*.* Change of Plans*.*

As we all know the Lord answers our prayers in ways we may not expect. Which is why our family is going to be staying here in Houston for at LEAST another year. Layne was given a great opportunity to advance in APX which will in the next year give us a chance to move to Utah, which is where we ultimately want to end up. When we prayed about it we knew what we needed to do... even though it was hard for us to give up what we were so excited about... (Being closer to our families.) At the same time it was a calmness I believe that we both needed, mostly with the new arrival coming so soon. We still will be coming to Idaho to see family and to attend Kevin's wedding which we are super excited about. I can't wait to spend time with everyone and just have a chance to relax and not worry about so much at one time. I also wanted to thank everyone for their support and understanding. We love you all so much!

*.* 1,643 miles from here to there*.*

Houston, Texas
Elko, Nevada

Well On July 25th we are heading out west! We have been waiting for something to open up closer to family and this is our chance. :) Even though we will be having a BIG culture change we are excited to get back in to the small town life. Layne and I will be driving with the baby and his dad will drive our Uhaul... Don't worry we are not leaving Ethan here! Shari is kindly taking some of her time to come down to Houston to help me out for a few days and then ride home with Ethan on the airplane so he wont be stuck in the car for 3 days! So we will be with out our little sweetie for 7 WHOLE days... I almost cried when we got his ticket.

But Elko Nevada will be our home. So a lot will be going on from this time until the end of August.

I do have to say I am very sad to leave Houston. It grew on me and it home but we will adjust, we always do. No more palm trees and ocean visits at our convenience. But we will get to enjoy the mountains and a lot of the things we have missed!

I cant thank our friends and ward members here enough for their love and support. They have been AWESOME and we will miss them all so much. I wish I could pack them up with us. But life changes... and so do you.

So As soon as this little rugrat gets here Ill be ready to go, as if you wouldnt be able to tell if you came into our apartment, I have already started packing our things!

Well Here we go again!! Something(S) new!!

*.* from the nasty to the adorable*.*

So here in Texas we get the nasty cockroaches... well we have lived here over a year and a half and last weekend I went into Ethan's bathroom and about had a heart attack! This NASTY little critter was hiding in Ethan's hat on the floor! So when I picked it up we all can just imagine what happened... If you cant well... try. This is the FIRST one we have ever had in this apartment so I'm hoping no more decided to come visit because they will end up leaving as this one did... Attacked several times with my broom and then quickly flushed. Agh!

So We went down to our friends in Tyler TX so Layne could help them with some wiring in their home they just bought! It was a good time to get away for the weekend and while the sun was out and blazing hot the kids found the sprinkler. At first I didn't know they were out there so Ethan got soaked... but then we found some little white underwear that make Ethan look so adorable...

Just a goofy picture of him after he devoured his chocolate pudding.


I was trying to take pictures of our dinner table because I was going to put it on craigslist... and He just had to have his picture taken. He kept running in front of the chair saying CHEESE MOMMA CHEESE! :)

Adding to the note, I have decided to keep my table. :)