Hi Everybody!
Aloha from Sunny Seattle! Did I say Sunny? I mean cold, gray, and unbelievably dreary Seattle! But regardless of the weather, the Gilberts are doing just fine and dandy here in the Pacific Northwest--it's been quite the fun and action-packed last couple of months.
First, Finn: the boy has become quite the question-hungry little three and a half year old, asking big questions like what's the Earth made of and where do babies come from. Did I mention he's 3? Fun times for us parents, for sure. He's also becoming quite the athlete, taking on a weekly Soccer practice each Saturday, and recently, he's started up T-Ball every Tuesday. He loves chasing the ball in Soccer and kicking it... and picking it up with his hands and tackling the ball. But you know, he's catching on quite well. He can swing and hit the ball in T-Ball and has quite the throw, and I'm pretty sure he'll be accidentally breaking windows and the like in no time. He has fun with his friends, he loves playing at the numerous parks we have in and around the neighborhood, and he's still infatuated with Trains. And trucks.
Second, Harper: at just about a year and a half old, Harper is the sassiest and girliest little girl you've ever met. She's very opinionated, she knows what she wants (and what she doesn't), and doesn't have a problem telling you what's on her mind. She loves pretty things to wear, she loves walking around with a purse, and she loves baby dolls, stuffed animals, and everything else a stereotypical girl loves--without the help or influence of her parents. She's just girly. She's also a fan of running and jumping. LOVES jumping, actually, and she loves to wrestle and tackle Finn and her Dad during wrestlemania. If she plays her cards right, she'll be a professional wrestler when she grows up. Or a ballerina. Or both. Oh, and her hair is starting to get longer, curlier, and she's able to rock pig-tails, which are just so gee-darn cute.
Third, Angela: she's doing a fantastic job staying home and raising our well-balanced and cute kids, filling their days with the right amount of leisure and activities, and wears her shield as Supermom quite well. She's enjoying crafting with her mom friends and has about 140 projects currently in the works right now. Lots of fun and creativity going on in the Gilbert household, for sure.
Finally, Ammon: he works all day, and he comes home and plays with the kids for an hour, puts em to bed, and repeats the next day. He doesn't exercise and he eats like a horse, and all those extra calories are starting to pack in around the mid-drift area. Or the gut area, to be precise. On his plate at the moment is changing the closet in the kids playroom into an office (i. e., Cloffice or Offet). Which means installing a desktop, shelves, power, a few coats of paint, and sanding out the hardwood floors so they're all nice and shiny. We can do this now because we no longer are the proud parents of George and Lenny, our two former cats. After ignoring and neglecting them for so long, we were finally able to hand them off to Steve in Portland, who will now be the rightful parents (as well as Mom) in Boise. Now that they've moved, they were finally able to take the cats and give them the attention they deserve and demand that Angela and I just couldn't give while also running after the kids. It might sound like a cop-out, but Steve was getting lonely, and our cats missed being petted, so it was the most obvious choice. Plus, we kept them in the family. Now they're brothers instead of sons, which is great.
Other than all that, it's the same ol' same ol' around these parts! Can't wait to see everyone at the reunion this summer, by then we'll be seasoned pros when it comes to camping, as we have at least one camping trip planned each month all summer long.
Cheers! Ammon, Angela, Finn, & Harper
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Monday, May 9, 2011
Grandma Martha
Dear Family,
The reason I write is to keep a family record of the goings on in our lives which if we don't write it down somewhere it is soon forgotten. Especially if you are 85.
Way back when I went on a cruise to the land of Hawaii. While there, we went to the renovated temple. It was lovely. Upon inquiry I was told that it had been completely gutted out inside and made anew. The weather while we were there was excellent and greatly appreciated as we had left a snow winter. We enjoyed the lush greenery of the botanical gardens with its large vegetation, and flowers like the variety of orchids. Every day we could take a side trip like Whale Watching, the place of refuge (I got a wheelchair ride thanks to Rick). One of the events that occurred was the announcement of the earthquake in Japan on the intercom. Our ship was taken out to sea as were all the vessels as a precautionary measure. We felt only a little movement of the ocean. As outside trips were cancelled we played scrabble in the game room of the ship. Aboard the ship (Norwegian Cruise line) we enjoyed the entertainment... like a magician, a comedian, a hula program, etc. As cruises are known for, we had plenty to eat. Heather put pictures on Facebook as you have probably already seen... she is in process of making a DVD of our trip. We also went on a traditional luau... food and entertainment.
