Moving
We were very fortunate and our house sold in 1 week! We are moving in with my in-law's while we wait to hear about the home we have an offer in on, or find another house. Rob started taking some of our things to storage on Saturday, so hopefully the big move won't be too stressful.
Progressive Dinner
Each year, the Saturday before Christmas my family does a Progressive dinner. It is really nice that we all live so close to each other, but it still takes a long time. We started at our house at 4:00 p.m. and finished at my brother Kevin's house at 9:30. Anyway, each course was delicious and everyone did a good job. We had Hot Wassail at our house (we hadn't ever tried the recipe before, but it turned out all right), then we went to Kolby and Heather's house and had appetizers. He made a hot artichoke dip for vegetables, and homemade chicken nuggets--much better than you could get at McDonald's! Then we went to Kelcey and Lyenna's for Oriental Chicken Salad. It was really yummy too. We had the main course, Prime Rib, at Kristopher and Becky's with green beans and baked potatoes. It was SO good. Rob thinks it was the best piece of meat he has ever eaten. It was really good, but mine was cold since I fed Seth first...I should have made him wait! We also played a game and watched the Nativity story there. We finished with dessert at Kevin and Jeni's. They had made sugar cookies for the kids to frost, raspberry filled cookies, apple caramel pie (I think that's what it was) and an apple cranberry pie. Needless to say, we were extremely well fed. The cousin's exchanged their gifts for each other at Kevin and Jeni's too, and amazingly, even with the 15 kids there it wasn't too chaotic! I'm already excited for next year! By the way...we took our camera with us, and didn't take one picture. I know, lame.
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Monday, November 24, 2008
If you know anyone, that knows somebody....
Our house will be listed on the Utah MLS starting tomorrow! If you know anyone that is looking for a home please let them know our house is for sale. Our home is 3 bed/3 bath with 2 family/living areas. It is approximately 1800 sf and is on .27 acres. You can leave a comment or call me for more information or pictures, but I don't want to leave more information on here since it isn't private.
As for what we are doing...we have put in an offer on a home that is a short sale. We put it in the first week of November and were told last week that we should know within the next 2-3 weeks if the bank chose to accept our offer. If we do get this house (it is in South Jordan) we can be in it for a very long time.
So once again, please keep your ears open for people that may be interested in our home!
As for what we are doing...we have put in an offer on a home that is a short sale. We put it in the first week of November and were told last week that we should know within the next 2-3 weeks if the bank chose to accept our offer. If we do get this house (it is in South Jordan) we can be in it for a very long time.
So once again, please keep your ears open for people that may be interested in our home!
Sunday, November 9, 2008
How two year olds can be confused...
Brody is in a little bit of a hitting phase right now. Most of the time it is just in fun, but sometimes he does it when he is angry. Rob will play around with him and they'll hit each other. I never thought it was a good idea...and now I know I was right!
I met two of my roommates for lunch at McDonald's on Thursday--not for the quality of food, but because there is a playland! I was holding Seth and Brody was standing near me, but was also walking around a little bit while we waited in line to order. There was a lady behind me that kept talking to me and Seth, probably because he is so cute! Anyway, I went up to order and I hear the lady say, "Oh, sorry, I'm not your mommy!!" I turned around and Brody was looking around for me, and she said he had spanked her! I was kind of embarrassed, especially when she said it hurt, but I did apologize, and mostly now I think it is funny! Here's to two year olds!!
I met two of my roommates for lunch at McDonald's on Thursday--not for the quality of food, but because there is a playland! I was holding Seth and Brody was standing near me, but was also walking around a little bit while we waited in line to order. There was a lady behind me that kept talking to me and Seth, probably because he is so cute! Anyway, I went up to order and I hear the lady say, "Oh, sorry, I'm not your mommy!!" I turned around and Brody was looking around for me, and she said he had spanked her! I was kind of embarrassed, especially when she said it hurt, but I did apologize, and mostly now I think it is funny! Here's to two year olds!!
Monday, November 3, 2008
Remembering...
For as much as I like to talk, I am not very eloquent. I am never able to express my thoughts and feelings in a way for people to really understand. I usually just end up hoping they can make the ends meet of what I did say and what I wanted to convey.
My mom called me this morning and told me one of my friends had died. She was a friend of the family and someone I looked up to. She was young. She was beautiful with a great smile. She was talented. She was nice and genuine. She was thoughtful. She had so much going for her. And now she is gone.
My first memory of her is at Magic Waters when we were really young. I'm sure we knew her family before, but this is the first time I remember really KNOWING her. I remember I thought her swimming suit was so cute, and I loved her name. I think anytime I played 'pretend' for awhile I would choose my name to be Brooke. Even way back then I think I knew I wanted to be her friend!
