Madeline's first front tooth...GONE!

July 19, 2009

Taaa Dahhhh

Yeah, we finally have internet and TV after only 2 LOOOOONG weeks. I got so sick of watching princess movies and Polly World. UGH!!! When ever I needed to check email or facebook we would have dinner or stop by at our friends. We even tried to tap into local wireless.....no luck. oh well. I am thrilled to be back in touch with the world. I am sitting in our new office. the window look sout to our front yard. It seems it's in the back of the house since you have to take a few turns in the hallway to get to it, but it does look out the front. It's also by the girls bathroom (YAY, they have their OWN bathroom now!!!) that way I can help Kylie when she comes running needing to go. Yes, I know....she's 3 1/2 and just now potty training. Better late than never, right? Maddie was 2 1/2 and great. Kylie....well, I was in and out of the house so much and spending at least 2 days a week in Maddies classroom, then we were moving. I didn't want to have to stop to have her go to the bathroom everytime. TMI, sorry.
So we are almost settled. I still need to get a picture of us standing front of the house. We never got a "SOLD" sign, oh, at least we now know it's ours. THe first thing I set up was the kitchen, man that took FOREVER! Larry put the beds together. We barely put most of the office together this past week. Our "blue room" is the catch all. The backyard is large, and will get larger when we re-do the fence and the fence line. We have lots of weeds ad have only found 3 ant hills. We bought our first YARD stuff Monday.....holy cow....we can shop and spend money really really well. Monday night we went to visit Michael and Jeannie Stone and their adorable kiddos. Yummy dinner!!! We are also lucky to have Fabian and his family so close to hang out with and my sister Lynette just a 45 mins away. We haven't ventured out too much, only when we need to buy something. Soon, I will brave the heat and take the girls to a nearby park...maybe!
Well, sorry for the rambling! I guess there's been too much going on to keep things straight these days! We miss everyone in CA, but we are looking forward to meeting new people here.
catch ya later!

Ok...here's our house

Sorry if this is a bit dark. Keep in mind that it is BEAUTIFUL in person.

Stats: Built in 2002, 2,340 sq ft, 0.283 acres lot, 4 Bed/ 2 Bath

FINAL CLOSING PRICE $159,900.

We are super excited. Mansfield is just south of Arlington and about 15 miles from Larry's work.

VIDEO OF HOUSE : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmyHmeujg9c

So is everything REALLY bigger in Texas???

Ok, so most have you have heard...Larry accepted a job transfer through Progressive Insurance to move to Texas. This actually came at a great time since Progressive announced this week that they are letting go 200 people nationwide....100 from CA alone. They have been restructuring offices all over. They use to have a Branch Manager and then a few Team Leads (Larry was hoping to get to this position last year). The Team Leads were over the two dept.s of the office (Prop. damage & Injury). Larry works on the injury claims. With this whole change the Team Leads positions were dissolved, one of them in the office will now take Larry's spot as he leaves, but the other was let go. Crazy how things work out! Texas is also a good move for us since there's a lot more options for job growth there! And we have been wanting to buy a house (super cheap there) and we will also be close to family and good friends.
Larry & I are flying out on May 31st to find houses for us. We were just going to drive out after Maddie gets out of school at the end of June and rent and apt, but I couldn't find anything under $1000. NUTS! So, we will get the ball rolling, put offers on houses, and then we will have a house by the time we get out there. Our Realtor said that houses are closing pretty fast in TX (30-45 days)...it's not CA...thank goodness.
Funny side note....I didn't know where to start to find a realtor in TX. I remembered an ad on BYU channel for www.LDSAGENTS.com , I went there and within 24 hours they connected me to a realtor. It's actually pretty cool, totally recommend.
So, we will totally miss our family and friends out here (in CA) but I know that the friends that I currently have will always be my dear friends where ever we live! I know it's totally crazy moving 1,500 miles away, but at least we have connections there. I know I will miss a ton of stuff being away from my Friends here like baptisms, birthdays, BABIES, and just fun girl time. I guess we all have to step outside of our comfort zones at some point, and I don't know if it's good or bad that this will be the first time in my life that I am able to do this. I have lived in Modesto for 29 years and I think it's my time. The girls are really excited to meet new friends and also to get to know their cousins better. I just ask for your prayers to help us along the way. We love you!

Baby Bumper

ok, so this wasn't as hard as the instructions said. Oh wait....I didn't use instructions! I figured it out on my own. I would have only made a few changes. The stupid instructions said to make 6 different panels and then tie them to the crib. HELLO.....dumb. I attached the six panels one at a time. I sewed all of the blues together to make one long strip, then all of the browns, then right sides together.

This is for my friend Jessica once again. Now I only have to make a nursing cover (knocker blocker) as she likes to call it! lol!

New Creations

Retro Dot Blanket and matching loop2loop Lovey

Blue Sock Monkey Blanket and 2 burps
Pink Sock Monkey Blanket and 2 burps Pink Toile blanket and Loop2Loop Lovey
Pink Retro Dot blanket and Loop2Loop Lovey

Leah Tuifua's gift-20 diapers, 2 burp cloths, 1 loop 2 loop lovey, and matching blanketCrayon Roll ups $12

Boppy Cover- Jessy

Jessy- blanket- I even made the ruffled edge

ok...it's Logan's blanket

So, a ton of my friends are STILL Preggo. So I have had fun making baby stuff for them. Here's some pics. Also, another friend ARI @ http://www.shabbyshores.blogspot.com/ (shout out!) needed some stuff from me for a booth that she's having downtown on May 8th or 9th at Modesto Center Plaza. The fabulous blanket and one and only that I will EVER (ok...if you beg me i might) make is for my dear friend Jessica (my singing partner). Let me know what you think of all of these!!!

***Ok...for those of you....YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!!!!

Pick out your fabric already so I can make your gift!!!!

Easter

Well, at 9am we had choir practice then we came home and had an Easter Egg hunt for the girls in the back yard. We had made hard boiled/dyed eggs in Manteca the day before (thanks mom! HA HA HA) We made sure to count how many we hid, that way Larry would find them later with the lawn mower! We had b-fast and them got ready for church. Since Larry & I both sing in the choir I had to call around to find a family for the girls to sit with. Thank goodness there are some awesome families in the ward that will help out. Thanks Wagners! Our girls are actually super well behaved when we go places. We get compliments on them all of the time. People ask how they can be so good.....I told them that they know that we expect it of them. Nothing less. It also helps to have church, primary and discipline! The girls looked cute, Larry looked handsome and I think I looked pretty cute myself. The music was so so, not our best! But we were happy it was over. I came home after sac. mtg to put the ham in the oven. Then I went to Escalon to catch up with Mindy. She's finally preggo and having a boy in August! Yippie! After that I came home and Larry & I finished dinner. Zion came over since Melinda was still gone and Larry's parents came too. We all stayed up until late and played and talked. Zion missed his boys so much that he was super helpful wil the girls. He was up getting them drinks and even hid the eggs a few times for them. Thanks for the help. I hope everyone else had a great Easter!