UpDaTeS!

Well we are now settled in all nice and cozy on D----- Drive! So far this is the nicest place we have lived in. It's a two story townhome: 3 bedrooms 2 1/2 bath with a small garage. I must say it's nice taking the small steps to eventually getting into a house! Casey is enjoying his job at Potandon Produce as one of their QA's (quality assurance) he is the guy who goes to all the potato warehouses and tells them if they can ship out their potatoes or not. Sounds like fun huh? He does a ton of traveling all around Eastern Idaho and he is getting very good at Spanish. Tate is a silly, handsome, studly, busy bee, entertainer, funnier then funny little guy. His personality is coming out more and more everyday. He is talking and gibbering all the time. His two best friends are Dad and his cousin Teague. I love watching Tate and Teague together, when they see each other they just smile and giggle then a hug and they are off! When they get older they are going to cause A TON of trouble. I guess that's what you get when you are 6 days apart :)

We see blessings all the time and I am grateful for what we have!

Can you believe it?!

It's hard for me to even believe it! Since moving back to Idaho we have truly been blessed. Casey got hired on at Potandon Produce where he will become an expert at potatoes and onions ;). Seriously it is an awesome job with awesome pay, benefits and the whole shabang! We found a townhouse that we are moving into next Friday. Everything is working out so amazing it's hard to believe that it is all real! I am so grateful for family who has supported us 110% through this whole thing. That my sister opened up her home to us, which can't be easy being pregnant with your third baby. That my nephews let us invade their playroom downstairs and being good sports about sharing their toys with Tate. Life is good and I feel so grateful and so blessed! Someone up in heaven loves us ;)

I will update more when we move and are settled in!

Love you all!

All stories have an ending you know...

One of our last nights as residents in Moses Lake

Remembering the good times... A crazy, fun mutual with my girlies who I miss!

Their natural sides come out ;)

Our first day in our apartment in Moses Lake

While watching "The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh" (with the cutest little boy) this quote came up that hit me hard. At the end when the narrator announces that the story is done- Pooh says "Can't we go back to page one and do it all over again?" The narrator says "No Pooh, ALL STORIES HAVE AN ENDING YOU KNOW." It made me look back on everything that has happened this month, year and my life. At first I thought of our situation Casey being laid off, moving from Moses Lake. Leaving all our friends and our life there behind in a blink... Wishing at the moment when we got the call that Casey was laid off that we could go back to page one to do it all over again. I will always be grateful for Moses Lake, everything I learned about myself, my husband and what we can acchomplish together. At times it was rough, but most of the time we had the most fun. We truly blossomed where we stood mostly because we had too because we were far away from anything we knew. We made some of the best friends we will ever have while living in Moses. But like all things "all stories have an ending you know" now I think that our temporary situation will have an ending. I know if we keep our heads up with a smile on our faces we will get through. Trials are my stories that have an ending, if we look back and learn something from it then Heavenly Father will trust enough to give you another story. I am mostly writing this because it has been a discouraging last weeks hearing a lot of NO's. Sometime soon I know we will hear a YES and our story will have an ending just in time to start another page one.

I wish I was as thin as I was when I thought I was fat

The first post! Casey and I are undertaking a HUGE new years resoultion. It's the typical one that ends up on everyone's list. WORKING OUT AND DIETING. We recently got a gym membership to World Gym and have been going at it everyday. It'll be a week on Friday and I have already lost 2 pounds... HORRAY!!! When I found this picture I laughed out loud because... I thought the exact thing about a month ago while looking at pictures of when I thought I was fat. This picture is so funny but give me motivation :) I will be always updating our progress and when I get brave enough I will post before and after pictures... When I'm brave enough...