Update...again

So, I have been horrible at updating, so here's a snapshot of our lives...work, home to sleep to get up for work, etcetera. I am still working far away, as jobs are hard to find right now. Makes for rough days sometimes, but I am glad we have our house and are out of our apartment! We have bought a new couch and loveseat, and a washer and dryer, so we are happy!

We had a great time with Tiffany's birthday, and Valentine's day lately, and are still very much in love! Christmas was good too.

Bob even managed to put up some drapes that had been sitting around forever...by himself! Impressive I know.

On a happy note, we have added to our home...with a dog! A cute little sharpei Pug mix named Mugsy, or if you'd like her full name, Mugsy Pugsy pee pee PooPoo Pants(or Bottom, we haven't decided.) The name comes from her puppy like trait of peeing and pooing everywhere but where we want her to. She is a little terror, but we love her! So enjoy the pictures!

Catching Up

So, we have been doing a lot! Since Thanksgiving, we have put up more curtains in our house, put up ceiling fans, bought a new range, unpacked most of our boxes, and even had our first official house guests! (Thanks Max for bringing Laura and Cody!) We love our house, just not the commute! Some days it is interesting but it is a new adventure! Both Tiffany and I are riding the Metrolink, and it means we have new experiences almost every day, from the woman who told me about having her things removed just so she wouldn't have kids, to being stuck for an hour and a half on a train due to an accident up ahead, to the fun of catching buses with minutes to spare to hour and a half long bus rides, it is great! For instance, tonight I left at 6 pm and got home around 9:30, and only then because Cody came and gave me a ride home (Thanks guys!) for the last 6 or 7 miles, since the bus would only take me so far. Tiffany has some good stories too, but I will let her tell them later. There are god times too, like when I walked to the train station in the rain and got soaked, but had the chance to meet a recent convert ot the church and have a great conversation with her along the way. I also have had more time to reflect, think, and read my scriptures, which has been amazing!

On a different note,( an off key one) here are some pictures of lots of stuff.
Sleepy Laney Men
Is it Toby McGuire? No its Mike!

Toby again!
Hi Mom!
Cleaning our old place
My pretty girl
Ah, the mess of moving
Halloween

Thanksgiving

We are very thankful to be in our lovely new house! We had our challenges to get here, and still have some (Moving is expensive!) but love where we are. We now have room for y'all to come visit, just no extra beds...yet.

Thanks to everybody who helped us move and sent their thoughts and good wishes...we needed them! It was a stressful few days...from not being given any keys by the seller so we had to call an emergency locksmith and pay him 240.00, to having Time Warner Cable claim they came out on Saturday and found no one home, which was untrue, to I think almost melting my poor Discover card as we spend money for things like curtains, ceiling fans, ranges, and a washer and dryer, and a long commute to work at least for a bit, we have and will over come them all and the house is so worth it!

Thanks most of all to our Father in Heaven for helping us through all this. I know we could not have done it on our own.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!

Moving

Apparently, posting at midnight means one does not type coherently. :) We are moving but most likely Saturday the 22nd. Love y'all!

We signed our life away!

So, we signed our loan documents ...the huge pile of them, and will soon be the proud owners of a house in Moreno Valley, CA! It is exciting and scary and scary and scary and exciting and scary. Did I mention scary? We love our new house, but are scared about the mortgage payment that is larger than our previous rent and the whole moving new jobs commuting situation. We look forward to moving in next weekend, so if anyobdy has a free Saturday, c'mon down!

Sprint to the finish line-YES ON 8!

So I know I have sounded off on this before, but I have to again as it draws near. For all of you in CaliforniaVote yes on Proposition 8 to protect traditional marriage! Election Day is on Tuesday, and this is a crucial issue! For more info please go to protectmarriage.com

CHOC Walk 2008

So for the last three years Tiffany and I have raised money for Children's Hospital of Orange County though the annual charity walk held at Disneyland. We enjoy the fun, and thanks to all of you who sponsored us...for those who didn't, there's always next year!




This guy had a great hat!

We saw lots of characters along the way!




We evEn brought Mace, Tiffany's Build A Bear Monkey, with his own CHOC Walk T shirt!

At the end of the 5k...slightly sweaty, but happy and we got a ton of free stuff from all the vendors!The CHOC bear---CHOCY I think---waves goodbye to y'all!