What a baby!

So this week has all ready been a long one and it's only Tuesday!
Avery has been so good with everything going on...and I am so thankful for her. A couple of friends are helping me out with her this week while I'm in training, and she has just gone right along with it. Today when I went to get her from Kim's she didn't even look excited to see me. (ouch) I thought about her all day wondering what she was doing, bragged about her to all my new coworkers and it seems she didn't even notice I wasn't there. Hm.
But. On the flip side, I am very greatful for a child that is so easy going. I hope it stays this way!

Thanks Kim and Angie!! Couldn't have done this without you!

Elections and Christmas Carols

Avery and I have been bopping around the house listening to Christmas Music the past couple days. Usually I am seriously annoyed about Christmas music before Thanksgiving, but I think kids change all of that.
Avery LOVES to dance. Never on command mind you, but she really does love it - especially when no one is looking.

After staying up until all hours of the night last night watching all the hustle bustle of the election, I thought that I must say something about the turn out last night - if anything, for my Bush loving friend Angie :)

Sid and I watched last night, not knowing what to expect. I had been so sick of all the back and forth the past months, (I absolutely HATE that kind of behavior) that I have kind of tuned out everyone else's opinion and made up my mind on my own. I can't say that I wasn't slightly disappointed - I mean a woman in the white house?! But at the same time, I also couldn't ignore the sense of accomplishment - vicariously of course - of what last night means for a lot of people in this country.
Who knows - she could be your president some day!!

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S O L D

Our days of juggling two houses has finally come to an end. What a relief! Although we are VERY thankful that the house finally sold in the market that it did - it is a bittersweet feeling.

When Sid called to tell me that everything went through as it should and it was done - and then he followed that with "it's a little sad that we don't have that connection with Boise anymore" at first I thought he was crazy - but I have to agree. Boise was a really special place for us. And looking back on the short three years that we were there (all the while, wishing we could be closer to family here in Utah) we did a lot of neat things, met some people that have touched our lives forever, and we will miss it. Here's just a few things that we will miss about Boise:

Floating the Boise River.

Ok, so some of you have heard some crazy stories about us floating the river - stories that include cannon balls, boats capsizing, losing shoes, and having to run about a mile barefoot on hot pavement in 100+ weather. But it was all worth it.

BSU Football:

When Sid and I were first married, we rented a house just a block down from BSU. We were too poor to have cable TV and instead hooked up our bunny ears and watched the fuzzy games while we listened to the crowd cheer just a block down the street. We were hooked. And rightly so! Boise has an amazing football team and we loved all the blue and orange during those fall months. And who could forget the Fiesta Bowl? What a game!!

McCall Idaho

Sid's position in Boise was a lot different than it is here for work. He used to spend a lot of time traveling to different cities on sales calls. One trip that he made frequently was to McCall, Idaho. It was just a quick hour or so drive from home and it was beautiful. Sepeate from work - we would drive up once in a while for dinner or to walk around or watch a hockey game from the street. It seems like everytime we did go there it was fall/winter time. I think what I liked most was the drive there and back. Unbelieveable scenery.

Idaho City

Another little town that we would visit on weekends was Idaho City. We loved all the antique shops and history there. And the Cemetery is pretty interesting too...Seems like everyone that visited us in Boise made a trip to Idaho City! This is Sid's grandpa posing with one of the ladies he met along the way.

Shoshone Falls

Outside of Twin Falls, ID is one of the most amazing sites to be seen. It's so unexpected, because anyone who has seen the Twin Falls area, knows it's pretty flat and desolate looking...Sid, Beth and I made the drive to see what all the hype was about. It was so cool! If you are ever going through, it really is worth the stop and not far from the freeway.

Boise Parks & Green belts

I don't think it will be possible for Sid and I to not compare ANY parks to those in Boise. Then again, it's hard for us to not compare lots of things to that in Boise. This is the park that was behind our house and down the bend a little. We miss it so much! And we miss all our friends there. We hope to see you all soon - don't forget us!

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October?

I cannot believe it's October all ready. Lots has happened in the past month, and don't think I can cover everything...but here are a couple things.

We went to Cedar the week after Labor Day to check out the Nixon's new boat. The weather was great, and Tony is so close to mastering his flip. I think I have 5-7 videos of him falling on his face like that...but he is relentless.

Time Out For Women

A good friend of mine invited me to A Time Out For Women in Logan and I am SO HAPPY that I went. With the past year being as crazy as it has been - between having a baby, leaving great friends to move to a new place, having a home still in Boise, adjusting to being a SAHM, adjusting to Utah again :), and the list goes on...it's been quite the stressful past year. This was just what I needed. The speakers were amazing, and I felt more than once that they were speaking just to me. I took my camera with all the intentions of snapping a ton of pics, but this is all I walked away with (oh and a picture of Kim taking a picture). Mary Ellen Edmunds is in the picture with us. She was one of the many great speakers we heard that day. She is hilarious. Anyone that can go to this conference, LDS or not, I strongly recommend.

And did I mention my "hot" friends that invited me along and made me feel right at home...Kim #1, Kim #2, and Tracey - thanks for the great weekend!

