Wahsington here we come!

Well, it is official. We are moving to Washington... I know it has been official for a while, I just wasn't ready yet. I have been up here in the Tri Cities for the last week and I'm pretty sure I like it here. The house is just a block away from the Columbia River and the FABULOUS river trail. The boys and I go EVERY day for a walk and swing on the bench swings along the way (that's why monkey likes to walk anyway).
We're heading back to utah tomorrow and we'll get cracking on packing and getting ready to go. I'm really excited and quite nervous. But it will be really good to have the family all together again and I think Torrey will enjoy not having to sleep, eat and watch tv on the floor!

The Holidays!

The new year has come and gone and I didn't blog about any of it! Well, Christmas was fun, and lasted a week. We had parties 5 out of 8 days the week of Christmas. It was lots of fun, but going to the last party Monkey asked "after this party, then is Christmas over?" Apparently he was done.
We did go and see Santa, and the boys reacted completely opposite of what I expected. We were in a short line, so when it was our turn Bob-a-loo just walked right up to Santa with his arms up in the pick me up way. And Monkey was glued to my behind. He would not let go of me and would NOT talk to santa. I got to interpret his whispers in my ear, to santa. All the while, Bob-a-loo is happy sitting on the lap of a man he has never met before.
All in all we had a really fun Christmas. Christmas eve the boys got to open one present (jammies of course). When monkey opened the gift he gave a huge Uggh and said "That's not a fun present!" It was pretty funny, even though I had to tell him to be nice.
It is so fun watching the kids on Christmas morning. This year was somewhat interesting because the boys didn't feel to good. Monkey got up first and we had to wait a while for Bob-a-loo to wake. As soon as Monkey heard Bob-a-loo, he was in the room trying to pull his brother out. I walked in and asked bob-a-loo if he wanted to see what Santa brought, he YELLED "NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!" He was so ornery all morning. Otherwise it was a fun and of course, I completely forgot to take photos. I have NO documentation of our 2009 Christmas. Well we have some video of the kids coming down the stairs and looking at their gifts. Atleast there's something!

Bob-a-loo's new teeth!!!

Well, he doesn't have new teeth, but he does have the wire OFF his teeth now! It was actually REALLY horrible getting it off, but Bob-a-loo still did wonderful! He truely enjoys eating apples, and now I can let him eat them whole!

I'm a supervisor!

I'm very excited to announce that I have made it to Supervisor with Usborne Books and More!!! It was ALOT of work and stress, but I got through it! I'm very excited. Most people ask me what this means. Basically it means I make more money, I have people under me that I help, and I help with training meetings once a month. I'm just grateful that I could get to this position and hopefully the extra money will make a difference!

Going to Inverviews all over!

Last week we drove to Rock Springs, WY for an inverview with Terracon and then straight to Ely, NV for an interview with Peterson Mine. It was quite inveresting and long and crazy. At this point I don't care where we live as long as we are making money and can live again! I was impressed that I did like things more than I thought I would, for both towns.
Tomorrow we are heading up to Butte, Montana for an interview there as well. I'm excited to see the city and see what I think. It's starting to be an exciting time and I'm just hoping SOMETHING happens!

Bob-a-loo chipped his tooth!

So, I don't have a picture of the chipped tooth. I know what kind of scrapbooker am I??? We took him into the dentist and he suggest a crown. Yes a crown on a baby tooth, but it is the front tooth! Luckily the do sedation, much better then trying to hold down a screeming baby! He was NOT happy about the whole thing, but all in all did quite well. I even got the dentist to get some splinters out of his foot he got the day before! He was a little sore that afternoon, but otherwise he's doing great! Well, except that the tooth was loose, so he got a wire put on the first 4 teeth, to help the loose one heal, hopefully! Hey, if he evergets braces I will know what to expect. He does look cute! (I will get pics and post!!!)

Camping day vacation!

Yesterday we decided to get out of the heat, even if only for a little while, and go camping. We went up to Torrey's parents lots up little Weber Canyon. It was very nice. We spent the afternoon at Smith and Moorehouse Reservoir. Torrey wanted to fish and I thought it would be fun to take the boys out in the rubber raft we have. Well, the fishing sucked and the boys did NOT enjoy being in the raft with me. We didn't even get out far enough to loose sight of the bottom of the water. BUT once the boys were allowed to play in the water, they were wearing life jackets, they had a BLAST! It turned out to be a fun afternoon.
That night we put up our tent, and attempted to all sleep. The boys wouldn't go down, it was atleast 10pm before they settled. But, they finally did, and Torrey and I stayed up and watched the fire and the AMAZING stars in the sky. Before we got into the tent with the boys we scared away a HUGE racoon attempting to get INTO the tent! At sometime during the dark hours, Monkey (too scared to get up) peed in the tent. Torrey got soaked and moved him and moneky to the trailer (permanently parked at the lots). I knew they were gone and had a VERY realistic dream of a racoon getting into the tent with me and Bob-a-loo. Luckily it was just a dream! At 7am the temperature was 40-degrees! Too bad we had to come back to the 100-degree valley! We all lived, and despite the craziness, had a good time. Ahh, the joys of summer!