So... it's been two months!? How did that happen? Oops. Well, we've been living in Seattle now for 1 month and 5 days. So instead of recapping I'll just throw a bunch of pictures at you. Sound good? "Yes, Katie that sounds great!"


Jonathan loves to make noise (imagine a yell here)


he also loves to kick back and relax


he's so durn cute!

caught in the act of making a mess (a daily task)

he cleans up nicely

Adam's hair is getting pretty long

one must always retain one's modesty

right when we arrived in the emerald city

a random state park we stopped at (yes, that's blue sky people)

Pike's Market flowers (p.s. loving my new camera! thanks darling hubby)

Mae Phim Thai our favorite place to eat so far

checking out the sites

lights at the market

more flowers

very blue view from our corp. housing.

thanks for looking!

washing machine world

Is the world spinning faster for everyone? Or is it just me? J. is growing up like a little weed and learning how to make more mischief every day. A. is moving us again. This time out of state. Yes, you read correctly. We're moving again after 6 months but this time it's far from all family and friends. Hurrah for change. Just as I was beginning to like it here too. It's laughable really.

Sometimes it's exciting but most of the time it's just terribly stressful. For all of us. We have a little more than a month before we go. Goodbye Bountiful, hello Seattle.

Here's a few videos for the visually minded.

J. only growled for a little over a week... so sad we loved it.

LDS.org - Ensign Article - Patience

Our bishop advised us to read this talk by Neal A. Maxwell. I loved it so much I thought it would be nice to share it with all of you. I know we could all use a little more patience in our lives.

love,

Katie

LDS.org - Ensign Article - Patience

march madness

In a moment of boredom (and madness) I took out the scissors and... that's right you guessed it, snip. I cut my own hair. I've always wanted to cut my own hair and yesterday I did. I was brave. Brave and stupid. Let's just say my career as a hairstylist was very brief. I must now go to have a haircut to fix my haircut. I won't post any pictures until it's more presentable.

Not to worry friends and family, not even one tear was shed during this experience (well maybe one by Adam), after I'd finished butchering my beautiful locks I looked at myself and laughed.

A few more things to add to the list.

4- A fabulous Rec Center just 2 blocks away

5- the hot-rod beetle (it makes it's appearance everyday around 8:30 am and every evening around 6. I have a self-given mission to capture a picture of it and post it here. It makes me smile every time it drives past.)

6- TONS of flowers we didn't have to plant

7- neighborhood walks with J. and A. Looking for peoples crazy additions to their houses (people don't build new here very often, if they want more space just build it onto your existing house. I will take a few pictures of the most wild and crazy of this category. Stay tuned.)

We've been trying to keep busy. I'm working on the last bird for little J.'s mobile then it just needs to be assembled. I also made a cake stand (yes, a cake stand). I don't remember where I heard about this craft but I love it. We went to DI found a .50 cent ice cream sundae dish, a .50 cent plate, and some glass glue from Home Depot, put all the pieces together and there you have it.

We also took some pictures of J. when we were down in Provo a few weeks ago. Here is a few of our favorites.




I had to add the first one for laughs. Well that's all I've got this time. I love you all my dear family and friends.
(P.S. Carolyn if you happen to see these pictures, know that I tried to send you an email but it didn't work. Did you change your address?)

So, we're making an attempt at having J. fall asleep on his own. Yesterday I put him down for his nap fully awake, I put on some music in the kitchen, and went about my business. J cried and cried but then all was quiet and I went to see what had happened. This is what I found. The poor dear.

(click on 'found' to see the video)

to new things.

I've been needle felting some birds for a mobile for J. They're coming along nicely I've made about 7 of them so far but I only really like 3 of them enough to use... here they are.

A bird in progress. They have been a nice distraction during the long hours that A. is at work.

I have been on the look out for things to like about B-town. I decided that it's time to stop comparing everything here to everything back in dear Provo. I realized that I'll never like where I am in the present if I'm continually thinking about the past. Yes, it is true that Provo will always feel like my home town. Yes, I miss my family in Provo, I miss going to the grocery store and seeing people I know. I miss Utah county's beautiful mountains and Timpview drive. I miss BYU and so many other things but it's time for me to move on (especially since I can go and see those things when I'm of a mind to). Who was it that said "it's hard to move forward with a foot in the past" ? Somebody said it I'm sure.

So, the humble beginnings of (hopefully) a long list:

1- One library card for all of the libraries in Davis county

2- Community classes held at all of the high schools with classes ranging from mandarin chinese to yoga. Oh yes, I will be taking some.

3- Being 12 minutes away from Salt Lake City.