More changes and some pics...

So....more changes are: my brother moved out upstairs, it's more quiet here now, well, not now because my Dad and Jacque are in town upstairs fixing and painting and such. But when they aren't here, it will be quiet which is really really good, but at night it is still a little scary. I know I am the grown up mom now, but I still don't like being the defender. Probably never will. I will also be moving someday when (and if, I know, I know, the economy sucks) the house sells.

Another big change is: I am switching jobs AGAIN. :) There is a new health food type store opening up in Murray, called Sunflower Farmer's Market. They offered me more money and also no drive to Park City. And I have been spending over $150 in gas to drive to work every month, so yeah, here goes the second switch in recent months. My work will now be only 10 minutes away, and pays more too!

And here are a few pics of Will, who loves to help his Grandpa fix the house. Especially when Grandpa lets him use his REAL drill (the batteries were low so it was going slowly). When Will was almost 2, my dad built him a sandbox and was using noisy tools to make it, and William called him "Grandpa big noises". But since he was almost 2 and his speech was almost 2, he called him Grandpa-big-no-nes. It was super cute, he has always associated tools with my dad. Will was eating something while drilling, which is going to someday be funny because he can't sit still EVER and so often eats on the run, or doesn't eat. Sitting down for dinner is pure torture for him, but if he has a sandwich and can run around and play, he eats much more food. What an active kid. Someday I will slow down and relax, someday like when Will goes to college. But still, I look forward to that day, it will also be when these pics are so cute that he had his mouth stuffed while drilling holes in wood.

Where has all the time gone?

This is my tiny baby William. These were: his first picture with a hat on (I will spare you seeing his HUGE cone head), his first try holding his head up (one day old, my muscle baby) and his first ride in the sling. This summer he will turn 4. Woah. It really hasn't set in that I am a mom at all, and now I am the mom of an almost 4 year old. Who is about to give up naps for good. Yikes.

Update...

I switched jobs to Whole Foods (better pay, sleep at night) from Snowbird. For a couple weeks I was working two full time jobs, so I was totally busy and didn't update the blog at all. I will try to get some new pics up soon. I am happy it's spring, got my heirloom tomato plants yesterday and can't wait to plant them (thursday I think).

I like my new job, if any of you are in Park City ever, drop by the Whole Foods you might catch me there.

It's Spring! It's Spring!

We're really glad it's spring!!!! Here's what we've been up to. Jumping on the trampolne, swinging, driving our new car (D.I. $6=We LOVE D.I.). The others are of our impromptu early Sunday morning painting session, we found these big heavy pieces of cardboard behind D.I. (We LOVE D.I.) and thought we could make them into a puppet theater or playhouse or something, but they needed a little decoration, we'll have to spend a few days painting them, then start constructing, and probably another trip to the back of D.I. to get more heavy duty cardboard for the roof. Hopefully it will work! Oh, in one of these pics, Rowen is crying in the car because I am taking pics of him instead of pushing/driving the car really fast around the lawn. In the next one, he is getting gas, with a stick.

Zion

So, I know it's crazy but I had never been to Zion's before...ever. I know. Everyone has that same response. Well, it is nice, although I still have over half of it to even see, let alone explore 99.99999% of it. But here are my favorite pics of it. I LOVE taking pictures.

Who looks like who???

The first two are of Jason, the next 3 of me (because both kids do these faces), then 2 of Will, and 2 of Rowen....hmmm....what do you think?

Another Edward Abbey Quote

I was going back through my copy of Desert Solitaire for the Moab post, and in my book I underlined my favorite parts, a long time ago, which is fun to go back over and find the "good stuff". Well, in doing that I came across this one:

"Where there is no joy there can be no courage, and without courage, all other virtues are useless."

Food for thought.