And of course. Thanks to Sid for babysitting pretty much all weekend so that I could take this much needed break.

Sids dad called us a couple weeks back and asked us if we could babysit their newest addition to the family for about a week. It was an interesting week! Avery had an different relationship with him than I expected. Pretty much, love-hate. She loved him when he was outside on the other side of the sliding glass door...but anytime he was around her, he was so excited he would jump and try to lick her face - which she wasn't too happy about. Our neighbors don't miss his nightly routine of howling (they told us so :) but we did have fun with him and were glad to help! (I stole this pic from Annie's blog - thanks Annie!)

Sid, Tony, Brad, Shane, Annie and I went to the BASH last weekend. It was CRAZY! The boys ran and got all the free stuff while Annie, Sid and I people watched. We saw some interesting things...and heard some interesting music, but it was still a blast. (thanks for babysitting Angie!!)

Check out Sid's perma sunglasses. And that's with 70 SPF!

So! I think that's pretty much the highlights of the past month. Avery is growing and changing daily it seems this past month. She understands so much more. Her newest tricks are spinning in circles, knuckles and folding her arms (being reverent). She is so much fun. Heres a few pictures recapping the month.

The Gall of this woman!

Hey Ladies (I know it's only chicks that check out blogs) this is a posting from Sid. Allow me to catch you up on our past few weeks. Melanie thought she was dying and went to the doctor 2 weeks ago with Avery on her hip complaining of heartburn. The doc in a box freaked out and sent her to the ER where she called me at work to let me know she was dying. After they admitted her she decided that Avery was hungry and she didn't like being at the depressing hospital and left. I left work when I realized she wasn't just faking being sick and got a call from the ER asking for her to please come back for tests. When we got there the dumb tards almost sent us home again until they decided to take her pulse. After finally running test that confirmed her denial of being a drug addict they began to worry. (Her heart rate was like 140) The next day they disposed of her Gallbladder through 4 little holes in her belly. So I cleaned and took care of my girls all by myself with some slight assistance from my mother and mother-in law. Thanks Grannies! I am happy to say she pulled through with nothing more than a new allergy to Trading table chicken strips.

In the coarse of this episode of Grey's Anatomy episode Avery spent a fun filled day at work with me. It was casual Friday so we let her just play on the forklift and answer the phones for me.
Oh yeah, the nurses in post op thought I was cute and made me a root beer float while Melanie hallucinated as a bad side effect to her dillaudin pain reliever.

Forget Lagoon who wants a forklift ride, eh?

I 'm surprised my mouse survived! She composed and sent a few interesting emails.

We tallied Avery at aprox. 2 1/2 board feet.

The smallest bunk in the whole place.

Fact: the truck behind her can legally haul 2,182 Averys

She has the belly for the job! Honestly she is the smartest truck driver I have met. Her vocabulary and social skills are far more advanced than the majority of drivers out there. She also has nearly double the average of teeth (8). She smells a lot better even though she had a messy diaper at the time. Her downside, not figuring out how to "go" in Gatorade bottles, beware of the trucker bomb.

A memo for the janitorial service

"knotty" girl

Mom at end of day making her clean and girly again.

Aloha!

My mom and I went to California last week to help out with Stacy's kids so that she and Chris could getaway for a few days. While we were there, Lauren (my cousin) had her 5th birthday party and man can she throw a party! It was a Hawaiian themed party. We found the cutest outfit for Avery, she loved the grass skirt the best. It was a lot of fun. Avery decided to make walking "official" literally days before we got there, so it was fun to see her running with the other little ones.

Avery and Jaime in their matching grass skirts.
Happy birthday Lauren! We miss you all ready!

It seemed like I took a million pictures of the girls playing while we were there, and this one is by far the best! We stuck them in the truck just for a picture and Avery grabbed onto the steering wheel right away and Leah stood up and started waving her sippy around! Stace, I think we have trouble.

Den took Cam and I to an Angels game the last night we were there. He's living in CA now and going to school in Long Beach. It was probably the most fun I have had at a baseball game that I can remember! Probably because we won! Believe it or not, in all the games that I have been to in my life - I cannot remember a game that I have been to where our team has won! Cam and I got some shirts super cheap and we had awesome seats, one of the home runs landed right in the stands about 20 feet from us.

Arg! Can't Sleep

I am having problems sleeping the past few nights. I think I am a little anxious that our house might actually sell! That's right - we got an offer on it about a week and a half ago and last we heard from our realtor is that it's looking pretty good. I am pretty excited to finally sell the house and get on with life with ONE mortgage payment a month, ONE power bill, ONE water bill, (you get the drift) and thus the sleepless nights.

I was just catching up on reading friends Blogs and I love this little game that Annie did on hers...I usually don't post stuff like this, but it seems interesting enough...Annie explains it well - so - in her words:
Feel free to join in the fun. Here's the rules:For each question, look up the answer in a Google Image search. Then choose your favorite image from the first page of results only. You get some fun and often CRYPTIC answers. If you need clarification on any of them leave a comment.

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The town where I was born:

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A past pet:

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