Wake UP!

One of Travis' cousins (who I consider a dear friend) started a blog encouraging members of the church to get involved politically! I am so excited to read what she has to say and so happy to have been able to spend some time with her and her husband in Washington DC at the Restoring Honor Rally.

Here is a link to her blog- her first post is AMAZING!!!! I can't wait to read more!!!!

http://wakeuplds.blogspot.com/

Volleyball

Kailyn and I are LOVE LOVE LOVING volleyball!!!

She is getting so good too! I couldn't even believe how well she played in her last game. Her passes were amazing! I am super proud of her and super excited she has finally found a sport she really enjoys. She goes by Kay on the court and thinks it is so awesome that she has a nickname. This is the first time I have ever volunteered as an assitant coach on one of her teams and I am having a blast.

We have been to two volleyball clinics at NC State. The first one was after Kailyn had literally practiced one time. It was very cool to see how much she has improved since then.

We had so much fun this time around. We had our whole team and some of our friends with us- after the clinic we went out to dinner near campus and we even stayed and watched the NC State vs Virginia Tech volleyball game.

After the clinic all the girls got posters and had the player's sign them. Kailyn brought her poster to me and showed me her favorite player, Brie. Then right before the game started each of the players threw a little signed volleyball up into the crowd and Kailyn got Brie's ball. She was sooooo happy. After the game Brei was sweet enough to let us take a picture. As we were getting in the car we realized that Brei is number seven and that is Kailyn's number too. Way cool!
Kailyn also had the greatest time dancing around and acting silly with Mr. Wuf

Crashed

Every weekend we end up with at least two extra teenagers in the house and every weekend they pool all their money together to get video games, movies and lots and lots of junk food and every morning this is what we see when we wake up.........

Birthday Cake (kind of)

A few Sundays ago we had the missionaries over for dinner. While we were at church we found out that it was Elder Gilbert's birthday. We were totally bummed we didn't have anything at home to make him a cake and since we don't shop on Sundays we couldn't just go out and get something last minute.

After dinner we really wanted to sing Happy Birthday so we decided to get a bit creative. We took a VERY stale doughnut (they were day old when we bought them the day before) and covered it with peanut butter, Reese's Pieces and chocolate chips. Then we stuck in the microwave for a few seconds to soften it up a bit and melt the chocolate.

He was a super good sport and even took a bite! He said it wasn't too bad and even offered to share some with his companion. (sadly his offer was declined).

Happy Birthday Elder Gilbert! (he actually went home this week I think)

Bathing I mean errrr Sleeping Beauty

A few weeks ago just as I was falling asleep Kailyn came into my room because she saw or heard something outside her bedroom window and was scared. This is not an unusual occurrence and I was super tired so naturally I told her everything was fine and to go back to bed.

The next morning I went into my bathroom to get ready for Seminary and found this.........

Wow it has been awhile!

Mom (and anyone else who actually reads my blog) I am sorry I have been such a slack blogger.
Since my last post the following things have happened (not necessarily in this order)

-We decided to move back to Washington!!!!!!
-Tyler moved to Utah (he is living with Bradley and Brittney and is seriously totally loving life out there)
-Kailyn turned 11
-Allias spent a few weeks in California with Uncle Jan
-Kailyn and I traveled all over Washington and Utah visiting friends and family
-We spent countless hours and way to much money trying to get our house ready to sell
-Kailyn, Allias and I went to the Restoring Honor Rally in Washington DC
-Allias quit the marching band
-Travis traveled to Washington for a job interview (and to visit with family)
-Travis got the job in Washington
-We put our house on the market (today actually lol)
-Allias is trying out for the high school basketball team (he is totally going to make the team)
-Our bird Frodo went to his new home and loves it
-We also found a new home for our cat Mowgli- she is doing awesome
-We painted a lot- oh did I say we? Let me rephrase that- Travis painted a lot
-New carpets
-Had a serious adventure hiring someone to refinish our hardwood floors (never take the lowest bid is our new motto)
-I have been so busy packing cleaning and painting that she has had ZERO time to work out
-I am flabby and tired now
-Kailyn started volleyball and she and her team are doing awesome!
-I am the assistant coach for her team (LOVE LOVE LOVE it!!!!)
-Grandpa Paul bought Kailyn her first guitar
-Kailyn started guitar lessons and is catching on quickly
-Had to fix both of our cars at the same time
-Our computer bit the dust (my lack of blogging probably has more to do with this then the fact I have been so busy)
-The broken computer was probably- no not probably- it totally was a blessing in disguise
-Realized we didn't go to the beach once this entire summer- sad

I am sure other things happened that I am forgetting and I actually have pictures to go along with many if not most of these events that I may or may not get around to posting but now that the house is actually for sale I may have time to blog again