Jonathan, Kimberley and Gage

Thursday, October 27, 2011

The craziest year of our lives!!!

Well here we are back in Utah. We have actually moved 4 times this year and hope to move one more time out of my parents basement soon. We started in South Carolina and moved to California for a few weeks, then to Lehi, Utah, for about 2.5 months and then back to California for 2 months and then to Bountiful, Utah where we are now. We have been here since June and hope to find a place of our own soon. We feel so blessed to be somewhat settled and after 3 years of hopping from one place to another we cannot wait to be homeowners again.

Here are some pictures to recap the last 10 months.....

Beach Santa Cruz, CA

Golden Gate Bridge - San Francisco, CA

First time sledding and playing in the snow - Bear Lake, Utah

Dinasour Museum Lehi, Utah

First Ice Cream Cone Lehi, Utah

Easter Sunday Sunnyvale, CA

Flying to Utah

Gage the "Hunk" - amusement park San Jose, CA

Just the GUYS watching TV! Santa Clara, CA

Our beautiful town home that we happened to get really lucky finding

Santa Clara, CA

Six Flags, Vallejo, CA

Plane trip moving to California the second time

Trying on Daddy's shoes - Santa Clara, CA

Gage's first bike - Bountiful, Utah

First day of swimming lessons - Bountiful, Utah

Our 8th Anniversary in Park City, Utah

Gage at the market - Utah State Fair

Hill Air Force Space Aerospace Museum - Layton, Utah

(really fun and free)

Hill Air Force Space Aerospace Museum - Layton, Utah

Utah's Hogle Zoo

Utah's Hogle Zoo with cousin Nicole

Feeding the duck's at Sugarhouse Park, Utah

If you are around Gage long enough you will find him saying "Circus LOUD"

He still remembers how loud it is and when he hears something loud he always repeats the phrase, I guess because he has something to connect it with.

Circus - Salt Lake City, Utah

Pack's Pumpkin Patch - Farmington, Utah.

I think we were only there for 10 minutes because the mosquitos were so bad.

Disneyland in Halloween costume

Disneyland

Disneyland in Halloween costume

Disneyland!

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Living in Utah

What a crazy, crazy time in our lives! Funny how things work out! We are no longer living in California, that only lasted about 2 weeks. Jonathan actually accepted a job in Utah from a guy he interviewed with 3.5 years ago. He remembered him and actually called while Jonathan was driving the penske truck from South Carolina to California. So everyone... we are now in Utah!!!! How crazy is that!!! We are staying temporarily with my brother's family in Lehi. So if any of you want to get together.... just let me know!!! :)

Monday, January 17, 2011

CALIFORNIA

WE MADE IT!!!! Jonathan got a new job with Juniper Networks in Sunnyvale California... Where is that.... good question I had to look it up too. It is a few miles outside of San Jose and and about 40 minutes South of San Francisco. Jonathan drove a 26 foot penske truck from South Carolina all by himself, (normally a 44 hour drive in a normal car) and he drove the truck with a car towed on the back. (Big props for Jonathan). Gage and I flew to Utah and spent 5 days there with family and friends while Jonathan drove and then we met him in San Jose. We are now staying at an In-town and suites for a few weeks until we could find a place to rent.

What a reality check San Jose California is.... We never knew trying to rent a home would be so complicated and frustrating. Seriously we call to see a listing and then a bunch of other people are there to see the house at the same time. Then whoever is interested fills out an application and they do their background checks and all, and then pick who they want. Not only that, but we found out that only 15% of the population here can afford to buy a home (since they are a million dollars for 1200-1500 square feet). So everyone wants to rent and everything goes super fast. Some of the listings we called the same day as their ad posting and they were already gone. So we have been very overwhelmed the last week.

Today we got good news.... we were picked for a town home in Santa Clara, CA. About 6 miles from Jonathans work (and that will still be a 20+ minute commute or so. We are excited about it. We like it, but don't love it, but I just don't think you can be picky here in San Jose, and think we have been very lucky and blessed to find it. Also coming from an apartment this is a real treat, and seems HUGE. It is 3 stories (I know, more stairs, but at least they are all inside, and in a town home we won't have neighbors above or below us), 2 car garage, 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath, two living rooms, 1650 square feet (double the size of our apartment in South Carolina). The bad news is that it is by a train and under the flight path for the airport,,, but again beggars can't be choosers... Right! O yeah, and we are paying $2500 per month... CRAZINESS I know. And this is on the lower end of the decent homes here. Click the link below for more details:

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/apa/2155705709.html

We are still going to keep our eyes open for the next few days to see if anything else opens up before we finalize the lease. Anyway, it has been very overwhelming, but hopefully the hunt is over and we will be able to find a new happiness and a peace of security.

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

6 Months of Catching Up!!! Whew..!!!

Well here it is.... I finally got some pics now our computer is working and I have stopped slacking off. Check out the pics below to see what we have been up to the last 6 months!

Crazy how fast life moves, Gage is now walking and jabbering up a storm, it won't be long until he is 18 and on his own.

Family Pic 4th of July in Gloucester, VA

Gage with Great Grandmother

Gage with his Nanny

We have done lots of traveling, Gage has been to South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Idaho and Utah. But this is just a taste of what it is like to travel with this bundle of joy. We are at a rest stop in North Carolina stopping for some grub.

Gage's first time swimming in Abingdon Virginia

Cockroaches, the real ones.... they call these palmetto bugs. They are a cockroach, but they say they are harmless and live in the trees. Still does not put my mind at ease when I catch these huge suckers.