Our New House

We finally have a house under contract and are set to sign the closing papers in about a week! We are super excited to finally have a house that seems like it was built just for us!

This is a picture of the house from the front

This picture is a view from the side!

This is the other side!

And finally the view from the back!

We are so excited to move in and get things back to normal! I will post pictures of the inside soon!

Saying Goodbye......

Saying goodbye is never an easy thing to do, and saying goodbye to so many amazing girls has proven to be even harder than I thought. I have enjoyed my calling as the second counselor in the Young Women's way more than I expected. The girls in our ward are so sweet. They have such strong testimony's, and are always teaching me something new. They have all excepted me for who I am, and have even endured my very boring lessons without holding it against me! They are always making me smile, and will be there for you when you are having a bad day! I love how they all felt like they could talk to me and trust me! I love them as if they are my own!

Yesterday some of the Young Women and the leaders came to my parents house to bring me some treats and to say goodbye!
This is the fun basket that they gave me. It was filled with some of my favorite things, and cute little notes from the girls and the leaders!
We also took some pictures of us supposedly being CrAzY, But this was all we could come up with!
My calling has really been a blessing in my life. It has made me a better person, and has made me realize I can do so many things I never thought I could! I might be saying goodbye to my house and my calling, but hopefully I will always stay in touch with these girls who have had such an amazing impact on my life! I love you guys!!!

Catching Up.....Finally!

So it has been FoReVeR since I last blogged! I figured it was about time before I got myself any further behind so please forgive me if the post is rather long! For Easter this year we had a fun little barbecue at my parents house with my brother and his family, our family, and my parents. It was a little cold but we were able to have a awesome Easter egg hunt before the rain. The kids scored BIG! They had so much fun, and they all got tons of candy, prizes, and toys!

The hunt is on!

The kids and their big haul!

Friday night we decorated eggs, had pizza, and ate Easter basket cupcakes for dessert!

The kids and their finished eggs!

Kaiden and Abby putting out their Eggs for the Easter bunny, and leaving him some carrots!

The next morning we were up bright and early hunting for eggs. The kids found all of them but one. A couple of days later we found it in the kitchen under the rooster bell!

The kids had fun searching for their baskets this year, and didn't need too much help from mom and dad. Madi found hers on our bed behind the pillows. Abby's was in the laundry basket, and Kaiden's was outside hanging from the light!Later that day we headed out to Darrin's parents house for dinner and another Easter egg hunt. The kids got tons more eggs, and had fun hanging out with the cousins!

Abby has been staying busy. She had a talent show at her school where they got to perform a hat dance and share their talent. Abby decided to play the piano. She played Old Mcdonald had a farm and a song she made up herself!Abby also got to be the star student at school, we made a poster of her and she got to explain it to the class, she practiced what she was going to say for 2 days!On Saturday Abby had her big dance recital. She was so excited! She did an amazing job and we are so proud of her!We have been waiting for the couple who bought our house to sell their house {the contract expired the end of April} and they just haven't had any luck. We still continued to show the house but had ourselves convinced that we probably wouldn't sell it until we got back from Disneyland. The day before the contract expired we finally had another interested buyer. They came through twice loved the home and wanted us out in 2 weeks. We had quit looking at homes because every time we would find one we like it would sell. So now we are packing and trying to find a house as soon as we can! As of now we really have no idea what is going on? What we know for sure is the kids will still have 2 weeks left of school when we move and we are still going to Disneyland in June! Everything is CrAzY and the house is starting to look bare! I also apologize for how bad the yard is starting to look, but we just haven't had the time. I will update when we know more.........