Yesterday was Mother's Day. After church James and Lynnette got me and we went to Alan and Dorothy's for dinner and visiting. I learned that Kevin is going to the Mesa Mission on June 8... Interesting is that some of Snowflake is part of that mission. I forgot what its called but we talked to Priscilla seeing her on the screen. It reminded me of a display I saw when I was in the World's Fair in Flushing in New York in 1939. It showed someone talking on the phone and seeing them face to face while doing so.
We've had quite a winter of snow, rain, snow, rain, snow, rain on and on. I think summer is coming but spring got lost. The girls still come twice a week for clogging. I'm back to being a visiting teacher and supervisor. I've been blessed for the service of Dorothy, Emily, Janet, Lynnette, who help me to run errands. For the calls of Lucy and Jennifer. For always the help of Rick. I've had some good visits from John L., Marty, Tom.
Glad for Steve and Jennifer and the progress they have made... selling the house, moving, giving notice to a long-time job. etc.
I thank Sarah for her picture... what an adventure to have been in India and now graduating. I also thank the Troutmans for the nice family picture that arrived safely all the way from Georgia.
It was good to see Jim and Isaiah if only for a brief few hours.
I've enjoyed playing Scrabble on Facebook ... I don't know with whom I am always playing... its dark on the screen and the eyes are not always doing what I wish they would do. But... I'm not hurting. I've had more physical pain when I was 20 that when I'm 85.
I'm grateful for my many blessings to be able to still see something. I am enjoying the books on cassette and CD. I enjoy John ByTheWay.. Brad Wilcox, Women's conference tapes.
The yard work is getting tough... sad to see the roses going down hill... but that's life. Sorry that your birthdays often whizz right by me... love you all. Grandma Martha.
The reason I write is to keep a family record of the goings on in our lives which if we don't write it down somewhere it is soon forgotten. Especially if you are 85.
Way back when I went on a cruise to the land of Hawaii. While there, we went to the renovated temple. It was lovely. Upon inquiry I was told that it had been completely gutted out inside and made anew. The weather while we were there was excellent and greatly appreciated as we had left a snow winter. We enjoyed the lush greenery of the botanical gardens with its large vegetation, and flowers like the variety of orchids. Every day we could take a side trip like Whale Watching, the place of refuge (I got a wheelchair ride thanks to Rick). One of the events that occurred was the announcement of the earthquake in Japan on the intercom. Our ship was taken out to sea as were all the vessels as a precautionary measure. We felt only a little movement of the ocean. As outside trips were cancelled we played scrabble in the game room of the ship. Aboard the ship (Norwegian Cruise line) we enjoyed the entertainment... like a magician, a comedian, a hula program, etc. As cruises are known for, we had plenty to eat. Heather put pictures on Facebook as you have probably already seen... she is in process of making a DVD of our trip. We also went on a traditional luau... food and entertainment.
Yesterday was Mother's Day. After church James and Lynnette got me and we went to Alan and Dorothy's for dinner and visiting. I learned that Kevin is going to the Mesa Mission on June 8... Interesting is that some of Snowflake is part of that mission. I forgot what its called but we talked to Priscilla seeing her on the screen. It reminded me of a display I saw when I was in the World's Fair in Flushing in New York in 1939. It showed someone talking on the phone and seeing them face to face while doing so.
We've had quite a winter of snow, rain, snow, rain, snow, rain on and on. I think summer is coming but spring got lost. The girls still come twice a week for clogging. I'm back to being a visiting teacher and supervisor. I've been blessed for the service of Dorothy, Emily, Janet, Lynnette, who help me to run errands. For the calls of Lucy and Jennifer. For always the help of Rick. I've had some good visits from John L., Marty, Tom.
Glad for Steve and Jennifer and the progress they have made... selling the house, moving, giving notice to a long-time job. etc.
I thank Sarah for her picture... what an adventure to have been in India and now graduating. I also thank the Troutmans for the nice family picture that arrived safely all the way from Georgia.
It was good to see Jim and Isaiah if only for a brief few hours.
