Slacker

Yes.... you can say it. I know... I've been a complete blogging slacker lately. But things have just been so busy in the last couple of months that I just kept forgetting. But I'm back...hopefully for a while. It's been so long I'm not sure where to start off. A week after Tyler's baptism we moved back to Utah after purchasing our first home. Hooray!!

We had promised ourselves after the last move that we weren't ever going to get a Uhaul and do it ourselves but did we listen?? No. So we packed up everything ourselves again (minus 3 shelves, one tv unit, 2 50-gallon water storage containers, one kiddy pool and a tricycle which all woudn't fit) and drove the Penske truck up and over the Sierras at a whopping 50 mph making it to Utah in about 14 hours. More importantly-- we and all of our stuff made it in one piece. But NOW I can officially say that we will never "do it ourselves" again. Too stressful trying to pick which furniture you are going to leave behind if it doesn't all fit.

Then 3 days after we moved in, Tyler woke us up and told us the carpet in his basement bedroom was soggy. Yep, not exactly what you want to hear first thing in the morning. Sure enough we find out that the main drain out of the house has clogged and backed up flooding the furnace room and Tyler's room in the basement. We had to have everything the water touched ripped out and then put back together again. 4 weeks later the house was finally back in its original condition.

3 days after that was finished- we left for a family reunion down in Florida at Walt Disney World. It was so much fun and completely exhausting!! We played hard every day at a park or waterpark with my family and the kids had a fabulous time with their cousins. We got back late Halloween night and now Austin and I are nursing bad head-colds. Must be from too much fun. Not enough sleep. Now it's back to reality...

I will post pics tomorrow...