Changes

The last couple of weeks have been interesting for me. Filled with school preparation for Carson, packing, working, and normal day-to-day life. The last few weeks have been filled with sorrow and happiness too. The sorrow is for all the family and friends around me dealing with mental, physical, and spiritual trials. The happiness is for all the new beginnings. As many of you know we are renting out our home in Nampa. When I think of leaving this home, tears come to my eyes. Tony and I bought this house a week before we got married 7 1/2 years ago. This home is where I was a newlywed. This home is where I brought home my babies. This is where I've spent my whole married life. So many memories. Honestly I never thought we would be here for so long. When we bought our "starter home", it was supposed to be just that, "We'll be here for a few years and then we'll move on to something bigger and better" is what I thought. But life happens and you make due with what you have. Now with the prospect of leaving, my heart is heavy. It is just a house, but it is our house, our home. I just pray that we'll find someone who will take good care of it while we are away. Next week we'll be moving in with my parents in Meridian. I have mixed feelings about living with Mom and Dad. First I'm excited to be able to spend quality time with them. Developing a deeper relationship with them that isn't just a parent/child relationship, but a friend/friend relationship. Being able to share my family with them before we move on and have someone to share the responsibilities of caring for a home with. Second, I'm a little apprehensive about living with them again. I am not the same Angie as I was 8 years ago when I left there. Honestly my Mom and Dad have changed too in the last 8 years. Will the Angie of today be able to coexist with the Mom and Dad of today? I am grateful to my parents for being generous to my family and allowing us to stay with them until we move on. I pray that Heavenly Father will bless all of us with his spirit that the next few months will be an enjoyable time and one that we look back on with fondness. So, changes happen to all of us. Some of them are of our own doing and some are not. I guess the best thing to do when faced with changes is to try having a positive outlook on life and take one day at a time. Right now I'm so busy packing and getting the house ready for us to leave that I haven't had a lot of time to dwell on it all. I'm sure that will come, but for now...I have some more packing to do.

Alaina's First Ride

Lagoon

This last weekend we went to Lagoon! Tony and the kids had never been and I hadn't been since I was a teenager. We all had tons of fun! The kids went on every ride they were tall enough to ride. I'll tell you these kids of mine had no fear when it came to these rides. My dad would be proud. Tony and I spent the morning with the kids and in the afternoon Grandma watched the kids so Tony and I could ride some of the bigger rides. Then in the evening we all came back together for some more fun. Unfortunately we didn't get a lot of pictures because it eventually got annoying to carry bags around the park, because you can't take any bags on most of the rides. So here are some of the kids.

Carson and Alaina.
Me and Carson
Alaina

I would have to say that the rides "Wicked" and "Samari" were my favorite. My throat still hurts from screaming so loud! The weather mostly cooperated. It rained, thundered, and lighteninged a little bit in the afternoon, but eventually it blew over and we were able to continue having fun. We stayed all day! From opening to close. We were all exhausted, our feet killed, and heads pounded, but we had smiles on our faces as we left. What a wonderful memory for our family and we look forward to someday going back.

Daddy's little Girl

This is such a sweet picture that I had to steal it from Maegen's blog. It totally captures the type of relationship Tony and Alaina have.

Pictures of the Inside

The view from the front door.
The kitchen/dinning area.
Master Bedroom.
Bedroom #1
Bedroom #2

Here is a picture of our house. I'll try and post some of the inside as soon as I can.

Our Home

We'll the decision has been made to rent out our home. Tony will be starting school in January and we'd like to get some things payed off before then and with school starting soon for Carson we'd like to get some renters into our home A.S.A.P. It's a split 3 bedroom, 2 bath home, great room with vaulted ceiling, pantry in the kitchen, laundry room off the garage , 2 car garage, and fully fenced back yard with a shed. It's almost 8 years old and we've been the only owners. It located at a dead end road in the Kings Road Estates Subdivision in Nampa. It's really close to Parkridge Elementary School, the Freeway, Walmart, Idaho Center, and CWI. Please let us know if you or anyone you know would be interested. Thanks.

I'll try to post pictures once I can get our dang camera to connect to our computer! Grrrr!