I get the bad blogger award

Ok, ok already!  I have so many loyal followers who have asked me to post something!  Well, thanks for the flattery, but we've been moving, and busy, so here's a quick little post to tide my faithful friends over... 

I have to make my first post a congratulatory post to Adam for getting a 9th circuit clerkship for next year!!!  Yeah!  (I'm pretty much bragging now, but that's the best clerkship you can get) the kind of downside is that it's in Pocatello Idaho!  HAHA!  Adam, the world traveller, is going to Pocatello ID, the "armpit of Idaho".  Awesome.  But, seriously, I am very proud of him, and I think it'll be great, we'll have a really fun time and we hope that all of our "faithful" friends and family will come visit us (or maybe I'll come visit you)--we'll need it!  

Moving Stinks, bad.

I hate moving. I have done it my whole life, and so my dream is to just live somewhere (in the middle of nowhere) forever and know the whole town and take dinners to people and bake cookies all day. Sounds like domestic bliss to me! I don't know if I'll ever get anything close to that- and that's ok, keeps life exciting.
We've already moved two times this summer, and we're upon our third time: moving back to Provo. It totally stinks. Housing prices are Horrendous (they are seriously charging $700 for basement apartments) and there is NO WHERE!! I have only found this one place where the management company is so ridiculously LAME! They asked for our financial statements! (BTW- we're just RENTING) What the heck? Do you think that's normal? Because we don't. OH yeah, and they totally nickel and dime tenants: $5 for every hole in the wall, $15 for someone to spend the night, $10 if you lock yourself out of your house!!! The unfortunate thing is we're probably going to end up living there unless a serious miracle happens, which I will be praying for tonight. I have honestly been working my brains out trying to find somewhere to live, and quite frankly I'm exhausted. I'm supposed to sign the contract tomorrow morning. I know I am going to regret this, but what can I do?

Our happenings

We had to get out of our apartment this weekend, so we decided to go up to Leavenworth (thank you for your wonderful trip planning Adam!!) We had a great time! Leavenworth, WA is cute little Bavarian (Germany) copy-cat city next to Lake Wenatchee. They had live Polka music, we ate Sauer Kraut and Sausages and looked around at their cute little German-esque shops. Madeline LOVED the polka music, and loved seeing horse-drawn carriages go by. It was just a shame we had to end our night at 7:30pm for Madeline to go down to sleep. If we only had a travelling nanny...
This is our picture by the lake. It was so beautiful. Beautiful snow capped mountains in the background, which are cut off (thank you random photographer).
Our hike around the lake by the Bed and Breakfast where we stayed. Adam, aka "sexy dad" is waving at the camera while Madeline is enjoying her "throne".
We stayed at this cute old vintagy bed and breakfast, that was decorated with TONS of old quilts and stuff. It totally reminded me of my grandma's house.
This is Madeline on her new borrowed toy car. She LOVES it. I love the jammy tops and bottoms, it makes her look so grown up, don't you think?

We went to the Seattle Aquarium, which Madeline loved, but it was kind of disappointing to Adam and I. Especially after the $15 entry fee and the rave reviews we've heard about it, we just expected a little more. But it was pretty cool I guess. This huge fish tank was my favorite part. Followed closely by...
This tank where you could touch the star fish and animals. Cool huh? Ohhh.... pretty colors...
Madeline loved the fish swimming by. And don't you love her outfit? She spilled all her juice on her clothes in the car, so all we had to put her in was her jacket, diaper (of course) and leggings! Good thing she's so cute, she can pull off no clothes!
Daddy and Madeline walking into a park we actually couldn't go in because it cost $ and it was Sunday. But I made them pose for this cool pic anyway... ;)
Yummy speghetti...