I've enjoyed playing Scrabble on Facebook ... I don't know with whom I am always playing... its dark on the screen and the eyes are not always doing what I wish they would do. But... I'm not hurting. I've had more physical pain when I was 20 that when I'm 85.
I'm grateful for my many blessings to be able to still see something. I am enjoying the books on cassette and CD. I enjoy John ByTheWay.. Brad Wilcox, Women's conference tapes.
The yard work is getting tough... sad to see the roses going down hill... but that's life. Sorry that your birthdays often whizz right by me... love you all. Grandma Martha.
Heather
summer... Summer... SUMMER... (Can you hear the chant? Teachers' voices are louder than students', I guarantee it!)
4 more weeks until the break. But I won't get to breathe quite yet, because girls' camp is the very next week. THEN I get to relax, sleep in, and feel unrushed for a little while. Hurray! Of course - I do have a yard to do something with now. I've been digging dandelions in between cold days. My front lawn was stuffed full of them! (I'm ignoring the backyard dandelions for now) Now that the lawn is looking more like grass, I plan to do a simple flower bed in the front and worry about the back yard in another year or two. My next big house expense will probably be window replacements or fixing the stucco. I'm just waiting for that new homeowner credit with my tax return.
I also have a lot of my evenings taken with Young Women responsibilities. I'm still finding my way as Mia Maid councilor in my ward. I just don't quite connect with those 14 and 15 year old girls. I feel much more comfortable with the primary children. I guess that means I'll be involved in Young Women for a few years... Penny has decided to move in with me for the summer. Yay! I'm excited to have her as my roommate. She'll probably end up moving out in the fall to live with friends her own age. But, I'll enjoy her while she's there! Daniel is staying for the foreseeable future as well, but between our crazy schedules we don't see each other very often. It's good to know we at least sleep in the same house. :)
I decided to be one of those really cool single aunts I hear/read about. So I am inviting Katherine (Jason's oldest) to come stay with me for a week sometime this summer. I am excited! I just hope I can handle a 7-going-on-18-year-old for a whole week... She's a lot of fun, quite intelligent, and very strong-willed... Wish me luck! Well - that's the latest in my life. Not too much different from the usual.
I hope all is well with the rest of the Lindgren Clan!
Love, Heather
4 more weeks until the break. But I won't get to breathe quite yet, because girls' camp is the very next week. THEN I get to relax, sleep in, and feel unrushed for a little while. Hurray! Of course - I do have a yard to do something with now. I've been digging dandelions in between cold days. My front lawn was stuffed full of them! (I'm ignoring the backyard dandelions for now) Now that the lawn is looking more like grass, I plan to do a simple flower bed in the front and worry about the back yard in another year or two. My next big house expense will probably be window replacements or fixing the stucco. I'm just waiting for that new homeowner credit with my tax return.
I also have a lot of my evenings taken with Young Women responsibilities. I'm still finding my way as Mia Maid councilor in my ward. I just don't quite connect with those 14 and 15 year old girls. I feel much more comfortable with the primary children. I guess that means I'll be involved in Young Women for a few years... Penny has decided to move in with me for the summer. Yay! I'm excited to have her as my roommate. She'll probably end up moving out in the fall to live with friends her own age. But, I'll enjoy her while she's there! Daniel is staying for the foreseeable future as well, but between our crazy schedules we don't see each other very often. It's good to know we at least sleep in the same house. :)
I decided to be one of those really cool single aunts I hear/read about. So I am inviting Katherine (Jason's oldest) to come stay with me for a week sometime this summer. I am excited! I just hope I can handle a 7-going-on-18-year-old for a whole week... She's a lot of fun, quite intelligent, and very strong-willed... Wish me luck! Well - that's the latest in my life. Not too much different from the usual.
I hope all is well with the rest of the Lindgren Clan!
Love, Heather
Saera
I've been busy in India and don't have much time for writing another entry just yet, but here is the link to my blog and to my photos.
http://s1184.photobucket.com/albums/z330/saerahanlon/Surajmukhiya/
http://surajmukhiya.wordpress.com/
Looking forward to going home on Thursday, meeting my parents in NYC and going to GRADUATION! :D
More soon.
