We've Moved... again

Hooray! We have our first house. We actually moved in about two weeks ago. And this is a picture I stole from the listing because I still haven't gone out to take any. Our house is a disaster! I don't understand how people can unpack so fast. It takes me MONTHS... if not years. ;) We are excited, though. We love the neighborhood and the ward. And I love that it is close enough to family to visit (although, eventually we'd like to live even closer).

Ok, I know this is a crappy post. There is actually a lot to catch up on (Miranda had her tonsils out on Tuesday). But I am really tired and I should get Miranda something to eat now that Claire is asleep.

2011

Ok, so there is no excuse for how long it's been since I've posted. I don't know what to say except that I'm REALLY bad at blogging!

A lot has happened since my last post (duh, it's been more than 4 months!). Gordon got a job at Harmon's in Ogden. So we have moved back to Utah! HOORAY!!! He started there at the beginning of October. We've been living in Payson with Gordon's parents, and staying in Draper with my parents a couple nights a week. We're really lucky to have family that has let us do this. Otherwise we would have rented a place and had to sign a year long contract (they wouldn't go any shorter, we asked). Because we didn't have to rent we were able to save up some money and are now trying to buy a house. We're in the process right now. If this goes through we'll be living in Syracuse (about 20 minutes southwest of Ogden).

We had a great time on the last few holidays. Being here is GREAT because we get to see family (there are only five things I miss in Casper: Brianna, Brandon, Braylynn, Brinlee, and the Lime Leaf). For Halloween we wore our Harry Potter costumes again (young Lily, young Snape, and a snitch). I tried to make Claire be the Sorting Hat, but I didn't get the costume done in time. So she was a jack-o-lantern. It was really cute.



Oh yeah, Claire being the jack-o-lantern... she had to wear a corrective helmet for three months. She developed a flat spot on her head because she had a tight neck muscle. She is all done wearing it and everything looks great. She was such a good sport about it.



We were able to spend some time with both families for Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, we didn't get to go Black Friday shopping because I wasn't feeling well. That has been the biggest downside to moving back home. We have been sick A LOT! It's just because we actually see people here. When we lived in Wyoming we stayed home 99% of the time.

Christmas Eve we had breakfast with Santa with the Meier family. I love this idea! We need to keep doing it. Then we spent Christmas day in Payson with the Hardys. It was really fun to open presents with Braxton and Zach, too. Miranda was so excited this year. She finally understands presents. We spoiled her, just a little... but she has hardly gotten anything from us for Christmas the first two years (probably 1-2 toys each year). So it's ok. haha

Ok, maybe I didn't make it out of the Abyss...

So, apparently I'm really bad at keeping the blog updated. I have to get Gordon to start doing it! He usually remembers to do things online. It seems like the only computer I ever get to use is the laptop because I can't keep Miranda entertained upstairs. =) Miranda, Claire, and I are going to Utah on Monday. I wanted to make one last trip before the deer shop gets really busy. I think I might be too late though. I thought the big hunts didn't start until mid September, but Papa sounded pretty busy the last couple times I've called. =(

The girls are getting SO big! I can't believe how fast they grow up. It's been nice since Brianna moved here. At least Miranda has some friends to play with now. It's nice for me to have someone to hang out with too!

This is very short considering it's been almost 3 months since I posted, but Claire is getting impatient. Gotta go!

Back from the abyss

Ok, so it's only been 5 months since my last post. HAHA I thought I had gotten on here and posted the pictures when Claire was born, but apparently it was only on Facebook. Which is really weird because I hardly ever use Facebook anymore. I am posting this from my laptop so I only have the pictures that I can pull from Facebook. I'll post one here. These were taken the day after Claire (Clarissa Lynn Hardy) was born. She looks a lot different now. She just turned 3 months old.

