hair cuts!

The girls and I decided that we needed some new hairdos to go with our new address! I got a cut and a perm, the girls got hair cuts. Olivia got about 7 inches cut off, and Ysabel got BANGS!! She is so excited to have bangs. Olivia's hair came in so fast once she turned 2, that if I didn't keep it styled, it was always hanging down in her face. One day I left Kary home with the triplets, and Kary cut some bangs for Olivia, she has had them ever since. It is funny, when she fell and cut open her forehead, her bangs covered the stitches and the scar. BUT Ysabel has an entirely different story: her hair took so long to come in, I think that most of her hair is still baby hair, that I would just trim it even. I never tried to give her bangs, but she would ask at least once a week if she could have bangs like Olivia. Those of us who have bangs, think but why?? Bangs have to be trimmed all the time, why even start them?? THEN they take forever to grow out if you decide to do that. But she asked if she could have bangs, and I said OK, so now we all have bangs!! Funny... Anyways, I took the girls to Fanstastic Sams and they got a shampoo and a blow out with their hair cuts!! woo hoo pretty fancy treatment!!

We closed on our house on Tues. and gave the previous owner 2 days to move out, so we got to move all our stuff into our house this weekend!! We moved stuff Friday night, from about 6pm until 9. Then finished Sat. morning, and started in on unloading before noon!! So exciting!! I have pictures, BUT my camera is at our house, and we don't have internet there yet! So we will get to work on that... BUT we have moved!! YAY!! It has been so great of Kanona and Melissa to host us until we are all settled, it has alleviated so much stress that we could have had! I am so thankful that they are my family, and for all that they have done for us!!

Happy Birthday Lance!!

New rollerblades in size 14!! Holy Cow!! Exactly 16 years ago, at 9:04 am Lance Michael Felt made his appearance here on earth, since then we have enjoyed his happy personality, had fun with his love of sports, been challenged by his aversion to English, been proud of his accomplishments, like achieving the rank of Eagle in scouts, appreciated his growth, and learned valuable lessons about living with and loving the spirits that Heavenly Father blesses us with!! Lance, you are such an important part of our family, and you always will be, what a good example you are to your younger brothers and sisters!! I love you so much, and I am glad for the privilege of being your mother! Have a happy birthday!
Tomorrow I will remember all the frustrations that you cause too, but for today... I just remember my very first sweet baby...
all our pictures are packed up so I will edit this when I can post some.

We Made It!!

We all survived the move to New Mexico. We drove and drove and drove and drove, slept, drove some more, drove and drove and drove and drove, and we got to Kanona's house, so we took a break. We were fed some yummy pizza for dinner, provided with comfy beds, and decided to unload the truck in the morning. The truck got unloaded into a storage unit, and our 4 bedroom house furnishings and all our stuff fit into ONE unit! Hopefully we will be able to move it all again soon into our home in New Mexico. For now, we are in Kanona's house waiting to get some good news about owning a 2nd home, and selling our 1st one...
Kent helped us SO MUCH! He drove our UHaul truck, and provided some needed muscles in the unloading. We sent him home from El Paso on an airplane, and he texted me that he made it just before 11 pm. It was hard to send him home, I wanted to keep him here... Ah well, he was wonderful to help us so much, when we really needed some help. With Kary's broken collarbone healing, he can't lift heavy things, and what else is there to lift when you move??! So anyways Kent, you are a lifesaver!!
Kind of a funny side note: it was NOT funny when it happened, but it worked out really well. In all the hustle and hectic mayhem of the move, our portable DVD player for the car was packed in the Uhaul trailer, I was very upset, and worried about 5 kids in the car for a 19 hour move. We tried to find it, but there was no way we were going to unload the whole trailer! So sadly we chalked it up to bad luck, and decided to make the best of the trip without it. But as we got going, we had 3 vehicles, Kary's truck, the UHaul truck, and the suburban, so the kids were all separated and moved around to different vehicles, and we realized that we didn't miss the DVD player at all!! NICE!! But, Ysabel only got to ride with Kent once, because she was feeling her freedom with Kent, and got the WILD idea to OPEN THE DOOR WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY!!! She scared both her and Kent pretty good there, and rode with Dad the rest of the way :)
I have been pretty emotional about leaving Idaho, family, and all my friends... I love you all I hope to stay in touch, feel free to call, or email or post on facebook, ANYTHING!! You all mean so much to me, and will forever! I love you, talk to you soon...
Valerie