Bittersweet Blessings

So, I know. I definitely have not done well in keeping up with the blog. I'm sure you are no pins and needles waiting for pictures from Hawaii...and I have just a nibble...
Since we got back, things have been a bit crazy for us. So, you all know that we have been here in Kaysville for about a year and a half now. I just knew this was where I wanted to be probably for 12 years now. This was it, this was where we were going to stay for the long haul. I love my home, my yard, the neighborhood, etc. Everything about it was just good. But, in just a matter of moments...things change.
Unfortunately, we were never sucessful at getting our house sold up in NSL. We had people rent from us for about 9 months, but it was still difficult to get them to pay the rent in a timely manner, let alone at all. Well, they moved out the end of September and the house has been empty since. So, around that time Jeff and I feel like maybe we should just put this house on the MLS and just see what happens. We didn't have too much longer until we just couldn't pay two mortgages anymore. We ran many options back and forth to each other, but we just didn't know what to do. We just decided to see what happened.

Well, we head to Hawaii and have such a fantastic time. It was beautiful, peaceful, and trouble free. I kept saying to Jeff that we should just sell everything we own, get the kids, and move to Hawaii. There was just a feeling there that I will never forget.We could live in a hut, sell shells on the beach, Jeff could become a divemaster. What could be better than that? HA. Of course, that's not really realistic, but it was an idea. That seven days ended so quickly, we were back to real life before you know it.

In a nutshell...we get back, someone comes through the house here in Kaysville, decides they like it, put an offer in, we accept it. Now, we are off on another adventure. We're heading back to NSL. I'm excited to be back with old friends, the kids are familiar with the school, we have a nice home there. I know this was a huge blessing for us. How lucky are we in this market?

I'm very sad though, too. I just want to tell all you girls that I haven't gotten to know here, how grateful I am to have crossed paths with you. You are wonderful women, whom I love. You've all made an impact in my life and for that I am grateful. I know, I'm not moving out of state or across the globe, it's just 20 or so miles down the road. I do know how hard it is to keep in close touch when we are so wrapped up in our immediate lives, our family, school, ward callings, etc. that it's hard to keep the effort up. I'm guilty of that, I'm not good at that, so forgive me now! :)

I've started packing up now and we'll be finishing up next weekend. I want to be somewhat settled before Christmas. I'm going to have the kids start at the new/old school the week before school gets out for the holidays so they can get the nerves out and feel comfortable when the go back in January.

Crazy times! Bare with me...I may or may not get Christmas cards out. I may not write here again for awhile. Love me anyway! :)

Halloween 2008

OK...so I know these pictures are so last month, but with my recent jaunt to the beautiful Kauai, HI I was not able to post them in a timely manner. They were so cute though, I wanted to show them off! By the Way...thank you Amy and Ray for such a fun Halloween night. The food was awesome and the Haunted House ruled! It was a blast!!

Like Totally Awesome!!

 
 
 

Ashley and I got to go to a Mother/Daughter Activity Days Halloween Party. As you can see, it was a costume event. I definitely procrastinated until the last minute to figure what to do for a costume (I was at Walmart at 3pm, the party was at 6:30pm), but it all came together quite nicely. It helps that the recent fashions happen to imitate the fashions of the 80's. Lucky for me! ha. The two of us had a great time! It was funny, I had moms keep coming up to me saying, "Oh my gosh, that's totally bringing back memories for me..." The only thing missing was leg warmers and lace gloves with the fingers missing. You never know...we might bring the banana clip back!! (Yes, walmart sells them in a package of three!)

Is he not the cutest??!!

 

So, I was giving CJ a bath the other night and decided to snap some shots with the camera. I couldn't get the kid to smile, however I think this one is pretty, freakin' adorable.

Tagged #2

 

So, this is really funny. You saw the photo on my laptop I used, but I decided to see what picture would come up if I got onto my computer that has most of my pictures on it. 4th folder, 4th picture...it's Megan again. Just a little smaller this time. :)

Ok. So, I get to tag a few more people...Kim Kuipers, Julie, Brooke, Becca, and any others who would like to entertain us.

Tagged!

 


This is kind of a fun tag. Tiffany (my sister) tagged me. The fourth picture in the fourth folder. To be honest with you, I was kind of confused by this. Nothing more than 4th picture in the 4th folder. Took me a minute, but I figured it out. Ha. I'm so blonde...I just downloaded picassa onto my laptop and I've imported a few pictures onto this computer. I'm too lazy tonight to go down on the other computer that has most of my photos, so here it is. I might even answer the tag with the pictures from my other computer...Maybe...you know how on top of it I am to update my blog:)

Meg playing goalie at her soccer game. I think she really enjoys this position. She is really aggressive and doesn't shy away from the ball when it is coming at her. It's fun to watch her play and I'm glad she's enjoying it. I'm also glad that tomorrow is her last game until spring.

Ok, Becky, Debbie, Amy, Amber, Nat, Jenny, Sara, Chelon...TAG, you are it!

He found the stairs!! AGH!

Ok. I'm in some major trouble people. In the past couple weeks, CJ has gotten a little more mobile by adapting the army crawl into his daily routine. Well, he has found the stairs in the last couple days and it seems he bee-lines straight to the stairs for play time. I have GOT to get on top of things and go pick up a gate before something drastic happens.