Samuel the Dinosaur

Samuel is a Dinosaur. He probably doesn't know it himself, but Elizabeth and I have decided that he is. He walks around the house ROARing. I get him out of his crib in the morning and set him down the first thing nhe does is run from the room ROAR!!

Last night I was getting him ready for bed. He thought it was great fun to run away. So as he is just about to get out of arms reach I would grab him and haul him back. As I pulled him back he would laugh not a normal baby laugh though, not a normal Sam laugh even It can best be described as the Bowser laugh from Mario brothers nintendo games. HILARIOUS!! We played like that forever. Anyways Lethbridge this weekend and Washington next week more update later.

So I was all ready to post pics and found out I have no idea what I am doing on the laptop. The laptop has internet through the wireless signal however the desktop still doesn't. My computer illiteracy becomes apparent. Today was a long day. Trevor passed his LLQP (insurance license exam) and started working for AIL (can't remember what that is short for). He headed down to Lethbridge for 5 days to train and start working. Why when you are on your own for church does everything seem to go wrong. bloody lips, massive spills, late start, had to pray in sacrament, I really don't like teaching even when they are only 4 years old (they scare me), Lizzy had a major meltdown and wanted her daddy. When I finally put her to bed she wanted to sleep in my bed so I let her do it and moved her later. I just didn't want to fight. I feel drained. I am going to go shower and cuddle up on the couch with my book (wicked), and plan on reading until I nearly pass out and have to drag my sorry self to bed. It sounds like a great plan to me better get at it.

In the house.

We are officially moved in and unpacked (except for the garage ughh). I don't have pics yet but they will be coming soon. Trevor has framed the basement, hooked up my in wall vacume, hung my pot rack, built a desk...and bookshelves and various other honeydoos. My Mom has also been the most INCRDIBLE help to me. She has packed and unpaked and cleaned and moved and babysat and driven. We have had lots of help from so many people. It is nice to be somewhat settled, once the basement is done the garage is next. I will post pictures soon.

Quilt Giveaway

Sooooo cute. Seriously every woman in this family sews and I am always jealous of their mad talents. Possessing one is as close as I will ever get to these kinds of skills.

I think I should win it so that maybe this baby that I am baking will want to be a girl so that she can have the quilt.

Man why can't I do that???

Quilt giveaway by Lizzy Anne

Crisis Averted

Trevor met with the general on the house today and with the real estate agent. They are going to rearrange the cabinets so that the stove is closer to the wall, adding the extra space in between the drawer and the stove. They are going to have to redo the counter tops back splash and some painting. They are confident it will be finished by Thursday (whew). So we are still taking possession on Wednesday and moving this week.. They are also going to give us $1000.00 back (furniture fund). They have graded the front yard but haven't put the driveway in yet, it will be done later this month. The ground outside our house has dropped more than I thought possible.

Here is a question. When you move in the states, which we did 8 times, you go into the post office fill out the form drop it off at the desk and your mail is magically forwarded for you. Here they want to charge me $40. I really don't want to pay them to change my address when I have moved so many times without having to pay a dime. Do I really need to do it? I am thinking that I do, I don't think I would inform all the different government groups. I guess it is only $40 but it is the principle of the matter.

Kitchen Nightmares

Countdown till move: 3 days

Day problems discovered : Saturday

Solution:??????

Shane messed up the kitchen. The house has been finished for about a month. They had it finished early, but hadn't put the appliances in.

So on Saturday when we went to look our appliances were in HOORAY. Rush over to look at them, (getting even more excited because it means I am that much closer to my dishwasher.) Trevor comes over looking at the drawers and the stove with a funny look (never a good thing). He reaches to open it *clunk* close the drawer try to open it again *clunk* *clunk* *clunk* Yes our kitchen drawers no longer open because the stove is in the way. I didn't think it would be a problem because I thought the stove was going to be flush with the counter edge. Nope. Because it is Saturday nothing can be done till today about it. My dreams of my dishwasher are fading fast.

The options.
1-Tear out the kitchen and start it over (plumbing, tile, cabinets, countertops, everything).
2- Have them reorganize my kitchen so the drawers are somewhere else (not a bad but they better compensate me for messing everything up).
3- Extend the island out farther ( still have to move plumbing tile countertops etc. which you might as well tear it out and do it right)

*Weep*

I have had the vacume man and the fridge man call to confirm delivery today, I asked them if I could call them back later when I knew if we were still moving this week.

side problems
- I have no place to live at the end of the month good thing I said I wanted the extra two weeks instead of just the weekend.
- I had a trip planned to go to Washington for a week at the beginning of June with Ashton, what if I have to be moving instead. BOO

*sigh* so close and yet so far.

i love you too.

Every night I lay in bed with Lizzy.  She never falls asleep but I stay there until she says it is okay to go.  Last night I am laying there with my eyes close and she is moving around in the bed.  The nixt thing I know she cups her hand up to my ear as if to tell me a secret.  She wispers ever so quietly "i love you too."  Melted my heart.  I open my eyes to see her staring at me nose to nose and told her "I loved her too".  She is such a sweet little girl, who constantly suprises me,  

We went and watched Troy compete in Pole Vaulting at a track meet it was sooo cool. 

Birthday Finale

We finished celebrating my birthday last night.  First we went and ate at Cattle Baron with Fred and Ashton.  That restaurant is amazing.  Friday night at 6:30 no waiting, amazing service and even better food.  Then we went to go see Wolverine.  AWESOME!!  I loved it.  True comic readers will of course find faults with it but as someone who just enjoys the movies I thought it was great.  I wanted to come home and watch more X-Men but was way to tired.  What a great night