Half of an update

It is 11:30p.m and so this will be really quick update.
We had a great time visiting friends and family as well as seeing some cool new sites along the way. House hunting started off a little slowly but we have found a house, Yeah! It is about 2 miles away from the Chesapeake Bay in a little community. I realize that to alot of my friends out west your thinking how can anything by D.C be little but I promise it is. The little town we will be living in doesn't even have a wal-mart. We have already taken advantage of the plethera of learning attractions that this area provides. Note to anyone that wants to come out this way, Take the metro to the Mall(that is what they call the strip that houses all of big attractions. Parking is nearly impossible and don't go on Labor day! The weather has been great! The trees are turning all red and yelow and orange(aren't you all jealous). It is beautiful! Mara does think there are too many trees. Homeschooling out of hotel rooms has been an adventure. Just yesterday the girls and I went to the National Colonial Farm and locked ourselves out of the car. It took 5 different locksmiths not showing up and 4 hours to get the car unlocked meanwhile we met three of the sweetest people and finally got back to the hotel at 11:00 p.m. The dark in a park all alone with your three little girls in the middle of Maryland is a little scary!Anyway I said this was going to be short Ha Ha!Here are a few pics of the things we have been doing. Enjoy and love to all

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memories of Grandma

My maternal grandmother passed away Sunday after a long fight with Lupus(no clue if I spelled it right). My Grandma Wamsley was a beautiful woman who never went anywhere without her candy apple red lipstick. Even when she has been hospitalized,which has been a lot, that is one of the first things she ever wants from home. That and a good cup of coffee, which she drinks several cups every morning of. And which when I a little girl, and we would visit once every three years for one month, I would race to wake up in the morning to make her coffee.
Grandma taught me the best place to hide a gun(in the bra) where no one would suspect and I swear you couldn't tell that she hid a little pistol. She taught my brothers and sisters the best places to find old green glass, and arrow heads, and all the wonders of camping in the high uintah mountains. She was never so happy as when she was in the mountains with nothing more than a radio and a very occasional visitor.
My grandma was an incredibly loyal friend. She loved poetry and wrote many poems. Quite a few on whatever she could find at the time inspiration struck. My favorite on is called a "card for any day." She took me to get my ears pierced whether my mo wanted her to or not.
She and I have very different personalities and often ran out of things to talk about but she was my link to a stable world outside of the military as a child. Grandma was strict and didn't accept excuses. I miss her already.
I know that she is happier now and she is with my grandpa whom I never knew. And in one year her work will be done in the temple to seal all of us together as a family. Until then, Grandma, goodbye.

MaraLenae Baptism Invite

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PIctures

Here are some pictures from Easter Vacation in Vernal

The move from........!

We are officially out of our house on Bomar and into our house on base. The weather leading up to move was beautiful with highs in the 50's and sunny nearly windless days. Then it was Saturday we woke to clouds and the temp. plummeting nearly 30 degrees in one day. The snow started and so did the wind. We had about 4 of the brethren from church show to help load the truck and none by the time we unloaded. Nathan called the other LDS pilot in the squadron and the two of them moved all our very heavy furniture in. We are so very grateful to "Joe the pilot" for all his help. Unfortunately one trip was not all it took. We continued loading and unloading trailers for the next three days, as Nathan was still working. The temp. that week were even worse than Sat. with highs around -12 degrees and winds reaching 50 knots. In non-military language it was roughly 70mph. Hurricane force winds:( My mother, bless her, was here and so we at least didn't have to pawn our children out for nearly a week and she practically cleaned the whole of our old house. We are truly grateful for her presence. I really think she is what kept me sane. Our sweet landlord granted us an extension because of the weather. This too, saved my sanity.We finally checked out officially today. YEAH!! So far the kitchen, bathroom, and projector are all set up. The silver lining in this move is the fact that between the move and tax returns we will be out of credit card debt in about 3 weeks.

a post about my sweetie

I have recently been asked by multiple people to blog about my dear husband's obsession. Nathan loves most things "Star Wars." But most of all he loves Lego's. To the point that we have a 3 foot "Star Destroyer." In our current house, which we will be moving out of in January, we set aside an entire room just for Nathan's collections. Books and Lego's. Every time we move Nathan carefully takes each set apart and puts it in Ziploc bags. When you consider that we have at least 12 X-wings that is an awful lot of pieces. Anyway, I have now blogged about Nathan's "mistress."If you would like our new address please email me and I will reply as soon as I can.