New new new. I love having new stuff to share. We are well. Mark has an interview in CA on the 19th....so we will see. It is out of our hands at this point. Rowyn had her First Birthday and we all had a blast. And Sydney is getting to be such a big girl and getting ready for Pre-school.

getting big

Memorial Day

Memorial Day Celebration in Boalsburg, Home of the very first Memorial Celebration. They have a really cool reinactment of a civil war battle. Costumes/and cannons and all. The kids love it.

She loves her Daddy.

cake anyone. Rowyn wasn't sure about Sydney gettting that close to her cake. That is Sydney's Finger about to swipe a bit of Rowyn's Icing. LOL

What is new??

I haven't blogged in ages simply because nothing has really seemed to be monumentally new. Except for now. We have been smoothly sailing along these past few years working and running Mark's business and me working as a chemist and moving up in my job. Church is busy too, we both have callings, Mark is young mens pres. and I am the sec. in RS. The girls love it here. Sydney is so beautiful and loves to dance and sing around the house. I love it when she tells me she wants to show me a play she has been rehearsing all day. I really want to get her into gymnastics so she will learn about her balance. She is always always tripping and stumbling over her feet. She is a trooper though and hardly ever cries over her scraps and bruises. But she cries at the drop of a hat when it comes to dramatics. Boy can she put on a show. Rowyn is at that amazing age of copy cat. She does everything you tell her to do. She watches like a hawk and loves to imitate her daddy. She loves her daddy. So here we are just getting used to life in the Moist North East......and boom......all of these opportunities pop up for us to move west. Sooooooo I don't know when, and I don't know how, but I know somethings starting right now.....can you tell my daughter loves the Little Mermaid??? Something is in the works. We don't know when or exactly where but there are so many different options right now that we pretty much feel inedibly that we will be in Utah or California by the end of the year. So yay for the Lord's hand in our lives. I think my parents have been praying so hard for this that I can give them credit for convincing the Lord that we should be there. :) I will keep this updated as we find out more.

Sooo much Too Much

So lately there has been a lot of buzz around our house about trying to find a job out west and moving and selling our home and it is a little too much. There is no definite on anything right now. We have some really big hopes and some really great opportunities on the horizon but I don't want to get all crazy about it yet. I feel like if I do I will go crazy. I still have the craziness of everyday life looming over me...I can't take on the craziness of thinking of moving and selling and adjusting until I know it is a definite thing. Then I will jump up and down and get all excited about it (for sure). For now, I am just mellow and working and keeping involved in the present.

I have been thinking a lot about being in plays this week. This is the week that the Utah Shakespearean Festival brings in all of its summer actors and Cedar City comes alive with acting and atomosphere. I can almost hear the sound of sets being built. I didn't realize how much I have missed that rush of being an actor and beginning something new. Maybe, someday I will get a chance to do it again. :)


Here is to high hopes for the future.

Isn't she gorgeous!!! My wonderful friend Jalee had her baby. I am so proud of her. She was in labor for over 36 hours and this baby is beautiful. I kept thinking....why does this baby look so perfect and my babies all look like I hit them around for a day or so before they were born. Oh well, some people have all the luck. Beautiful baby Lelah Riley Scott. Now the sleepless nights begin. I love you Jalee. :)

DAD

So.....my biggest fear, living so far away from my parents, is that something will happen and I won't be able to get there fast enough or I won't be able to do anything to help. So when I recieved a call that my Dad had been taken to Cedar for emergency surgery, I just crumbled. I love my dad. We have one of those great relationships where I was practically his shadow growing up. He is such an inspiration to me. Well... He is ok. He strained his body so much working in the yard that he tore a hole in his retina. They were able to save his eyesight....if all goes well. They had to weld it back together with a laser. Crazy stuff. I am so happy that he will be able to "see" my daughter when we go in August. He has never seen Rowyn yet. Not in real life anyway. So I am thankful today for the blessing of sight and all of our senses that we have been blessed with.

Love you dad.

giveaway

there is another give away on princess hair. http://hair4myprincess.blogspot.com/

I love this girl. :)


Saturday and Sunday were wonderful days at the Houser House. We are doing some renovations to the Bathroom and Windows. The windows especially since the big wind storm we had blew one of our upstairs windows out. The baby's room was quite chilly and we were alarmed to se the window completely shattered. So now Rowyn has a Cardboard window till we can get it replaced. Silly weather. Everything else is good though. Mark is working hard to get this place in order.





My favorite thing about the weekend though...was Sydney and her enthusiam for Conference. She sat so reverently doing her coloring and or painting, then when the prophet spoke she would shout things out like, "Thats our Prophet" or, "He said Jesus Loves us" and "He is a great Man, he is my prophet." It was such a faith building experience for our family to see her excitement for the gospel and our Prophet. She listened and would repeat things as the speakers said them. It kept me alert too, as I am known to sleep through a few talks here and there. She didn't even fall asleep during any of the sessions. What a wonderful weekend. Sometimes I wish every Sunday could be Conference.