Month: May 2007

We had a busy day today. Started early with Chase as usual, then we went over to the coolest park I’ve seen. It had two fountains with water you could play in and one of those big swinging towers, like the swinging chairs at state fairs. So Chase had a blast playing in the water and working on his tan (video coming soon) Then we looked at tvs with Cotton and then dropped off Darin and Nada and went to pick up Rachel who is now back in UT after her traveling to South America and the dangerous edge of North America. On the way back from the airport we stopped in at Ikea, the new, and ginormous furniture/stuff store. I really liked it, 90% of their stuff was priced the way you’d think furniture should cost, not how it costs really. Like 99 bucks for a six drawer dresser. We had a great day, hope you did too. What’d ya’ll do?

Well, this is what is going on with us, since we haven’t really covered this topic lately on our blog. Things are going pretty smoothly lately. We are excited that it feels like summertime! We’ve been doing some projects around the house, such as working on sanding our deck to remove all the peeling paint. It’s been tedious, but we’ve appreciated the helpers we’ve had over! Pace sealed the left side of the deck day before yesterday, and it looks pretty nice.

We bought season passes to Seven Peaks Waterpark (Rachel, Pace, Chase, and I) which will open this weekend. Yes, Pace will still be working full time in the summer, but the park stays open well into the evening, so sometimes we’ll meet there after he gets off work. It will be a lot of fun, especially because it has several kid-friendly areas for Chase and his little neighbor friends to play in.

Along with doing some websites on the side, Pace is currently working for a small company out of Novell. He enjoys it okay, and they seem to appreciate his sense of humor, too! I have taken on the job of customer service (answering phone calls and emails) for Pace and Jason’s website LDSstock.com. The website has been a very successful e-commerce endeavor of theirs. We get several orders a day, and I have been busier with it than I ever could have hoped ;).

I also enjoy spending a lot of time with a couple of our neighbors (Trena and Becky), and Chase loves playing with their kids more than anything, so that’s a plus. We have planned a few exciting camping trips with them this summer! Now all we need is a couple sleeping bags…

More exciting events are that Rachel will be returning to Utah this weekend, TMom and Jess will be visiting at the beginning of June and helping with the garden (yay!), then McMom arrives at the end of June, after which Tyler will join her here in July!

As for Chase, he has officially said good-bye to crawling. He loves walking and running and bumping his head about 15 times a day. He has been saying some new words, including “apple (pronounced “ap-pow”). He requests apples regularly, I think just because he’s excited that I know what he’s saying for once. He is a pretty happy kid as long as we play outside and with his friends for several hours a day. He still gets up in the night sometimes, but nothing like he used to, so that’s fine! He’s a good boy and we’re glad he’s so entertaining to have around!

So that’s the summary of our current events– thanks for reading!

Well, some of you thought it would take longer… but we are pleased to announce that Darin and Nada are having a baby! Woo hooo…. haha tricked you, you thought we were having another baby… fat chance! Not till Chase is in high school. Congrats Darin and Nada, I hope it’s ok I posted it on the internet before you. The baby is due July 11th!!

Yesterday was a nice day, we finished off some steak that needed to be eaten before it went bad. Survivor was excellent, the Office wasn’t. And Joy scheduled a 30 min massage for me after work. SO I showed up to The Xango Spa where I waited for my masseuse to get me and instruct me. Well this guy from somewhere else in the world comes out and doesn’t really speak english, says his name and I don’t catch it. Anyway goes on to give me a massage that was nice. He didn’t really massage me as much as just rub my back, I think I’ve had more engaging massages from strangers on a crowded bus. Lets say I would rather get a massage from Joy herself. I think the important thing was interaction, the person has to make you feel comfortable and confident that they know what they are doing…
When I woke up this morning and I couldn’t turn my head to the left! Arg, so much pain… why why free massage must you have to have been so bad…

Other places of interest to mention: The Price is Right’s last live show will be May 16th, it’s was always my favorite to stay home sick and watch The Price is Right.
Also, Darin and Nada were in a car wreck, even though they haven’t mentioned it on their blog yet… a student from a nearby university wasn’t paying attention and plowed into the side of them scrapping the entire side of Nada’s car. Stay tuned to their blog for more info and any questions.