Games

Christmas is coming and just a reminder that I sell games. Check the website out here: http://www.yourgameguru.com/xc/home.php

If you'd like to order anything just email me with the name of the game and I can order it for you and get you 15% off the listed price. Let me know before the 15th and I should be able to get it for you unless it says "BACKORDER" on the website. Most should be in stock. Those in stock are located in West Jordan so it's easy to get them and deliver them to you quickly.

Some fun games are listed below.

Kids games: Hiss, Penguins, Blink

Family: Blokus, Can't Stop, PickTwo, Five Crowns

Adult: Wits & Wagers, Carcassonne, San Juan

Happy Thanksgiving

What a wonderful day! We actually had a very nice day today with Neils family. All the siblings were there and all their children. Karen and Michael were in heaven playing all day with their cousins. They were actually very well behaved which made the day go very nicely. We even went around the tables and said something that we were grateful for. It was really nice.

We hope that you all have had a wonderful Thanksgiving.

We are finally settling in to our apartment. There were a few things that needed to be fixed, a drawer in the kitchen wouldn't open, the door knob in the kids room wouldn't open from the inside (though the kids could get out, I don't know how they did that) and a couple other things. They've all been fixed now which is nice. It's been interesting getting used to the smaller quarters. The kids were really excited to share a room and they are loving it now, though it does make going to sleep a much longer process. Michael and Karen have certainly adjusted to our new "home" more quickly than we have, but we are settled for the time being.

All Moved In

Well, thanks to family, friends and ward members, we were able to move out of our house and into our apartment in about 3 hours this morning. Whew! We are so grateful to all that helped and especially grateful to Neils parents for taking the kids so that they wouldn't be underfoot and we could fully concentrate on the move.

Everything is scattered right now. I'm trying to find a place for everything and apartments are definitely smaller than houses and even though I tried to prepare for that, I guess I didn't do it correctly especially in the kitchen cause I have way more stuff than can fit in those cupboards. Oh well, learning to live with less can be good for us and will work for the time we'll be in the apartment.

Packing, packing, packing

Whistle while you work....... Well I can't whistle, but we've been working a lot lately getting ready to move. It's amazing how many "things" we've collected over the 6 years we've lived here. It's been nice to go through some of the stuff and take a bunch to the DI and throw some of the junk away. It's been a crazy week for us with boxes everywhere but getting the POD has made it a bit easier. We hope to have everything packed up by tomorrow so that when our helpers come on Saturday it shouldn't be too hard or take to long to load everything up.

We closed on our house today and signed all the papers, so our house is no longer ours. On the other hand, right now we are completely debt free. That's a nice thought.

Wouldn't you know it though, the kids have both been sick this week with a little fever that lasts 2 days. Karen had it first on Monday and Tuesday and now Michael has it. I guess it's his turn. Just a little more to take care of during this busy week. At least after Saturday, the moving thing will be over with for a couple of months.

Finding out

Well we found out today that they removed the home we bid on from the auction block, but we also found out that it's going to take about 2-3 weeks before we are approved by the bank board and at least 6 weeks before we can close on it. Fun stuff hu?

So we will be spending the holidays in an apartment this year. We finally found one, thanks to my sister Rosalie, that will lease to us for just 2 months and month to month if we need it longer. It's really close to where our first apartment was so it brings back a lot of memories.

It really is a lot less stressful to know where we will be living, even if we don't know for sure about our house at least we have a place to go after we close on this house. By the way, we'd love to have everyone who is available come help us on Saturday morning at 9:00 am to help us move. We appreciate all those who have told us that they will help, we look forward to seeing you soon.