What a fun weekend!

We had a great weekend and were able to go for a great walk at sunset.

On Friday night we hosted a murder mystery party. It was so much fun. The theme to this party was a 1936 movie premier and we were all actors or directors. It is nice to have the space in our new house!


This is my cute 5 month old trying to sit up. My aunt, Marie, gave her this cute outfit and I had to get some pics of her in it before she outgrew it! She weighs in at 17 lbs. 7 oz on 10/19/09.




And of course Isaac wanted to play in the "new" toy that Sarah has. Little does he remember, he spent a lot of time in there as well!

Some fun photos

Trying to get some pics of the kids together and both of them looking at the camera.
Isaac was the VIP at school on Thursday and he was able to help Ms. Sally all day. He had to choose a special pointer and spell out the month and count the days on the calender. Now we get to count everyday at home so he can use a pointer. It is so funny what the kids think is so much fun.


We had a gorgeous sunset that night too!
And look, this is what happens when Isaac is being very quiet. He found my mascara!

SLC Visit

Isaac and Clara had so much fun together when we flew back home. They really enjoyed watering Grandpa's garden.


My mom saved Isaac's birthday gifts for him to open there. He enjoyed opening his gifts so much he asked every morning after he woke up if there were more presents for him.
Clara's school had a carnival and they had so much fun. Isaac wanted to try the climbing wall. I wanted to get a picture of him actually climbing, but I had to hold on to him the whole time because he doesn't weigh enough and if I had let go he would have gone up to the top!
Macey after enjoying her red snow cone!!!
The big slide. I had to convince him to climb up to the top and then convince him to slide down - but after he did it once - there was no stopping him! He had such a fun time.
The weather was so nice and we headed to the zoo with Laurie, Miles and Leah. The boys had so much fun running around. I couldn't believe how many baby animals were there. We even saw a monkey that was born that morning. The baby elephant was by far the cutest! And of course you don't go to the zoo without a train ride and the merry-go-round ride.





It was so nice to visit all of our friends and we had a great time at our playgroups!!! The airplane ride out was interesting, but once Sarah stopped crying everything was great - including the airplane "pit stop." That's what I get for potty training. The plane ride back to Washington was great because both kids slept the whole way!!! So I might consider doing that again.

Happy Birthday Isaac!!

So my little boy is now 3! We had a fun day and I made him a train birthday cake. The first one didn't turn out so well, so this was cake #2. We had some friends over and he had a great time. He got lots of fun new toys and is enjoying his new Hungry Hungry Hippo game. One of his friends gave him some playdoh and he thinks the day is DOH because he asks if he can play - doh. It is really cute. He is doing pretty well at potty training so we are finally pushing it. My new camera should arrive today so sorry the pictures are from my camera phone. We love you, Isaac!!!!

Getting settled

We are down to just a couple of boxes left to unpack and getting aquainted with the city. They finally brought our washer and dryer yesterday after having to send back the scratch and dent ones they tried to bring last week. Hopefully by tonight we can do a load of laundry. Gary is still having some problems getting on insurance so he is a little stressed out about that. We have decided to wait and buy a 2nd car when they get the 2010 shipment in later this month. I have found a nice playgroup and we went to the children's museum today. Isaac really enjoyed playing with other kids and I met a lot of nice moms. I had a sad weekend, but am doing much better now. If we had another car I might have driven back home! There is a really nice walking path that goes along the river so here are some pictures from our adventures.Gary finally got a new lawnmower and Isaac just had to help him. Here is the backyard, ignore the dead grass.

Yakima

So we arrived last Saturday and had the truck unloaded in 2 hours. It was 106 degrees later in the afternoon so we worked on putting things together inside the house. Gary ended up waiting one week before starting work so we were able to get the house pretty much put together this past week. We don't have pictures up yet, but that will come with time. Isaac is enjoying his new big boy bed and we are still working on potty training. I am really going to push it this week since I don't have a car to drive anywhere. Sarah is loving her crib and I am enjoying the fact that she sleeps through the night most of the time. Here are some pictures of the house - you have to ignore the messes in the pictures though.Here is the kitchen. We just ordered new countertops and a new dishwasher. The living room - we are still deciding on where to put the TV?The main bathroom upstairs. We want to change it back into two bathrooms.Isaac's bedroom.Master bedroom - Sarah's crib and computer desk.
Master bedroom - our bed and doors that lead to the deck outside.

I don't have pictures of the basement yet, but it is a big unfinished room. I will post pics of our newly remodeled kitchen once it is completed. My new washer and dryer come this week. It will be nice, because the laundry pile is getting big. I hope everyone is doing well. We miss our friends and family a lot!

Quick update

We have been very busy this month. Gary has taken the month off after residency and we have had so much fun. It has been nice having him home. We went up to Yakima to look for a home and after a very long weekend we found 2 homes that we liked. We put in offers on both and we didn't accept any of the counter offers so we then found an apartment to rent for 6 months. The night before we were to confirm our realtor called and said the one house had come back with a lower offer - so we countered their offer and we are now homeowners! I will post pictures once I take some. There is a little bit of remodeling to do, but overall it will be nice to own a home. Sarah is getting so big and she is sleeping through the night!!! Isaac is so cute with her and if she starts crying he goes over to her and says, "It's okay pretty girl." He has had fun playing baseball this summer and refuses to hit the ball from the T-ball stand - you have to pitch it to him. We have a little athlete on our hands. We are going to miss all our friends so much and since we have a home with extra bedrooms we would love to have visitors!!!