Well were not too far from Lincoln, Nebraska and we are staying at Comfort Suites and it just opened so it is a very nice place and has all the "new" smells. We are traveling north on interstate 80 back to Alabama. We are on our second day and we will have a long drive ahead of us! I just ate my breakfast and sitting down on their computer in the lobby and checking out facebook, etc. They had a room where we could bring our dog in the room, so Teddy got to sleep in the room with us. We will probably run into some thunderstorms and rain on the way back.

Well it's been a long day today. We were finishing packing all our belongings and storing them in the storage building and getting our car loaded with all sorts of stuff. We are in Evanston, Wyoming and it is so cool here, the weather is gorgeous and I hope it stays cool on our long trip back to Alabama! I had a bad headache tonight and Lauren wasen't feeling her best so I'm glad we stopped for the night. I took some tylenol and hopefully that will help. I'm not really looking forward to a long trip with three kids and a dog. Teddy, our pug, is taking the long trip back with us. He has been on the long trip before when he was a few days old but he is a lot bigger now.

The pioneer day parade down our street.

Today I took Lauren to Logan, Utah for an orthodontist appointment. I love the beautiful mountains through the canyon driving to Logan. We are still in the process of getting all of our stuff packed up and into the storage building. Jeff's uncle Steve is going to come by for a visit for a little while. We are trying to decide what route we want to drive-South, North or middle-my brother Daren lives in Albuquerque, NM so it's a stop on the way to Alabama but I also thought of going north and going to see the Nauvoo pageant. It might also be cooler in the north so we need to make a decision soon. I'm not really sure when the day is going to be but soon.

Forgot to put this picture up. Goodbye Saratoga Springs, Utah!

Here is a picture at the park down the street in our neighborhood at Saratoga Springs, Utah. It's beautiful here and I will miss my walks in the evening with the beautiful views! Hopefully one day we can return here to visit or live again.

Well this week is moving week! We rented a storage building to put all of our stuff in until we can haul it all back to Alabama. I have been getting slight panic attacks again and I'm hoping to not go back on the medicine. That hasen't been to much fun but I try to deal with it the best I can. We will be packing things up and moving everything to the storage unit this week and then driving our van back to Alabama. We are going to finish building our house and get the kids enrolled in school there. Hopefully it will be a good move and things will go smoothly.

We may be moving by Thursday. On Monday we will start packing things up and moving them to a storage unit. Our honda is acting up again, something with the starter or electrical--will have to get it checked out again by a mechanic. It was a very hot day here so we stayed indoors most of the day. Jeff took Heather and Trey to the park this evening. I will take with me some great memories of living here in Saratoga Springs, Utah and living close to my brothers and sisters for a while. I will miss my family but hopefully will get to visit them often or at least once a year or so. I will probably take more pictures of this area before we move. Lauren has an orthodontist appointment in Logan on Wednesday so I will be able to visit with my parents before we go back.

Stayed around the house all day, I let my daughters fix dinner tonight and I'm hoping they fix it more often to give them more experience cooking. I have a messy house tonight and will probably do a lot of cleaning tomorrow. Lauren has an orthodontist appt. in Logan on Wed. so that will be fun to visit my mom and dad. My mom has bad asthma so the air in Logan, Utah hasen't been good for her, so my parents have been going to Bear Lake and other places where the air is better.

Well Jeff's annual training is off because they couldn't do it right away--it starts in 30 days and we want to move by then. Jeff is working on paperwork trying to get his transfer going to the other unit. We will probably be moving next week sometime. I made homemade wheat rolls today and I had pumpkin so I decided to make some pumpkin pies--kind of strange making it in the summer but it tasted good. We went and walked near the lake this evening and it was fun looking at all the boaters and jet skis in the water.