Tag from Becky

I think: about homeless people a lot. Especially here in Seattle. Sometimes I give money sometimes I don't. I don't know what else to do.
I know: the (k+1) theorum
I want: my old body back!
I have: the world's best husband and a beautiful daughter!
I wish: I had a cool mom job like a "graphic artist" or "designer" or "pediatrician" --I'm totally craving a cool mom job right now.
I hate: the papparazzi and Judge Judy!!! What is this suing society we've become--we so don't live in reality anymore. Tort Reform!
I miss: friends
I fear: not being the mom and wife I want to be.
I smell: Fresh Washington Trees
I crave: Brownies.
I search: for Adam's stuff all the time! ;) ( he would say the same thing about me)
I wonder:when I should get pregnant again.
I regret: some of my choices, and my caddiness sometimes.
I love: my family and friends and the gospel
I always: feel inadequate to everybody else. (this is so me too- sorry for copying)
I am not: a pessimist.
I believe: that someday Nick and Jessica will get back together!! ;)
I dance: with one signature move that Adam always makes fun of! (ofcourse--what else is a Heder good for than to make fun of you!)
I sing: Pretty bad Harmony to good old songs by Whitney Houston
I write: on my blog, journalling is a thing of the past. the future is now.
I lose: it when I don't win games: checkers, scrabble, you name it- I lose it. no pun intended.
I win: changing-diaper-battles against Madeline ;)
I never: shave my legs (just kidding) um... shave my armpits (kidding again)... scrapbook! ha- there's one.
I listen: to the traffic on the freeway! (We live by a freeway)
I am scared: of rapists.
I need: a personal stylist.
I am happy about: my life! It honestly couldn't be better!

This was a tag from my lovely friend Becky who is about to give birth to her third beautiful girl! I don't think people read my blog enough to tag others but I'll try: I tag: Lauren and Glittersmama and Rachel

My new dresses!

This dress is kind of funky, the black part bubbles below the waist- Adam thought it was poor sewing (oh the untrained mind...) but that's how it's supposed to be. And the dress has POCKETS! Not that I would use them (just when no one was looking) and is very comfy. It would be cute if I could find some purple shoes to match the band, but I don't think that's going to happen, so I guess I'll stick with black. I don't have any grey. Suggestions?
Does this dress look too provocative??? I do want to wear it to church. I'm thinking either black or dark grey tights and a cute cream T-strap patent leather shoe.

(This post is for my sis-in-law, Sarah aka my fashion-counselor) But anyone may comment, ofcourse. I got these two new dresses for almost 1/2 price!!! What do you think? I think they're pretty cute! Yeah! I love new clothes...esp when they're 1/2 price!

My big dilemna STILL is comfy mom-shoes. Who has a good pair of comfy, yet cute mom shoes to walk around in all day, play on the playground and still look good, and they cannot be flip flops. ??? I don't think that shoe exists.

PS_ this is not me in the pictures

Yes, we're in Seattle

Ok, ok, I know, everyone's been wondering... I'm sure the question of where are we now is eating away all of your spare thoughts day after day... So let me FINALLY quench your wondering and tell you that we're in Seattle, WA. The weather has been great so far, and we are loving it. We are in a condo- quite different from the lavish home we had in CA. We have been busy adjusting and getting the AC fixed (total nightmare), anlol.d now I have to replace the garage door opener (Adam lost it- hehe)... so I haven't had much blogging time. If you've ever been to Seattle, please pipe up and tell me what you like or don't like about it, as I''m kind of burned out from doing my enthusiastic scouting of the area like I did in California. I don't know if I will be able to handle the weather- that's what worries me the most. But it's a pretty laid back big city, which is nice. Everyone I've met so far has been really nice and unpretentious. The idea is for us to choose between Palo Alto and Seattle, which I think will be a really hard decision. Any votes??? Now that we're here, it's funny, a big part of me just wants to go back to Utah. lol. Maybe it's just because that's my comfort zone. Anyway. That's what we've been up to.

P.S. I had to post this picture of the night scene of Seattle, because I've never seen it!!!

"Our" dog, Beau--we'll miss you!!

Who knew I could get so attached to a dog?? It was only two months that we watched Beau, but both Madeline and I totally fell in love. He was a great dog and he totally fell in love with us too. He followed me everyday all around the house: back and forth, upstairs and downstairs over and over throughout the day. We nursed him back to health after his dog attack, and he slept upstairs for a few days because he was so lonely and sad (sorry owners- hope that was ok!). And we found out that he snores incredibly loud and his farts STINK! But it was worth it. We had so much fun playing with him and Madeline would crawl all over him--he didn't love that but he would tolerate it, like a good dog.

Once when I was getting this ball to throw for him, he walked all over Madeline, scratching her and knocking her down! It was the one time I got mad at him. I hit him on the behind and banished him to the porch. I felt bad later and went out and lectured him like he could understand me, and then I told him I forgave him and gave him a hug. lol. Then we played ball.

I have thought about him several times since we've left, and I hope he doesn't think I've abandoned him--but what else could he think?

I think Adam secretly hoped that this experience would deter me from wanting to get a dog (I've always wanted a dog my whole life) but it did just the opposite. Unfortunately, we won't be settled for a couple of years at least (sigh), but taking care of Beau helped to fill that interim.