Not Outnumbered

Well, we had an ultrasound on Monday and are happy to announce that we are having a baby girl!!!  We were both thinking it was going to be a girl, but still felt a little shocked imagining a little girl joining our family!  We are really excited for her to come.  I'm half way thru the pregnancy and that is always a good thing! :)  Just wanted to share the news!

Crafting

So I have discovered Pinterest, which I'm sure many of you have forever ago...but I FINALLY looked at it and have loved the ideas I have seen.  So I got the bug...the crafting bug.  Just know that I don't do any sort of craft that takes tremendous amounts of artistic skill...that's why I loved the ones I found...super fast and simple.  It's probably a little late to be doing these but I figured I do them anyway, and plus Halloween hasn't past just yet. :) 

The pumpkin still needs a ribbon but since I don't have any, and I haven't gone to the town that does sell ribbon...I'm posting it ribbon-less.  But imagine a cute green (toward the sage color) ribbon tied at the base of the stick.

These mummies were SO dang easy.  

 

Big Sandy, MT

  The metropolis

Main Street (about 2 blocks)

                                                                         

In college when some would say, "I came from a small town," I usually took the cake on smallest towns.  This is Big Sandy.  I grew up here and we are living here again.  It's a town of about 700 and is 80 miles east of Great Falls (pop. 50,000) and 35 miles West of Havre (pop. about 9000).  It's a quiet place with lots of friendly people. We are still adjusting to being so far from bigger cities, but we enjoy our quiet area and we love our house.  

The Move

So moving,,,not my favorite thing I've decided.  I feel like this process has been SO long.  We lived amongst boxes in Springville for a month while packing up. Then we had to live out of our bags for almost two weeks while we waited for our place to have some maintenance and cleaning done to it.  (Thankfully my parents live here so we could stay at their place.)  Then we’ve lived amongst boxes here for almost a week while settling in.  I do like to organize but I’ve reached my limit. 

While we were staying at my parents’, Drew cut another tooth and got Roseola.  Needless to say it was a rough week for Drewboy and all involved.  But he is back to normal and sure has enjoyed having more space to explore.  

How am I adjusting you may be asking (or not)?  I think adjustment takes a lot of time.  The pattern in my life with big changes usually has been that I am fine for the first little bit and then have my breakdowns after a few weeks or so.  That was the case with going off to college, the mission, starting teaching etc.  So, I really started to miss my friends and the familiarity of live in UT these last couple of days. This could also be because Andrew went to Europe for business with my dad for a week and I've been without internet and tv. (It's amazing how much I rely on those things.)  Life is good though and it's so nice to have my family close.

On a more positive note, there are some fun things that we like about here already.  On a Sunday walk, we could hear coyotes yowling as we neared our house (they were quite a few miles away…don’t worry).  Also, we really like our house.  It’s spacious and it’s on the “edge” of town so we have a great view of the little mountains that are nearby.  It’s fun to see the morning sky…we missed out on that for 3 years living in the basement. :)    

Don't mind the mess in the pictures...haven't decorated fully yet. :)

The living room by the kitchen is Drew's toy area. 

 Love this kitchen...lots of counter space and cupboards.

 The little nook off from the kitchen.

From the front door...which no one comes to in this area.