Goodbye Emerald Crest

This house was a blessing for us to get back on our feet after the plane crash.  Being property managers taught us a lot and it was a great source of "income".  But then ownership changed and things changed.  I have more to say but I don't really wish to go there on the blog.  Here are some last pics as we did the final cleaning.  I don't think it was this clean when we moved in.  We had so much help with the kids, moving, dinners brought, cleaning and painting.  We felt very blessed.

My Packing Helper

Becoming Homeowners

On November 17th, we signed for our house.  Our brokers came and brought us gifts.  It was actually fun and not as long of a process as we had thought because our broker had gone over everything so well.

After we signed we had to drive by the house again. :)

On November 20th, we got the keys!!!

Tony and some friends painted the living room, and hallway including the ceilings because walls and ceiling were all green.  It's funny that even something as simple as sweeping in your own home feels different because it's yours.  We are very happy with our house.  More pictures will come as we continue to get moved in and painting projects done.

Tiffany Park Pool Party

Thanks to grandparents, our kids earned enough money during our walk-a-thon fundraiser that they got to attend a pool party!  I could only watch since my suit was already packed and moved to a friend's garage.  The boys had a lot of fun.

Primary Program 2014

This year's primary theme is "Familes are Forever".  The program was beautiful and the kids did such a good job.  We had them practice the songs and earn legos for a lego party.  

The kids sang the song, "Baptism" which is beautiful and there was a verse with hand chimes.  My chorister had seen the idea to have comment cards available for everyone in the audience to share with the kids what they learned from the program and how they felt.  This is where we got the idea.

After the program was over, the kids got to celebrate all of their hard work.  My counselor who wrote the program and was in charge of the whole thing read the comments to the kids.  They talked about how they felt.  Then I did a little teacher appreciation.  They had lego cookies for treats and then they got to make lego creations.  My secretary and her husband had found instructions for making lego temples online.  The kids built all kinds of creations and it was a lot of fun.

 We also had a video of Joshua and the Battle of Jericho made out of lego figures that we showed.  

It was such a wonderful program and a fun celebration!

 

Thanksgiving 2014

My parents were able to come up the day before Thanksgiving so they could help us with the move, cleaning and unpacking.  On Thanksgiving day we did none of that. :)  We huffed and puffed before we stuffed.  We had some church friends join us.  The kids played wall ball and played on the playground.  There was even some soccer going on.

Then we had dinner with some dear friends, the Olsons and the Hanes.  

We had much to be thankful for. :)