"What a day this has been, what a rare mood I'm in, why it's almost like... packing, again!" Is there anyone out there who thinks moving is really fun?!? Carter and Rebecca? Jason and Jess? Ok, I'm sure there is... somewhere!
It's official. I see nine boxes of dishes professionally packed by my mom (she's the best packer, ever! If you need some help packing, ask her! Hi, mom!) sitting against the wall in our mud room, here. So, yeah, unless the contract falls through, we are ... 27 days and counting! And, we still haven't decided on where to settle our small brood!
So, if you are reading this, I'd love it if you would lift us up in prayer. It's difficult to decide on a house purchase as quickly as you'd pick out which burger you want in the McDonald's drive-thru! Laurie, you can attest, huh! Granted, we aren't having to out-run other buyers to get to the door first, but still...
On that note... if you have a funny moving story, we'd love to hear it! Just leave it in the comments section. Scott and I could use a good, hearty laugh about now!
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Where Did The Summer Go?
We're back...and wow, is life ever busy and full of changes!
Isaac's soccer team's first game of the season (Ian's picture didn't turn out).
Isaac's first day of second grade
August 25, 2008
Isaac started second grade at Trinity Lutheran on Monday. He was not excited about the proposition (Scott and I also had mixed emotions on whether or not to homeschool him again this year), so we were glad to find out that two friends from AWANA, Tucker and Zion, would also be in his class. Isaac's teacher, Mrs. Pollem, is really nice, too, and we know Isaac will have a wonderful time this year...
Last Friday, we stopped by the school so that Isaac could meet his teacher and see what his classroom would look like. When we left, Isaac said,"Mommy, my teacher must be a lot younger than you." I, feeling very old and gnarled simply by his comment, asked him why he thought that. His answer was,"because she is much shorter than you." Oh...umm...well...hmmm... I was happy to hear that it was simply my height and not my "fleshy muscles" and "sun-ripened face" that he was noticing!! :)
Yesterday he asked his teacher if she would like him to bring her an apple and was overjoyed when she said she would love that! However, since we've been out of town for so long, we didn't have any fruit in the house, yet. Isaac asked me, "Do we have any bananas? Or maybe some vegetables that we could give her? Could we go to Wal-mart and get some apples, then? She will be very pleased if I bring her an apple, tomorrow!"
Scott and I were very happy to provide Isaac with an apple for his teacher this morning! :)
Hopefully sometime later I'll be able to get a little slide show together of our Michigan vacation.
Our house is now under contract with a closing date scheduled for September 26th. So...we'll be doing another whirlwind tour of houses over the next few days and hopefully making a decision this weekend. Moving from our current location will definitely be bittersweet. It will be really difficult for me to pluck myself from the beautiful view we've enjoyed the last couple of years, but it will be nice to be closer to town for better access to Scott's work and all of our growing list of in-town activities.
Isaac's soccer team's first game of the season (Ian's picture didn't turn out).August 23, 2008
Isaac and Ian had their first soccer games this last Saturday. Isaac is on a completely new team this year while Ian gets to have his coaches from last year. Both boys were able to score, which completely made their day! Their practice schedules are completely opposite this year which will make for a lot of running around and most of their games will be at the same time which is a little disappointing for us. But, the boys are super excited about soccer and it is so fun to watch them.
Isaac's first day of second gradeAugust 25, 2008
Isaac started second grade at Trinity Lutheran on Monday. He was not excited about the proposition (Scott and I also had mixed emotions on whether or not to homeschool him again this year), so we were glad to find out that two friends from AWANA, Tucker and Zion, would also be in his class. Isaac's teacher, Mrs. Pollem, is really nice, too, and we know Isaac will have a wonderful time this year...
