Twin Lakes

Darin was getting a little stir-crazy the other day, so we decided to pack a picnic and go to Twin Lakes. It's a walking trail out here about 30 minutes from our house. It was so pretty. Out here everything is so green. Of course we weren't there only but maybe 1 minute before we made the mad dash to the pavilion before the monsoon rain came down, but we lived to tell about it. You can tell by my hair-do that I am totally in love with the humidity out here!!! Colter got to feed the ducks and play on the toys surrounding the lakes. We also saw a baby turtle; Colt thought that was pretty cool.

We saw this sign when we first got there and we got a big kick out of it. Only in Pennsylvania.

This is a pic I took, I was under the pavilion after it had just rained and look how freaking pretty, it almost doesn't look real.

Clampets are back again!

Lets just say Darin and I are up to our old tricks!!! Our families are the only ones who will understand this. HA HA HA. This would be one of the thousand reasons why when we are finished with school that a truck will be one of our FIRST purchases.

Our carpet in our townhouse is so light, so we wanted to get a couple of big rugs to cover where we are going to be most and giant rugs are so expensive, so we went to Home Depot and got an "enormous" carpet remnant. Let's just say that I am SO glad that we were not in Utah when we were driving home with this blasted thing on the top of our explorer.

These are just a couple of pictures of us on our way from Utah to PA. We didn't stop to site see very much since it was a long trip, but a few stops we did make were fun. First Colter loved the big yellow moving truck, so we let him ride in it for a couple of hours. He DID NOT want to give it back to Penske when we were done.

We stopped in Nebraska and had lunch at this World War II Veterans Memorial. WOW, that was humbling. I don't know if it had anything to do with my G-pa Joker, but when we were there, my heart was just so filled. I am so thankful for the men and women who fought for our country.

Colter loved this. We got to go inside an actual railroad car. He thought it was so cool that he got to turn the wheel and be the driver. We also went to Winter Quarters where the pioneers settled in Omaha. They had a statue that hit me like a ton of bricks...it was a mother and a father huddled in a blanket getting ready to bury there child who did not survive the winter. I looked at it and instant tears were in my eyes. I could not even imagine. I would have taken pictures, but having a three year old in this kind of a place that was extremely tired of being in the car, I forgot, but it still was for the most part an enjoyable place to visit.

The weekend before we left my dad took the boys "sishin". They absolutely loved it! Dad gave them matching red fishing hats and took them to the fish farm in North Ogden. They each caught four fish and were so excited about it. Colter waited all summer to go with papa fishing. Thanks for taking them papa "yee" they loved it so much!

We are here! Ooh what a crazy few weeks!!! We have been so busy putting stuff away. So my first impression of PA is very green with tons of rolling hills, humid, HATE the toll roads, and where we live there is not very much shopping, but in Greensburg about 10-15 minutes away there is tons, so after we ventured out and I found a close shopping plaza, I am much more happy (other than we have to pay $0.95 each way on the toll road to get there). Darin's parents just left today, so I haven't had time to get very home sick yet. but i'm sure in a few days it will suck. I just want everyone to know how much we love them and how thankful we are for the support. We weren't even here one day before we got cute cards in the mail and funny little "trolls" Amy Troy know what I mean! So thank you and we love everyone.

6 Days Left

We are on the count down...6 days until we leave for Pennsylvania. Oh boy are we in a mess, boxes here and boxes there. Its amazing all the crap you accumulate over the years. We leave on Monday and we'll get there Friday afternoon. It should be a very interesting ride with a 100 lb. dog and a three year old. I've been buying little trinkets here and there and I stayed up late the other night wrapping them and then I thought I would let Colter unwrap them every few hours on the trip. (Hopefully keep him somewhat excited about being in the car for 30 hours and 5 days straight). Anyways I just thought I'd let ALL of our family and friends know how much we are going to miss them. We had a hard time saying goodbye to all of you the other night at the party, thank you for coming and showing us your support! We love you all so much and are looking forward to the new adventure for our family, but we are also looking forward to being finished with school and the return!

Tour of Italy!

All of us girls met last Monday before Darin & I leave for PA. We met in the afternoon and took our kids to the water park. It was broken, so we ended up just letting them play on the playground for a while. It was so hot, but it was fun to let our little one's play together, then we took the kids home and we went to dinner at Olive garden, it was fun to actually have an "all" adult dinner for once. It was so much fun to get together and talk about the old days! I just want all my girly friends to know how much I love them and are so thankful for them. All of you have been such great examples to me and I am just so glad that we are still so close. Thanks for everything, and we'll keep in touch!