To the ONE WE love!

Happy Birthday & Happy Belated Anniversary!! I wish I could do a cool design like you but this will have to do. It is a crazy time for us right now but I am so happy I have you to share it with. I am glad you were born 29 years ago and that I've had you in my life for the past 12 years. Thanks for marrying me 7 years ago and blessing my life ever since. You are such a great Daddy and your children love you so much. Thanks for always being there for them. I love watching you make the kids laugh as you play with them. I love you for being a man of God and blessing our life with the priesthood. I love you for working so hard and making sacrifices for our little family so we are taken care of. We are off for a huge adventure and many ups and downs but we can do anything together. We can have fun and make it GREAT! I love you handsome Spence. Have a fantastic Birthday and know I love you so much. You are my best friend and there is nobody else I'd rather be with!

... as we know it.... I feel fine (sort of)

So as I was driving back from Burger King with the meal I was hoping would some how convince the movers to be more careful with our stuff, REM came on the radio singing their "end of the world" song. It was like hearing the theme song of our lives right now, CRAZY. So here it is... some of our stuff getting put on a plane, some of our stuff being put into storage and the rest being wrapped in brown paper that is somehow going to protect it on its 45 - 75 day voyage on a barge. It was kind of funny how the movers managed to find scratches and spots on everything we own and marked them with their cryptic codes to ensure that they would not be liable for anything short of the crate falling off the ship, but looked at us like we were crazy if we acted concerned about the door to the crate being fastened in a way that it appeared to be hanging by two or three nails. I cannot tell you how much I hate being asked, "this is your first time moving right?" followed by a patronizing, "I can tell." Excuse me for being concerned about my stuff making it in one piece. If it was their stuff going around the world on a boat you know they'd be picky too.... anyhow... there is our stuff, all of our stuff in a box. (I hope that whoever Mr. Browning is, doesn't end up with my big screen)
The movers were sort of slow but it allowed for many of the friends we have made at the apartment to stop by and say their goodbyes. Raymond the maintenance man stopped by a couple of times to see Logan. They have become pretty good pals. Jo, the old lady from down stairs almost made us all cry as she said goodbye. We really have made a bunch of great memories here.
Logan took his first steps here. Now he is a little boy, more fascinated with the hugeness of the moving truck than concerned about the long trip ahead.
Addy is just walking now and she most likely won't even remember living here unless fate and the economy bring us back here...
So here we are... leaving one adventure, about to embark on a new one... our biggest yet.

Addy's first birthday

I can't believe how fast time has flown. Our little girl is one, she is walking and growing up right in front of us. It is hard to imagine life without her. She makes us all happy with her giggles, her tantrums and her independent attitude. It is fun to see the differences between her and Logan but even more fun to see them interact and love each other. Here is a link to her birth post. Below are some pictures that I picked out that show the evolution of our little baby angel aka "sugar face".... aka "baby boo"... But Logan insists, "her name is Addysen Bri!"

Addy is mobile!!!