Busy...

So, I thought (erroneously) when I moved that life would slow down for a little bit because no one we knew could get to where we were and no one where we were knew us. I didn't expect it to last forever but I thought 5-6 months maybe?? I was wrong. The junk mail found out. Our mailbox is already full of misc offers and junk. The government and various charities have found us. The ward also found us. This isn't a bad thing but it is a busy thing. This weekend included a primary activity, babysitting, a BYU football party, Math's birthday, the baptism of our neighbor who we reintroduced to the church, John spoke in sacrament, John had to teach his Sunday school, I taught young women's, Josh gave a talk in primary, BYC mtg and a dessert potluck. Whew...this has actually become somewhat typical of our life with weeks full of young women's, scouts, soccer, discussions, birthdays, etc. It is nice to be busy and to be surrounded by so many kind and friendly families but the apartment is suffering from serious neglect ;)

Really...11th??

So everyone knows that I am HUGE BYU fan. It was started very young in my family ;) The game yesterday was amazing!! It was awesome (a Utah awesome ;) ;) ;). So I can say this with the most devout love and adoration of BYU....ranked 11th...really? They are 14th in the AP poll which seems a little better to me. Not doubt we are a fabulous team but are we better than Ohio State? Granted Ohio State didn't put up the best showing against USC but it was USC. I do want to make it to the BCS but....Eldon, Tyson, Blake, Dad...and everyone else who follows the game, what do you think?
(rolling hands) GO COUGARS!!

Dancing is Dangerous in confined spaces...

Another round of famous Prince dancing (and I mean Prince, not Snow dancing...you'll understand when you see the video). Unfortunately, we are not used to such tight quarters for our dancing and accidents do happen...Seth was the first casualty of the night.

Freshman BYU Ward

This is just a little shout out to all y'all from our freshman ward at BYU. Don't know if you remember but Dawn Andrus (from the Spanish Fork apt) is getting married on Sept 20th. I don't know if she wants me to tell everyone this but oh well...
Dawn looks amazing!! You can check out her blog at downpainelane.blogspot.com

Boulder is expensive...

Why is Boulder so expensive...I am starting to think it is because everything is organic and I am not talking just produce. In Austin you usually had choices but here every cracker, ice cream, chips, soups, cereal, etc are all organic. This is not a bad thing...I am not against organic items but research has shown that they don't really have any more nutrient value so...right now I am kind of leaning towards the less expensive things. However, I do like saving the earth. I still can't afford 7th Gen. diapers and feminine products but other than that we are doing good. It's a hard call between cost and environment. It is so much easier here, even our church activities are completely recycled. Puts Austin to shame but the people in Austin are a lot less crazy!!!!

On the plus side it is also much easier to find stuff without high fructose corn syrup and trans fat. Our new favorite that might be near you...Costco has a new green line that includes dish soap, laundry soap and cleaners. I am still using the Clorox green line for cleaners until I run out but the soaps are really good. Also at Costco, Stretch Island Fruit Leather has mostly replaced our more sugary snacks. It is really cheap at Costco compared to other places. Finally, also at Costco, our Healthy Handful snacks which are completely organic so again no HFCS and trans fats. They are a good substitute for goldfish and other kid crackers.

What do you think the neighbors think when they look out their windows and see this...

Hopefully they think the same thing I do...so cute!

A Strange Day...the children are finally getting older.

Today has been so strange. Strange in a good way!! John is out of town at a conference (big surprise). Often this can make my days pretty long but not today. It started with me getting up and getting Seth out of his crib at 6:50am. The other boys got up and Josh said, "You can go lay down mom and I'll play with Seth." Yes...the shock was quite overwhelming. So I thought I would just rest for a few minutes but it was like 2 hours. I fell asleep and they woke me back up when Seth was poopy. Obviously they used all their screen time in the morning (but it was worth it) so when I got up we turned everything off. Instead of the constant "I want to watch a movie, I want to play the Wii" we've had a lego/bionicle marathon and only 3 major arguments to break up. Seth slept through the whole BYU game so I got to watch all of that and we made cookies, yogurt, pizza for dinner, cleaned up except the legos and got an awesome gift from our realtor that provided many boxes to play in. It has started to go downhill a little bit but still...after a day like today you realize that your children really are getting older and it doesn't feel like every second is completely overrun with chaos ;)

You know you're old when your car is older than some of the young women!

Cutie Pie

So it was kind of a splurge...Math saw the froggy pajamas and wanted them. Math needed new pj's but Seth didn't. But they are so cute...how could I resist?

Dandelions

One of Seth's favorite things to do it blow dandelions. Unfortunately, they often end up in his mouth due to his blowing technique.

Labor Day

Well, it is suppose to be a day off of labor but as John pointed out it's a lot more labor to be at home with the kids than at work. But don't worry, after a family swim trip he had to go into work so he did get a break from laboring at home :)