"Twilight" Fans Only...

OK so I HAD to post this link. For all you "Twilighters", take a few minutes to watch these clips from the upcoming movie!!! Can't wait!

http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?id=1585900&vid=222543

New Post?

Lots is happening and nothing is happening. Does that make sense? First of all, Jane turns 6 months this week. I'm without a camera this week so I can't post any pictures but I will soon. She's sitting up all by herself and is just as cute as can be these days!

The boys are doing great. We're working on being really big and having them do things all by themselves. Tom's travelling to Utah a lot and I am going a little nuts. I feel sorry for any wife who has a husband who travels. School is hard, but at least they are home at night. Thank goodness we just had some neighbors move in next door who are great. They have 3 kids, one of which is a boy Bradens age who goes to his primary class with him and preschool class. It's great. I feel safer and also my boys have a tramp right next door to get rid of a little extra energy.

We are going to Vegas this weekend for my brothers wedding. I'm SO excited. Not only to see my family, but to get away with just Tom (and jane) for the weekend. Pictures to follow! (Plus, it's our 10 year wedding anniversary weekend!!!)

Lastly, we've made a decision. Yup. We are really excited. Not only about the outcome, but also that we don't have to decide anymore. So I'm not going to say what it is yet, because until papers are signed, I don't dare. More to come though!!!

The Basement

So Tom has spent his spare time the last few months (well, 9 now) doing the basement. He framed it, sheetrocked it (thanks to his family for helping), tiled, did the trim work (thanks to Zack, my brother-in-law who is a creative genius...look for the railing...and basically the playhouse and deck was a copy of his idea from his home), and now we are just finishing painting the trim so the carpet can be installed when it comes in next week! I'm posting this b/c Tom's in Utah right now working for the week and wanted to show some of his friends who are finishing their basement right now, what he's done. Good job, hunny! He can use a dental drill and work in tiny kids mouths and now he can use a big drill, saw, hammer to do about whatever puts his mind to!

Question

So why is it that I am constantly dressing my daughter in PINK and I am constantly getting asked the question, "Is it a boy or a girl?" Today in TCBY I got asked. She was in Salmon pink PJ's with flowers on them!!! And her carseat is half PINK half brown and green with flowers!

The other day I was at the grocery store and Jane had on a purple velour sweatsuit and a white bow in her hair. A lady comes up to me and says, "Your baby is so cute." I thank her and smile. Then she looks at her socks and NO JOKE says, "Good thing she has these ruffly socks on or you wouldn't know if she's a boy or a girl."

I am seriously contemplating piercing her ears!

"Mom, take our picture with Jane"

Jane is growing up so fast! She's already in her 6-9 month clothes!

One more thing...

Oh, and what's going on (job)?? Well, right now we are still undecided. Tom is working part time for a doctor in Spokane Valley (just when he is out of town). He averages 2 days/week there (although it is a week here, a few days there, none the next week) and he is flying to Utah once/month (but twice this month...lucky me). So he is getting enough work in to get us by. We just don't want to do anything until we feel really good about something. There are some great opportunities in Spokane, but we don't really want to move, and don't want Tom to commute. There is options in Hayden (which is right by our home), but none of the building/lease options are quite falling into place how we'd like them to. There just continues to be bumps along this road and I feel strongly that when the right thing comes along, it won't necessarily be easy, but it will feel good and we'll go for it. We are pretty sure we've narrowed the field to this area though. We aren't going to move. We love it here and after all our travels the last few weeks, it was reconfirmed to us just why we love it so much and why we moved here in the first place!

Spring Break...whew!

We enjoyed quite a spring break last week! Ready for a novel? Here goes!
It all started with a wedding in Seattle! JeVonne and Paul were married in the Seattle temple Saturday, March 22nd. It was SO great! JeVonne is always a babe, but I've never seen her this gorgeous! She was glowing...as most brides do!
Easter morning, I rushed off to the airport to fly to SLC to surprise my parents who were leaving for their mission Monday morning. I just had to see them one last time and get some pictures with Jane, since she'll be 2 years old when they return! It was a great trip! We saw my parents, then I was able to visit a few others.

We stayed with my sister, Emily, and Jane just LOVED her cousin Adam. He is 3 and was making her laugh any chance he could.

We were able to visit Great-G&G Hawkes in Spanish Fork, Utah.

Then I got to see Tiffany and her 4 kids (go Tiff!). It was fun to see little Camilla who is just a few weeks younger than Jane (although you wouldn't know by those cute cheeks!!!). With the exception of Roxy, Tiffany and I have had all three of our kids within a month of each other!

I finally made it up to Salt Lake to have lunch with friends Mandee and Heather (and see their darling girls), and then I just HAD to see the newest addition to the Cannon family (our old neighbors in sugarhouse), little redheaded Lily Cate. Lily is 2 weeks old! So cute!

Our Utah trip went by so fast and I only saw a fraction of the people I wanted to, but I guess that's what happens when I only have 2 days! We did pretty good though, huh?

I flew back to Seattle where Cameron was so excited to see me and Jane again (Tom flew back to work here in CDA and Braden drove with Aunt Chan and Uncle Dave to Portland). We had lunch with old friends, Catherine, Eryn, and Traci and our...let's count...10 kids (2 not there) and 2 on the way (holy cow...we multiplied fast)! It was so fun to catch up with them!

We attended Jakes soccer game that night with umbrellas and blankets (and at the end of the game the pouring rain turned into snow) and cameron FREAKED when we left 5 minutes before the game was over! He wanted to see it till the end!

We THEN went to Portland the next morning where we spent 2 1/2 FUN FILLED days with Aunt Chan, Uncle Dave, Cousin Dallin and Anne Marie. They all had an absolute blast together! THey just LOVE Dallin and Annie was right by Jane any chance she could get! I could go on for paragraphs about our fun times in Portland but this is already a novel! It was a great time and a great vacation. Now we are home and it's taken me about 3 days to unwind from it all! Whew!