Goodnight house goodnight mouse

It's really only appropriate that I'm here alone in my house for the very last night I own her. It's a bitter sweet goodbye- it's been a long road with buyers not showing, buyers backing out, mortgage companies taking their time, lenders taking their time. But it is official at 9 AM tomorrow morning I sign the papers over to the new owners. It's strange to me a person can cry so much over something as silly as a house, but it is the beginning of so many thing, the end of many others and so with that I say from the book Good Night Moon:
Goodnight room
goodnight moon
goodnight cow jumping over the moon
goodnight light and the red balloon
goodnight bears goodnight chairs
goodnight kittens goodnight mittens
goodnight clocks and goodnight socks
goodnight little house and goodnight mouse
goodnight comb and goodnight brush
goodnight nobody goodnight mush
and goodnight to the old lady whispering "hush"
goodnight stars, goodnight air
goodnight noises everywhere.

Happy Anniversary Babe

So I'm only 8 days late in posting this... but I found this and yes it's one of our "songs" and yes it's a bit "cheesy"

I love you so much babe! We've been down some definite broken roads these past 3 years but they always bring me closer to you. I think that the lyrics to this and to Keeper of the Stars by Tracy Byrd says it best...

It was no accident me finding you

Someone had a hand in it

Long before we ever knew

Now I just can't believe you're in my life

Heaven's smilin' down on me

As I look at you tonight

I tip my hat to the keeper of the stars

He sure knew what he was doin'

When he joined these two hearts

I hold everything

When I hold you in my arms

I've got all I'll ever need

Thanks to the keeper of the stars

Soft moonlight on your face oh how you shine

It takes my breath away

Just to look into your eyes

I know I don't deserve a treasure like you

There really are no words

To show my gratitude

So I tip my hat to the keeper of the stars

He sure knew what he was doin'

When he joined these two hearts

I hold everything

When I hold you in my arms

I've got all I'll ever need

Thanks to the keeper of the stars

It was no accident me finding you

Someone had a hand in it

Long before we ever knew

SHMILY

Shelf reliance give away

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Willow Flat tradition...

Before we left ID we did our annual stick your feet in the water... yes it was freezing, no I barely kept my feet in for 10 secs... Out of Dave, Brian, Riley, and I Riley was the BIG winner! Brian and Dave made us a fire, Ty slept through most of it, we had some yummy hot dogs and oranges and of course soda. I love Willow Flats!

Where did May go...

Yes friends- it's been 2 weeks since I last wrote you all... I'd like to say that not much has gone on, but that would be a lie. So- I'll do my best to be as entertaining and informative as I possibly can. HA

If you look close you'll see the fun with markers Ty had- feet, lips, face.....

Idaho

no- yu'da ho... I know probably a little too racy for some of you reading this, but that's always what I think when I say Idaho. Did you know you can get 5.7 acres and a 2800 sq feet house for $230,000 in ID? It's amazing! So Dad and Uncle Vern flew out to do some fencing on the farm so we decided to join and help. Well let's rephrase that, Brian went to help around the farm and me and Ty around the house.

The boys would leave about 7:30 in the morning and get back around 5 or 6 that evening. Riley TY and I kept busy cleaning house, doing laundry, weeding, picking up hoses, broken flower pots, more weeding, trimming trees, and did I mention more weeding? AND I might mention that I get the good wife award as I usually had dinner close to ready by the time the got home- AND my rolls turned out pretty darn good if I do say so... My brother Dan and his family joined us on Saturday evening. Poor Dave- he went from 1 person in the house to 10- to Brian and I it was nothing, to him culture shock- LOL. We were able to meet Tawnie, Dave's girlfriend- she met us at church and I somehow conned her into sunday dinner... muuuwaaahhhaa (my evil laugh) Very nice girl from Smithfield. (I mean she put up with Brian harassing her so she can't be too bad)

On Memorial day we went for a "picnic" out at the farm that turned into a 6 hour event. We first stopped by Maggie and Nathan Smith's grave in Treasureton and Dad told us stories about his crazy Uncle William (Bill) and how he gave Dad a pig's tail for his b'day once... and how Maggie and Nathan founded Smithfield but were ousted when they didn't want to take the Desert News but wanted the Tribune... It was sad that they lost I think 7 or 8 or their children almost all before the age of 2... but it was a good family history moment. Then onto the farm

Well it had been raining since Saturday and it was very muddy. We tried to go up and around the farm but didn't make it too far as it was too muddy and couldn't get up the hill... so off to a random campsite place for a picnic- in the rain. Ty and Kyle loved being outside and running free. Ty is a little to independent and curious for my liking so we had to keep a close eye as there was a stream/ river/ current close... but all in all it was fun.

After that little adventure we decided to go to Soda Springs- they have a natural spring that has soda water that comes out of the ground. It was pretty cool, tasted like seltzer water, had a funky after taste, but definitely cool to see. PLUS they had a park with tee ter toters for big kids and a playground that Kyle and Ty loved!

It was fun being with my family. We don't get to spend much time together, but when we do it's always a party! ha ha ha

UTAH

Well, after all our fun in Las Vegas we headed up north to Utah. We stayed in our empty house on air mattresses for a couple of days while I worked, good thing we had at least a roll of TP ... hee hee. We were able to go to our favorite pool, had fun with friends and neighbors, and just had fun. We truly miss all of our friends and neighbors we have in UT. It's amazing some of the deals you can find grocery shopping in UT... after a couple days of camping out in our house (which just as a side note, is not going to be ours in 30-45 days from now... we hope!) Anyways we picked up my Dad from the airport and headed to ID. Last stop on the way to Rexburg to take Riley to BYU-I.