Moving On

The time has come for moving on. We attended our last week of church in our ward today. We are moving to a new home about 30 miles away on Saturday.

Actually we will be moving all week long. I have empty boxes all over my entry way and packed boxes in Aaron's office and my office already. I can't wait for this week to be over so I can be done with the packing and the messes!

It will sure be sad to leave after 4 years. I love the slow pace, the down to earth people, the wide open spaces, and all of our friends. I won't miss the long drives though! Anson has gotten to the point that he will start complaining if I turn down the "long" way when we go somewhere.

I'm excited to be closer to my Doctor's offices, shopping, more school choices, and family. I'm also excited for the sidewalks and grass in our new big backyard. There is plenty of room for a swingset, plus the kids have sidewalks to ride bikes all around the yard. Now that it is finally cooler outside, I'm hoping they'll spend lots of time out there.

We also got an unexpected, though most welcome surprise a couple of weeks ago. A friend in our ward called up Aaron and asked if we were interested in keeping her baby grand piano at our home for a while. She is getting divorced and her living situation is up in the air for a while, so she wouldn't have anywhere to keep it. We just happen to have the perfect place in the new house for a baby grand - we were even thinking about saving up for one - so we are so excited to have a beautiful instrument in the house. Now we'll have to get one of those locks to keep the cover over the keys so the kids won't get into it...

So at this time next week I will be settled (at least somewhat) in the new house. Wish me luck this week! I'm going to need it with 4 kids (one of which is only 8 weeks old - so I'm still waking up in the middle of the night to feed him), a house full of stuff, and just one little old me!

Katie

Katie is my adventure girl. She is in to everything, wants to know about everything, and isn't scared of anything (well, almost anything - she didn't like my sister-in-law's bird that bit daddy's finger!).

So Aaron's brother and family came over to our house a week after Spencer was born. All of the kids were playing outside when Rebecca came in and told me that Katie was muddy. When Katie started coming in a while later, we had to get Rebecca and her cousins to keep her outside for a while. She was absolutely FILTHY! Her church clothes were covered, her hair and face, and hands, and feet, and any other surface of her body/clothes were FILTHY! Here is a sampling of what she looked like after her church clothes were removed. She was sure LOVING IT!!!

Here's a sampling of Katie having some fun in the sun. She is so cute and has so much personality! She has never really been a "baby", and lately she just seems more and more grown up. She does like to be babied when she is tired though. She was definitely tired today after 3 hours of church and 2 baby blessings in 2 different wards! It's tough being dragged around with mom and dad! Enjoy the pictures of our Little Miss "Kate, Kate"!