Sam on Politics

Dinner table.
Sam- I am going to vote for Mcain.
Me- Ok why did you decided that
Sam- He has daughter names Megan and I love the name Megan
Me- sounds good
Sam- Did you know that Hillary Duff was also running for Pres.
Me- I think you mean Hillary Clinton
Sam- no I mean Hillary Duff and they were saying on the news that she should have won.
Me- ok

Things are moving along around here. We have been so busy getting the house packed ready to sell and now showing it. I hate showing my house I feel so violated, it is like standing naked in a crowded room. I have yet to stand naked in a crowded room but I have heard that they are a lot alike. I am so hoping and praying that we will sell soon, the market is not our friend right now unfortunately.
To keep josh occupied while we pack the garage and clean we put him in one of the cars so that he will be happy. He loves to play with the steering wheel and honk the horn, I am sorry Brook. We are worried thought that he seems to have a little road rage, this first picture is of him yelling at some random car, I am positive they cut him off.

The ten Leopards

Steve- tonight we are going to read about the 10 Lepers and how Jesus healed them.
Sam- oh, oh, oh I know this story can I tell it.
Steve- Yes
Sam- There were 10 leopards and they were sick so they went to Jesus and asked him to help them, Jesus told them to go the pharmacy and only one leopard came back.

Moving

The sunset as we drove in to Idaho
Our new home town.

Our computer and phone line have been messed up for over a week so I have not been able to update our blog.
I think about everyone knows now that we are moving. I am sad to leave the best neighborhood and friends but so excited for this new opportunity.
I have thought a long time about this announcement and what I would write on our family blog for the memories....you will now have to such your eyes and run screaming because this is where I get sentimental.
I have prayed for something like this for so long. For almost 10 years to be exact! I have always wanted to live in the country, I feel more at home and more relaxed. I always wanted to raise my kids in a smaller town. At first i would pray so hard for some type of opportunity to move to a small town, it did not happen. When Steve was in school I kept telling myself that is was all worth it because when we were done we could move to maybe a smaller town. Did not happen. I got really bitter in about June feeling like we had hit a wall. I was frustrated, I just wanted so bad to have a change and felt like the last two years were a waste. I went through a pouting faze and then one day decided that it was getting me no where. I was also reading the book, "How to hear the Lords voice" I highly recommend it. The book helped me to see a lot of things that I was doing wrong, I decided that I needed to change my prayer and ask to have peace in the situation I was in and to find joy.
I felt like I was doing a lot better and was even able to find things that I really enjoyed about living in a larger city.(I know that this not the biggest city but to me it is huge!)
In September Steve told me about this job in Victor, Idaho. I did not think anything about I figured it would be a bust. The company called us the end of September and wanted to interview Steve. I then started to look up Victor and started to get excited about the prospect. Last week they offered Steve the job and we accepted. Steve took me up there last weekend to see if I like the area, as we drove down in to the valley he looked at me and said that he could not have got any closer to my dream area. I totally agreed it is so beautiful with lots of outdoor recreational activities to do. We are going to have to get the kids all snowboarding because we live a couple miles from Grand Targhee. The only draw back that I can see is that the cost of living is crazy expansive, and the winters are long and hard. But you can't have everything perfect right!
The desicion to leave Steve's company was hard though, they are a really good company and he loved the people he worked with.
Now we just have to sell our house so if you no any one that is looking please tell them about our house.

This video will bring a tear to your eye.

Happy Birthday

I just wanted to tell my husband Happy Birthday, I am a horrible wife and forgot until my mom called to tell him this morning. But in my defense it had been a crazy night and morning and my mind was not thinking very clearly.
I love you Steve.

Funny

I stole this from Steve's cousin Angie, hilarious.

Two home teachers went out one Saturday to visit their families. At one home, it was obvious that someone was there, but nobody came to the door even though they knocked several times. Finally, one companion took out a piece of paper and wrote the member's name on the card with the words,

"Revelation 3:20" below it, and stuck the paper in the crack in the door.(Revelation 3:20 -- Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with me).

The next day, on Sunday, the piece of paper was returned to the home teacher. Below the home teacher's message was the notation

"Genesis 3:10"(Genesis 3:10 -- I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself).

Week in review.

My goal has been to write in our blog once a week and I have been sorely lacking in this, but all is not lost, a week in review...
Motrin has become our best friend in this house.
For josh-Molars
Lexi-croup
Sam-Strep throat
Steve-The most disgusting spider bite. I wish that I would have got a picture of it, After we got home from Mexico he started to say that the top of his foot hurt, progressively the next few days his foot got a little more swollen every day. By Wednesday it was so swollen that he could not put shoes on and the skin was all purple, he finally went in to the Doctor where the poked it with needles gave him a shot and bunch of antibiotics to take for a week. Over the next couple of days he had to drain the puss from the wound, yuck. I am not one to be faint of heart, in fact anything bloody Gorey or gross I find fascinating, but this was gross. I would gag a Little every time he would tell me he was draining the puss. He is almost done with the antibiotic and it is feeling a little better but for the most part it still looks a little gross. I did feel bad for him though because he had a lot of really important meetings that he had to go to in the last weeks and he would have to wear his suit with his flip flops. Business casual, right.

Sam got her ears pierced, after a lot of pleading to her daddy and a little convincing form Uncle Gary and Aunt Wendy Steve finally said it was OK. The poor girl got the gun jammed on her ear and they had to pierce one ear twice. There was a lot of tears and as we walked out Sam whispered, "mom I should have listened to daddy and waited until I was 16".

Mexico

Last week were so lucky to be able to go to Bacalar, Mexico and Belize with our friends Ryan and Marci. The best part was that we really did not go any where with a lot of tourist so we got to see real Mexico. My mind is crazy tonight and I can not seem to organize my thoughts so here is a run down of just SOME of the memories.
* When we stopped in Playa del Carmen the waiter asked why we did not drink alcohol, we told him that we were Mormon, a few minutes later the restuarant was filled with the Morman tabernacle Choir sining Halleluah.
*Ryan tried to sell me to a 12 year old boy at the same restuarant
*Playing Nertz and getting kicked by Ryan and Marci, no worries though we are starting an intensive training camp so that we can woop them good next time.
Oh there are so many more I will have to get sleep and then reorganize the craziness in my head that is called a brain.

Finally.....
I apologize, but this computer kicks my butt some days, oh sorry mom, I mean bottom-end.:)
Here are some of our pictures from our lovely oh so nice week.

The back of the house that we rented in Bacalar, or heaven as I would prefer to call it.









































THis is the school that we visited before seeing some ruins. These kids were so cute, they were so much fun and so funny. Marci and Steve taught them some songs. My camera died while we were there so I am waiting for Marci to send me the rest of the pictures:)
I have to say that going to the school was honestly one of my highlights.
One of the coolest things about the trip is that Ryan takes tours down to Latin America a lot so we were so lucky to be able to get our own personal tour guide while we were down there. THe first ruins that we visited are the proposed sight that Christ came to the Nephites. It was so beautiful, even with monkeys screaming over our heads.