Once upon a time when Dad was still green

This was my MTC companion (Joe Winther) and I having fun on "P" Day.

over the moon

guess who got accepted to the college that she wanted!?!

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we are enjoying our little apartment so far,

of course,

first things first,

#1

top of the list of things to do first....

SWIM!!!!

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the pool was too cold,

but,

the jacuzzi was perfect!

and to think, this time last week, we were iced/snowed in!

and I.....

I,

just loved sitting by the pool, listening to the water, feeling the wind blowing,

watching the kids play

and

NOT

loading.packing.lifting.carrying.unloading.or.looking.at.another.box!!!

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i'm going to miss Texas.

Calgone take me away....

moving.IS.hard!

the hardest three days of my life, it's physically and emotionally draining.

but

Kurt...... he is amazing!!!

even with all he's been through, he's still a rockstar in my book.

and a cute one at that!

our new apartment is cute, it's just small.

I am really liking the idea of apartment living and just living very simply.

it's amazing and almost ridicules of how much stuff.junk.crap. we've collected over the years and how much of it we didn't need and didn't use,

it's been nice to "clean house", so to speak, and the weird thing is,

I always felt like I was throwing away, and spring cleaning, and I was,

I guess it's just a matter of when push comes to shove, you don't need all the extra stuff, that sometimes you might think you will need, and so you save for a raining day.

I like the lesson I've learned from this move, it feels good.

Valentines Day was a bust,

with moving we didn't do our annual Valentines tradition...

next year....

Kuli

Kurt rolls in this morning at 9:30,

it's always so good to see him after a long week!

I go pick him up and drop him off at home,

he jumps in the shower and heads straight over to the dentist without a second to spare,

after all this time, he's finally getting his permanent tooth in, it's been a long painful road and we're glad it's over!

Until, it's not!

he has an major infection and for the next 2+ hours they are surgically taking OUT the post in his gum, scraping and cleaning it out.... and then stitching it back up!

he's mouth, nose and eyeball hurts, he says, and I know he means it.

so the saga continues,

and just in the nick of time to start moving in a few minutes.....

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Many moons ago,

my sister Diane went to Hawaii,

I handed her some of my hard-earned money and said,

"please get me a Hawaiian ring that says my name on it",

and so, because she is so awesome, she did!

not knowing what my Hawaiian name would be or what it would look like was exciting in and of itself,

better than Christmas,

but...

can you imagine my excitement when I saw what my ring said...

~Kuli~

Kurt+Julie=Kuli

I sure do love Kurt!

I appreciate the sacrifices he makes for our family,

it's going to be so nice to be all together again in Utah,

we just have to get through this season of change,

but, we can do it, and we will, and we'll have fun doing it....

just 6 more months, there is light at the end of the tunnel.

we can do this.

we're not in Kansas ....

I don't even know where I am anymore....

I thought I lived in Texas,

but

we woke up to ice and snow

and schools cancelled yet again!

but, get this...

this weekend it should be close to 70 degrees

and yippie-hooray

just in time to move...

we're moving!!!

the great ice storm of 2011...

Yes,

we are iced in!

and so we've made the most of it....

made cookies and cut and colored hair.

the way I look at it is;

the weather is just getting us ready for Utah!!!

thank you, that's so sweet.