This place looks great! About the cooking part...I now have a nice kitchen, and unfortunately it hasn't changed my cooking habits. Fortunately, Ray loves to use the kitchen and cooks great stuff! Lucky me. What a great new adventure you are headed on. I hope to see you while you're in Utah. I'm so sorry I missed you last time.
Wow, looks like a great place...I may have to visit after all! I bet it feels good to have a plan and a place to live. I'm glad you will still be stateside. I wish I were in Utah to see you, I don't think I can justify another road trip so soon. Bummer!
Yay! It looks fabulous! I can't wait to come visit! That's how I'm coping with you leaving again--at least I can come visit you in Florida! Don't leave without saying goodbye!
The house looks great! Everything is falling into place, another crazy 2 months and you'll be settling down. Though, doesn't something always come up when you think that?
okay, i have tried to post a comment twice, and then when i come back the next day it's still not there. hmm. what i've said both times is that i love the house, it looks perfect. and i think the kitchen will bring out all sorts of cooking talents. good luck with all the stuff that comes before (and after) a move!
That looks so nice! I love the big yard, and the pool, of course. And the kitchen is so pretty! Maybe it's better if you don't cook in it, because that will help it stay so nice and clean looking, right? No need to mess it all up.
I am so glad your trip was successful. What a load off your back. Now to step #2 moving the family of 7, with a several week stay in UT to FL. You are in for it! Good to know you have been there done that. You probabaly have some tricks up your sleeve? Let me help!
How exciting....you are going to be living very close to where I grew up (Coral Springs). My mom is in Boca Raton, and my dad is in Pembroke Pines. We are going to be visiting in July all month. We will have to get together since you will be so close!!! Love, Carmen
gwyneth: (about a rule the kids made for family baseball games) "we have deemed it to be fair and necessary".
liesel: (after finding a great book at the library) "my day could only get better if i got some new boots. or if i suddenly happened to meet selena gomez."
gretchen: "how did pace get his name? from toothpaste without the 't'?"
madeline: (after reading the scriptures about the daughter of jared who marries a guy so he'll destroy her grandfather)"i wouldn't marry any one who wanted me to kill my dad. even if he was cute." liesel's reply: "not even taylor lautner?"
liesel: "here are the new requirements for a boyfriend: a fast car and nice shoes."
gwyneth: "i can't wait 'till i'm a mom and have an unlimited shoe budget."
gwyneth: "i was an only child for like 5 seconds. it was bliss, i'm sure."
gretchen: "i think when i blew my nose some of my hearing popped out."
gwyneth: "they didn't have technology back when mom was a kid."
gretchen: "mom, i just have to tell you one thing. you need to buy us more stuff."
gretchen: "this dinner is not making my day happy."
gwyneth: "so, mom. what do you miss most about being an omnivore?"
gretchen: "why do every place you have to pay money, and they get richer and richer? are they trying to be mean?"
gretchen: "i know the rules for when someone's hitting you. you just stay calm, and then when she's done hitting, you say 'no thanks'."
liesel: "who invented healthy, anyway?"
gretchen: "it tickles my brain when i do a summersault."
gwyneth: "did you notice me laughing with silent mirth?"
age: 19 months or thereabouts (i can't promise frequent updates here)
favorites: therapy with mom, smiling, baths, swimming, being outside, being patient with pace and his not-so-gentle loving, making kissing noises, peek-a-boo, sweet potatoes
PACE
-age: Five
-favorites: driving cars; playing with gretchen; reading books; talking on his cell phone; looking at motorcycles, helicopters, and trucks, throwing balls, swimming, riding his strider bike
most often used phrases/words: actually; i love you; did you see that move?
GRETCHEN
-age 9, 3rd grade
-favorites: playing with pace, playdates with friends, setting up imaginary parties, anything social, swimming, reading
MADELINE
-age 10, 4th grade
-favorites: playing with gretchen, reading/looking at books, swimming, riding bikes
LIESEL
--age 13, 7th grade
--favorites: reading, any type of braid, arm candy, her orange shoes that she LOVES plus her Vibram five fingers, blogging, beach, designing things, best friends, texting, and running.
GWYNETH
-age 13, 7th grade
-favorite things: fashion, design, sewing, reading ( percy jackson, fable haven, anything by shannon hale, Ranger's Apprentice), listening to music , swimming, the beach, hanging out with friends
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I love it! Im so happy for you guys, I bet its nice that you finally have a plan!
This place looks great! About the cooking part...I now have a nice kitchen, and unfortunately it hasn't changed my cooking habits. Fortunately, Ray loves to use the kitchen and cooks great stuff! Lucky me. What a great new adventure you are headed on. I hope to see you while you're in Utah. I'm so sorry I missed you last time.
darn it! i was really hoping the kitchen would be a good influence on me. it sounds like there's hope for loren, though?
Laura - the house looks amazing. A pool and everything! Zach saw these and is incredbily jealous!
it looks fabulous! i'm counting on there being an extra room or two for us to move in with you when mike gets accepted at NOVA (Ft. Lauderdale)?
Wow, looks like a great place...I may have to visit after all!
I bet it feels good to have a plan and a place to live. I'm glad you will still be stateside. I wish I were in Utah to see you, I don't think I can justify another road trip so soon. Bummer!
Yay! It looks fabulous! I can't wait to come visit! That's how I'm coping with you leaving again--at least I can come visit you in Florida! Don't leave without saying goodbye!
The house looks great! Everything is falling into place, another crazy 2 months and you'll be settling down. Though, doesn't something always come up when you think that?
okay, i have tried to post a comment twice, and then when i come back the next day it's still not there. hmm. what i've said both times is that i love the house, it looks perfect. and i think the kitchen will bring out all sorts of cooking talents. good luck with all the stuff that comes before (and after) a move!
Wow, it is beautiful and you finally have a pool in you back yard. I am glad you will still be in the U.S.
Nice kitchen! Good luck with everything. Now you're going to have to tell me the best place to send your Christmas card...
Oh, and you can quote me on the Twilight rule. J hasn't started asking thank goodness. She'd be in for a long 8 years if she had!
Oh, I'm a little jealous. You are going somewhere warm and you will have a pool. That sounds very very nice to me.
That looks so nice! I love the big yard, and the pool, of course. And the kitchen is so pretty! Maybe it's better if you don't cook in it, because that will help it stay so nice and clean looking, right? No need to mess it all up.
Fl?? Wow sounds nice. Although we miss you here in California!! Glad to hear all is well.
I am so glad your trip was successful. What a load off your back. Now to step #2 moving the family of 7, with a several week stay in UT to FL. You are in for it! Good to know you have been there done that. You probabaly have some tricks up your sleeve?
Let me help!
hey, looks like fun. Good luck with everything and Happy Thanksgiving!
We miss you already! Hope your travels are going smoothly and that Loren is doing all his jobs so you don't have to panic. :-)
How exciting....you are going to be living very close to where I grew up (Coral Springs). My mom is in Boca Raton, and my dad is in Pembroke Pines. We are going to be visiting in July all month. We will have to get together since you will be so close!!!
Love,
Carmen
Laura! What an awesome house! My sister is in Ocala. Are you going to be anywhere near that? Good luck on your move.
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