Love, Saera
http://s1184.photobucket.com/albums/z330/saerahanlon/Surajmukhiya/
http://surajmukhiya.wordpress.com/
Looking forward to going home on Thursday, meeting my parents in NYC and going to GRADUATION! :D
More soon.
Love, Saera
Priscilla
Dear Family,
Heater on in the morning, air conditioner in the afternoon.
On March 26, Jim and I were proxy for the sealing of Grandma Ann and Grandpa Al Lindgren. I felt honored to take the position.
April 23, I spoke at the evening adult session of Stake Conference to a chapel and much of the cultural hall filled. People know who I am now. I wish I knew them as well as they know me.
Isaiah took 2nd place in our pack pinewood derby, therefore qualifying for our district derby where I was one of the officials. I even wore a checkered shirt.
Bryan will be the Crandall Music Award recipient at his junior high promotion and beside the choir’s opening number is the only other musical number at the promotional exercise. He is also planning on some fun stuff for the annual Brownie Choir Social and hopes to perform in the talent show. I was quite surprised at the Spring Concert to see him play three different instruments (piano, drum and French horn). He enjoyed going to State Choir in the valley (Gilbert) and would have gone to State Band, but got sick that weekend. He has also grown several inches since December and sings bass. He is quite social and had a large group of friends over to play night (outdoor) games recently. He has enjoyed being involved in student government in junior high too. His picture hangs on the Eagle wall at the junior high as his Eagle Scout project was to paint one of the classrooms there. He earned his eagle... almost…board of review is scheduled Tuesday. He was honored in a special program with Elder LeSeur of the seventy for 88 young men in the area for earning his eagle in the centennial year of scouting in the USA . At a recent sacrament meeting we shared favorite hymns, (second time we’ve done it in this ward) and Bryan shared Hope of Israel and was invited to accompany the congregation in singing it on the spot, which he did. Okay so this is proud of Bryan month. He is a blessing.
Hyrum is driving, working at McDonald’s, skipping his junior year-he’ll be a senior in the fall, 28 on the ACT both times he took it, will attend summer seminar at the Naval Academy for 5 days in June and then work his hardest
(I hope) to be accepted there.
I enjoy James’ quiet presence. He would really like to go to ASU, has been accepted, but is now trying to figure out how to pay for it. He has re-certified in his life guard training.
Riley survived kindergarten and after a rough start has earned Es (for excellent) in behavior the last quarter.
Sarah graduates from UMASS Amherst May 13th with a bachelor’s in Anthropology (I think). I used my Skymiles and Jim and I will attend. She has spent this last semester in a study abroad program in sustainable living in Jaipur , India . While in the east we hope to visit the Brooklyn Diocese Archives, Cemeteries, and courthouse, digging more of Jim’s roots.
Krista helped me paint my front room during Spring Break. It was great fun. I enjoy her being close. It is tough on the quarter she is on the night shift though.
Stake Primary will keep me busy all summer: June 4 - Webelos Day Hike, June 23 – Stake Primary Leadership Meeting, July 4 – Town of Snowflake Flag Raising , July 23 – 8:00 a. m. children’s races (one hour before the parade starts), Aug 13 – 11-yr-old Day Camp, and Aug 20 – Cub Day Camp. All local tradition (Except the leadership meeting).
Jim is on the planning committee and will attend a tri-ward scout camp first full week in June. He went to Provo to train in the climbing merit badge. Isaiah went for the ride in hopes to see Mitchell. He was not disappointed and in fact hit the jackpot with Emily taking them to Boondocks.
Amazed and pleased that things are going well for Jennifer and Steve’s plan.
Congratulations to April and hope all goes well with the summer wedding.
I want to hear about all the Lindgren appendectomies starting with Colten Lee and going back to…who had the first one?
Love and miss you all.
Priscilla
Heater on in the morning, air conditioner in the afternoon.
On March 26, Jim and I were proxy for the sealing of Grandma Ann and Grandpa Al Lindgren. I felt honored to take the position.
April 23, I spoke at the evening adult session of Stake Conference to a chapel and much of the cultural hall filled. People know who I am now. I wish I knew them as well as they know me.
Isaiah took 2nd place in our pack pinewood derby, therefore qualifying for our district derby where I was one of the officials. I even wore a checkered shirt.
