It's Back!

I have been without my video icon on the tool bar for months now causing my posts to lack some of the funniest and best parts. I finally figured out how to make it work again....So here, in no particular order, are the videos I've promised but been unable to post:

Amanda Singing to a Playmill Guest:


Somewhere West of Denver:

A Lightening Storm in Southeast Idaho:

Sid's Graduation:

Wedding Craziness:

Amanda's Preshow Number at the Playmill:
(I wish this one was longer the batteries ran out after 7 seconds!)

Last, but certainly not least...Sid Opening His Mission Call:

A Treck-via-Truck (Moving Truck That Is...)

Mom and Dad just sold their house in the Chicago area. They purchased a house in Southern Utah to retire to and will be moving there probably in March or April.

As they prepared to put their house on the market they needed to move some things out of their old house and into their new house so it was emptier for staging. Kevin was set to fly out and then drive a moving truck back filled with Mom & Dad's things as well as treasures each one of us kids still had stored at the house.

Well, Kevin "decided" to spend a few days in the hospital and be grounded from flying for 30 days. Dan and I were called upon to see if we could come out and help. We had been talking about going back to visit before Mom and Dad moved and we didn't have a free hotel in Chicago. We checked our schedules and found the time would work for us to come.

Since we had to drive back and directly to Southern Utah, we decided to make a vacation out of the drive. The planning began...where to go, which days, who to stay with, what to see, etc. We decided to visit Church History sights in Nauvoo and Carthage, Illinois, and Missouri. Once the general itinerary was set we called family and friends for places to stay; Uncle Keith and Aunt Barbara in Bountiful, Aunt Jane, Uncle Chris, and Cousin Mary in Nauvoo, friends Greg and Keri Wilson in Kansas City, Missouri, Aunt Nancy and Uncle Keith in Cedar City, Utah.

We had estimated our departure and arrival times, none of which were even close to accurate from the start of the trip. Despite that, we had a GREAT trip!

Here are more details and pictures of our trek:

You Really Aren't Forgotten

I've been working on an update post ALL DAY. I promise its coming. I'm almost done but need to get some things done around the house before Dan gets home from work. Maybe when I return blogger won't be so temperamental and I'll be able to finish the post in just a few minutes rather than the hours it's taken so far. Why or why does this have to be so difficult????!!!!!

Is He Live or Is He Memorex?

Yesterday we received the following from Sid's Mission President:

We both laughed pretty hard after reading the letter. It has to be one of the funniest letters we've ever read. Very direct, straight to the point, and pretty hilarious! :) We're hoping that Sid wasn't just Photoshopped in...

That Was Easy and Painless!

We are back on-line in our home!!! The laptop took all of 5 minutes to hook up to the internet. This morning I took about 30 seconds to connect our desktop to the internet too. (Dan leaves for an overnight in Seattle tomorrow and is taking the laptop with him. I'm not really wanting to go without the internet for the day-and-a-half he's gone after waiting so long to get it set up in our place.) Now if only unpacking the boxes and organizing our house would go as quickly...