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and yes, the the grass is as luscious as it looks...

Lynzie and her new friend Catelyn (enjoying popcorn in the backyard)....

who has a little sister name Candyce,

get it.... I have a Candice and Caitlyn,

and the family across the street

has a Candyce and Catelyn....(it's a sign)

and.... I have so much to blog,

I'll start to update tomorrow....

Cujo?

When we found out Kurt was moving immediately and we weren't...

I said, let's move into an apartment and save a boatload of money!!!

and so we did,

well,

and so we are...

next month or in just a short 3 weeks,

maybe, that's why I'm having troubles sleeping, like right now, it's only 4:37 am

and my mind won't relax, there is so much to do between here and there,

I should just get up and do it, but I don't, I lay here and try my hardest to sleep...

I'm excited to move,

we will take just a few things and put the rest of the stuff into storage,

and by a few things I mean a few things,

cuz the apartments is s.m.a.l.l.

I knew when we moved away from this house anything we move into would seem smaller,

cuz this house is big and we've gotten so spoiled but,

I really had to breathe big deep breathes cuz 1433 sq. feet is a little bit smaller than the 3400 we are use too,

but....

there are so many advantage, that it will be worth it and kind-of fun,

I'll update those advantages later.

Apparently, signing up for a 6 month lease is very serious business,

you almost have to sign over any unborn children and do paperwork...

oh, the paperwork,

I hate it, thank goodness Kurt was here to do it all last week!

I even had to take a picture of Sadie and e-mail it over,

I guess to show them that we aren't lying that she really is a

cock-a-poo instead of a cujo!?!

#9101

It's been a busy week!

I'm finally able to wrap my mind around moving...kind-of.

and

doing everything I have to do between here and there,

but,

there has been a lot of sleepless nights for me, wow!

So many times my mind has traveled back to

(here I go again, getting weepy just thinking about it)

my mission,

after 18 months in Italy my mission was over and it was time to go home,

you feel stuck between a rock and a hard place,

excited to go home....but so sad to leave a place where you've grown to love!

that's how I'm feeling now,

I've loved Texas, but I love Utah too,

Utah is my home.

my family is there and my kids need family, grandparents, cousins, aunts and uncles

and growing up in a Mormon community, I did and I loved it!

We've lived here ten years, Lynzie was 5 months old when we arrived,

it's all she's known...

So...

here we go into a new chapter in our lives...

Kurt accepted the job.....

he'll leave and start in a few weeks,

while the rest of us will stay here and finish school.

I have mixed emotions of course,

but

we've been thinking and talking about this for a long time

so, it's not like a surprise and a shock...

it's just weird that now it's reality!

I'm too overwhelmed to say anymore!

???

Oh, don't mind me,

I'm just sitting here looking at homes for sale in Utah...

it.just.might.happen!

.

a quick trip to utah...

Kurt got another quick trip to Utah

(this is his 3rd week in a row)

so,

Sadie and I decided to jump in at the last minute and go with him,

it was a quick, fun trip.

Can you even imagine getting to spend 20+ hours of drive time with your husband, and you get to talk and talk and no one interrupts you?.....

ya, it was kind-of nice!

I loved driving down Spanish Fork Canyon,

right when your almost at the bottom, you turn the corner and out of nowhere

are these huge white windmill turbines,

it's always so cool to see them,

it's like something out of Close Encounters of Third Kind,

doo-doo-doo-dooooo

even the big black bugs on Kurt's windshield liked em!

and of course,

Utah wouldn't be Utah without getting a new hair-do by the famous Pollyanna...

ilovethatgirl.

I finally went to Sweet Tooth Fairy Cupcake Shop,

and of course,

got a pumpkin-chocolate chip cupcake with cream cheese frosting,

it was too rich, but good... I wasn't complaining, but my tummy sure did a little later!

I looked everywhere for Cjane or NieNie,

but, they were nowhere to be found!

Sundance is oh so beautiful this time of year,

come to think about it, it's beautiful all year round, the change of the seasons are amazing, especially when you live in the Lone Star State and that doesn't happen to much around these parts,

with all the Autumn in the air, not only were the colors so pretty to look at,

but even the air smells refreshing and good,

we drove up around Sundance with the sunroof open,

that's the only way to do it, or in a convertible,

then we

started to drive up the Alpine Loop,

but the road stared to get too narrow for this Texas girl

so I make Kurt turn around!

it was fun to see my mom and dad again,

and

Dave, Kris, O, M and E,

and

Kyle,

we even managed to take our regular.cheesy.quick.picture.together,

we are getting quite a picture collection.

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.

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27 things we did in Utah...

I fly out a few days early to make it to my 25th class

re-union.....

(thank you to the sweet family who made that possible!)

I wasn't there but a few minutes when my dad bought me a new camera,

boy, did it come in handy, as you'll see below...

Then Kurt and the kids drove out together in the big rig....

making of course, record time!

here's just a few of the things we did.....

we enjoyed family barbeque's

we loved seeing and being with family again....

we went to an emergency dental visit....

(that's a post all of it's own!)

we (I) went to my 25th class Ladies Luncheon.....

it was fun to see the girls again!

we played "big booty".....and laughed!

we had "a little adventure".....

we went into the top-secret gun room......

we hike around Bridal Veil Falls....

we ate the best campfire smores.....

we hiked Mt. Timpanogos......

(never say never, but, I'll never do that again!)

we got adjustments every day from grandpa.....

and Lynzie was his secretary on Sat. for a few minutes,

she did a great job and earned a lot of money...

we ate Sunday Brunch @ Sundance....

we tamed wild animals...and then named them Sugarfoot...

we went to the most beautiful place on earth....

we visited the hidden pond 3 times in one week.....

we ate at In-n-Out......

we went to the American Fork "Steele Days" Carnival....

we went to Torrey.....(well, grandpa, Kurt, Spencer & Lynzie did)

we had our "first" driving lesson..... (at age 11)

we went to the 4th of July Provo parade...

we enjoyed our "Mac" class every Thursday morning...

we even learned a thing or two!

we ate...

and ate...

and ate...

and ate...

and ate...

and ate...

and ate more.....

we tried on our first suit at Mr. Mac's.....

we took evening walks around the block...

we visited with fabulous family and friends...

we climbed tree's...

and then...

we drove home!

(NOT making record time!)

the end.

(there was so much more we did... and so much more we wanted too...,

and so many people we still didn't get a chance to see!)