bigger than the rental we were in. I am not stepping on Lego's strewn throughout the house. We can paint, decorate and do whatever we want to the place! That, in itself, is thrilling. But I was very sad to leave our ward. We really felt we belonged there. We made some great friends and I know that they are still friends, we are still very close, but you know how it is... So close but yet, it sometimes feels like so far.

So, we moved over Fall Break. We grossly underestimated the painting that needed to be done. We thought we would be able to get it done in 2 days. HA!! 10 gallons of primer, 5 gallons of white, I think we are at 10 gallons of various colors, and we are not done yet! The downstairs is almost done -a bathroom and guest room is left. We still have Amanda's room, bathroom, bonus room (aka The Bunk House) and the Master bedroom and bathroom left to do. Amanda's room is next. It is so overwhelming. There are soooo many things we want to do with the house. I have to try to focus on just one thing at a time. Which I do not do very well. I tend to look at the whole big picture, get completely overwhelmed and just shut down. Ugh... Not to mention all the boxes that are still all over the place. I hate moving! Luckily, we don't plan to move until all the kids are done with High School. Unfortunately, with all the chaos going on, I have lost my camera. I took 'before' pictures, 'during' pics of the kids painting and have now lost my camera. It's highly annoying! So, when I find it, I will be able to post pictures.

The other big 'event' that has happened is David got promoted! Yay!! He has worked so hard and it has finally happened. I am so proud of him and excited for this new change. (I think...) His hours will change a little, they will be a bit better, I think. He has worked with the Store Manager of his new store before. They get along very well, so I think he will be happy in this new position, or at least with this store manager. He will be working longer shifts, especially with Thanksgiving and Christmas right around the corner, but I think it will be alright.