One year older...

and wiser too, Happy Birthday to you! Layla is 6. Wow!!! can I say it again? WOW!! It is crazy how fast the time flies. Each child and year that passes, it seems to go by even faster. My sweet baby is six years old. She goes to school all day and has a lot of friends. She is very social! She acts like she is 16 already.  She mostly got clothes and shoes and she was thrilled to get them.  When she wants to be she can be the best sister and daughter, but if she doesn't want to she has a will of steel. She is absolutely beautiful. We have been told several times that we need to get her modeling.  She is growing up to fast. If we could only slow the clock a little. We love Layla so much and are so proud of her.  Here are some pictures of her actual birthday and her friend b-day party. (On her Birthday she requested salad for dinner and pumpkin pie. And her Party was a Witches brew tea party. We had 15 little girls there. It was a blast.)

The LONG Awaited...

I know that pics of the house are long over due. It is just really hard for me take take and post pictures of a cluttered dirty not finished or decorated home. But I figure it might take me a year to get it all done. So I ask as you look at these that you not judge me and my organization skills.  I also have tons of pics from summer and soccer and the first day of school, that I will try to catch up on. We love and miss you all!!

                                                                       Master bath

                                                                          Kids bath

                                                                      Girls room

                                                               Urban's room

                                                                 Family room

                                                                       Kitchen

                                                      unfinished backsplash, but you get the idea.

                                                                  kitchen, pantry and garage door

                                                                     front door and room

                                                                Front room

                                                                 Half bath main floor

                                                             Kids TV area in bsmnt

                                                             toy area in unfinished bsmnt

                                                                  Front of house

                                                                   back yard

                                                                 view from front yard

wall in between kitchen and fam room

Update From Wisconsin

So I am still in Madison working and Elsie and the kids are in Utah packing the last few things before the long haul to WI.  I will be flying out to Idaho later this week to meet up with the family for a vacation in McCall.  After 10 days of vacationing, I'll fly home to WI with Urban while Elsie and the girls make the drive.  It will be great to actually live together as a family again.

We will be moving into an apartment while the builder finishes up the house.  The house was supposed to be done mid-August, but now it won't be finished until September.  I had a meeting with the builder last week to go over what is holding them up and they didn't really have a good reason that they could validate adequately so they will be paying some extra fees.  I am pretty sure they weren't expecting me to call them out on their management of the build, but I am really wanting to get my family moved in. 

The job is going awesome!  The Tour is in full swing and the whole office is into it even though Lance isn't doing too hot.  It is great to work where people have a passion about what they do.  The humidity isn't as bad as I thought it would be, although it did take a little getting used to, especially exercising outside.  The first time I went running it felt like I had to chew the air before breathing.  Not quite like dry Utah.

Elsie has the camera and so no pictures yet.  When she gets out here I am sure she'll post some with the house.

Just a quick update.

So no pics. Sorry, I am not at home. We have been visiting family for the past 3 weeks. The girls went to Gma Walker's and I went to Wisconsin. It was nice to see Justin and good to get a few more steps into our move. We bought a house!! I feel like it has been a long time coming, and we are so excited, It is in Lake Mills, WI. It is in the process of being built. So that ends up being good and bad. It won't be finished until the end of August. But I got to customize a lot of things. I am super excited. Justin's job is going good. He likes it a lot. He likes how friendly and family oriented of a company it is.  They truly care if their employees are happy and that is a good change. We are currently in St. George and are melting. It is so hot here. But we are having a good time and are looking forward to all of our other trips to visit family before we leave.

A little catch up!

If you didn't read the previous post you might want to. And as for this one, Here are some random pictures of our lives lately. We have just been at home, playing at the park, The girls graduated from Preschool, and my Dad's 50th in Beaver.

It has Finally Happened!!!

I have been without internet for the past month and a half, so I am sorry about not posting anything, but I think it is a good excuse. But this bit of news had to be shared.
              Justin got a new job!!!
We are making a move to WISCONSIN! Justin got a job with Trek Bicycles. We are super excited and terrified at the same time. I am so excited to have a husband again, But it is so far from family and everything that is familiar to me.
Justin will be leaving in about 2 weeks (that is the plan anyways, He could end up leaving sooner if Attask says they don't want a 2 week.) And the kids and I will follow after we find a place to live. We are hoping to buy something.  I will probably just hang around and spend my time visiting family until I leave.  Wish us luck!!