Several people have expressed interest in seeing my newly painted/carpeted basement. So, to give you some idea...it used to be a dingy yellow with a tan ceiling and old old brown carpet. It looks much brighter and welcoming now. Thanks to my Mom and Grandma (Sweetie) who helped me paint and chose the carpet. It was fun to do something new to a space I care about :) Sometime soon we will get some more storage for all those girly toys.

We had a wonderful break from unpacking...going to Disneyland with Matt's parents. Kathy made the girls some amazing witch dresses. It was a blast! Now I'm having a really hard time getting back into the unpacking...a REAL hard time!

I thought I would put up a pic of our house. We are wrapping up the painting and things so that we will be ready to move in next week. I am SOOOOO excited to have this house. I can't wait to have wood under my kitchen table instead of carpet. And a fenced back yard? AWESOME!!!!! I also thought this picture of Eden was funny. I was in my room talking with Matt and this is what I found when I came out. At least I know if anything happened to me, she would be able to feed herself :)

The Environment

"On August 19th 2007, an oil tanker off the coast of Australia split in two, dumping 20,000 tons of crude oil.Senator Collins, a member of the Australian Parliament, appeared on a TV news program to reassure the Australian public." So this is what they say. I'm positive it's not real. But I thought it was hilarious anyway.

Visit from MayMay and Poppa

This weekend was great. Matt's parents came to visit and we had so much fun. We went to the fall festival in Boulder and toured our new house (almost ours). Matt and I also went on a date for the first time in several months and it was the most fun I've had in a while. We went to this funky little modern restaurant down town. While we were there, the lady at the table next to us was talking about a play she was going to. I really wanted to do something different, so I butted in and asked her what she was talking about. It turned out that her husband was doing a one man show, with a very renowned band about 28 different failing musicians called bubs. So, we ended up going to the show which was in a small black box theater. It was very entertaining. We ended up meeting a lot of theater people from denver and making some good conections for future theater info. It was a great night!!! Thanks for babysitting MayMay and Poppa!

Fun and stress free in the E.R.

So on Wednesday night I was scrambling to make dinner for the missionaries. Matt wasn't going to be home in time to have them over, so I was bringing it to their home. They needed to eat at 5pm. This is definitely not a good time of day for me...with the kids :) I basically had to banish them to their room so that I could cook. The whole time I was thinking.."I'm happy to do this for the missionaries, and I'm sure I'll be blessed for it." Let's just say I was totally blessed. Right as we were getting ready to leave to take them dinner, Lucy stood on a kids chair that suddenly flipped over and she whacked her chin on the counter. Speaking from past experience, things like this don't go so well for me. Usually I feel very nervous and completely stressed out. But, amazingly enough, I was calm, collected, organized...even happy! So, we dropped of the dinner on the way to the E.R. The hospital was empty, so we got into a room right away. Of course as all hospital visits go, this still took about 3 1/2 hours even though it was not busy. It was actually very hard and tiring to entertain the kids in that tiny room for such a long time, but I didn't mind!. Matt was taking the train to meet me, but fell asleep and missed his exit...ha ha ha. Usually I think that would make me flip my lid...but again...no stress. The whole experience was quite remarkable. Lucy was very brave, she didn't even flinch or wince or anything! I'm very grateful that I was so blessed that day!!!

Fun in Colorado

Lucy and my cousin John at the Air Force Academy
Lucy and Carmen in Louisville ready for Lucy's birthday party
The food was good!
Lucy's party
Eden at Carmen's preschool, funny I didn't get a picture of Carmen, she was too busy having fun to pose for meWe love living here in Colorado. We have been having a great time going to the mountains, to Boulder, the children's museum, Down town by way of light rail, to parks, and just being outside in the perfect weather. We just made an offer on a house and it was accepted so we are in the process of buying our first home. The prospect of not having boxes in my living room, and having a garage is very exciting, but buying a house is.....um scary. However, we love Louisville and can't wait to move there!