Tasha's big week

Well today marks the end of Tasha's first full week at school. It was an up and down week for her. At first she was very excited for the week to start and then, as the week ran on, the excitement wore off. On Wednesday she didn't want to go at all. She hadn't made any friends yet and the day was so long! But then she met a friend named Jada. Tasha usually makes friends pretty quickly so we are glad to see her move forward. Its too bad that she will have to start again in a few weeks when we move to Greenwich.

Garrett started school this week as well. 6 boys in our ward get together for "Joy School." They go once a week for a couple of hours. The moms rotate who teaches. Garrett was so excited. He made a little booklet about counting to five. He especially liked that he traced his hand. This morning he walked me through the entire booklet. We are glad that he is enjoying it.

Our new apartment should be ready for us next week. We will move most things over in stages and save the big stuff for the 29th when we will get some guys from the ward together.

I started a long project this week. I'm still in New York, but working at the client's office. It adds about 20 minutes to my commute, but I get to walk an extra two miles each day. I'm having a good time and learning a lot.

Steph is busy trying to pack up all our stuff. We are trying to get a jump on it because we tend to get pulled away on so many different things.

Our new place

Last week we signed the deal on our new place. Ken and Eryn Klingler are moving to Dallas, we are sad to see them go. But they have a great apartment in Greenwich that they gave us the heads up on. It is the second story of a family home. Its in a nice, quiet, Italian neighborhood and its just down the street from the elementary school. The school is still under construction but it will be finished in January.

Tasha also starts kindertgarten this week. She goes for a couple of hours on Thursday, just for an orientation, and then a full day on Friday. After that marathon she will be all worn out and will have her first holiday break for Labor Day. Rob is taking Friday and Monday off, we will see if we have any fun, or just start packing for the move.

Tasha's Birthday 2007

Tasha had her birthday party a couple of weeks ago. We were waiting for her friend Victoria to get back from Japan so everyone could come. It was really fun. The kids did all kinds of fun things. Just look.

First we made flower leis for everyone to wear.

Then we had a potato sack race, fun to do and fun to watch.

Then we did the limbo, some of the kids got really low. Lexi was great at this.

Our lovely limbo girls.

Then we had a relay race where the kids dressed up in Hawaiian tourist clothes and ran an obstacle course.

They raced on two teams.

Then it was time for lots of cupcakes and icecream. Look at Garrett go.

Later at home Tasha opened her presents. I think Garrett was even more excited than Tasha.

Tasha got some headbands from Lexi and the kids knew exactly what to do with them.

A quick pic

Here is a picture of Garrett at the pool. He wasn't crazy about the goggles.

It's a Boy!!!!!

We are so excited to announce our new baby boy. While he won't arrive in the mail for another few months (estimated arrival: January 10th, subject to change) we are really excited for him. Tasha was really set on a baby sister so when we told her it will be a boy she was really upset. She said, "No mom, I said a baby SISTER." Its a good lesson in "we don't always get what we want." I told her we'll have to see what happens next time, and Steph said "Next time?" Its way too early to talk about next time, we haven't even had this time yet.

I'm in Washington DC this weekend at a training. Its with the American Society of Appraisers so pretty soon I can tell you all about how to value a business, if you ever need to know.

My First Day

Today is my first day at my new job in New York City. I'm writing from the train ride home. It was an exciting day full of meeting new people. I am now in the Transaction Services Practice at PwC. I will get to work on a lot of cool stuff and have time with some really smart people.

Today they took me to lunch at O'Charley's right across the street from the office. It was a good pub. I had the BBQ salmon sandwich, highly recommeded.

The office is on Park Ave and 42 street, just up the block from Grand Central Terminal. We sure have had a lot of changes lately. A couple of weeks ago I was called as the Elders Quorum President. There is a lot of work to do and I am feeling the pressure of it all. Luckily I have a good group of councilors who help me a lot.

I can blog on my Blackberry

This is so cool. I just found out that I can blog on my Blackberry. Now I can tell you what its like to ride the train or give you a running commentary on our lives. You will know that I am using the Blackberry because the spelling will be all crazy. We had fun at the New York Hall of Science yesterday. They had some really fun stuff and the kids had fun playing. They got to drive a dragster, play with light and sound, see some microbes, and they loved the Gatorade at lunch.