Bryan will be the Crandall Music Award recipient at his junior high promotion and beside the choir’s opening number is the only other musical number at the promotional exercise. He is also planning on some fun stuff for the annual Brownie Choir Social and hopes to perform in the talent show. I was quite surprised at the Spring Concert to see him play three different instruments (piano, drum and French horn). He enjoyed going to State Choir in the valley (Gilbert) and would have gone to State Band, but got sick that weekend. He has also grown several inches since December and sings bass. He is quite social and had a large group of friends over to play night (outdoor) games recently. He has enjoyed being involved in student government in junior high too. His picture hangs on the Eagle wall at the junior high as his Eagle Scout project was to paint one of the classrooms there. He earned his eagle... almost…board of review is scheduled Tuesday. He was honored in a special program with Elder LeSeur of the seventy for 88 young men in the area for earning his eagle in the centennial year of scouting in the USA . At a recent sacrament meeting we shared favorite hymns, (second time we’ve done it in this ward) and Bryan shared Hope of Israel and was invited to accompany the congregation in singing it on the spot, which he did. Okay so this is proud of Bryan month. He is a blessing.
Hyrum is driving, working at McDonald’s, skipping his junior year-he’ll be a senior in the fall, 28 on the ACT both times he took it, will attend summer seminar at the Naval Academy for 5 days in June and then work his hardest
(I hope) to be accepted there.
I enjoy James’ quiet presence. He would really like to go to ASU, has been accepted, but is now trying to figure out how to pay for it. He has re-certified in his life guard training.
Riley survived kindergarten and after a rough start has earned Es (for excellent) in behavior the last quarter.
Sarah graduates from UMASS Amherst May 13th with a bachelor’s in Anthropology (I think). I used my Skymiles and Jim and I will attend. She has spent this last semester in a study abroad program in sustainable living in Jaipur , India . While in the east we hope to visit the Brooklyn Diocese Archives, Cemeteries, and courthouse, digging more of Jim’s roots.
Krista helped me paint my front room during Spring Break. It was great fun. I enjoy her being close. It is tough on the quarter she is on the night shift though.
Stake Primary will keep me busy all summer: June 4 - Webelos Day Hike, June 23 – Stake Primary Leadership Meeting, July 4 – Town of Snowflake Flag Raising , July 23 – 8:00 a. m. children’s races (one hour before the parade starts), Aug 13 – 11-yr-old Day Camp, and Aug 20 – Cub Day Camp. All local tradition (Except the leadership meeting).
Jim is on the planning committee and will attend a tri-ward scout camp first full week in June. He went to Provo to train in the climbing merit badge. Isaiah went for the ride in hopes to see Mitchell. He was not disappointed and in fact hit the jackpot with Emily taking them to Boondocks.
Amazed and pleased that things are going well for Jennifer and Steve’s plan.
Congratulations to April and hope all goes well with the summer wedding.
I want to hear about all the Lindgren appendectomies starting with Colten Lee and going back to…who had the first one?
Love and miss you all.
Priscilla
Tomlinsons
Heather and Daniel singing in the their choir in American Fork
After we saw the production of Annie. Kevin's girlfriend, Rebeka, came also
Mother's Day and the Tomlinson girls with Grandma Martha
Dorothy
May 8, 2011 Happy Mother’s Day to all you beautiful ladies connected with the Lindgren Family in any way!!! I claim 7 of those “beautiful ladies” whose last names happen to be Tomlinson. I feel so blessed to be known as their mother, mother-in-law, or grandmother.
It’s been a great day already because Marcus called this morning. Kevin, Penny, Ariane, Alan, and I all visited with him by way of “Skype” for over an hour and a half. We enjoyed our conversation with him. He is doing great. It’s still a challenge for him and probably always will be, but he is gaining more self-confidence, his testimony is stronger, his knowledge and experience with the world is expanding. I appreciate the good companions he’s had to work with, and a generous mission president that allows them to “skype” home on those two special days each year.
Penny came home from her mission to Calgary on February 24th and spoke in church the following Sunday. It was wonderful to have her home again while she diligently looked for a job. She started working at “Canyon Breeze Senior Living” in Orem as a CNA the middle of April. So on days she works, she lives with Heather and Daniel in Pleasant Grove. She comes home to visit when she doesn’t work for 2 or 3 days in between her scheduled time. It’s a lot of back and forth for now. This fall she plans to go to school full time and room with a former roommate closer to Utah Valley University.
