Nebraska Or Bust!!

We made it to Nebraska, where Mark got a new job, and we bought an awesome house, and we sold our old house in 3 weeks, but before we moved A.J had a birthday and turned 3, and Cora turned 8 and was baptized, and I ran my half-marathon. Now you all are up-to-date!! Here are
some pictures:
And that will have to do for now because it's too overwhelming and if I get to overwhelmed, I might not ever blog again for the rest of my whole entire life, and that's a long time. I want to spend more time blogging about things past, but not today. So here are some pictures of Garret and A.J. playing in the sprinkler yesterday.


And this is what Jorie does when the sprinklers are on:
Oh...wait...that's what she does when Daddy is cleaning out the rain gutters before a big storm. She drinks the run-off! So far we have had a lot of really nasty weather. Thunderstorms like you wouldn't believe with tornado warnings and all. Last night it seemed like something straight out of War of the Worlds. No more than 2 seconds went by when the sky wasn't lit up with lightning and there was CRAZY wind with the severe weather warning sirens going off in the distance...pounding rain with some hail...Growing up in Florida, I've seen some storms, but the two here so far have just amazed and humbled me. I have a renewed respect for "mother nature". There is a tiny part of me that hopes to see a tornado one day. One that is far, far away in an open field where no one will be hurt. Speaking of open fields...Nebraska, where I live, is not very flat at all. In fact, there are a lot of trees and forests spread around, and it is a very calming landscape. Most open spaces, however, are filled up with corn fields that are just starting to take off. I feel very peaceful here, and love the new house. We have so much space!! The yard is huge with 6 big trees. I'll get pictures another time. I hope we can settle here for at least 2 years. If we can hit the 2 year mark anywhere it will be a miracle of sorts. Anyways...While we were packing up the house in Utah my kids kept getting a hold of my camera and taking videos and pictures. Some of them are funny so I'll finish off this post with some of those.




As much as I like being here so far, I do miss Utah and seeing you ladies out and about. Not that I'm a social butterfly who likes to chat, chat, chat, but I do miss the familiarity and great friends. Murray is the best for sure!!! Oh and Julie...look what I found while unpacking: