We're moving

17 years and 7 months ago I left my home and moved to the great Northwest. There have been so many opportunities to move back as a single adult, married and then with children, but it never quite felt right. For whatever reason, Dave and I feel very strong that this is our time. Dave has been working from home for the past two years and we don't know how much longer that will last.

So where to next? We don't really know. One of the reasons we felt so inspired to leave at this time is Tucker's eligibility to get into the dual immersion chinese program. About the program:

Utah Chinese Dual Immersion

In the Utah Chinese Elementary Immersion Programs, instruction is divided between two high quality, creative classrooms: one English and one Chinese. Students enjoy the advantage of two caring, qualified teachers. The English-speaking teacher uses half of the instruction day to teach English language arts and other elements of the curriculum; the Chinese-speaking teacher uses the other half of the day to teach Chinese language arts and portions of the math, social studies, science, and other topics from the grade-appropriate level of the Utah State Core Curriculum. You’ll be delighted how quickly your child becomes a comfortable and competent Chinese speaker.

I heard about this program two years ago and had sweet visions of my children being involved. At that time, it seemed like an impossible dream. I started filling out applications January 1st for every school that I thought we'd like to live by. It is a lottery and we've been fortunate to receive an acceptance to a school in Cottonwood Heights and another in Alpine. I just sent in two applications for South Jordan as well. I have been looking at homes online 2-3x a day for the past three months and have yet to find something that sticks. My daughter keeps reminding me that our house will be ready for us, when it is time for us to move. We are heading to Utah in two weeks to start the search --- so anxious to see what turns up!

SOOOO, what will it be?

Cottonwood Heights

Or, Alpine????

Or, South Jordan ???

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Let's just call this paybacks

Dave got the heads up this morning that we were going to have a couple of "special" talks on reverence today as the Stake Presidency was a little concerned about how loud our sacrament meetings have become. I thought ~ great, let's prep the kids ~ I told them that they were to be on their best behavior, no snacks, no toys, no talking, you get the idea... The meeting went pretty smooth until the Bishop got up. He very tenderly started talking about how important it is that we teach our children about the sacrament...it was at that moment that my family fell a part. Eden and Luke started fighting and Liza and Tucker started screaming---did I mention we were on the second row? I grabbed Luke and put him in a body hold and motioned for Dave to get Tuck and Liza out. Dave left with Liza and Tuck (so I thought...) and next thing you know, Tucker is up on the stand running back and forth behind the Bishop. My sweet friend sitting next to me jumped up to get Tuck, but he of cours

Child Rearing Race

My visiting brother from Utah and I were left without spouses for 4 days. This wouldn't have been such a big deal, but our kids had already been together 24/7 for 6 days and our boys couldn't think of anything better to do than fight. I don't know about you, but 1 entire day of fighting is enough to drive one mad--now times that by 4. Near the end of the week(and our rope) my brother and I had a heart to heart and posed the question~what in life could be more mentally difficult than this? The only thing I could think of (now remember, we'd just run the Ragnar) was running a marathon. Someone once told me that if you could mentally get through a marathon, you could get through anything. So, I put it to the test...I ran a... OK , not a marathon, but a 1/2. Raising children and running difficult races are so much the same. They both require so much of you emotionally, physically and mentally and yet the end reward is so gratifying. I can't express the joy I felt yester

Facelift

It is time this blog gets a facelift! I know it is not "in season" but I don't think I want to update my widgets for at least another year. Dave and I just got back from a weekend cruise with some friends on the NCL. We got a small taste of what a real cruise was like and that was all it took. We are already planning the next, much longer one. It might be 10 years before we do it, but it is fun to plan nontheless.

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