Idaho here we come!!!!

I finally have a calm quiet minute to update the blog. Things have been so crazy ever since we found out that Wayne is being transferred to Boise, ID.

A couple years ago while we were finishing up Wayne's Masters Degree we were also applying for jobs all over the country. One of the places that we were most interested in was Boise. We took a quick little trip up to visit and check things out, and we absolutely fell in love with it. We thought for sure that we would end up there. Well we took a job in Richfield and then another job in Sacramento a few months later. We were excited about the government job in Sac because we found out that it was in the same region as Boise and thought that it might be easy to transfer later on. Things were going well here and it was nice to be close to family, but we knew that we did not want to raise our kids here. Wayne found out that the boise office had some openings, so he put in for a transfer a few weeks ago. We found out last week that his transfer was accepted and that we need to be there by the end of this month.

We've been stressing over trying to find a place to live. Do we rent or do we buy? Friday afternoon we decided to pack up and take a quick weekend trip up to Boise to find a home. We spent all day Saturday looking for a place but we couldn't decide. Finally Sunday morning we were able to find a place online. We weren't able to walk through it but we are super excited about it. We put an offer in this morning and are hoping they will accept soon, so that we can be in right after Thanksgiving.

Here is a picture of the kids after our late night of driving, all ready to go house hunting. They were amazing the whole trip.

I have to tell a quick story about the kids, before I forget. So Saturday night we were able to sleep at my cousin's home. She was sweet enough to let us all have one of her boy's bedroom. Wayne and I were extremely tired since we drove through the prior night. We were laying in bed half asleep in the dark when I here Presleigh throw her sippy cup on the floor. Immediately Noah starts asking for a baba. Presleigh gets up and says "I'll give it to him." We hear Noah grab the sippy and start taking a huge drink of water. Presleigh then starts saying "Noah say thank you" while he was still drinking. She said it like three times to him and then says to me "Mommy, Noah not say thank you." I then said "Noah you need to say thank you to sissy." Then Presleigh says "Say thank you!" Right after that we hear noah gasp for air, he had just finished taking a big drink of water and was finally coming up for air. As soon as he catches his breath we then hear a very sweet "daydu (thank you)" from Noah. It was a sweet little moment after a extremely stressful day.

Weekend happenings

Alrighty mother you asked for pictures, so her ya go.

Presleigh is growing up so fast it's crazy. I can't believe how much she knows and her ability to actually have conversations. She loves to tell stories and always does so while bobbing her head (thanks to her dad).

Noah is growing up fast too. He is our Mr. Independent. He has started wanting to feed himself. He actually refuses to eat until you let him have the spoon and bowl. He makes a huge mess, but I'm starting to get over it. I'm sure it's because he watches his sister feed herself. He loves to follow that girl and copy everything she does. He is also talking so much. He calls all food cereal and all circular things balloons. He is starting to notice when he goes potty in his diaper and sometimes will tell us when he has poopoo (thank you cloth diapers). He calls Liz (sister-in-law that lives with us) and Me Mommy, and Darren and Wayne, Daddy. It's got to be a little confusing with all the adults around, but that just means extra love and attention. He also does this silly thing when he gets nervous. I will try to catch it in a picture, but he freezes and stares down at the floor with his eyes to one side looking away from whatever scared him. It's adorable.

These two little ones decided to play with my material. Presleigh called them pillows. They were laying them out on the floor and then laying on them and pretending like they were taking naps. That would have been nice.

Papa came to town last Monday and spent the whole week with us. I have such a great father, he is the best. I love when he comes to visit!! He struggles with Parkinson's Disease which makes it hard for him to move, but he still manages to play with the grandkids,which i'm so grateful for. He shuffles around and plays tag with them, and teases them, and enjoys them. I am so glad that they have gotten to spend some quality time with him. Watching him play with my kids brought back so many fun memories that I have as a kid. He still plays the same games now that he did when I was younger, I love it.

This picture was taken right before we took him to the airport:(

Noah is such a climber. He is constantly getting up on the table and counter.

Presleigh, Noah, and Hadley all playing horsey on Wayne's back. Every night when Wayne gets home from work Presleigh immediately asks to ride a horsey. It's turning in to quite the nightly tradition.

Friday night was our trunk or treat. The kids were pretty much beat by the time we got there, but we had a fun time. Noah and Wayne were Newsies and Presleigh and I were Annie and Miss Hannigan.

Noah spent most of the night on papa's lap

Wayne and Darren trying to win the cupcake eating contest.

Presleigh getting ready to start her cupcake eating contest. She didn't get it and just licked the frosting off instead.

I decided to go ahead and dye my hair since it went with my costume so perfectly!! Just kidding it's a wig. This wig actually helped me realize that my eyebrows are a little too dark for the orange red thing. Maybe a little darker shade would work.

Field Trip

Crafting Crafting Crafting

So my sis-in-law convinced me to make a bunch of crafty things for our neighborhood garage sale. I've been sort of interested in selling some of the things that I make. So I spent about two straight weeks making product. I made felt flowers, fabric flowers, rosettes, bow ties, neck ties, leg warmers, burp cloths, headbands, and onsies. It was awful trying to get everything done that I wanted by my deadline. I got most everything done though, and we were both awake til like 2:00 in the morning finishing stuff up the night before. Last Saturday was our trash to treasure and of course it decided to rain. It was so cold and there were barely any people there and they all were looking to buy trash. So it was a little bit of a bust. I'm not disappointed though because now I have so much product that I can try to sell at a craft fair or on etsy. I think the push I got from Liz was just what I needed to get up and going on this stuff. We'll see if it sticks.

Halloween Fun

What to do???

I am planning on getting my hair done soon and i'm torn on what to do. What do you think of this pretty auburn color tha Alison Sudol is sporting in this pic? You think I could pull this color off?

Before I forget

A couple weekends ago Wayne and I were able to get away for a night. My amazing sister-in-law offered to watch the kiddos so that we could have a night alone.

We left about 5:00 on Friday and went to get dinner at the Texas roadhouse. It was clear across town but we were craving steak so that's where we went. Then I decided that I would try to show Wayne where I use to eat yummy desserts when I lived in Sacramento right after High School. It was the cutest little cake shop in the down town area. I was so excited to take him there, but we weren't able to find it. Actually I think it probably went out of business. So sad. Anyway... so we were able to get a free night at a nice hotel (Wayne's friend hooked us up)not too far from home. We took a dip in the hot tub and enjoyed our complimentary sprite (Wayne's friend isn't LDS so he thought it'd be funny to have a sprite waiting for us with a couple wine glasses) and slept for the first time away from our kids. It was glorious.

I have to admit though that I actually really did miss our kiddos a little. But I am very glad that we got to have a nice quiet night all to ourselves. It was long overdue.

Here we are right before our hot date:)