Last Friday, we stopped by the school so that Isaac could meet his teacher and see what his classroom would look like. When we left, Isaac said,"Mommy, my teacher must be a lot younger than you." I, feeling very old and gnarled simply by his comment, asked him why he thought that. His answer was,"because she is much shorter than you." Oh...umm...well...hmmm... I was happy to hear that it was simply my height and not my "fleshy muscles" and "sun-ripened face" that he was noticing!! :)
Yesterday he asked his teacher if she would like him to bring her an apple and was overjoyed when she said she would love that! However, since we've been out of town for so long, we didn't have any fruit in the house, yet. Isaac asked me, "Do we have any bananas? Or maybe some vegetables that we could give her? Could we go to Wal-mart and get some apples, then? She will be very pleased if I bring her an apple, tomorrow!"
Scott and I were very happy to provide Isaac with an apple for his teacher this morning! :)
Hopefully sometime later I'll be able to get a little slide show together of our Michigan vacation.
Saturday, August 2, 2008
Summertime...and the driving is easy!
Wow! I am on Scott's Aunt's computer and I am completely AMAZED at how fast it is! Our computer has been having some connection "issues" for the last couple of weeks so I haven't been able to update this blog. Now we are on our way up North to Cheboygan, MI (where Isaac was born, by the way) to see the rest of the Balyo clan.
Travelling with the four boys has actually been pretty easy so far. Except for the "more-than-occasionally-needing-to-use-the-bathroom, the boys have been really good. The invention of the car DVD player is one of the best ever! Last year, by the time we'd hit the last Iowa reststop, I thought I was going to go bananas. I think we'd listened to the Cars soundtrack CD fifty times and I'd read about 150 books and picked up about 1,000 little toy parts and cars from the very hard to reach places under and behind those lovely carseats. I'd broken up arguments and listened to a fair share of whining. (I didn't listen to all of it...some of it went in one ear and out the other!) I'd passed back snacks and water bottles...and cleaned up snacks and water bottles. And through all of this last year, I had morning sickness and allergies and a headache that I still remember!
This year... it's been soooo easy! A bunch of movies and the boys are glued in! Now, just one more day of driving and they'll be able to run, run, run!
Which brings me to this...I won't be able to check the computer very often for a couple of weeks, so I am going to try to have a few guest posters while I'm gone. I saw that on somebody else's blog a couple of weeks ago and it was really fun! Hope you are all having a wonderful, sunny summer! Erika
Travelling with the four boys has actually been pretty easy so far. Except for the "more-than-occasionally-needing-to-use-the-bathroom, the boys have been really good. The invention of the car DVD player is one of the best ever! Last year, by the time we'd hit the last Iowa reststop, I thought I was going to go bananas. I think we'd listened to the Cars soundtrack CD fifty times and I'd read about 150 books and picked up about 1,000 little toy parts and cars from the very hard to reach places under and behind those lovely carseats. I'd broken up arguments and listened to a fair share of whining. (I didn't listen to all of it...some of it went in one ear and out the other!) I'd passed back snacks and water bottles...and cleaned up snacks and water bottles. And through all of this last year, I had morning sickness and allergies and a headache that I still remember!
This year... it's been soooo easy! A bunch of movies and the boys are glued in! Now, just one more day of driving and they'll be able to run, run, run!
Which brings me to this...I won't be able to check the computer very often for a couple of weeks, so I am going to try to have a few guest posters while I'm gone. I saw that on somebody else's blog a couple of weeks ago and it was really fun! Hope you are all having a wonderful, sunny summer! Erika
Monday, July 14, 2008
Celebrating Colby!
July 13, 2008- Birthday walkMe: Did you have a fun birthday, Colby?
Colby: Uh, huh.
Me: How old are you, now?
Colby: Two. yes. (twinkle in the eye!)
Me: You're not two...How old are you?
Colby: Two. (Hmmm...convincing)
Me: What do you like to play outside?
Colby: Play wif those.
Me: What are those?
Colby: Those! (points to toys outside)
Me: Ah! Those!
Colby: Uh, huh.
Me: How old are you, now?
