Still Unpacking

So here we are in Elko, Nevada, the end of Week 2, and we are STILL UNPACKING! Nobody tells you the kind of trash you can collect when you've lived in a house big enough that you don't even notice you had all that junk to begin with (and really, at our old place, it wasn't junk, it was TOTALLY usable stuff...right?)!! Anyhoo, in unpacking, I've been able to DEJunk our Funk and it's been fun, but it's also taking me forever!! Yes, that does mean that we had a LoT (probably more like "mostly") of junk in our home. This also means that when a moving company moves you, even though you think it's great because you don't have to do a thing, it also sucks big time because once you unpack you realize they packed A LOT of stuff you would've otherwise tossed, had you done the packing yourself.

So anyway, this all to say, that I don't have too many fun and interesting things going on right now, but the kids and I are adjusting and I think Aaron likes his job pretty well. If it weren't for his bad back that he's had for the last 3 weeks, I think he'd be liking his job even better. Here's to more unpacking, and maybe more fun posts :-D!

{and here's a picture just for fun, of the kids on their first day of school here}

Farewell Bridger Valley

I'm posting from my phone and as such am unable to post any photos :(. This week I just wanted to bid a very Fond Farewell to Bridger Valley. Farewell to my dear friends who in just 2 1/2 years made me feel like a part of that little tight knit community. I will miss the "girls" (the librarians who I became dear friends with)at the libraries. I'll miss the workers at Benedict's. I'll miss all the "characters" that I'd run into at good ol' Benedict's. I will miss my Fire Auxiliary Girls and all the fun get togethers and meetings we'd have. I'll miss my little church playgroup - what a fun bunch of moms & kids! I'll miss the kids i got to watch - Max, Sam, and Bo and of course I'll miss there adorable mom Heidi!! I will MOST DEFINITELY miss the elementary school my kids got to go to. Urie Elementary has amazing teachers who absolutely love the kids they work with and you can tell that they LOVE TEACHING!! My kids still cry just thinking about their wonderful teachers and friends. I'll really miss my Fort Bridger Ward family who loved me for the crazy person that I am and who also helped in making me a better person. I'll miss my friend Shallen ~ we started a tradition of eating at the one and only Mexican restaurant there is in the valley, for our birthdays. Because I'm not going to be there for my birthday this year, she took me to lunch right before we left for Elko - yep, I'll miss my Mexican food eating partner!

Most of all, I'll miss how safe I felt in that little ol' valley - I'll miss our big house, and I sorely miss my Sam and Oscar - a family couldn't ask for better pets! Bridger Valley, Farewell until we meet again - Elko....may I grow to love you as much as I did that small little western town.

Week 4

Week 4 brings us closer to Elko! Which means that there won't be a post next week because I doubt we'll have internet for a while. This past week we celebrated my youngest lil monkey's 4th Birthday. Our Henry is such a funny little guy and I can't believe he is already Four Years Old ~ time flies so quickly and before I know it, he'll be embarrassed to be anywhere near me. But for now, he wakes up every morning and marches straight over to me for a few minutes of cuddle time with Mommy ~ I will cherish these moments because soon he won't fit in my lap. Between him growing and my chubby belly getting in the way, one will soon take over and my lap will no longer have room for his bum to cuddle up in..I should probably go on a diet! HaHaHaHa!!

Another fun thing that happened this week is that we had cousin Analee with us and boy was I grateful to have her here. The kids just LOVE her to pieces...they love her so much that they all crashed out on the bed and futon mattress in the guest room just so they could sleep by her.

For those of you unfamiliar with cousin Analee, she is a cousin to us on Aaron's side. A beautiful Tongan girl adopted by the Christensen family, her adopted great great grandmother is Aaron's great great great? grandfather's sister. And so it goes, in the pre-existence we told each other that we'd find each other somehow ~ so Analee and I always say to people that Heavenly Father said "Alright fine, but YOU, Ardis, will have to marry a white boy, and You, Brown Sugar, will need to be adopted by a white family. And so it goes that bff's in heaven are reunited again on earth!! :D

Anyhoo, with Aaron in Elko this past week I decided to go and "steal" Analee away from her family. She is an amazing organizer and a bit OCD when it comes to cleaning. {what? even she will admit that about herself} so I knew that stealing her away to come stay with us for a week would be critical in helping me get our place prepped up for our move this upcoming weekend. She did an amazing job keeping the kids and I on task when it came to dejunking toys and to wiping down walls. AND she also did an amazing job at keeping me up late with singing songs while she played the uke OR having some late night heart to hearts.

I'm also grateful she was here because she provided some much needed comic relief. This week had it's Up's and Down's ~ we started the week out with having renters, and then we didn't, and then we did.....and then we didn't. Every time something went wrong, I could rely on Analee to make me smile or laugh! Yay for Brown Sugar Stand Up Comedy! As we speak, I think we have renters...you'll all know for sure when I post again in, Oh say, a month or so?? :D

We also had Aaron's sister "Bob" stop by with her kids. She was a HUGE help in getting trim painted and taking a lot of stuff that we won't be able to take with us to Elko. Have I mentioned lately how much I love my in-laws? I have the best in-laws in the world!!

Anyhow, I just thought I'd post up another weekEND blurb and keep you up to date on the latest happenings around here.

Thanks for stopping by!