July catch up!

We have spent the month in Utah and have had SO much fun! Here is a quick overview....

hiking, pedicures, sleepovers, playing with cousins, rodeo, fireworks, boating, swimming, water parks, horse riding, hot dog roasts, picnics, temple, family dinners, late nights, early mornings, shopping, movies, eating, Birthday parties, marshmellow guns, Park City, surfing (not at the ocean, on the lake behind a boat), and an occasional chore or two. Jared was able to join us for a week. We were so sad to see this trip come to an end. As we headed home, we really wished home was Iowa. We got back to Louisiana to find nothing had changed...still HOT and HUMID and our grass was still DEAD!

More exciting times from Louisiana to come.......... (I hope!)

Sorry for the picture overload. Click on the boxes to make them bigger.

Can this be home?

Thought I would post a few pictures of our home in Louisiana. It is starting to feel a little more like home, less boxes and our own pictures on the wall help. We went to church today and I must say it was very interesting. It is not like any ward we have ever been in, this will really be an adjustment for us. Nathan does have one boy in the ward his age and he will be starting 4th grade at the same school Nate will, so that is a good thing. I was a little depressed and home sick for Iowa today (yes, Iowa, I know shocker) after our experience at church. We miss you guys! The boys and I leave for Utah on Tuesday for a few weeks, so we are really looking forward to that!

WE MADE IT!!!!!!

Well we said good-bye to Iowa and our friends (actually we didn't say good-bye to everyone, it is SO much easier to live in denial....so for those of you who didn't get an official farewell, sorry, but it did spare me lots of tears!) As we were driving through Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas and Louisiana, we just kept thinking, "What are we getting ourselves into." We stopped to visit Jared's sister in Arkansas and then headed to Louisiana. We arrived in Bossier City on Monday morning at 4:30 a.m. Our movers arrived at 8:00 a.m. and it was move in time. Fast forward 5 days, lots of sweat, tears, work, and help (thanks mom, couldn't have done it without you) and we now have a great home that we feel we can be happy with. As for the negatives, the humidity is oppressive, it took Jared 2 hours to mow the lawn, the boys are stir crazy, I have no linen closet or coat closet, we have already flooded the kitchen, garage and Nate's room (the washer hose came off), milk is $4.12 a gallon and we had a gas dryer and the hook up is for electric. We will survive! Happy 4th of July!

I will post pictures soon!