Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Catching Up

Jenny has apple and pear trees in her back yard and the kids love picking the fruit and eating them when they go outside.
This is what Olivia does when she comes into my store! Lots of rearranging

Boating with our friends,the Ballards

The girls playing at a mall play center.


Celebrating Gabby's 5th Birthday Party.
Wow, this has been a crazy, busy month!! First of all, I started working! I am managing a GNC store and Micha is now a SSM Manager for GNC. This job was basically handed to me and it has been a real blessing. Micha and I are able to work our schedules out the way we want them and what works best for our family. It is a great experience for me and a relatively low stress job. It is hard to be away from the girls during the day, especially Olivia. She is still so little and I feel like I am missing out on so much, but I also know this is what I need to do right now. It also puts my mind at ease that they are in good hands with Jenny. We are moving into our new place in less than a week!! We are so excited to get into our own place and have some order back in our life(and for my huge closet!). Micha is flying home this weekend to get all of our things out of storage in Arkansas. I can't wait to have all my things(shoes) back. After taking a huge leap of faith and moving to Utah, things are falling into place and working out. Utah definitely isn't home but I can stand it for a little while. Micha and I are getting the work experience we wanted and needed that can hopefully take us back to the south!

Friday, September 4, 2009

Maddy's First Day of Kindergarten





David wanted to get in the picture action.

Maddy finally started Kindergarten!! We were all very excited. She only goes half days, 12:30-3:30, because Utah schools are apparently stupid! Fortunately Micha and I both had the day off so we were able to take her to school. We got there and they had muffins and milk for the kids. After that the teachers lined up the classes and took them inside. I am proud to say I didn't cry, I was too excited that she finally started! Anyways, when she got home from school I asked her how it was and she said, "Good, I got a Disney Magazine". Are you kidding me, that's all I get after hearing you talk about going to school for the past year! She finally told me she made 2 friends but didn't know their names. Her teacher's name is Mrs. Hutchings and she seems to be a great teacher and Maddy really likes her. Hopefully she will have a wonderful first year of school and not get in too much trouble!!