We've been all sorts of busy since I last posted. I'll just try and give a run down of a few things that have been going on.

1) Put an offer on a house in July. It was accepted and we had to jump through all sorts of hoops to get it to close. It had been in foreclosure and needed additional paperwork to close. We finally got it to close on September 30.

2) That was the beginning of 3 months of major work on the house. Re-texturing of walls, tiling of floors, ripping out of kitchens and baths, painting, dump trips, extraction of bees from the wall, cleaning out the birds nests in the attic, rat's nests in walls and under stuff....not to mention the packing up of the old house and moving it.

3) We spent our first night in the new house about a week before Christmas and moved the last boxes in on December 30, 2011.

4) We are Christmas dinner at the table in our wonderful new kitchen....and haven't eaten there since then. With the moving, the table has been buried. It was a lovely meal.

5) I was hired in October 2011 to be the music teacher at Laie Elementary school. It is the best job ever! I have fun all day long! It took me a couple of months to be really comfortable with the planning and teaching and it is going really well.

6) I auditioned for the Sound of Music and got a part! I'm a nun and the 2nd place winner at the Festival. I get to bow exceedingly. :)

7) The girls are in a children's choir and love it. They still do gymnastics. Erin will be on the May Day court as a lady in waiting. She's super excited! She'll dance a hula with the other girls. Krista participated in History Day, the only 4th grader from our school. It was a good experience for her.

8) Dallin just finished his Eagle project. He also got accepted to BYUH. He turns 18 on Thursday. I could just about freak out. :|

9) Jacob is a good worker around the house. He still plays his french horn at school. After seeing The Piano Guys video on cello wars, a take on Star Wars, he has started cello lessons. He'll be 16 in 2 1/2 weeks. I could just freak out. :|

10) Shane works hard and has made the house a wonderful, beautiful place. We still have much to do, which depresses him, but we just keep plugging away!

We are happy and healthy and life just keeps moving but we enjoy every day!