Home for the Holidays!

We're getting ready to go home to Idaho for the holidays and the more I think about it the more excited I am to see our family. The grand daughters will all look like they've grown a foot and it's only been a month. We are finally all settled in and I'm adjusting to being here. It's a good thing Jeff and I like each other and spending time together because we haven't really done much else yet. We enjoy couching up with a big bowl of buttered popcorn and watching a good movie. We did go to our Ward Christmas party which was nice and also to a Christmas Party for Jeff's work. It was nice to go and meet some of the men and their wives, that Jeff works with. We had a nice Prim rib dinner at Fox Hills Resort. Jeff has been really busy at work. This project is a real big one. He's going to do just fine I'm sure. We had the boss and his wife over for dinner last night and all went well. Dick and Vicki Hornak are nice people. I went to do my Visiting Teaching and it took me almost two hours to do just one lady! She lives about 35 minutes away. I took it for granted living in an area where the ladies you taught were just around the corner. No longer. She was a really nice lady with 6 kids. Well, it will probably be 2008 before I write again so Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Finally Settled in Wisconsin!!!

Well, we are finally all settled in Wisconsin. It's been a process getting here but we made it. After three long 1500 mile drives (from Id to WI then WI to ID then one more trip from ID to WI) we are here! Jeff hit the nail on the head when he described Two Rivers as "What Rigby would have been like, years ago, had the freeway not been put in." It's smaller than Rexburg but bigger than Rigby. It's a real clean town and everyone takes great care of their yards. Everyone seems real down to earth and friendly. There are two local grocery stores: Pick n Save and Piggly Wiggly (I'm not kidding); A few different places to eat and even a McDonald's and Subway; a nice library; a great department store called Schroder's and a True Value that Jeff likes already; and a nice restruant that has a great view of Lake Michigan just to name a few. It has the small town feeling but is also only about 10 miles from Manitowoc which is bigger and has the big chain stores like Lowe's, WalMart, etc. I think it's going to be OK living here. It's just a yuckie time of year to be moving anywhere. I have a tendency to just stay home because it's cold outside! Just like Idaho. The church here is a small Ward. We've only been once because they cancelled it last week because of a storm. The people seem real friendly. Tonight I'm going to enrichment and tomorrow night is the Ward Christmas Party. Jeff has really been overwhelmed at work. He knew he would be and I'm sure it's going to get better for him. It's a big project and alot for him to learn besides just what it takes to get used to a new place and a new job. He's been working 10 hr. days. We are already looking forward to our first trip home on the 20th. It will be great to see our family for the Holidays.

Packing

This past week I've been doing some heavy duty fall house cleaning and packing. If you think your house is pretty clean, just start taking the decorations off your walls and stuff off your shelves to start packing!!! Boy do things get dirty! I decided I had better get started on this packing business so I could get everything washed before I put it in boxes. Unpacking is always easier when everything is nice and clean. The hard part of all of this is trying to decide which stuff we will be taking and which stuff we will be leaving here in storage. I spent the day Saturday unloading or 5th Wheel Trailer and getting it all cleaned and ready to sell. After I was all done, I asked Jeff if we didn't want to just put it storage. It sure is a nice trailer and we've had alot of fun in it. We had a nice family dinner over to Britnee and Preston's on the Sunday. All the little girls are sure growing up. They are all so darn cute!!! We just love them all. I want to get together with our family every chance we get since we will be moving around the middle of October. Goodness...That's only a few weeks away!!! Hopefully we won't burn out the son-in-laws with too much family before we leave!!! We've got alot to do between now and then.

Wisconsin!!!

September 11, 2007 (9/11) That date will make it an easy day to remember. Jeff got the offer today and everything was what they said it would be. So we made the decision to go. We're both a bit nervous and hope we have made the right decision.

50 years down.... 50 more to go!

A Fun Day at Ross Park

Angie, Britnee, Sharie and I loaded up the girls and headed to Ross Park for the day. Mariah was at girls camp and Rylin was with her grandma Jackson, but the rest of the grandkids were there + Olivia. We had a fun day in the sun! This picture shows our new idea for the cell phone commercial!