So Long 8th Ward...

We moved into Pasco 8th ward last April. About June rumors started going around that the Stake was going to change the ward boundaries. They were supposed to announce the changes in our Stake Conference in September. Well since the rumors started you could feel a change in the ward. There has been a lack of out reach and trying to befriend. It was starting to seem like the established families stayed together, and all the new move-ins (like us) all banded together.

Well Stake Conference came and went and no change. Than the rumors really started to go around. Last Sunday it was announced that there would be changes and the meeting would take place on 1/30 (today). You would not believe what people started saying, everyone started to speculate what the changes would be.

I decided I did not want to go, being 38 weeks and having to sit uncomfortably for an hour and a half did not seem worth it. I watched the neighbors kids and Jon went to get the goods.

Here is what happened- We moved into the 10th ward. The up side is the building the 10th ward meets in is 5 minutes away, instead of the 15 minute drive we were doing before. The down side is instead of 11:00 church we have moved to 1:00. Hopefully I can do to church next week, I can not wait to see who moves with us and what the new ward has to bring. What is most exciting for me is that the rumors should be over, and most likely we can start feeling like a ward family soon!!

Linen Closet

I finally have a linen closet!! This was our last "big" project before James gets here. And Jon is very happy about that. I might add that Jon is now master closet maker. He is so talented and does an awesome job. I think he secretly likes it, but he wont admit to it. I can't wait to fill the shelves! The awesome thing about this closet is that the shelves are adjustable. So as our needs might change the shelves can too! Jon is so smart!!

James Room

Since we got the closet done, I have been working very hard to get things put away. I am still waiting for the closet to be completely finished, but I think I have things in there place. I also want to hang up a couple pictures, but I am having a hard time deciding. I love going in there and siting in the chair and enjoying it. I look forward to when I get to rock James in the chair, and the joy he will bring into our lives. But until then, we can only dream. (I must add- pour Sage she is in a rude awaking once he comes).




The view from the doorway.



Looking at the wall with the crib and changing table.



A close up of the crib with his name on the wall.



One side of the closet. 98% of the clothes came from my baby shower and friends. In which I am very grateful.



The other side, and yes we are still missing two shelves :). And if you look really close you see the car seat in the hallway filled with blankets and things to take to the hospital when he comes.

Baby Closet

We did it! Or should I say Jon did it! We made our goal, to re-do the baby's closet. It took a little longer than we wanted to spend on it, but it turned out great. I should also confess that we are not 100% done, we need to get one more board and cut it in half to add two more shelves, and we need to get one more closet rod (for the bottom half). Jon did all the hard work, now it is my turn to organize everything, or at least try to. I also did not get a before picture, if you really want to know it was a wired shelf at about 5'10, that ran all the way across. Not very reasonable for storing things.



This is the side that needs two more shelves added to it.



This needs one more closet rod added to the bottom.

Baby Shower

I decided that I wanted a baby shower in Portland, instead of in Pasco. It is almost sad that I have lived here for almost a year, and I still have very few friends. Since I know more people in Portland, I thought it would be more fun, and I was right.

Brooklynn and Rebecca threw me a great shower! We played a few games, had great food, and of course opened presents. I am so lucky to have amazing people in my life. It was really fun to see people that I do not always get to see. Also I will add that James is going to be a snappy dresser. I got so many cute outfits.

After the shower Brooklynn and my mom took time to go shopping with me to Target. Jon and I decided that no tax was a great deal. We had planned to buy everything after the shower of what we needed. Before we left we had few items, or we can say we bought all the "big" things. It took us I think under 2 hours at Target, and I am pretty set now. Well at least with the 'necessities'.

Before we left for Portland



After we unloaded everything



This next weekend we plan on getting the shelves done in James room, that way we can put everything away. Once we do I will take better pictures of the room and post them on here.

So EXCITED!!

Cleaning the yard

A few weeks back Sage destroyed one of her beds. We left it outside in her dog house. Than it snowed for a few weeks. Long story shout, it finally was a nice enough day to clean up all the stuffing. We started out by picking up with our hands, well that was taking to long. So Jon had this brilliant idea... use the shop vac! I think we are the only ones who have vacuumed our backyard. It worked great and did not take to long!

New Pantry!

First off I want to start out saying we do love our house. There is just some upgrades that we will be making. I think you can say I started nesting. One day I opened our pantry and sat and stared at it. Jon came home and I told him we had to build new ones right away! I could not handle them anymore. The picture does not show how bad they really were. They were cheap wired ones. You could not stack very well, and the space was just all wrong..



Man I am lucky that Jon is such a handy man. I drew up plans for the pantry and he built them perfectly! It did take us 2 days to build them, but they turned out great. We decided to paint inside the closet, which I think added to the awesomeness. Jon's favorite thing is there is now a space for the vacuum, it is no longer a wandering thing. The next goal will be new shelves in the baby's closet, hall closet and than the front room. Eventually we will get them in our bedroom, but we are alright for now.