Ariane directed a one-act play at the school’s “Drama-Rama” this past weekend. She has learned a lot being in the director’s chair rather than just acting on stage. She will be graduating from high school June 1st, so this month is filled with those end of the year activities including a theater awards banquet, the Senior Dinner Dance, and seminary graduation. She plans to attend UVU this fall and go into Theater Costume Design. This summer she chose to work at “Frontier Fort” with some of her friends, so if you have any little cub scouts planning to go to cub country this year, tell them to look for Ariane and say “hi.”
Daniel has continued working at Thanksgiving Point since he graduated from UVU in December. When auditions came up for a couple of musicals in Utah Valley this spring, he decided it was time to get back into doing something he loves again. He was cast in a community theater's production in Orem of “Annie the Musical,” which is running for one more week at the Scera. I was very impressed at how professional the entire cast was. Daniel is in the men’s ensemble and plays a wide variety of parts throughout the play. He and Heather have also been singing in a community choir together. We enjoyed their performance at the American Fork Tabernacle last week. And Heather has also continued singing with the Sterling Singers.
Our big news is that Kevin received his mission call to the Arizona Mesa Mission. He reports to the MTC in Provo June 8th, so it’s coming up fast. You are invited to come and listen to him speak in our Sacrament Meeting, which will probably be Sunday, May 29th at 11 AM. I’ll send out a note when that date is confirmed.
It has been a thrill for me to prepare and send off a missionary each year for the past three years. I especially love to see them come home with the good habits they have developed and more firm in their testimonies. We have been blessed as a family in so many ways because of our missionary children. Thank you for sharing in our joy!
Love, Dorothy and family
It’s been a great day already because Marcus called this morning. Kevin, Penny, Ariane, Alan, and I all visited with him by way of “Skype” for over an hour and a half. We enjoyed our conversation with him. He is doing great. It’s still a challenge for him and probably always will be, but he is gaining more self-confidence, his testimony is stronger, his knowledge and experience with the world is expanding. I appreciate the good companions he’s had to work with, and a generous mission president that allows them to “skype” home on those two special days each year.
Penny came home from her mission to Calgary on February 24th and spoke in church the following Sunday. It was wonderful to have her home again while she diligently looked for a job. She started working at “Canyon Breeze Senior Living” in Orem as a CNA the middle of April. So on days she works, she lives with Heather and Daniel in Pleasant Grove. She comes home to visit when she doesn’t work for 2 or 3 days in between her scheduled time. It’s a lot of back and forth for now. This fall she plans to go to school full time and room with a former roommate closer to Utah Valley University.
Ariane directed a one-act play at the school’s “Drama-Rama” this past weekend. She has learned a lot being in the director’s chair rather than just acting on stage. She will be graduating from high school June 1st, so this month is filled with those end of the year activities including a theater awards banquet, the Senior Dinner Dance, and seminary graduation. She plans to attend UVU this fall and go into Theater Costume Design. This summer she chose to work at “Frontier Fort” with some of her friends, so if you have any little cub scouts planning to go to cub country this year, tell them to look for Ariane and say “hi.”
Daniel has continued working at Thanksgiving Point since he graduated from UVU in December. When auditions came up for a couple of musicals in Utah Valley this spring, he decided it was time to get back into doing something he loves again. He was cast in a community theater's production in Orem of “Annie the Musical,” which is running for one more week at the Scera. I was very impressed at how professional the entire cast was. Daniel is in the men’s ensemble and plays a wide variety of parts throughout the play. He and Heather have also been singing in a community choir together. We enjoyed their performance at the American Fork Tabernacle last week. And Heather has also continued singing with the Sterling Singers.
Our big news is that Kevin received his mission call to the Arizona Mesa Mission. He reports to the MTC in Provo June 8th, so it’s coming up fast. You are invited to come and listen to him speak in our Sacrament Meeting, which will probably be Sunday, May 29th at 11 AM. I’ll send out a note when that date is confirmed.
It has been a thrill for me to prepare and send off a missionary each year for the past three years. I especially love to see them come home with the good habits they have developed and more firm in their testimonies. We have been blessed as a family in so many ways because of our missionary children. Thank you for sharing in our joy!
