Sunday, September 12, 2010

We are finally settled into our new home. The past two weeks have been crazy with getting our Longview housed packed and then unpacking in our new house. We are set next to Wasatch forest property under the “B” in Bountiful. It is very dry here (I forgot about that). The weather is very enjoyable as it heads into autumn. I have been busy cleaning our new home and fighting a little sickness. The second day in Utah I got laryngitis and an annoying cough. I think I am at the tail end of things (thank goodness). The first project was tiling a bathroom sink and painting the cabinet part black. I really like how it turned out. It took it from the nineties and brought it up to date. The second project was making curtains for the 14 foot windows. I will take a picture of that when I am finished. I am still waiting for my special order fabric to arrive.

Tim has been super busy with building shelves in the garage and chasing a mountain wood-rat. This wood-rat looks like a cross between a rat and a squirrel. Our house had been vacant for 4 years and this rodent moved into our bathroom duct sometime within those 4 years. Well Tim got on the job of catching that critter. It was a riot to watch my husband devise strategies to get the wood-rat. He set out rat traps, glue traps, and had a BB gun next to the back door. Well to make a long story short, after a night of watching for it and waking me up at 6:00 am, let me just say that the glue trap and 12 fatal shots did the trick.


Mountain wood rat and a little mouse in the glue trap


Look at the size of that thing!!



Awe....sweet victory!

Since the move, Jacinda has started school. She has Ms. Holbrook and loves kindergarten. She begs me to walk to school but we live 1.3 miles away so I will drive the majority of the route and then we will walk the rest of the way. It is so funny how she will hold my hand and pull me out of sheer excitement for school. I hope that motivation will stay with her for a very long time. I recall a time in 3rd grade when I decided to drop out of school when I got to high school. Funny how we change our minds and end up shifting into over drive.


Jacinda's first day of kindergarten

McCabe likes our street because he can ride his bike on the sidewalks. Every day he says to me, “I know, you walk baby and I ride my bike…how about that?” It is quite enjoyable to walk up and down the street. At the one end is a fantastic view of the temple and valley. I feel like I am standing on top of the world.

I wanted to share a little insight. Last week in church we talked about Job and the trials he faced. At the end of class I had a thought that summed up the discussion. I learned that to the faithful, trials are bonding moments with the lord. I can testify to that in my own personal life. It seems that I draw closer to the lord when life gets a little more difficult.