Finally........

Well, I'm guilty as charged. I have been a total slacker when it comes to my blog recently. I have actually started updates multiple times but have never finished them. I just don't really feel like there is a ton going on in my life, but I guess I will write at least a bit.

We have been in Utah for 2 months now, and things are going well. There hasn't been any action on our condo in Chicago, but besides that, things are great. We are living with my sister and her family in their basement and it's actually been really fun so far. TJ has really enjoyed having a constant playmate with Seth, and Cooper is doing great. It's been really fun for me to have someone to talk to during the day, and my sister and I both LOVE being able to leave our kids home when we go places (store, errands, etc). Matthew has started playing on a softball league with our other brother-in-law here in Spanish Fork, and he has totally loved that. It's been nice that I can put the kids to bed and then go watch his games. We will really miss having a live-in babysitter whenever we move out.

Cooper is growing up and has finally decided that he's interested in walking. He still crawls sometimes, but he is walking a lot on his own, and he can stand there and pick up big toys/balls so he's pretty steady on his feet. He has 4 teeth on the top and 2 on the bottom, so he's still a bit behind where TJ was as far as teeth, but that doesn't hold him back from eating. I think that kid eats as much as any adult at the table and I'm not even kidding. He definitely out eats the other kids (probably combined). What a chunker - I love it!

We planted our garden this past week, so that's been fun. I was able to bring my garden boxes with me from Chicago (thanks to a LOT of muscles getting it down the stairs full of soil) so we just put them on the side of my sister's house and didn't have to actually dig in their yard to plant. Hopefully we will have lots of yummy veggies this summer/fall. I planted 3 zucchini so hopefully that will be enough for me - I LOVE zucchini. We also have squash, tomatoes, snow peas, beans, peppers, beets, lettuce, and cucumbers. I LOVE veggies right from the garden.

Let's see, what else is new? I have a lot more time now that my shows are over. I have been enjoying American Idol the past few months. I didn't get to watch as much of it the first part of the season since I had mutual every Tuesday and couldn't record it, but I haven't missed it since being here in Utah, and it played out pretty much like I wanted it to. Kris and Danny have been my favorites since the beginning, and I think Adam is extremely talented and I always enjoyed watching him perform, although I didn't care for his screaming part of the songs, but he does have a great voice. So last night I was excited and SHOCKED that Kris won, and I LOVED his duet with Keith Urban. But I am also excited that the shows are over and I have my evenings free again until January when it starts up again. :-)

Right now things are a bit crazy cause my sister and brother-in-law left this morning for a 6 day trip on their own (how FUN!) so I am watching their 2 boys while they are gone. So I have 4 boys ages 4,3,2, and 1. I also babysat another boy today for a few hours, and then had 2 other kids over after he left, and fed them all lunch, so I am getting a feel for what it would be like to have a LOT of kids under the age of 4. No thanks. :-) Not that I don't love them all, but thank heaven they come one at a time, and hopefully a few years apart.

Matt is doing great and loves his job. The commute kinda stinks sometimes, but he would prefer the commute and having us here in Utah with him, so whatdya do? He is doing really well and they really like him there, so hopefully he will be fine with his job in this crazy economic time.

Well, that's about it for us. Hopefully I will post some pics soon, and another update before 2 more months go by.