Limbo no more

So the past few months have felt like limbo. We knew that we couldn't stay where we are at as sad at it would be to leave. The economy has reeked it's whirlwind upon us. And sadly all our hopes and plans have diminished. We were on the house hunt hoping to find something to fit our financial goals. But it was long and slow.
Paul wanted to be able to rent out the home to BYU students but choices were slim and getting it to work out was slimmer. So when Paul found a home listed on Criagslist for rent we jumped on it. The price was 1/2 of what we are paying now and it has the room we need for our big family. It is also close to work and we will be in the school boundaries we wanted.
It will be sad to leave a gorgeous area and good people but hopefully we will be able to get our feet under ourselves again soon.
I feel like there are things to look forward to again.

Trip to the Grotto

We took a lil' trip up to the grotto in Payson Canyon. It was a beautiful day! It is a pretty short hike so very doable for kids with short legs. We packed some sandwiches and brought the two dogs as well. The kids played in the icy water when we got there. A birds nest was perched on the back wall of the cliff. Trey, Bryce and Isaac braved the steep climb to the top of the falls and peered down at the rest of the family. Another family came in behind us with another dog. Ginger seemed to not like this dog AT ALL!! So I fought to keep her from eating this poor cute little bassett hound looking thing. I looked over at Paul to see him talking to the owner. When we got back to the truck, I found out it was one of Paul's bosses!
On our way out, Twix nudged Ronnie off one of the walkway's in her excitement to go. He took a nice tumble into the stream. Luckily, he was mostly scared and not too hurt.
The boys getting their feet wet.
Michaela and her favorite pal: Twix
Tess freezing her feet off
Ronnie staring with amazement at his totally awesome brothers.
Trey, Bryce and Isaac conquer the falls.
Isaac gave me these pretty flowers.
Here is the same spot I took a picture the last time we were at the grotto in Oct 2008.

Hey all- I uploaded my pictures to my computer finally so I suppose I have stories to tell again. Haven't really wanted to share anything lately but I am back I suppose.
The picture on the left is Nutmeg and her one kitten she had about a month ago. The other kitties are Jerry and Vicki's bunch. They are nephews and nieces to our kitten. They got to spend the weekend with us when the Nelson's came down to our house for General Conference. The kids had a blast playing with them. We had a great time with the Nelson's eating, sleeping, playing games and enjoying the company.



This is a funny picture I took of Ronnie. We had just talked about how the kids liked to play midgey mode and pull themselves into their shirt. I went to make a phone call and Grandma went to give Tess a piano lesson. I looked up about 5 minutes later and Ronnie was fast asleep on the chair. This was at 3:45PM. About two minutes later, he lost balance and toppled onto the floor. I raced over and picked him up. He didn't even cry. I asked him if he wanted to go sleep on the couch or his bed and he vanished. He went to his bed and didn't wake up until morning!



I wanted to post a recent pictures of the boys. They are getting so big and talking so much. They are little rascals getting into everything and making 3 times the mess. It is so cute to watch them. They feed off
each other in a way none of my other kids did. Yummiliciousness! Beware when they are both sick though. . .


We had a family recital last weekend. It was fun to be with more family. Everyone did a great job. Grandma sure is working hard with all the grand kids. I wanted to post Michaela's and Trey's performance.



I took this last picture today. I was hoping Spring was here but we still are getting snow. I am grateful for the moisture, but i am sure ready for warm weather!Here ends my post hoping its not the last for another few months. . .