Living the College Life

So, we have been living in Salt Lake now for almost 2 months and have been enjoying the benefits (and challenges) of on campus student housing. There have been b-b-q's,free outdoor movies, and lots of people in our same situation with kids. Starting next week I plan on starting a Yogalates class just outside our apartment as well as a Total Body Fitness class. I am getting excited to drop the last 10 baby pounds I have on me and get back in shape!
Not to complain, cuz I really know how blessed we are to be living in this country and to have the opportunity to go to school and live in such favorable circumstances, but.. I have to explain one of the simple things other mothers most likely can relate to and appreciate. See one of the frustrating things about living in our humble cynderblock apartment is the fact that to dry our clothes I have wait till my sweet little girl decides to take a nap, then I usually have 45 minutes to rush around and do stuff. So I put a load of laundry in the washing machine we have in our apartment. 30 minutes later I am dragging the basket full of wet clothes down our 3 flights of stairs to the laundry room in the next stairwell over. Once I get there I better have remembered my dollar worth of quarters, the 2 dryer sheets and the key to get in to the laundry room. If not, I have to run back up to my apartment and back down. If the dryers are in use, I cross my fingers and hope I can get a chance to put my wet clothes in the dryer when Jeff gets home from work or be lucky enough to get another cat nap out of Mae and do it then. If not, I may end up having to wash the clothes again because they stink. IF I am fortunate enough to get my clothes in, then after Mae wakes up and we get a chance to make it back down the stairs (like this last week), Mae gets a ride on the dry clothes in the laundry basket! I have posted a few pictures of the adorable babe eating our mail I got out of the mail box before getting our clean clothes.

Waxing Political

Hello everybody! Sorry its been so long since we have posted, it is summer and we have been busy working and playing hard while the weather is warm. As Becca mentioned we have recently traveled to Sacramento and McCall, Idaho for family reunions. This weekend we are off to Boise for Becca's 10 year class reunion. Then, I think we'll stay home for a while and relax before school starts up again. We'll try and take some more pictures of Mae and post them, since that is the only reason that anyone read this thing anyways.
So, while you are checking back for more pictures of Mae, I would like to take advantage of this little soap box and wax political for a moment. I just wanted to share a few links that I think are well worth your time to check out. I'll also be adding them to the side bar over there <------, for future reference. Lately I have been reading a lot about the founding fathers and our unique system of government. At the same time I've been watching the current political campaigns with disgust, a feeling I'm sure many of you can relate to. I think that we are really headed for a big change in our country, good or bad remains to be seen. As the quote I've added to the blog says, " all that it takes for evil to triumph is that good men do nothing." I think that this is exactly what has been happening to this great country. I believe that if anything good change is to come to our country, it will be through a return to the fundamental principles that our republic was founded on. I don't see such an agenda in either party at the moment. Although I don't agree with everything the man says, I see the most common sense and truth in Ron Paul's campaign for liberty. Check out their website, and decide for yourself. Ron Paul gave an excellent speech in congress last month that I think every American should read, it can be found here. Anyways, thanks for letting me rant a little.

So... its been a while

So.. it has been over 2 months since we have posted. Sorry to all of you who have been looking for updates. We aren't the most diligent bloggers. Life has been good and full the last few months though. It was kind of a spur of the moment thing, but we up and moved to Salt Lake City at the end of June. We now live at the University of Utah's student housing. We miss Heber, but there is lots of good stuff here, and great people to meet. Plus we live at the mouth of Immigration canyon were anyone who road bikes in SLC rides. Jeff and I have both been riding up there.
Right after we moved Jeff was gone to LV for a week, then we were took another trip to Cali to celebrate my Grandma Helen's 80th birthday in Sacramento. A week ago we were in McCall, Idaho for my family reunion where we did some rafting and jet skiing. This next weekend we will be in Boise for my 10 year class reunion! Needless to say, we are still trying to get our apartment organized as well as help Mae get on a regular sleeping pattern.
Speaking of our sweet little Mae girl, she is just awesome! We are soo grateful for her and she will be hitting her 6 month mark of being here on earth this month! Wow.. She is so much fun and she is flipping over on to her tummy and back and just barely started getting her knees under her to scoot across her blankie. We will have to put a new picture of her on here tonight.
Anyways, that is us in a nutshell lately.
Mae would like to add something before I end:
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