Things To Come

Good Evening my loyal readers,
I have noticed that most of you check in regularly to see if I have had the passion and drive at the end of the night to write about how my day has gone.

Well let me tell you, over the last few weeks tons has happened.

Aiden went in for surgery June 7th - undescended testis
recovered no complications
We moved from our tiny (quickly cramping) apartment in Oregon to a large townhouse in Maryland
that road trip was fun. I want to do that again .... not.
We got to see family and friends at the best of times and at the worst of times and we all came out bigger better people for it.
I have now moved into a new ward and am trying my hardest to find my place in all of it, yet again.
We went to six flags three days after moving here. That was so fun.
 I want to tell you all about the moves we've made since Zaq and I are celebrating our 10 years anniversary.
Tomorrow is my birthday, which is cool, no big deal, just another day and another dollar down the drain, but I'm making enchiladas and getting cheesecake with my father in law visiting. Totally fun spending time with family and the craziness that is brought on with three wild children running around the house.
Hyrum and I have been having fun making jokes at Zaq for being a tight penny pincher and an old fuddy duddy, but we still love him.
It's been fun living here in Maryland so far, I've fallen in love with the humidity (everyone tells me that my love for it will dwindle) We've had some nice rain showers and I've heard a couple of bolts of thunder and lightning both of which I've loved my whole life. Although every time I step out on the patio to listen and watch the rain Garth Brooks song "to make you feel my love" pops into my head and I start humming it to Alexander.
Alexander is growing like a weed and which each passing day comes another tooth and more hair. We're up to 8 now and he's only 10 months.
Layoni has been all sorts of up and down this past week, she's been extra clingy towards Zaq, every time he would walk off in the amusement park she got upset about it because she wanted to be with him everywhere he went.
Aiden has coped with the new space very well. He loves going upstairs only to chase his sister down the stairs and race. His new catch phrase...... "I won" even though he's the only one racing.

I'm doing well just going from day to day trying to make sense of how I want everything laid out in the house. We bought a kallax shelf from Ikea just yesterday in fact. I love it!!! It holds all our board games and stuff. I even realized that there are actually two more boxes of board games that are missing from the current collection that just got unpacked.

It's been nice getting back into our old routine of dinners and lunches. Believe me living off of munchies in a van for a week is not my cup of tea. That being said when we arrived to Maryland I noticed that there was a pei wei really close to us, and I got super excited for their food again. mmmmm chinese food. But when we finally got to go I found the food to be lack luster, it passed for food, but it wasn't the greatest. I ordered the sushi which wasn't Greshams Sushi Village Happy Hour sushi. 1.95 per roll. mmmm Sunside Rolls, and Lion King Rolls, and Pepper Tuna Rolls. Damn it now I'm hungry.

As an early birthday present my father in law and his family gifted us with all the stuff they didn't want in their move from the east coast to the west coast coming this August. I'm excited for it all, but when the movers arrived and kept bringing boxes and furniture into our apartment I was both excited and alarmed at all the new things I am now in charge of maintaining. :D All new things that good of course.

Before we left from Gresham, Oregon Zaq and I finished our classes through the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints about starting our own businesses. I think I want to go through the material again and pick up some more pointers. Maybe all post all the info here for everyone to view. Although to be honest it can all be found on LDS.org. But it was soooo much for to participate together working towards a common goal.

Anyway all things to come. Spoilers or cliff hangers one or the others.

Much Love tonight,
Chris