Colby: Two. yes. (twinkle in the eye!)
Me: You're not two...How old are you?
Colby: Two. (Hmmm...convincing)
Me: What do you like to play outside?
Colby: Play wif those.
Me: What are those?
Colby: Those! (points to toys outside)
Me: Ah! Those!
A little trouble with the last candle!Me: What do you like to play inside?
Colby: Umm...Cars!
Me: What is your favorite toy?
Colby: Umm...Cars!
Me: What is your favorite CD?
Colby: Cars! (I'm sensing a theme!)
Me: What is your favorite movie?
Colby: Cars! (A marketer's dream)
Me: What is your favorite color?
Colby: Red. (Is anyone surprised?)
Me: Why?
Colby: Yes. I like red.
Me: Who is that color?
Colby: Umm...McQueen.
Me: Who is on your shirt?
Colby: Umm... Doc. Umm...Chick Hicks. Umm...Di-co (Dinoco). Umm..Snot Rod. Umm...McQueen.
Me: What kind of Cake do you think you'll want next year?
Colby: Cars cake! (Curious!)
Nothing better than eating cake at 8:00 pm! Me: What do you want to be when you grow up?
Colby: Get presents. (Sounds like a rewarding career!)
Me: But what do you want to be when you get big?
Colby: Cars cake.
Me: Hmm...can you think of what you want to be when you are bigger? Isaac wants to be a builder and Ian wants to be a knight. What would you like to do when you are big?
Colby: Star Wars... I'm not getting big...ummm...I want to go!
Me: Can I have a big hug first?!
Colby: (Huge, squeezing hug!)
Colby: Get presents. (Sounds like a rewarding career!)
Me: But what do you want to be when you get big?
Colby: Cars cake.
Me: Hmm...can you think of what you want to be when you are bigger? Isaac wants to be a builder and Ian wants to be a knight. What would you like to do when you are big?
Colby: Star Wars... I'm not getting big...ummm...I want to go!
Me: Can I have a big hug first?!
Colby: (Huge, squeezing hug!)
We Love you, Double C!
Huck Finn
July 13, 2008I just love personality pictures. I feel like this one really captures Ian's silly, laid back personality. He is so rarely without a grasshopper or moth in his hand or with a daddy long leg, ant or caterpillar crawling on him somewhere. Yesterday, we found that Ian had forgotten to wear shoes to church, again. Didn't phase him one bit. Guess we'll have to make a more pronounced effort to make sure he is completely clothed before we venture anywhere!
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Happy Birthday, Carter!
Summer, 1979Here is a picture that was taken of my brother, Carter, and me at a park in SLC, UT...such a long time ago! I loved those pants (I think they had little llamas embroidered on them). Seems like at this picnic, we had those little ice-cream cups with the wooden spoons on them. Yum! And, if you dug down deep enough in that sand, you were rewarded with some cool (as in temperature), red clay to play in!
This picture was taken a few days before Carter and Rebecca's wedding on June 14th, 2008 in Santa Barbara, CA.Happy Birthday, Carter! We love you!
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Happy Birthday, Colby!
Colby is 3! How did that happen so quickly?
We had our traditional birthday donuts in the morning(which the boys were soooo excited to pick out from the almost empty Wal-mart bakery last night) and our traditional balloon tied to the chair (usually it’s a special helium balloon…this time it was a regular orange balloon with a #3 drawn on it in black sharpie! Colby was just as excited, though!).
Colby also got to watch the Cars movie tonight, which he was absolutely thrilled about! Isaac and Ian have been banning that movie for the last couple of months in favor of the much more mature and adventurous Robin Hood and Winnie the Pooh’s Grand Adventure.
We won't be having the rest of the celebration until this weekend, though, since Scott's been out of town and will be jumping back into the crazy work schedule in the morning. That's ok, though...gives us longer to celebrate this special little guy (and more time for me to make his requested "Cars Cake").
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