Our New House

I have yet to take any inside fully decorated pictures, but here is the house the Army has provided us with. It has AMAZING views of the cathedral. I told Marc I am probably the only woman in the world who is complaining that her house is too big. I know that we are told we will be blessed if we do the right thing but what do we do if we feel the blessing is too much?!

Our British Vacation

Marc's parents came over for two weeks. We went to Scotland, Legoland and just hung out. We definitely needed a vacation from our vacation, but it was great. Marc took time off for the first time in forever and we just did fun things.

LIFE...

I guess since the last post says that we were mostly moved in at two weeks and it has been four weeks, we have lived in this house for six weeks. I don't know that I have made much more progress. We have been really busy. Marc had to study for and PASSED his promotion board, I got released from Relief Society, I got called to be Primary music leader, Marc's parents came for vacation, we went to Scotland, we went to Legoland, and we are now resting. For those of you who may not believe that God has a sense of humor, just look at my new calling. I am in charge of an hours worth of music time for the kids 3-12 at church. I HAVE NO MUSICAL ABILITIES!!! I am nothing if not enthusiastic, but I am definitely not qualified for this. We took lots of pictures of Scotland and Legoland, and I will post pics of the new house, but for now just trust that we are surviving. We may not be thriving, but we are surviving.

We are officially moved in...

We we have been here in the new house for just two weeks and we are about 95% moved in. It is easier if you are just moving across town than if you are moving across the ocean. Marc stole my computer, after he killed it and then fixed it, and so I don't know how to do pictures on his laptop that is in my office. I will post more pictures later. We really like the new house. It has a better flow and is really easy to keep clean. The other house had a lot of charm, but like most old houses, it was nearly impossible to keep clean. Marc is closer to work and the boys are closer to school. We have a garage for the first time in our 8 1/2 years of marriage. We are happily settling in and only have about five boxes left to unpack.

MONKEYS...

We went to a "safari park", which means that you drive through the enclosures that the animals are in. It felt very much like Jurassic Park, especially when the double gates for the tigers and lions had to open one at a time to ensure that the animals did not escape. The boys thought it was too cool. We rolled our windows down when we could, and Marc almost didn't roll his up fast enough to avoid the BIG BROWN BEAR sneaking up on us. The picture of the monkey on the car is our car. He is sitting on the mirror eating a cracker that just "magically" appeared on our windshield (stuck there with squirt cheese I might add). In the other monkey enclosure, you could walk around and almost touch them. We had to keep our pockets closed because they apparently are kleptomaniacs. The cheekiest monkey stole gum from our friends pocket and wasted the whole pack. At the end of the day, we got to watch the keeper feed and care for the falcon. It was good it was after Easter, or the boys might have been traumatized to see baby chicks treated that way.

Update with no Pics

Ok, I forget you can post without having pictures. We have been super busy lately. We found out we have to move into a different house as of May 1. It is actually good because we found a place that will sign a three year lease. We have exactly three years left here so we are really excited. The boys can stay at their school and Marc has less commute time. I get to decorate all over again, which I actually love. I will post some pics of the new house and decorating style soon.

the "Master" bedroom

This is the first time in over eight years of marriage that Marc and I have a real bathroom off of our bedroom. We also have enough space to put a couch. I have to say, the couch was a freebie, I got a cute slipcover off of Ebay and added some pillows from the thrift shop. Our bed is the ONLY piece of furniture in our house that didn't come from a garage sale, thrift shop, costco or IKEA. The only reason we didn't get our mattress from costco was because I found a better deal. Every piece of furniture, including the headboard and our laundry basket is previously owned. Now you know why I said, "NO MORE PROJECTS."