Sunday, September 16, 2007

Saturday's events

Yesterday we went to Hill Air Force Base and visited their aeronautical museum. We all had a fun time. There are lots of airplanes and helicopters to look at and an educational area with lots of hands-on stuff from activities for the kids to flight simulators...definitely worth a trip (and it's free - even better!).Here are the boys watching a blow-dryer hold a ping-pong ball up. Picnic lunch afterwards. Then we headed over to the Briggs' for a wonderful farewell dinner. Tiffany prepared lobster...mmmmm!!!! She orders them on-line & they're flown in & delivered by FedEx. Wow. This was the first time Andrew & I had eaten lobster outside of just ordering lobster tail in a restaurant, so we got a lesson on how to cook it & crack the body open to get all the meat. We're gonna miss you guys, but hopefully you'll land in the Denver area again soon too!

Thursday, September 13, 2007

Thursday mornings

Every Thursday morning I get together with the greatest group of ladies for coffee (or tea or water or whatever) and conversation. We all met through New Beginnings Church. It makes me sad that this was our last Thursday morning together before we move. I am definitely going to miss the people I have met over this last year. This is Sara's daughter Monica, Sara, Edrie, Edrie's grandson Jordan, and Ginger. Aileen is another regular, but she couldn't be there this morning. Ladies, thanks for the friendship!

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Well, it finally happened

As we were checking out at the grocery story yesterday, Max says:

"Whoa. She has a big bottom."

Monday, September 10, 2007

New Hacienda del Shier

I think I forgot to mention that we bought a house last time we were in Parker. We close on the 21st, so this party is leaving SLC the 20th. Andrew will probably have to come back for work, but that's it. The new house is in the Canterberry subdivision of Parker. 4 beds (3 up, one in the finished basement), office on main floor, big master, big kitchen, big patio (partially covered), 3-car garage. Big enough for some elbow room, but not too gigantic. It's a couple years old, which means we can just move in, no landscaping, no window coverings to buy (although I will eventually change some, but we don't have to buy anything immediately to avoid giving the neighbors a show while in the shower)...nice! I guess a family from the east coast lived there for 15 months, hated Colorado, and jumped at the chance to be transferred back east. Hmmm, sounds familiar! We are excited though & think it'll be a great fit for us.

Amen to that!

We got a tenant this morning! The final piece of this puzzle fell into place! I have been praying, "just bring us a tenant or a buyer, please..." One of Andrew's coworkers wants to sign a 12-month lease. Yeah!!

Oh my heck!

Oh my heck (to use a Utah-ism), if I didn't have a horrible intestinal bug for over a week!!! This bug just drug on and on, and it absolutely leveled me for about a week. I am most grateful that our kids escaped it though! And my theme has been "my husband, my hero." Andrew has been the champ, keeping Team Shier moving with kids, meals, shopping, etc. We even ventured out to Winger's last night & my body approved of all the food. Of course, I don't know how it could reject that sweet manna from heaven. It just feels so good to finally feel good - I am back!