come on and double it...

Because one dose of curls just isn't enough, here's dose number two of our doublemint twins.

And now, time for the obligatory (if hokey) question: Aren't they just so cute?

Okay, that's enough.

Link away now before you OD on cuteness...

Curls anyone?

Is this not the cutest curly head you have ever seen? "Why yes, yes it is".

Christmas

We got to spend the weekend before Christmas in Utah with family. We had four family parties and one funeral. My grandfather passed away and his funeral was the Monday before Christmas. He is in a much better place now and it really was a good thing. We had lots of fun with the girls, and they got way too much stuff from grandparents, aunts and uncles (spoiled little buggers).

Here are a few of the things the girls got.

Our new home!!!

This is our new digs, I have included a few pictures of the living room, kitchen and back yard. Aside from what you see here we have 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and 2 gas fireplaces upstairs. Half of the downstairs is finished and half is not. The finished part includes a family room (with another fireplace), a bed room and a bathroom. The unfinished part has room for 3 more bedrooms. There is also a storage closet, a storage room and the laundry room. We just got snow today so you get to see that in the backyard.

pocatello, part iii: on the move

Finally.

The stars aligned. A portal opened in the economy. The hand of God has been revealed.

And we're moving to Idaho Falls.

That's right. Idaho Falls. I know it's not Pocatello, but it's across the border, we have a source of income there, and it will cut my drive time in more than half. On top of that, it means we get to have a place of our own again—with a two car garage nonetheless. A definite upgrade from the in-laws' basement.

So if you start seeing more posts from me, you'll know I've finally shed the scales of depression from my life and I'm blog-ready again.

That or I'm getting a bit more sleep because I won't be plagued by as much commuter-lag.

Either way, we're moving.

Finally.

Enough said.

family pictures

Sorry it has been so long; I will do some more posts soon with all of the fun things we have been up to. For now here are our cute new family pictures!

clarification, anyone?

In her comment on "pocatello, part ii", Shiree wonders:

So, what's happening with your Ogden house and what are your lodging plans in Pocatello? (I didn't quite catch that from the post, I am clueless about water in the living room and everything....)

In the interest of keeping our readership informed (although most of you might already know this), someone is in the process of purchasing our house in Ogden. So by the beginning of October, we should be lodging somewhere in Idaho, though where is a completely other question. At present, your guess is as good as mine. It will, however, be somewhere in the Southeastern portion of the state.

And, yes, about that water in the living room. Around last Thanksgiving, we heard some water dripping in the wall. Yes, I said in the wall. And down the ceiling. And behind the paint. So we did the only sensible thing we could do and put some tarps on the roof to hold off the rain and tore out the ceiling. Hence, water in the living room, pouring from a couple of cracks in our roof (tar and gravel, anyone?), all over the floor. What a mess is right. This is what it looked like.



The next day, I patched what I could and put up some new sheetrock to keep the cold out. And that's how we lived with it until a couple of weeks ago when the rain found its way in again.

Hence the new roof.

I'm sure that will make our buyers happy. I know it sure was fun for us (and all the family members that broke their backs helping us put down new sheeting and rolled roofing. Thanks a million, by the way. We love you all!)

Confusion abated?