Monday, September 27, 2010
Oblad Boys
Oliver twisted his ankle and is limping around the house. JJ is learning to use a bottle and is starting to learn to sit up. There's a weekly snapshot!
Monday, September 20, 2010
Settling in to Lubbock
Sorry I only just got around to doing this post. Things have been a little rough with the kids since we moved. I didn't realize moving would turn their world upside down! JJ hasn't slept through the night since we moved, and even went through a phase of crying a couple of hours every night for no reason. Oli wouldn't sleep in his bed the first week we were here and kept crying and saying "go home" it was so sad!! We've been here just over a month now and they are both finally starting to settle in!
Tim is settling into graduate school really well. He's taking Statistics and Family Theory classes. He's really enjoying them so far. He's also helping a professor teach an Infant Development class which he is really excited about.
Life in Lubbock is pretty slow, it has a nice small town feel but there's still enough here that it doesn't feel too small. Everyone is really nice too. There's not a lot else outside of Lubbock, just fields for a long time! Since we moved here we've been to Dallas (about 6 hours away) to see Tyson & Sara and to Colorado Springs (about 9 hours) to see our friends from Provo and the Air Force game (which we lost quite badly-sad). This weekend was the Texas Tech, Texas football game so there was madness here in Lubbock, and now since they lost the whole town is in mourning, it's a pretty big deal here. It's been consistently very hot and humid, and we've had a few storms in which the roads were flooded in about 5 mintues, it was crazy!
Unfortunately I've been eaten alive by bugbites (Tim and the boys haven't had any just me!) We've also had at least half a dozen cockroaches in the kitchen. Nice. I'm really liking our new apartment though, it's bigger than our last one and the best thing is:
I'm enjoying life being a mum, it's nice taking things slow and not having to worry about homework and babysitters. Oliver is as demanding as ever, and we're starting to try potty training again, he was doing pretty well before we left but we took a huge step back because he was so stressed on moving. The hardest thing about not living in Provo is being away from family and friends, we really miss everyone, especially Tim's family having them so close before.
So, all in all, it's been a month of ups and downs but we're finally starting to settle in.
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| Our new apt |
Life in Lubbock is pretty slow, it has a nice small town feel but there's still enough here that it doesn't feel too small. Everyone is really nice too. There's not a lot else outside of Lubbock, just fields for a long time! Since we moved here we've been to Dallas (about 6 hours away) to see Tyson & Sara and to Colorado Springs (about 9 hours) to see our friends from Provo and the Air Force game (which we lost quite badly-sad). This weekend was the Texas Tech, Texas football game so there was madness here in Lubbock, and now since they lost the whole town is in mourning, it's a pretty big deal here. It's been consistently very hot and humid, and we've had a few storms in which the roads were flooded in about 5 mintues, it was crazy!
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| Oli playing in the rain puddles |
Unfortunately I've been eaten alive by bugbites (Tim and the boys haven't had any just me!) We've also had at least half a dozen cockroaches in the kitchen. Nice. I'm really liking our new apartment though, it's bigger than our last one and the best thing is:
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| Big walk in closet! |
So, all in all, it's been a month of ups and downs but we're finally starting to settle in.
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
32 Reasons......
Happy Anniversary Mum and Dad! 32 years, pretty impressive. As a tribute to those 32 years here's 32 reasons why I love you both and some of my favourite memories growing up.
Mum
1. You make the best chocolate chip cookies in the world
2. I would always know when you were coming upstairs to kiss me goodnight because I would hear the bells on your flowy skirt
3. You would always buy me a bakers oven iced bun when we went into town
4. You would always know which notes we had missed on the piano without looking at the music
5. Estee Lauder and Liz Claiborne!
6. When my teachers said I was too talkative, you said at least I didn't sit in the corner and say nothing
7. You came to every single rubbish violin/flute/voice recital/play I ever had
8. I've never heard you say a single angry word to dad
9. You were never ever late picking us up from school
10. I knew I could graduate school with a baby because you did it
11. You raised 5 children, how did you handle that many toddlers!!!
Dad
12. Because of you I know words like "Ferengi" and "Klingon"
13. You used to pay us to jump into the freezing sea on holiday
14. Some of my favourite childhood memories are fights on the bed and fireman's lifts
15. Hide the ring!
16. You would call at least twice before lunchtime from work to talk to mum, sometimes more
17. You used to say you didn't like Domino but then you cried when she died.
18. The only time I've ever heard you swear was on the football pitch
19. You are the best at telling stories, three little pigs fast version!
20. I would always look forward to my "Saturday" with dad, I love it how we always had to buy flowers for mum
21. You are the hardest working person I know.
Mum and Dad
22. Holidays in Center Parcs, going down Jungle River getting loads of bruises
23. Ilfracombe crazy golf, donkey derby and fish n chips with loads of seagulls attacking
24. You still hold hands
25. Dad still calls mum "darling"
26. Mum still wears her necklace you got when you were engaged because you couldn't afford a ring
27. You lived in a one bedroom flat in london with two children....amazing
28. You never argued in front of us
29. The best example of a marriage to all of us
30. Always came up and said sorry after you told us off because you did it because you love us
31. Should win a best dressed parents award, I'm talking about dad's pointy shoes among other things
32. Have been married for 32 years!!!
Thought of SO many more as I was doing this, but had to choose my favourite ones. Happy Wedding Anniversary Mum and Dad, hopefully this isn't too personal!
Love Al x
Mum
1. You make the best chocolate chip cookies in the world
2. I would always know when you were coming upstairs to kiss me goodnight because I would hear the bells on your flowy skirt
3. You would always buy me a bakers oven iced bun when we went into town
4. You would always know which notes we had missed on the piano without looking at the music
5. Estee Lauder and Liz Claiborne!
6. When my teachers said I was too talkative, you said at least I didn't sit in the corner and say nothing
7. You came to every single rubbish violin/flute/voice recital/play I ever had
8. I've never heard you say a single angry word to dad
9. You were never ever late picking us up from school
10. I knew I could graduate school with a baby because you did it
11. You raised 5 children, how did you handle that many toddlers!!!
Dad
12. Because of you I know words like "Ferengi" and "Klingon"
13. You used to pay us to jump into the freezing sea on holiday
14. Some of my favourite childhood memories are fights on the bed and fireman's lifts
15. Hide the ring!
16. You would call at least twice before lunchtime from work to talk to mum, sometimes more
17. You used to say you didn't like Domino but then you cried when she died.
18. The only time I've ever heard you swear was on the football pitch
19. You are the best at telling stories, three little pigs fast version!
20. I would always look forward to my "Saturday" with dad, I love it how we always had to buy flowers for mum
21. You are the hardest working person I know.
Mum and Dad
22. Holidays in Center Parcs, going down Jungle River getting loads of bruises
23. Ilfracombe crazy golf, donkey derby and fish n chips with loads of seagulls attacking
24. You still hold hands
25. Dad still calls mum "darling"
26. Mum still wears her necklace you got when you were engaged because you couldn't afford a ring
27. You lived in a one bedroom flat in london with two children....amazing
28. You never argued in front of us
29. The best example of a marriage to all of us
30. Always came up and said sorry after you told us off because you did it because you love us
31. Should win a best dressed parents award, I'm talking about dad's pointy shoes among other things
32. Have been married for 32 years!!!
Thought of SO many more as I was doing this, but had to choose my favourite ones. Happy Wedding Anniversary Mum and Dad, hopefully this isn't too personal!
Love Al x
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