She would pick me up my sophomore and junior years of high school for early morning Orchestra. I can't remember now if we were supposed to be there at 6:15 or 6:30, but I know more often than not we were a few minutes late. I knew I wouldn't get a bad look from the conductor though because I would walk in with Brooke and she was a favorite. (She was an awesome flutist.) I cherished the 5 minutes it took for us to go from my house to the school. We couldn't really get into deep conversations for the amount of time, but I will say spending those few minutes with Brooke in the mornings was the ONLY thing I looked forward to in regards to early morning Orchestra! She was so fun to be around. Honestly, I wanted to be like her.
I felt lucky to have a friend like her. I never told her that. I never told her how much it meant that she was my friend. I never told her I felt special when she talked to me in high school. I think the reason I felt so special when I was with her (as I am sure many others did as well) is because she was special. She had the ability to converse with anyone and make them feel at ease. She really listened to you. I had the perfect chance to tell her recently. I even thought about it at the time, but thought she would think I was stupid and that maybe the opportunity would come again. It didn't, and it won't.
I never took the opportunity to tell her how I much I appreciated her when she was here. Maybe now she'll know how much she was loved and will be missed by all who knew her.
My mom called me this morning and told me one of my friends had died. She was a friend of the family and someone I looked up to. She was young. She was beautiful with a great smile. She was talented. She was nice and genuine. She was thoughtful. She had so much going for her. And now she is gone.
My first memory of her is at Magic Waters when we were really young. I'm sure we knew her family before, but this is the first time I remember really KNOWING her. I remember I thought her swimming suit was so cute, and I loved her name. I think anytime I played 'pretend' for awhile I would choose my name to be Brooke. Even way back then I think I knew I wanted to be her friend!
She would pick me up my sophomore and junior years of high school for early morning Orchestra. I can't remember now if we were supposed to be there at 6:15 or 6:30, but I know more often than not we were a few minutes late. I knew I wouldn't get a bad look from the conductor though because I would walk in with Brooke and she was a favorite. (She was an awesome flutist.) I cherished the 5 minutes it took for us to go from my house to the school. We couldn't really get into deep conversations for the amount of time, but I will say spending those few minutes with Brooke in the mornings was the ONLY thing I looked forward to in regards to early morning Orchestra! She was so fun to be around. Honestly, I wanted to be like her.
I felt lucky to have a friend like her. I never told her that. I never told her how much it meant that she was my friend. I never told her I felt special when she talked to me in high school. I think the reason I felt so special when I was with her (as I am sure many others did as well) is because she was special. She had the ability to converse with anyone and make them feel at ease. She really listened to you. I had the perfect chance to tell her recently. I even thought about it at the time, but thought she would think I was stupid and that maybe the opportunity would come again. It didn't, and it won't.
I never took the opportunity to tell her how I much I appreciated her when she was here. Maybe now she'll know how much she was loved and will be missed by all who knew her.
Saturday, November 1, 2008
My Halloween Post
Growing up, each year my family would go to my Aunt Chris's house/neighborhood for dinner and trick or treating since we lived on a busy street. We would have dinner in a pumpkin (I'm sure other foods too, but that is the main thing I remember) and then my cousin and I would go trick or treating throughout the entire neighborhood. I remember feeling like we were gone for hours, and maybe we were, but we would go until we were too tired to go any further. Lucky for us, my aunt has continued to invite us over to her house and continue the tradition of getting together. Last night at her house we had Gumbo that my brother made (it was delicious), Chili, Bratwursts, hot dogs, breadsticks and other snack foods. Everything was so good.
I took Brody out with his cousins while Seth stayed at the house with Rob. Brody was really good, but did want me to hold him while we walked. Needless to say I did get a workout. Brody wouldn't say 'trick or treat' but he did say thank you to everyone that gave him treats.
Earlier in the day we went to see Rob's grandpa at the retirement center. All of the residents were in the main room and they had 10 stations set up for the kids to walk around and get their candy. Here are Brody, Seth and Grandpa Baumgartner.
I took Brody out with his cousins while Seth stayed at the house with Rob. Brody was really good, but did want me to hold him while we walked. Needless to say I did get a workout. Brody wouldn't say 'trick or treat' but he did say thank you to everyone that gave him treats.
Earlier in the day we went to see Rob's grandpa at the retirement center. All of the residents were in the main room and they had 10 stations set up for the kids to walk around and get their candy. Here are Brody, Seth and Grandpa Baumgartner.
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