So far life is pretty even and calm. I LOOOOOOVVVEEE IT! Well actually lots of not so fun things have happened but through the Joy of aging comes wisdom, that's why I ask my mom & dad for the answers to all the hard stuff! LOL
Ok so there are so many things to do here locally. Festivals, concerts, museums. This past weekend we went to a Scandinavian Mid Summer Solstice Festival. There was a may pole (not sure that is what they called it), a bon fire, pea soup, booths with fun historical displays, and a lot of viking fun! TJ loved it as you can see from this blurry picure (using iphone):
We have all sorts of plans for the week of the 4th. I miss all of our family and summer stuff is my favorite with Scott and his fabulous BBQ and tasty foods and Killer Bunnies! Ce la vie.
As far as Father's Day it was a good day. We found out that our new insurance will pay for 5 rounds of iui infertility treatments with low cost to us, so needles here I come! At the same time we are getting licensenced and doing home studies to be able to adopt internationally. We have been talking for over 6 months and investigating agencies and we are going through one with a program that has Korean infants that are waiting children in orphanges. Some have special needs but we have been very specific with what we will and won't be able to handle. So one way or another by the time TJ turns 8ish we will have a new little miracle. Yay! Now how that will happen is beyond me...hehehe. I just know if I do my part things will work out the way the Lord wants them to.
I do want to say as far as husbands go, Joe is AMAZING! He just is there for us, and we love being there for him. TJ is also one of the best kids in the whole world. Seriously just great.
Love much, seek to see smiles in others, and most of all make your "normal" being willing to accept your reality and find the joy in it and the joy in the journey not just the happiness that could exist at the destination!
:-)
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Monday, June 8, 2009
Lost in Translation... oh wait we are still in the same country. So why am I so confused?
Haven't updated for a bit so here is the low down. We moved. Most of you already know that. If however you need our address just email me or something.
So here we are in Washington. Its green, hilly, green, there's an ocean, um its green. We have dreamed of moving to the Puget area for several years and we actually did it. One of a very few things that we said we WANTED to do and actually have gotten to do. Ironically (the time when most things you want happen) it happened in a time that I really did not want to leave Utah and my family. TJ has awesome friendships there not to mention his best friend is his cousin that is one month older than him, and we had an awesome ward! But Joe was offered a transfer with Comcast for much better pay, plenty of overtime, and much more room for advancement up the ladder! So I am here and I am happy.
The view from our condo is amazing, and when I get lonely I take a book to the balcony, sit in my hammock chair, and enjoy a dream coming true even if the timing was off.
My View:
TJ is coping okay. I think we have like 150 drawings to send to cousins. But I signed him up for swim lessons as soon as we got here and we have a pool here at the club house. In a few weeks he starts Karate and Dance lessons so he will be hopefully too busy this summer to notice the lack of cousins, and then school will start and we will make tons more friends.
It helped Grandma was here for the first 10 days. I have had several people tell that having her come was not a good idea because having "the mother" with you for that long isn't healthy, but I have to tell you in all honesty it was good to have her. It would not have gone as smoothly without her. Despite my need to be very independent and stubborn I let down my walls and accepted her help with cleaning and unpacking. I then got sick so it was a HUGE blessing to have her at that point as well. She is awesome.
We have already had many adventures and I will have to blog them but for now this is it. We love you Utah but we are on to Greener pastures...literally. (Just maybe not sunnier skies, it is a rainy area.)
So here we are in Washington. Its green, hilly, green, there's an ocean, um its green. We have dreamed of moving to the Puget area for several years and we actually did it. One of a very few things that we said we WANTED to do and actually have gotten to do. Ironically (the time when most things you want happen) it happened in a time that I really did not want to leave Utah and my family. TJ has awesome friendships there not to mention his best friend is his cousin that is one month older than him, and we had an awesome ward! But Joe was offered a transfer with Comcast for much better pay, plenty of overtime, and much more room for advancement up the ladder! So I am here and I am happy.
The view from our condo is amazing, and when I get lonely I take a book to the balcony, sit in my hammock chair, and enjoy a dream coming true even if the timing was off.
My View:
TJ is coping okay. I think we have like 150 drawings to send to cousins. But I signed him up for swim lessons as soon as we got here and we have a pool here at the club house. In a few weeks he starts Karate and Dance lessons so he will be hopefully too busy this summer to notice the lack of cousins, and then school will start and we will make tons more friends.
It helped Grandma was here for the first 10 days. I have had several people tell that having her come was not a good idea because having "the mother" with you for that long isn't healthy, but I have to tell you in all honesty it was good to have her. It would not have gone as smoothly without her. Despite my need to be very independent and stubborn I let down my walls and accepted her help with cleaning and unpacking. I then got sick so it was a HUGE blessing to have her at that point as well. She is awesome.
We have already had many adventures and I will have to blog them but for now this is it. We love you Utah but we are on to Greener pastures...literally. (Just maybe not sunnier skies, it is a rainy area.)
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