My little girl

is growing up so fast!

New and improved

I guess that John Schmidt hasn't been able to get permission from Coldplay to use their music, so he came up with a new version for the song. This one is still really good.



Move update:
While cleaning out a drawer in a dresser we had in storage I found a pile of arsenic rat poison. I was told that means there were rats or mice hanging out in my clothes. I guess I am lucky that they didn't kick off while still in the drawer. GROSS!

Since the last few posts have been depressing,

I have decided it is high time I post something happy. Life is good and despite trials, we are being blessed :)

True Story:
Ella is a singer. It started about a week ago when we realized that every time one of us would sing to Ella she would start "singing" with us. She does it at church too, making her voice louder if there are more people.

So cute.

I love it :)

We are moving today

And just in time for the big occasion...

Ella was up a lot last night crying, she is still getting over the flu.
Charles was up throwing up as well.
I am grumpy and tired because I was up with both of them.

sigh.

At least Charles is doing much better this morning.

Wish us luck.

So,

who wants to hire Charles...?

The poor guy was just turned down for another job. It really is the company's loss, he is a hard worker.

Stink.

Yesterday

was kinda rough...

What we have been doing

To all you readers out there lost, confused and wondering what has happened to us. Do not fear, we are back and posting once again. We took a surprise trip to California! (I have stopped counting how many times we go there each year. There are just so many people we love in California!) We had a grand ol time. Here are some pics for you viewing pleasure.

We also were able to stop at John and Jenny's. We had so much fun playing settlers, hanging out and going to Park City. To see pictures click here Thanks you guys for the wonderful time!

Pettit's to the left, Pettit's to the right...

stand up sit down, choose the right! That was my family's cheer. We would say (yell) it together every morning and evening after we had family prayer. I am sure the neighbors wondered what we were up to.

We had my parents and Elizabeth over last week. It was so fun! We packed as much as we could into the two and half days they were here.

My parents told me they had come to serve, my dad weeded the lawn, fixed our broken chairs and the stroller.



My mom helped me to clean the house and make lots of good food. Elizabeth was a great help with Ella, feeding her and playing with her. She even babysat for us so we could go and see the new Harry Potter movie (which I loved:)



They were great!

We had my Aunt, Uncle and cousins over for dinner and games, we had so much fun and ate some really good food, for recipes click here and here, plus my Aunt made an awesome dessert which I will probably have to get the recipe for. So tasty.





Ella had a lot of fun being pushed around in her stroller and chatting with her new friend in the mirror.





Charles was amazing, he was at work during the day pulling weeds in the hot sun. What a hard working man. That might explain though why we couldn't get him to smile in some of these pictures. :)

All in all it was a good time. We have been so lucky to have family who can come and visit us!

Love This

I don't know why it shows up so big. Sorry, it is still a great piece of music.