Hittin' The Road!

Just have a few pictures of our last few days here in Boise and wanted to say thank you to everybody who came by to Hartley's on Sunday (can you freaking believe that nobody took any photos??? I didn't even think about it until it was too late....), and stopped by this week.

Chad and Britt you win the prize for the people who finally made me cry. I was doing great holding on until you guys walked in! :) Actually I was telling Jeremy last night that I am shocked at how calm we both feel. Not sure if its a blessing or that we're in absolute denial of what is going on (ha) but we will sure enjoy the feeling while it lasts. Probably right up until I land in Omaha. :)

Anyway, we love each and every one of you. I will be blogging on a VERY frequent basis in Omaha because I'm sure I will have absolutely no life for quite a while.


So we went paddleboating with the Young's this week and afterwards Jeremy and Aug caught the girls just walking around holding hands. We actually did NOT stage this photo. A rare moment of kindness, they are usually slapping each other, but hey! They really DO love each other!!!

Paiton and Davis. We needed to get a photo of all of the #2's that were born this spring (Paiton, Davis AND Andy) but didn't get it done! I'm so bummed.

We had a nice evening with all of our buddies last night - so fun to just sit which we had not done all day. Moving across country is a lot of work! Anyway, had to post this photo because we just love all of you guys so much! (Sorry, Ains, but I *did* say I was going to post this photo on the internet!)

OK, better go get ready for the day. Don't know if I will be able to check in much before Friday but will check in as soon we arrive!

Thanks, again, everybody!

Family Photo Again...

Just so the blogging world doesn't think I have a giant for a son (although he is pretty big ha ha).

Family Photo

Thanks Heidi - can't believe you got both kids looking at same time! :)

I'm Here I Promise....

....Just so incredibly busy. Doesn't everybody say that??? I think I win, though! In the past 2 1/2 weeks, I have watched Addison's buddy Addison while her mommy had her baby sister (we love you, Paiton!), moved out of apartment, moved in with parents (for 1 1/2 weeks), traveled to California, had fun vacation, back from California! Now we're getting all dental/vision/doctor appointments out of the way before we lose our fantastic coverage and get student insurance, getting hubby all ready for school, visiting friends and family before we leave them, re-packing and moving to NEBRASKA! Thank you very much!

Ugh...forget a post, I need a nap!

This blog is dedicated to things I love - moving makes you think about all sorts of things you love.

1. My kids.

Here's a cute pic I forgot to share last post. It's of Addison and her buddy at the lake a few weeks ago. She's getting so big! She's got her own language of toddler-babble, of which I understand only a hand full of words! Although she definitely is picking up new words all of the time. One of her newest phrases is "Oh, shoot!" - which I'm sure she picked up from hearing her mommy say it all of the time! It's too funny, she says it when she spills something or hears Davis cry.


Davis is also HUGE! Literally! We took him in for his four-month visit with our pediatrician, Dr. Kim (who is awesome and I'm so sad to be moving away from!), and he is 90% for both weight and height. Dr. Kim said "At least he's proportionate!" Can I just say he is all boy??!? He's got a smile that just lights up a room, even at 4 am when I need him to be sleeping! He is starting to babble, coo, and loves playing with his toes. He's definitely a little mommy's boy and a total cuddle bug, which is so unlike his big sis! So Jeremy and I are definitely taking advantage of the time we have where he'll snuggle with us since we know he'll be on the move in no time!

Davis in the front pack at the San Diego Zoo - carrying this kid gives me a workout!

2. Trips to the Beach

We recently visited my brother and his adorable family in Orange County, CA. We don't get to see them enough and it was so fun to visit and finally be able to meet our new niece Emma! She is so sweet and has the biggest cheeks! Definitely a Silvester. While there, we played on the beach, went to the San Diego Zoo, visited the harbor, played games, swam in the pool at Noall's hotel and just had fun!

Dana Point, CA Harbor - right across the street from Noall's hotel where we stayed!

The "older" cousins building a sandcastle - Davis & Emma were chilling in the shade.

Addie & Grandpa walking the beach. She wasn't crazy about the feel of sand at first, but eventually warmed up!

Kate and my mom at the zoo.

OK, how bad is it that the most interesting attraction for the kids at the zoo were these dirty chairs that you sit in they "massage" (i.e. vibrate) your feet???? (Addie, Zach and Alex in the picture.)

Emma and Davis at the zoo - I think this was during a dual diaper change, hence no shorts on Davis. (Shout out to Shane and Joie for the awesome Superman t-shirt Davis is wearing. Yeah, it's a 6-12 month size and the kid wears it now.)

New baby Emma. I just love baby girls!

We love visiting and the kids actually did great on the planes and Addie adjusted her schedule pretty well. Luckily the rooms at Noall's hotel are suites, so we could give Addie her own room and she slept really well most of the time we were there. Davis did great, too!

This is a funny picture because those of you who know my child know she doesn't sleep well anywhere except her crib. This is on Sunday afternoon after church, her and her cousin Alex (on bed above) were absolutely D-O-N-E...they crashed and had a nice nap upstairs while we ate lunch downstairs.

Addison had the most fun just running around with her cousins. She loves being around older kids and they were so great with her! So fun seeing you guys!

