Friday, October 26, 2012

our day of random good things…

first, Eli did really well in school.  i've been kinda dreading getting into the nitty gritty of phonics, but he got it! good. news.
then, we got to pick out our flooring for our new house. it’s pretty:) 
after picking out our floors something really fun happened.  first, a little back info: i'm not sure why, but i love to see trains on the move.  there’s a train that goes through boise and once in awhile (when we’re lucky:) we get stopped and get to watch it pass.  today we pulled into a parking lot adjacent to the tracks and unbuckled the kiddos so they could get out and see it up front and personal in all it's massive glory;)…but then it stopped about 200 yards before it got to us.
the kids ran through the empty parking lot down to where the train was parked.  as we approached the engine the conductor waved us over and asked if we wanted to come up in the cockpit.  yes please!  THEN, he asked if we wanted to drive.  so we got to drive the train down to our car.  how cool!  here i am all excited just to see the train go by up close and then get to drive!  that just doesn’t happen every day.
and lastly, we went in for early voting and there was a good sized line.  in general, long lines are not something i like to see.  but it was exciting to see people exercising their freedom and right to vote.  it’s a gift that we take for granted far too often.
yay for good days.

2 years…

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we’ve been house hunting for two years.  i know that’s crazy, but it’s true.  but last week we found “it". our home.  it felt like home from the moment we drove up.  we’ve made a few bids on houses, but it never felt “right”.  adam and i had such peace about writing up our offer.  we signed on 10/11/12 and will close on my birthday…great gift huh?
we went to checked the house out again after our offer was accepted and had a few of our new neighbors over to see it…we’re EXCITED!

Friday, October 19, 2012

linder farms

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our co-op visited linder farms today. the corn box is always a favorite
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corn angels…
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lyla taking a rest in the straw maze…
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they love the petting zoo…
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entering the corn maze…
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here they are with their perfect pumpkins

happy birthday mom!

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we love you mom, and are blessed by you everyday!

Monday, October 8, 2012

the idaho beemans

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adam’s sister and her family moved to idaho last week!  it’s already been great having them here:)  the first day they were here was jakes 7th birthday, which we celebrated with a bowling party.  from left to right, jake (the birthday boy), eli, lyla,  baby jenell (she’s oh.so.sweet!), kadence and mckayla (cousins visiting from california) and bailey.
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lyla loved the hand dryer…
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jake was very helpful and assisted lyla in setting up the ramp for her turn…jake and eli are two peas in a pod.  they both love to wrestle, play video games, wrestle, play legos, wrestle, wrestle and wrestle.  it’s GREAT!
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happy 7 years jake!