House

Well I don't think the link works, but the MLS listing is 643493 and the address is 3613 Wescott Ct. Fort Collins CO 80525

House

Well we have made an offer on a house and here it is.
http://http://www.trulia.com/property/photos/3035741191-3613-Wescott-Ct-Fort-Collins-CO-80525#item-1

We are excited to see what happens. We are set to close on January 28th. It will nice to have an office upstairs and a guest room ready! The kids are starting to say they are excited, but really don't care so much at this point. They are more interested in the concept of us packing EVERYTHING and this house being empty. Even the soap?

Jeff and I have begun to pack and we have started in the basement. Jeff does the packing and I read the memorabilia that I find out loud and we reminisce. It has been fun. I can not believe all the stuff I keep thinking that one day I will be able to do it. Some of which I will and am looking forward to. Among the items that I have found are all my jewelry items (I do this, but vary rarely), soap for soap making, a loom with 3 inches finished from 6 years ago, a toothbrush rug started (about done, but NOT done), quilling, cross stich, a chunk of knitted material, lots and lots of scrapbook stuff and all my lotions and herbal stuff. Tried real hard to purge but was convinced myself that I will use it again so I should keep it, makes me laugh to type it out. Idid purge the loom (haven't used it in 6 yrs, won't use it now) the soap, and several glass containers. So that is a plus.

Jeff was cleaning out the garage and we were going through a box of hats, gloves, scarves etc. In all seriousness he looked at me and said,"I think we are pack rats" I was thinking to myself "are you just noticing this?" I said,"yessss...." and he said," Well, I am concerned!" I am still laughing out loud about it.

New chapter in our lives, here we come.

14 Days until Christmas!

I can not believe how fast this year has gone. We have 14 days until Christmas. What a wonderful time to celebrate the birth of our Savior. I am in awe of this gift we have been given. I can not even wrap my mind around giving up my son for people, let alone a bunch of sinners.I need to focus on the reason for the season, especially when I start to think that I have nothing done. I haven't done one bit of shopping, no Christmas letter, no family photo, no baking, nothing.... not yet, I still have 14 days :)



I am looking forward to getting out the flour, sugar, eggs and spices to make goodies with my little girl (who is growing up so very fast). I look forward to going through all my photos on snapfish and reminiscing about this past year. Looking for my favorite photos, of which there are so many. I look forward to attempting to take a family photo so I can send out a card. I look forward to time with family and enjoying each others company. I look forward to hearing Christmas music and feeling the tears well up in my eyes as I think of the birth of Jesus. I look forward to lighting candles at church on Christmas Eve.



We are blessed. It seems like during the holiday season we forget why we are celebrating. This year I want to remain focused on the things that are important to me: the birth of Jesus, my husband, my children, my family. I will attempt not to get stressed out about the things I am behind on and remember why we celebrate this holiday. Happy Birthday Jesus!

Watch the toe MOM!

Anytime I get close to Lexa she says,"Watch the toe Mom!, Watch the toe Mom!" Here are some photos.

And here is the nail in the ziplock! Just what everyone wanted to see.

Ouch!

Last night we had a fun time going to old town for my hip hop flash mob.Which was way cool. There were about 30-40 and it turned out awesome. It was very funny to hear some of the people that didn't know about it. I, Jeff, was very impressed with how well Jaimee did for having surgey on Tuesday. FUN, FUN, FUN. We did it to the song Christmas in Hollis by Run DMC. After we came home Lexa was running around barefoot and decided to open the front door and tore her ENTIRE big toe nail off. I was gross. Jeff assessed the situation, Kathy held Lexa and I got online to see what we were to do. It was hanging on by a little piece so Jeff cut it off while Kathy and I held her. She is one tough cookie!! We got her set up on the couch and Jeff told her she could have anything she wanted (not sure this was a good idea) we showed her the toe nail and she thought it would be good to take to school when she got the surprise box. She started coming up with clues for her classmates to guess what was in the box. It is on her foot, it grows and you cut it. I told her she could take it to school before the surprise box as it may be really gross by then. We decided to take her to Dr. this morning to make sure we were proceeding correctly. Lexa wondered if Dr.Cauffman would be able to tell which nail had the problem if all her nails were painted with red polish. He thought that would be a good experiment. Along with the get anything you want, we are headed off to see Tangled. She will not be able to perform in her ballet recital tonight or tomorrow. I am feeling sorry for myself as I did not go to dress rehearsal so I haven't gotten to see it at all. Guess I will have to wait until spring for next one.

Last night Alexa was having a moment of snottiness. When I went in the bathroom to talk to her about it, she said,"sometimes, since I am already 5 years old I feel like a grown up and just want to do whatever I want, whenever I want to. I am really working on this Mom" I had a hard time not laughing, but oh goodness, what we have to look forward to!!

Excitement at Thanksgiving

We had a wonderful time with family up at my folks house in Conifer. It turned out to be a beautiful day and we were even able to hang outside on the deck. Which turned out to be a good thing. Kathy is standing on the deck and notices that her Suburban is slowing backing up. I see Eric take off, then Jeff take off and I figured there were only 2 kids (at the time) here and both were mine, so I took off too. There is Milo in the drivers seat starting to roll down the drive way. We tried to open the door, but it was locked. Jeff pushed from the rear so it wouldn't go down the driveway and we got the spare key and were able to get Milo out. He was SCARED. I imagine more from seeing all of us running toward him and trying frantically to open the door then anything else. Even though it was lunch time, he wanted his blanket and to bed he went :) Like someone there said, it was a lesson learned without terrible consequences, as it could have been pretty bad if the vehicle had been further back in the driveway. Praise God!



Lots to be thankful for. I think about this everyday, we have so much and are so blessed.