3. My Girlfriends

This week we had one of the last playdates with Addison and her buddies. Really just an excuse to get together with my girlfriends and visit but the girls love it.

This picture just shows the craziness that happens when these three get together, especially when they haven't seen each other in a while. (Lexi in pool, Addy Young in middle, my Addie's tushy making it's way out of the pool on the right.)

After a while, they ditched pool and were all three just running around the yard.

Then Jentch pulled out the snacks, which is the only thing these girls slow down for.

I know we're having a girls night this weekend, so I'll post more about everything later but couldn't have survived the past year and a half without you!

4. Jeremy

I thought this cartoon was funny because those of you who know Jeremy know how weird it will be for him next year - he will be a first year medical student, an M-1, the lowliest man on the totem pole. It might be hard on his ego, but it will be good for him!

I absolutely cannot believe we are finally leaving for medical school. When we got married FIVE YEARS AGO, this was a goal of Jeremy's and although we didn't get here the way we thought we would, and we definitely aren't going to school where we thought we might, we are GOING and he has worked so hard and is so motivated and I'm so proud of him. Ready or not, here we go....

Welcome Baby Emma!

Noall & Emily had their new baby this week, Emma. She's a doll from the couple of pic messages I've received....still waiting for them to update their blog (hint-hint).

Life here is moving along. We have taken Addison swimming quite a bit because it is so warm. She starts nursery in just two weeks - yes I am counting.


Addie and Aunt Brittney swimming at Lakeview Pool in Nampa.


Jentry and I took our girls to a local park in Meridian that has water toys. Addison Young loved it and kept sticking her face in all of the spray. Our Addison was a bit more cautious but still had fun hanging out with her buddy.


Davis has been smiling lately which is really fun.

We took the kids to the local carnival - it was so hot like 100 degrees - but we braved it anyway.
..... And then we gave up and went to get ice cream.



Last week, I babysat for my two girlfriends while they went to a church meeting.

The three amigos...can't believe I got all 3 of them smiling and looking in my direction!

Mormons on Mormon Street

Here is the only picture I have of the house in Omaha. We were literally on our way to the airport when we saw it, so camera was already packed. I'm most excited about the neighborhood (park and playground in walking distance, lots of kids and families out and about) and the fenced backyard, which I didn't realize was such a hard thing to get in Nebraska. Almost none of the houses we saw had them, and of course we figured out why on Sunday morning. Tornados and fences don't play well together.

Anyway, so excited that Addie will have a nice, safe place to run around in - right in the backyard!

I'm excited that I can now picture where we'll be, but at the same time it makes me more nervous because it makes it so real!!!

We're Baaaaack!!

So, we were in Omaha all weekend searching for a place to live. It was quite the trip.

Last week was insanely busy - had an Enrichment meeting I had to run on Tuesday night (a progressive dinner, no less, so was pretty involved) then had Wednesday to get things cleaned, packed and ready to leave on Thursday.

Davis did a great job on the long flights. He put forth great effort at being good in the car for so long. He was pretty much done the last day, though. Being that Jeremy and I don't know the Omaha area, and had such a limited time to search for a place to live, we just made appointments and TRIED to arrange them in an organized way, but for the first day or so we circled Omaha a few times I'm sure of it.

Because we knew we would spend so much time in the car, we left Addie home. It was sad to not have her with us, but she had fun without us.

Some highlights and funny moments from the trip:

Me: (While looking at potential places to live) "Jeremy, there was a COCKROACH on the floor of the kitchen!!!"
Jeremy: "Yeah, but it was a DEAD cockroach." (As if THAT makes a difference!!!)

Jeremy: (Trying to stay positive after looking at such trashy places to live) "Well....it had nice shingles."

We got lost quite a few times.

Me: "Tom-tom's getting upset!" (Tom-tom was Britt's GPS system that she let us borrow for the trip. Thanks, Britt! Anyway, whenever we would get lost it would freak out and keep saying "whenever possible, make a u-turn" over and over again. We finally just had to turn her off.)

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Oh, and the absolute HIGHLIGHT of the trip has to be this.

Tornado Wreaks Havoc In Omaha

That's right, folks, there was L-I-T-E-R-A-L-L-Y a tornado IN Omaha while we were there.

Jeremy and I woke up to the sound of the tornado sirens (there are actual sirens that go off when a tornado is spotted) in our hotel room at like 2:00 in the morning on Sunday. Pretty scary.

Note to self: Get 72-hour kit in order before we move.

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All in all, the Omaha trip was great.

We really got to know the town (another quote that came up quite a bit: "I honestly believe we are actually driving in circles.") Jeremy is sure if we could download the route our car took from the tom-tom, we could prove to everybody just how lost we got.

Anyway, everybody we met out there was so super friendly, I mean EVERYBODY. And Davis was quite the hit - the lady at the car rental place even bumped us up to a brand new Subaru Outback for the trip since we had him with us. Nice.

Oh, so did we actually find a place to live for the next year or so??? Maybe. We were able to narrow it down to where we absolutely would NOT live, so I guess that's a good thing. We are looking at house pretty seriously - and get this....it's on MORMON Street. No joke, the street is actually named Mormon Street. Is it a sign????

Will post some updated pictures of the kiddos in a bit. Thanks to everybody to helped out while we were gone and to the nice Omaha-ens (???) who helped us out. See ya in a couple months!!!