New Hats

Morgan and I wore matching hats yesterday. I know, nerdy, but lots of fun. I had to find something to do during the day in Utah and decided to learn how to crochet hats.

Utah Again

We decided that we couldn't wait until Christmas to see Morgan's brand new cousin so we headed to Utah for that 7 hour drive last week. We got to spend time with the Nielson's (which means Grandma and Grandpa -- my parents, and Nana and Papa -- Tom's mom and step dad. Yes, they are all Nielson's and it's not illegal because Tom is a Rich).

Morgan got to hold Emery (or Emmie, as she says) for a second. She mostly wanted to touch her face and since we wouldn't let her she decided that playing with Uncle Nick was way more fun.

Delta High had a football game at the U of U so we went to watch them get blown out of the water (what does that saying mean anyway?) by Hurricane. It was like a mini reunion for me because a bunch of my high school friends were there. Yay! Morgan got to hang out with Grandma, Grandpa and Shy and eat churros. She was in football heaven.I had to laugh at the student body, mainly because I know I was the same. It just sounds funny now when the kids are yelling "go big D" and they are 100% serious. And the mascot is a rabbit. Did I ever think that was odd when I was in high school? Nope. I was proud to be part of pretty much the only school in the country that had a rabbit as a mascot. Really? A rabbit? Ha! Who thought of that anyway? (Please, if you're from there don't be offended because I don't mean to hurt anyone... but look at it objectively and you'll understand.)

We're Selling!

I'm so sad and excited at the same time to sell our house. We have loved it so much but realize that since Tom resigned from his job, we have no roots in Idaho and it doesn't make a lot of sense to own a house here.

Right now we don't know where we will move to but we have a whole bunch of options. Once we sell the house we will be able to pay off the student loans the size of a mortgage and we will be 100% out of debt! That in itself is worth selling the house.

I hope to post pictures soon. We have been cleaning like you wouldn't believe for three days and it payed off. It looks fantastic! I also took down pictures of us, Jesus, temples, and anything that would single us out or not be considered a "staged" house. Interesting though, the first people that looked at the house (today) happened to be LDS and waited for us to come home so they could talk to us about the ward. They knew we were because we have one huge picture of the Salt Lake Temple that we couldn't take down. They seem very interested so we'll see if they make an offer.

Fall Photo Shoot

Today we had some people look at our house to possibly purchase it so we left while they were there. It happened twice so the second time we were prepared with a camera and decided to take some fall pictures of M. Here are a few of our fav's.

"M"

Sometimes M gets to take bubble baths. They are more fun now but she still loses her toys.

This is M's best friend, Brinkley. We get to babysit her once in a while and they are so cute!

Halloween Party and M Dressed Up

We had the coolest Halloween party this year. It was 80's themed and we planned an "Amazing Race" around Boise/Meridian. We started out at the corn maze and had to get 10 of the 12 whole punches around the maze.

The next clue led us to Big Jud's where we had to eat a huge burger and fries but on the way we had to interact with strangers. We chose a family at the elementary school and played "ring around the rosies" with them. After we ate the food, the people at Big Jud's gave us our next clue. On our way to one of the big parks in Boise we had to do a Chinese fire drill. At the park we had to find a big tree an memorize a few facts to take to Shamaries house and tell her daughter. When we told the correct facts, we got our next clue, which was to play Dance Dance Revolution and get a "B" on it. Well, it was my game so we were the first to pass that and get our word search with scrambled words that led us to our next clue -- to relay on foot three miles to a house where one team member would shoot a gun and had to get a bull's eye. Then we got our next clue, which was to eat a half gallon of ice cream (between the team) and the next clue was at the bottom. That led us to a farm where we finished by milking a cow. It was a super cool party.

Friday, Saturday, and Sunday were all dress up days for M. She got to be an Angel, a Renaissance princess, and Sleeping Beauty. She was an angel to a dress up play group on Friday. Saturday, we went to the ward trunk-or-treat (which really stunk, by the way. We brought six bags of awesome candy and were out in five minutes and everyone gave us smarties and Dum Dums -- not to complain but we are totally bringing wuss candy next year).

On the actual Halloween day we went to our friends' house to trick-or-treat and they were just leaving to go themselves so they invited us to go around with them, which we did for two hours. M loved it and so did we!

Busy Day

Today is a great day. I have a new niece! My brother's wife had their baby this morning. Also our best friends are in the hospital as we speak (or as I write) having their baby. It's voting day, Tom's first day not working for someone (oh yeah, he quit his job here), clean the house to get ready for the photographer day (we're selling!), and maybe take a nap day. It is a great day.