We had a great housewarming party. 

The food was great, a lot of my family helped, 
and almost all of our family was there. 
What more can you ask for? 

Robbie said I need to learn to make my Grandmother's beans, 
and my mother's pasta salad and ice cream. 

It was that good.

We also got a lot of great gifts, 
which I wasn't expecting but am very grateful for.

I have no idea what this is called, 
but it's the best pie from Marie Calanders I've ever had.

Flowers and bottles. My two weaknesses.

These are the centers I made. 
I only had 5 glass jars, all of varying sizes.
There's Alex. Good old Alex.
And basil from my new neighbor!
I'm hoping to make pesto, but I'm a little intimidated.

The house feels all warm now.

Rainy Day

I'm so used to waking up to the sun 
streaming through my windows around 6:00am...

But this morning I was woken up by my alarm at 6:30am...

And I thought, what happened to the sun?

I thought for a second that this was awful, 

I love waking up to the sun...

But as I listened to the drip, drop, drip, drop, 

and the birds coming out just a little late,

and saw the skies covered in a blanket of cloud,

and felt the breeze moving through the house,

and smelled the freshness that the breeze brought along with it...

I changed my mind. 

Waking up in this home is amazing no matter what the weather is.

Good morning everyone.

Adventures of Moving

We did it!

With a lot of hard work...a couple of angry words...
some crying...some laughing...

We did it! 

Since I didn't have internet I couldn't tell you the stories...

Robbie got the biggest uhaul they offer.
That was frightening, him backing up? Oie.

Ten guys from the ward showed up and got it all done in an hour. One hour. Really?

My parents show up and ask, 
"Where is everyone?"

We have a fully furnished house, 
thanks to everyone's love and generosity, 
well, and the fact they had no use for them anymore helped...

I went to work later that afternoon and worked till 10pm.
When I got home Robbie had unpacked every box. 

He is so amazing.

We've been trying to fix the sprinklers because the 

lawn is dying a little more every day. 

Robbie put a new one in, and about 20 minutes later 

realized it was facing the house...

technically the window to our bedroom...

that sprinkler sure did work all right! 

Right through the window.

Hilarious, no? 

Yes. 

Okay, that was about it. 

Robbie is really organized, so moving was easy.

My week has been awesome, I love my new home! 

 Robbie is tearing up the back yard right and left. 

I wanted to keep it until the party, but he says he doesn't care 

what anyone thinks he wants those bushes and that rock out!

Love always.