For the Mamasita!

I was chatting with my sister, Rebekah, on the phone yesterday when she informed me that my mom always asks what I am up to. I was surprised by this because I thought my mom knew what I was up to but she doesn't, so this is all info for my mom to use in order to feel completely updated.

1. I am positive she knows we sold our house but I am writing it anyways.

2. We put an offer in on a house but they didn't accept it. We were bummed but more relieved. It would have been a great house for us but it was at the top top top of our price range and so a little uncomfortable as well. There aren't very many choices in Shelley right now that we like. Well, there is none! So, we are going to wait until spring in the hopes that more homes will come on the market.

3. We had a really really hard time finding an apartment. Most of the apartments in Shelley are subsidized housing so we can't get in to those. All the ones that aren't, are full. So, we had to scramble. We were getting really nervous because a week ago, we still didn't have a place to move to. We needed a place that wasn't expensive and would let us go month to month instead of making us sign a six month lease. We don't want to have to pay for months we are not living there if we find a house in a month or two. My sister Shaina has had many problems with having to pay two leases, I learned from her to try and find a place that will go monthly.
Plus, the whole point of selling our house was to move to Shelley. We could have found a place here in Idaho Falls but I wanted to be in Shelley. We don't know if we will be in an apartment for 2 months or 2 years, so it had to be in Shelley.

4. We finally found a place. small but good. It is right across the street from Jared's school. We didn't think of them because we thought they were still under construction. We say a "for rent" sign and called immediately. The Landlords seem so nice and accommodating. I asked if we could go month to month and he immediately replied that that would be fine, no penalties, no extra money needed. It is a two bedroom apartment, which means we will be tight for a while but we will still be comfortable. It has a very open feel to it and a yard in the back. We are happy.

5. Our official moving day is March 7. We have good friends and our families that live near by coming to help. All next week, Jared and I will move little things in but next Saturday is our big day. We will spend the rest of our time cleaning up and making this house perfect for its new owners.

6. March 9 is the day we sign our house away and make a pretty profit to put into our next home. The home we expect to spend forever in if we choose. A place where we can still grow into, cause, yes, more children are coming some day. A place where we will continue to live our happily ever after.

Mom, you know it all now! Love you!

Reading, Ice Cream, and Basketball

When I was a little girl, I shared a room most of the time with my sister Shavonne. She would read and read and read. It drove me crazy, and I am sure I drove her crazy because I would hide her books so that she would play with me. Since mom would say, "No books at the table," Shavonne found a loop hole and would read the cereal boxes. I caught my girls doing the same thing.
Alexis reading the Trix box.

Mackenzie reading the cheerios box.

I love eating ice cream in a cone and so we all had our special treat on Sunday.

Mackenzie wanted a pink cone with the pink ice cream.

Jared is so cute, getting the kids their ice cream. And Alexis is anxiously waiting for her cone.


We like to go to Jared's basketball games if the weather permits and this was a good day to go and bring the camera for some pictures.

Eli points to daddy constantly and yells, "Dada, Dada, Dada." or "Basketball!" I think it is so cute!

I really liked this picture of the girls watching the game.

Jared, looking mighty fine and dandy. He never sits, he is constantly standing, he just can't sit still and watch the game. He is always calling out plays and explanations. He is so worked up after a game, he says it is like a chess match, the opposing coach has his team do something and Jared counters with his own move. So far, they are undefeated!

Because we like to jump

I'm sitting here at the computer, doing my usual morning email and facebook checks, when I hear bang, bang, bang. I know that sound. The girls are jumping on the bed. I yell out for them to stop jumping on my bed. They yell back, "But mom, it's not your bed." Okay, technicalities, it's the guest bed, but it is still my bed! I tell them to not jump any more...Silence.



A little bit later, the girls are out here in the living room playing with the blocks...all is good! All of a sudden, I hear them bang, bang, banging again. I yell out again, stop jumping...silence.



Again, they come out and play in the living room...for a little while...then....they are at it again. I call to them to come to me. They quickly run to me, that's right, run to me...they know what happens if they don't respond quickly. I tell them to sit against the wall that's next to me. (While covering up a smile) I ask the girls if it is okay to jump on my bed. They say, "No" and I ask, "then why are you doing it?" "BECAUSE WE LIKE TO JUMP!" I laughed at this and they started giggling to.



What's a girl to do? (Funny thing is...they haven't started jumping on the bed since....maybe they do listen every now and then.)

What Have We Been Up To?

I assume, probably because I am vain, that people have been wondering what we have been up to since it has been almost a month since my last post, so, I'll tell you.

A week ago, Jared and I went with my sister and her hubby, Sharon and Darick, to go watch the Bar J Wranglers. They are a comedy country singers group. It was a lot of fun. We were fed BBQ beef sandwiches and beans and apple sauce and cookies. Our Family had been sick all week and so it was nice to get out of the house and go to this concert.
Of course you can always catch the girls in some sort of get up. Alexis loves to wear wigs and so here is one where she is sporting a nice big black wig given to us from a very elderly lady in our ward who sports the black wig often. Her hair has thinned out so much that I think she feels much more comfortable covering her head than going El Natural. Anyways, it may sound weird that my daughter is wearing one of her wigs but we have fun with it.

The back view.

Kenzie and the Viking hat, we got it at a BYU-I basketball game I think.

We also celebrated Mackenzie and Alexis' birthdays. We let the girls choose their meals for the day. Kenzie chose to have crapes for her special breakfast, bean dip and chips for lunch, and taco's for dinner, with doughnuts stacked up to make a doughnut cake.

Alexis chose crapes also for breakfast, hot dogs for lunch, and taco's for dinner. She wanted a chocolate princess cake.

This is one of the presents that Alexis got, a necklace making kit. Here is one she made. This is a special present she got from Aunt Heidi and she loves it. Mackenzie got a big princess coloring and painting book that both the girls love to draw in. Thanks Heidi!

The kids love to play with a piggy bank I have on my desk so Jared and I thought we would get them their own. We found these cute farm animal piggy banks at a local craft store. You can paint these and draw on them to make them more your own. Some day, I will do that with the kids and then you can see the final products.


Here is Alexis putting in the special money we get from Grandma and Grandpa Weber every birthday. Nice crisp dollar bills to save for those special little trinkets the girls want to buy.

The girls have also been introduced to the world of Littlest Pet Shops at my sister Kim's house. So, we got the girls each a cute set to have of their own.

The girls love it when they get birthday calls. Here is Alexis talking to Grandma Betty.

Oh, and I think the main reason why I haven't posted for a while is because we have sold our house and are trying to get everything together for our move to Shelley. We are really excited and when we find out or know more about where we are living, whether it's a new house or an apartment for a while, I will let you know.