New Home New Adventures!

We have moved back to Muscatine, THANK GOODNESS!!!! Matt and I were so done with driving 20 minutes to get anywhere we needed to be. So we moved right down in the heart of Muscatine where we are 5 minutes from Matt's work 5 minutes from church 5 minutes from the store 2 1/2 minutes from the Library/downtown and 5-10 minutes from any of our friends houses (the in-laws are included in that 10 minutes away friend category).

The house is wonderful! Somewhere we can definitely stay for a while. I have a kitchen that is literally 6 times larger than my old kitchen. With so much counter space and a island you would think I wouldn't know what to do with the space...false, I seem to be getting along just fine. I still find that about 5 minutes after I enter the kitchen to start cooking it's a complete mess.

There is a fenced in yard which is wonderful with the dog, and it will continue to be wonderful when Garrick starts running all over the yard.

So we are here, and alive, and loving having our own space!!!!

Summer Time

So, as I promised I will give you a photo time line of our summer. Here it goes!

MAY


Family Photo!


We met up with Matt's cousin (well, their dad's were cousins...whatever that makes these two) in Nauvoo. We spent time with his wife and son. Mitch and Matt were college roommates... I can only image what kind of trouble they got into.



Ben Graduated from CFHS



Garrick started eating solid food! Party! He starting sleeping much better at night after this!

JUNE



New Haircut

My brother Joe left on his church mission to Malaga Spain!



Happy Birthday Matt!!!

I threw Matt a surprise Birthday party. He had no clue! We swam, ate food--Matt's two favorite things! So it was awesome! Thanks to the Washburns for letting us use their pool, their house, and for keeping it a secret.

July

Our 4th of July Baby!!!!

He slept right through the fireworks! It was great! Muscatine shoots their fireworks off right over top the river (from the Illinois side) which makes it really fun to watch. Ben and Jacob (two of my brothers) were with us as we celebrated.





Matt helped Garrick learn to ride Rocky. Hopefully this doesn't become a habit!


Also this month I threw a HUGE 50th birthday party for my mother in law. It was so much fun and a big success. I think I will have to put up a separate post with the party pictures.

AUGUST



August was crazy! We moved out of our house 2 weeks before we could move into our new house in Muscatine. So we have been living off Matt's and my parents for the past 2 weeks and are anxiously waiting for our own space again! But we are thankful for all of the kindness our family has shown us.

Since it's been forever!

WE HAD A BABY!!!!

So this is the picture from Garrick's blessing day. It was a wonderful and crazy time! Everything went great with the delivery.....and 6 1/2 months later



We are all quite adjusted! Rocky and the baby get along (thank goodness!)
Rocky will lay next to Garrick or nose to nose with him and Garrick will grab Rocky's nose and lip and whiskers and paws and he'll just sit there and take it. If I tried to do that to him he would probably just give me a dirty look and walk away. Thus the advantages of being cute, a boy, and 6.5 months old!

I will put up a picture time line to let you all know what has happened in the last year of our lives :) but for now I will say--see you!