We moved to Casper, Wyoming, last week. It seems like a nice town, but Gordon is pretty unhappy with his job. There was some miscommunication about the work schedule. We're not sure if it was intentional or accidental. He was told this was a good position for him (as opposed to Grand Junction and Cheyenne... the places we wanted more) because he would have good mentoring here and there would be a lot of overlap hours so he wouldn't be working on his own. Well, now that he's here he's found out that not only will there be no other pharmacist on duty while he working, but there will be a lot of time without a tech as well! Arg! So much for this being a good position for a newbie. We figured the recruiter told him this was a good fit for him because it is such a hard position for them to fill, not because it actually is good for him.

Oh well, at least he is getting experience. He plans on taking the NAPLEX at the end of June and the law exam the next week. He wanted to put it off as long as possible so he could have a little more time working with someone else. He will be by himself as soon as he's certified.

I am feeling so isolated today. Verizon's phone service is down AGAIN. It's happened here (all of Wyoming) before. Maybe it's a good thing... it made me get online and actually update the blog. =)

January Blues...

Well, this time it was a little longer than a month but at least I got the post in while it is still January. Gordon has been in Scottsbluff, Nebraska since the 2nd. Miranda and I met him in Cheyenne last weekend so we could see him. He has another week and a half in NE and then another week in Laramie. *sigh* I hate it when he's away. I feel for the wives whose husbands jobs take them away a lot.

I've started to get the apartment put together. I had it fairly clean yesterday, but then I grabbed a few boxes from the closet (office stuff) and am trying to go through those... now my house is trashed again. Arg! Unpacking is a nightmare. I want to make sure it's all done before Gordon comes home. =)

Miranda is getting SO big! She talks a TON and really knows how to ham it up if she wants something. She has started being a fussy butt at bedtime. She still goes down just fine as long as I let her go to sleep in my bed. Little monster! She won't even let me put her into the crib until she is asleep. She usually is ok being transferred, even if she wakes up, but she refuses to go to bed in her bed. It's a really bad habit that I should have broken her of sooner, but it's hard to want to when she is so good about just rolling over and going to sleep in my bed.

PS- Ok, here is the belly shot... =)

Another Trip to Cheyenne

It's been about a month since I've posted. I did say that once a month is good for me, right?

We're in Utah right now. We've been here since November 20th (except for the quick trip back to Cheyenne for a doctor's appointment). It's been nice to be around family again. It's crazy how fast time is flying. We have been splitting our time between Draper and Payson. We love being around family! The crazy thing is that our apartment is still TRASHED. It's hard to get the motivation to organize it when we're still not 100% sure that we'll end up staying here. We're still trying to work things out with Housing so we could move into a two bedroom apartment. But, it looks like we will probably end up staying here. That's ok. This is a very nice apartment... just a small one for a family of four.

We'll be heading to Cheyenne tomorrow. I'm not looking forward to the drive. The weather looks kinda gross. We wouldn't be heading back until Wednesday or Thursday, but I have some doctor's appointments to go to earlier in the week.

Anyways, I better get going. We still have a bunch of packing to do and I wanna hit the road early so we're not driving too much in the dark. hahaha Yes... us, hit the road early... hahaha

Random updates

Miranda has been such a grumpy guss lately. Maybe she is having sympathy pregnancy mood swings! I know I've been having them. I hate being hormonal!

We didn't do much for Halloween. I did make us get dressed up (in Harry Potter costumes... again...). Chris came over and we had pizza. Mark, Mary and Ollie stopped by and visited for a bit. It was fun. We haven't seen them in a couple months. Then we went to Cold Stone and grabbed an ice cream before bedtime.

I spent all day today packing things up. I barely dented the office and now my house is trashed. Ugh... I'm hoping to have everything packed before we go to Utah for Thanksgiving. That way we don't have to come back here early to pack before the move.

I'm also trying to put together another cookbook. This is supposed to be an "All Time Favorites" book. If anyone has a great recipe, please send it to me.

(I'll update this post with some pictures of Miranda in her costume as soon as I'm back on the main computer)

UPDATE- Finally got the picture on there (like a week later). She's the golden snitch from Harry Potter.