Love, Dorothy and family
Jennifer
ABF Movers
Moving the piano into our rental house in Boise
For Sale
kitchen before and after
Dear Family,
Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers!
I skyped with Ammon and Finn -- technology is the next best thing when you can't be together in person. I enjoy my grandchildren SO very much!
Wow, what a few months this has been. Bottom line -- our house went on the market and sold in a week! We got our asking price. It was worth installing new carpet, linoleum, paint, and countertops to make our house appealing and move-in ready. And the timing was great -- our roses were in full bloom and the weather was sunny and in the 70s. We are amazed at how fast it did sell. The couple that bought it were tired of dealing with banks and foreclosures and were ready to buy -- pre-approved and financially stable. We didn't have an open house because they put in an offer the day before. We are happy.
It definitely was a busy couple of months packing and organizing and moving and settling in our rental house in Boise. Well, almost moved, that is me. I'm working until May 31, then I, too, will move. I announced at our Friday's morning firm-wide meeting that our house was on the market and we were to have our first open house this weekend -- then on Monday I came in with cookies in celebration that I sold my house. My co-workers were surprised at the fast sale. So far everything has fallen into place. Our rental is a five-minute walk to Lucy's house. It's awesome that we are in the same neighborhood! How lucky we were to find that place.
So we are ready for this new adventure in our lives...we are looking for a builder and hope to start construction in June. This week also happens to be Boise's Parade of Homes -- so we (Steve) will be able to meet with builders and look at their homes.
This past weekend I participated in RTO (Rebuilding Together Oakland), a volunteer program, (it's actually a nationwide "Rebuilding Together" that was going on all over the country) that my law firm and another firm were involved in, where we painted a house for an elderly woman. (And it just so happened while I was doing that, that my house was being shown to the new buyers, which led to the offer on my house.)
We adopted Ammon and Angela's cats, George and Lenny. Angela was becoming allergic to them. We love them -- Ammon and Angela did a wonderful job raising them from kittens and making them cuddly and loving. They're about 6 years old now.
Looking forward to reading your entries and happenings in your lives.
Love, Jennifer & Steve
Moving the piano into our rental house in Boise
For Sale
kitchen before and after
Dear Family,
Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers!
I skyped with Ammon and Finn -- technology is the next best thing when you can't be together in person. I enjoy my grandchildren SO very much!
Wow, what a few months this has been. Bottom line -- our house went on the market and sold in a week! We got our asking price. It was worth installing new carpet, linoleum, paint, and countertops to make our house appealing and move-in ready. And the timing was great -- our roses were in full bloom and the weather was sunny and in the 70s. We are amazed at how fast it did sell. The couple that bought it were tired of dealing with banks and foreclosures and were ready to buy -- pre-approved and financially stable. We didn't have an open house because they put in an offer the day before. We are happy.
It definitely was a busy couple of months packing and organizing and moving and settling in our rental house in Boise. Well, almost moved, that is me. I'm working until May 31, then I, too, will move. I announced at our Friday's morning firm-wide meeting that our house was on the market and we were to have our first open house this weekend -- then on Monday I came in with cookies in celebration that I sold my house. My co-workers were surprised at the fast sale. So far everything has fallen into place. Our rental is a five-minute walk to Lucy's house. It's awesome that we are in the same neighborhood! How lucky we were to find that place.
So we are ready for this new adventure in our lives...we are looking for a builder and hope to start construction in June. This week also happens to be Boise's Parade of Homes -- so we (Steve) will be able to meet with builders and look at their homes.
This past weekend I participated in RTO (Rebuilding Together Oakland), a volunteer program, (it's actually a nationwide "Rebuilding Together" that was going on all over the country) that my law firm and another firm were involved in, where we painted a house for an elderly woman. (And it just so happened while I was doing that, that my house was being shown to the new buyers, which led to the offer on my house.)
We adopted Ammon and Angela's cats, George and Lenny. Angela was becoming allergic to them. We love them -- Ammon and Angela did a wonderful job raising them from kittens and making them cuddly and loving. They're about 6 years old now.
Looking forward to reading your entries and happenings in your lives.
Love, Jennifer & Steve
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