We are Alive!!

Hello family and friends... It feels like forever since I have had 5 minutes to sit down at the computer and update our blog. So much has happened since our last post. Everything was finalized with our house, and we closed on it on Feb. 22nd. It was really stressful to have to move (again) but luckly we were not totally settled in our Riverton house. As hectic as that was Chris and I were still working full time and trying to pack at night. I don't recommend moving in 3 weeks with a 2 year old. We are slowly getting settled in with Chris' dad, and trying to find what we need amidst all the boxes. Its such a sucessful feeling to empty a box and throw it outside. Poor Madison was so confused to what was happening. Her and I were in the car last week heading home(Sandy) and here is how the conversation went:
Madison: " Uh mom, where we going?"
Me: "We are going home babe, to Grandpa Larry's house."
Madison: " What about our home?"
Me: " Grandpa Larry's is our new home."
Madison: "No, uh where is our other one home?"
Me: " oh, sweetie, we sold it to someone else. Now we live with Grandpa Larry."
Madison: terrified "Oh no, what about my dad??"
Me: hysterically laughing " Honey, daddy is at school. But he will live with us at Grandpa Larry's too."
Madison: terrified again "Where is my Koda?" (our dog)
Me: "Koda is at Grandpa Larry's too."
Madison: even more terrified " But mom, where are my toys??"
Me: "Madison, your toys are at Grandpa Larry's too."
Madison: "Oh, o.k. thats good."

Its funny to see whats important to kids at that age. Dad, Dog, and toys, in that order. Hopefully we will settle in soon, and I can get back to blogging more!

SOLD!!!!!

Yes, thats right folks. Our house in Riverton has sold! We, well I guess mainly me, are having mixed emotions about all this. It is the best thing that could have worked out for us financially, but emotionally I hate it. We originally listed our house the week before Christmas. We were working with this realtor, who in my opinion was the laziest idiot on the planet, and were not getting a whole lot of sucess. So last week we fired him and got a new guy to list our house. We signed papers with him on Thursday night, had a sign up Saturday, Monday had our first showing, and the people who saw it Monday made an offer and we accepted it on Tuesday. We were so relieved that our house sold in less than 1 week. The kicker of the story is that the people who bought our house have to be out of their house on Feb. 22nd, so therefore we also have to be out of our house on Feb. 22nd. Thats in 3 1/2 weeks. Anyways, we are also so sad to leave our perfect home, our neighbors, and our ward. It has been so nice to live in a young ward, and we are really going to miss all the friends we have made here. But again we are so glad to get rid of the stress that having 2 houses can cause. Hopefully we can adjust quickly to all the change, and we know it is all for the best. So I guess we take a deep breath and move on from here. I know we have learned a lot of lessons, and hope we never have to go through something like this again. Thanks so much for all the thoughts and prayers in our behalf. We truly have the best family and friends out there. Thanks again!

A tribute to a great man!!!

Tonight is a sad yet happy time for all. With the passing of the dear prophet, our hearts are heavy. He was such a sweet man full of charisma and love. I have grown so close to him as he has been in office serving the Lord, since he is one of the only prophets I remember. So many good things have come in his service, and I believe that the Lord was with him every step of the way. Where would we be in life and in the church without all he has done. So many new temples have been built and the churchs numbers have grown so much. At the same time I am so happy for him to finally be with his sweet wife. I can't imagine how badly he has wanted to be with her and now to know that he with her for eternity is so amazing! How lucky are we to have the knowledge of eternal families and know we are loved by our prophet and our Heavenly Father. I know he will be sorely missed, but I am so grateful for everything he has done for us the past 13 years! What a wonderful legacy to leave behind. May we all remember his family in our thoughts and prayers in the weeks to come. WE LOVE YOU PRESIDENT HINCKLEY!!!

Mini Vacation

This weekend we went on a mini vacation to Cedar City with my parents, brother and sister for my dads work. He needed to take Nestle wristbands to the SUU basketball game, so we went with him and got a weekend paid for by Nestle. Those are the best vacations, the ones you don't have to pay for. I have been dreading the ride down with Madison because of her being so sick this week, but she did amazing!! We brought a movie and she played barbies with Kelsey, and colored in her coloring book. She didn't cry at all. Now the ride back might be a different story, but hopefully she'll sleep on the way home.

Influenza...

So Madison hasn't been getting any better this weekend, in fact she started to get worse. Finally on Monday morning we took her to the doctor and it turns out she has the Influenza flu. (Thats the one you get the shot for.) So here goes the -I'm a crappy mom for not getting my kid the shot- speech. I had never in my life got a shot for influenza, in fact I didn't even know it existed until I met Chris. His mom faithfully got the shot for the entire family and insisted that I should get one too. I thought it was bogus, and didn't get one the first two years. Then after I had Madison, she convinced me to get it. I did and was so sick that year, I thought it was a plot out to get me. So this year Chris got one at work, but I failed to get one and didn't even think about Madison. Bad mom, right! Well sure enough she gets influenza and I feel horrible!! Needless to say next year Madison will be first in line to get the shot, and yes, I will get one too.

Sick Again....

This is the attidude I am talking about!!!
You ever seen such an angry face in a 2 year old??

Poor Maddie!! This girl seems to catch every bug under the sun. I swear everytime we hear of anyone that is sick, little Madison gets it too. I guess I should start taking advice from Annie and sanitize her everytime we walk in the door. She has a bad cold and cough, and last night she was laying on my bed with me and was talking in her sleep. It was so sad to see her so helpless. You know she doesn't feel good when she is super grumpy. I went in to check on her last night and she said, "Get outta here. Leave my alone.." I am in big trouble when this girl is 16. I think she gets sick on purpose everytime she knows we are going to game night. I'm bummed I won't be there girls.. :( Hope you have a great time!!

Guitar Hero anyone????

So we are officially hooked on guitar hero. We got the game a little before Christmas, and haven't put it down since. We love to have friends over and play all night!! Chris and our friend Joe found Halloween wigs and decided they played much better when they were in costume. It was such a fun time. If anyone is ever interested in coming over to play too, let me know!!