Sunday, April 26, 2009

One busy week. . . with a happy ending

1. After 5 1/2 years of tough, fun, crazy, and busy school schedules Brett has finally finished! On Friday he graduated with a Masters Degree in Computer Science. I'm so proud of him in accomplishing what sometimes seamed like the impossible with everything else going on. He still has his Thesis to defend, but that's just a matter of waiting from his board to schedule a date. Way to go Brett!!! Here are some pictures:2. Noah was blessed today. We love our little man so much and are amazed at what different personalities we can already tell our boys have. Noah is our starving man. We had a really hard time getting Hyrum to gain weight. You would think by the way Noah acts sometimes that we starve him. He just can't get enough. He seems very patient and mellow (especially with Hyrum as an older brother). Here are some pictures:As I was taking this picture, Hyrum reached in to give Noah a cheeto. . . his facial expression is almost saying "Mom, save me from this crazy man!"
These are the bookcases we got at Ikea a few weeks ago. I love having an Ikea so close, and thanks for all the help placing things and decorating them Partridges.
3. Last but definitely not least, all of Brett's family came into town this weekend for graduation and the blessing. What was most amazing about the visit is that they used this vacation time to all work their tails off for us to get things put together in our house. They patched holes, removed a door, hung pictures, built closet shelves, put together a book case, and . . . I think you get the idea (there is a lot more that I haven't listed). They did so much to help us get a jump on the move-in process. Last week I was feeling like it would be months before we could get all the things done that they accomplished in one weekend. We are so grateful to have such great families. THANK YOU PARTRIDGE/GROVER/FARNSWORTHS!!! With all the organizing, building, decorating, and stuff I forgot to take pictures. Luckily, Brett got this one of his Grandma watching the kids. It takes one strong and patient women to watch all these kids so that we could get more work done upstairs. Thanks again!

Sunday, April 12, 2009

Easter

We are still alive and busy. This past week has been filled with unpacking, painting, and Brett finishing schoolwork like crazy. Noah is getting better from his double ear infection and Hyrum is still trying to get two more teeth in. We love our new house and neighborhood. I'll post more once things have settled down, but for now we wanted to wish you all a happy Easter.Hyrum hates getting his hair combed. . . I just had to take a picture to prove that I do comb his hair. 5 minutes after this picture he had messed it up to his liking:)
Noah has been smiling since the ear drugs kicked in.Bubbles make everyone happy.

Friday, April 3, 2009

The crazies

So, a lot has happened in the past week or so. We started moving a few things over about a week and a half ago. . . nothing big, just stuff we had in storage. The plan was to make the big move after Brett graduated. Well, last Saturday at about 10 am Brett was working on homework and I was watching the kids when suddenly Brett said, "What do you think about moving into the new house today?" We had absolutely nothing prepared to move and no idea how we would do it all, but when Brett has an idea there's no turning back. A few phone calls were made and then we were off to craziness. With some help from some friends THANK YOU RYAN, SAM, CHAD, NAOMI, and JASON. We moved everything over to our new home, except for a few things that we picked up on Monday. I couldn't believe we did it. We were in such a hurry to get things over that there wasn't a whole lot of organization. . . so now that we're here we feel the craziness. The house is a mess of bags, boxes, and random stuff all over. I really can't wait until we find homes for everything. With Brett busy with school and work and the boys busy with my time it makes moving slow. The good new is that the bedrooms and bathrooms are almost fully put away. The basement is also pretty put together, but the rest of the house is a bit scary. Over the next few weeks we're going to be pretty swamped, but I'll try and stay ontop of putting updates on here.

This is what you see when you walk in our house:Yay! One empty suitcase!