The fireplace

I always thought it would be fun to have a fireplace with a hearth over it to decorate, well this house does and here is the picture.  This is just a conglomeration of things that we have here since we have not and will not be moving everything in until we know that we are buying this house.  I think it turned out quite cute and I do love having a fireplace.

The tub

One of the favorite features in our new home is the tub in the master bathroom. It is HUGE, deep, and has jets. This morning Logan asked if he could get in it and I said yes only because he was up early. So he ate breakfast while it filled and when he was done I told him that the tub was ready for him, he replied "good because I am ready for it!" So as I type he is giggling away lost in a tub full of bubbles.

Spring and all things new!

I knew it had been a long time since I posted, but November?? Well lots has happened! We finally have a house :) We have made an offer on a shortsale and we are renting it while we wait for the sale to go through. It is in Enoch, in the same elementary for the younger kids and in the Canyon View boundaries. Its so nice to have some space again. We are so grateful to my parents for putting up with us for so long!

Ron finished his first basketball season at CV and has nearly made it through his first year as a teacher. Its been a lot of work but it is work that he loves.
Kobe is doing great at school, has had 4.o's all 3 terms. He is playing on a traveling basketball team. Has loved and will miss the ward we lived in but is soo happy to have his own room :)
Carsen played football in the fall and found a new sport to love in wrestling. He was awesome in his first season won lots of matches pined some opponents and took 4th at state! He wasn't sure he would like having his own room, but does love that he can wake up early in the morning and turn on the light to read.
Tyson is our social bug and knows everyone. We haven't even been in this house for a week and he already knows where all his friends from school live and has been to the park to play with them. He is playing baseball, he will be the starting 1st baseman and hopes to get to do some pitching.
Logan is also very social and has tons of friends at school, there is a girl from his class on the street next to ours. He can't wait to play with her. He also wrestled and LOVED it. We finally found an outlet for some of his energy and aggression :) He said the other day "Mom, I just can't stop thinking of wrestling moves" His first grade class just preformed a Shakespear play that was so cute and very well done. He is reading on a 4th grade level
Sydni is still as busy as ever and already misses Grandpa telling her how wonderful she is all the time. She loves preschool at aunt Mel's and can't wait to meet all the girls here in our new neighborhood
I am working at 2 different home health companies. One is just on call one week a month, and the other is part time. I love what I do as a nurse and as a mom! I love this house! I love my family!

Saydee

I have been avoiding this post and the emotions it will stir for long enough. Our dog Saydee died last month. She did not take well to moving :( She was eating all the other dogs food here on the farm, and drinking water out of everywhere but her bowl. She started to loose weight and get sluggish. I took her to the vet and he said that she had an absess of some sort in her belly. He could do some costly tests to find out the origin, but the bottom line would be very costly surgery to fix any problem he found. He gave her an antibiotic to see if that would help and sent us home to make a decision that became easier by the day. She was sooo sick and weak. We decided it was time to part with a great friend. I held her that morning at a very kind veterinarian injected her with that pink serum that took her life. It was comforting to feel her labored breathing relax and slow to a stop. I held her and sobbed and sobbed. Ron had prepared a spot here at the farm the night before (in the pouring rain) and my dad helped me to lay her to rest there. We had her for about 9 years and she was truely a part of our family, a sister to the boys befor Sydni, an escape artist, and a wonderful friend.

I'm too excited to sleep!

Yes it is 4 in the morning and I can't sleep. This is not unusual for me, but today my mind is filled with excited thoughts instead of worried ones. We have been here in Cedar and at my parents for 2 and 1/2 months now. Not much has happened with our house in Layton or me finding a job, that has causes great worry for me. We have dropped the price on the house and had some neighbors do some painting. We decided to list it as a rental a few weeks ago and had 1 family look at it. Then nothing... Night before last we decided to drop the rental price a bit, and today we have 3 different people looking at it. I know it is premature but I am so anxious for all that this means! I have found a house here that I love and truely feel is where we are supposed to be. I seems to haunt me, I keep getting the mls listing sent to my e-mail and thinking about where I would put things and how I would decorate what. I know, silly huh?

We are headed back to Layton tomorrow. Our intent was to check on the house and do a few things to spruce it up, but we've decided we'd better take a trailor and get the rest of our stuff. I am anxious to see what happens, and hope and pray that we will make a good decision about renting. Praying for good renters, and good neighbors for our friends that we miss dearly. We are taking the kids out of school for a day (something we don't do lightly), Ron has a conference on Friday so we will drop him off at the U and head for Layton for 2 days. Yeah!!

Hey cheerleader

Sydni had her first experience as a Canyonview cheerleader here are a few pics

Yes that is her right in the middle of this picture, this is how she looked throughout the entire performance

She really was not very nice about going to the cheer clinic she clung to me for the first day and to Kylee the second. When it came to game time she was all excited, ran out onto the field with all the others, and then stood there with her finger in her mouth. I have to remind myself that she is only 3 and at least she ran out. Then I have to remind myself that I'd rather she not be a cheerleader anyway!

Faith

I know I have alot of past posting to do, but that will have to wait until I have pics to remember all we've done. That would involve finding the camera for which I just found the charger for in the storage unit today. So for tonight just a ramble. We were asked yesterday to speak in sacrament meeting in our "new" ward next week, by our bishop who is also my uncle. When he stated that the topic would be faith I sighed. I know that we are asigned these things more for our benefit than those we speak to, but really?? My faith is waivering right about now (can I stand up and say that in a sacrament meeting where all my family will be listening?) We are so sure that we did the right thing by moving here, but... why then haven't we sold our house for the original asking price and moved into the home of our dreams here, why aren't we accepting callings in a new ward where we will spend the rest of our lives, why haven't I landed that "dream job", why is my husband never here, why am I so worn out at the end of the day from watching over the kids so that they don't ruin anything here at my mom and dad's house, why did I have to hold our dog as the vet administered the shot to end her life? Why, why, why???

Well I guess it all has to do with the fact that I have more to learn about faith. As I have started reading in preparation for my talk the thing about faith that stands out most is the part where we are supposed to believe in the things we can't SEE. I have a hard time with that. I want to know all the who, what, when, where and why's about what is happening and what is going to happen. Right now I feel as though I am left out of the loop and I want back in! I've been reading a talk by James E. Faust on faith. He talks about all the amazing technology and knowledge that we have now but reminds that "man has never discovered anything that God has not already known". So for tonight I will sleep (or try to), knowing that my Father in Heaven has a plan for me! He knows who I am and all that I am worrying, and rejoicing about. In fact he worries and rejoices right along with me. So I will continue to go forward with all the faith that I can muster and try to learn all that I can along the way.