Out of the Pool, or Lake, or Whatever!

Ok, the point has been made! Although, sometimes treading water is the best that one can do. So, to appease my loving fans, I will come out of the pool, or lake or whatever it was that I was swimming in. As far as I am aware, nothing dire has happened, no need for the swim diaper, sharks and, so far, no cryptosporidium (I'll let you know if that changes). But thanks for the suggestions. . .

I'm leaving momentarily to be a hot momma on the back of my boyfriend's motorcycle. More to come tomorrow.

Just Keep Swimming!

Things have been crazy lately, and it feels like it's been forever since I have been able to post! We've moved--or at least have mostly moved. There are still some things at the other place and I have to get it cleaned, but things are definitely happening. The internet finally got hooked up yesterday, after sitting around for hours waiting for the guy to get here, wondering if he was actually coming, having Robert call and discover that they had decided not to send anyone out! Long story short, they were here within an hour of Robert's phone call and the internet is finally up and running.

I have been absolutely exhausted. Tammy came over on Monday to help me unpack my kitchen (which is the only room that is complete, and it's a beautiful thing) and Tuesday to help me paint the boys' rooms (well, prime them anyway, the color will get up before too long). I've been emptying boxes, bringing stuff from the other house, and cleaning from morning until night and hit the bed totally exhausted!

The good news, on the other hand, is that we are now in a house that is about 2 miles away from my school and 3 miles away from Robert's work. It is a 5 bedroom house that has a living room and a family room, with a big back yard for Cooper (it's kind of dead, but it's big!). While it is an older home, and there are several projects we are going to complete (back yard being a big priority), it is nice to be in a place where I have room for everything.

I'll get some pictures posted as soon as I get a chance to take some (probably when things are more like they should be and less boxed up). I'll also get my take on the Police concert posted--I just have to have a minute to breathe and catch up on my Master's class since I haven't had internet for a bit. Dory's line from Finding Nemo has been running consistently through my mind--Just keep swimming, just keep swimming!! I'll get there eventually!

Trying Again

This video that Robert sent had a bug or something in it and switched back to the default settings. Hopefully this will work this time!! It was my favorite of the two.

Breakin' 2

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What a Surprise

I went to bed on migrain meds last night, so I was completely unaware of what my husband was doing on the laptop right next to me. Anyway, I was checking my email and this was what was there. Enjoy!!

Disco

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Orr Cousins

I was just going through a bunch of pictures to send to Anne, and I found some that I had forgotten about. I figured that they were so cute, I'd have to post them. These are pictures of all of the Orr cousins. I absolutely love them!

Orr Cousins from left to right: Nathan Lister, Max Orr, Becky Orr, Jacob Lister, Abby Hartvigsen (on Jacob's lap), Sarah Orr, Audrey Clark, Jaxon Clark

These next ones have all of the grandkids and Grandma and Grandpa Orr. They were taken at the Children's Gardens at Thanksgiving Point summer 2007. There are several of them since it's hard to get all of the kids smiling at once ~ especially little Abby. Anyway ~ these are awesome.

These are the most recent. They were taken in Idaho at the end of June. The cousins all had such a fun time being able to hang out together. The first one is of Abby--she's a lot bigger in this one, considering she is a year older (go figure).

I love this one of Jacob and Becky. They are the oldest grandkids and possibly the closest. They were born two months apart from eachother, and spent a lot of years playing together before we moved to Utah. I'll have to go back and scan in some of their baby pictures in, but when Anne sent this one to me, I thought it was my favorite of the bunch. It's nice to see they're still so close after all of these years.

This is all of the big kids on the Bonzai slide that was in James and Anne's back yard. They played on it for hours and had so much fun.

Finally, my favorite recent one of the cousins.