We are homeowners! Finally!

I mentioned that we had made an offer on a house about a month and a half ago, but things have been so busy since then that I never had a chance to post that they did put an A/C in and we did buy the house- at the end of July. So we have lived in it almost a month now. It is a little out of the way which has it's pros and cons but on a teacher's salary- you take what you can get! Actually we really like it. The house is only 2 years old and has 3 bedrooms and 2 baths and a big backyard. It seems like so much space but we love it. Luke has really stepped up as a handy man. He hung shutters on all the front of the house, he mows the lawn, drills holes in things, and hung blinds in the inside. I painted our front door so it would match the shutter but it didn't turn out so good ) : And after spending a day and half on it, I haven't had the motivation to fix it. I have never really painted anything other than small wooden crafts before so I didn't know what I was doing but I figured it couldn't be that hard... Until I started! At one point I called my brother in law Scott and he said "you took the door off the hinges right?" I of course said no. Then he said "Well you took the doorknob off at least right?" I of course said no. So in the end I guess I should have because the tape I used ended up pulling the paint off wherever I had put it. Anyway, that distressed me quite a bit and I haven't been able to get myself into any projects since. But we still need some more furniture and to do more decorating but I'm trying to not be in too big of a hurry. In the meantime we are just throughly enjoying having our own home!

For Aunt Miriam

My sister Miriam and her husband Wade moved to Hawaii about a month ago and this video is for her, but Gabrie is so cute and talented that anyone should enjoy it! ( :
Miriam thanks for the post card, Gabrie carried it around and would say "tutle." So this is our attempt for her to say thank you to you and to grant you your request for more videos. This first clip is of her fussing but it is pretty funny to watch.



She is a little vain but what 16 month old isn't, right? Anytime we videotape she wants to watch and she always has to see my camera to check out the pictures of her after I take them.




One of Gabrie's talents is doing animals sounds. So for anyone of you who haven't heard them in person or over the phone like she does for Aunt Miriam, here they are.




The funniest thing was that after we taped this we watched it back to see if it worked and Gabrie came and sat on my lap to watch "the baby" and would follow all of my instruction on the video. So when it came to the part where Luke tells her to say "Moo" she did it again as she watched along with everything else we asked her to say. It works very well as an interactive video, we don't need Baby Einstein! Plus she already knows animal sounds what else could it teach her ( :

Baby Boxhead

One of Gabrie's new favorite things is hats. She can make just about anything into one. She'll get really excited and say "Hah, Hah" meaning hat and then put it on her head. Well she has these boxes that we inherited from her cousin Izzy which fit just right ...


We have more cute video and photos to post but life is a little crazy right now. Luke just started his first week of teaching and is working extremely hard and I... well I get impatient with technical stuff so this is all we have for now!

Happy Aniversary to US!

So we haven't posted for awhile, things have been crazy since we moved but I had this great idea to put pictures of Luke and I from high school on, in honor of our 4 year Wedding Aniversary. But... I couldn't figure out how to scan them on! So sorry no entertaining Prom pictures! But who would have thought that first day at Bingham High that I would have met my husband! I remember Sarah Hadley and I were late to Mrs. Glade's class and we had to sit on the floor because their were no seats left. We kept getting trouble for talking but we got the attention of some of the boys in the class (Luke). Turns out he was in three of my other classes that first semester, it was fate! Even though I didn't admit (to Sarah) to liking him until Valentine's Day our Junior year we were good friends and had a lot of fun. He made high school unforgettable, with his Backstreet Boys videos, setting up a stereo system in my backyard for our first kiss, writing creative and thoughtful poems, etc. I remember my friend Blair asking me my senior year if I thought I would marry him and I remember kiddingly saying "probably" but I than thought "what if I do?" and feeling totally calm about it. Which was weird for me because I never wanted to be one of those stupid teenagers who thinks she is really in love went she's not. We never came out and said that we want to marrying each other but we would use the phrase "I can't picture my life without you." And it was totally true. Looking back I am so glad things have worked out how they did. I remember people telling me marriage would be an adjustment but for me it wasn't I already knew Luke so well that it was natural. I don't know if this is making any sense or just my rambling but I am so thankful for the past four years and I am so excited for the future with Luke and our little family!