November 28, 2007

Well we pretty much have everything moved over. Of course it isn't all put away (or even close) yet but we're working on it. We still need to get furniture for the dining room, living room and family room as well. We have all of our Christmas decorations at the new house but just haven't found the time to put them up yet. Tyler says he won't be putting them up this year so Brandon & Patrick said they would. The only problem is, they are never home to do it.

Tyler has decided he and his roommates will move in to our old house (he is planning to buy it as soon as he builds up some credit). He has been working very hard to get our stuff out and get it cleaned up so he can begin moving over. He has great plans so it will be exciting to see what he does with it.

We spent half the day on Saturday working on Brandon's Eagle Scout service project; cutting down trees and cleaning up the area next to one of the church buildings in our stake. Thanks to all who came out to help! We got a lot done with only a few minor injuries.

We attended our new church on Sunday. The people were very friendly and we learned of two families that are in our new ward that used to be in our old ward. Kimberly & Heather went to mutual with the new ward last night. They went to Temple Lights and had a great time.

Brandon played his first basketball game last night. They played his cousin, Carl's team. They lost but it was fun.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Wow, we have so much to be thankful for this holiday. We have a beautiful new home; we have an amazing family; we are all in great health; we have been blessed with some wonderful friends; we have the knowledge of the gospel in our lives and great blessings that come from that; and the list goes on and on...

We have been having SO much fun moving that we've decided we'll do it again in about 6 months or so! Yeah, right! Just kidding. We are pretty sure we never want to move again. The girls are getting excited to start their new school in January. Unfortunately, until then, things are pretty hectic trying to get everyone to school with 4 different start times. Fortunately, we hope to not be doing that much longer.

Patrick tried out for WW soccer and made the varsity team. Pretty good for never having played soccer before. Dean will be starting flag football soon and will be playing with his best buddy.

A special "THANKS" goes out to all who helped us move (and brought us food) over the past week. We truly do appreciate your service.

We hope you all have a wonderful THANKSGIVING!

IT'S A GREAT DAY!!!

It's been a great day today. The house closed today. It's all official...and it's all OURS! We are so excited! The carpets were cleaned today so we will be officially moving in within the next few days. We spent part of the day today cleaning but need to go back and do some more tomorrow as well as continue packing. We took the first load out last night but it's all in the garage until the carpets are dry.

In addition to the excitement of closing on the house today. There was a BIG game tonight. Westwood played Hamilton (the best team in the state). It was a truly amazing game. Our boys played AWESOME. The score was tied until about 3 minutes left in the 4th quarter and unfortunately they weren't able to beat them but we are very proud of our team. They are true Warriors! What a great game it was. After the game Brandon was told that he made 1st Team All Region QB! Way to go Brandon!!! Now, on to basketball...first game is Tuesday (11/27). He also told the baseball coach today that he would be playing baseball!

We'll keep you posted as the packing/moving proceeds...

OUR HOUSE

We finally signed papers this afternoon and have keys to our new home!!! Everything won't officially be closed until tomorrow but it's a very exciting day! Just wanted to share. We'll try to keep you updated on the packing & moving process over the next couple of weeks but it probably won't be too often.

As if all of that weren't enough during this Thanksgiving holiday, Brandon is also working on getting his Eagle Scout project completed and signed off before his birthday next month. Some of you may be hearing from us to come out and help with his project next weekend!

Sunday, November 11, 2007

Sorry it's been a while since we've posted. We are now busy packing, packing, and...oh, did I say packing!!! What great fun that is! We should be signing papers on Tuesday, Nov.13th! It's very exciting. There are a few things we need to do (like cleaning, having carpets cleaned, have utilities turned on, etc) before we actually start moving stuff in but we hope to be able to start moving in by next weekend and plan to have our first thanksgiving in our new home (most likely surrounded by boxes) the following week. The kids think we should just start moving stuff in LAST WEEK! They aren't the least bit excited or anything :)

November 1, 2007

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TYLER!!!! I should have taken a picture of him to post but didn't think about it until now and it's a little late. I'll try to get one tomorrow...

Well, Monterey was great but it is good to be home. It has been a long week. We are planning to go to the house on Saturday morning. If you are interested in seeing it, give us a call and we will give you directions and times. We are hoping to close in about a week and a half! It probably would be a good idea to start packing, UGH!!! So, it looks like we'll be busy doing that for the next couple weeks (or months)!