OK so where do I begin....I am trying to keep with up with all the changes that are happening with us and I have had a hard time on one hand in particular of writing. One was because I was trying to not let allot of people know. Not that we did not want to share but I did not want Jaren Phil to find out here on my blog. I really wanted to have the opportunity to talk with him in person and I was fortunate on Mothers Day with our phone calls to do so. And it was difficult to do it. Dave and I have decided to sell our house. This took place in talking back in February or March. He wants to have what I call it a "Man Cave" where he can work on his projects like reloading his gun shells, honey dues... good one huh, and other sorts of stuff. He would like the boat to be in a covered place as well as our quad. Living in a area that has a HOA you don't get to have some of that freedom of adding on an so forth. Well on April 2nd I came home from the gym that morning to find the stake in my yard. Not the for sale sign but the stake. I just literally freaked. I called David at work and said do YOU know what's in our front yard, and a sigh came and said yes I do. I was just shaking and crying. Talking is really one thing about wanting to sell your house but to see it go into action is another. I was pretty much a basket case all day. I had called a very close friend and just cried to her as well. Trying to calm my fears. Well the sign has been up and we now have our house sold. We are suppose to be moving out next week. We have lived in this house for almost 11 yrs. It was built bran new and we all remember the fun of watching it being built. We have lived here in Tempe for 25 yrs as well. In the same ward too. When we first moved here to Arizona in 1984 we had an apt just behind Home Depot. What used to be K-mart. Then rented a home just above 48th street and then bought our 1st home in AZ on Beck. Lived there for 10 or so years and now to this home. Change is sooo hard for our family. We like comfort. But as I have told Jaren change can be good. He is doing well as can be expected considering he is on his mission and will come home to the biggest change of all. A new home and area. But I believe he will have made that process so much easier then the rest of us. Look at the change he has had to do living in a different country for two years and speaking another language. As David and I have talked together with the process of all this going on and our fears that we have been feeling like what are we doing??? We don't have to sell, its not in a forecloser, no one is making us move BUT us. But as we take our steps toward this journey we have felt this comfort that all will be ok. That's what truly helps me with this process. WE don't have a new house to move into yet. AHHH that's another journey. LOOKING for one. This is a change, we will be moving into an apt with Jaylyn and Jacob from 2 to 4 months. LOL....They are moving from Coolidge and selling their house. Jacob is going to school up here in Gilbert and that will be closer for him. AND we will be living on the 3rd floor of the apt. This part just makes me laugh. All good. We will be helping Jay and Jacob out as well them us to. This will give Dave and I a chance to really look at what we want and not be sooo rushed into getting something. We have been looking in the area of Val Vista and Brown area. We will see what comes our way.
I'm very grateful for the fun memories our family has with this house. I know for each of our children it has been a difficult process of them of letting go of this home we all love so much. But as I told Janica this past weekend, we can take our memories and pack them with us and make new ones when we land on our feet again.
This is me celebrating a late birthday wish with the kids
Well now here is some BIG BIG change..... Announcing the engagement of Jory and Brittney!!! YA! they got engaged June 27th. We are so happy for the both of them. They have chosen November 7th to be married in the Salt Lake Temple. And then the following weekend to have a reception here in Az. We really love Brittney. She is just a sweet heart. And brings out the best in Jory. She is from Morgan Ut and is 1 of 6 girls in her family.
This was our adult trip to Lake Powell. We were doing some treasure hunting with Geo cashing. I hope I called that right. Its so fun. We found a couple of them that day. It was a great day.
Ok David must of had to much Mountain Dew that day. I bought him these little under shorts to wear under his swimsuits that don't have the mesh swim suit support. Well he took off his swim shorts don't really remember why and was showing them off!!
This is our group who went to Lake Powell. We went from June 17th - 21st. We have had this group going for quite some time now. We all have so so much fun. We sometimes forget we are adults!! We went to Antelope Point to have dinner that night. This trip the weather was cooler then normal. The water temp was only 70 degrees. And the air temp was not to much higher. We all did very little swimming. But none the less it was a great trip.
Now we did head back to Powell for the 4th of July weekend. AND boy did the water warm up!! It was like 78-80. My kind of swimming water. And the air temp was much warmer as well. Our friends Laci and Cheryl and their kids came with us. It was a first for them to go to Lake Powell.
So here are the girls!! Just getting ready to head out and do some tubing!!
I made David pull us really slow as to not freak Garrett out. He is only 3. He had a good time. Cheryl is his Nana.
This is Mr. Dave working really hard at work. This kind of work just makes you sweat soo bad. He is doing Southwall an old customer of ours.
Now Cam and Janica came in to town last weekend. Cam had an interview with Midwestern in Glendale Az. It is his first school that he has applied for and first interview as well. More will come. I did not want him to know how hot it got last weekend. But him and Jacob went and played tennis in the morning and ha found how hot it can get here. Thank goodness for pools. We went to eat dinner at Lucille's at the Tempe Market Place. Nice place to eat if you like B-Que.
Janica and I messing around at work before they left to drive back home to Utah. We had a great visit with them here.
