On the move...

Moving. Is. Hard.

I cannot believe what a crazy time we have had moving our home! I am usually organized and efficient but this entire process was out of control. I blame it partially on a crazy work/travel schedule, partially on this being our first move of this magnitude and partially on my own laziness! We closed this week and moved into a nice little place in Kaysville. It took some work to get it ready but it's going to be perfect for the next while. I painted the bedrooms and office and as we started hanging our curtains, pictures, etc. it really started to feel like home. Of course this was before we moved all of our junk - I cannot believe how much stuff we have despite my efforts to downsize before the move. Regardless we are settling in and Dylan is loving the new pad, of course it came with a full swing set and he got a new train set so the adjustment appears to be a positive one!

**If you know Dylan than you know Monkey, here they are swinging together!**

**Ryan has been so excited to get Dylan a train set. He spent the whole evening getting it perfect so Dylan would wake up to a fun surprise! What a good dad.**

How does YOUR garden grow?

While our we are still not convinced that our decision to go with hydroseed will pay off there is one thing for certain - my garden rocks! This is the first time I have ever grown a garden and it is flourishing!! I have zuccini, yellow squash, little jack pumpkins, pumpkins, rhubarb, herbs and tomatoes, SO MANY TOMATOES!


~my first item of harvest~


Anyone have words of encouragement regarding our lawn? We are seriously regretting not getting sod right now... In the mean time the pups are loving it!

Catching up…

It’s been a long time since I posted!!
Below is a recap of the last couple of weeks…

April 2nd to 4th...
I went on a quick business trip to the West Coast, and when I say West Coast I mean that I covered some pretty good distance in 3 days… on the 2nd I flew to Portland, did a 2 hour presentation at Oracle and flew to Seattle that afternoon. I saw very little of Portland as you can see by my two pictures taken from the Oracle office downtown. I would really like to go back though, downtown and along the river looked beautiful from my taxi!

I arrived in Seattle pretty early and was staying downtown so I booked it down to what I thought would be the water and Pikes Place, I was surprised to find that it’s not really on the bay, I guess I was picturing something more like San Francisco. I didn’t have much daylight and figured being alone, pregnant and hiking back up the hill to my hotel may take some time so I just took a few pictures before going back. It was a pretty walk and lots of people were out heading home from work. The next morning I didn’t have meetings until 11:30AM so I went back down the hill to the market, there is a lot more going on there in the morning! All the shops were opening and I had some delicious freshly made doughnuts for breakfast – healthy!!

After my presentation I once again headed straight to the airport to catch a flight for San Jose (my company headquarters). I went straight to my hotel in Santa Clara, caught up on work, ordered room service and went to bed early. The next morning I had a Project Management training and Serene and was back in the air by 6PM. Unfortunately this flight didn’t go quite as smoothly! Southwest is the only airline that leaves late enough out of San Jose and it connects in Las Vegas, against my better judgement I booked this flight and was delayed for 2 hours in the crappy Vegas airport. I didn’t get in until almost 2AM and was exhausted! Overall it was a great trip!!

He’s gonna be a rocker…
The greatest thing happened the 16th while I was driving… I turned up the radio and the little guy started rockin’ out! I turned it back down and he was completely still so I turned it up and once again he was jammin’, this went on for about 5 minutes and then I think he fell asleep. I usually can’t feel him unless I am completely still so it was really fun to feel him so active while I was driving!

Say Cheese…
Ryan bought us a new camera while I was on my trip, it’s a Nikon D80 and we are still learning how to use it. As you can imagine the pups are our best subjects for practice so below are a few pictures from their most recent photo shoots.

This is where Capri sits while I work all day, I realize it's not the right lighting but she's just so cute!

Foliage is fun…
You know you are old when something like planting bushes in your barren flower beds is a highlight!! Last weekend we (meaning Ryan) planted 7 bushes in our front yard. It was a beautiful day, we even got a little sunburned. All of our neighbors were out doing yardwork too, it was fun to finally meet everyone.

Look at the dogs in the bedroom windows.

Serene Party….
Only three people (including myself) at Serene (my company) live here in Utah, but two of my California team mates are living here for a couple of months to work on a project in SLC. Last night they came over for a Rock Band party with their wives and the Hammer family (Colter is one of our Solutions Consultants and we have worked together and been friends for about 4 years now). We missed you Jeff! It was so much fun to have everyone over, thanks for coming!!

Our House

As mentioned below we bought our first house in W. Kaysville November of 2006. It has been a lot of fun settling into our own space after 7 years of moving all over the Wasatch Front! We put in the basic front yard last summer and are now working on getting the basement finished. We will also be fencing in the backyard within the next month. It’s all very exciting and a lot of work! The decision process alone keeps us very busy. Here are pictures of the exterior and the basement in progress…