Splash Pad
Mom...it's sooooo hot
FUN WITH TOYS
FUN WITH MILLY MOO
FUN AT THE RIVER
FUN AT THE FAIR
Parker
Monday, August 19, 2013
Monday, August 5, 2013
Washington vs. Utah
This past week has been a rough adjustment.
I was soooo happy to be back in my home. I love my house! I love my kitchen! I love my bath tub haha. I really like my ward. I really love the beauty of Washington. I love that there's SOOOO much to do here. I love being only 2 hrs from the coast. I love the seafood. I love the friends I have met and especially the friends that have taken place of family. I love that it's not too hot here. I love that there's so many friends for Jaycee to play with. I love that Paparazzi continues to be busy. I love that we are a vacation spot for family. I love being close to a duck pond, walking distance to the school, next to stores, parks every where, rivers & lakes nearby. I love that we got an amazing deal on our home. I love that Craig's commute is only in rain or shine. I love that Craig's job is flexible with hours and can work from home. I love that Craig's job recognizes his hard work.
BUT
It still doesn't make it any easier to be away from family. (insert sad face)
I can count 2 very distinct times that I had an overwhelming feeling that we need to move back to Utah. For what reason? Maybe just to be there for family and build those relationships. If you were to ask me a year ago, my opinion was totally different. I don't love the things about Utah. I don't love desert. I don't love hot. I don't love bad air quality. I don't love the attitude some people have in Utah about our religion. I don't love how some of our religion are closed minded to others. I don't love that there's no beach. I don't love family drama. These are the reasons that stuck out if you asked me a year ago that there was no thought to move back. Maybe someone has been praying because I just don't care any more. What I do care about missing family. I miss the drama. I miss the memories. I miss the idea of my girls growing up knowing their cousins and seeing them all the time. I want them to know their grand parents. I want to be there to help our parents. And to top it off....when Craig isn't happy in his job, the idea to move makes it that much better.
So we'll see what happens. The housing here is going up so we could make money on our house since we way lucked out on getting ours for basically a short-sale price. Craig has found companies, good companies, in Utah that he can apply for. I've found places that I'd be happy to live in Utah.
The biggest challenge is deciding What is the Lord's plan for us? When is the right time?
Utah in July
Our vacation came and gone and how the family blues have come and NOT gone!
We loved every minute in Utah! We didn't really care if we did much but visit and be with family. With moving away you realize just how much you love and miss your family! We did end up driving out there on the 4th of July since we would've been sitting at home any way. We got to do fun fireworks with family and enjoy that part of the holiday. For the next week we did: build-a-bear, pool party, family dinners, pool days in Aimes backyard, Lagoon, Chase's wedding all day, lunch with parentals, splash pad & dinner and a whole day up in Logan-one of our favorite places to be!!! It was so nice that Craig could actually take time off and only had to do a few things each day for work. I dropped him off bright & early the following Monday after 10 days to fly to Boise and head to his site visit for his 11 days. The next 11 days were spent mostly with family, Bee's game, pastries from Kneaders, Cafe Rio, splash pad, park days, lots of talking, Lagoon bounce back in the rain, dinner with old friends, pool party again, time with both parents and mostly just soaking in every single minute!!! The crappy thing about Craig's job site visit is it was in Hell's Canyon BFE no whereville so that required no communication except an email here or there and a few quick calls from their company phone. I did end up leaving Friday morning on schedule and drove 6 hr to pick up Craig. As we left O-town I told Jaycee...say bye to Utah. She cried-in turn so did I! But boy, we were looking forward to seeing Craig! The girls were amazing on the way home. They did sleep a lot, watched shows and just made it easy for me. Did I tell you that I have the best kids ever?!!! We did stop in Twin Falls for a quick potty break for everyone, including dogs and kept on going. I did buy an Amp to help on the drive as I get bored or sleepy. We arrived in Baker City and felt so good to be back as a family.
Looking back on pictures it makes me ache to be back "home" and the struggle of adjusting back to our life here. Let's just say it was a rough week last week-although Heavenly Father places good friends in your life for a reason-Becca M. is that friend. Love her!
After running, running, running every single day....it's exhausting on a little girl. She was out cold and fast
My other bestest friends! 4 girls growing up was a lot of fighting but now it's like we are 4 peas in a pod
Love my parents!!!! I fully regret not spending more time with them when we were just 15 minutes away.
We loved every minute in Utah! We didn't really care if we did much but visit and be with family. With moving away you realize just how much you love and miss your family! We did end up driving out there on the 4th of July since we would've been sitting at home any way. We got to do fun fireworks with family and enjoy that part of the holiday. For the next week we did: build-a-bear, pool party, family dinners, pool days in Aimes backyard, Lagoon, Chase's wedding all day, lunch with parentals, splash pad & dinner and a whole day up in Logan-one of our favorite places to be!!! It was so nice that Craig could actually take time off and only had to do a few things each day for work. I dropped him off bright & early the following Monday after 10 days to fly to Boise and head to his site visit for his 11 days. The next 11 days were spent mostly with family, Bee's game, pastries from Kneaders, Cafe Rio, splash pad, park days, lots of talking, Lagoon bounce back in the rain, dinner with old friends, pool party again, time with both parents and mostly just soaking in every single minute!!! The crappy thing about Craig's job site visit is it was in Hell's Canyon BFE no whereville so that required no communication except an email here or there and a few quick calls from their company phone. I did end up leaving Friday morning on schedule and drove 6 hr to pick up Craig. As we left O-town I told Jaycee...say bye to Utah. She cried-in turn so did I! But boy, we were looking forward to seeing Craig! The girls were amazing on the way home. They did sleep a lot, watched shows and just made it easy for me. Did I tell you that I have the best kids ever?!!! We did stop in Twin Falls for a quick potty break for everyone, including dogs and kept on going. I did buy an Amp to help on the drive as I get bored or sleepy. We arrived in Baker City and felt so good to be back as a family.
Looking back on pictures it makes me ache to be back "home" and the struggle of adjusting back to our life here. Let's just say it was a rough week last week-although Heavenly Father places good friends in your life for a reason-Becca M. is that friend. Love her!
5:30 am Excited and ready to go. Only took us 11 1/2 hours. 1 potty break for all with fill up. 1 emergency potty break. 1 last fill up & potty break.
Lagoon with cousins. Boy was it hot!!!
Daddy and his girls! Snow Basin was gorgeous
Love my girls!
Congrats to the new couple and welcome to the family
At the game with Gma & gpa
Playing with cousins acting like pirates
Give me a silly face-Loved this park and the whole area next to the mountain
Love my girl and her love for swings
My bestest friend ever! Friends can come and go, but she's always been there for me.
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