Hello Wyoming!

I would say at this point that we are officially moved. Our old apartment on Colorado got the last bits of cleaning done on the 4th, I locked the door and turned in the keys that afternoon. Since then I have been working on unpacking what boxes I could lift here on Wyoming. At this point there are only a few more boxes sitting in the dining room with text books and kitchen stuff that need to be unloaded, but for the most part I would say that we are done with all of the important unpacking.

This week William finished up his year as a Junior at BSU in the IEEE program, which is considered to be the hardest year by both the students and the professors. So as a gift for getting through this horrendous year and on behalf of Father's Day, I let William get himself a "new" toy. Actually William found a 14' Aluminum fishing boat with oars, life jackets, a fish finder and a motor on Craigslist for quite the deal and I told him we could take the money out of savings for it if he could find a spot to put the thing in his new garage. He immediately went to work out in the garage and cleaned out an entire half and showed me where he could hang it on the wall. So now we have a boat in our garage which he is going to take out on the water tomorrow to start his first real break since starting school back in 2006!

Since William finished his semester, it seems about once a day when we are all in the same place at our new place I get this feeling that life is just SO Wonderful! On Wednesday evening we sat out on the porch in the back yard in our camping chairs watching a city league baseball game going on in the park and Sam playing with some of his toys while waiting for dinner to get out of the oven. It was so simple! William was smiling, Sam was giggling while running after his ball, the baby was kicking softly, the smell of chicken nuggets was coming through the screen door, the cheers from the team members playing baseball was floating back to us. It was surreal! The coolest part is that I have been experiencing that feeling everyday this week!

I love our new home, I love the way that my family is growing and so happy no matter how many trials we go through! I love my little Sam and my wonderful husband William for everything they do to make my days filled with laughter and work that I don't mind doing for them because of how much I really do love them! My Dad always used to tell me that when he was in school with a wife and 3 kids that life was hard, but after he looked back that it was some of the best times in his life. I see that almost everyday in our life. That despite the tight budget, the seemingly endless diapers and tantrums, the homework that takes over the hours after William gets home from work and school, that despite all of it that we are having the best time of our lives and that it is truly in a period of our life that will never be able to be relived once it is over.

So, Goodbye Colorado! Hello Wyoming! I can't wait to see all of the adventures we have as we keep pressing forward into our crazy existence!

Update on packing and the whole moving adventure!

We are getting so close to having everything ready to go for the big move on Saturday! The kitchen is packed and mostly clean, the table has been taken down to make room for more boxes, and most of the storage from Sam's room is in the living room. All that is really left are some larger items from the kitchen, towels, both of our closets and a few clutter spots in the house.

After one of my friends showed me what she could do with a Magic Eraser I went crazy on the kitchen cleaning all of the cabinets and scrubbing the front door. It even took dried permanent marker right off of Sam's hands. I would buy stock in just that one product alone if I could. Can you tell I was impressed?

Tomorrow will be a great day on the list! William has 2 classes in the morning then we are going to sign the lease and get the keys to the new place! William will move a few things including this beauty I am sitting at to make room for everything else that he wants to bring down from upstairs to making moving on Saturday easier. Then he is off to work for 3 hours and back so we can start getting some of the easy stuff done.

I want to stress how much friends have helped with what I have gotten done so far... I have had 5 wonderful people come over to help pack, clean and give encouragement. We still don't know how much help we will have on Saturday, but hopefully it will be enough to get the whole house cleared out by 2 so that the final cleaning can take place. However much pain and work this move has and will take, I am sure it will be worth it so that we will be able to have a less crowded and more livable place to be a family in.

Packing, packing and what do you know, more packing!

I have taken it easy the last 2 days. I don't recall packing one little thing either Sunday or Monday. So today I started to get my fanny in gear. I have packed up under the entertainment center which included the Wii and Nintendo 64 and all of their games, plus 3 whole boxes of board games from in the entertainment center and up in the towel closet. I have also done dishes in preparation for packing up the kitchen which is coming as soon as I finish this post.

Another "fun" part of moving is the address changes that we have to make at every place that we have service for. So in the last 5 days I have changed it at Primary Health, the Bank and Idaho Power. Soon to follow is our insurance companies (life, car, rental, etc), Netflix and whoever else I have forgotten.

The best part of today was when I woke up, got Sam breakfast and a nice young man from my family ward came over and packed all of our food storage which was meant to be the pain in my side for hours, but Michael accomplished it in just over an hour! Miracle! Let me tell you! My can rotater can be lifted and moved, 2 whole shelves of cereal, cake mixes, Helpers, and miscellaneous canned food all put away into boxes.

Time to end this joyful break and sitting on my rump just to head to the kitchen and pack up all of my Tupperware, pots, pans, knifes, measuring cups, plates, glasses and so forth. Then the excitement of eating whatever I can prepare in the microwave or fryer until Saturday. I think the novelty of Frozen Chicken Pot pies and tater tots will wear off really quickly. One, Two, Three... Take off. Wish us luck!