The Farm

After living in a small two bedroom apartment in California this is our home in Oregon! We are just renting this four bedroom house but we love it. It sits on two acres of land a few miles outside of town. We have regular visits from deer, cotton-tail bunnies, birds, raccoons, and "kitty cats" (as Judd calls them). Besides the fenced in garden where we have some tomatoes and zucchini's, there is an herb garden in the front of the house, a grape bower, and across our dirt road, wild blackberries--yum!

Amazingly enough, we found this place on craig's list. The retired couple who own it decided that they needed to spend two years traveling the east coast to really "get to know" that area of the US. It turned out that Steve will be doing his rotations here in Oregon for two years. We needed to move in in June and they wanted to leave in June. It was meant to be.

So here we are, living on 'the farm' :) in a four bedroom house (we use three bedrooms and the owners have all their stuff in the fourth). We have our own washer and dryer!!! And DISHWASHER! All I can say is we are SO happy to be here.

Our new ride

And, ta-da! We are now the proud and happy owners of a 2004 Saab. After months of research trying to find just the right car for just the right price Stevo finally found did it. And then, we actually bought it. (With big thanks to Greg!)

Since being married, Steve and I have only really owned our little 1998 Saturn, which we still love and will put to good use. But now, with Steve doing rotations everywhere from Corvallis, to Albany, to Portland we needed a second car. I think all stay-at-home moms would agree with me, for the sake of sanity, you need a way to get out of the house every once and a while. And while we love the house we are renting, it is 3 miles outside of town--not a comfortable walking distance.

We're Back!

We once again have 24 hour acccess to the wonderful world of the internet. whahoo!

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Its a girl!

So this is a little late but....we found out our little-one-on-the-way is a girl! We are so excited and can't wait for August to come.

No internet until further notice

So, we lost our internet at the house. And since its completely impossible for me to take care of a won't-sit-still Judd and get anything done on the internet at the library I'm thinking you won't be hearing from me until at least the middle of June. We're moving to Oregon June 16th and will hopefully be getting internet at our house there soooooo.....remember that resolution I made to be a better blogger? Yeah, scratch that. :)

Judder Budder

Judd has developed quite the little personality lately. I love getting to know him, his likes, his dislikes, his attributes..... since so many of our friends are far away I thought I would help you all get to know Judd. So, these are some of Judd's likes:

Judd likes to help me around the house! His favorite job may be sweeping but he's also a first rate duster and is really good at putting away groceries. He's also stellar at reorganizing the kitchen cupboards (which he does several times a day.)

Judd likes to eat. Seriously. He eats pretty much anything but he loves fruit snacks, chicken nuggets and ketchup (really I think it might just be the ketchup), cookies, and spaghetti. This is what Judd looks like most nights after he eats dinner. Look at that face but don't forget to check out those legs!
Judd likes being Super Judd! Aunt Carly made this cute cape and Aunt Gen gave it to Judd as a special present. Super Judd races around our house all the time though I think he gets frustrated that his noble steed doesn't go faster.
Judd likes his aunts and uncles though I have to admit Uncle Hebs and Judd are special buds. Anything uncle Heber is doing, Judd wants to do it too. I couldn't find a picture of just the two of them but here is a picture of us at Disneyland.

Judd likes clothes and shoes. "Shoes" is actually one of the only words he can say that we know what he's saying. And he always tries to help me fold the laundry which actually means he tries to put all the different clothes on his head. Actually, the other sunday we heard some sounds of distress coming from Judd's room. Steve and I went to check on him but it turns out Judd was not in his room but ours. This was the situation we found him in. I had left my dress from church on the floor and Judd just thought he'd put it on. It turned out to be a little more dress than he bargined for, I think, and I had to help him out. Judd likes the Savior. He can say "Jesus" really well and likes to point at the painting of the Savior we have in his room. We are working on folding our arms and being quiet during prayers (I just can't get Steve to do it :)). Judd will sometimes fold his arms for about 2 seconds.....we're getting there....

Blogging....*sigh*

Why do I have such a hard time posting!?!?!?! There are things going on in my life. I have a very cute and funny son. Lots of good things going on with my calling at church. Plans for the new babes. Fabulous ideas to fix our country:). Happy times with my friends. A REALLY good looking husband. So, why do I have such a hard time posting? I don't know. But, folks, there is nothing like a little self improvement when you need it. :) So, hang on tight and keep checking in because here goes a go at becoming a good, frequent poster.