Yay -Jeff can work and do his annual training so that will help us out financially! We will be moving probably closer to the end of this month. The military life can be stressful sometimes. After annual training here in Utah he wants to transfer to a unit in Georgia so he can go through Ranger School. I have been applying for teaching jobs in Alabama and thought of applying here in Utah as well. It's been kind of crazy around here not knowing what we are doing but I'm taking it day by day. It's a beautiful day here in Utah and I'm hoping to get out today some. I'll do some more cleaning around the house and other chores.

Well I have been cleaning my house and trying to pack some boxes up--it's kind of funny because I have windows, doors, and holes in some of my big boxes....Lauren used the boxes to play house with...she very imaginative and loves to write stories but it's kind of hard to pack with holes in them everywhere....I got some smaller boxes at Walmart but I also like to use big boxes. Jeff is working on transferring from his unit in Lindon, Ut to another one in Georgia....I'm kind of sad that they didn't let him do the annual training this summer. Hopefully the new unit will not do that kind of stuff to us! My husband wants to get moving by this week but I'm not sure if that will take place or not.

It's Monday and Jeff went to his unit to do some paper work so I drove him there and I went to the library for a little while to wait on him, he wasn't done when I went to pick him up, so I drove home and cleaned the basement a little while. We have a lot of packing to do and cleaning this house up so it will take a while. I'm not exactly sure when we will be leaving but probably soon so I will just enjoy it while I'm here. We went to the pool for a little while in the evening and had a good swim.

Well it's Saturday and I'm glad it rained a little bit here, our sprinkle system is down right now and our grass is looking yellow so it needed the rain! Jeff is working his weekend duty at the army and we thought he had annual training but he came home and told me there not letting anyone do annual training because they are cutting back on finances so that hurt us financially because we thought for sure he was going to do this in July, it's very depressing. It looks like we will be moving back to our land in Alabama soon. I'll know more details this week I guess. I have been applying for jobs but I need some refrences from people so I am waiting on responses from some people. Hopefully I will get these together soon.

Nice to have my husband home again. He started work for a least a month at his army unit today. Our honda is acting up again so I don't have a car right now but hopefully will get it in the shop soon. Cleaning house and staying around here today. We might go swimming when Jeff gets home from work, that should be fun and relaxing. Camp Williams just down the street has a big pool that only cost a dollar to swim so we like that place and use it alot.

Hello! This morning I wanted to pamper myself and do a spa treatment but I couldn't afford the real spa treatment so I did it myself at home. I did my hair and feet and trying to have a stress free day! I don't know if that will happen.

It's Tuesday and another beautiful day here in Utah! I love the evening breeze and took a long walk in our neighborhood-- I just love the view here. Lauren and Heather went to a friends house this afternoon so it was kind of nice to have a little break from all the kids for a little while. Lauren wanted barbeque again tonight so I grilled hambergers for dinner. Jeff is still in Alabama and I pick him up from the airport tomorrow so it will be nice to have him home for a while. I feel like a single mom a lot because he is gone so much, especially being in the military. My house is constant work to keep it clean but that keeps me busy around here. I have been wanting to work so I have been looking around for work lately and looking into different things. I watched loosing it with Julean tonight and it makes me want to work out harder to lose my weight.

More pictures of our day on Saturday with Dion, Summer and my parents in Sandy, Utah--The plane flew close overhead during the parade. The sunset is God's firework display--the most beautiful!

I had a great time with my kids at Dion's house last night. My parents were there and Dion cooked some fabulous barbeque ribs and Summer had other goodies to eat. After dinner we went to a wonderful parade in Sandy, Utah that was a lot of fun and I took lots of pictures. We then came to Dion's again to eat ice cream and cookies and then went to watch the fireworks in Sandy. It was really cool outside so we covered with blankets and had fun spending time together. Today we went to church and then rested, took a walk, went to the park, had a little barbeque in our back yard, then the kids did some sparklers on the porch. Happy Fourth of July everyone!!!! Today is also my brother David's birthday so he is 40 today!

Our hike up the mountain in our back yard.