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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Baby Charlotte

My official due date was August 17th or 15th depending on who you ask. Both Eden and Eliza were born exactly 13 days before their due date. So, when I went in for my 38th week appointment Monday morning, August 4th I reminded my doctor that not only do I come early but when my water breaks, I deliver lightning fast. He checked me. I was a 2 and 80% effaced. His last piece of advice was to rush to the hospital if I started contracting at all due to my VBAC risk. He also joked that he would most likely be seeing me next week...my contractions started 7 hours later... Driving Eliza to harp lessons they were 5 minutes apart. Came home for dinner at 7 and then varied from 5-7 minutes. Contractions stopped at 10:30 but woke me up at 12:30. Dave and I decided to go to the hospital at 1:30. Despite the intense pain, the nurses check revealed that I was still only a 2. She hooked me up to the monitor, and for one hour I suffered through some intense contractions spaced at exactly 1.5 minutes ...

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...

Lesson Learned

Have you ever been in a grocery or Target type store with all your kiddos and had a lovely employee tell your children to "please sit down in the cart!"? Well I have...several times. Each time I politely smile and say sorry, but all the while my brain is filled with smart aleck comments like "hey, last time I checked, I was their mother," or, "lady it's either standing up in the cart or pulling product off your shelves-you choose!" I have been sufficiently humbled. This morning, like all mornings, I put Eliza in her high chair to get her out of my hair for a moment so that I could make breakfast. She immediately climbed out and was about to stand on the table when she lost her balance and fell to the floor. I raced over to pick her up and noticed that while she was trying to scream nothing was coming out of her mouth. I picked her up and she started seizing, her eyes rolled back into her head and then she went limp. No words can describe the thoughts...

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