we miss you!

i was just having a little "i miss virginia moment" and decided to post these pictures of our thanksgiving day celebrations.

we are having a good time in utah, but we do miss you all....

p.s. if any of you have any more pictures of us, could you send them to my email? you never know, i might be organized in florida and start scrapbooking right away.....

florida move update

yes, we are really moving to florida (davie/ft. lauderdale)!  this is a slight change from the plan(s) we originally had (africa, egypt...), but it looks like this one is going to stick.  we've found a house we're really excited about (we're going  to rent it--we're selling our house in virginia).  this next month is going to be slightly crazy for us:  our stuff is getting packed up next week, then we'll be staying at the clark's house for a week (thanks!) while we close on our house and wrap things up here.  we're flying to utah dec. 3rd and spending christmas there, and we'll finally move to florida dec. 27th.  here are some pictures of the florida house, representing a few of my favorite things about the house.  hooray for warm weather and a big yard! and maybe i will even cook if i have a nice kitchen?

madeline--winner of the most dramatically changed hair

     
can you believe this is madeline's hair? i know i have been posting way too many pictures of hair  these days, but it was seriously wild to see madeline's hair turn out so curly. as an experiment i put about 10 little twist buns in her hair at night and had her sleep with them in, and this is what was produced in the morning when i took the buns out. pretty fun, eh?

i miss him!!!!

has loren really only been gone since tuesday?  how did i ever make it a whole year without him?  it is so not fun.  thank goodness i'll see him again on sunday!  seriously, though, how did i survive?  i must have been blessed even more than i realized last year, because now that i remember how hard it is for him to be gone for just a few days, i can't picture being apart for a longer amount of time.

are you tired of me being lonely yet?  i think it's worse because it's friday night.  fridays are always the worst for being alone.  good thing i have a blog to keep me company!  okay i'm done now.  (side note:  loren's in florida on a house-hunting trip--wish him luck!)

fancy hair

yes, we're still going strong with the new-do faze of our lives. here's a little update to help you picture what i am called upon to 'do' (ha!) each morning. and pictures of the book that started it all.