Once Again.

It's been too long.
So much has happened!
It's kind of hard to imagine that life continues to move on when the blog isn't updated huh?

Well, I'm about 30 some odd days from graduating from The Police Academy!
Lately we've been delving into firearms training and scenarios - which are amazing.
I can see just how far I've come from Day 1, as well as how far I still have to go.

The girls are growing up so fast, time really does fly - I can't believe Helena will be 5 years old come November. That just blows my mind.
Five whole years. Five whole years since my life changed drastically for the better. Five whole years since my life reset. It's so super crazy. Where did all of my time go?
PheeJo is FINALLY potty trained. I say finally because I feel like it took her forever to get it down and actually want to do it on her own. No more diapers in our house for good (I probably shouldn't say that... I'm going to jinx myself)!

I have so many photos to post, entries to write, and things to do!

Camping w/ Corpses?

Last weekend we decided to head up Diamond Fork Canyon with our awesome friends The Feltch's. We had an absolute blast and can't wait to do it again! We only stayed 1 night - even though it felt like an entire weekend... We roasted hot dogs for the kids' dinners, had steak for the adults, and (of course) had smores for dessert.

This was my first time camping in a tent! Can you believe that?! Ryan couldn't - he even gave my Dad a hard time via text that he had never taken me "camping". Even with all of the experiences I have had growing up at Netimus, and heading to YW Summer Girls camp - Tent camping is certainly a different experience.

I was totally anxious about our little impromptu trip - but after the first few hours, I fell back in love with the outdoors. After dinner and dessert were over with and the children put to bed Heather, Nathan, Ryan, and I stayed up and sat around the fire. We laughed and joked and enjoyed each others company.

The next morning we attempted to make pancakes - but that kind of fell through so we ended up having cereal and milk along with hard boiled eggs! Too bad we didn't bring some salt & peppah along for the ride.

After breakfast the kids colored and blew bubbles and we went on a little walk down the road to catch some more scenery - boy the mountains here are beautiful... They make the Poconos look like hills.

 The kids loved finding these snail shells!

 All the littles including miss Bethany were pooped after our little adventure and required the shoulder carry...

 We star gazed and for the first time ever - I saw the Milky Way outside of a planetarium!

We can't wait for the next Conk/Feltch Camping trip! Life is good when you have friends like Heather & Nathan.

Furniture?

So, I sold our kitchen table the other day because it wasn't working with my vision. There was no Feng Shui, and absolutely zero Zen... and now my house looks even more empty! AGH!

My least favorite part of this whole moving up in life adventure, from apartments to owning our first home, is that you have no furniture - or at least thats how it feels. I do need to remember to take it one step at a time and plus, we've only been here for a little over 2 months - so I'm sure I'll find my Zen place eventually. But, it also doesnt help that I am incredibly indecisive and constantly have a huge case of buyers remorse.

*UPDATE*

I have been searching google (for like 2 hours) for a picture of the table I fell in love with and can't find it anywhere! Frustrating!

I will soon be updating with a photo tour of our home and all the decorating ideas I have!

FINALLY! I found a picture of the type of wood used to make that table...

^^^ This is the kind of wood the table was made out of! So cool eh?! ^^^

Our Indoor Swimming Pool...

Since the weather here has been scorching the past few days, my girls have wanted to hit the pool badly. But - because we have (again) become a one car family, it's not exactly easy to get ourselves places. Heather has been AMAZING at carting our butts around lately - I am so grateful for her, I don't think I could even put in into words. Anyways, back to my story... I was going to borrow Julie Anne's little swimming pool since we ditched ours on Freecycle before the big move - but it was just SO HOT I couldn't bring myself to leave my perfectly air conditioned 68˚ house. So - I filled up my jet tub with warm water and made a little jacuzzi for my babies! Phoebe was a little freaked out at first, but after a minute or so of getting used to it - she loved the bubbles! Helena is definitely a little fish and I cant wait to get to the pool with her. I made a little video to send to Ryan while he was at work, so he could see his babies enjoying "their pool", and now that I have discovered how impossibly EASY it is to send videos from my 3GS to my YouTube account - I can share it with you!

 (Remember, you can always access my YouTube account by clicking the vintage camcorder icon/picture on the right hand side of my blog screen - and my Picasa can be accessed by clicking the vintage Nikon - how appropriate right?)