September, October, And Another Move

We went to a preseason basketball game and Whit got the jazz bear painted on his forehead. Pretty cute! Crew also ran into a friend from Idaho, Shandon!

Oh, my Drakey baby turned 9 this year! I can't believe how fast Crew and Drake are growing up! So crazy! Drake had his friend Broncs over.

This was Whit saying goodnight to his Dad one night. 'LL Kool Whit!!

We added the backyard curbing and flower bed we'd wanteed the whole year and a half we lived in Erda! Of course, right before we listed our house on the market!!

Rett was able to get the Preston, Idaho manager position so we listed our home for sale, showed it 6 times in the first 24 hours, had an offer over asking price by the next day ....crazy! And we convinced thr buyer to let us stay in the home till the end of October so we had somewhere to stay while the boys finished their football season. We had a week we stayed with friends and that worked out great! Rett started in Idaho the last week in August, so once again we did the living apart and off and on family for a couple months. It was no fun. But we survived!

On the day of our first football playoff games Grandpa Lip took the kids on the Heber Creeper train ride. Whit and Frankie had fun!

Crew and X Patch. This is the family we stayed with the last week in Erda. They were so great and selfless in sharing their home, their food, and their friendship!

The last summer Whit and the neighbor boy Boston Brown became really good friends. Mostly they were naughty terrors and drove us crazy. But they were good buds.

And Whit learned to ride a bike with no major falls! It was so fun and he was so excited!!

Unpacking at the New House and Silly Boys

So, we got into our new home right between Christmas and New Years. But the house was a wreck and needed some major cleaning, patching of walls, and repainting. So we opted to have the relocation company hold onto our stuff for a couple of weeks before delivering it. This gave us time to get those thingsdone without having to work around stuff. We camped out here at the new house and some with Grandma Teresa. We thought we had ample time but things always take longer than you hope. Needless to say, after a lot of work we got the house cleaned and painted. It was a tan color on the walls and ceilings. So we painted the ceilings white and the walls grey. We really like how well it turned out.

This definitely isn't our dream home. But we are together as a family again which is all that really matters! We found a small town that is as rural as we can get with an acre of land and a decent commute for Rett to work in the city. 

The kids had a blast with the boxes and paper while I worked my tail off for days trying to unpack and organize the new house. It was a ton of work but we got it done! 

Whit is a silly boy! 

He loves tongs!! He likes to eat with them, pick things up with them, and sometimes pinches us with them.

This one kill me. He actually fell asleep on Rett's legs hanging off the foot rest!  I wish I could sleep that well! 

Paked House

When we built our home in Idaho we thought we'd be there forever, or at least for a very long time. So we were sad when career and life forced a move back to Utah. But there are lots of great things back in Utah. We're closer to some family which is so nice. And we lived a crazy 10 months as a part tI'm family. So the best part of the move is being back together full time!

Whit had a blast climbing on all the boxes!!